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Blu-ray Reviews (DVD Below)

• Confession of Pain BD

• Naked Weapons BD

• RAN BD

• Walk the Line BD

• The Ladykillers BD

• Revanche BD

• Hunger BD

• Lola Montes BD

• Ong Bak 2 BD

• City Girl BD

• Way of the Dragon BD

• Bronson BD

• Goodfellas (20th Anniversary) BD

• New York, I Love You BD

• The Last King of Scotland BD

• Spiral BD

• The Toolbox Murders BD

• Black Dynamite BD

• A Serious Man BD

• Triangle BD

• The Time Traveler's Wife BD

• The Man From Earth BD

• Good Night, and Good Luck BD

• Amelia BD

• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas BD

• He Was A Quiet Man BD

• Permissive BD

• That Kind of Girl BD

• To Live and Die in L.A. BD

• The Red Balloon BD

• The White Mane BD

• Suspiria BD

• Dirty Harry Ultimate Collector's Edition BD

• Kill Bill Vol. 1 BD

• Kill Bill Vol. 2 BD

• Cars BD

• Michael Clayton BD

• Hot Fuzz BD

• Superman - Batman Public Enemies BD

• The Music Man BD

• Shaun of the Dead BD

• Generation Kill BD

• Mystic River BD

• Viva Las Vegas BD

• Seabiscuit BD

• Black Hawk Down BD

• Fame (2009) BD

• This Is It BD

• Post Grad BD

• Whip It BD

• Atonement BD

• I Come With the Rain BD

• Surrogates BD

• Memories of Murder BD

• Give 'Em Hell Malone BD

• Sunshine BD

• Magnolia BD

• Meet the Robinsons BD

• Identity BD

• Whiteout BD

• The Invention of Lying BD

• Blood: The Last Vampire BD

 

SD-DVD Reviews

• One Missed Call

• Mean Johnny Barrows

• Death Journey

• More

• Radio On

• Lotte Reinger Fairy Tales Films

• Gervaise

• Pink Narcissus

• The Lost World of Friese-Greene

• If War Should Come

• Anchoress

• Privilege

• Tales From the Golden Age

• Kim Newman's Guide to the Flipside of British Cinema

• Gaea Girls / Shinjuku Boys

• Import / Export

• Confessions of a Nazi Spy
• Vase de Noces
• The Woman on Pier 13
• Bad Girls of Film Noir Vol. 1

• Bad Girls of Film Noir Vol. 2

• You the Living

• Two Evil Eyes

• The Fallen Sparrow

• Bright Star

• Terror Express

• Streamers

• The Alcove

• 24 City

• There's Always Tomorrow

 

Comparisons

• RAN BD

• The Ladykillers BD

• Revanche BD

• Hunger BD

• Lola Montes BD

• City Girl BD

• Way of the Dragon BD

• Goodfellas (20th Anniversary) BD

• Privilege

• The Last King of Scotland BD

• The Toolbox Murders BD

• Good Night and Good Luck BD

• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas BD

• He Was A Quiet Man BD

• Import / Export

• The Black Book

• To Live and Die in L.A. BD

• The Red Balloon BD

• The White Mane BD

• You the Living

• Suspira BD

• Two Evil Eyes

• Streamers

• Mystic River BD

• Atonement BD

• Magnolia BD

The Messenger [Blu-ray] (Oren Moverman, 2009) Oscilloscope Laboratories

Traffic [Blu-ray] (Steven Soderbergh , 2000) Universal Studios

True Blood: The Complete Second Season [Blu-ray] - HBO Video

City of the Living Dead [Blu-ray] (Lucio Fulci, 1980) Blue Underground

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog [Blu-ray] (Joss Whedon, 2008) Mutant Enemy

The Jackal [Blu-ray] (Michael Caton-Jones, 1997) Universal Studios

Heroic Ones [Blu-ray] (Cheh Chang, 1970) Well Go USA

Delightful Forest [Blu-ray] (Cheh Chang, 1972) Well Go USA

Brothers Five [Blu-ray] (Wei Lo, 1970) Well Go USA

Out of Africa: 25th Anniversary [Blu-ray] (Sydney Pollack, 1985) Universal Studios

The Day of the Triffids [Blu-ray] (Nick Copus, 2009) R 'B' UK Showbox Media Group Ltd

I'm Gonna Explode (Gerardo Naranjo, 2008) R2 UK Artificial Eye

The Clouded Yellow (Ralph Thomas, 1950) R2 UK Eureka Entertainment

Death Journey (Fred Williamson, 1976) Code Red

Mean Johnny Barrows (Fred Williamson, 1976) Code Red

Straw Dogs [Blu-ray] (Sam Peckinpah, 1971) R'B' UK Fremantle

Dune [Blu-ray] (David Lynch, 1984) Universal Home Video

The Italian Straw Hat (Renι Clair, 1928) Flicker Alley

Apollo 13 15th Anniversary Edition [Blu-ray] (Ron Howard, 1995) Universal Home Video

Battleship Potemkin [Blu-ray] (Sergei M. Eisenstein, 1925) Kino Video

Icons of Suspense: Hammer Films - These Are The Damned (1963), Cash on Demand (1961), The Snorkel (1958), Stop Me Before I Kill! (1960), Maniac (1963) and Never Take Candy from a Stranger (1960) - Sony

Django [Blu-ray] (Sergio Corbucci, 1966) Blue Underground

Seven Swords [Blu-ray] (Hark Tsui, 2005) Vivendi Entertainment

Tombstone [Blu-ray] (George P. Cosmatos, 1993) Walt Disney Video

Cocoon [Blu-ray] (Ron Howard, 1985) - 20th Century Fox

K-20: Fiend With Twenty Faces (Shimako Sato, 2008) Viz Video

The Who: The Kids Are Alright [Blu-ray] (Jeff Stein, 1979) Sanctuary

The Princess and The Frog [Blu-ray] (Ron Clements + John Musker, 2009) Walt Disney Studios

Dreamscape [Blu-ray] (Joseph Ruben, 1984) Image Entertainment

Battlestar Galactica Complete Series [Blu-ray] - Universal Studios

Minority Report [Blu-ray] (Steven Spielberg, 2002) Dreamworks Video

Armageddon  [Blu-ray] (Michael Bay, 1998) Touchstone / Disney

9 Songs [Blu-ray] (Michael Winterbottom, 2004) Vivendi Entertainment

Lost: The Complete Sixth and Final Season [Blu-ray] - ABC Studios

Lost: The Complete Collection [Blu-ray] - ABC Studios

Nine [Blu-ray] (Rob Marshall, 2009) R'B' Entertainment in Video

Merantau [Blu-ray] (Gareth Evans, 2009) R'B' UK E1 Entertainment

La nuit de Varennes [Blu-ray] (Ettore Scola, 1982) R'B' FR Paramount Home Entertainment

Tetro [Blu-ray] (Francis Ford Coppola, 2009) Lions Gate

Dialogues of the Exiled (Raoul Ruiz, 1975) Cinemateca

Tales From the Golden Age (Cristian Mungiu etc., 2009) R2 UK Trinity

Brothers [Blu-ray] (Jim Sheridan, 2009) Lionsgate

Disgrace [Blu-ray] (Steve Jacobs, 2008) Image Entertainment

Elizabeth [Blu-ray] (Shekhar Kapur, 1998) R'B' UK Universal Pictures

Elizabeth: The Golden Age [Blu-ray] (Shekhar Kapur, 2007) R'B' UK Universal Pictures

Adam (Max Mayer, 2009) 20th Century Fox

Fantastic Mr. Fox [Blu-ray] (Wes Anderson, 2009) 20th Century Fox

Armored [Blu-ray] (Nimrσd Antal, 2009) Sony Pictures

The Trial Begins (Vincenzo Marra, 2007) MPI

Midnight Movie / Killer Movie [Blu-ray] - Peace Arch

Opium and the Kung-Fu Master (Shaw Brothers) (Chia Tang, 1984) Funimation

Suburbia (Penelope Spheeris, 1984) Shout! Factory

Paju (2-Disc) (Park Chan Ok, 2009) R3 South Korea - Eos

Vivre sa vie (Jean-Luc Godard, 1962) Criterion

Vivre sa vie [Blu-ray] (Jean-Luc Godard, 1962) Criterion
Ride with the Devil (Ang Lee, 1999) Criterion

Ride with the Devil [Blu-ray] (Ang Lee, 1999) Criterion
The Fugitive Kind (Sidney Lumet, 1959) - Criterion
Summer Hours (Olivier Assayas, 2008) - Criterion

Summer Hours [Blu-ray] (Olivier Assayas, 2008) - Criterion

A Nos Amours [To Our Romance] (Maurice Pialat, 1983) R2 UK - Masters of Cinema

February 1st, 2010

 

Amelia [Blu-ray] (Mira Nair, 2009) 20th Century Fox (BEAVER REVIEW)

Army Of Crime [Blu-ray] (Robert Guediguian, 2009) R'B' UK Optimum Home Entertainment

Black Dynamite [Blu-ray] (Scott Sanders, 2009) Sony Pictures (BEAVER REVIEW)

Broken Embraces [Blu-ray] (Pedro Almodσvar, 2009) R2 UK 20th Century Fox

Casablanca [Blu-ray] (Michael Curtiz, 1942) Warner Home Video

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas [Blu-ray] (Terry Gilliam, 1998) - Universal Studios (BEAVER REVIEW)

He Was a Quiet Man [Blu-ray] (Frank A. Cappello, 2007) Anchor Bay/Starz (BEAVER REVIEW)

The House of the Devil [Blu-ray] (Ti West, 2009) Mpi Home Video

The Last King of Scotland [Blu-ray] (Kevin Macdonald, 2006) 20th Century Fox (BEAVER REVIEW)

The Lost [Blu-ray] (Chris Sivertson, 2006) Anchor Bay/Starz

The Man from Earth [Blu-ray] (Richard Schenkman, 2007) Anchor Bay/Starz (BEAVER REVIEW)

The Music Man [Blu-ray] (Morton Dacosta, 1962) Warner (BEAVER REVIEW)

Mystic River [Blu-ray] (Clint Eastwood, 2003) Warner (BEAVER REVIEW)

New York, I Love You [Blu-ray] (Mira Nair etc., 2009) Palm Pictures (BEAVER REVIEW)

Planet Hulk [Blu-ray] (Greg Pak, 2010) Lions Gate Home Ent

Spiral [Blu-ray] (Adam Green + Joel Moore, 2007) Anchor Bay/Starz (BEAVER REVIEW)

TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Sci-Fi Adventures (Them! / The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms / World Without End / Satellite in the Sky) Turner

To Live and Die in L.A. [Blu-ray] (William Friedkin, 1985) MGM (BEAVER REVIEW)

Walk the Line [Blu-ray] (James Mangold, 2005) 20th Century Fox (BEAVER REVIEW)

 

 

February 8th, 2010

 

Alice in Wonderland (Jonathan Miller, 1966) BBC Warner

Bad Girls of Film Noir, Vol. 1 (The Killer that Stalked  / Two of a Kind / Bad for Each Other / The Glass Wall) - Sony (BEAVER REVIEW)
Bad Girls of Film Noir, Vol. 2 (Night Editor / One Girl's Confession / Over-Exposed / Women's Prison) - Sony
(BEAVER REVIEW)

Bronson [Blu-ray] (Nicolas Winding Refnf, 2009) - Magnolia (BEAVER REVIEW)

Danton [Blu-ray] (Andrzej Wajda, 1983) RB FR Paramount Home Entertainment

Dare [Blu-ray] (Adam Salky, 2009) Image Entertainment

Emma (2009) - BBC Warner

Endgame (Pete Travis, 2009) Monterey Home Video

Flame & Citron (Ole Christian Madsen, 2008) Mpi Home Video

Goodbye Baby [Blu-ray] (Daniel Schechter, 2007) Cinevolve Studios

Kamikaze Girls [Blu-ray] (Tetsuya Nakashima, 2004) R'B' UK Third Window

The Phantom [Blu-ray] (Simon Wincer, 1996) Lions Gate

A Serious Man [Blu-ray] (Ethan + Joel Coen, 2009) Universal Studios (BEAVER REVIEW)

The Time Traveler's Wife [Blu-ray] (Robert Schwentke, 2009) - New Line (BEAVER REVIEW)

Troubled Water (Erik Poppe, 2008) Film Movement

February 15th, 2010

 

Breathless [Blu-ray] (Jean-Luc Godard, 1959) R'B' UK Optimum

British Noir Double Feature: The Slasher (aka: Cosh Boy), Twilight Women (aka: Women of the Twilight) - VCI

Clint Eastwood: 35 Films 35 Years (Warner Bros. films from Where Eagles Dare through Gran Torino) - Warner Brothers

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs [Blu-ray]  (Phil Lord + Chris Miller, 2009) R'B' UK Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Coco Before Chanel [Blu-ray] (Anne Fontaine, 2009) Sony

Contempt [Blu-ray] (Jean-Luc Godard, 1963) LionsGate

Dirty Harry Collection [Blu-ray] (Dirty Harry / Magnum Force / The Enforcer / Sudden Impact / The Dead Pool) - Warner (BEAVER REVIEW)

Dumbo [Blu-ray] (Ben Sharpsteen, 1941) R2 FR Buena Vista Home Entertainment

The Exiles (Kent MacKenzie, 1961) - R2 UK - BFI

The Go-Between [Blu-ray] (Joseph Losey, 1970) R'B' - Optimum

Goodfellas (20th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray] (Martin Scorcese, 1990) Warner (BEAVER REVIEW)

Hunger (Steve McQueen, 2008) Criterion Collection (BEAVER REVIEW)
Hunger [
Blu-ray] (Steve McQueen, 2008) Criterion Collection (BEAVER REVIEW)

The Ladykillers [Blu-ray] (Alexander MacKendrick, 1955) LionsGate (BEAVER REVIEW)
The Ladykillers [
Blu-ray] (Alexander MacKendrick, 1955) R'B' - Optimum (BEAVER REVIEW)

Law Abiding Citizen [Blu-ray] (F. Gary Gray, 2009) Overture Films/Anchor Bay Entertainment

The Leopard [Blu-ray] (Luchino Visconti, 1963) R'B UK BFI (BEAVER REVIEW)

Lola Montes (Max Ophuls, 1955) Criterion Collection
Lola Montes [
Blu-ray] (Max Ophuls, 1955) Criterion (BEAVER REVIEW)

Melies Encore: 26 Additional Rare and Original Films by the First Wizard of Cinema (1896-1911) - Flicker Alley

Pierrot Le Fou [Blu-ray] (Jean-Luc Godard, 1965) R'B' UK Optimum

Ran [Blu-ray] (Akira Kuroswa, 1985) LionsGate (BEAVER REVIEW)

Revanche (Gφtz Spielmann, 2008) Criterion Collection (BEAVER REVIEW)
Revanche [
Blu-ray] (Gφtz Spielmann, 2008) Criterion Collection (BEAVER REVIEW)

Scent of A Woman (Dino Risi, 1974) Hens Tooth Video Movies

Senso [Blu-ray] (Luchino Visconti, 1954) R'B'? FR Studio Canal

Women in Trouble [Blu-ray] (Sebastian Gutierrez, 2009) Screen Media