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Born on the Fourth of July: BD Review

On the cusp of his new Savages (about to hit theatres), Universal finally delivers Oliver Stone's Oscar-winning Vietnam drama to Blu-ray....

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Dirty Pretty Things: BD Review

The quirky Audrey Tautou thriller is dirtier and prettier than ever in high-def....

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The Artist: BD Review

Will America finally start warming up to this Best Picture winner now that it's available in high-def....?

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Chariots of Fire: BD Review

The underdog Oscar winner gets a Blu-ray treatment good enough to give fans shin splints....

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Disc News Update 07.09

A couple retro Dark Shadows titles and Ridley Scott's 2012 return to sci-fi all get high-def announcements today....

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Down by Law: BD Review

Jim Jarmusch heads to Criterion Blu-ray once again with this cult-adored jailbreak fable starring Tom Waits, John Lurie, and Roberto Benigni....

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Altered States: BD Review

"Defy it, Eddie. You made it real - you can make it unreal...."

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Frequency: BD Review

Jim Caviezel and Dennis Quaid deal with daddy issues in excellent sci-fi fashion on this surprisingly brawny Blu-ray release....

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American Reunion: BD Review

The American Pie folks are back - and yes, this new installment delivers in terms of masturbation gags, embarrassment nudity, and topless chicks....

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The Astronaut's Wife: BD Review

Johnny and Charlize seem up to the task, but even in high-def, The Astronaut's Wife is a snooze...

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The Last Days of Disco: BD Review

"There's something really sexy about Scrooge McDuck." - Chloë Sevigny in The Last Days of Disco....

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Metropolitan: BD Review

The debutante world of Whit Stillman's directorial debut comes to life - for better and for worse - on this Criterion high-def edition....

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Singin' in the Rain - Ultimate Collector's Edition: BD Review

Yes, indeed - it's an even more glorious feeling to experience the best Hollywood musical of all time in sensational high-definition....

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Phenomenon: BD Review

... in which John Travolta gets touched by an angel, but Kyra Sedgwick doesn't really know how to handle it....

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High Noon: BD Review

The Gary Cooper western classic gets a high-def bump, but without its Deluxe Edition DVD bonuses, is it still worth the double-dip....?

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Under the Tuscan Sun: BD Review

Diane Lane's chick-flick jaunt through Italy gets a Blu-ray re-release....

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Spawn - Director's Cut: BD Review

If you suffer from a fear of clowns, we recommend you stay five feet away from this new Spawn BD....

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Bullhead: BD Review

The admirable but dramatically tricky Best Foreign Language Film nominee from Belgium gets a solid high-def edition....

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Margaret: BD Review

After sitting on the shelf for five years, this Anna Paquin/Matt Damon drama finally gets the release it deserves....

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A Bag of Hammers: BD Review

This Jason Ritter indie starts with darkly comic charm, then turns into a bummer real fast....

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Brainstorm: BD Review

Natalie Wood's final film - a brain-spinning trip directed by 2001's effects guru Douglas Trumbull - hits high-def....

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Silent House: BD Review

This horror flick with Elizabeth Olsen - filmed in one long shot - comes dangerously close to working...

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The Hunter: DVD Review

Willem Dafoe gets obsessed with the eye of the tiger in this killer Aussie import....

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Hijacked: BD Review

A kidnapping movie with UFC legend Randy Couture - how bad could it be....?

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Clue: BD Review

Before Battleship, there was this 80s comedy based on the board game of the same name....

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Le havre: BD Review

The critically-acclaimed Aki Kaurismaki drama gets a zippy high-def debut from Criterion....

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The Lorax: BD Review

Oh, I suppose it's fun, but it's just not the same....

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Parenthood - Season 3: DVD Review

The Lauren Graham drama gets a TV-on-DVD release just before its fourth season kicks in....

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High Fidelity: BD Review

"I can't fire them. I hired these guys for three days a week, and they just started showing up every day. That was four years ago...."

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The Horse Whisperer: BD Review

The underrated Robert Redford/Kristin Scott Thomas drama gets a stallion of a high-def release....

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The Royal Tenenbaums: BD Review

Wes Anderson gets his fifth Criterion Blu-ray edition with this 2001 ensemble dramedy....

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Full Metal Jacket - 25th Anniversary Edition: BD Review

"You can give your heart to Jesus, but your ass belongs to the Corps. Do you ladies understand...?"

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Rosetta: BD Review

The Palme d'Or-winning drama by the Dardenne brothers gets a superb high-def Criterion release....

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Battleship: BD Review

Battleship: an awful, awful film. Also - it kind of kicks ass....

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The Hunger Games: BD Review

Katniss and friends roar into high-def on a particularly killer Blu-ray edition....

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The Preacher's Wife: BD Review

The Denzel Washington/Whitney Houston feel-good drama gets a slightly-above-average high-def edition....

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Quadrophenia: BD Review

"Inside, outside, where have I been? / Out of my brain on the 5:15...."

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The Tempest: BD Review

One of the stranger Shakespeare film adaptations ever made gets its high-def debut - but is it convincing as a full Blu-ray package....?

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Madame Bovary: DVD Review

Kiss or Kill alum Frances O'Connor nails her performance as the eponymous heroine in this umpteenth Flaubert TV update....

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The Dictator: BD Review

"If you go to the bathroom after Osama, you will realize the true meaning of terrorism."

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Eclipse Series 35 - Maidstone and Other Films by Norma Mailer: DVD Review

Norman Mailer proves to be adept at boxing, barking orders, and heavy petting with young Hollywood starlets on this new Eclipse box set....

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ATM: BD Review

Looking for a dumb-shit horror flick that's as dull as it is preposterous? Boy, do we have the movie for you....

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Paradise Lost 3 - Purgatory: DVD Review

The chilling Oscar-nominated documentary series comes to a surprisingly redemptive end....

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Penumbra: DVD Review

The acclaimed Argentinian horror flick gets a standard-def debut....

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Lonesome: BD Review

Criterion gives some serious high-def sheen to Paul Fejos' long out-of-print silent-era melodrama....

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A Separation: BD Review

This Oscar-winning melodrama from Iran will punch a hole right through your heart....

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Being Flynn: BD Review

With a cast like this one - De Niro, Julianne Moore, Lili Taylor - Being Flynn should be better than it is, but there are bursts of movie magic here, nonetheless....

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Sebastiane: BD Review

Derek Jarman's surprisingly dull - and clothing-optional - third-century opus gets a movie-only Blu-ray edition....

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Kill List: BD Review

It connect the dots as a crime drama, but Kill List never really comes to life....

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Monsieur Lazhar: BD Review

This Oscar-nominated drama is dark, inspiring, and really all over the place....

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