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Where Do We Go Now?: BD Review

With Where Do We Go Now?, Nadine Labaki has made a weird, often wonderful women's picture for the modern age....

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Rashomon: BD Review

Akira Kurosawa's short-and-sweet classic finally gets a Criterion Blu-ray upgrade....

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The Puppet Master Collection: DVD Review

Nine Puppet Master movies on one 2-disc DVD set? What could possibly go wrong....?

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Little Shop of Horrors: BD Review

The infamous original ending gets incorporated back into this high-def edition of the mid-1980s cult favorite....

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Brave: 3D Blu-ray Review

The newest Pixar 3D Blu-ray to hit the market just might be the best-looking and -sounding high-def disc of the year (but don't quote us on that quite yet)...

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Americano: BD Review

So what if it's a sad, often maudlin French film about death and mourning - did I mention Salma Hayek plays a stripper in it....?

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The Robert Mitchum Film Collection: DVD Review

Mitchum's the man, but this standard-def set hardly does him justice....

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Ruby Sparks: BD Review

Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris' follow-up to Little Miss Sunshine is a breezy, ditzy mess....

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Saboteur: BD Review

Alfred Hitchcock: Masterpiece Edition Vol. 1: The steely and naughty Saboteur (which has never looked or sounded better, by the way)....

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Shadow of a Doubt: BD Review

Alfred Hitchcock: Masterpiece Edition Vol. 2: Joseph Cotten unleashes his inner madman in the terrifying Shadow of a Doubt....

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Rope: BD Review

Alfred Hitchcock: Masterpiece Edition Vol. 3: Hitch shows us how a mystery is made - in long, continuous shots, no less....

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The Amazing Spider-Man: BD Review

This franchise reboot with Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone is signficantly more exciting than it has any right to be...

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Bait: 3D BD Review

"Sharks are only curious about one thing - it's trying to decide if we're food or not...!"

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Rear Window: BD Review

Alfred Hitchcock: Masterpiece Edition Vol. 4: The hotness of Grace Kelly and Raymond Burr as the world's scariest neighbor....

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The Trouble With Harry: BD Review

Alfred Hitchcock: Masterpiece Edition Vol. 5: Hitch takes a stab at comedy, and the results are dark as hell....

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The Man Who Knew Too Much: BD Review

Alfred Hitchcock: Masterpiece Edition Vol. 6: Jimmy Stewart teams up with Doris Day in one of the director's oddest, most charming efforts....

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The Tall Man: BD Review

The Jessica Biel indie thriller comes this close to being a legitimately successful horror experiment....

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Vertigo: BD Review

Alfred Hitchcock: Masterpiece Edition Vol. 7: Hitch's demented romantic masterpiece, featuring Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak as lovers both dead and alive....

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Lawrence of Arabia - 50th Anniversary Limited Collector's Edition: BD Review

This monstrous box set - as epic as the film it contains - provides one of 2012's greatest high-definition experiences....

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Psycho: BD Review

Alfred Hitchcock: Masterpiece Edition Vol. 9: A high-def disc that wouldn't hurt a fly....

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Catch Me If You Can: BD Review

It may not be Spielberg's most important work, but this DiCaprio/Hanks cat-and-mouse game plays wonderfully in high-def....

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The Birds: BD Review

Alfred Hitchcock: Masterpiece Edition Vol. 10: Tippi Hedren goes to Bodega Bay and meets some fine, feathered friends....

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The Bourne Legacy: BD Review

"Jason Bourne was just the tip of the iceberg...."

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Marnie: BD Review

Alfred Hitchcock: Masterpiece Edition Vol. 11: Hitch's loopy Sean Connery thriller - misstep or misunderstood masterpiece....?

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Peace, Love & Misunderstanding: BD Review

The new Jane Fonda/Catherine Keener hippie comedy is a bum trip, man....

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Up: 3D BD Review

Leave it to Pixar to deliver what just might be the best 3D Blu-ray title of the year....

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Maximum Conviction: BD Review

Stone Cold Steve Austin and Steven Seagal come together - well, somebody had to review it....

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Following: BD Review

Long before he was the architect of The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan made this quirky little head trip of a movie, now available on Criterion high-def....

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Frenzy: BD Review

Alfred Hitchcock: Masterpiece Edition Vol. 14: Hitch's violent, weird late-era mystery....

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Family Plot: BD Review

Alfred Hitchcock: Masterpiece Edition Vol. 15: Hitch's final film is a strange, surprisingly funny beast of a movie....

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The Story of Film - An Odyssey: DVD Review

Mark Cousins' epic 15-part series could very well be the best documentary of the year....

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Purple Noon: BD Review

The movie that introduced much of the world to the powerhouse that is Alain Delon finally gets some high-def love from Criterion....

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Baron Blood: BD Review

If you dig Mario Bava, you'll love this Blu-ray - if not, steer very clear....

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Sometimes a Great Notion: BD Review

Paul Newman's adaptation of Ken Kesey's acclaimed novel finally gets a high-def release....

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Total Recall: BD Review

Colin Farrell doesn't get his ass to Mars the way Arnold did, but even overly possessive 1990s film geeks might find some good things here....

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The Best of 2012

A look back at the year's DVD and Blu-ray highlights...

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The Best of 2012

A look back at the year's DVD and Blu-ray highlights...

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Disc News Update 12.18

Criterion's March line-up is without question their best offering in months....

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Pitch Perfect: BD Review

Pitch Perfect? Talk about false advertising....

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Beasts of the Southern Wild: BD Review

One of 2012's most unique cinematic visions gets a lively, evocative high-def release....

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The Blue Angel: BD Review

Marlene Dietrich's debut hits high-def, but is this Blu-ray set worth the investment....?

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Two-Lane Blacktop: BD Review

Monte Hellman's cult classic gets Criterion's first Blu-ray bump of the new year....

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Disc News Update 12.28

More detail emerge on upcoming BD releases of The Master, Seven Psychopaths - and even Phantasm II....!

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Game Change: BD Review

"Still think she's fit for office?" "Who cares? In 48 hours no one will even remember who she is...."

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The Man Who Knew Too Much: BD Review

Criterion kicks off their 2013 slate with a burst of big, beautiful Hitchcock....

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Cosmopolis: BD Review

R-Pat tries to shake his sparkly vampire image with this smart and wicked David Cronenberg drama....

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Sleepwalk With Me: BD Review

The This American Life comedian embarks on a dream odyssey that is as bumbling as it is somehow charming...

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End of Watch: BD Review

This Jake Gyllenhaal/Michael Pena cop thriller is surprisingly well put-together....

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Frankenweenie: 3D BD Review

Tim Burton's latest is a 3D high-definition knockout, but completely hollow as a standalone movie....

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Guns, Girls, and Gambling: BD Review

In a better world, Gary Oldman would win an Oscar for impersnating Elvis in a movie like this one - alas, this is the not the case....

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