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A Streetcar Named Desire: BD Review

"Whoever you are, I have always depended on the kindness of strangers...."

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Hidden: DVD Review

This scary-hospital horror flick with Sean Clement has a creepy premise, but it never makes good on it....

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Bounce: BD Review

For a downer romance, Bounce isn't terrible, but do Gwyneth and Affleck merit a reason to revisit the picture in high-definition....?

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Kate & Leopold - The Director's Cut: BD Review

This Meg Ryan/Hugh Jackman time-travel romance shouldn't work as well as it does...

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Disc News Update 04.10

Today we have info on the extensive restoration for Jaws' upcoming high-def edition, as well as updated details on Blu-ray releases for Full Metal Jacket: 25th Anniversary Edition and The Artist....

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MST3K - The Wild World of Batwoman and The Girl in Gold Boots: DVD Review

A pair of campy favorites get updated reissues....

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The Organizer: BD Review

The Marcello Mastroianni labor drama is technically magnificent on Criterion Blu-ray, but is it worth its $30 price tag....?

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Late Spring: BD Review

Yasujiro Ozu's high-def Criterion debut is a knockout, a movie that remains as impressive - and heartbreaking - as ever...

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Haywire: BD Review

This spy/assassin actioner with MMA superstar Gina Carano is a star-studded, dingbat thrill in high-definition....

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Don Juan DeMarco: BD Review

The second-best rom-com from the 90s with a Bryan Adams theme song brings Johnny Depp in a Zorro mask to high-definition....

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Camelot: BD Review

The Richard Harris/Vanessa Redgrave King Arthur musical gets a Blu-ray upgrade worthy of the Round Table....

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Madonna - Truth or Dare: BD Review

Madonna: "Anybody who says my show is 'neat' has to go...."

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One for the Money: BD Review

The Janet Evanovich franchise finally debuts on high-def, and thanks to Jennifer Heigl and company, it's dead on arrival...

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Gremlins 2 - The New Batch: BD Review

Hulk Hogan's big line in Gremlins 2: "GREMLINS? IN THIS THEATER? NOW?"....

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Albert Nobbs: BD Review

Glenn Close and Janet McTeer definitely earn their Oscar nominee cred in this Irish melodrama....

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The War: BD Review

The Ken Burns/Lynn Novick documentary is every bit as good now as it was when it debuted in 2007, but is it worth the high-def upgrade...?

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Charlotte Rampling - The Look: BD Review

The legendary star maintains her mystique in this new documentary, though the film as a whole gets a little too woo-woo for its own good....

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Being John Malkovich: BD Review

The brain-bending Spike Jonze curio gets the Criterion high-def treatment. Malkovich Malkovich, Malkovich MALKOVICH!

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Underworld - Awakening: BD Review

What? Cryogenically frozen vampire assassins? Lycan hybrids? Eh - as long as Kate Beckinsale stays in that tight top, we're good...

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The Hitler Chronicles: DVD Review

Ooo boy! 5+ hours of Adolf Hitler documentaries? How exciting....

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La haine: BD Review

The gritty Vincent Cassel import gets a high-def scrubbing thanks to Criterion....

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Pillow Talk: BD Review

"Officer, arrest this man! He's taking me up to his apartment!" "Well, I can't say that I blame him, miss."

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We Need to Talk About Kevin: BD Review

This emotionally brutal Tilda Swinton/John C. Reilly drama makes for a rough but unforgettable high-definition experience....

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Certified Copy: BD Review

Say what you will about the cinematic merits of this 2010 Juliette Binoche drama, but it looks and sounds gorgeous in high-definition....

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Castle in the Sky: BD Review

The fantastical Miyazaki masterwork gets a well-deserved high-def upgrade....

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The Secret World of Arietty: BD Review

The Secret World of Arietty in high-def isn't full-tilt Miyazaki, but it'll do....

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Father of the Bride/Father of the Bride Part II: BD Review

It's impossible to hate these Steve Martin/Diane Keaton comedies, but is this high-def edition of the Father of the Bride flicks worth the double-dip....?

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Whisper of the Heart: BD Review

Another Studio Ghibli masterwork gets a stunning high-definition upgrade....

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Coriolanus: BD Review

Voldemort goes to war in this bloody Shakespeare adaptation, and the results are odd, grisly, and often brilliant....

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Summer Interlude: BD Review

A Criterion Blu-ray without a single bonus feature included? You must be joking....

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Summer With Monika: BD Review

The movie with the American tagline "Naughty and nineteen! The devil controls her by radar!" gets the Criterion Blu-ray treatment....

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Playback: DVD Review

Just like your ordinary teen slasher flick, only this time with Christian Slater as the neighborhood pervert cop! YAY...!

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The Lethal Weapon Collection: BD Review

Riggs and Murtaugh blast onto Blu-ray, but is this five-disc set worth the upgrade....?

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The Gold Rush: BD Review

Another Chaplin classic gets the CC Blu-ray treatment, and the results are unsurprisingly exceptional.....

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Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie: BD Review

Stupid? Yeah. Worth watching? Probably not. But there are three or four solid belly laughs to be mined out of this thing....

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Bringing Down the House: BD Review

Larry King is quoted on this BD's cover as saying Bringing Down the House is "one of the funniest films ever". Can that be true....?

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The Sting: BD Review

The Oscar-winner with Robert Redford and Paul Newman gets some Blu-ray love, but is this a definitive edition of the caper classic....?

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Memorial Day: BD Review

We want to like this James Cromwell war flick - we really do. But....

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Harold and Maude: BD Review

The 1971 Hal Ashby cult favorite with Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort finally rides its hearse onto Blu-ray....

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Jeff, Who Lives at Home: BD Review

Jason Segel, Ed Helms, and Susan Sarandon go mumblecore in this Duplass Brothers comedy, and the results are dreadful....

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Shallow Grave: BD Review

This early Danny Boyle thriller starring Ewan McGregor is a trusty, almost giddily Hitchcockian treat in high-def....

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Dragon Age - Dawn of the Seeker: BD Review

It's a knockout in terms of high-def technical quality, but Dawn of the Seeker doesn't exactly wow as an anime actioner....

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Project X: BD Review

Even for a dumb-ass teen comedy, Project X is vacuous and uninspired....

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Gray's Anatomy: BD Review

This acclaimed Spalding Gray monologue film is one of director Steven Soderbergh's more oblique and powerful efforts, especially in Criterion high-definition....

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And Everything Is Going Fine: BD Review

Steven Soderbergh's fifth film to receive the Criterion treatment is a brash, sad portrait of monologist Spalding Gray....

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Deliverance - 40th Anniversary Edition: BD Review

"God damn - you play a mean banjo...."

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21 Jump Street: BD Review

This Channing Tatum/Jonah Hill throwback is way more fun than it should be in high-def....

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Wrath of the Titans: BD Review

The Titans are back - this time with even more giant, fire-breathing monsters and cranky, violent gods....

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The 39 Steps: BD Review

The early-career Hitchcock masterpiece hits Blu-ray and has never looked or sounded better....

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Barbarella: BD Review

"Make love? But no one's done that for hundreds of centuries!"

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