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A Hollis Frampton Odyssey: BD Review

"Come on, guys! Let's get a keg, some pizza, and a few girls, and... watch four and a half hours of experimental films from the 1960s and 70s...."

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Disc News Update 04.11

Olive Films announces high-def editions of two classic westerns, and HBO readies an August release for the first season of Strike Back....

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Eclipse Series 33 - Up All night With Robert Downey, Sr.: DVD Review

The elusive Putney Swope finally arrives on DVD, and it's three times as weird as you've heard (though somehow it works).....

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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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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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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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Memorial Day: BD Review

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

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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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Sherlock Holmes - A Game of Shadows: BD Review

Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law return as our iconic Holmes and Watson, and even if there's a bit of sequelitis suffered here, it still makes for some pretty reliable fun....

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Disc News Update 06.18

Criterion's September slate: Fincher, de Sica, and a double-dose of Marcel Carne....

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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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The Samurai Trilogy: BD Review

Based on the novel called Japan's Gone With the Wind, The Samurai Trilogy gets a long-awaited high-definition Criterion upgrade. But where are the bonuses....?

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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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Disc News Update 07.20

Olive Films preps some classic catlog titles for high-def, and Lionsgate unleashes a couple high-profile standard-def announcements....

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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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Disc News Update 08.03

Batman, Batman, and more Batman....

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Disc News Update 08.07

"There's no crying in baseball....!"

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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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Jaws: BD Review

Yes, there's a new edition of Jaws, and yes, you will need to buy it....

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La promesse: BD Review

The Dardenne brothers' first dramatic feature is an unassuming marvel on Blu-ray....

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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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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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Paradise Lost 3 - Purgatory: DVD Review

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

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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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Monsieur Lazhar: BD Review

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

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The Flowers of War: BD Review

This Christan Bale war thriller is big and loud, but ultimately too narratively thin for its own good....

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Forever Marilyn: BD Review

The blonde bombshell's most notorious moments, finally housed in one sleek seven-disc high-def set....

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4:44 Last Day on Earth: BD Review

Yes, the world ends in this Willem Dafoe drama, but unfortunately, the apocalypse doesn't come soon enough....

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Ed Wood: BD Review

The best black-and-white cross-dressing movie Johnny Depp ever made graduates into high-definition....

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Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures: BD Review

Professor Jones' exploits in high-def - just as thrilling as you'd expect them to be....

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Children of Paradise: BD Review

The beloved Marcel Carne epic melodrama bumps to Blu, but is this high-def debut truly Edenic...?

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Eating Raoul: BD Review

The Paul Bartel/Mary Woronov cult comedy classic finally gets the Criterion high-def presentation it deserves...

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Dial M For Murder: 3D BD Review

It's neat to finally see the Grace Kelly thriller in 3D, but even the added dimension can't help Dial M For Murder be anything more than ho-hum Hitchcock at best...

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Eclipse Series 36 - Three Wicked Melodramas From Gainsborough Pictures: DVD Review

These British romances may never have seen the light of standard-def day if not for Criterion, but they probably won't mean much to a modern audience....

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Pete's Dragon - 35th Anniversary Edition: BD Review

It's always a treat to return to Passamaquoddy, but even with an audio/video bump, this Pete's Dragon Blu-ray isn't as complete as it should be....

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The Heineken Kidnapping: BD Review

Hey, man - if you decide to kidnap Rutger Hauer, don't be surprised if payback is a bitch....

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Rosemary's Baby: BD Review

"We're your friends, Rosemary. There's nothing to be scared about. Honest and truly there isn't...."

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Sunset Blvd.: BD Review

Billy Wilder's darkest and most accomplished film just might be 2012's must-have catalog high-def release....

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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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The Robert Mitchum Film Collection: DVD Review

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

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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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Pixar - Short Films Collection 2: BD Review

Another round of high-def Pixar shorts that are just as impressive as the last set....

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Trilogy of Life: BD Review

Pier Paolo Pasolini's epic three-film cycle comes to life in high-def like never before....

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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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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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Disc News Update 11.14

Hermione's new drama and the year's most talked-about documentary both get high-def specs in today's announcements....

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Weekend: BD Review

Criterion unleashes their second Jean-Luc Godard Blu-ray edition, and it's a (purposely) noisy, anarchic mess...

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