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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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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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North by Northwest: BD Review

Alfred Hitchcock: Masterpiece Edition Vol. 8: Beware of cropdusters....

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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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Topaz: BD Review

Alfred Hitchcock: Masterpiece Edition Vol. 13: There is perhaps a bit of fun to be had with this spy game, but not much....

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Frenzy: BD Review

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

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Brazil: BD Review

Arguably the single greatest LaserDisc edition ever released gets new life in high-definition....

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The Lina Wertmuller Collection: BD Review

This arthouse trilogy will try the consistutions of even the most hardened cinephiles....

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Alfred Hitchcock - The Masterpiece Collection: BD Review

Our comprehensive review of one of the most ambitious high-def box sets of 2012....

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Fritz Lang - The Early Works: DVD Review

He's one of the masters, of course, but from these three early movies, you'd never guess....

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Incredibly Ever After: BD Review

It's just like a live-action Incredibles, only remade as an Chinese sitcom...

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Disc News Update 12.17

Three catalog titles get announced for Blu-ray today, and we also have early word on a high-def edition of RZA's directorial debut, arriving in February....

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The Qatsi Trilogy: BD Review

Godfrey Reggio's genre-defying trilogy explodes in Criterion high-definition...

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The Well-Digger's Daughter: BD Review

Daniel Auteuil makes his directorial debut with this breathy WWI romance that is pleasing, if not completely dramatically accomplished....

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Resident Evil - Retribution: BD Review

While it's unquestionably dumb as dirt, this Resident Evil picture somehow provides braindead zombie-annihilation entertainment....

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Mrs. Miniver: BD Review

On this Oscar nominations morning, we go way back to this Best Picture winner from 1942 and its new Blu-ray edition....

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Samsara: BD Review

This oblique doc showcases some of the most impressive cinematography of recent times....

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Madly Madagascar: DVD Review

This short adventure will please the kiddies temporarily, but it doesn't hold up to the other films in the franchise....

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Disc News Update 02.01

Brad Pitt and Patrick Stewart both headline high-def titles that get initial specs in today's update...

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Disc News Update 02.14

The Seth Rogen/Barbra Streisand comedy The Guilt Trip is headed to BD in April....

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Disc News Update 02.27

An action import from China and a new Chris O'Dowd comedy get high-def specs in today's announcement....

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