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Great Barrier Reef: BD Review

It's subject matter is  impossibly beautiful, but does this nature doc do the Australian reef justice....?

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The Sorcerer and the White Snake: BD Review

Jet Li takes to the sky in this ambitious but bloated martial arts actioner....

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The Syndicate - Series 1: DVD Review

This marvelous TV-on-DVD set houses some of the most powerfully unpredictable melodrama we've yet seen in 2013....

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At the Gate of the Ghost: BD Review

Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon gets remade for the modern age, but the magic's gone...

Not Fade Away; BD Review

David Chase's post-Sopranos drama has its moments, but actually fades away pretty quickly....

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Pierre Etaix : BD Review

These long-unavailable French comedies are a welcome addition to the Criterion pantheon...

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Django Unchained: BD Review

Quentin Tarantino's latest - a double Oscar champ - is perhaps the single most audacious mainstream movie in years....

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Jurassic Park: 3D BD Review

This 20th anniversary edition of the dino classic is without question worth the double-dip....

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Friends - The Complete First Season: BD Review

Season-by-season high-def editions of everybody's favorite 90s sitcom hit the market, and there are just as many pluses as minuses to them....

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Friends - The Complete Second Season: BD Review

"I can't believe two cows made the ultimate sacrifice so you guys could watch TV with your feet up." "Well, they were chair-shaped cows. They never would have survived in the wild...."

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Promised Land: BD Review

This Gus Van Sant/Matt Damon reteaming is no classic, but it's probably a lot better than you'd expect....

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George Gently Collection - Series 1-4: DVD Review

We're pretty sure that its Blu-ray cousin is the better investment, but this DVD collection of George Gently's first four series is still a force to be reckoned with. 

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Mama: BD Review

Jessica Chastain gets scary and the results are surprisingly interesting - just don't piss 'Mama' off if you don't have to....

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China Beach - The Complete Series: DVD Review

The iconic show finally arrives in its entirety on DVD, but the results are mixed....

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Silver Linings Playbook: BD Review

Is this Jennifer Lawrence/Bradley Cooper Oscar-winner just another so-so romance, or the real deal....?

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The Guilt Trip: BD Review

Rogen and Streisand hit the road, and the comedic results are far more entertaining than they have any right to be...

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The Great Escape: BD Review

The Steve McQueen classic goes Blu, but this isn't the definitive high-def edition of the movie fans have been hoping for....

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Broken City: BD Review

This political thriller should be an ensemble smash, but even with a killer prologue, Broken City falls to pieces...

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3:10 to Yuma BD Review

Delmer Dave's cult-adored western gets the Criterion treatment, and it takes on a gritty, suspenseful sense of excitement....

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Safe Haven: BD Review

It's early to say for sure, but Safe Haven has what absolutely must be the most ludicrously insane plot twist of 2013....

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The Verdict: BD Review

Paul Newman's courtroom masterpiece gets a sturdy upgrade to high-definition....

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Side Effects: BD Review

Soderbergh's last (yeah, right) feature film is a scary, diverting treat....

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Crimewave: BD Review

This long-lost collaboration between Sam Raimi and the Coen brothers is intriguing, though definitely not as fun as it should be....

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Frankie Go Boom: BD Review

Family comedies are rarely this outrageously, offensively successful...

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George Gently Collection - Series 1-4: BD Review

This high-def edition of George Gently's first four seasons trumps its standard-def cousin, but not by much...

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The Rabbi's Cat: BD Review

This uniquely complex animated import is visually stunniing and maybe just a bit too narratively oblique for its own good...

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True Blood - The Complete Fifth Season: BD Review

"Take your pants off, cowboy - I'll show you what a real were-bitch can do...."

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My Neighbor Totoro: BD Review

The film that is perhaps Miyazaki's most striking finally gets the Blu-ray release fans have been waiting for....

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Identity Thief: BD Review

Even if it's just a throwaway yuk-fest, Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman make Identity Thief a road trip worth taking...

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Medium Cool: BD Review

Criterion absolutely nails their high-def presentation of Haskell Wexler's counter-culture classic....

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Dark Skies: BD Review

Sometimes you just wish those aliens would just hurry up and abduct these idiots already....

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The Burning: BD Review

Cropsy and pals provide more gory fun than ever on this wonderful high-def edition of the slasher classic....

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Wild Strawberries: BD Review

Bergman's classic takes on new life thanks to this sumptuous Criterion Blu-ray upgrade....

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Perry Mason - The Ninth and Final Season, Vol. 1: DVD Review

This penultimate Perry Mason TV-on-DVD set isn't the show's grandest hour, but it will certainly thrill Raymond Burr fans...

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Doctor Who - The Visitation: DVD Review

Peter Davison's best hour as our fair Doctor? Perhaps....

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The ABCs of Death: BD Review

The alphabet gets a groady revamp in this uneven yet singular horror anthology film....

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Things to Come: BD Review

This futuristic H.G. Wells saga is a loopy, zany head trip....

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The Newsroom - The Complete First Season: BD Review

Almost everything works like clockwork on this TV-on-BD edition of Aaron Sorkin's latest show....

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Clint Eastwood - 40-Film Collection: DVD Review

We all love a good box set, but is this forty-film collection worth its monster price...?

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Eugene Onegin: BD Review

Kultur's new high-def release of Tchaikovsky's acclaimed opera is a fascinating exercise in structure and romance (at least we think that's the case)...

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Vexed - Series 2: DVD Review

The sophomore set from this comedy/mystery series is no better than its first....

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Red Widow - The Complete First Season: DVD Review

Just another day in the Russian mafia - you know the drill....

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My Dog Tulip: BD Review

This one-of-a-kind animated picture is odd, endearing, and heart-breaking in all the right ways....

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Longmire - The Complete First Season: DVD Review

Katee Sackhoff's new western/mystery series is one of the most underappreciated shows to come down the pipe in a long while...

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Marketa Lazarova: BD Review

The greatest Czech movie ever? Perhaps....

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Escape From Planet Earth: 3D BD Review

This CGI flick is flimsy at its core, but the 3D CGI work on display here is often wildly impressive....

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The First Churchills: DVD Review

The first-ever Masterpiece Theater broadcast? How exciting is THAT....?!

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Shoah: BD Review

Criterion outdoes itself with this exceptional high-def edition of what is probably the most important documentary film ever made....

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Of Human Bondage: BD Review

Bette Davis shines with trampy zeal on this high-def debut of the Maugham classic....

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In Time: BD Review

Alas, in the future, Justin Timberlake does not possess the power to bring sexy back....

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