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War Horse: BD Review

This high-def edition of the Spielberg war flick is technically marvelous, but did the movie deserve its Best Picture nomination....?

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Princess Jellyfish - The Complete Series: BD Review

Pretty, sassy, and often unbearably confusing, this anime tale of a jellyfish-obsessed young girl and her gaggle of ladyfriends is a strange, strange beast....

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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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Laverne & Shirley - The Fifth Season: DVD Review

Turns out Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams really are going to make their dreams come true - doin' it their way....

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Buck Privates: BD Review

The hard-to-find 1941 Abbot and Costello comedy gets some serious Blu love....

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One Tree Hill - The Complete Ninth Season: DVD Review

The often laughably silly teen melodrama starring Sophia Bush finally comes to an end....

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Transformers Prime - Season One BD Review

"Yeah, I guess this new Transformers series is pretty dumb. Let's watch another episode or two."

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Out: DVD Review

This late-70s British television drama with Tom Bell is one of the better Acorn DVD editions of the year....

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Mother's Day: BD Review

Rebecca DeMornay is back, she's got a gun, and she is pissed....

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Single-Handed - Set 2: DVD Review

Elderly recluses, arsonists, and homicidal teenagers - all in a day's work for Irish detective Jack Driscoll....

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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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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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New Year's Eve: BD Review

Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ice Cube, Halle Berry, Ashton Kutcher, Hilary Swank - with a cast this strong, New Year's Eve should at least be watchable, right....?

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Into the Abyss: BD Review

Werner Herzog's latest documentary is a harrowing investigation of crime, punishment, and the shrapnel they both leave behind....

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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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Joyful Noise: BD Review

The good news here: the one and only Dolly Parton. The bad news: everything else....

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The Grey: BD Review

Who would you bet on in a match-up: A pack of wild Alaskan wolves or Liam Neeson and his team of rugged plane-crash-survivor mountain men...?

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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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Suits - Season One: DVD Review

Sometimes you don't need a strong central plot point to drive a series, and Suits: Season One is proof positive of that....

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Vega$ - The Third Season, Vol. 1: DVD Review

"Get in, or I blow your pretty little face off!" "You got a lousy sense of humor, lady."

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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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The Woman in Black: DVD Review

Spoiler Alert: Daniel Radcliffe doesn't use the Expelliarmus curse even once in The Woman in Black (and trust me - it would have come in handy)....

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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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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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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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Journey 2 - The Mysterious Island: BD Review

Alas, Steve Perry does not have a cameo in this latest Dwayne Johnson kiddie flick....

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Hell on Wheels - The Complete First Season: BD Review

This new revenge-fueled western makes for dumb, bloody fun....

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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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Ghost Rider - Spirit of Vengeance: BD Review

"Merry Christmas, you assholes!" is the kind of Nicolas Cage magic awaiting you on this brain-drain of a Blu-ray Disc....

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True Blood - The Complete Fourth Season: BD Review

Good luck trying to resist this latest R-rated set from Bon Temps' sultriest vampires....

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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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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 39 Steps: BD Review

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

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New York Giants: Road to XLVI - Post-Season Collector's Edition: BD Review

Is there any way we could go back in time and not have the Niners lose to the Giants in the NFC championship game in overtime....?

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Monster Brawl: BD Review

A Canadian wrestling movie about duelling beasts as officiated by Dave Foley. No, seriously - this movie exists....

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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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The Artist: BD Review

Will America finally start warming up to this Best Picture winner now that it's available in high-def....?

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Murdoch Mysteries - Season 4: BD Review

Murdoch builds a sonar device? What could possibly be more exciting than that....?!

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Fairly Legal - Season One: DVD Review

It's definitely factory-made conveyor belt television, but L Word alum Sarah Shahi's new series is nevertheless pretty darned addictive....

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The Best of Foyle's War: DVD Review

It's a solid cross-section of the series, but is there any reason to choose this Best of set over full season-by-season DVD box sets of Foyle's War....?

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Poirot - Series 5: BD Review

Acorn reverts back to lossy audio mixes on this TV-on-BD edition, but even as we cry technical foul, there's no denying these mysteries' innate melodramatic draw....

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George Gently - Series 4: BD Review

...in which Gently and Bacchus investigate the swinging world of British TV rock and roll shows aas well as the unexplained disappearance of an old informant....

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Down by Law: BD Review

Jim Jarmusch heads to Criterion Blu-ray once again with this cult-adored jailbreak fable starring Tom Waits, John Lurie, and Roberto Benigni....

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Singin' in the Rain - Ultimate Collector's Edition: BD Review

Yes, indeed - it's an even more glorious feeling to experience the best Hollywood musical of all time in sensational high-definition....

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Under the Tuscan Sun: BD Review

Diane Lane's chick-flick jaunt through Italy gets a Blu-ray re-release....

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