Posted June 29th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel
This epic shows up on Blu in a rather solid transfer that should have fans of this martial arts troika pleased.
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Posted June 15th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel
Helen Mirren shines in this powerful romantic drama about the last year in the life and marriage of Leo Tolstoy.
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Posted April 18th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel
Bertolucci’s visually stunning epic comes to Blu-ray in a competent, though well below reference AVC transfer from Optimum.
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Posted March 18th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel
See John Woo’s epic vision of the end of the Han Dynasty on this gloriously rendered Blu-ray release from Magnolia.
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Posted March 15th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel
Bernard Cornwell’s Richard Sharpe returns with a new HD master of its Super-16mm source that does its best, but why, oh, why are we still inflicted with Dolby Digital soundtracks?
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Posted February 15th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel
Criterion scores again with a reference quality release of this powerful film by director Steve McQueen about the death by hunger strike in 1981 of IRA leader Bobby Sands.
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Posted February 10th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel
Amelia turns the life of the adventurous aviatrix into a sappy Hollywood soap opera, but at least the reference quality Blu-ray release arrives just in time for the Valentine’s Day holiday.
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Posted February 5th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel
Forest Whitaker’s riveting performance is main draw in this fictionalized account of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin’s reign of terror and we like the strong transfer to Blu-ray even if the production makes it less than great hi-def material.
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Posted January 30th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel
Optimum brings Guédiguian’s, Army of Crime, a compelling entry into the crowded field of French Resistance World War II dramas, to Blu-ray with a strong 1080p AVC transfer.
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Posted January 13th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel
The Duke set his Vietnam-era political agenda in this early film chronicling the war the in Southeast Asia arriving in a solid 1080p VC-1 transfer from Warner on Blu-ray.
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