Director David Lean’s sweeping, three-and-a-half-hour-long romantic epic is given the high-def Blu-ray Book treatment by Warner with a wealth of extras and a solid VC-1 transfer for the forty-five-year-old film.
Even a hot naked Rene Russo can’t save this dismal, barebones affair from the doldrums on Blu-ray.
With a strong ensemble cast, this character-driven sci-fi drama is the grittiest, most mature series in the Stargate franchise yet, but with 9 episodes at an SRP of $69.99 ($39 on Amazon) they must be living in another universe.
This sleek 80’s time capsule from French Connection director William Friedkin deserves a second look, as long as you don’t look too closely at the less-than-stellar video transfer from MGM.
Not even an “Extended Dance Edition” and excellent reference-quality DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack can rescue this exceedingly dull bandwagon-hopping remake of the 1980 original.
The 70 year old cinematic classic gets spruced up from Warner for its release on Blu-ray in a red velvet keep-case Ultimate Collector’s Edition.
