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Blu-ray Reviews (DVD Below)

• Fantastic Mr. Fox BD

• Hachi - A Dog's Tale BD

• Breaking Bad - Seasons 1 + 2 BD

• Life on Mars BD

• The Men Who Stare at Goats BD

• Toy Story 2 BD

• Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths BD

• Fallen Angels BD

• The African Queen BD

• Astro Boy BD

• Mulan BD

• The Devil's Rejects BD

• Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky BD

• Broken Embraces BD

• Toy Story BD

• Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire BD

• Juno BD

• The Neverending Story BD

• Spider-man Trilogy BD

• Alice BD

• Where the Wild Things Are BD

• Geharha - the Dark and Long Haired Monster BD

• Bigger Than Life BD

• Days of Heaven BD

• Yojimbo BD

• Sanjuro BD

• Clash of the Titans BD

• Up in the Air BD

• M BD

• The Founding of a Republic BD

• Soul Power BD

• Close Encounters of the Third Kind BD

• Death Proof BD

• A Tale of Legendary Libido BD

• Pierrot le Fou BD

• Day of the Triffids BD

• Halo Legends BD

• The 36th Chamber of Shaolin BD

• Breathless BD

• 2012 BD

• The Go-Between BD

• Coco Before Chanel BD

• Ponyo BD

• All the Right Noises BD

• Frantic / Presumed Innocent BD

• The Damned United BD

• Contempt BD

• The Informant BD

• RAN BD

• The Ladykillers BD

• Revanche BD

• Hunger BD

• Lola Montes BD

• City Girl BD

 

SD-DVD Reviews

• The Beaches of Agnes

• Gigante

• Pray

• Here Comes Mr. Jordan

• R.W. Paul Collected Films

• Peter Whitehead and the Sixties

• The Three Musketeers of the West

• Power Play

• The Cat'O Nine Tails

• The Young Girls of Rochefort

• To Adventures of Prince Achmed

• Black Snow

• Dillinger is Dead

• The Last Grenade

• Hellbride

• To Hell With the Devil

• Far From the Madding Crowd

• The Guns of Navarone

• A L'aventure

• My Brother's Wedding

• Killer of Sheep

• Silk

• Scream

• Girly

• Dorm

• Phenomena

• Out of the Fog

• The Unfaithful

• The Night of Truth

• Bird With the Crystal Plumage

• Tenebre

• And Then There Were None

• Two Evil Eyes

• Oasis of Fear

• Paranoia

• The Internecine Project

• British Film Noir Double Feature

• Pets

• The Exiles

• Nude For Satan

 

Comparisons

• Toy Story 2 BD

• Fallen Angels BD

• The African Queen BD

• Toy Story BD

• The Cat'O Nine Tails

• The Young Girls of Rochefort

• Bigger Than Life BD

• Days of Heaven BD

• Yojimbo BD

• Sanjuro BD

• A L'aventure

• Killer of Sheep

• M BD

• Soul Power BD

• Death Proof BD

• Phenomena

• Bird With the Crystal Plumage

• Pierrot le Fou BD

• Tenebre

• And Then There Were None

• The 36th Chamber of Shaolin BD

Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1964) - R2 UK Park Circus

Vigo - Passion For Life (Julien Temple, 1998) - R2 UK Park Circus

My Father My Lord (David Volach, 2007) - R2 UK Artificial Eye

Machan (Uberto Pasolini, 2008) - R2 UK Yume Pictures

Treeless Mountain (So Yong Kim, 2008) R2 UK - Soda Pictures

A Prophet [Blu-ray] (Jacques Audiard, 2009) RB UK - Optimum

Dogora (Patrice Leconte, 2004) - Severin
Dogora [Blu-ray] (Patrice Leconte, 2004) - Severin

World On A Wire (Rainer Werner Fassbinder,1973) - R2 UK - Second Sight Films Ltd.

TCM Spotlight: Charlie Chan Collection (Dark Alibi / Dangerous Money / The Trap / The Chinese Ring) - Warner

Silver Lode (Allan Dwan, 1954) - VCI

Girly (aka Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly) (Freddie Francis, 1970) - Scorpion Entertainment

Modern Boy (Ji-woo Jung, 2008) - Virgil Films and Entertainment

Nine (Rob Marshall, 2009) - Sony Pictures

Defendor (Peter Stebbings, 2009) - Sony Pictures

Owl and the Sparrow (Stephane Gauger, 2007) Image Entertainment

Leave it to Beaver: Season Three - Shout! Factory

Return Of The One-Armed Swordsman (Cheh Chang, 1969) - Vivendi Entertainment

The Karate Kid [Blu-ray] (John G. Avildsen, 1984) - Sony Pictures
The Karate Kid, Part II [Blu-ray] (John G. Avildsen, 1986) - Sony Pictures

The Karate Kid / The Karate Kid, Part II Box Set [Blu-ray] (John G. Avildsen, 1984 - 86) - Sony Pictures

War of the Worlds [Blu-ray] (Steven Spielberg, 2005) - Dreamworks Video

The Spy Next Door [Blu-ray] (Brian Levant, 2010) - Lionsgate

Surf Nazis Must Die [Blu-ray] (Peter George, 1987) Troma Entertainment

Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus [Blu-ray] (Jack Perez, 2009) Echo Bridge

Vengeance Trilogy [Blu-ray] (4-DISC) - Palisades Tartan

Essential Eastwood: Director's Collection [Blu-ray] - (Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River, Letters from Iwo Jima, and Unforgiven) - Warner Home Video

Heartbreak Ridge [Blu-ray] (Clint Eastwood, 1986) Warner

Clint Eastwood Collection [Blu-ray] (Absolute Power, Gran Torino, Million Dollar Baby, Unforgiven, Where Eagles Dare, Letters from Iwo Jima, Kelly’s Heroes, The Rookie, Mystic River, and Dirty Harry) Warner

The Rookie [Blu-ray] (Clint Eastwood, 1990) Warner

Prince Valiant [Blu-ray] (Henry Hathaway, 1954) R'B' UK Eureka

A Star Is Born [Blu-ray] (George Cukor, 1954) Warner

Kelly's Heroes/Where Eagles Dare (Action Double Feature) [Blu-ray] - Warner Home Video

Still Walking (Hirokazu Koreeda, 2008) - R2 UK Drakes Avenue

Absolute Power [Blu-ray] (Clint Eastwood, 1997) Warner Home Video

Poirot: Classic Collection Set 5 (3pc) [Blu-ray] - Acorn Media

The Wizard of Oz (70th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray] - Warner

Tell-Tale [Blu-ray] (Michael Cuesta, 2009) Vivendi Entertainment

The Navy vs. the Night Monsters (Michael A. Hoey, 1966) MVD

Barbara Stanwyck Show 2 - Koch Vision

The Virginian - Complete First Season on 10 DVDs - Limited Edition Embossed Collector's Tin - Timeless Media Group

Tales of the Gold Monkey (Virgil Vogel, 1982) - Fabulous Films/Shout! Factory

Tokyo Sonata (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2008) Koch Vision

One Deadly Summer (L'ete Meurtrier) (Jean Becker, 1983) Bayview Entertainment

Broken Embraces [Blu-ray] (Pedro Almodσvar, 2009) Sony

Vengeance [Blu-ray] (Pleo Sirisuwan, 2006) R'B' UK Optimum

Leap Year [Blu-ray] (Anand Tucker, 2010) R'B' UK - Optimum Home Entertainment

Baseline [Blu-ray] (Brendon O'Loughlin, 2010) R'B' UK - Optimum

The Dam Busters [Blu-ray] (Michael Anderson, 1955) R'B' UK - Optimum

Rome, Open City (Roberto Rossellini, 1945) - R2 UK Arrow Films

Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde (Roy Ward Baker, 1971) R2 UK Optimum Home Entertainment

The McMasters (Alf Kjellin, 1970) R2 UK Optimum Home Entertainment

Man with the Gun (Richard Wilson, 1955) R2 UK Optimum Home Entertainment

Red Sun (Terence Young, 1971) R2 UK Optimum Home Entertainment

Sammy Going South (Alexander Mackendrick, 1963) R2 UK Optimum Home Entertainment

A Lizard In A Woman's Skin (Lucio Fulci, 1971) R2 UK Optimum Home Entertainment

Landfall (Ken Annakin, 1949) R2 UK Optimum Home Entertainment

Spartacus [Blu-ray] (Stanley Kubrick, 1960) Universal Studios

Inland Empire [Blu-ray] (David Lynch, 2006) R'B' UK - Optimum Home Entertainment

old, 2009) R'B' UK - Artificial Eye

March 8th, 2010

 

An Education [Blu-ray] (Lone Scherfig, 2009) R'B' UK E1 Entertainment

Black Snow (Fei Xie, 1990) R2 UK Second Run DVD (BEAVER REVIEW)

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day [Blu-ray] (Troy Duffy , 2009) Sony Pictures

Gigante (Adrian Biniez, 2009) Film Movement (BEAVER REVIEW)

Hachiko: A Dog's Story [Blu-ray] (Lasse Hallstrφm, 2009) - Sony Pictures (BEAVER REVIEW)

Midnight Movie / Killer Movie [Blu-ray] - Peace Arch

Paris [Blu-ray] (Cedric Klapisch, 2008) MPI

Pirate Radio [Blu-ray] (Richard Curtis, 2009) - Universal Studios

Planet 51 [Blu-ray] (Jorge Blanco, 2009) Sony Pictures

Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire [Blu-ray] (Lee Daniels, 2009) - Lionsgate (BEAVER REVIEW)

Up in the Air (Jason Reitman, 2009) Paramount
Up in the Air [Blu-ray] (Jason Reitman, 2009) Paramount (BEAVER REVIEW)

The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke, 2009) R2 UK Artificial Eye

The White Ribbon [Blu-ray] (Michael Haneke, 2009) R'B' UK Artificial Eye

The Who: The Kids Are Alright [Blu-ray] (Jeff Stein, 1979) Sanctuary

 

March 15th, 2010

 

Armored [Blu-ray] (Nimrσd Antal, 2009) Sony Pictures

Astro Boy [Blu-ray] (David Bowers, 2009) Summit Entertainment (BEAVER REVIEW)

Breaking Bad: The Complete First Season [Blu-ray] - Sony Pictures (BEAVER REVIEW)
 Breaking Bad: The Complete Second Season [Blu-ray] - Sony Pictures (BEAVER REVIEW)

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men [Blu-ray] (John Krasinski, 2009) MPI

Broken Embraces [Blu-ray] (Pedro Almodσvar, 2009) Sony (BEAVER REVIEW)

The Constance Talmadge Double Feature: Her Night of Romance (1924) / Her Sister From Paris (1925) - Kino

Death Journey (Fred Williamson, 1976) Code Red (BEAVER REVIEW)

Dillinger Is Dead (Marco Ferreri, 1969) Criterion Collection (BEAVER REVIEW)

Elizabeth [Blu-ray] (Shekhar Kapur, 1998) R'B' UK Universal Pictures

Elizabeth: The Golden Age [Blu-ray] (Shekhar Kapur, 2007) R'B' UK Universal Pictures

Fallen Angels [Blu-ray] (Wong Kar-Wai, 1995) Kino International (BEAVER REVIEW)

The Fourth Kind [Blu-ray] (Olatunde Osunsanmi, 2009) - Universal Studios

Funny Games U.S. [Blu-ray] (Michael Haneke, 2007) R'B' UK Spirit Ent. Ltd

Love and Honor (Viridian Collection) (Yoji Yamada, 2007) Funimation

Mean Johnny Barrows (Fred Williamson, 1976) Code Red (BEAVER REVIEW)

The Norma Talmadge Double Feature: Kiki (1926) / Within the Law (1923) - Kino

The Princess and The Frog [Blu-ray] (Ron Clements + John Musker, 2009) Walt Disney Studios

Quadroon: Black Mandingo (Herbert Jr. Janneke, Jack Weis, 1972) Code Red (BEAVER REVIEW)

Rome, Open City (Roberto Rossellini, 1945) - R2 UK Arrow Films

Survival of the Dead [Blu-ray] (George A. Romero, 2009) RB UK Optimum

Unrivaled [Blu-ray] (Warren P. Sonoda, 2010) Lions Gate Home Entertainment

The Wizard of Oz (70th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray] - Warner (BEAVER REVIEW)

Wonderful World [Blu-ray] (Joshua Goldin, 2010) Magnolia Pictures

 

March 22nd, 2010

 

The African Queen (John Huston, 1951) Paramount

The African Queen [Blu-ray] (John Huston, 1951) Paramount (BEAVER REVIEW)

The African Queen (Commemorative Box Set) [Blu-ray] (John Huston, 1951) - Paramount Home Video

Bigger Than Life (Nicholas Ray, 1956) Criterion Collection
 Bigger Than Life [Blu-ray] (Nicholas Ray, 1956) Criterion Collection (BEAVER REVIEW)

Bodysong (Simon Pummell, 2003) R2 UK Bfi Video

Breathless (2-disc Special Edition) (Yang Ik-Joon, 2009) R2 UK Terracotta Media

Brothers [Blu-ray] (Jim Sheridan, 2009) Lionsgate

Clash of the Titans [Blu-ray] (Desmond Davis, 1981) R'B' UK - Warner (BEAVER REVIEW)

The Clouded Yellow (Ralph Thomas, 1950) R2 UK Eureka Entertainment (BEAVER REVIEW)

Days of Heaven [Blu-ray] (Terrence Malick, 1978) Criterion Collection (BEAVER REVIEW)

The Double Life of Veronique [Blu-ray] (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1991) - R'B' UK - Artificial Eye

Dumbo [Blu-ray] (Ben Sharpsteen, 1941) R2 UK Disney

The Exiles (Kent MacKenzie, 1961) - R2 UK - BFI (BEAVER REVIEW)

Fantastic Mr. Fox [Blu-ray] (Wes Anderson, 2009) 20th Century Fox (BEAVER REVIEW)

Fish Tank [Blu-ray] (Andrea Arnold, 2009) R'B' UK - Artificial Eye

The Innocents [Blu-ray] (Jack Clayton, 1961) - R2 UK - BFI

Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo, 1971) R2 UK Arrow Films

Katyn [Blu-ray] (Andrzej Wajda, 2007) RB UK Artificial Eye

Mad Men: Season 3 [Blu-ray] - Lionsgate

The Men Who Stare At Goats [Blu-ray] (Grant Heslov, 2009) - Overture Films/Anchor Bay (BEAVER REVIEW)

A Nos Amours [To Our Romance] (Maurice Pialat, 1983) R2 UK - Masters of Cinema

The Prisoner (Miniseries) - Warner Home Video

Red Cliff (Theatrical Version) [Blu-ray] (John Woo, 2009) Magnolia

Red Cliff International Version - Part I & Part II [Blu-ray] (John Woo, 2009) Magnolia

Sanjuro [Blu-ray] (Akira Kurosawa, 1962) - Criterion (BEAVER REVIEW)

Le silence de la Mer [Blu-ray] (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1949) RB FR Paramount Home Entertainment

Son of Man (Mark Dornford-May, 2005) Kino

Sous Le Soleil De Satan (Maurice Pialat, 1987) R2 UK - Masters of Cinema

Talhotblond: (Barbara Schroeder, 2009) Paramount

Toy Story Special Edition [Blu-ray] (John Lasseter, 1995) Disney*Pixar (BEAVER REVIEW)
Toy Story 2: Special Edition [Blu-ray] (John Lasseter, 1999) Disney*Pixar (BEAVER REVIEW)

La vallιe (Barbet Schroeder, 1972) R2 UK Bfi Video

Valley of the Bees (Frantisek Vlαcil, 1968) R2 UK Second Run DVD

Yojimbo [Blu-ray] (Akira Kurosawa, 1961) - Criterion (BEAVER REVIEW)

Yojimbo/Sanjuro Box Set [Blu-ray] Criterion Collection