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Sunday, July 3, 2011: TRUE GRIT (USA, 2010) 6/10 Monday, July 4, 2011: DRIVE ANGRY (USA, 2011) 3/10 Thursday, July 7, 2011: THE LOVED ONES (Australia, 2009) 6/10 Wednesday, July 13, 2011: ICE COLD IN ALEX (UK, 1958) 7/10...

Posted at 11:59 PM in Cinema

Monday, July 4, 2011: SPIRITS OF THE DEAD (BD, Region B, UK) (birthday present) Monday, July 4, 2011: CROSS OF IRON (BD, Region B, UK) (birthday present) Monday, July 4, 2011: ICE COLD IN ALEX (BD, Region B, UK)...

Posted at 11:59 PM in Blu-ray

Tomorrow, Lee and I will be recording the next episode of the Movie Matters podcast: a look at Peter Jackson's THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy. I know this is very short notice, but we'd like to read out as...

Posted at 2:13 PM in Podcast

In the latest episode of the Movie Matters podcast, co-hosts Lee Howard and Michael Mackenzie take the Left Hand Path as they delve into the world of the supernatural, examining two adaptations by the renowned Hammer studio of the black...

Posted at 10:39 PM in Podcast

The film: THE RETURN OF THE KING is a somewhat frustrating film for me, arguably more so than either of the previous instalments in Peter Jackson's trilogy. It remains the only instalment for which the extended material is really a...

Posted at 3:12 PM in BD Impressions

(BD, Criterion, Region A, USA) Only $20.49 plus shipping from Amazon.com - a most generous price given how expensive Criterion's BD releases tend to be. As I mention in the upcoming ninth episode of the Movie Matters podcast, I've...

Posted at 11:18 PM in Blu-ray

(BD, Disney, Region B, UK) Have never seen either of these... well, I think I might have seen the end of TRON years ago on TV....

Posted at 5:22 PM in Blu-ray

(BD, Icon, Region B, UK) A last minute shopping spree in the HMV sales as my summer holiday comes to an end. Picking up a few of the last year's major releases that I still haven't seen....

Posted at 9:27 PM in Blu-ray

(BD, Universal, Region ABC, UK)...

Posted at 9:26 PM in Blu-ray

(BD, Universal, Region ABC, UK)...

Posted at 9:25 PM in Blu-ray

(BD, Paramount, Region ABC, UK) Am I the only one who's noticed that this UK BD is labelled as Region A on the back cover?...

Posted at 9:17 PM in Blu-ray

The film: It's probably safe to say that THE TWO TOWERS is a much harder book to adapt than its predecessor. Not only does it have to contend with being the middle child of the trilogy and thus lacking a...

Posted at 5:47 PM in BD Impressions

(BD/DVD combo, Optimum, Region B/2, UK)...

Posted at 10:28 PM in Blu-ray

The film: I first read J.R.R. Tolkien's THE LORD OF THE RINGS when I was in primary school. If you asked me a decade ago, I would probably have described it as my favourite book, and although I've become more...

Posted at 8:54 PM in BD Impressions

(BD, Optimum, Region B, UK) - birthday present...

Posted at 5:56 PM in Blu-ray

(BD, Summit, Region A, USA) - birthday present...

Posted at 5:49 PM in Blu-ray

(BD, Paramount, Region ABC, USA) - birthday present...

Posted at 5:47 PM in Blu-ray

(BD, Kaleidoscope, Region ABC, UK) - birthday present...

Posted at 5:46 PM in Blu-ray

(BD, Optimum, Region B, UK) - birthday present...

Posted at 5:44 PM in Blu-ray

(BD, Optimum, Region B, UK) - birthday present...

Posted at 5:43 PM in Blu-ray

(BD, Arrow Films, Region ABC, UK) - birthday present...

Posted at 5:40 PM in Blu-ray

A train, some movies, a game... and a bag of Jelly Bellies....

Posted at 9:47 AM in General

(BD, Optimum, Region B, UK) Sorry to report that this appears to be a CAT O' NINE TAILS style degraining job (albeit without the harsh noise overlaid on top of it). I'm really disappointed and considering just returning the...

Posted at 7:30 PM in Blu-ray

"Why don't you go grab a goddamn aeroplane like everybody else?" The film: THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE is one of my favourite films of the 70s - a brilliantly efficient, genuinely tense and incisively witty thriller about...

Posted at 7:33 PM in BD Impressions

Microphone is still crap and boosting the volume just makes it sound worse. Might have to look into a standalone mike......

Posted at 10:53 AM in Web