THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG (BD, Buena Vista, Region A, USA)...

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THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX (BD, MPI, Region A, USA)...

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TOY STORY (BD, Buena Vista, Region ABC, USA)...

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A BD release of the Disney classic (not the naff-looking Tim Burton version currently playing in cinemas) appears to be coming out in Italy on May 2010: Clicky! Source: Blu-ray.com...

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CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY (BD, Anchor Bay, Region A, USA)...

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An unexpected mega haul today. First, the two discs that I'd ordered online: LUFTSLOTTET SOM PRENGTES (BD, Nordisk Film, Region ABC, Norway) Known in its native Sweden as LUFTSLOTTET SOM SPRÄNGDES and in English-speaking territories as THE GIRL WHO KICKED...

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Wednesday, February 3, 2010: THE ARMY OF CRIME (BD, Region B, UK) Monday, February 8, 2010: MYSTIC RIVER (BD, Region ABC, UK) Friday, February 12, 2010: GANGS OF NEW YORK (BD, Region ABC, USA) Saturday, February 20, 2010: PONYO...

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Ponyo (BD, Buena Vista, Region ABC, USA)...

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Gangs of New York [remastered] (BD, Buena Vista, Region ABC, USA) As someone else already said, what was previously one of the worst-looking catalogue titles on the format is now one of the best. I don't think I have...

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Source: AV Science Forum A rumour posted at The Digital Bits suggests that, hot on the heels of Disney atoning for the disastrous initial BD release of Gangs of New York, Paramount are preparing to do the same for their...

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Mystic River (BD, Warner, Region ABC, UK)...

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I've returned my copy of Broken Embraces to Amazon. Today I discovered that the UK release by Pathé features English subtitles burned into the image itself (they're not just a forced subtitle stream: they're actually part of the encoded image...

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Broken Embraces (BD, Pathé, Region B, UK) The Army of Crime (BD, Optimum, Region B, UK) Updated Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 05:55 PM: I've returned Broken Embraces for the reasons described here....

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Wednesday, January 13, 2010: Antichrist (BD, Region B, UK) - BD impressions Saturday, January 16, 2010: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (BD, Region ABC, UK) [review copy] - BD impressions, review Monday, January 18, 2010: Suspiria (BD, Region...

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Clicky! Once again, the "screenshots scientists" and everyone else who complained about the woefully sub-par first release have been vindicated. Now come on, Disney, do the decent thing and set up an actual disc replacement programme instead of expecting us...

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The Double Life of Veronique (BD, Artificial Eye, Region ABC, UK)...

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Red Road (BD, Verve, Region B, UK) Pontypool (BD, Kaleidoscope, Region ABC, UK) Menn som hater kvinner (BD, Nordisk Film, Region ABC, Norway) Jenta som lekte med ilden (BD, Nordisk Film, Region ABC, Norway) The last two are better...

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Mesrine (BD, Momentum, Region B, UK)...

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Monday saw the release of the first English-friendly BD of Dario Argento's masterpiece, Suspiria. Already released on BD in Italy just under a year ago, that release was pretty much a disappointment all round due to its lack of English...

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Suspiria (BD, Nouveaux Pictures, Region B, UK)...

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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (BD, Sony Pictures, Region ABC, UK) [review copy] I doubt I'd have even given this a second thought had it not been for John Kricfalusi's review of it....

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Antichrist (BD, Chelsea Films, Region B, UK) My first disc of 2010....

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I know, I know, I said I'd do this ages ago, but other commitments kept getting in the way, to the extent that I completely forgot I was going to do this in the first place. Thanks to Adam for...

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That Ralph Bakshi's 1978 adaptation of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings is a superior effort to Peter Jackson's mega-blockbuster offering is a view that I doubt many will hold. I feel on considerably safer ground stating that Bakshi's version...

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2009. Films have been available on Blu-ray Disc for around for three and a half years and the format is now well established. It's no longer a question of whether the format will succeed - it's already done so, with...

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