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Thursday, December 1, 2011: SUPER 8 (BD/DVD/Digital Copy, Region ABC, USA) Saturday, December 17, 2011: WINNIE THE POOH (BD/DVD/Digital Copy, Region ABC, USA) Tuesday, December 20, 2011: IN BRUGES (BD, Region ABC, UK) - Christmas present Friday, December 23,...

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

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Wednesday, November 2, 2011: TOM & JERRY GOLDEN COLLECTION VOLUME 1 (BD, Region ABC, USA) Thursday, November 3, 2011: THE WOMAN (BD, Region ABC, UK) Thursday, November 3, 2011: THE CONVERSATION (BD, Region B, UK) Saturday, November 12, 2011:...

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(DVD, Arrow Films, Region 2, UK) I bought a DVD! In my defence THE KILLING, the second season of which is currently airing on BBC Four in the UK, is an excellent show and alas not available on BD....

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Thursday, October 13, 2011: THE SECRET OF NIMH (BD, Region ABC, USA) Monday, October 24, 2011: WAKING THE DEAD: THE COMPLETE SERIES NINE (DVD, Region 2, UK)...

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(DVD, 2 Entertain, Region 2, UK) Speaking of series that recently came to an end... It's the only standard definition DVD I've bought this year, by the way....

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Apologies for the tardiness of this comparison, but SZAMANKA was unfortunately plagued by supply issues and I wanted to wait until more people had got their hands on a copy before posting this. [Continue reading...]...

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Monday, November 8, 2010: TÉNÈBRES (BD, Region ABC, France) Monday, November 8, 2010: GIALLO (BD, Region B, Italy) Wednesday, November 17, 2010: ASTÉRIX ET LA SURPRISE DE CÉSAR (BD, Region ABC, France) Wednesday, November 17, 2010: ASTÉRIX CHEZ LES...

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#1012: WAKING SLEEPING BEAUTY (DVD, Buena Vista, Region 1, USA) A fascinating documentary about the Disney studio from the mid-80s to mid-90s - i.e. just before and during the so-called "second golden age" of Disney animation - consisting entirely...

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#1011: VIDEO NASTIES: THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE (DVD, Nucleus Films, Region 0, UK) An insightful documentary about the "video nasties" panic of the 80s, trailers and introductions to all 72 films that ended up on the DPP's infamous list, 50...

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Friday, October 1, 2010: THE DOWNFALL OF BERLIN: ANONYMA (BD, Region ABC, UK) Saturday, October 2, 2010: THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ALICE CREED (BD, Region B, UK) Friday, October 8, 2010: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (BD, Region ABC, USA) Friday,...

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SZAMANKA: Premium Collector's Edition (DVD, Mondo Vision, Region 0, USA) Thanks, Mazi! As a side note, this is... ...the 1,000th title to enter my collection!!! (Counting DVDs, HD DVDs and BDs.) I probably still own about half of that...

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Friday, September 3, 2010: KICK-ASS (BD, Region ABC, UK) Thursday, September 9, 2010: SE7EN (BD, Region ABC, USA) Wednesday, September 15, 2010: INFERNO (BD, Region ABC, UK) Wednesday, September 15, 2010: MENN SOM HATER KVINNER [The Girl with the...

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Sunday, July 4, 2010: TRUE BLOOD: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON (BD, Region ABC, UK) [birthday present] Sunday, July 4, 2010: THE BOX (BD, Region B, UK) [birthday present] Sunday, July 4, 2010: FIGHT CLUB (BD, Region ABC, UK) [birthday...

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WAKING THE DEAD: THE COMPLETE SERIES SEVEN (DVD, 2 Entertain, Region 2, UK)...

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AFTER.LIFE (BD, Anchor Bay, Region A, USA) WAKING THE DEAD: THE COMPLETE SERIES EIGHT (DVD, 2 Entertain, Region 2, UK)...

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Wednesday, June 2, 2010: CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD (BD, Region ABC, USA) Wednesday, June 2, 2010: WATCHMEN: DIRECTOR'S CUT (BD, Region ABC, Canada) Saturday, June 5, 2010: WHERE EAGLES DARE (BD, Region ABC, UK) Monday, June 7, 2010:...

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The fourth Mondo Vision DVD release, Andrzej Zulawski's SZAMANKA, should be out soon and available to pre-order from Amazon.com even sooner. No specific dates just yet, but the final master is on the way to the factory, so the...

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RIVELAZIONI DI UN MANIACO SESSUALE AL CAPO DELLA SQUADRA MOBILE (DVD, Camera Obscura, Region 2, Germany) ...a.k.a. SO SWEET, SO DEAD. This is the third instalment in the Italian Genre Cinema Collection from German label Camera Obscura, which has...

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LIZARD IN A WOMAN'S SKIN (DVD, Optimum, Region 2, UK) This is my fourth copy of Fulci's best giallo, and I've only taken a brief look at it, but it looks to be the best presentation of the film...

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TERROR AT THE OPERA (DVD, Arrow Video, Region 2, UK) I picked up this recent DVD re-release of OPERA (to use its proper name - I refuse to refer to it by its ridiculous retitling) not because it offers...

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A few months back, I posted the cover art for the standard edition of the next Mondo Vision release, Andrzej Zukawski's SZAMANKA. Today I can exclusively reveal the artwork for the Limited Edition: The final specs have yet to be...

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Wednesday, March 3, 2010: LUFTSLOTTET SOM SPRENGTES (BD, Region ABC, Norway) Wednesday, March 3, 2010: TRIANGLE (BD, Region B, UK) Wednesday, March 3, 2010: 36 (BD, Region B, UK) Wednesday, March 3, 2010: LADY VENGEANCE (BD, Region B, UK)...

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SPOOKS: SEASON SIX (DVD, Contender, Region 2, UK) The one season of SPOOKS that I don't own a copy of (I have review copies of 1-5 and recorded 7-8 off Freeview), nicely discounted to under a tenner at Zavvi,...

Posted at 8:35 PM in Blu-ray / DVD

I apologise for being so late with this comparison. Mondo Vision's release of Andrzej Zulawski's L'AMOUR BRAQUE came out back in October, but for one reason or another I didn't get an opportunity to do one of my customary comparisons....

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