Blu-ray Highlights: Week of October 11th, 2015 – The Fault in Our Backyards
For a holiday week (admittedly, a minor holiday), the Blu-ray release schedule is surprisingly packed with new discs this week. Just looking at the huge list makes my eyes glaze over. How can we pick...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of October 18th, 2015 – This Is Heavy!
How’s life in the future treating you? This week, we finally hit the date that Mary McFly traveled to in ‘Back to the Future Part II’. I guess that makes us all time travelers, in a sense. I bet...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of October 25th, 2015 – Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?
It stands to reason that the week leading up to Halloween will find a lot of horror movies released on Blu-ray. What’s perhaps surprising this year is the breadth of other films, including several...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of November 8th, 2015 – Let There B L1gh+
Among other things, this week’s new batch of Blu-rays brings us an aging action star struggling to maintain relevance in the current cinema market while a new talent claws her way up to the top for the...
View ArticlePoll: What Will You Buy in the November 2015 Criterion Collection Sale?
The last time Barnes & Noble held its semi-annual Criterion Collection sale, I commented that these sales seemed less essential ever since Costco started regularly carrying Criterion discs at 50%...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of November 15th, 2015 – Cry U.N.C.L.E.
The third week of November this year is one of those weird periods in which a huge volume of new Blu-ray releases (over 60 titles!) somehow includes very damn few actually worth consideration. New...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of November 22nd, 2015 – Baaa to the Bone
This Thanksgiving, if you’re bored with the traditional turkey dinner, perhaps consider mutton on your menu? Mmm, lamb chops… so yummy… New Releases ‘Shaun the Sheep Movie‘ – Although not as well known...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of November 29th, 2015 – You Know I’m No Good
Welcome back, everybody! As we return from the long holiday weekend, I wish I had more exciting news to bring you about the first new Blu-ray releases of December. Unfortunately, this is an especially...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of December 6th, 2015 – Size Matters Not
I could make a “big things in small packages” joke to start off the week. (In fact, I suppose I just did.) The latest batch of new Blu-ray releases brings us a couple of the smallest big movies of the...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of December 13th, 2015 – Trip the Light Fantastic
One exception aside, this week’s new selection of Blu-rays is decidedly less than fantastic. Your mission, which will certainly not be impossible, is to sort through the duds and find what may be the...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of January 3rd, 2016 – Over the River and Through...
Welcome to 2016! Let’s start off the brand new year with a brand new slate of Blu-ray releases that, surprisingly, might even have a few interesting titles to consider. New Releases ‘Sicario‘ – One of...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of January 10th, 2016 – Mars Attacks
We have a lot of traveling to do this week. The latest batch of Blu-ray releases take us from the far reaches of space to the other side of death. Strap yourselves in. The ride might get bumpy. New...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of January 17th, 2016 – Gangsta Gangsta
When it came time to recognize the contribution that black artists and performers made to cinema during 2015, it appears that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ran all outta nominations....
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of February 14th, 2016 – Oscar Nominations? There’s...
As we return from the President’s Day weekend, it’s bio-pic week on Blu-ray. A bunch of last fall’s Oscar bait movies hit video to either remind Academy voters of their existence, or to sulk about...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of February 21st, 2016 – Plastics!
Here’s to you, Mrs. Robinson. Between the new Oscar nominee, the latest Pixar epic, some cult horror flicks and a handful of genuine movie classics, this is a pretty busy week for new Blu-ray releases....
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of March 13th, 2016 – The Long and Short of It
A few of last year’s most acclaimed movies hit Blu-ray this week, but are any of them really the sort of thing you’ll run out to buy? New Releases ‘The Big Short‘ – If it weren’t for the perplexing...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of March 20th, 2016: A Bird in the Hand
It’s time to say goodbye to Katniss and her friends as the finale of their blockbuster franchise comes to Blu-ray this week. After that, geek out and get your freak on with an exciting TV box set. New...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of March 27th, 2016 – Don’t Hate the Player
Don’t you just hate returning to work after a long holiday weekend? We hope you got your fill of chocolate bunnies, Peeps and jelly beans, because it’s time to look at a new week’s worth of Blu-ray...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of April 10th, 2016 – Suspicious Minds
Last week brought a massive blockbuster hit to Blu-ray, the type of movie that scares away any serious competition. Apparently, this week is still feeling the aftershocks of that. If you’re a fan of...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of April 24th, 2016 – Along Came Folly
This week’s big Blu-ray releases include a Christmas movie (in April!) and a dumb sequel nobody asked for. Frankly, I’m fine with that. I didn’t need to spend any money right now anyway. New Releases...
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