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Ashes Of Time Redux [Blu-ray] (Wong Kar-wai, 2008) R'B' Artificial Eye, Chungking Express [Blu-ray] (Wong Kar-wai, 1995) R 'B' Artificial Eye, The Romance Of Astrea And Celadon (Eric Rohmer, 2007) R2 Artificial Eye

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The Exterminating Angel, The Luis Buñuel, 1962, Simon of the Desert, Luis Buñuel, 1965, Shadows, John Cassavetes, 1959, Faces, John Cassavetes, 1968 and Hobson's Choice, David Lean, 1954

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Bangkok Dangerous [Blu-ray] (Danny Pang, 2008) Lions Gate, PTU [Blu-ray] (Johnny To, 2003) Mei Ah, King Kong [Blu-ray] (Peter Jackson, 2005) Universal, The Paradine Case (Alfred Hitchcock, 1947) MGM, Friday Night Lights [Blu-ray] (Peter Berg + Josh Pate, 2004) Universal Studios, Infernal Affairs I II III (3pc) [Blu-ray] - Mega Star, The Outrage (Martin Ritt, 1964) Warner, Tropic Thunder (Unrated Director's Cut)(Ben Stiller, 2008) Dreamworks Video, Tropic Thunder [Blu-ray] (Unrated Director's Cut)(Ben Stiller, 2008) Dreamworks Video, Silence of The Sea (Vahid Mousaian, 2004) Pathfinder, The Quare Fellow (Arthur Dreifuss, 1962) VM Inc., Ghost in the Shell, Vol. 2: Innocence [Blu-ray] (Mamoru Oshii, 2004) Bandai, Iowa (Matt Farnsworth, 2005) Koch Vision, The Sea Inside (Alejandro Amenábar, 2004) New Line Home Video, Diary (Oxide Pang Chun, 2006) Image Entertainment, Days and Clouds (Silvio Soldini, 2007) Film Movement, The Masterworks Of Rokuro Mochizuki - Artsmagic, Becoming Charley Chase (4-disc) - Facets, The Family Way (Roy Boulting, 1966) Wham! USA, What Just Happened? (Barry Levinson, 2008) Magnolia, What Just Happened? [Blu-ray]  (Barry Levinson, 2008) Magnolia, S.P.L. [Blu-ray] (Wilson Yip, 2005) Deltamac, Hulk Vs. [Blu-ray] - LionsGate, Erendira Ikikunari (Juan Mora Catlett, 2006) Facets, Humboldt County (Darren Grodsky, 2008) Magnolia, My Name Is Bruce [Blu-ray] (Bruce Campbell, 2007) Image Entertainment

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Latest Blu-ray Reviews - The Mask (BR), Wanted (BR), The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (BR), Jarhead (BR), Superman Doomsday (BR), The Kingdom (BR), Becket (BR), The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (BR), Encounters at the End of the World (BR), Firefly - Complete Series (BR), I'm a Cyborg, But That's Okay (BR), MirrorMask (BR), A Fistful of Dollars (BR), JFK (BR), Tropic Thunder (BR), WALL•E (BR), Memento (BR), Awake (BR), Hancock (BR), Priceless (BR), Sukiyaki Western Django (BR), Planet of the Apes Anniversary Collection (BR), Star Wars: Clone Wars (BR), Lucky Number Slevin (BR), Caligula (BR), The Story of O (BR), Into the Wild (BR), An American in Paris (BR), Black Christmas (1974) - BR, Paris je t'aime (BR), Get Smart (BR), Hellboy II - The Golden Army (BR), Kung Fu Panda (BR), Futurama - Bender's Game (BR), Planet of the Apes (BR), Transsiberian (BR), Superman Returns (BR), Monster's Ball (BR), The Final Countdown (BR), Night of the Living Dead (BR), The Shawshank Redemption (BR), Black Christmas (BR)

 

Latest Comparisons - Bottle Rocket, Star Trek Season Three, Tarnished Angels, The Last Laugh, Caligula (BR), Fanfan la Tulipe, Black Christmas (1974) - BR, Chungking Express, Paris je t'aime (BR), Roman Holiday, Monster's Ball (BR), Sunset Boulevard, Night of the Living Dead (BR), La Vie En Rose (BR), Mad Detective (BR), Thunderball (BR), From Russia With Love (BR), Touch of Evil, Psycho, Notorious, Capricorn One, Revenge of a Kabuki Actor, The Matrix (BR), Arch of Triumph, Rebecca, Red Desert (BR), Poltergeist (BR), Casino (BR), The Omen (BR), Body Heat (BR), The Edge of Heaven, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Fist of Legend, The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (BR), Young Frankenstein (BR), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (BR), Sleeping Beauty (BR), The Happening (BR), Vertigo, Rear Window, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Thing (BR), Salo (BR), Le Doulos, Days of Being Wild (BR), The Godfather Part III (BR), Affair in Trinidad, The Godfather Part II (BR), The Godfather (BR), The Big Lebowski, How the West Was Won (BR), An Autumn Afternoon, Hulk (BR)

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Week of November 17th, 2008

 

Abraham Lincoln (1931) / The Struggle (1931) (D.W. Griffith) Kino

The Avenging Conscience (D.W. Griffith, 1914) Kino

Awake [Blu-ray] (Joby Harold, 2007) Weinstein Company

The Bird People of China [Blu-ray] (Takashi Miike, 1998) Arts Magic
Chungking Express (Wong Kar-wai, 1994) Criterion

David Lynch The Lime Green Set (Eraserhead remastered, The Short Films of David Lynch, Blue Velvet (remixed 5.1), Wild at Heart, The Elephant Man, Dumbland, Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Broken Hearted, Mystery Disc) - Synapse Films

Derek Jarman Collection (Sebastiane / The Tempest / War Requiem / Derek) Kino

Encounters at the End of the World [Blu-ray] (Werner Herzog, 2007) Image Entertainment

The Fan (Otto Preminger, 1949) R2 UK BFI

Fanfan la Tulipe (Christian-Jaque, 1952) Criterion

Forgotten Noir & Crime Vol 4: Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard; Radar Secret Service; Motor Patrol, Mr. District Attorney (1941); Western Pacific Agent; Highway 13, Treasure of Monte Cristo: Roaring City: Sky Liner - VCI

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Mamoru Hosoda, 2006) Bandai

Griffith Masterworks 2 ( Abraham Lincoln (1931) / The Struggle (1931), Way Down East, Sally Of The Sawdust, The Avenging Conscience and D.W. Griffith: Father Of Film) Kino

I Served the King of England (Jirí Menzel, 2006) R2 UK Arrow

Lucky Number Slevin [Blu-ray] (Paul McGuigan, 2006) Weinstein Company

Mirrormask [Blu-ray] (Dave McKean, 2005) Sony

The Complete Monty Pythons Flying Circus - Collectors Edition Megaset - A&E Home Video

Paris, je t'aime [Blu-ray] (Olivier Assayas, 2006) First Look Pictures

Partner (Bernardo Bertolucci , 1968) R2 UK BFI

Priceless [Blu-ray] (Pierre Salvadori, 2006) First Look Pictures

Pride & Prejudice [Blu-ray] (1995 Mini-Series) A&E Home Video

Quo Vadis [Blu-ray] (Mervyn LeRoy, Anthony Mann, 1951) Warner Home Video

Sally Of The Sawdust (D.W. Griffith, 1925) Kino

Star Trek: The Original Series Season Three Remastered - Paramount

The Stendhal Syndrome [Blu-ray] (Dario Argento, 1996) Blue Underground

Tropic Thunder (Unrated Director's Cut)(Ben Stiller, 2008) Dreamworks Video

Tropic Thunder [Blu-ray] (Unrated Director's Cut)(Ben Stiller, 2008) Dreamworks Video

Up the Yangtze (Yung Chang, 2007) Zeitgeist

Wall-E (2pc) [Blu-ray] (Andrew Stanton, 2008) Disney
Wall-E (3pc) [
Blu-ray] (Andrew Stanton, 2008) Disney

Way Down East (D.W. Griffith, 1920) Kino

 

 

Week of November 24th, 2008