There’s plenty of talk going on about the problems with this 1080p/AVC-encoded transfer of West Side Story and, well, they’re not wrong.
Criterion’s stellar reputation for Blu-ray releases continues unabated with their phenomenal treatment of Wes Anderson’s first masterpiece.
This release gives the film a second chance to prove that it actually transcends the Spielberg template.
Modern Family announces itself as the rightful heir to Arrested Development’s bejeweled throne.
This is an expectedly extensive and beautiful package from Criterion.
Johnston’s film is brisk and thoroughly entertaining, but is indicative of lowered expectations in its specific subgenre.
The imagery and luxurious auditory landscape retains a potency on this disc that hits like a freshly lit, well-rolled joint.
The most influential film of the 1990s makes its highly anticipated bow on Blu-ray.
It has all the strong markings of a Van Sant movie and Lionsgate shows the film requisite care on its Blu-ray transfer.
Time has been exceedingly kind to Boyle’s excellent breakthrough film and Lionsgate has done a great job preserving it on Blu-ray.
The stunning 1080p transfer makes a case for repeat viewings on its aesthetic heft alone.
Warner Home Video has made the release of Citizen Kane one of the few genuine Blu-ray events of this year.
Over a quarter-century after the fact, the Coens haven’t made anything quite like Blood Simple, which receives a solid transfer on this Fox Blu-ray.
Fox gives Peckinpah’s ferocious near-masterpiece a killer visual/audio upgrade.
Cocteau’s superb take on the Orpheus myth ascends to glorious audio and visual resolution.
Spiritual violence, class warfare, and plenty of mysticism go into Alejandro Jodorowsky’s desert-set whatsit.
Jones’s Source Code is far more nuanced and intelligent thriller than it has any right to be.
Rango receives an excellent audio/visual treatment and some solid extras from Paramount.
Winer’s remake of Arthur is given a suitable but by no means impressive transfer by Warner Home Video.
An insurmountable amount of extras comes second only to New Line’s stunning visual and audio transfer of Peter Jackson’s exhilarating and exhausting epic.