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Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble (Maurice Pialat, 1972) R2 UK - Eureka Masters of Cinema, Passe ton bac d'abord (Maurice Pialat, 1979) R2 UK - Eureka Masters of Cinema, Full Battle Rattle (Tony Gerber + Jesse Moss, 2008) First Run Features, Homicide (David Mamet, 1991) - Criterion, That Hamilton Woman (Alexander Korda, 1941) - Criterion, Food, Inc. (Robert Kenner, 2008) Magnolia, Pierrot Le Fou [Blu-ray] (Jean-Luc Godard, 1965) - Criterion, Jimi Plays Monterey & Shake! Otis At Monterey [Blu-ray] (D.A. Pennebaker, 1986) - Criterion, Monterey Pop Collection [Blu-ray] - Criterion, Complete Monterey Pop Festival [Blu-ray] - Criterion, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory [Blu-ray] (Mel Stuart, 1971) Warner, Tyson [Blu-ray] (James Toback, 2008) Sony Pictures Classics, Duplicity [Blu-ray] (Tony Gilroy, 2009) Universal Home Video, Adventureland [Blu-ray] (Greg Mottola, 2009) MiraMax, Gladiator [Blu-ray] (Ridley Scott, 2000) Paramount, Camille [Blu-ray] (Gregory Mackenzie, 2007) National Entertainment Media, 48 Hrs. [Blu-ray] (Walter Hill, 1982) Paramount, The Girlfriend Experience [Blu-ray] (Steven Soderbergh, 2009) Magnolia, Watchmen (Director's Cut) [Blu-ray] (Amazon Exclusive Nite Owl Ship) - ( Zack Snyder, 2009) Warner Home Video, X-Men Origins: Wolverine [Blu-ray] (Gavin Hood, 2009) R'B' UK - 20th Century Fox

Gojira (Godzilla) [Blu-ray] (Ishiro Honda, 1954) Genius Products, Hero [Blu-ray] (Yimou Zhang, 2002) - Buena Vista Home Video, Karloff & Lugosi Horror Collection (The Walking Dead (1936), Frankenstein-1970 (1958), You'll Find Out (1940), Zombies on Broadway (1945) - Warner Home Video, Paul Newman: The Tribute Collection - The Long, Hot Summer (1958) Rally 'round the Flag, Boys! (1958) , From the Terrace (1960) , Exodus (1960) , The Hustler (1961) , Adventures of a Young Man (1962), What a Way to Go! (1964), Hombre (1967), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) , Towering Inferno (1974), Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976) , Quintet (1979) The Verdict (1982) - 20th Century Fox, Silverado [Blu-ray] (Lawrence Kasdan, 1985) Sony Pictures, The Informers [Blu-ray] (Gregor Jordan, 2009) Senator, Sex, Lies, and Videotape [Blu-ray]  (Steven Soderbergh, 1989) Sony, Requiem for a Dream [Blu-ray] (Darren Aronofsky, 2000) Lions Gate, K-19: The Widowmaker [Blu-ray] (Kathryn Bigelow, 2002) Paramount, Iron Monkey [Blu-ray] (Woo-ping Yuen, 1993) Buena Vista Home Video, The Legend Of Drunken Master [Blu-ray] (Chia-Liang Liu, 1994) Buena Vista Home Video, Deep Impact [Blu-ray] (Mimi Leder, 1998) Paramount,  Zatôichi [Blu-ray] (Takeshi Kitano, 2003) Buena Vista Home Video, The Firm [Blu-ray] (Sydney Pollack, 1993) Paramount, Blacula/Scream Blacula Scream - 20th Century Fox, Soul Power (Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, 2008) - R2 UK Eureka [Masters of Cinema], Soul Power [Blu-ray] (Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, 2008) - R'B' UK Eureka [Masters of Cinema]

Artificial Intelligence: AI [Blu-ray] (Steven Spielberg, 2001) Warner Aus/Zoom, Billy Jack [Blu-ray] (Tom Laughlin, 1971) Image Entertainment, Contact [Blu-ray] (Robert Zemeckis, 1997) Warner, King Kong [Blu-ray] (John Guillermin, 1976) Universal Aus/Zoom, Leaving Las Vegas [Blu-ray] (Mike Figgis, 1995) Universal Aus/Zoom, The Boat That Rocked [Blu-ray] (Richard Curtis, 2009) Universal Aus/Zoom, The Dark Crystal [Blu-ray] (Jim Henson + Frank Oz, 1982) Sony Pictures, Labyrinth [Blu-ray] (Jim Henson, 1986) Sony Pictures, Ghost Ship [Blu-ray] (Steve Beck, 2002) Warner Home Video, Adam Resurrected [Blu-ray] (Paul Schrader, 2008) Image Entertainment, The Number 23 [Blu-ray] (Joel Schumacher, 2007) New Line Home Video, Children of the Corn [Blu-ray] (Fritz Kiersch, 1984) Anchor Bay/Starz, Werner Herzog - Natural World Boxset [Blu-ray] (includes Encounters at the End of the world, Grizzly Man, White Diamond, La Soufriere & Flying Doctors of East Africa) - R'B' - Revolver Entertainment, Punch-Drunk Love [Blu-ray]  (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002) R'B' - Sony Pictures, The Deer Hunter [Blu-ray] (Michael Cimino, 1978) R'B' - Optimum

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     FUTURE WEEK'S DVD RELEASES 

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Week of June 29th, 2009

 

Beyond Rangoon (John Boorman, 1995) Warner

British Cinema: Renown Pictures Crime & Noir (Blackout, Bond of Fear, Home To Danger, Meet Mr. Callaghan, No Trace, Recoil) - VCI Entertainment

Che: Part One (Steven Soderbergh, 2008) R2 UK Optimum
Che: Part One [Blu-ray] (Steven Soderbergh, 2008) R2 UK Optimum
Che: Part Two (Steven Soderbergh, 2008) R2 UK Optimum
Che: Part Two [
Blu-ray] (Steven Soderbergh, 2008) R2 UK Optimum

Do the Right Thing [Blu-ray] (Spike Lee, 1989) Universal Studios

Flawless [Blu-ray] (Michael Radford, 2007) Magnolia

Golden Age Noir (1952-1955) - 7X1/2 hour playhouse episodes starring Joanne Woodward, Dick Powell, Lee Marvin, Ida Lupino etc. directed by Blake Edwards, Robert Mulligan, Robert Aldrich etc. - RYKO Distribution

Japanese Miscellany (9 Souls, Bullet Ballet, Wild Life, Full Metal Yakuza, Younf Thugs: Nostalgia, Onibi: The Fire Within, Mobsters' Confessions & an Obsession) Arts Magic

Marc Isaacs Collection: Lift / Travellers / Calais: The Last Border -R2 UK Second Run

Ruby Blue (Jan Dunn, 2008) Cinequest

Tokyo! [Blu-ray] (Joon-ho Bong, Leos Carax, Michel Gondry, 2008) Liberation

Two Lovers [Blu-ray] (James Gray, 2008) Magnolia Home Entertainment

 

Week of July 6th, 2009

 

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Arthur Lubin, 1944) Universal Studios

Beau Geste (William A. Wellman,1939) Universal Studios

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon [Blu-ray] (Ang Lee, 2000) R'B' UK - Sony Pictures

The Deep [Blu-ray] (Peter Yates, 1977) Sony Pictures

Five Fingers (Laurence Malkin, 2006) Lions Gate

John Barrymore Collection (Sherlock Holmes / Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / The Beloved Rogue / Tempest) - Kino

Knowing [Blu-ray] (Alex Proyas, 2009) Summit Entertainment

Lola Montès (Max Ophüls, 1955) R2 UK Second Sight

Lonely Are the Brave (David Miller, 1962) Universal Studios

Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (2-disc - English Subtitles) (Hayao Miyazaki, 2008) - R2 JP Pony Canyon

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (Henry Hathaway, 1936) Universal Studios

 

Week of July 13th, 2009

 

12 (Nikita Mikhalkov, 2007) Sony Pictures

Anti-Clock (Jane Arden + Jack Bond, 1980) R2 UK BFI Video
Anti-Clock [
Blu-ray] (Jane Arden + Jack Bond, 1980) R'B' UK BFI Video

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon / Curse of the Golden Flower / House of Flying Daggers Trilogy [Blu-ray] - Sony Pictures

Edge of Love [Blu-ray] (John Maybury, 2008) Image Entertainment

Eldorado (Bouli Lanners, 2008) Film Movement

Explicit Ills - [Blu-ray] (Mark Webber, 2008) Peace Arch Home Entertainment

Film Noir Classics: The Collector's Choice (PRESUMABLY: The Sniper, The Big Heat, Five Against the House, The Lineup, and Murder by Contract) Sony

For All Mankind (Al Reinert, 1989) - Criterion Collection

For All Mankind [Blu-ray] (Al Reinert, 1989) - Criterion Collection

Grey Gardens (Michael Sucsy, 2009) HBO

The Human Condition - 4-disc (Masaki Kobayashi, 1959) - Criterion Collection

Mad Men: Season Two [Blu-ray] - Lions Gate

The Other Side of the Underneath (Jane Arden, 1972) R2 UK BFI Video
The Other Side of the Underneath [
Blu-ray] (Jane Arden, 1972) R'B' UK BFI Video

Separation (Jack Bond, 1968) R2 UK BFI Video
Separation [
Blu-ray] (Jack Bond, 1968) R'B' UK BFI Video

This Is Spinal Tap [Blu-ray] (Rob Reiner, 1984) MGM

The Towering Inferno [Blu-ray] (John Guillermin + Irwin Allen, 1974) 20th Century Fox

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Latest SD Reviews - Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Bardelys The Magnificent, Monte Cristo, The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, Beau Geste, Lonely Are the Brave, Made in U.S.A., The Haunted Castle, The Finances of the Grand Duke, À l'aventure, Three Films By Marc Isaacs, Eldorado, The Strange One, Last Holiday, The King and I - Korean Drama,  Daisies, Une Femme mariee, The Man From London, The Flowers and the Angry Waves, Il Grido, M. Butterfly, Time Limit, Man Hunt, The Money Trap, Westbound, Zabriskie Point, The Big House, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, He Ran All the Way, Pigs, Pimps, & Prostitutes: 3 Films by Shohei Imamura, Deadly Sweet, Wichita, Taken, Une Femme mariee, Brainstorm, Wise Blood, La Gueule Ouverte, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, I Was a Communist for the F.B.I., Eclipse 16 - Alexander Korda's Private Lives, Derby, Running Hot, Empire of Passion, The Hit, The Silence of Lorna, The Reader, Under Full Sail, The Rainbow, Revanche, Pre-Code Hollywood Collection

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Latest Blu-ray Reviews - Jonas Brothers 3-D Concert (BR), Match Point (BR), The Deep (BR), Leaving Las Vegas (BR), Burn Notice - Season Two (BR), Arizona Dream (BR), The Myth (BR), For All Mankind (BR), Pulp Fiction (BR), House of Fury (BR), Looking For a Star (BR), Chamagodo (BR), Knowing (BR), Tokyo! (BR), Two Lovers (BR), Tokyo Sonata (BR), Flawless (BR), Home (BR), The Italian Job (BR), The Siege (BR), Waltz With Bashir (BR), The Code (BR), The Greatest Game Ever Played (BR), Sexy Beast (BR), Do the Right Thing (BR), Rockers (BR), Lust, Caution (BR), Blindness (BR), Inkheart (BR), Dead Man (BR), Leon (BR), John Adams (BR), Generation Kill (BR), Gomorrah (BR), Last Year at Marienbad (BR), Dragon Hunters (BR), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (BR), Nighthawks (BR), Lost Season Two (BR), Lost Season One (BR), Ghostbusters (BR), Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (BR), Fracture (BR), Shallow Grave (BR), The Seventh Seal (BR), The International (BR), Magick Lantern Cycle (BR)

 

Latest Comparisons - Match Point (BR), Arizona Dream (BR), The Myth (BR), For All Mankind (BR), Pulp Fiction (BR), The Amazing Mr. X, The Black Book Two or Three Things I Know About Her, Tokyo Sonata (BR), Sexy Beast (BR), Do the Right Thing (BR), Lust, Caution (BR), Blindness (BR), Dead Man (BR), Leon (BR), Parade, Last Year at Marienbad (BR), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (BR), Nighthawks (BR), Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (BR), Fracture (BR), Body and Soul, Shallow Grave (BR), The Seventh Seal (BR), My Dinner With Andre, Last Year at Marienbad, Faust, Tartuffe, Une Femme mariee, Monsters Inc. (BR), Field of Dreams (BR), The Graduate (BR), L'Innocente, The Key, The Most Dangerous Game, Il Grido, My Winnipeg, This Gun For Hire, Junebug (BR), Torso, Children of Men (BR), The Decameron (BR), Taken (BR), Of Time and the City, Lions For Lambs (BR), True Romance (BR), Zabriskie Point, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence, The Illusionist (BR), Un Chant D'amour, Fargo (BR), The English Patient (BR),