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  1. Michael Reuben

    BLUE VALENTINE Blu-ray

    Blue Valentine (Blu-ray) Blue Valentine could have been called “Scenes from a Marriage”, if Ingmar Bergman hadn’t already taken the title. But Bergman is an apt reference. Derek Cianfrance’s film is as American as they come, but it shares the Swedish master’s emotional rawness, his bleak...
  2. Michael Reuben

    Copy Bluray movies to HDD and watch them on TV

    There may be in future. (It's being discussed right now.) There hasn't been yet. HTF Rule 5 remains unchanged.
  3. Michael Reuben

    THE YARDS Blu-ray

    I was holding off purchasing the Alliance versions of most Miramax films, hoping to see better American versions, but now I'm looking to pick up a copy of anything in which I'm seriously interested, unless it's been announced by Lionsgate.
  4. Michael Reuben

    THE YARDS Blu-ray

    No, I haven't seen either disc.
  5. Michael Reuben

    THE YARDS Blu-ray

    The Yards (Blu-ray) This is warning, not a review. The Yards is a standard-issue tale of crime and corruption in Brooklyn that’s elevated by a first-rate cast including James Caan, Ellen Burstyn, Charlize Theron, Joaquin Phoenix, Faye Dunaway and Mark Wahlberg. Released in 1999, the film...
  6. Michael Reuben

    What Are Some Great Character-Driven, Dialogue-Centric Blu-rays?

    Just going off my review list: Memento (it really is all dialogue) Jack Goes Boating (based on a play) Winter's Bone Hard Candy Solitary Man The Ghost Writer A Single Man Is Anybody There?
  7. Michael Reuben

    Favorite Blu Ray.......With a Lousy Transfer

    Robert Harris' review of NxNW on Blu is probably best remembered for its parody of restoration write-ups, but he did address the "softness" issue -- and there are few people around who know Hitchcock's films better than RAH:
  8. Michael Reuben

    Blu Rays That Made You Go Wow!

    Have we disagreed previously? I certainly haven't attacked you here, merely disagreed -- and that's going to happen when one posts in a discussion forum. As for not reading HTF reviews, that's your choice, but if you're going to comment on my setup or standards, at least take the trouble to...
  9. Michael Reuben

    Blu Rays That Made You Go Wow!

    I don't share that philosophy, which, to me, is no different from the "eye candy" school of judging Blu-rays. I judge films by their narrative and emotional impact, not by whether the pictures are "pretty". Did you look at my equipment list? I'll bet not. When you switched over to comparing...
  10. Michael Reuben

    ALL GOOD THINGS Blu-ray

    All Good Things (Blu-ray) All Good Things is based on the life of real estate heir Robert Durst, but most of the names have been changed, because the film sticks closely to known facts and draws the same conclusion that anyone who followed the story reached long ago: that Durst – excuse...
  11. Michael Reuben

    Blu Rays That Made You Go Wow!

    I'm not sure what point you're trying to make, but my setup is listed on every disc review I've done at HTF (currently 150).
  12. Michael Reuben

    Blu Rays That Made You Go Wow!

    Now I'm saying "wow" again, but with a different meaning -- as in, "wow! this is someone whose idea of a good-looking Blu-ray so radically differs from mine that we'll probably never agree on much".
  13. Michael Reuben

    THE KING'S SPEECH Blu-ray

    Related viewing note: PBS stations in America are currently airing the new series of Upstairs, Downstairs, which is set in 1936, during the brief reign of Edward VIII. In the first episode, the latest owners of 165 Eaton Place give a huge party, to which the notorious Mrs. Simpson ends up being...
  14. Michael Reuben

    Favorite Blu Ray.......With a Lousy Transfer

    Near Dark. Thankfully, though, I didn't buy it. Runners-up: Face-Off and Trading Places, but they don't really count, since I avoided the Blu discs, once I confirmed they were unchanged from the HD DVDs.
  15. Michael Reuben

    THE KING'S SPEECH Blu-ray

    The King’s Speech (Blu-ray) There’s no upside in defending a Best Picture winner, and also no need. Disappointed fans of a film that didn’t win (or wasn’t even nominated) will never be convinced, and why bother trying? The campaign is done, the vote is over and the statue has already been...
  16. Michael Reuben

    Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - quick review

    This thread is already way off-topic for a Movies discussion, but in brief: A Blu-ray complies with the spec so long as it has any one of the three required formats: DD, DTS or PCM. TrueHD cannot be "downconverted" for playback over optical or coaxial without special circuitry, which the...
  17. Michael Reuben

    Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - quick review

    Unless I missed it, no one has said any such thing.
  18. Michael Reuben

    Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - quick review

    You are making my point for me. The minute we get into a home presentation, we have already agreed to accept a translation from the theatrical presentation that incorporates differences in a variety of ways. As I said at the outset, I understand the desire for the film experienced theatrically...
  19. Michael Reuben

    Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - quick review

    I certainly understand the desire of people for the film they experienced theatrically. What I don't understand is why this standard is applied inconsistently, to the point where the suggestion is advanced that anyone who doesn't agree in condemning a title like Dawn Treader has betrayed the...
  20. Michael Reuben

    Blu-ray Review HTF Blu-ray Review: SCREAM

    Carl, I know how much you enjoy speculation, but I prefer to deal with the real and specific: Assuming there isn't a rights issue, I wouldn't be surprised to see it included with a future box set, after the release of Scream 4.
  21. Michael Reuben

    Blu-ray Review HTF Blu-ray Review: SCREAM

    I didn't? Would it help if the review carried the following descriptor: It would be "understandable" if this discussion were based on "specs listed on the case" or if there were other sources indicating that the disc contained the unrated cut. But this is a review, based on actual viewing...
  22. Michael Reuben

    Where's Robert Harris When You Need Him?

    He hasn't, but RAH has indeed been working on a few projects and is only now starting to catch up on a backlog of viewing.
  23. Michael Reuben

    Blu-ray Review HTF Blu-ray Review: SCREAM

    I didn't review Saw and have never seen the Blu-ray. But I confirmed which cut of Scream was on the disc even before writing the review (see the link above).
  24. Michael Reuben

    MESRINE: KILLER INSTINCT Blu-ray & MESRINE: PUBLIC ENEMY #1 Blu-ray

    Original French and English dub tracks, both in DTS lossless, with English subs for the French. It's listed in the vital stats at the beginning. The shootouts don't require translation. [/url]
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