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I do think that 2014 may be the best year ever for blu-ray due mainly to the growth of catalog releases from companies like Twilight Time, Kino, and Shout/Scream Factory. 2015 has a lot to live up to and it will be interesting to see what titles emerge this year.

Yes, Lady From Shanghai and Phantom were both excellent releases and I picked those up as well.

Honestly I love when a film I did not expect to make it to blu-ray suddenly appears and that was the case when Hen's Tooth chose to release William Peter Blatty's The Ninth Configuration. A fantastic pitch black comedy and examination of the nature of human beings and their capacity to do good...

You'll likely notice a running theme here with catalog releases but what can I say these were the films I got really excited about being able to see on blu-ray. One of the truly amazing catalog releases in 2014 was Warner Brothers sensational release of William Friedkin's Sorcerer: This was a...

To me anytime a film from Orson Welles makes it to blu-ray it's a big deal and in 2014 we had a couple: These are both films I never tire of and once again show Welles was a magician both in front of and behind the camera. Just fantastic cinema that belongs in every collection.

Next up on my list of great blu-ray releases in 2014 is The Swimmer from Grindhouse Releasing. I was surprised to see this released and for it to get "Criterion" level treatment from Grindhouse. This was one of my favorite releases of the year and the film features a tremendous performance...

So, as far as I'm concerned this was a great year of blu-ray releases. Lots of great catalog titles from companies like Twilight Time, Shout Factory and Kino. We got a lot of westerns on blu-ray in 2014 which is always something I look forward to as well as many horror titles which seem to...