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Sony US continues its pattern of releasing big titles overseas and not in America! I noticed on the Amazon UK site that ROOD will be released there in October under Sony's own label, but no announcement here? Since Criterion has lost rights to Merchant/Ivory productions, will we have to start...

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<strong class='bbc'>The Eddy Duchin Story Blu-ray Review</strong><p>Mention the name "Eddy Duchin" to anyone under the age of sixty and you are likely to be greeted with a blank stare, unless you happen to mention it to someone who has seen the 1956 Columbia Pictures biopic, <em class='bbc'>The...

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<strong class='bbc'>The Front Blu-ray Review</strong><p>The Hollywood blacklist during the post-war era after World War II is one of the darkest periods in the history of the entertainment business. Although there was never an official written blacklist, the movie studios were under constant...

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<strong class='bbc'>The Armstrong Lie Blu-ray Review</strong><p>In 2008 five-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong announced that he was coming out of retirement and was training to return to professional bicycle racing. Director Alex Gibney (<em class='bbc'>Taxi to the Dark Side</em>, <em...

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<strong class='bbc'>Captain Phillips Blu-ray Review</strong><p><em class='bbc'>Captain Phillips</em> is a white-knuckle thriller which keeps the viewer constantly on edge and wondering what will come next, even though the eventual outcome is already known to anyone who picked up a newspaper or...

<strong class='bbc'>Blue Jasmine Blu-ray Review</strong><p>Woody Allen's latest film, <em class='bbc'>Blue Jasmine</em>, comes to Blu-ray with a pristine transfer courtesy of Sony. Although it has some funny moments, at its center <em class='bbc'>Blue Jasmine</em> is a drama about a New York...

So I went to the Roger Waters concert of "The Wall" the other night. Great show (even though I find the political overtones a bit "extreme"). But I wonder why there was no BD release. I know it's not technically the 30th anniversary of the the movie itself. But you would think since it's the...

<strong class='bbc'>Elysium Blu-ray Review</strong><p>Writer-Director Neill Blomkamp follows up his 2009 hit <em class='bbc'>District 9</em> with <em class='bbc'>Elysium</em>, another rather pessimistic view of a bleak future. Working with an estimated budget of $115 million, Blomkamp was able...

The complete series set of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman from Shout! Factory will be released tomorrow and I received a review copy this morning. Obviously I will not be able to give it a proper review right away, but due to the controversy over the botched Volume 1 set which was released in 2007 I...

Sony has listed 100 films on their website on a Made-To-Order basis.   http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/columbiaclassics/the-films/?filter=mod   The pricing is rather high for DVDr's, but I am hoping there will be coupon offerings coming, similar to the Warner Archive.   There...

Just received the new noir set from TCM and unfortunately all of the pressed discs in the set, SO DARK THE NIGHT, JOHNNY O'CLOCK, WALK A CROOKED MILE, BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND DAWN and WALK EAST ON BEACON suffer from an extreme case of jaggies and motion judder. These defects have been present in...

<strong class='bbc'>The Way We Were Blu-ray Review</strong><p>Sydney Pollack was a remarkably talented and versatile filmmaker. He could successfully work in almost any genre, whether drama (<em class='bbc'>Out of Africa</em>, <em class='bbc'>They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?</em>), western (<em...

<strong class='bbc'>Oliver&#33; Blu-ray review</strong><p>The roadshow version of <em class='bbc'>Oliver!</em>, winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1968, is now available in a sumptuous Blu-ray disc courtesy of Twilight Time and Sony. This exuberant musical adaptation of Charles...

Sidney Pollack was a brilliant filmmaker. He began his directing career in feature films in 1965, with The Slender Thread, after acting, and then directing TV beginning in 1956. Between 1965 and 2005, he directed almost twenty films, acted and produced others, and left an indelible print upon...

Sir Carol Reed's Academy Award-winning Oliver!, the Best Picture of 1968, has finally made it's way to Blu-ray through the courtesy of Columbia Pictures, the work of Mr. Crisp and his staff -- turning out yet another typical Columbia product -- meaning perfect, and distribution via Twilight...

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<strong class='bbc'>Mindwarp Blu-ray Review</strong><p>Of the 52 Blu-ray releases by Twilight Time to date, the post-apocalyptic film <em class='bbc'>Midwarp</em> is the first title which I had never before heard of. I have long been familiar with its star, B-movie icon Bruce Campbell, but...

See original thread here: The Columbia/Sony Wishlist Thread So I happened upon the original thread the other day and started reading it again. I was surprised to see that in the 4 years since it was created, approximately 70% of HTF members' title suggestions have been released either through...

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<strong class='bbc'>From Here to Eternity Blu-ray Review</strong><p><em class='bbc'>From Here to Eternity</em>, winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1953, is based upon a highly-praised novel of the same name by James Jones. The book contains much brutality and profanity, not to...

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<strong class='bbc'>Alamo Bay Blu-ray Review</strong><p>The first wave of Vietnamese immigrants to the United States occurred after the fall of Saigon in 1975. Approximately 125,000 South Vietnamese who had close ties with the United States government and/or their own government fled the...

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<p>Chalk one more up for those keeping score of Academy Award films missing in Blu-ray action.</p><p>After delays, Columbia (Sony) is finally releasing Fred Zinnemann's 1953 Best Picture to Blu-ray, and it's arriving with waves crashing and guns blaring.</p><p>One of the finest films of any era...

Just wondering... what are the odds we eventually get the 190 Columbia Three Stooges shorts on Blu-Ray? As far as I know, the shorts were remastered in HD for the 2007-2010 DVD collections. From a marketing standpoint, 2014 is the 80th anniversary of the Stooges joining Columbia. It would seem...

I started a new thread as I'm sure more than two of us are interested in this film. My comparison is the version from SPHE 1998. This is pillarboxed, but the screen blowouts fill the screen when needed. The black and white beginning is fabulous. Looks better than the DVD by a long mile. Dark...