I just checked the Olive Signature Blu-ray and the unrated cut is approx 1:48:19 minus the Olive and Paramount logos, which aren't on the theatrical cut (which is 1:48:18). Seems like the only difference between the two cuts is the use of more explicit takes in the unrated, but otherwise...
Great news to see The Ladykillers make it to UHD from Kino Lorber! I was worried it was stuck with Lionsgate as they did the old Blu-ray. Worth noting that KL did release three other big Alec Guinness/Ealing films a few years ago: Kind Hearts and Coronets, The Man in the White Suit, and The...
I voted for Disney for the utter lack of meaningful releases in the year besides the excellent UHDs of Snow White and Cinderella. They recycled a terrible Blu of The Sword in the Stone when a 4K Dolby Vision master exists on Disney+, didn't license a single title (other than Mill Creek DVD...
The US edition of The Exorcist has such a laughably bad cover, I was compelled to order the UK release with the poster art and all the supplements intact.
These are extraordinary films and it's easy to see why Ray stood out as a filmmaker. Somehow, these are beautiful films in terms of naturalistic visuals and acting, while not in the same league of artifice like a Lean or Kubrick. These feel like cinema that just "happened" in front of the...
Would be nice to have something along the lines of a "Henson Rarities" collection with his early experimental film and television work like Time Piece and The Cube, as well as his ads and industrial films.
The discs are indeed encoded with dozens of "dummy" titles to make it difficult to pirate. I'd recommend just using the VLC Media Player instead, which works fine with Blu-rays (including this release).
One major difference between "80 Days" and Brothers Grimm is that this is a Best Picture winner that was a massive box office success in its day. I'd prefer a Blu-ray (or even UHD) to be the byproduct of a larger project to restore both the 30fps and 24fps versions long term. I don't think...
It was a coproduction between Fox and Columbia, but seems like Fox has owned the home video rights in North America and other territories for a while (and of course, would now be with Disney).
What's interesting is that the very first laserdisc from Magnetic Video actually has both the Fox and...
Super-35 is actually 1.33:1, just like pre-sound silent films. The 2.40:1 extraction is a bit off-center, closer to the top. By the 21st century, though, Super-35 films were usually shot 3-perf with a native area closer to 1.85:1.
(Super-35 was used on some 1.85:1 films in the late 80s/early...
Great selection - His Girl Friday, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Starman, and Punch-Drunk Love are the highlights for me. Kramer vs Kramer and Sleepless in Seattle are good films, too.
I've seen The Abyss countless times and never once noticed the absence of fish. Call the ending hamfisted, I've always liked the special edition. Sometimes a heavy handed approach is what it takes.
The Abyss is special to me because it was my first DVD and I watched it so much because I only...
A Three Stooges collection seems like a certainty between it being Columbia and the team's anniversary of being at the studio. Really excited to see what we get.
Including this month and next, we're actually at 22 UHDs of just Warner Bros. films. Their anniversary was in September, so that...
Around the World in Eighty Days is one of a literal handful of "holy grail" films I'll pay a premium on without flinching. I had no issues picking up the Columbia Classics Vol. 1 box mostly for Lawrence of Arabia and I even bought an all-region Blu-ray player for the BFI edition of Napoleon. The...
Day one preorder whenever it gets announced. I understand if it's only the 24fps, but both versions would be wonderful. There's also a lot of great material at Library of Congress like some deleted scenes and behind the scenes footage that would be fun to include.
Techniscope can look amazing. If from the camera negative, it's on par with grain levels of a regular 1.85:1 35mm film. American Graffiti isn't a film that needs to look polished. I've felt the low budget look added authenticity.
Just from 1973, we have some good examples of Blu-rays. Arrow's...
I think this is an underrated Hitchcock. The chemistry between Newman and Andrews adds a lot of fun, plus more than a few memorable setpieces. Not a masterpiece, but I think we can forgive a guy who made over 50 feature films in his life for only making two great films that decade as opposed to...