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78%
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The Grey (2012) |
"
A soothing lullaby for alpha-male viewers and survival buffs, Joe Carnahan's The Grey arrives in a tip-top Blu-ray from Universal-a form that's likely to extend its life indefinitely, as a manly man, scotch-sipping midnight movie."
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Slant Magazine
Posted May 15, 2012
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38%
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Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012) |
"
Magnolia's trim, handsome Blu-ray preserves Tim and Eric's most ambitious broadside for the viewer's delectation and/or revulsion."
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Slant Magazine
Posted May 11, 2012
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61%
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Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) |
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Slant Magazine
Posted May 11, 2012
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83%
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Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) |
"
They skimped on the supplements, but Twilight Time's Blu-ray of this neglected but endearing CinemaScope demo reel does right by its Technicolor film grain and stereophonic sound."
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Slant Magazine
Posted May 8, 2012
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Ganja & Hess (Black Vampire) (1973) |
"
Kino's faultless transfer of a permanently hobbled blaxploitation landmark, which now ought to be rescued from its martyr status and appreciated anew as a totem of the unclassifiable in American cinema."
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Slant Magazine
Posted May 8, 2012
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I Killed The Prom Queen - Sleepless Nights And City Lights (2009) |
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Slant Magazine
Posted May 8, 2012
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Dimensional Connections (2001) |
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Slant Magazine
Posted May 4, 2012
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Bird of Paradise (1932) |
"
After years of neglect in the public domain, Kino's Bird of Paradise is obviously the phoenix, emerging renewed from a privately owned nitrate print."
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Slant Magazine
Posted May 3, 2012
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3.5/4
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91%
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The Connection (2007) |
"
The junkies, as expected, are the real show, and it's here that the theatrical predilections emerge, less "that Barton Fink feeling" and more The Iceman Cometh."
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Slant Magazine
Posted May 3, 2012
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80%
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Haywire (2012) |
"
Soderbergh's best movie in ages, a deceptively modest bundle of butt-kicking and betrayal, gets a top-notch transfer from Lionsgate."
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Slant Magazine
Posted May 2, 2012
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2.5/4
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93%
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Marvel's The Avengers (2012) |
"
While The Avengers exhibits exemplary craftsmanship, Joss Whedon hasn't made a great film. "
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Slant Magazine
Posted May 1, 2012
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55%
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Camelot (1967) |
"
Sometimes, the controlling principles of a Blu-ray production match those of its subject. Such is Warner's rather touching devotion, via top-drawer supplements and packaging, to a legendary film that never was...quite the Camelot that was in their hearts."
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Slant Magazine
Posted Apr 27, 2012
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22%
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Raven (2012) |
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Slant Magazine
Posted Apr 27, 2012
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0/4
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21%
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The Raven (2012) |
"
While full of welcome gore and blood spatter, it's bankrupt of any creative spark."
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Slant Magazine
Posted Apr 26, 2012
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1/4
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Caroline And Jackie () |
"
Writer-director Adam Christian Clark's Caroline and Jackie clobbers the viewer with a wall of insistent stylishness, a Ketel One ad that just won't quit, or Bellflower for people whose Blackberry is a vital organ. "
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Slant Magazine
Posted Apr 23, 2012
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100%
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Late Spring (1949) |
"
A slight improvement from Criterion's own 2006 DVD, but if your Blu-ray collection has a Greatest Films subdivision, this goes right between Last Year at Marienbad and The Leopard."
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Slant Magazine
Posted Apr 23, 2012
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3.5/4
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100%
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The Day He Arrives (2012) |
"
The geometry of human relationships is the main theme of The Day He Arrives. "
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Slant Magazine
Posted Apr 20, 2012
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3.5/4
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94%
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Sleepless Night (2012) |
"
After a few turns in the modest narrative, an unlikely sense of structural resilience begins to emerge."
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Slant Magazine
Posted Apr 17, 2012
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54%
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The Iron Lady (2012) |
"
A lodestone soufflé, an insincere apologia for the autocratic battle axe, or yet another resplendent shrine to the Streep Eternal: Whatever The Iron Lady is to you, Anchor Bay's Blu-ray will give you just-adequate satisfaction."
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Slant Magazine
Posted Apr 15, 2012
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3/4
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47%
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The Three Stooges (2012) |
"
In the hands of the Farrellys, the Stooges are, unsurprisingly, made into totems of the duo's favored themes and values: separation anxiety, and the special qualities of home and family, however dysfunctional."
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Slant Magazine
Posted Apr 13, 2012
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11%
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The Darkest Hour (2011) |
"
A Razzie-worthy sci-fi zero gets the undeserving high-definition treatment from Summit Entertainment."
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Slant Magazine
Posted Apr 11, 2012
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67%
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We Bought a Zoo (2011) |
"
A slick, professional high-def disc that's designed a little like a handmade mixtape, there's plenty of heart and soul (and brains) in Fox's excellent Blu-ray for We Bought a Zoo."
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Slant Magazine
Posted Apr 11, 2012
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2.5/4
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90%
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The Cabin in the Woods (2012) |
"
Spectacle for spectacle's sake, but infiltrated by intelligent commentary and an atmosphere of generosity and inclusion."
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Slant Magazine
Posted Apr 8, 2012
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23%
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The Sitter (2011) |
"
The unfunny flies fast and furious in Fox's unremarkable Blu-ray presentation of David Gordon Green's latest letdown."
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Slant Magazine
Posted Apr 3, 2012
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97%
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Casablanca (1943) |
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Slant Magazine
Posted Mar 29, 2012
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0/4
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25%
|
Wrath of the Titans (2012) |
"
This is a product of gross indifference in every respect, an attempt on the part of its producers to make enough money to justify a third, perhaps even more cut-rate, installment. (Revenge of the Titans?)"
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Slant Magazine
Posted Mar 28, 2012
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79%
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House of Pleasures (2011) |
"
Bertrand Bonnello's haunting, multi-layered visual tour de force gets a mediocre standard-definition release."
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Slant Magazine
Posted Mar 21, 2012
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100%
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Lady for a Day (1933) |
"
Neither the best nor the worst of Capra's most celebrated films, Lady for a Day is an odd pre-Code tent pole to get the high-def makeover challenge."
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Slant Magazine
Posted Mar 21, 2012
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96%
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The Muppets (2011) |
"
A veritable romper-room presentation of this lovable (or, for some, insistently love-craving), reflexive musical comedy."
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Slant Magazine
Posted Mar 18, 2012
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The Letter That Was Never Sent (Neotpravlennoye pismo) (1959) |
"
Cinematic virtuoso Mikhail Kalatozov's slightly deranged great-great-uncle to everything from The Blair Witch Project to Rescue Dawn gets a no-frills but flawless high-definition release from the Criterion Collection."
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Slant Magazine
Posted Mar 18, 2012
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|
2.5/4
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84%
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The Raid: Redemption (2012) |
"
Gareth Evans's mostly no-nonsense, floor-by-floor ass-kicking panorama is admirably humble."
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Slant Magazine
Posted Mar 17, 2012
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50%
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4:44 Last Day on Earth (2012) |
"
It's only natural that Abel Ferrara's vision of the end of the world should take corporeal form as a quasi-autobiographical hangout movie."
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Slant Magazine
Posted Mar 17, 2012
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33%
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Spiders (2000) |
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Slant Magazine
Posted Mar 16, 2012
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Spiders, Part 2: The Diamond Ship (Spinnen, 2. Teil - Das Brillantenschiff, Die) (1920) |
"
Destined for film school libraries, Fritz Lang's earliest, substantially preserved adventure epic gets a solid, workmanlike DVD presentation from Kino."
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Slant Magazine
Posted Mar 14, 2012
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Spiders, Part 1: The Golden Lake (Die Spinnen, 1. Teil - Der Goldene See) (1919) |
"
Destined for film school libraries, Fritz Lang's earliest, substantially preserved adventure epic gets a solid, workmanlike DVD presentation from Kino."
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Slant Magazine
Posted Mar 14, 2012
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3/4
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85%
|
21 Jump Street (2012) |
"
Like many almost-great comedies, 21 Jump Street is frontloaded with the best go-for-broke gags and lines. "
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Slant Magazine
Posted Mar 12, 2012
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.5/4
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52%
|
John Carter (2012) |
"
It's both abrupt and languorous, a wall-to-wall exhibition of design work where nobody had the basic decency to make sure the designs were good."
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Slant Magazine
Posted Mar 6, 2012
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97%
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To Catch a Thief (2009) |
"
Unsurprising, as To Catch a Thief is one of the most beautiful movies of all time, Paramount casually drops one of its best-looking Blu-rays, with a nice sideboard of extras."
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Slant Magazine
Posted Mar 6, 2012
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97%
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Unforgiven (1992) |
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Slant Magazine
Posted Mar 6, 2012
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—
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67%
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The Woods (2006) |
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Slant Magazine
Posted Mar 2, 2012
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Sanbiki no samurai (Three Outlaw Samurai) (1964) |
"
Swell transfer work as usual, but Criterion could have done a bit more-as in, anything at all-to doll up Hideo Gosha's tight little chambara."
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Slant Magazine
Posted Mar 1, 2012
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1/4
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The Woods (2012) |
"
It's all very "found footage," Impolex by way of Discovery's The Colony, only with a lot more in the way of familiar consumer products."
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Slant Magazine
Posted Feb 29, 2012
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100%
|
Scarlet Street (1945) |
"
The first of Fritz Lang's jaundiced American noirs to make it to Blu-ray in a beautifully crisp transfer whose material flaws are far easier to forgive than a dame that done you wrong."
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Slant Magazine
Posted Feb 28, 2012
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94%
|
Hugo (2011) |
"
A disappointing slog from the artist formerly known as Martin Scorsese gets a predictably perfect high-def standing ovation."
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Slant Magazine
Posted Feb 27, 2012
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67%
|
Track 29 (1988) |
"
Image's barren single-disc of this cheeky fairy tale is essential for Roeg-ians, but an optional curiosity for most."
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Slant Magazine
Posted Feb 24, 2012
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100%
|
Anatomy of a Murder (1959) |
"
Give in to the "irresistible impulse" to put Criterion's 600th spine number on your shelf."
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Slant Magazine
Posted Feb 23, 2012
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57%
|
Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958) |
"
As barren as an octo-dad's bank account, Olive Films' single-disc DVD for Rock-a-Bye Baby preserves the otherworldly density of Frank Tashlin's VistaVision canvas."
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Slant Magazine
Posted Feb 14, 2012
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—
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38%
|
A Star is Born (1976) |
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Slant Magazine
Posted Feb 14, 2012
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Boeing (707) Boeing (707) (1965) |
"
A barebones platter gives a rare glimpse of Jerry Lewis playing it relatively straight, and an always-welcome view of Tony Curtis as an overworked bad boy."
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Slant Magazine
Posted Feb 13, 2012
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85%
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