by Scott | Jun 14, 2010 | Blu-Ray Review
It has blockbuster written all over it. Black and white, in German set just before the start of the First World War. Hand me the popcorn, I’m set. Although, being a Michael Haneke film it is about as far from Hollywood as you are likely to get. Despite being the...
by Scott | Mar 14, 2010 | Blu-Ray Review
I pre-ordered the A Serious Man Blu-Ray as soon as it was available. Having seen it in the cinema I was very keen to watch it again and, amazingly, it arrived two days before the announced release date. Being a big Coens fan, I’m never really going to have a bad...
by Scott | Feb 13, 2010 | Blu-Ray Review
I saw this film a few years ago on DVD and, after seeing it listed on BBC Four this week, I went in search of a Blu-Ray version. Currently a snip at £8. The film itself is not the usual French style-fest, with a complex plot and a lot of action it more resembles a...
by Scott | Dec 30, 2009 | Blu-Ray Review
They don’t make them like this any more. Except, they do. Well, Woo does. Epic is perhaps slightly overused when it comes to films. You can’t argue if it is applied here. Everything is on a huge scale, not least the 293 minute running time across the two...
by Scott | Aug 10, 2009 | Blu-Ray Review
Where do you start? Or, perhaps more importantly, where do you end? Let’s get the obvious things out of way. The plot revolves around a TV presenter (Daniel Autueil) and his wife ( Juliette Binoche ) who are being sent VHS tapes (wrapped in alarming child-like...
by Scott | Feb 23, 2009 | Blu-Ray Review
Buying a film solely on the basis of being promised stunning visuals is perhaps not always the best of approaches. But since that is what Blu-Ray & HD is all about, I didn’t hesitate in pre-ordering The Fall [Blu-ray] [2008].You can tell that, at its...
