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RASHOMON: CRITERION COLLECTION (BLU-RAY)

Brad Cook — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:01:28 +0000

Criterion has been giving Kurosawa's films more lavish treatments, and now it's time for "Rashomon" to get its due. The bonus features from the previous release have been ported over and are joined by some nice new ones, including an hour-long collection of interviews...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Phil Hall — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 05:01:15 +0000

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil checks out what’s playing at Ford’s Theatre...

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THE GAME: CRITERION COLLECTION (BLU-RAY)

Brad Cook — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:22:45 +0000

David Fincher's underrated deconstruction of the thriller genre is finally available in a more elaborate edition. Unfortunately, it merely ports over most of the extras from Criterion's laserdisc release of "The Game" in the late 90s, but it's better than nothing. The video and audio have been upgraded significantly from that version, though, so this is a worthy upgrade from a previous DVD release...

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THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS: CRITERION COLLECTION (BLU-RAY)

Brad Cook — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 04:01:22 +0000

This Blu-ray edition of "The Royal Tenenbaums" ports over all of the bonus features from the DVD release of a decade ago, including the insert with an essay by Kent Jones, so this is only a worthwhile upgrade if you have a setup that takes advantage of Blu-ray's extra resolution...

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