Reviewed by Alan Paterson, 15th July 2009 The Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau vehicle ‘Grumpy Old Men’ brings a swathe of insults to Blu-ray in a perfectly acceptable 1080p VC-1 encoded transfer in a 1.85:1 aspect ratio. The movie looks the best that it ever has on the High Def home cinema format. The two [...]
Reviewed by Cas Harlow, 16th July 2009Returning you to an age of honour, respect and breathtaking martial arts capabilities, I was happy to pretend that it was just a cinematically engaging ‘enhanced’ depiction of what might have been possibly several hundreds of years ago. And it was beautiful. Arguably the great Chow Yun-Fat’s best movie, [...]
Reviewed by Alan Paterson, 16th July 2009 ‘The Deep’ comes to Blu-ray with a fine looking 1080p AVC/MPEG-4 transfer framed at 2.35:1 where sharpness and detail have been held while also retaining some noticeable grain throughout. The vibrant colours of the Bermuda location are very pleasing on the eye. The Dolby TrueHD 5.1 surround track [...]
Reviewed by Chris McEneany, 16th July 2009 Okay, now, if you’re a fan of this interpretation, then I’m pretty sure that this BD release will notch your arrow, regardless of what I’ve said about it. No matter how soft or murky it is, this 1080p edition does offer a better image than you will have [...]
Reviewed by Keith Hurst, 20th July 2009On the surface there’s not too much that you can fault with this film; there’s good performances, good production and Darnell Martin makes the film move and evolve at a good steady pace. Look through that initial sheen though and you’ll realise that something is missing and that’s the [...]
Reviewed by Keith Hurst, 20th July 2009Alan Parker is a director who has produced some consistently good films throughout his career and Midnight Express is just one of that collection. There’s excellent tension in the chase scenes, in the way the prison officers raid the cells and abuse the inmates. The viewer feels an affinity [...]
Reviewed by Chris McEneany, 20th July 2009 A decent set of extras and a great-looking transfer seal the deal on this immensely enjoyable slice of 80′s action. Scheider is possibly slumming it, but this is still a refreshing angle on the maverick cop routine. Some of his dialogue is a little wince-inducing, but Murphy is [...]
Reviewed by Cas Harlow, 21st July 2009Push is a bit of a case of bad timing, having to fight for recognition in its own right in the wake of popular TV shows like Heroes and films like X-Men, which have largely covered all the bases in terms of stories of people with special powers being [...]
