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I'm still waiting for Gremlins 2 on Blu-Ray. 
Good news! It's coming to Blu-ray in May!
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The Ides of March - Good-looking movie, but I have mixed feelings about it overall. It follows a very typical political scandal storyline, and though Clooney has a GREAT confrontational scene toward the end, the whole thing feels underdeveloped, too short, and kind of unremarkable. Still, it has its moments and a great Desplat score.
Psycho - Watched it Sunday. Beautiful, beautiful, BEAUTIFUL transfer. Black and white looks particularly stunning on Blu-ray, doesn't it? Showed the film to my parents who hadn't seen it in decades. They loved it, and my mother literally shrieked in the staircase scene!
Sure hope PSYCHO II is in the works for Blu-ray.
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The Help - Mighty impressive movie in all regards. Great-looking and beautifully shot, stunning performances (Allison Janney broke my heart in this), and many powerful scenes. T. Newman's score didn't help much though. Very typical of his style, not heavily employed and didn't heighten the emotional impact of the movie IMO. Luckily, it didn't need the help of a score!
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Real Steel
Took a chance on this and was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. It's very predictable and familiar and follows most of Hollywood's "neglectful father reunites with son and sees the beauty of life" routines, yet I was entertained from start to finish, enjoyed the boxing sequences, and just had a good time watching it with my dad. Not a bad way to spend a Sunday afternoon.
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Feb 21, 2012 - 11:12 AM
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Dark Night of the Scarecrow - After attempting to watch Howards End, I instead watched the beauty above. It's a made-for-TV movie from 1981 (CBS) that I saw at that time when I was 10 years old. Haven't seen it since then, but it stuck with me all these years. Couldn't remember many details, but I never forgot the shocker ending. Now for it's 30th anniversary, I'm pleased to say that the film is still a good little fright flick, as good as any theatrical horror film of that time. It's well acted (including Charles Durning being absolutely delightful as a psycho bully and perhaps a pedophile), loaded with suspense, and did I mention how cool the ending is?  Plus I was amazed at the picture quality for a 30-year old cheap TV movie. Looks awesome!
I highly recommend this movie to '80s horror fans. You won't be disappointed.
I saw this too when it aired and was a hell of a scary movie for tv. There is a moment when the camera follows a character(cant remember who) while outside, who comes around a corner to go back to the house and the second he does the lights in the house go out. Perfect timing and execution and for all of the horror films I have seen, never, ever duplicated. Creepy as hell.
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Watched GoodFellas last night. Looked great for a 5-year old bluray!
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THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE
A friend bought it for me from Wal-Mart and it looks really good but I'm not sure how they managed it but it looks very clear and sharp but doesn't really have the film stock qualities to it except for the opening titles.
It isn't DNR to shit but looks quite clean though but over all for the price I paid a very nice disc with a GREAT making of.
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I've rented a lot, and haven't really had any problems with them. They've tended to be newer films anyway.
The one Blu I've bought - imported to the UK - was the Universal release of HALLOWEEN II (Rosenthal, not the Rob Zombie atrocity), and that was only because it comes with TERROR IN THE AISLES as a bonus feature. I've little interest in HALLOWEEN II as I've seen the UK DVD recently and it's not brilliant, but AISLES has been a favourite of mine for years now since its UK VHS release.
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GHOSTBUSTERS: Did the film really look all that pristine on its original release?
No, I think it was always visually troubled. I remember the laserdisc looking significantly cruddy. Nevertheless, it should look a lot better on blu-ray than it does. Frustrating.
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