What New Blu-ray disc have you gotten lately? (Disc 4)

Misery with Kathy Bates. Was 13 when this first came out.

 

Criterion's Cul-de-sac & All That Jazz

 

Joe Kidd - UK Blu ray, region free, and a major improvement expected over my non anamorphic DVD !!!

Also, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - also UK Region Free, after reading rave reviews for the PQ and SQ.

 

Loved it!

 

Justified : The Complete Second Season

 

I want to share this, but I don't know where else to post it. Watching Out Of Sight, feeding my Elmore Leonard needs, and when Michael Keaton's character walks into the scene, I snapped my fingers, stopped the film, and went to IMDB.

The character of Ray Nicolette appears first in Jackie Brown, then uncredited in Out Of Sight.
Their respective Leonard novel sources being Rum Punch in 1992, and Out Of Sight in 1996.

I thought that was interesting.

 

Zatoichi's Revenge

 

I was in the States Sunday and Monday for business and I went to Barnes and Noble to take advantage of their sale and got the following Criterions:
America Lost and Found
Paris, Texas
Pickpocket

After all was said and done, 30% off sale, Barnes and Noble card and an online coupon, I saved about 45%.

 

Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein

 

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
A very Harold and Kumar Christmas.

Classics worthy of Criterion

 

My son was 7 when this was released...he loved it !

 

Predator 3D.
Brilliant !!!

 

Body Heat

 

Last year when this came out, my sister & I talked about getting this when it went on sale.
This past Sunday I sent her the link to amazon to get this for $130. & told her I will have to
wait till it goes on sale again (getting the Batman TV show box). I called her Monday
afternoon to see if she got the email so she can order it. She told me "I'm not getting it right
now but I ordered it for you. Just pay me back when you can." & I was shocked! I plan to
start watching it this Sunday. I'm so happy!!!

 

Picked up Terry Gilliam's 'The Zero Theorem' today (caught me by surprise, as I didn't think it had been released yet).

Looking forward to watching it over the weekend..

 

Never seen it! Might get that too, I always see it in bargain bins..

 

Lichtmond 3: Days Of Eternity
XTC - Drums And Wires
Nat King Cole - The Extraordinary

 

Brides of Dracula Blu-ray region free from the UK. I'm tired of waiting for Universal to get their **** together and release some of this stuff.

All That Jazz at Costco. $19

Smowpiercer. Yeah I know some of you hated it. I thought it was a good fantasy flick along the lines of Terry Gilliam's Brazil. Uneven but very good.

Next week the blu of The Doctor and The Devils from Shout and under appreciated period film from the late Freddie Francis and Mel Brooks based on Dylan Thomas' screenplay. Got it as a preorder from amazon for $9.99.

 

Serpico

 

Lumet + Pacino = can't lose

 

Yep, Soderbergh mentions in the commentary track that he got in touch with Tarantino and asked if he minded if he used the Nicolette character and Tarantino loved the idea. Just love how cocky Keaton plays the part. I love that film!

 

It's an amazing example of how a very well authored DVD can be brought to a near-orgasmic upconvert by an Oppo.
Only a " golden eyes " would not be fooled into thinking it's a Blu ray. It's the DTS version by the way.

 

Soderbergh was always involved in the DVD transfer and authoring process and cared about how his films looked. One look at The Limey DVD (Artisan) and you know it's true.

 

Travolta and Del Toro play very good !

 

Thanks, now I need to pull...

Michael Clayton
Oceans Thirteen
Traffic (Criterion)

and see how I may have 3 more DVDs not in need of an upgrade.

Who are these people that get bored being retired ???