Archive for the 'Film' Category

Dec 04 2008

Want to win Firefly on Blu-ray?

Published by Paul under Film

Try this link, then.

It’s region-free, so will work on a Region B or Region A player. Just don’t win my copy, okay?

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Nov 29 2008

Narf, narf

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Watching The Pixar Story at the moment, giving Crumpet a bit of company background to make her sound more intelligent-er at her interview… go wishful thinking!

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Nov 27 2008

The power of Christ compels you… to war!

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Just watched the scariest horror film of the year for me… Jesus Camp.

Two Disney Blu-rays showed up today as well (Nightmare Before Christmas and Wall•E). Wall•E looks absolutely astounding.

Oh yeah, I had an interview today. Should know more next week?

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Nov 25 2008

Thanks

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Thanks to APM, Jason and Crumpet for using my Amazon link - your patronage allowed me to buy The Dark Knight on Blu-ray add new and exciting features to the website!

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Nov 24 2008

Iron Man addendum

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The Iron Man Blu-ray (and presumably the double-DVD set) has a documentary on the making of the film. I thought it was about 47 minutes long, but it turns out I had misread something somewhere… it’s nearly 2 hours long (longer, in fact, than the film itself). And it’s in high definition! Hurray!

So, if you wanted to see Robert Downey Jr. with his shirt off getting his chest shaved… this is for you.

Not that I am interested in such things, of course. I am ultra-manly.

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Nov 20 2008

Iron Man

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My Iron Man Blu-ray arrived yesterday after 2 weeks - not too bad for an Amazon order. They seem to be a lot slower or should I say, more inconsistent, these days.

Anyhow, as Crumpet wasn’t home yet I watched it by myself and developed my Robert Downey Jr. man-crush a little more. Still enjoyed the film, despite the small niggles I have with it.

Something else came in the package too, but that’s a secret.

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Nov 14 2008

Lethal Weapon

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Every so often I go back and rewatch a film that I remember enjoying from my teens, and most of the time I’m disappointed. It happened again last night, with Lethal Weapon coming across as a homophobic, uneven mess with one of the most banal and pointless endings that I can remember.

I recall when I was a young’un that I had this film and Die Hard on pretty much an equal footing. Now that I’m older it’s obvious that Die Hard is a far, far superior film (and to my mind, the most accomplished, pure action film of the 80’s).

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Nov 11 2008

Up

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The Trailer for Pixar’s Up is… up.

Harvey Gosden should love the balloons.

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Nov 10 2008

For Steve

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You big geek, you.

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Oct 02 2008

Sweeney Todd

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Watched Sweeney Todd last night. Crumpet was very down on it when she saw it at the cinema, but I thought I’d give it a chance, and bugger me if I didn’t really enjoy it.

Crumpet said it was predictable and she didn’t like the songs… I personally was relishing the story, even though I could guess what was coming. It’s a musical, for crap’s sake, not War and Peace. And I liked several of the songs quite a lot, actually.

Oh, and the excess of blood made me giggle. Overall, I think it’s the most assured live-action film Tim Burton’s made so far. Excellent-looking Blu-ray, too.

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