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Cleopatra was shot on 70mm film and it’s fabulous music score is by Alex North, it’s already had a blu ray release in the United Kingdom late last year, reviews were generally positive towards that blu ray but some people felt there were a few issues with the transfer, being a 70mm production it has the potential to look stunning and North American viewers will get the chance to view for themselves when it is released on blu ray on the 28th May 2013.

New Studio Ghibli releases on blu ray, Howl’s Moving Castle and My Neighbor Totoro, both films hit blu ray in North America for the very first time and feature dubbed english language versions and the original Japanese versions with subtitles, both are hugely enjoyable films.

Imagine a remote control gadget that looks just like a real sonic screwdriver, it’s made from high quality diecast metal and finished off with polished copper with a soft touch grip. Not only is a remote control but it’s a learning remote control, it can learn over 39 infrared commands from all the other remote controls in your house, the geeky part is that the device plays 13 different sounds from the Doctor Who universe.

Water Dancing Speakers that dance in tune to your music, they can be powered by the USB socket of your computer they are illuminated by 4 red, blue, green and yellow LED’s and will also connect to any device with a 3.5mm jack such as an MP3 player or mobile cell phone, groovy speakers for people who want to be stand out from the crowd.

This was made in the days of the R rated action flick, more violence, more profanity and more gore, just how i like my action flicks, it’s such a shame that most big budget action flicks from the last decade went the PG-13 route, some have been enjoyable but have most certainly had their power reduced by the decision to go PG-13, even some of the so called R rated flicks have been soft rather than pushing the boundaries of the certificate, buy this release and go back in time and re-visit a sci-fi action classic.

Lawrence Of Arabia has never looked or sounded as good as it does here, those with large screen projection systems will be over the moon, a classic film that has been treated with love and respect, enjoy the screencaps below and bear in mind that in motion the film looks fantastic, until they release a 4K version this is the best way to enjoy the movie in the home. Click the post to view some blu ray screencaps of Lawrence of Arabia.

Animated films tend to simplify stories and keep away from controversy, considering that Anastasia is based on a true story, i would have enjoyed a harder hitting animated film but at the same time i do recognize that they are aiming these films at a younger audience and the film cannot get too dark as it would alienate the core viewers they are marketing the movie at.

View blu ray screencaps from Anastasia in this post.

The Invasion is the third english speaking remake of Invasion Of The Bodysnatchers, the original came out in 1956, a remake followed in 1978 and again in 1993, the 93′ edition was called Body Snatchers.

Tthis version of the film was released in 2007 and stars Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig.

Veronica Cartwright appeared in the 1978 film and has a nice cameo in this one.

I’ll post a full film review soon but for now you can click the link to view some blu ray screencaps from The Invasion.

Blu Ray Screencaps – Jurassic Park.

You can usually rely on Steven Spielberg movies to look film like and natural on the blu ray format, but Jurassic Park all too often looks processed and has far too much edge enhancement sharpening, i believe some digital noise reduction has been applied during a number of the daytime scenes and i am just surprised that with Spielbergs power in Hollywood that even he could not stop Universal from tampering with yet another back catalogue release, this does not bode well for Jaws and E.T. which are expected to come out next year.

Blu Ray Film Reviews – Jurassic Park.

Scientists use the latest development in DNA technology to clone dinosaurs for a spectacular new theme park, but owner, John Hammond, needs Dr Alant Grant, Dr Ellie Sattler and Dr Ian Malcolm to sign off on the idea or his insurers will shut the park down, unbeknown to Hammond, one of his employees, seeking finanical gain from a rival company which wants to set up its own park, has tampered with the park’s security system and the dinosaurs escape forcing the visitors to fight for their very existence, will anyone escape Jurassic Park alive!

Blu Ray Screencaps – The Lion King.

I thought the elephant graveyard scene had some fabulous animation with smoky dust visible in the air as the young lions are pounced upon by the hyenas, obviously some of what you see in these scenes is computer animation mixed with traditional animation but it works so well. The musical number, I just can’t wait to be King, featured bright and psychedelic animation which reminded me a lot of a sequence seen in Dumbo.

Blu Ray Film Reviews – Anastasia.

When the shadow of revolution falls across Russia, the royal family’s youngest daughter barely escapes with her life. Years later, Anastasia and a band of heroic companions must battle the evil Rasputin, his sidekick Bartok the bat and a host of ghostly minions in a headlong race to reach Paris and reclaim her rightful destiny……and solve one of the greatest mysteries of the twentieth century!

Blu Ray Film Reviews – The Lion King.

Scar seeks to dethrone Mufasa and kill Simba, the heir to the throne, using a pack of hyenas he plots and deceives until tragedy occurs and young Simba is tricked into thinking he killed his father, fleeing for his life, Simba is exiled, years later he encounters his one true love, Nala, they head back home to confront Scar and fight to end his reign as the lion king.

Blu Ray Screencaps – Vera Cruz.

Vera Cruz will not be a film people use for demo purposes, its not especially detailed, it’s grainier than the average film from this time period and the sound quality is not that great, suffice to say it just cannot look any better than this, the average bitrate for each chapter is consistently around 36 to 37mbp/s and it needs to be to handle the heavy grain structure, as i said in my review i am happy with this release.