A Blu Christmas: Less Obvious Blu-ray
Recommendations
It has
taken a few years for the Blu-ray format to catch on, but catch on it has and
for 2011, we offer you favorite early single Blu-ray recommendations from our
archives and writers, plus some titles we did not cover and a few that are
choice out-of-print discs worth catching up to.
In addition, since these titles have been out for a while, they also
amount to the best back catalog bargains on the market…
ADVENTURES
OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN
AMADEUS
AUSTRALIA (2008)
THE BANK
JOB
BARAKA
BATMAN
BEGINS
BEFORE
THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU’RE DEAD
BLACK
HAWK DOWN
BLACK
MASK
BODY HEAT
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
BULLITT
CARRIE
(1976)
CASINO
CHANGELING
CHRONOS
(1985/IMAX)
CLOSE
ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
CLOSER
COOL HAND
LUKE
THE
COUNTERFEITERS
COURAGE
UNDER FIRE
DAMIEN:
OMEN 2
DARK CITY
THE DARK
KNIGHT
THE DEER
HUNTER
DEJA VU
THE DEVIL
WEARS PRADA
THE DIARY
OF ANNE FRANK (1958)
DONNIE
DARKO
DRAGON’S
LAIR
EASTERN
PROMISES
EDWARD
SCISSORHANDS
ENEMY AT
THE GATES
ENEMY OF
THE STATE
EVENT
HORIZON
EXORCISM
OF EMILY ROSE
A FEW
GOOD MEN
THE FALL
FLASH
GORDON (1980)
FLIGHT OF
THE PHOENIX
(2004)
FREEDOM
WRITERS
FROM HELL
GHOST
RIDER
GLORY
ROAD
HAIRSPRAY
HANNIBAL (2001)
HELLBOY
HELLBOY
II
HELVETICA
A HISTORY
OF VIOLENCE
HOW THE
WEST WAS WON
HOLLOW
MAN
THE
HUSTLER (1959)
I, ROBOT
INDEPENDENCE DAY
IRON MAN
(2006)
JARHEAD
JFK
(Oliver Stone)
JUSTICE
LEAGUE: THE NEW FRONTIER
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
KING KONG
(2005)
KUNG FU
HUSTLE
THE LIVES
OF OTHERS
THE LOST
BOYS
MAD MONEY
MIRRORMASK
NIGHT
TRAIN
NIXON
THE OMEGA
MAN
THE OMEN
(1976)
ONE FLEW
OVER THE COOKOO’S NEST
PAPRIKA
THE
PERFECT STORM
PHONE
BOOTH
POINT
BREAK
THE
PRINCESS BRIDE
RAGING
BULL
REDBELT
RESCUE
DAWN
RISING SUN
THE ROCK
(1996)
ROCKERS
(1978)
RONIN
THE
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
SOUTH
PACIFIC (1958)
SUPERBAD
TEKKONKINKREET
THIS IS
SPINAL TAP
V FOR
VENDETTA
VANISHING
POINT
VANTAGE
POINT
W.
THE
WARRIORS
WE OWN
THE NIGHT
YOUTH
WITHOUT YOUTH
ZODIAC
(Fincher)
OUT-OF-PRINT TITLES
THE BIRD
WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMMAGE (original 2.35 X 1 Blue Underground edition)
THE
LOOKOUT (original 2.35 X 1 Disney/Miramax edition)
THE MAN
WHO FELL TO EARTH (Criterion)
PIERROT
LE FOU (Criterion)
THE SONG
REMAINS THE SAME (with Cameron Crowe interview pulled over rights)
THE THIRD
MAN (Criterion)
and all the Bond films as they are going on moratorium for a while!
We
excluded box sets and titles that are coming out in 3D, about to be reissued on
Blu-ray or concert titles.
