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The US TV version of Shameless appears to look flawless on Blu-ray. The series that TV2 buried late-night has “a beautiful 1.78:1/1080p transfer to Blu-ray. The picture is sharp, with bright colours, decent black levels, and excellent balance.” “Shot in high-definition but resembling 35mm film, Shameless looks great on Blu-ray (in 1.78:1 format) and, Los [...]

Only two movies are being released this week on Blu-ray — and they’re as different as cats and dogs: one is kid-friendly, the other adults-only. The Inbetweeners Movie is spun off the TV series and comes to Blu-ray with an exclusive extended version. The disc’s R16 rating is the same as the movie’s whereas in [...]

SoHo Highlight: Luck (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) “I was prepared for—nay, expecting—this week’s episode of Luck to crawl toward its conclusion,” Paste magazine said. “But then Michael Gambon—dear, sweet, gentle Michael Gambon—gave us the first truly astounding ‘holy shit‘ moment of the series.” Observed New York magazine: ”Episode seven of Luck at first feels like a placeholder, until you look back over [...]

Warner Bros tonight announced it would release a 31-disc Harry Potter collection, with more than four hours of new extras, in a limited edition, $600 gift box on September 5. It is the largest release of its type for the studio and will contain all eight movies in their theatrical/extended and 2D/3D cuts on Blu-ray [...]

The Blu-ray fantasy that last week outsold Game of Thrones in the US, Immortals, lands here in 2D and 3D editions. “Shot digitally with Panavision Genesis cameras, Immortals is an end-to-end digital production that beautifully integrates live action and CGI elements. “Despite a prevailing and intentional darkness contained in sections of the film’s cinematography, the image [...]

If Game of Thrones or the latest in The Twilight Saga don’t spin your wheels in a week congested with top titles, opt for the chic crime thriller Drive. “I can only name a few titles in my collection off the top of my head that also look this amazing.” “The grain structure is very [...]

It’s the battle of the Blu-ray blockbusters this week, with Game of Thrones and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part I going on sale a day apart. In the US, where Thursday’s Breaking Dawn was released a month ago, disc sales topped five million units in its first 10 days – or 13% more [...]

Season one of SoHo’s The Killing has been quietly withdrawn from sale after TV3 objected to its March 14 release on Blu-ray and DVD. The network owns the murder mystery through its output deal with 20th Television, which distributes Fox Television Studios productions. But under the terms of the contract, Sky TV can opt to [...]

Having proved there is an audience for blue-chip natural history documentaries in primetime with Frozen Planet, let’s hope the next batch TVNZ buys from the BBC are in HD. Anyone who compares the Blu-ray of Frozen Planet, which went on sale today, with the SD broadcast won’t regret their purchase. As well as superior resolution [...]

Thirty years after John Carpenter’s original comes the prequel, confusingly with the same title. “Considering how good the transfer looks, it’s time for the wary fans of Carpenter’s Thing to push their fears aside and enjoy this prequel. As expected from new releases, the picture is 100 percent clean, carries a slight amount of film grain [...]