Top 5 New Blu-ray releases for the Week of February 16

February 17th, 2010 admin

Oh geez. I can’t afford this. Nobody can afford this. This is an inordinate amount of awesomeness for one week. Three Criterion discs, three classics from Studio Canal , a Scorsese , an anime anthology, Audrey Tautou and faux-vintage blaxploitation. How’s a guy supposed to pick a top five out of all this greatness?! Sigh…I’m going to cheat, that’s how. 1. 3 New from Criterion: REVANCHE , LOLA MONTÈS , HUNGER Uh…yeah. Do I even need to type anything here? By now, you’re all well familiar with my obsession with the Criterion Collection and my need to buy every single Blu-ray disc they release. Essentially, these discs …


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