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James and the Giant Peach Blu-ray Disc Review

By Brenden ⋅ August 6, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

James and the Giant Peach quite often reminds me of the best intentioned but ultimately flawed Terry Gilliam films – films which craft beautiful, imaginative moments that hit all the right notes, only to shift tone at the drop of the hat, sacrificing pacing and an overall sense of cohesion. But like Gilliam’s work, the parts that really shine are like the finest diamonds. Or in this case, the ripest Peach. …Continued…

Top 5 New Blu-ray releases for the Week of August 3

By Brenden ⋅ August 4, 2010 ⋅ One comment

I’m out of town for the week, on vacation and visiting my folks in the country where internet access is as rare a thing as social interaction. As I’m a day late getting you this Top 5 New Release list and my time online is sadly quite brief, let’s just bust into it. It’s an exciting week on Blu, with a lot of kick-ass catalogue titles being released alongside Kick-Ass the movie. …Continued…

[VIDEO] James and the Giant Peach Blu-ray Trailer

By Brenden ⋅ February 23, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

I’m not sure how I missed this one last month. A trailer for Henry Selick’s (Coraline) stop-motion animated James and Giant Peach has turned up on YouTube! Disney has yet to announce the title so all that’s known about the release is what you can see in the trailer. However, it seems as if the Blu-ray disc is being marketed to take advantage of the upcoming Tim Burton film, Alice in Wonderland (Burton was a producer on Peach). It seems likely that we’ll see James and the Giant Peach on Blu-ray in a release that coincides with Wonderland, sometime in June. …Continued…

Neil Gaiman's Coraline Coming to Blu-ray in 3-D (UPDATED with Package Art)

By Brenden ⋅ May 14, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments

The wonderful stop-motion animated film by the director of Nightmare Before Christmas hits shelves on July 21st.

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