'The Raid' Kicks On To Blu-Ray And Leaves A Mondo Dent

SXSW action fave gets home release and exclusive poster

"...Raid rocked our skulls at SXSW. Now with the Blu-Ray release and a Mondo print both released this week,..."

Aug. 16, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gary Clark Jr. Added to Perform Stevie Ray Vaughan Tribute at the CMT Music Awards

Austin blues superstar joins the CBS broadcast this Sunday

March 31, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Home Entertainment for the Holidays

Best bets for DVD and Blu-ray

"...Francis Ford Coppola 5-Film CollectionLionsgate Home Entertainment, $39.99 (Blu-ray)..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

DVD Watch: My Neighbor Totoro

Hayao Miyazaki's sweet and monstrous classic arrives on Blu-ray

"...girls and their magical troll friend has earned a Blu-ray release as a landmark cartoon feature...."

May 21, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Home Entertainment for the Holidays

Best bets for DVD and Blu-ray

"...More gut-busters The Ultimate Buster Keaton Collection (Kino Lorber, $299.95, Blu-ray), The Dick Van Dyke Show: The Complete Series (Image..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

Oldboy

Spike Lee maintains the shuddery, visceral punch of the South Korean original, but something gets lost in translation.

"...the original, my advice would be to rent the Blu-ray, sit back, and then scrub what remains of your..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DVD Watch: Barbara

Morality takes center stage in this quiet marvel of 2012

"...of 2012, which debuts today on DVD ($29.95) and Blu-ray ($34.95)...."

Nov. 12, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

DVD Watch: 'Freaked'

Alex Winter talks cult classics and the Butthole Surfers

"...Surfers. Alex Winter's lost gem Freaked, which arrives on Blu-ray today, has them all. Winter said, "It was made..."

Aug. 6, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Home Entertainment for the Holidays

Best bets for DVD and Blu-ray

"...More megasets Bond 50: The Complete 22-Film Collection (MGM, Blu-ray, $299.99), Harry Potter Wizard's Collection (Warner Bros. Pictures, $499.99,..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Screens Feature by Anne Harris

Violet Criterion Arthouse Overload!

Violet Crown + Criterion = awesome!

"...Better brace yourself, then. Austin's Violet Crown Cinema and DVD/Blu-Ray overlords the Criterion Collection are joining forces to bring..."

April 4, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: Building The Iron Giant

Tim McCanlies talks behind-the-scenes of the animated classic

"...release of the deluxe signature edition gives it the Blu-ray fans have awaited. "It's very long delayed," said co-writer..."

Sept. 7, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: One Eyed Girl

Director Nick Matthews explores cult life, Australian-style

"...debut feature One Eyed Girl arriving on DVD and Blu-ray this week, director Nick Matthews is in a bit..."

Dec. 12, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Fantastic Fest Rewind

Before the deluge, a 2014 flashback

"...a slate of 2014 titles arriving on DVD and Blu-ray this month. So if you didn't get enough last..."

Sept. 23, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

50 Years of Rolling Stones

Today, I’m as old as rock & roll itself

"...at Half Price Books last month...) was a new Blu-ray by the Rolling Stones, From the Vault: Hyde Park..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

DVD Watch: 'The Act of Killing'

Drafthouse Films releases Joshua Oppenheimer's complicated doc

"...festival films of 2013 is out on DVD and Blu-ray today for you to bring home and try to..."

Jan. 7, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

DVD Watch: 'The Stranger'

Orson Welles directs and stars in noir about a Nazi hiding in plain sight

"...novel, the 1946 film noir The Stranger (Kino Classics, Blu-ray $34.95) stars Orson Welles as a mild-mannered professor whose..."

Oct. 15, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Ain't Messin 'Round

Gary Clark Jr. kisses the sky

Oct. 12, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

DVDanger: Buster's Mal Heart

Rami Malek's newest and strangest, plus more home releases

"...Heart (Well Go USA) is out now on DVD, Blu-ray, and VOD. Also out now:..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: ‘The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp’

Criterion revives an essential British wartime picture

"...a video introduction on the Criterion Collection’s brand-new release (Blu-ray, $39.95; DVD, $29.95). Scorsese would later become close with..."

March 19, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Journey Through the Past

Down the digital rabbit hole of the Neil Young Archives Vol. 1

"...menu – Archives is only available on DVD and Blu-ray – and suddenly a whole new universe becomes interactive...."

Aug. 7, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

DVDanger: Streets of Fire

A rock & roll fable hits Blu-ray, plus more new releases

"...of Shout! Factory) has revved up a long-awaited U.S. Blu-ray special edition...."

June 18, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Another Evil

Carson D. Mell on crying exorcists, plus home release update

"...of Jane Doe (Scream! Factory) arrives on DVD and Blu-ray this week as a Walmart exclusive, before getting a..."

May 6, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Advice to Young Journalists

What cinema tells us about what we expect from the news

"...Nightcrawler (Universal) is available now on DVD and Blu-ray (read our full review here)...."

Feb. 14, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: 'Night of the Demons' / 'Witchboard'

Director Kevin S. Tenney talks scream queens and classic posters

"...of Night of the Demons, both see a long-overdue Blu-ray release through Scream! Factory – a firm quickly establishing..."

Feb. 4, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: 'V/H/S'

Found footage anthology from the mumblecore crowd and friends

"...you lay down the cash for the limited edition Blu-ray combo pack with the statue of Batman's broken cowl,..."

Dec. 4, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch

Two from the Dardenne brothers

"...producers with the release La Promesse and Rosetta ($39.95 Blu-ray, $29.95 DVD, each). Each film has been beautifully restored..."

Aug. 28, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Board-Breaking Box Sets

Bruce Lee dominates, of course

"...tribute/abomination Game of Death – gets a DVD and Blu-ray each. The obvious absence is the world-shattering Enter the..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films of 2020 You Haven't Seen Yet

The best of the fests from Austin and beyond

"...Synchronic scored a limited theatrical release, and arrives on Blu-ray on Jan. 26. (Read our review here, and make..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Not Very Martial, Very Little Art

Restored karate flop Death Machines, plus Chan's Amnesia

"...Death Machines (Vinegar Syndrome) is available on Blu-ray now...."

Jan. 7, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Holiday Gifts for Fans of the Big and Small Screen

From essential box sets to writers’ wisdom: stocking fillers and the gifts that keep on giving for your watching pleasure

"...of paper. – R.W. Ingmar Bergman's CinemaCriterion, 30-disc set, $299.95 Blu-ray..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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