Monday Blu(e)s and DVD
It’s a Coppola centric day for home video fans, with several of his American Zoetrope productions finally making their way on to digital formats for the first time. DVD rules the roost too, with nary a glimmer of greatness on Blu-ray this week, yet several essential titles coming to the older format. Please feel free … Read more
The Wednesday Debate – Are Remakes, Reboots and Reimaginations Really That Bad?
Welcome to the first post-Summer 2011 edition of The Wednesday Debate. Every Wednesday we pose a question, inviting debate on a particular subject. This week, the big question is inspired by the very Summer of cinema that has just passed. Put simply, are remakes that bad? In the past my “defence” for remakes has always … Read more
Birthday Blu(e)s
Apparently today marks five years of the Blu-ray format. In light of that here are Hope Lies at 24 Frames Per Second’s five favourite releases of a format that we love dearly. The Thin Red Line Initially released by the magnificent Criterion, but recently replicated by 20th Century Fox in the UK (with supposed Criterion … Read more
Monday Blu(e)s and DVD
It’s a big week for home video, with the mainstream headed up by the release of the penultimate Harry Potter movie and the Zack Snyder animated owl flick. Meanwhile, the slightly more interesting end of the market features the epic battle of Godard Vs. Truffaut, the film that swept the Césars last month and the … Read more
Not In The English Language #5 – Le Petit Soldat
Not In The English Language returns after a two week hiatus with Jean-Luc Godard’s sophomore effort, Le Petit Soldat. The article can be found HERE.
