{"id":284,"date":"2010-02-16T19:14:47","date_gmt":"2010-02-17T01:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cis-nc.com\/wordpress\/?p=284"},"modified":"2010-02-16T19:14:47","modified_gmt":"2010-02-17T01:14:47","slug":"top-10-blu-ray-releases-for-february-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cis-nc.com\/wordpress\/cisncuser\/blu-ray\/top-10-blu-ray-releases-for-february-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Blu-ray Releases for February 16"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ran300\"A gem from Akira Kurosawa along with several Criterion Collection releases mark this week’s Blu-ray arrivals.<\/span><\/p>\n

Valentine\u2019s Day has come and gone\u2014did you watch any of our 15 favorite romance flicks on Blu-ray?\u2014and we\u2019re getting into the winter doldrums. Without a theme for Hollywood studios to latch onto this week, the Blu-ray releases are a tad weak.<\/p>\n

However, the true movie buff will be delighted, because in has stepped the Criterion Collection to offer a handful of releases while the big boys take a break. With titles like Hunger and Revanche, we\u2019re not saying these will be name films that you\u2019re going to run out and buy … but Criterion has become well known for its phenomenal restoration process of audio and video and great packaging to accompany its Blu-ray releases. Plus it\u2019s willing to go on a limb and give you movies you\u2019ve never heard of but chances are will be thought-provoking and leave you on the edge of your seat.<\/p>\n

And if you have any doubt about the Blu-ray authoring, just look for Academy Award nominee The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which many have hailed as reference-quality Blu-ray material.<\/p>\n

Anyway, it looks like the story of an Irishman\u2019s hunger strike, Hunger, could be a winning Criterion pick this week.<\/p>\n

Speaking of lavish-looking movies, famed Japanese director Akira Kurosawa was known for stunning epics and this week we get to see the high-definition treatment of his 1985 film Ran, released by Lionsgate. Expect the usual sweeping vistas and attention to details.<\/p>\n

Also, if you\u2019ve missed it in an earlier release version, there\u2019s a 20th Anniversary edition of GoodFellas on its way to shelves this week. We\u2019re never real fond of double-dip releases, but you can\u2019t really go wrong with GoodFellas. If it\u2019s more gun action you\u2019re looking for, check out the Dirty Harry Collection that arrives this week as well.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the complete release schedule for the week of February 16, courtesy of Blu-ray.com:<\/p>\n

Black Dynamite
\nCabin Fever
\nClaymore: The Complete Series
\nCoco Before Chanel
\nA Concert by the Lake
\nContempt
\nDirty Harry Collection
\nFreeway Killer
\nGoodFellas (20th Anniversary Edition)
\nHalo Legends
\nHerioc Age: The Complete Series
\nHunger
\nThe Ladykillers
\nLaw Abiding Citizen
\nLola Montes
\nRan
\nRevanche
\nWomen in Trouble<\/p>\n

by Arlen Schweiger<\/p>\n

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A gem from Akira Kurosawa along with several Criterion Collection releases mark this week’s Blu-ray arrivals. Valentine\u2019s Day has come and gone\u2014did you watch any of our 15 favorite romance flicks on Blu-ray?\u2014and we\u2019re getting into the winter doldrums. Without a theme for Hollywood studios to latch onto this week, the Blu-ray releases are a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[95,117,318],"tags":[129,358,381,463,490,24,354,337,488,489,485,478,480,362],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cis-nc.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cis-nc.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cis-nc.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cis-nc.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cis-nc.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cis-nc.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":286,"href":"https:\/\/www.cis-nc.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284\/revisions\/286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cis-nc.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cis-nc.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cis-nc.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}