Blu-Ray Review Archive: January 2010

Thirst

There will be blood but perhaps it will be religiously sanctioned in Park Chan-Wook's vampire tale. John White reviews the UK blu-ray

The Army of Crime

A true story of foreigners within the French resistance and the contribution they made to defeating the Nazis. John White reviews the UK blu-ray.

Permissive

More Flipside fun with the BFI as clydefro learns about the seedy side of being a groupie. ...

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Michael Mackenzie reviews Sony's UK BD release of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, one of the most charming and original animated movies in ages.

That Kind of Girl

Sure she looks like a doll, but the truth is...this is the face of venereal disease! The BFI brings back a social awareness picture in its Flipside series. ...

Antichrist

Lars Von Trier's controversial movie is released on Blu-ray by Artificial Eye, and it has a tendency to polarise audiences, but there's no denying the visual gusto, as Mark Lee discovers....

A Perfect Getaway

John reviews the BD of David "Pitch Black" Twohy's latest..

Suspiria

Witches - girls having a fun time together or evil spell casting conspirators - you decide! John reviews Nouveaux's blu-ray of Suspiria......

The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009)

Released on BD in the UK next week, Tony Scott's "re-imagining" of the 70s crime classic The Taking of Pelham 123 is fast, noisy and colourful... and looks and sounds terrific in high definition.

Extract

Mike Judge returns to the workplace in Extract, a recent comedy starring Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis and Ben Affleck that's definitely not Office Space 2.