Blu-Ray Review Archive: M
The Machinist
Can there be anything more horrifying than the sight of a 120 pound Christian Bale in full high definition? Michael Mackenzie finds out with his review of the R0 Japanese HD DVD of The Machinist.
Mad Detective
Masters of Cinema enter the world of Blu-ray with Johnnie To's Mad Detective. We get our little gray cells focused on the matter in hand
Mad Max
Max rides again as George Miller's 1979 action classic returns to the roads on this US Blu-ray/DVD combo....
Magic Trip
Ken Kesey and the Magic Pranksters embark on an epic journey......
Magick Lantern Cycle
The BFI brought Kenneth Anger's collection of shorts known as the Magick Lantern Cycle to Blu-ray in May. A little late on the draw, but clydefro faces fireworks and mustard on the genitals.
Maîtresse
Bulle Ogier and Gerard Depardieu star in this odd but great Barbet Schroeder film, out now and uncut on Blu from the BFI...
Make Way for Tomorrow
The "saddest movie ever made" (per Orson Welles) comes to Blu-ray from the Masters of Cinema Series.
The Man in the White Suit
Alec Guinness dresses sharply in this Ealing classic, directed by Alexander Mackendrick and now on Blu-ray...
Man of Violence
Girls, gangsters and garish colors (but mostly girls) highlight this well-made yet modestly successful outing from director Pete Walker, rescued for the BFI's Flipside strand....
Manhattan
Woody Allen's ode to his native city is reviewed on Blu-ray by a very enamored clydefro...
Maniac Cop
What better way to celebrate Halloween. Arrow's blu-ray reviewed here......
Mardock Scramble: The First Compression
Dark introspection and SF action combine in this new 3-part anime series....
Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion
A change of pace in the second film of this SF action series, but still plenty of surreal entertainment....
Maximum Risk
The muscles from Brussels, that bird from Species and Ringo Lam team up on this fine new Blu-ray from Sony. Twins, mafiosi and lots of stunts. It ain't clever but it's fun..
McCullin
Superb portrait of the celebrated photographer....
The Mechanic
Forgot Oily Phil or the AA, The Stath is the man for all your problems. We review the Uk Blu-ray...
Medea
More Pasolini on Blu-ray from the BFI. ...
Meek's Cutoff
Desperation seeps into the Old West as a band of settlers lose their way. Michelle Williams and Bruce Greenwood star. ...
Memories of Matsuko
An unlikely Valentines Day release, but a welcome one nonetheless, as Third Window Films goes Hi-Def with their second Tetsuya Nakashima feature. ...
Le Mépris
Godard's brilliant and melancholic spin on the Odyssey as a marriage break-up on a movie set stars Fritz Lang, Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli and Jack Palance. Released in HD as part of Optimum's StudioCanal Collection.
The Messengers
Michael Mackenzie sends himself to sleep with The Messengers, a tiresome little haunted house movie starring Kristen Stewart (Panic Room, Twilight) and directed by the Pang brothers (The Eye), which should serve as a warning to any other promising filmmakers considering making the leap to Hollywood.
Metropolis
The silent science fiction epic directed by Fritz Lang - restored and reconstructed, new and improved.
Miami Vice
Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx don their designer shades and head out to the beach as Michael Mackenzie reviews Universal's recent HD DVD/DVD combo release of Miami Vice.
Midnight Cowboy
John Schlesinger's classic receives a Region B Blu Ray release which is available to buy now....
Midnight Meat Train
It's late at night, you're on the last tube. Do you really sit in the same carriage as Vinnie Jones? John looks at the UK BD...