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Day: July 29, 2014

Digital Release: Under the Skin

After premiering at TIFF last year and just finishing a successful run in theatres, Mongrel Media is releasing Under the Skin on all home entertainment platforms today, including iTunes.  Directed by Jonathan Glazer, the film follows an alien seductress (Scarlett Johansson) who stalks men on the streets of Scotland, picking them up in her white… Read More Digital Release: Under the Skin

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Blu-ray Release: Noah

Today, Paramount is releasing Darren Aronofsky’s Noah on Blu-ray.  Adapted from the Book of Genesis, this version has Noah (Russell Crowe) foretold the world will be destroyed through dreams of death and rising water.  Noah is chosen by the Creator to build an ark that will house two of each animal and protect his wife… Read More Blu-ray Release: Noah

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Blu-ray Release: Dom Hemingway

Last week, 20th Century Fox released Dom Hemingway on Blu-ray, a film that premiered at TIFF last year.  Dom Hemingway (Jude Law) is a safecracker who has just gotten out after twelve years in jail, looking for payback from his old crime boss (Demian Bichir), while struggling to reconnect with his estranged daughter (Emilia Clarke).… Read More Blu-ray Release: Dom Hemingway

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Criterion Release: Pickpocket

Two weeks ago, the 1959 film Pickpocket was released on Blu-ray through the Criterion Collection.  Directed by Robert Bresson, this is a quiet character study of Michel (Martin LaSalle), a lonely writer who spends his days compulsively snatching wallets throughout Paris, leading to chance encounters with Jeanne (Marika Green), a beautiful young woman who might… Read More Criterion Release: Pickpocket

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