Available on Blu-ray / DVD

[Davy_Lee]

Split Second: L.E. Mediabook ('84 Entertainment)

[Davy_Lee]

Class of 1999 (CMV Laservision DVD)

[Davy_Lee]

To Charles Bronson's fans who are looking for a widescreen transfer of Love and Bullets on DVD (I guess it's anamorphic), this Japanese release may be the best choice available. I've been on the fence about buying it since the film itself is rather disappointing. It's been available since 2010:

[Davy_Lee]

The Silent Partner (1978) (Studio Canal Japan)

[Samuel_Scott]

- The Man with the Iron Fists 2: The Sting of Scorpion (Universal)

Didn't even know they had made a sequel.

[Alister_Manson]

It's a DTV job, directed by DTV sequel specialist Roel Reiné. At least RZA is still involved in the writing/directing department so it shouldn't be too awful.

[Davy_Lee]

Silent Running (Universal BD)

[Samuel_Scott]

- American Ninja 1-4 (88 Films)
- Trancers 2 (88 Films)

[Davy_Lee]

From Kino Lorber on BD: Report to the Commissioner, Zone Troopers

[Davy_Lee]

THE SUPER INFRAMAN (Media Target BD)

[Alister_Manson]

I shall be ordering this on payday

[Davy_Lee]

I shall be ordering this on payday

Attractive cover, except the rating logo

[Alister_Manson]

Yeah typical stupid Australian/NZ nanny-state crap, but giant rating labels have been such a life-long hassle i've just come to accept them. A lot of companies are now directly printing the even uglier New Zealand OFLC ratings onto the slicks now. Occasionally discs packaging will be designed with a reversible slick, or with the rating printed a removable cardboard wraparound, or just on a removable sticker - this is usually only done on limited edition collectible packaging. 90% of discs still have that ugly shite printed there, to avoid them i'd literally have to import every single movie I buy and that's just too much effort. As it is I get quite a few from the UK these days, they still have ugly rating labels but at least it's 1/10th the size

[Davy_Lee]

Couldn't agree more. "The bigger the better", they thought.

This is also true for German DVDs and BDs. When it comes to the size of rating labels, no state rating label can beat those of Australia/NZL and Germany.
However, some German distributors have taken the right move by printing reversible covers without the rating labels.

So far, I've only got 2 Australian DVDs and few German DVDs and BDs that have rating labels. They are either films not available elsewhere (at the time) or films with superior PQ or AQ.

[Davy_Lee]

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) [Warner BD]

[Alister_Manson]

Couldn't agree more. "The bigger the better", they thought.

This is also true for German DVDs and BDs. When it comes to the size of rating labels, no state rating label can beat those of Australia/NZL and Germany.
However, some German distributors have taken the right move by printing reversible covers without the rating labels.

So far, I've only got 2 Australian DVDs and few German DVDs and BDs that have rating labels. They are either films not available elsewhere (at the time) or films with superior PQ or AQ.

Luckily most of the few discs i've gotten with German ratings have had removable labels.. perhaps one or two music discs have a printed label.

Most JB HiFI exclusive packaging has some form of removable label or cardboard wraparound. Paramount used to print all their NZ slicks without the Australian ratings, in some cases i've been able to peel off the rating label. Older Australian DVDs had much more subtle ratings on them, but from 2005 onwards they changed to the ugly oversized ones and so most Blu Ray covers have those

addedum: the worst example of an Aussie rating logo ruining a cover has got to be the JB HiFi exclusive slipcase for Game of Thrones Season 3. Check out this abomination:



Ooooh no couldn't just adjust the size of the artwork so all the house emblems are a bit higher, lets just half-obscure one of them instead

[Alister_Manson]

Attractive cover, except the rating logo

I've just seen confirmation that the From Beyond BD has a reversible sleeve It's in the mail, i'll post specs as soon as it arrives.

edit: Umbrella also has Re-Animator scheduled for a BD release in April. I also noticed they don't have the dodgy Hellraiser III 50hz BD on their webstore, so hopefully there's a 1080p version of that (lossless audio wouldn't hurt either) in the works...

[Samuel_Scott]

Arrows announcements today include a 6-disc set of The Long Good Friday with a 100-page book. Definitely pre-ordering that bad boy.

[Alister_Manson]

6 discs, geez... how much supplemental material does one film need?


Oh yeah, apparentrly the reversible sleeve on From Beyond is just two different artworks, going by the pictures on the JB HiFi site both covers still have giant ugly ratings labels on them

[Samuel_Scott]

6 discs, geez... how much supplemental material does one film need?

Well, it is two Blu-rays + 2 DVDs, then 1 Blu-ray and 1 DVD of Mona Lisa added as a bonus, + a 100-page hardback book. Nicely priced too at £32.99

THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY DISCS 1 & 2 – BLU-RAY & DVD
Audio commentary by director John Mackenzie
Bloody Business, a documentary about the making of The Long Good Friday, including interviews with John Mackenzie, stars Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, producer Barry Hanson and Phil Meheux
Brand new interviews with Barry Hanson, writer Barrie Keeffe and Phil Meheux
Original Trailer
More to be announced!

THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY DISCS 3 & 4 – BLU-RAY & DVD [LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE]
Q&A with Bob Hoskins and John Mackenzie, moderated by Richard Jobson
Apaches (1977), John Mackenzie’s notorious farm safety film, presented in High Definition (1080p) for the first time
Introduction to Apaches by cinematographer Phil Meheux
More to be announced!

MONA LISA DISCS 5 & 6 – BLU-RAY & DVD
Audio commentary by Bob Hoskins and Neil Jordan
Brand new interviews with director Neil Jordan, writer David Leland and producer Stephen Woolley
Original Trailer

100-PAGE HARD BACK BOOK [LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE]
Featuring new writing on the film by critics Mark Duguid and Mike Sutton plus archive pieces, illustrated with original production stills

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