My brother got me a couple of things off iNetVideo for my birthday, a Canadian online retailer.

Blade Runner (Limited Edition Gift Set) [HD-DVD]
From Dusk Till Dawn / Air Force One

The last movie I asked for as it cost something like US$3 or something, so I thought I might as well.

The Blade Runner set is amazingly beautiful and a great bargain ($25), even though, I know, it’s a HD-DVD set. But I reckon the transfer’s just as good, and with 5 different cuts of the movie along with a Dolby TrueHD track on the Final Cut, I won’t be complaining!

Finally got the MediaMarkt Exclusive The Da Vinci Code SteelBook from DTM.at today. It took its time but arrived in perfect condition.

Technically, we have a two-disc Region Free SteelBook including solely the Extended cut of the movie clocking at 174 minutes.
The SteelBook comes with a Dolby TrueHD 5.1 English track (which lacks on the French Digibook) and an image of an aspect ratio of 2.40:1.
A typical and yet once excellent SONY Pictures release.

I also took the occasion of going out to acquire Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s famous Home documentary which came out on Blu-ray exclusively to FNAC stores. Snatched the last copy in stores, and for only 9.99€, it’s quite a bargain.

After that, there was a sale going on in a Virgin Megastore, so I jumped on the occasion to acquire the Taken Blu-ray, which I’ve been wanting to get for a couple of months. Came with a slipcover, so I’m pleased. ^^
Also grabbed the first two Ice Age movies, I love Scratch, going to love him even more in HD.
Add to that the fantastic Twister, movie which I could watch over and over.
Finally, an amazing French thriller called Ne le dis à personne which tells the story of a man whose wife was murdered, but after receiving an odd email, might still be alive…

I just thought I’d update the Digibook page with the two new ones I’ve received today through a trade. It’s good when those turn out good.

Amadeus: Director’s Cut / Falling Down

The first Digibook comes with two Blu-ray discs, a bonus CD compilation and a digital copy of the movie. It’s labelled Director’s Cut because it includes 20 minutes of footage not seen in theatres; since I’ve never seen any version of this movie before, I’m sure I’ll enjoy it as it is. It comes in a typical Warner VC-1 encode framed at 2.40:1 with the usual Dolby TrueHD 5.1 English track. We’ll see how that turns out.

Then comes Falling Down with its VC-1 encode, except that this time around, there’s only a Dolby TrueHD 2.0 English track present, which is quite odd given the other audio presentations we’ve been shown in other Warner releases. My guess is that they didn’t treat it like a major release and thought they’d allude us by using a Digibook packaging. Who am I to complain? I don’t even own a digital audio system yet.

Just a little post to talk about the newest Blu-ray I’ve imported of a movie called Fanboys.

This Canadian Import is the only Blu-ray version of this movie available on the market at this point in time. The US had it announced but never released it there. It’s a fun comedy with loads of references to pop culture surrounding Star Wars and other movies involving George Lucas.

It comes in a 1.78:1 1080p presentation (which diverts from its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1, which means some of the side has been cropped to fill a 16:9 screen) and includes an English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio track. I’ll give this a watch as soon as I have a Blu-ray player that works.

Here’s a little snapshot:

Okay so I forgot to mention this one yesterday, but I just have to… it’s freaking beautiful, another great import, thanks to YesAsia!

There’s something about the recent recession coupled with the change of currency values that makes importing that much more appealing. I used to snort at British prices but had to cave in as that was the only place I could get some CDs from of bands I love (such as Muse, Funeral For A Friend, etc.).
Things have changed now, the current currency exchange values marks the British Pound to 1,13193 Euros, which is virtually the same.

So I’ve been hanging around Amazon.co.uk lurking for good deals and their current “3 for the price of 2″ offer hasn’t let me down since. Ordered a new batch to fill up the comedy void (should be getting some US ones from a trade) along with a nice box set of two movies you won’t forget:

28 Days Later…/28 Weeks Later (Boxset) / Anger Management
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World / Step Brothers