Can't Hardly Wait
(26.3 GB - Sony Pictures Home Entertainment USA - AVC/H.264 Video Codec - Region: A/B/C)

Capricorn One
(19.0 GB - ITV DVD UK - MPEG-2 Video Codec - Region: A/B/C)

Categories: Blu-ray, Sorta-Mainstream Cinema

Che
(31.4 GB/29.8 GB - Optimum Home Entertainment UK - AVC/H.264 Video Codec - Region: B)

Part One: The Argentine (2.40):

Part Two: Guerrilla (1.78):

(Shot with the infamous RED ONE camera, Part One with some 16mm and [possibly] 35mm footage, Part Two completely "RED."  The first film IMO being the better, more interestingly lensed and using the RED ONE camera the best, although it all is related to the narrative.*  In typical Soderbergh fashion, the camera is generally moving or subtly shaking -- again, to aide the docu-feel, so capturing proved a bit difficult.)

* SPOILERS: 'The Argentine' and 'Guerilla' are perfect composites, each entirely different in style and tone from the other. 'The Argentine' boasts a narrative (though not your classic one) with an upwards trajectory. Knowing, how we do, that Che and Castro's Cuban Revolution succeeded, Soderbergh accordingly instills the first film with a running current of strong optimism. The lush, richly colorized, hyper-realist textures of his jungle and Cuban town scenes are reminiscent of 'Apocalypse Now' at its best, only here they provide a much-needed warm sentiment that this is a battle the rebels CAN and WILL win -- as in their sacrifices are not all for nothing. On a side note, the cinematography that conveys this in 'The Argentine' is so breathtaking, that it should be one of the film's few indisputed locks for an Oscar nomination. In 'Guerilla', however, we know this time that his Bolivian mission is doomed, and as a result, there is an ongoing sense of impending doom. The Bolivian jungle is bare and desolate compared to Cuba, the color in the shots are drained, and from these surroundings alone, it is clear from the outset that failure is certain. Whereas the first film was warm and inviting, Soderbergh makes sure that the second one is cold and bleak. The differences are like night and day, and Soderbergh's directorial choices in separating the two parts, not only thematically and narratively, but visually, are key in them working as a whole. While 'The Argentine' chronicles a rise, thanks in large part to Che's revolutionary spirit, 'Guerilla' documents a fall, due to those very same traits.

Comments (0) | Categories: Blu-ray, Semi-Mainstream Cinema

Chocolate
(13.9 GB - Cine Asia UK - AVC/H.264 Video Codec - Region: A/B/C)

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
(30.1 GB - Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment US - AVC/H.264 Video Codec - Region: A)

The Chronicles of Riddick
(25.3 GB - Universal Pictures NO - VC-1 Video Codec - Region: A/B/C)

Comments (0) | Categories: Blu-ray, Mainstream Cinema

Chrysalis
(16.2 GB - Gaumont Vidéo FR - AVC/H.264 Video Codec - Region: A/B/C)

(Note: Shot with a Panasonic AG-DVX100)

Chungking Express
(29.2 GB - The Criterion Collection US - AVC/H.264 Video Codec - Region: A)

The Constant Gardener
(29.2 GB - Kinowelt DE - AVC/H.264 Video Codec - Region: B)

(Note: Shot on both regular 35mm film and 16mm. Quite stylized, as can be expected from the CITY OF GOD director.)

Comments (2) | Categories: Blu-ray, Non-Mainstream Cinema

Crank: Extended Version
(18.0 GB - UFA Home Entertainment DE - VC-1 Video Codec - Region: A/B/C)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
(29.5 GB - Sony Pictures Home Entertainment UK - AVC/H.264 Video Codec - Region: A/B/C)

("Crouching Tiger has always looked a little soft." -- DVDActive)

(PS. If anyone has those "theatrical subtitles" or a DVD containing them, drop me an e-mail...)

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The Crow
(25.8 GB - Entertainment in Video UK - MPEG-2 Video Codec - Region: B)

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