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The latest David Attenborough series to air here in HD also will be released next month on Blu-ray. Micro Monsters, which will premiere on January 18 (TV1, 7.30), is an up close-and-personal view of insects that was shot in 3D for Sky 1. But, as happened with Attenborough’s Kingdom of the Planets, only the 2D version is […]

Six of this year’s Oscar contenders will screen for the first time in HD on Sky next month, including best picture Argo. Director and star Ben Affleck’s controversial take on the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979 will debut on Movies Premiere on December 8, ahead of Flight’s arrival on December 22. Sister channel Movies Extra […]

Four score and seven years ago, no one could have envisaged a history lesson as dazzling as the Blu-ray of the Oscar-winning Lincoln. “Lincoln boasts a top tier 1080p/AVC-encoded video transfer, true to Janusz Kaminski’s intimate cinematography and director Steven Spielberg’s beautifully evocative intentions.” “With deep black levels, the transfer has a visual depth that […]

The last of this year’s Oscar winners will be unchained on Blu-ray over the next three months. Beasts of the Southern Wild will be first, on April 24, followed by Life of Pi on May 1, Les Miserables on May 9,  Django Unchained on June 6, Lincoln on June 12 and Amour on July 24. Most of these already are on sale in the US, where Django goes […]