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Sabotage | Value for money: $$$ Directed by David Ayer. Written by Skip Woods. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sam Worthington, Olivia Williams. Sabotage is when Arnold finally goes all dark. And grizzled. You have to say grizzled with this because he has grey stubble. And he looks worn out and mean. Still, you don’t get to be […]

Schindler’s List will premiere in HD on Sky Movies Greats the same month the 20th anniversary edition is released on Blu-ray. Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-winner will go on sale on April 4 and to air on April 15. It’s one of two Spielberg masterpieces bowing in HD that month — the other is Saving Private Ryan […]

Cast: Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore, Paul Giamatti, Vin Diesel, Ted Danson. Director: Steven Spielberg. Screenplay: Robert Rodat. Score: John Williams. Cinematography: Janusz Kaminski. To paraphrase a line from the highly decorated, 1998 D-Day dramatisation, this Ryan upgrade is worth it, with an HD transfer as jaw-dropping as the combat sequences that […]

Blasts from the past abound this week on Blu-ray, with the highlights being Saving Private Ryan and your first chance to buy each of The Godfather movies in a separate volume. Also making their HD debuts on disc are two other gangster dramas – Carlito’s Way and Collateral – and two sci-fi favourites – Total […]

Saving Private Ryan, Patton and the TV series, World War II in Colour & HD, rank among August’s most commanding Blu-ray releases. It’s a big month for classics generally, with The Magnificent Seven and Man With No Name movies also being rounded up on HD, along with The French Connection duo, Raging Bull, La Femme Nikita […]

Yippie-ki-yay! Bruce Willis die-hards will delight in not only their hero’s Die Hard trilogy making its HD debut next month on Sky Movies Greats but also his underrated Navy SEALS-in-Nigeria thriller, Tears of the Sun. Also getting its first 1080i tour of duty, on the eve of its Blu-ray release, is Saving Private Ryan, along […]