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In this section, you'll find reviews of HD-DVD, Blu-ray Disc and D-VHS titles. All reviews are credited to the individual author, and are the sole property of The Digital Bits except those indicated by (HTF) which are provided courtesy of The Home Theater Forum.

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Blu-ray Disc Format Reviews:

21
44-Inch Chest 7/1
3:10 to Yuma
300 (HTF)
The 400 Blows
2010 (Bill's review)
2010 (Barrie's review)
2012: Two-Disc Special Edition 2/24
Absolute Power 7/20
Accidents Happen 8/31
Across the Universe
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The African Queen: Commemorative Box Set 3/31
Air Force One
Akira
Amadeus: Director's Cut
Amélie 8/31
Amelia (Jeff's review) 2/22
Amelia (Barrie's review) 3/11
An American in Paris
An Education 4/20
Angels and Demons 11/20
Analyze This/Analyze That 3/11
Any Given Sunday: Director's Cut
Apollo 13: 15th Anniversary Edition 3/26
Armageddon (Bill's review) 4/14
Armageddon (Barrie's review) 6/16
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Atonement 3/11
Audition: 2-Disc Collector's Edition
Australia
James Cameron's Avatar (Bill's review) 4/22
James Cameron's Avatar (Barrie's review) 6/16
Away We Go
The Baader Meinhoff Complex 4/20
Babylon A.D.: Raw and Uncut
Bad(der) Santa
Band of Brothers (Bill's review)
Band of Brothers (Barrie's review)
The Bank Job
Baraka
Batman Begins: Limited Edition Giftset
Battle of the Bulge
Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Series
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
Becket
Billy Jack 3/11
Blade Runner: The Final Cut - 5-Disc (both Blu-ray Disc versions)
Bleak House
The Blind Side 4/20
Blood: The Last Vampire (animated) 12/15
Body of Lies
Bolt
Bonnie and Clyde
The Bourne Identity (BD+DVD Combo) 3/11
The Bourne Supremacy (BD+DVD Combo) 3/11
The Box 3/11
Braveheart: Sapphire Series
The Brave One
Bronson 2/8
The Mel Brooks Collection 3/11
Brüno 12/1
Capricorn One (U.K. release)
Cars
Casablanca: Ultimate Collector's Edition
Casino Royale
Casino Royale: Collector's Edition
Chungking Express (Criterion)
Children of the Corn: 25th Anniversary Edition
Child's Play
Chuck: The Complete First Season 4/9
Chuck: The Complete Second Season 4/9
A Christmas Story
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
The Chronicles of Riddick: Unrated Director's Cut
City of God 8/31
The Class
Clear and Present Danger
Clive Barker's Book of Blood: Original Director's Cut
Close Encounters of the Third Kind: 30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition
Coach Carter (Barrie's review)
Coach Carter (Jeff's review)
Commando
The Company
Contact 11/3
Cool Hand Luke
The Counterfeiters
Couples Retreat (Adam's review) 3/1
Couples Retreat (Barrie's review) 3/11
The Cowboys
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Barrie's review)
The Dark Knight
Date Night 8/31
Dawn of the Dead: Unrated Director's Cut
The Day After Tomorrow
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008 - Barrie's review)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Day Watch: Unrated
Defiance
Defiance (Barrie's review)
The Damned United 3/11
Death Race 2000 8/13
Déjà Vu
The Devil's Own
Dexter: The First Season
Die Another Day
Die Hard 1 & 2
District 9 4/8
Doctor Zhivago 6/16
Dollhouse: Season One
Dr. No
Dr. No (Barrie's review)
Dr. Strangelove: 45th Anniversary Special Edition
The Duchess
Dune 4/8
Eastern Promises
Eagle Eye (Jeff's review)
Eagle Eye (Barrie's Review)
Echelon Conspiracy
Edge of Darkness 6/16
Election
Enemy at the Gates
The English Patient (Canadian)
Escaflowne: The Movie 12/2
Escape from New York 8/31
The Eye
Fanboys (Canadian release)
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Fantastic Mr. Fox 3/23
Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Bueller... Bueller... Edition
The Final Countdown
The Final Countdown (Barrie's review)
Firefly: The Complete Series
Flags of Our Fathers
The Forbidden Kingdom
Forrest Gump: Sapphire Series 12/14
Franklyn 12/7
Fred Claus
Fringe: The Complete First Season
From Russia with Love
From Russia with Love (Barrie's review)
Frost/Nixon
For All Mankind (Criterion - Bill's review)
For All Mankind (Criterion - Barrie's review)
For Your Eyes Only
Freedom Writers
Friday the 13th: Uncut
Galaxy of Terror 8/4
Galaxy Quest 11/11
Gamer 1/18
Gattaca
Ghost
Ghostbusters
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Ghost Rider: Extended Cut
Ghosts of Mars
Ghost Town
The Ghost Writer 8/31
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra 11/4
Gladiator: Sapphire Series
Gone with the Wind: 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition 12/1
The Godfather: The Coppola Restoration
The Godfather, Part II: Sapphire Series 3/11
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Gran Torino
Grease: Rockin' Rydell Edition
The Greatest 7/20
The Greatest Game Ever Played
Groundhog Day: 15th Anniversary Edition
Gunless 8/31
Halloween
Hardware
Harry Brown 8/31
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Ultimate Edition 12/4
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Ultimate Edition 12/4
Heat 12/2
HERO
The Holiday
Home Alone: Family Fun Edition
Howards End (Criterion) 11/10
How the West Was Won
The Hunt for Red October
The Hurt Locker 3/8
I Am Legend
I Love You, Man
In Bruges (Canadian) 7/20
Independence Day
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: 2-Disc Special Edition
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: 2-Disc Special Edition (Barrie's review)
Inglorious Basterds: 2-Disc Special Edition 12/15
Insomnia 8/31
In the Line of Fire
In the Realm of the Senses (Criterion)
Into the Wild
The Invasion
The Invention of Lying 3/11
I, Robot
Iron Man: Ultimate 2-Disc Edition
Iron Monkey
It's a Wonderful Life 11/12
I've Loved You So Long
The Jane Austen Book Club
The Jewel of the Nile: Special Edition
JFK: Director's Cut
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
John Adams (Bill's review)
John Adams (Barrie's review)
Jumper
Juno
K-19: The Widowmaker 6/16
Kagemusha (Criterion) 3/12
Kaguya's Month in Orbit
Kill Bill: Volume 1
Kill Bill: Volume 1 (Barrie's review)
Kill Bill: Volume 2
Kill Bill: Volume 2 (Barrie's review)
The Kite Runner
Knowing
Kung Fu Panda
L.A. Confidential
Lakeview Terrace
Land of the Dead: Unrated Director's Cut
The Last Emperor (Criterion)
The Last King of Scotland 3/11
The Last Metro
The Last Station 7/20
The Legend of Drunken Master
Léon: The Professional 12/14
Let the Right One In
Live and Let Die
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
Lost: The Complete Fifth Season 12/8
The Love Guru
Lonesome Dove
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Theatrical Editions - Bill's review) 3/23
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Theatrical Editions - Barrie's review) 4/20
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
The Magnificent Seven Collection 6/16
Major League
Mamma Mia! The Movie
Man on Fire
The Man with No Name Trilogy 8/31
The Man with the Golden Gun
The Mask of Zorro 12/7
The Matador 6/16
The Ultimate Matrix Collection
Mean Girls
Me, Myself & Irene
Michael Clayton
A Mighty Heart
Minority Report 4/20
Miracle
Misery
Moon 7/1
Monsters vs. Aliens
Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyer's Cut 11/2
Monty Python's Life of Brian - The Immaculate Edition (Doogan's review)
Monty Python's Life of Brian - The Immaculate Edition (Jeff's review)
Mutant Chronicles
My Sister's Keeper 12/1
Mystic River 3/11
The National Parks: America's Best Idea - A Film by Ken Burns
The New York Ripper
The Nightmare Before Christmas: Collector's Edition
The Nightmare Before Christmas: Collector's Edition (Jahnke's review)
Night of the Creeps
Night Watch: Unrated
Nim's Island
No Reservations
North by Northwest: 50th Anniversary Edition 11/4
Old School: Unrated
The Omen Collection
The Other Man 12/8
Outbreak
Pale Rider
Paranormal Activity (Tim's review) 2/16
Paranormal Activity (Barrie's review) 3/11
A Passage to India
Patriot Games
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief 7/20
The Perfect Storm
Pinocchio: 70th Anniversary Platinum Edition
Pirates of the Caribbean: 3-Movie Collection
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Piranha: Special Edition 8/5
Pitch Black: Unrated Director's Cut
Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 1
Planet Earth: The Complete Series (Barrie's review)
Planet Earth: The Complete Series (Peter's review)
Point Break
The Police: Certifiable
Poltergeist
Ponyo 3/2
Powder Blue
Predator
Premonition
Primal Fear: Hard Evidence Edition
Primal Fear (Barrie's review)
The Princess and the Frog: 3-Disc Combo Pack 3/26
Prison Break: Season One
A Prophet 8/31
Quantum of Solace
Quantum of Solace (Barrie's review)
Race to Witch Mountain (Jeff's review)
Race to Witch Mountain (Barrie's review)
Rachel Getting Married
Ran (Lionsgate/StudioCanal) 3/19
Ratatouille
Redbelt
Red Cliff: Extended Version 6/16
The Replacement Killers: Extended Cut
Repo Men 8/31
Resident Evil
Revolutionary Road
Rio Bravo
Road to Perdition 8/31
The Robe
Rock 'n' Roll High School 4/28
RocknRolla
Rocky: The Undisputed Collection 11/2
Rocky Balboa
Romancing the Stone: Special Edition
Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise
Rudy
The Ruins: Unrated
Sanjuro (Criterion) 3/5
Saturday Night Fever: 30th Anniversary Edition
Scenic National Parks
The Searchers 2/16
The Seventh Seal (Criterion)
Shakespeare in Love (Canadian) 7/20
Sherlock Holmes 6/16
The Shining 2/24
Shutter Island 7/20
The Silence of the Lambs
The Simpsons: The Complete Twentieth Season 1/18
Sleeping Beauty: 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition
Sleuth
Slumdog Millionaire
Shine a Light
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Diamond Edition
The Soloist
South Pacific
South Park: The Complete Twelfth Season
South Park: The Complete Thirteenth Season 4/16
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Spartacus 7/6
Spears & Munsil's High Definition Benchmark
Speed
Speed Racer
Spider-Man: The High Definition Trilogy
A Star Is Born 7/6
Stargate Universe: SG-U - 1.0 3/2
Starman
Starship Troopers
STAR TREK 11/6
Star Trek: The Original Series - Season 1
Star Trek: The Original Series - Season 2
Star Trek: The Original Series - Season 3 12/1
Star Trek: Original Motion Picture Collection
Star Trek: The Next Generation Motion Picture Collection
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Complete Season One 11/11
Sting: Bring on the Night
Stranger Than Fiction: Special Edition
The Sum of All Fears
Sunshine
Surrogates (Jeff's review) 2/22
Surrogates (Barrie's review) 3/11
Swing Vote
Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense
Taken: Extended Cut
Taken (Barrie's review)
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - The Complete First Season
That's Entertainment: The Complete Collection
The Thing
Things We Lost in the Fire
The Thirteenth Floor
Thunderball
Thunderball (Barrie's review)
Tombstone (Bill's review) 4/14
Tombstone (Barrie's review) 6/16
Top Gun: Special Collector's Edition
Toy Story: Special Edition 3/25
Toy Story 2: Special Edition 3/25
Trading Places
Transformers
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Triage 8/31
Trick 'r Treat
Tropic Thunder: Director's Cut
U-571
Ultraviolet
Unfaithful
The Uninvited
The Universe: The Complete Season One
UP 11/20
Up in the Air 4/20
Valkyrie
Valkyrie (Barrie's review)
Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Collection 12/23
Wall-E: 3-Disc
Wall Street
War of the Worlds 6/16
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
Wayne's World
Wayne's World 2
What Doesn't Kill You
When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions
Where Eagles Dare/Kelly's Heroes 7/20
Whip It 3/1
Whiteout 3/11
Wings of Desire (Criterion) 11/10
Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling
The Wizard of Oz: 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition
Woodstock: 40th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition
The Wonder of It All 12/23
The Wrestler
XIII 4/20
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Yojimbo (Criterion) 3/5
The Young Victoria 4/20
Yukikaze
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman


HD-DVD Format Reviews:

300 (HTF)
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Apollo 13 (Barrie's review)
Apollo 13 (Bill's review)
Babel
Batman Begins
Battle of the Bulge
Black Rain
Blade Runner: The Final Cut - 5-Disc (both HD-DVD versions)
Blood Diamond
Bullitt
Casablanca
Casino
A Christmas Story
The Departed
The Dirty Dozen
Dog Day Afternoon
Field of Dreams
Flags of Our Fathers
Forbidden Planet
Freedom Writers
The Getaway
Grand Prix
Heroes: Season 1 (HTF)
The Interpreter
King Kong
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
The Last Samurai
Mission: Impossible III
Mutiny on the Bounty
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Payback: Straight Up - The Director's Cut
Phantom of the Opera (2004)
Pitch Black: Unrated Director's Cut
Planet Earth: The Complete Series
The Polar Express
Reds: 25th Anniversary Edition
Rio Bravo
The Searchers
Serenity
Spartacus
Star Trek: The Original Series - Season One Remastered
TMNT (HTF)
Trading Places
Transformers
U-571
The Ultimate Matrix Collection
Unforgiven
World Trade Center
Zødiac: 2-Disc Director's Cut


D-VHS Format Reviews:

A Few Words About D-VHS

Terminator 2: Judgement Day
U-571
X-Men
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