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And I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blu's
Fred Manteghian  |  Jan 05, 2008

Just before CES 2008, just two days before the HD DVD Promotion Group's press conference, Warner Home Video announced they would end their "format neutrality" by issuing Blu-ray discs exclusively. Releases already slated to come out in both formats would continue to do so through May 2008. After that, not so much.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
DVD Review: Ocean's Thirteen
Brandon Grafius  |  Jan 04, 2008
Warner
Movie ••½Picture ••• Sound •••½Extras ••

The twisty plot of Ocean's Thirtee

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Music Reviews
Tracking Surround: Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker on SACD
Robert Ripps  |  Jan 04, 2008

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Other Tech
Drive My Cars
Michael Gaughn  |  Jan 04, 2008

See that big, friendly-looking guy in the Hawaiian shirt with cartoon Cars all over it? He's probably the most important man in Hollywood. No, really.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Reference DVD Review: Ratatouille
Rad Bennett  |  Jan 04, 2008
Disney/Pixar
Movie •••• Picture •••• Sound •••• Extras ••½

Rats can be a bit of a hard sell as heroes.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
DVD Review: Sawdust and Tinsel
Josef Krebs  |  Jan 04, 2008
The Criterion Collection
Movie ••••½Picture ••••½Sound •••½Extras ••••

A frien

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Reference DVD Review: Hairspray
Rad Bennett  |  Jan 04, 2008
New Line
Movie •••• Picture •••• Sound •••• Extras ••••

Hairspray has quite an enduring and endearing his

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Scanning High-Def: Stanley Kubrick on Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD
Josef Krebs  |  Jan 04, 2008

For standard DVD, Warner has collected five Stanley Kubrick classics in a Directors Series box - but on Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD, they're only available individually. Full Metal Jacket was released in high-def previously, so I'll stick to the four debuts.

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Music Reviews
Tracking Surround: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King on DVD-Audio
Ken Richardson  |  Jan 04, 2008

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Audio Video News
Post-Holiday Clues: Books About Music
SV Staff  |  Jan 04, 2008
Part 1 (see my post below) was full of tribute albums and cover songs. Now comes my second stash from 2007: The Year in Books About Music. You still have too much disposable cash left over from the holidays, right? Read (and buy) on! -Ken...
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