Coming Soon to Blu-ray...

I'm looking forward to several re-issues and films coming to Blu-ray for the first time. One of my favorite neglected films from the 70s is the 1978 Walter Hill film The Driver, a very neo-noir-ish movie that provides Ryan O'Neal with his coolest role ever. This edition is limited to 3000 copies, but I'd love to snag one. 

All the President's Men is getting a two-disc treatment on November 12, what I hope to be a step up from the DigiBook (Man, I hate those things...) edition.

Just around the corner are two must-buy films. Shane is going on sale August 13 and no matter how many times you've seen it, I can't imagine it looking better than it will on this Blu-ray. Just look at these screenshots. Man....

Also the superb To Be or Not To Be will be released by Criterion on August 27. I loved this movie when I saw it streaming on Hulu Plus a few months back and can't wait to revisit it.

I have my suspicions that Marathon Man may be an iffy transfer (Even the cover looks bad...), based on the reviews of the British Blu-ray, but we'll just have to wait until September 10 and ask, "Is it safe?" (Sorry.... If you've seen the movie, you'll understand.)

Finally, one I've been waiting for a long time, Philip Kaufman's The Right Stuff, which is also getting a two-disc treatment. From the Amazon product page, however, it looks like the second disc is just a DVD copy. Even though this is going to be released in the loathsome DigiBook format, I'll still probably pick it up. Available November 5.