Gladiator is finally making its way onto Blu-ray film. The Ridely Scott masterpiece depicting the final days of Marcus Aurelius reign stars an outstanding Russell Crowe as the revengeful gladiator.

Gladiator bluray film is released in crisp 1080p HD resolution with an aspect ratio of 2.39:1 and spread across two action packed discs. It clockes in at a lenghty but never boring 155  minutes. Well worth an investment to any blu ray movie library.

Gladiator blu ray is to be released on 7th September in the UK.

If you only do a movie every odd year, you might as well do it right.

This modern great is a deceptively simple tale of a good man whose quest for power ultimately leads him down a murderous path. Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) is an oil man pure and simple, but his battle with the church and its headstrong young preacher Eli Sunday (Paul Dano) are what form the dark heart of the stark masterpiece.

What Paul Thomas Anderson (Magnolia) has created is unlike anything else you will have ever seen, a gripping, intelligent epic anchored by one of celluloids most remarkable performances by Day-Lewis who illicits both sympathy and revulsion in equal measure.

The Blu ray itself is not quite as impressive. Featuring only a modicom of featurettes and trailers, a Dolby Digital rather than TrueHD soundtrack (though the French and Spanish get DTS) and no commentaries. At least the picture quality is sharp with every scene rendered perfectly bringing to life Robert Elswits beautiful cinematography.

At the end of the day though this film does not need special features or a THX approved soundtrack to warrant purchase, the milkshake monologue at the films climax is worth the admission price all on its own. Highly recommended.

Australia - Even more beautiful in HD

Baz luhrmann’s beautifully shot epic Australia will be ready for UK Blu-Ray players on April 27th. The movie might not be the most exciting thing coming from Oz (that must be the snake bite!), but it sure looks to be the perfect film to show of the capabilities of your HD homecinema set-up with Full HD 1080p resolution and DTS-HD Master Audio.

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