Australian Blu-ray Importing: October 2012 Buying Guide

Since last time we looked at the 'Guide to Buying Blu-rays from Overseas' last month, the Australian dollar has continued to dance around parity with the US dollar based on strong commodity markets and soft U.S. economy.

With studios starting to open their catalogues to much anticipated titles, coupled with deep discounting in overseas markets, it's still a really great time to import some rarer Blu-ray titles.

Let's jump into the latest instalment of the series, covering some of the later titles released overseas, but safe for Australian region coding.

Ghosts of the Abyss 3D

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Studio: Disney Home Entertainment

Country of Origin: United States

Purchase: Amazon.com

Region: A, B, C

With the flurry of interest in anything Titanic, following the 100th anniversary of the ships sinking, it's a wonder that rights holders didn't exploit James Cameron's 2003 IMAX documentary Ghosts of the Abyss further, especially since it was filmed (and presented here) in stereoscopic 3D.

Titanic star Bill Paxton joins Cameron and a small crew to the very bottom of the Atlantic, the resting place for the ruins of the ship. What they find is eerie and immensely fascinating. Fans of the movie will likely be intrigued by this documentary, presented in both 2D and 3D versions. The 2D version features an extended cut of the film that wasn't shown in cinemas.

Fallen

Studio: Warner Brothers Home Entertainment

Country of Origin: United States

Purchase: Amazon.com