Australian Blu-ray Importing: November 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 a 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.

Judge Dredd

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Studio: Disney Home Entertainment

Country of Origin: United States

Purchase: Amazon.com

Region: A, B, C

With the reboot of the 2000AD graphic novel hitting cinemas, Disney have taken the flurry of interest to re-release the lambasted 1995 original, starring Sylvester Stallone as the eponymous hero, and Diane Lane as the love interest, Judge Hershey, and the immensely annoying Rob Schneider as the token comic relief character. To my mind, he makes Jar Jar Binks seem like a Shakespearean actor. After nearly 20 years, Judge Dredd is only really memorable for a level of camp reserved for the late 90's Batman films, some aged visual effects and hilariously slurred Stallone dialogue ("I am the lerrrr!"), but it's all in good fun.

With a more than adequate video and audio transfer, some promotional bonus features including a 20 minute made for TV featurette, and a low price point, some fans may want to add this to their collections.

Dial M for Murder

Studio: Warner Brothers Home Entertainment

Country of Origin: United States

Purchase: Amazon.com

Region: A, B, C