Across The Universe Blu-ray Being released by Columbia/Tri-Star on February 5th

[Josh]

I just got my review copy, and it is a very, very cool film.

If you enjoy Beatles music, you will enjoy this film. Some music tells a story, and this film exploits that to tell a love story. Sure, there are some tangents which didn't need to be explored, and the film could have easily been shorter. But as it stands, music fans will find this a really enjoyable musical (that's what it is).

Sorry PCM fans, the only audio track is TrueHD. As per usual, its a little quieter than the PCM equivalent, so you'll have to pump up that surround sound.

Video, of course, is clean and sharp. No issues there.

I didn't think this film would affect me as much as it did, which is always a nice surprise when your watching a film for the first time. This isn't just a Beatles greatest hits music video, they recreated every song - keeping the message but tweating the tone to match the story. It is very smart and would be perfect if it didn't take those random tangents.