Josh Zyber is a veteran movie and video disc reviewer from Laserdisc to DVD and beyond. In addition to managing this blog and writing the occasional Blu-ray review for High-Def Digest, Josh also contributes regularly to Home Theater magazine.
Sadly, I wasn’t able to host an Oscar live-blog this year. However, I still watched the ceremony. This year, ‘Argo’ ultimately triumphed as the Best Picture winner, at least in the eyes of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The rest of the race’s results and some commentary can be found after the page break.
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Over the past few weeks, my little home in New England has been buffeted by a couple of major winter storms. In the worst of these, I had to dig my way out of my house though a basement window because all the doors were blocked by snow and I had no other exit. More snow is expected this weekend. This put me in the mood to talk about movies that depict extreme weather situations. In this week’s Roundtable, we take a look at what happens when Mother Nature gets angry.
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Yesterday, we asked which of the nominated movies you believe will win the Best Picture trophy at this weekend’s Oscar ceremony. Today, let’s follow that up with your thoughts on an even more important category – one that you might actually care about. Which movie deserves to win the award for Best Visual Effects?
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Oscar time is here again. The annual Academy Awards ceremony airs this Sunday, February 24th. As we get ready to watch Hollywood celebrate itself once more, let’s find out which of this year’s nominated movies you think will win the coveted Best Picture trophy. More importantly, which do you think should win?
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As we return from the long weekend, a brand new batch of Blu-ray releases awaits our open wallets. This week brings us a recent Oscar nominee, at least one legitimate classic, one of the best TV series currently on the air, and 3D conversions for a couple of popular favorites, among other things. Where will your money go?
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The staff here at High-Def Digest is taking a break on Monday to celebrate the President’s Day holiday. While we’re resting, we’ll leave you with a little poll to occupy your time. If you saw the latest ‘Die Hard’ sequel over the weekend, what did you think of it?
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Bruce Willis says that he wants to do at least one more ‘Die Hard’ movie after this week’s ‘A Good Day to Die Hard’. Given the franchise’s history of making puns out of its titles, we thought that we’d use today’s Roundtable to offer up suggestions for what the sixth movie should be called.
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Between exclusives at Best Buy in the United States or Future Shop in Canada, Disney has offered fans a heck of a lot of nice metal case Blu-ray editions of its animated classics, from ‘Snow White’ to the latest Pixar hits. Sadly, the studio skipped a few important titles, including ‘Peter Pan’ just recently, which received no metal packaging options to my knowledge. Fortunately, the upcoming Blu-ray release of the great ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ will indeed get the SteelBook treatment, though you’ll have to import from the UK this time.
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We have a simple but hopefully fun poll topic for you today. When you buy a 2-disc Blu-ray set, does the primary feature film Blu-ray (typically Disc 1) belong on the left side of the case or the right? Does anyone else have an OCD compulsion to make sure that all of your Blu-ray cases are consistent about things like this?
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This week belongs to Bond, James Bond, as the franchise’s latest, biggest and (arguably) best entry to date comes to Blu-ray. If that doesn’t do it for you, some other new titles will also compete for your attention and your dollars.
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