Blu-ray Highlights for 8/16/11 – The Dude Abides
You say there’s nothing good to buy on Blu-ray this week? Yeah, well, you know, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.
You say there’s nothing good to buy on Blu-ray this week? Yeah, well, you know, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.
Has it really come to this? Has the backlash against 3D gotten so bad that now even the advertisements for real 3D movies need to reassure viewers that the films will be safe to watch in plain 2D as well? Apparently so, judging by...
Considering how “blah” this weekend’s four new films appeared, it’s no surprise that ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ held onto the #1 box office spot for its second weekend. Neither a preachy w...
It’s always fun to watch niche audience flicks open against each other. This weekend ought to be even more fun because we get four different genres: an R-rated crude comedy, a 3D horror splatterfest, a 3D concert movie, and ...
Last month, I mentioned that I finally made the decision to remove the Toshiba HD-XA2 HD DVD player from my home theater setup. Rather than deal with any separation anxiety, I wanted to replace it with a new toy. Once I satisfied ...
This week’s VUDU rental options keep track fairly well with the new Blu-ray titles being released at the same time. In this case, that’s kind of a shame, because the movies were mostly box office duds.
How is that the worst-looking movie of the year – a family flick that mixes CG blue cartoon characters with live action – and an over-hyped genre-blender could finish the weekend in a dismal tie? Until the final numbers come in th...
Although August is usually peppered with a few hits, the end of July marks the descent of popcorn pictures and the dregs of the not-too-spectacular summer flicks. True, there are still big movies like ‘Rise of the Planet of ...
I feel like it’s the ’90s all over again. Remember the “Virtual Reality” craze, which begat the Nintendo Virtual Boy and similar failed products? Well, Sony would have us believe that VR is primed for a com...
I don’t personally intend to run a whole lot of coverage of Comic-Con here in the blog this week. I’m not attending the event, and most of the fanboy wankery that happens there doesn’t interest me. However, I did...
Who would’ve thought that Marvel’s final superhero origin movie leading up to next summer’s ‘The Avengers’ would be the best yet? Holding ‘Iron Man’ and ‘Thor’ in such high est...
When it comes to DVD and Blu-ray players, OPPO Digital has been my brand of choice for years. The company’s first Blu-ray player, the BDP-83, was my primary reference machine for both DVD and Blu-ray from its release in 2009...