High-Def Digest: The Bonus ViewCriterion Collection Archives - High-Def Digest: The Bonus View https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tag/criterion-collection/ A High-Def Digest Blog Wed, 13 May 2020 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Blu-ray Highlights: Week of October 27th, 2019 – All Monsters Attack! https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-oct-29-2019/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-oct-29-2019/#comments Mon, 28 Oct 2019 12:00:57 +0000 Josh Zyber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=101802 This Halloween week is inundated with monsters, ghouls, and beasties on Blu-ray, plus sparkling new 4k makeovers for a couple of genuine classics. October closes, however, without a single recent theatrical release of note – at least none I recognize. Ultra HD I have dutifully upgraded The Wizard of Oz through every video format from...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-oct-29-2019/feed/ 14 Blu-ray Highlights: Week of October 20th, 2019 – Ingonyama Nengw’ Enamabala https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-oct-22-2019/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-oct-22-2019/#comments Mon, 21 Oct 2019 12:00:02 +0000 Josh Zyber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=101580 Time passes and all of last week’s notable releases step back to make room for a hot new batch of Blu-ray and Ultra HD discs. That’s just the circle of life in the home video world, folks. New Releases (Blu-ray) The Lion King – After the huge success of his Jungle Book remake, Jon Favreau...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-oct-22-2019/feed/ 5 Blu-ray Highlights: Week of October 13th, 2019 – I’m Waiting for a Slyft https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-oct-15-2019/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-oct-15-2019/#comments Mon, 14 Oct 2019 12:00:47 +0000 Josh Zyber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=101477 Who says Hollywood is out of ideas? A major studio made a buddy action flick about an Uber driver this year. Take that, skeptics! I can’t wait for the GrubHub movie. New Releases (Blu-ray) Stuber – Comedian Kumail Nanjiani attempted to cash in on all the good will he earned for The Big Sick by...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-oct-15-2019/feed/ 10 Blu-ray Highlights: Week of October 6th, 2019 – Childish Things https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-oct-8-2019/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-oct-8-2019/#comments Mon, 07 Oct 2019 12:00:34 +0000 Josh Zyber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=101340 It’s all fun and games this week as the latest batch of Blu-ray and Ultra HD discs features beloved playtime pals Woody, Buzz, and their spooky new friend Annabelle. Let’s open up that toy chest and see what other goodies we can find. New Releases (Blu-ray) Toy Story 4 – If you thought Toy Story...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-oct-8-2019/feed/ 9 From Silents to the Seventies: Swing Time https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/silents-to-seventies-swing-time/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/silents-to-seventies-swing-time/#respond Wed, 25 Sep 2019 19:00:13 +0000 David Krauss https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=100854 If you only see one Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers movie, make it Swing Time. With memorable Jerome Kern standards, smooth direction by the great George Stevens, and a host of dazzling dance routines, this vintage musical remains forever young. Swing Time Theatrical Release Date: August 27, 1936 Blu-ray Release Date: June 11, 2019 Directed by: George...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/silents-to-seventies-swing-time/feed/ 0 Blu-ray Highlights: Week of September 22nd, 2019 – All My Troubles Seemed So Far Away https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-sept-24-2019/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-sept-24-2019/#comments Mon, 23 Sep 2019 12:00:24 +0000 Josh Zyber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=101029 It’s been a hard day’s night preparing this week’s Blu-ray and Ultra HD update. The massive list of new titles may be so overwhelming that you’ll either call out for “Help!” or decide to just let it be. If you’ll let me, I wanna hold your hand to guide you through it. New Releases (Blu-ray)...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-sept-24-2019/feed/ 16 Blu-ray Highlights: Week of September 15th, 2019 – Out of the Ashes and Right Back Again https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-sept-17-2019/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-sept-17-2019/#comments Mon, 16 Sep 2019 12:00:43 +0000 Josh Zyber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=100728 If you spent all your money last week replacing half of your Disney movie collection, the good news is that that week’s new Blu-ray and Ultra HD titles will probably not seem nearly as appealing. As always, however, you might find something interesting if you dig into them. New Releases (Blu-ray) X-Men: Dark Phoenix –...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-sept-3-2019/feed/ 11 Blu-ray Highlights: Week of August 25th, 2019 – She’s Got Electric Boots, a Mohair Suit… https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-aug-27-2019/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-aug-27-2019/#comments Mon, 26 Aug 2019 12:00:45 +0000 Josh Zyber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=100343 This week brings a truly monstrous assortment of new Blu-ray and Ultra HD discs. From tiny dancers to giant lizards, and even an all-puppet musical sex comedy if that’s what you’re into, there should be a little something for just about anybody in here. Be honest, I had you at the puppet sex musical, didn’t...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-aug-20-2019/feed/ 3 Nineties Noir: The Underneath https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/nineties-noir-underneath/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/nineties-noir-underneath/#comments Thu, 15 Aug 2019 12:00:58 +0000 Josh Zyber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=100082 Sometimes, even filmmakers can be wrong about their own movies. Usually in these cases, the creators have a higher opinion of their work than anyone else does. Steven Soderbergh’s 1995 heist thriller The Underneath, however, is a much better movie than its director would have you believe. The Underneath Theatrical Release Date: April 28, 1995...

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