‘Galavant’ Pilot & 1.02 Recaps: “Maybe You
The ads for ABC’s self-proclaimed “comedy extravaganza” ‘Galavant’ have looked… oh, what’s the word? “Godawful” comes to mind. “Insufferable” is another good description....
The ads for ABC’s self-proclaimed “comedy extravaganza” ‘Galavant’ have looked… oh, what’s the word? “Godawful” comes to mind. “Insufferable” is another good description....
The exceedingly talented Stephen Sondheim has seen a few of his musicals get transformed into films, and the results have been mixed at best. It’s not easy to translate Sondheim to the screen, if only because his musicals ar...
If this new version of ‘Annie’ had been made as a Will Smith/Willow Smith vehicle (and one glaring ‘Fresh Prince of Bel Air’ reference remains in the script), the musical remake could have been a magical tr...
Among the huge assortment of new Blu-rays available this week (many of them simple reissues or bundles) can be found a sci-fi epic with a serious identity crisis, a raunchy Western spoof, and lots of sharks in tornadoes. Let’...
Writer/director John Carney found unexpected magic in his film ‘Once‘ about two lost souls connecting fleetingly through music. In ‘Begin Again’, he attempts to repeat the trick with bigger actors, a more a...
Musicals may have fallen out of favor with modern movie audiences quite some time ago. Nevertheless, filmmakers periodically attempt to revive the genre, usually to mixed success. As Clint Eastwood gives it a try with this week...
Now this is a treat. Even though the show is technically between seasons at the moment, ‘Psych’ made an off-schedule appearance on the USA Network Sunday night to bring us a special two-hour musical extravaganza, a per...
Hey, cheer up! No need to look so blue. Last week, we promised to give one of our readers a free copy of ‘Les Misérables’ on Blu-ray, and the time has come to announce which of you will take home that prize.
You didn’t think we were done with our contest streak yet, did you? This week, High-Def Digest would like to offer our readers a chance to win a copy of the Oscar winning musical ‘Les Misérables’ on Blu-ray. Now ...
‘S wonderful! ‘S marvelous! One of the biggest benefits of a streaming service like VUDU is the surprising wealth of movies available for high-definition viewing that can’t yet be found on Blu-ray, including a gr...
I can’t picture any fan of ’80s butt rock – and I’m not talking about the retro geeks who listen to it today, but those original fans who listened to it back in the day – enjoying ‘Rock of Ages’. In f...
It should be a welcome development when a major home video studio owns up to a mistake it made on a Blu-ray title and moves quickly to implement a correction and exchange program. I don’t want to sound ungrateful or anything...