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About Tom Landy

Tom Landy has published numerous collectible gaming articles in Scrye and IQ Gamer magazines before eventually shifting his focus to film when he became a contributor at DVDTOWN in early 2008. A year later, Tom joined the team at High-Def Digest where he continues to write Blu-ray reviews and reports disc-related news.

Blu-ray & Discs

Posted by Tom Landy - June 7, 2012

Full Metal Jackets: We Can All Phone Home Together

Turn on your heartlight! Steven Spielberg’s beloved 1982 masterpiece ‘E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial‘ celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, and the U.K. will light the way with a Blu-ray SteelBook!

3D Software

Blu-ray & Discs

Posted by Tom Landy - June 4, 2012

Full Metal Jackets: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes Assemble!

One of the biggest motion picture events of all-time will get exclusive metal packaging in Canada, according to the Future Shop forums.

Blu-ray & Discs

Posted by Tom Landy - May 31, 2012

Full Metal Jackets: Let the Games Begin!

As expected, the worldwide phenomenon ‘The Hunger Games‘ will receive a few different retailer exclusives this August. Among the first to surface are not one, but two Blu-ray SteelBooks at Future Shop in Canada.

3D Software

Blu-ray & Discs

Posted by Tom Landy - May 29, 2012

Full Metal Jackets: Bad to the Bone

Anybody got a light? How about some flame-retardant underwear? Nicolas Cage is back and he’ll still be drivin’ angry when ‘Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance’ rolls onto Blu-ray 3D in a SteelBook case next mo...

Blu-ray & Discs

Posted by Tom Landy - May 24, 2012

Full Metal Jackets: The Game Is Afoot

Guy Ritchie’s ‘Sherlock Holmes’ sequel with Robert Downey, Jr., Jude Law and Noomi Rapace will get a SteelBook release at Future Shop Canada.

Conferences & Conventions

Posted by Tom Landy - May 17, 2012

Captain’s Blog Supplemental: Please State the Nature of the

Bad things usually tend to happen in threes, so it was probably inevitable that something would go wrong on the final day of the Calgary Expo. Instead of heading to the convention early Sunday morning, I was rushed by ambulance fr...

Conferences & Conventions

TV

Posted by Tom Landy - May 16, 2012

Captain’s Blog: Calgary Expo Day 2 – Freddy’s R

After my hectic first day at the Calgary Expo, I figured that Saturday would have to be much smoother sailing. Boy, was I wrong. In fact, the media pass fiasco was merely a bad dream compared to the full blown nightmare that swept...

Conferences & Conventions

TV

Posted by Tom Landy - May 15, 2012

Captain’s Blog: Calgary Expo Day 1 – Media Circus

The 2012 Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo has come and gone. Legions of fans came to celebrate the 25th anniversary of ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ and meet the entire cast of the classic television series, b...

Blu-ray & Discs

Posted by Tom Landy - May 10, 2012

Full Metal Jackets: Get John Carter

One of the most poorly-marketed box office flops ever is in the works for Blu-ray, and Canada will be getting metal packaging exclusive to Future Shop stores.

Conferences & Conventions

TV

Posted by Tom Landy - April 26, 2012

Captain’s Blog: Course Set for the Calgary Expo – Max

Likely by the time you read this post, I’ll be on my way from Winnipeg to the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo, western Canada’s largest pop culture convention (second largest in all of Canada) on April 27th to 29th. Thi...