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SteelBook Alert: One Jump Ahead

Josh Zyber — Thu, 30 May 2019 12:00:05 +0000

To the delight of collectors (if not their wallets), Best Buy has kept busy cranking out SteelBooks for Disney remakes, superhero blockbusters, and even the occasional other type of movie that might still get made these days. Aladdin (2019) Video Formats: Blu-ray/Ultra HD Available at: Best Buy (ORDER HERE) Release date: TBD Price: $34.99 Video...

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SteelBook Alert: Incredibles ii v2.0 with 3D

Josh Zyber — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 12:00:13 +0000

As you may recall, Best Buy announced a couple months ago a Blu-ray SteelBook for Pixar’s Incredibles 2 that had rather perplexing and ugly artwork. Zavvi has finally revealed the art for its competing SteelBook, which looks decidedly better. You’ll lose out on 4k with this one, but gain 3D if that matters to you....

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Off the Shelf: Ghosts of the Abyss

Josh Zyber — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 12:00:19 +0000

My sons have recently become obsessed with the story of the Titanic. Because they’re still a little young to watch the famous blockbuster about that disaster, which would be too long and too scary for a couple of 4-year-olds, I had the dubious idea of starting them off with Ghosts of the Abyss, James Cameron’s...

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Poll: Are You Upset About the Death of 3D TV?

Josh Zyber — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 12:00:55 +0000

The great experiment in 3D television is over. Effective this year, no more manufacturers are offering the 3D feature on their HDTV models, choosing instead to push for 4k Ultra HD without 3D (even though the two can easily co-exist). Does this development upset you, or have been you cheering for the death of 3D?...

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‘The Great Wall’ Review: Big Dumb Monster Fun

Philip Brown — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 20:00:31 +0000

With China now the second largest market for Hollywood blockbusters and the country’s own industry cranking out massive spectacles that tend to be huge hits everywhere other than North America, it was only a matter of time before we got a grand Chinese/Hollywood co-production. Now it’s here, it’s called ‘The Great Wall’, and it’s a...

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‘Doctor Strange’ Review: Marvel Embraces Stranger Things

Philip Brown — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 12:00:04 +0000

As the Marvel Cinematic Universe expands exponentially, Kevin Feige and the gang have reached a point where they need to start throwing wrenches into their works. The movies are feeling increasingly familiar. The heroes are increasingly similar. It’s all getting a bit samey. Thankfully, here’s comes ‘Doctor Strange’, a movie that might not reinvent the...

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Poll: Will You Double-Dip for ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ in 3D?

Josh Zyber — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 13:00:27 +0000

Four months after the initial (2D) Blu-ray was released, caused a brief explosion in disc sales, then subsided and has mostly been forgotten, Disney and Lucasfilm finally announced a release date for a new ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens – 3D Collector’s Edition‘. Will you double-dip, or are you good with the copy you already...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of June 5th, 2016 – Animal Magnetism

Josh Zyber — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 12:00:06 +0000

A couple of exceptions aside, this May wasn’t the most exciting month for Blu-ray releases. June attempts to make up for that right away with a huge slate of new discs that should have at least a few really good ones in there. New Releases (Blu-ray) ‘Zootopia‘ – Disney Animation continues its resurgence with another...

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‘The Jungle Book’ (2016) Review: Unexpectedly Remarkable

Philip Brown — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 19:00:24 +0000

Disney’s recent trend of digging into its vaults and remaking its animated classics in live action has mostly been a frustrating endeavor. Movies like ‘Maleficent’ and ‘Cinderella’ felt forced and woefully inferior to their predecessors. The prospect of a live action ‘Jungle Book’ seemed particularly dire. Not only does the 1967 animated version hold up...

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‘Gods of Egypt’ Review: Visually Stunning, Otherwise Vapid

Philip Brown — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 14:00:43 +0000

Alex Proyas’ career started so well. Things kicked off with the stylistically iconic (if deeply tragic) ‘The Crow’ and then Proyas seemed to find depth to match his style with the delightful mindfuck ‘Dark City’. After that, it’s been a series of mind-numbing choices that make the filmmaker increasingly difficult to defend. Now we have...

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‘Every Thing Will Be Fine’ Review: No, It Won’t

Philip Brown — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 15:00:26 +0000

If nothing else, Wim Wenders deserves credit for his experimentations in contradiction at the center of ‘Every Thing Will Be Fine’. The film is an attempt to make a subdued melodrama. That’s tough enough to pull off (just ask Atom Egoyan 90% of the time). However, on top of that nearly insurmountable challenge, Wenders also...

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‘In the Heart of the Sea’ Review: Troubled Waters

Philip Brown — Thu, 10 Dec 2015 20:00:18 +0000

Some 3D movies would benefit from an alternative screening option that allows audiences to see a highlight reel of the set-pieces in IMAX for $10 instead of the entire film. The ‘Transformers’ movies certainly qualify, as did Robert Zemeckis’ unfortunate ‘The Walk’, and now Ron Howard’s ‘In the Heart of the Sea’. The whaling action...

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