Blu-ray Highlights for 8/23/11 – You’re So Money!
Indie movies dominate the Blu-ray scene this week, with a special emphasis on indie movies from the mid ’90s about gambling. What a strange niche to fill all of a sudden.
One from the Vault: ‘Night of the Comet’
How cold you possibly have an ’80s movie without a boom box, Uzis and some bad ’80s music? Well, this sci-fi horror comedy has them all – plus zombies! Sci-fi horror comedy seems like an unlikely genre, but the ’...
‘Transformers’ Trailer with 21:9 Enhancement on VUDU
Constant Image Height home theater viewers take note: VUDU now offers (for free) the ‘Transformers: Dark of the Moon’ teaser trailer in high definition with 21:9 anamorphic enhancement. It’s not much, but it̵...
‘Haven’ 2.06 Recap: “You’re Stuck in My S
After a couple of underwhelming episodes, ‘Haven’ bounced back on Friday with a pretty good one. After a couple of underwhelming episodes, ‘Haven’ bounced back on Friday with a pretty good one. After a coup...
Weekend Box Office: Week-Old ‘Help’ Defeats Barbarian
The top two films at the box office this week were also the top two films last week. After reigning for two-weeks in a row, ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ fell to second place as ‘The Help’ rose to first....
Weekend Roundtable: Favorite Character Actors
Our readers (that’d be you) responded pretty favorably to last week’s Roundtable topic on the subject of bad actors who should be forcibly retired from the acting profession. Now, let’s flip that around and try t...
‘Alphas’ 1.06 Recap: “I Know What I Do Is Amazi
In a somewhat interesting development, this week’s episode of ‘Alphas’ is the first in which the team doesn’t try to track down an Alpha villain – but rather just some regular, garden-variety criminals. Hey...
Weekend Movies: Two Cult Remakes, a Kids’ Sequel and a Quie
I don’t know how much longer major film studios will be pushing prequels, sequels and remakes, but the return to original creativity can’t come quickly enough for me. I’m not saying that every prequel, sequel or ...
Red Hot Chili Peppering of ‘Rock Band’
Let it be known that I love ‘Rock Band’. I also dig ‘Guitar Hero’, but the format and user interface of that one was just never up to the level of ‘Rock Band’. Now that ‘GH’ is defun...
Now Playing: ‘Fright Night’ Is Everything a Vampire M
I cannot lie; I haven’t seen the original ‘Fright Night’ since I was a little kid. The only thing that I remember about the film is a scene where Charley Brewster walks around a dimly-lit room brandishing a cross...
‘True Blood’ 4.08 Recap: “There’s No Such
After this week’s episode, I’ve put together a little theory about why ‘True Blood’ seems so scattered and poorly structured this season (or in general, really; but the problem seems worse this season). I c...
Preorder Bonuses and First-time Buyer Incentives
Not that long ago, you could preorder a videogame and get a groovy action figure or other collectible item to go along with your purchase. Nowadays, if you’re into that sort of thing, those items are only available in bundle...