I doubt that anyone will be too surprised to hear that science fiction movies are rarely scientifically accurate. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure that out. Nonetheless, when actual rocket scientists weigh in on ...
I’ve complained previously about Hollywood’s absurd obsession with the colors teal and orange. This stupid fad is truly ruining the art of motion picture photography. Unfortunately, this ugly color scheme is the sort o...
2010 was supposed to be the year of 3-D. More 3-D movies were released to more 3-D theaters than ever before, and the home theater industry rolled out brand new, high quality 3-D televisions, Blu-ray players, and Blu-ray discs. Wh...
Perhaps ABC was a little hasty when it canceled ‘FlashForward’ last year. Even though the show’s ratings weren’t that hot, its sci-fi premise sure looks eerily prescient after recent real-world events invol...
Ever since the ‘Back to the Future‘ trilogy was released on Blu-ray back in October, the quality of its video transfer has been hotly debated by fans. Some think it looks terrific, while others think it looks too ̶...
In addition to 3-D, the other big initiative from television manufacturers over the past year has been the push for web-enabled TVs with various widgets that allow access to internet features. I have to ask: Does anyone use these ...
Whoa, there sure are a lot of acronyms in this post title, aren’t there? The Consumer Electronics Show starts this Thursday in Las Vegas, and High-Def Digest will be sending a couple of our ace correspondents to the conferen...
After last week’s major content switch (more titles were added to my queue than were dropped), it’s refreshing to see a week where nothing of value is lost from Netflix streaming. That is, unless you’re really in...
I hope you got plenty of videogames for Christmas, because this is going to be another dry week for new releases. Very dry. Not until next week will things get back to normal.
The holidays are over and it’s a brand new year. The 2011 Blu-ray release schedule begins today with a whole lot of new discs filling retailer shelves. Is there anything worth buying? Welllll….
[Editor’s Note: With this post, High-Def Digest Blu-ray reviewer Aaron Peck joins us here at The Bonus View blog. Among other things, Aaron will be contributing some film festival coverage, starting this month at Sundance. I...
2011 has barely started, and already we’ve lost an acting great. British character actor with the difficult-to-spell name Pete Postlethwaite passed away yesterday at age 64. Let’s celebrate his career by watching some ...
