One Man’s Trash: Clowntergeist
“Listen to me closely. Get out of the house now. I’ll call the police. We don’t have a clown statue.”
‘Saving Private Ryan’ Contest Results
Listen up, Charlie Company! We’ve got two copies of ‘Saving Private Ryan’ on 4k Ultra HD heading your way. Let’s find out who won last week’s contest.
‘The Flash’ 4.22 Recap: “Top Marks, Quick Boy&#
Ah, damn, looks like the villain on ‘The Flash’ has won and turned everyone on Earth stupid like he planned. Wait, this isn’t the finale? That’s next week? Why is super-speedy Barry just standing around and...
‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Review: Set Your Expectatio
When Disney bought the ‘Star Wars’ franchise and promised many new post-Lucas projects, it was obvious that a couple things would take place. First, there would be a closing trilogy to settle the Skywalker saga, and th...
‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ 5.21 Recap: “You’
The rumors from last month have borne out. ABC has officially renewed ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ for a sixth season. It’ll only have 13 episodes, but hopefully the show will do better with a more concise narrative ...
‘Fear the Walking Dead’ 4.05 Recap: “Soup Is th
This week’s episode of ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ features not a single one of the show’s original cast or characters, and hardly moves the plot forward at all. It’s also probably the best episode of the...
Contest: Win ‘Braveheart’ and ‘Gladiator’
Paramount has been very generous to High-Def Digest readers lately. While we finish tallying up the results of last week’s ‘Saving Private Ryan’ contest, you’ll get a chance this week to win a prize pack of...
Cannes Journal: ‘Climax’
From the shock of ‘Irreversible’ to the fever dream of ‘Enter the Void’ or the sordid 3D infantilism of ‘Love’, Gaspar Noë’s provocative works shock and bemuse with equal measure, his adol...
‘Westworld’ 2.04 Recap: “If You Aim to Cheat th
When I noticed that my recording of ‘Westworld’ ran for over 75 minutes this week, I knew it would be a big episode. Sure enough, it’s jam-packed with enough incident and revelations to fill three or four hours o...
Cannes Journal: ‘2001’ in 70mm
What can be said about one of the most wondrous films ever made? How about that one hated it the first time he saw it? Screened on VHS on a 20″ Trinitron, the only thing I knew about ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ was t...
Cannes Journal: ‘Arctic’
There’s only so much you can do about a survival story in the snow. How many times can bad things happen and still be interesting and believable? What sets ‘Arctic’ apart is its good use of physical space, some a...
Cannes Journal: ‘Cold War’
With its stark black-and-white photography, impeccably composed and framed in Academy Ratio, the art house aesthetic of Pawel Pawlikowski’s ‘Cold War’ comes fully on display in the first moments of the work. Yet ...