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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of September 8th, 2019 – Gotta Rub Me the Right Way

Josh Zyber — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 12:00:56 +0000

Not content to own just about every major blockbuster franchise, Disney makes a big play to drain every last penny out of our wallets by re-releasing seemingly half of its animation catalog onto Blu-ray and 4k Ultra HD this week. Can one lone super-assassin battle for attention in the midst of all that? New Releases...

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SteelBook Alert: No Worries

Josh Zyber — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 12:00:29 +0000

Determined to wring every last dollar out of collectors’ wallets as possible, Disney has announced new SteelBook editions for not just its latest remake blockbuster, but 4k upgrades for about half the Pixar catalog to go with it. The Lion King (2019) Video Formats: Blu-ray/Ultra HD/Digital Available at: Best Buy (ORDER HERE) Release date: TBD...

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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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Weekend Roundtable: Disney Disasters

Josh Zyber — Fri, 24 May 2019 17:00:06 +0000

Due to scheduling issues, we won’t have a review of the new live-action remake of Aladdin in the blog this week. Assuming that it’s anywhere near as awful as it looks (because it looks really awful), this makes us wonder how badly Disney might mangle some of its other classics. M. Enois Duarte Just this...

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Weekend Roundtable: 2019 Movie Skepticism

Josh Zyber — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 17:00:35 +0000

We’ve made our picks for the upcoming 2019 movies we’re most anticipating. Unfortunately, the new year is bound to have some stinkers too. This week’s Roundtable is for the movies we expect to fail. Here’s that Wikipedia list of the year’s release schedule in case you need it again. Deirdre Crimmins I’m always an optimist...

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Weekend Roundtable: Best Celebrity Animation Voice Casting

Josh Zyber — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 17:00:38 +0000

All of the major Hollywood studios love to hire notable celebrities to do voices in their big, expensive animated movies. Far too often, this stunt-casting is more distracting than effective. Sometimes, however, the right voice can be a perfect fit for a character, as in some of this week’s Roundtable picks. Deirdre Crimmins Though nearly...

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Wearing Your Art on Your Sleeve

Josh Zyber — Thu, 05 Jan 2017 13:00:31 +0000

As if Blu-ray fans really needed yet another form of collectible packaging to add to their shelves full of box sets, SteelBooks, Digibooks, NEO Packs and what have you, the UK branch of Disney has now introduced “Big Sleeve Edition” Blu-rays with LP album-style 12″ jackets. I have no doubt that these are primarily designed...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of January 3rd, 2016 – Over the River and Through the Woods

Josh Zyber — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 13:00:57 +0000

Welcome to 2016! Let’s start off the brand new year with a brand new slate of Blu-ray releases that, surprisingly, might even have a few interesting titles to consider. New Releases ‘Sicario‘ – One of the most acclaimed films of 2015, Denis Villeneuve’s drug war thriller will almost certainly get some more attention come Oscar...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of October 11th, 2015 – The Fault in Our Backyards

Josh Zyber — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 12:00:25 +0000

For a holiday week (admittedly, a minor holiday), the Blu-ray release schedule is surprisingly packed with new discs this week. Just looking at the huge list makes my eyes glaze over. How can we pick out the few titles possibly worth buying? New Releases ‘San Andreas‘ – In the event that the biggest earthquake in...

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R.I.P. Robin Williams

Josh Zyber — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 13:00:06 +0000

I’ve resisted writing obituary posts in this blog for the past few months, despite some notable recent celebrity deaths. The burden of that responsibility just got to be too depressing. Sadly, this one is just too big and too shocking to go without acknowledgement. Comedy legend and Oscar winner Robin Williams has apparently taken his...

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Full Metal Jackets: You Ain’t Never Had a Friend Like Me

Josh Zyber — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:00:48 +0000

Blu-ray SteelBooks are too often limited edition collectibles. Due to bad timing, I fear that this post should be read for informational purposes only. If you didn’t already place an order for the UK exclusive SteelBook release of Disney’s ‘Aladdin’, you may have missed the too-brief window. Despite being a huge hit back in 1992,...

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Unboxed: Japanese ‘Aladdin’ Laserdisc

Josh Zyber — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:00:47 +0000

A couple of months ago, I started the “Unboxed” topic as a planned recurring feature where I would pull some of the DVD, Blu-ray and even Laserdisc box sets that I’ve collected over the years off the shelf and take a look at their contents. I started with the ‘Kill Bill’ DVDs from Japan. While...

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