High-Def Digest: The Bonus ViewAlfred Hitchcock Archives - High-Def Digest: The Bonus View https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tag/alfred-hitchcock/ A High-Def Digest Blog Wed, 13 May 2020 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 From Silents to the Seventies: Murder! https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/silents-to-seventies-murder-1930-hitchcock/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/silents-to-seventies-murder-1930-hitchcock/#respond Wed, 23 Oct 2019 16:00:42 +0000 David Krauss https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=101679 Alfred Hitchcock’s third sound film lacks the ingenuity of his first (Blackmail), but Murder!, despite its unnecessary exclamation point, features a slam-bang finish that pumps up the appeal of this static, talky mystery. Murder! Theatrical Release Date: July 31, 1930 Blu-ray Release Date: August 13, 2019 Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring,...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/silents-to-seventies-murder-1930-hitchcock/feed/ 0 From Silents to the Seventies: Blackmail https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/silents-to-seventies-blackmail/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/silents-to-seventies-blackmail/#respond Tue, 01 Oct 2019 16:00:49 +0000 David Krauss https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=101163 Blackmail proved that there could be a lot more to “talking pictures” than just talk. Alfred Hitchcock’s first sound film used the new technology in exciting and innovative ways, and as a result, this captivating thriller still impresses on many levels 90 years later. Blackmail Theatrical Release Date: July 28, 1929 Blu-ray Release Date: August...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/silents-to-seventies-blackmail/feed/ 0 Blu-ray Highlights: Week of September 29th, 2019 – Take Me Home Tonight https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-oct-1-2019/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-oct-1-2019/#comments Mon, 30 Sep 2019 12:00:57 +0000 Josh Zyber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=101134 Hot on the heels of news that Spider-Man will remain part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe after all, the character’s latest solo adventure arrives on Blu-ray and Ultra HD to collect all your spare dollars. How fortuitous! If I were a more suspicious man, I might wonder if these things were deliberately timed to coincide...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-oct-1-2019/feed/ 24 Blu-ray Highlights: Week of September 8th, 2019 – Gotta Rub Me the Right Way https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-sept-10-2019/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-sept-10-2019/#comments Mon, 09 Sep 2019 12:00:56 +0000 Josh Zyber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=100663 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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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-sept-10-2019/feed/ 13 Blu-ray Highlights: Week of August 11th, 2019 – The Games People Play https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-aug-13-2019/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-aug-13-2019/#comments Mon, 12 Aug 2019 12:00:18 +0000 Josh Zyber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=100046 Have you been itching to collect another huge blockbuster on Blu-ray or Ultra HD? This week brings not just the biggest movie of the year, but officially the biggest movie of all time. Will that do? New Releases (Blu-ray) Avengers: Endgame – It took a decade for another film to finally dethrone Avatar as the...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-aug-13-2019/feed/ 11 Weekend Roundtable: Screen Legends Who Never Won Oscars https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-screen-legends-no-oscars/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-screen-legends-no-oscars/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2019 17:00:51 +0000 Josh Zyber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=96751 Earlier this week, Glenn Close was denied the Academy Award that everybody thought she’d win. The actress can take comfort that this puts her in good company with plenty of other veteran actors and filmmakers who also somehow went without ever winning an Oscar in competition. Maybe Close will get an honorary or lifetime achievement...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/silents-to-seventies-under-capricorn/feed/ 0 Blu-ray Highlights: Week of January 13th, 2019 – This Is Halloween, This Is Halloween… https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-jan-15-2019/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-jan-15-2019/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2019 13:00:06 +0000 Josh Zyber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=95953 This is not Halloween, obviously. Nevertheless, movies from Halloween, even some with “Halloween” right in the name, land on Blu-ray and Ultra HD in the middle of January. One of them was a pretty big box office hit. New Releases (Blu-ray) Halloween – Do you enjoy any of the sequels to the Halloween franchise started...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-oct-17-2017/feed/ 31 Weekend Roundtable: Favorite Train Movies https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-train-movies/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-train-movies/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2016 19:00:53 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=80534 Last month, we did a Roundtable about Favorite Airplane Movies. With this week’s theatrical release of ‘The Girl on the Train’ in mind, let’s switch our mode of transportation. What are your favorite movies either set on or containing important scenes involving trains? Shannon Nutt “Is this a hold-up?” “It’s a science experiment!” It’s hard...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-train-movies/feed/ 25 Blu-ray Highlights: Week of February 16th, 2014 – Pure Wild Animal Craziness https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-feb-16-2014/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-feb-16-2014/#comments Tue, 18 Feb 2014 14:00:11 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=60257 Although President’s Day isn’t exactly one of the major holidays here in the United States, it was apparently excuse enough for most home video studios to take a little vacation. This week’s new Blu-ray slate is pretty sparse. In fact, one of the most notable releases is a double-dip reissue of a movie that already...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-feb-16-2014/feed/ 32 R.I.P. Peter O’Toole & Joan Fontaine https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/peter-otoole-obit/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/peter-otoole-obit/#respond Mon, 16 Dec 2013 16:00:14 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=59005 This was a rough weekend for the film community. Two great acting legends, Peter O’Toole and Joan Fontaine, have died. Like his good friend Richard Burton, O’Toole began his acting career in the theater, where he made a name for himself performing Shakespeare at both the famous Old Vic and the English Stage Company. After...

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