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Remote Dis-Harmony

Josh Zyber — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 12:00:50 +0000

I’ve used Harmony universal remote controls for years. As much as I greatly appreciate their broad range of device support, sometimes I find the limitations of Harmony’s programming options extremely frustrating. Some background: I have a couple of different Harmony units in use right now. For a physical remote, I still favor the older Harmony...

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Weekend Roundtable: Worst Movie & TV Fake Accents

Josh Zyber — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 19:00:07 +0000

I haven’t watched ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’ in years and don’t remember it clearly. Was Renée Zellweger’s fake British accent in that one as awful as it sounds in the trailers for this week’s belated sequel, or is she just woefully out of practice? With that as our first example, let’s look at some other embarrassing...

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Amazon vs. Warner Bros. – Customers Lose

Josh Zyber — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 19:00:55 +0000

Had problems pre-ordering Blu-rays or DVDs from Amazon lately? Perhaps you wanted to book a copy of blockbuster hit ‘The Lego Movie‘ (scheduled for release next week) but were stymied with a “Sign up to be notified when this item becomes available” notice? This all stems back to a petty squabble between Amazon and Warner...

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WBShop Now a Division of LexCorp, Apparently

Luke Hickman — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 16:00:28 +0000

I consider myself a collector, but I’m not an obsessive collector. I don’t feel the need to collect everything associated with something that I love. I’m a specific collector. For example, I love SteelBook packaging, but I don’t buy every movie that’s given a SteelBook Blu-ray release. If I love a movie, I’ll fork out...

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One Unexpected 3D Setback

Josh Zyber — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:00:19 +0000

When I wrote about my experience with 3D playback on my new JVC DLA-RS40 projector a couple weeks ago, I forgot to mention one major annoyance that has bothered me ever since: The projector’s 3D sync emitter doesn’t play well with the rest of my home theater gear. In order to watch 3D on the...

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Alamo Drafthouse Hates Texters as Much as I Do

Aaron Peck — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:00:05 +0000

As a critic, I’ve become accustomed to press screenings where anyone who even opens or turns on a phone during the movie is quickly escorted to the exit. This is done in press screenings for fear that people may be trying to record the movie. Unfortunately, this rule rarely gets enforced with regular paying crowds....

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Since When Are Movies Known for Their FX Teams?

Luke Hickman — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:00:29 +0000

[Editor’s Note: With this post, The Bonus View is pleased to welcome our newest contributor, Luke Hickman. Luke will be joining us to weigh in on various movie- and TV-related topics. For his first post, he takes a look at the foolishness of studio movie marketing. Please give him a warm welcome. -JZ] When the...

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Paint ‘The Town’ Teal

Josh Zyber — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:00:23 +0000

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 of thing that, once you notice it, you can’t stop noticing it everywhere you look, in almost every movie being made these...

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Worst Weekend Ever

Josh Zyber — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 14:00:30 +0000

No, this post title isn’t referring to anything bad that happened to me over the past weekend. (In fact, it was a perfectly nice three-day break.) Rather, I’m referring to the band Vampire Weekend, whose irritating song “Holiday” is currently ruining television. Yes, folks, what better way to start off the new year than with...

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Problems Like This Aren’t Doing Blu-ray Any Favors

Josh Zyber — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:00:30 +0000

As you read this, I should be attending the Blu-Con conference in Los Angeles, where I’ll be moderating a discussion panel with various home video studio and hardware manufacturing executives on the topic of Blu-ray interactivity. Coincidentally, just last week I watched the new BD-Live enabled edition of ‘Predators’ on Blu-ray. Or rather, I tried...

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Is That What You Want? ‘Cuz This Here Is Teal!

Josh Zyber — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:00:02 +0000

Earlier this year, a very interesting and very enlightening article about Hollywood’s ridiculous obsession with the colors teal and orange made the rounds through the blogosphere. I’ll be damned if every word in it isn’t true. I very much agree that this modern trend in film color grading is extremely annoying. Sadly, major filmmakers have...

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Hey Networks, Quit Cutting Off the…

Josh Zyber — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 15:00:30 +0000

Would you like to hear the end of that sentence above? Well, too bad. We’ve programmed it to overrun the allotted space so that the end would get cut off. Why would we do that? No reason, really. We knew that it wouldn’t fit and you wouldn’t be able to see the end, but we...

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