High-Def Digest: The Bonus ViewBen Affleck Archives - High-Def Digest: The Bonus View https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tag/ben-affleck/ A High-Def Digest Blog Wed, 13 May 2020 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 City on a Hill Pilot Recap: “Only the Bad Understand” https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/city-on-a-hill-pilot-recap/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/city-on-a-hill-pilot-recap/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2019 16:00:41 +0000 Josh Zyber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=98900 Showtime’s new crime drama City on a Hill arrives with an impressive pedigree, good writing, and strong performances. Unfortunately, it follows in the footsteps of a lot of similar TV shows and may struggle to set itself apart. Some of those TV shows came from the same creative team. Show-runner Tom Fontana and producer Barry...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/city-on-a-hill-pilot-recap/feed/ 2 Weekend Roundtable: From Indie to Payday https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-indie-to-payday/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-indie-to-payday/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2019 18:00:03 +0000 Josh Zyber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=96895 After her Oscar win for Room, Brie Larson jumped right into the gargantuan Kong: Skull Island and is now headlining a mega-budget Marvel superhero flick. Our Roundtable this week looks at other actors who’ve made the leap from indie acclaim to blockbuster stardom. David Krauss Though opportunities for black actresses are growing (it’s about frickin’...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-indie-to-payday/feed/ 4 Triple Frontier Review: Zero Delight https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/triple-frontier-movie-review-netflix/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/triple-frontier-movie-review-netflix/#respond Fri, 08 Mar 2019 16:00:49 +0000 Jason Gorber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=96905 I knew little going into Triple Frontier save for the obvious. The film is being released theatrically for a short window before hitting Netflix, it’s directed by J.C Chandor (whose Margin Call, All Is Lost and A Most Violent Year gained plenty of attention), and it stars Ben Affleck and Oscar Isaac. This isn’t unusual,...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/triple-frontier-movie-review-netflix/feed/ 0 Contest: Win ‘Justice League’ on Blu-ray! https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/justice-league-bluray-contest/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/justice-league-bluray-contest/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2018 12:00:29 +0000 Josh Zyber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=90663 Holy freebie, Batman! We wound up with a spare Blu-ray copy of the DC Comics superhero crossover epic ‘Justice League‘ and we’re giving it away to one lucky reader. Enter now for your chance to take it home. To win a copy of the Blu-ray (2D version, 1080p), all you have to do is participate...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/justice-league-bluray-contest/feed/ 136 Weekend Roundtable: Cast the Next Batman https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-batman-casting/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-batman-casting/#comments Fri, 17 Nov 2017 20:00:48 +0000 Josh Zyber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=88396 Even as his gargantuan ‘Justice League’ movie hits theaters, rumors abound that Ben Affleck wants out of his contract playing Batman in future DC Comics movies. If he leaves, what currently working actor should don the cape and cowl next? Shannon Nutt Before DC rebooted its superhero universe with our current cast of characters, there...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-batman-casting/feed/ 22 ‘Justice League’ Review: A Superhero Mashup/Mess Up https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/justice-league-2017-movie-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/justice-league-2017-movie-review/#comments Wed, 15 Nov 2017 18:00:32 +0000 Philip Brown https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=88364 Warner Bros.’ big, bloated ‘Justice League’ has been the subject of so many sneering editorials and clickbait news stories about reshoots that it’s almost a shock to see the movie even make it to theaters. Unsurprisingly, the flick suffers from a serious identity crisis. Whatever it was that Zack Snyder initially planned for this ‘Batman...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/accountant-movie-review/feed/ 3 ‘Suicide Squad’ Review: A Mess, But Kinda Fun https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/suicide-squad-movie-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/suicide-squad-movie-review/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2016 19:00:51 +0000 Philip Brown http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=79271 You can say this about ‘Suicide Squad’: For a mediocre comic book blockbuster, it at least has a good hook and a strong cast. That was clear when it was announced and that’s what the pop-music-backed trailers promised. Clearly, that’s what got this thing rushed into production as one of Warner Bros.’ DC pilot projects....

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/suicide-squad-movie-review/feed/ 54 ‘Batman v. Superman’ Contest Results https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/batman-v-superman-contest-results/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/batman-v-superman-contest-results/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2016 13:00:26 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=78916 Some of the contests we hold here are easier to judge than others. I knew when I posted it that the ‘Batman v. Superman’ contest would get a big response. With this many hilarious entries to sort through, how can I possibly choose just one winner? As explained in the original post, we challenged you...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/batman-v-superman-warcraft-bluray-steelbook/feed/ 9 ‘Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice’ Review: Well, At Least It Looks Pretty https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/batman-v-superman-dawn-of-justice-movie-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/batman-v-superman-dawn-of-justice-movie-review/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2016 04:00:19 +0000 Philip Brown http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=76630 After three years of studio hype and internet hate, ‘Batman v. Superman’ is finally here. Predictably, the first wave of reviews have been overwhelmingly harsh. However, for the most part, that reaction has been a little overblown. ‘Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice’ (just rolls off the tongue, don’t it?) is neither as good as...

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