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‘Incredibles 2’ Review: More Like Just “The Pretty Goods” This Time

Jason Gorber — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 12:00:46 +0000

A whiz-bang romp with a 1960s aesthetic and clever dialogue, Pixar’s 2004 blockbuster ‘The Incredibles’ was as fun as it was thrilling, a beautifully elegant family comedy wrapped in spandex superhero suits. After taking a trip to live action with a bombastic ‘Mission: Impossible’ sequel and the well-meaning if aimless ‘Tomorrowland’, writer/director Brad Bird returns...

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Poll: Rank the Impossible Missions

Josh Zyber — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 12:00:07 +0000

As ‘Rogue Nation’ burns up the theatrical box office, how does it rate compared to the franchise’s earlier entries? Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to vote for the best ‘Mission: Impossible’ movie in today’s poll. I haven’t seen ‘Rogue Nation’ yet, so I can’t judge that one. Our reviewer Phil didn’t...

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‘Tomorrowland’ Review: Future Imperfect

Philip Brown — Thu, 21 May 2015 19:00:51 +0000

Here’s an odd one. We’ve somehow moved past an age in which basing a movie on a theme park ride seems odd, and now have a movie based on an entire theme park section. Thankfully, the person assigned to translate Walt Disney’s fuzzy World’s Fair future ‘Tomorrowland’ into a feature film was Brad Bird, a...

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Weekend Roundtable: Who Should Make the Next ‘Star Wars’ Movie?

Josh Zyber — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:00:18 +0000

Ever since news broke last week that Disney has purchased Lucasfilm and intends to release a new ‘Star Wars’ movie in 2015, the entire internet has been abuzz with speculation about who would actually make the film, now that George Lucas is out. Rumors abounded this week that ‘X-Men: First Class’ director Matthew Vaughn was...

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Your Mission, Should You Choose to Accept It… Win ‘Ghost Protocol’ on Blu-ray!

Josh Zyber — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:00:10 +0000

We love running contests around here, and we’ve got another great one this week. Our friends at Dolby Labs have given us two Blu-ray copies of the action blockbuster smash ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol‘ with explicit instructions that they are to be delivered to two of you, our readers. (Sadly, the message didn’t self-destruct...

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Mid-Week Poll: The Great ‘Ghost Protocol’ Aspect Ratio Debate

Josh Zyber — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:00:06 +0000

Some of our readers may have noticed that yesterday’s Blu-ray post created quite a little kerfuffle in the Comments section about director Brad Bird’s decision to present ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol‘ on Blu-ray in a constant 2.35:1 aspect ratio, without the shifting ratios that were seen in IMAX theatrical screenings. Where do you fall...

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Blu-ray Highlights for 4/17/12 – This Message Will Self Destruct in Five Seconds

Josh Zyber — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to buy one of the best action movies of 2011 on Blu-ray. Some other stuff might be worth looking at as well. The following new discs hit the market today: ‘7 Below‘ (Arc) ‘¡Alambrista!‘ (Criterion) ‘The Asphyx‘ (Kino) ‘Baseball’s Greatest Games: 2011 World Series Game 6‘...

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Now Playing: Fourth ‘Mission’ Successfully Accomplished

Luke Hickman — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:00:54 +0000

Please note: While ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’ technically opens today, it can only be seen on IMAX, XD and other larger-than-usual premium screens until the film expands on December 21st. Even with the inflated ticket prices, the significant amount of shot-in-IMAX footage is worth seeing on a premium screen anyway. One of the biggest...

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The Trailer Park: Spielberg & Cruise Dominate the Holidays

M. Enois Duarte — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 17:00:49 +0000

[Editor’s Note: With this post, we welcome High-Def Digest Blu-ray reviewer M. Enois Duarte (we just call him “E.”) as a regular blogger here in The Bonus View. For his first post, he’s going to introduce a new feature that looks at trailers for upcoming movies. Be sure to give him a warm welcome. –JZ]...

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Weekend Roundtable: Favorite Animated Film

Josh Zyber — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 20:00:35 +0000

We’ve got a pretty straightforward Roundtable topic this week. With ‘Rango’ at the top of last weekend’s box office, and ‘Mars Needs Moms’ opening today, this seems like an appropriate time to take a look at some of our favorite animated films. We didn’t plan this at all, but once the responses started rolling it,...

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