High-Def Digest: The Bonus ViewChristmas Archives - High-Def Digest: The Bonus View https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tag/christmas/ A High-Def Digest Blog Wed, 13 May 2020 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Blu-ray Highlights: Week of December 23rd, 2018 – The Holiday Dead Zone https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-dec-24-2018/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-dec-24-2018/#comments Mon, 24 Dec 2018 13:00:13 +0000 Josh Zyber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=95690 ‘Twas release day on Christmas, and you’d be a fool; If you expected new Blu-rays this week… ‘cept perhaps a repackaged Deadpool. Let’s not kid ourselves that much of anything is going on in the home video world on a week when Christmas lands on Tuesday. Everybody should be done with their shopping already and,...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-dec-24-2018/feed/ 6 Weekend Roundtable: Xmas Wish List 2018 https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-christmas-wish-list-2018/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-christmas-wish-list-2018/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2018 18:00:33 +0000 Josh Zyber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=94919 As we move into the final month of the year, it’s time to finalize those letters to Santa and get them in the mail. What movies, gadgets, or home theater goodies do you hope to find under your tree this Christmas? M. Enois Duarte Dear Santa, I’ve been an especially good boy this year, and...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-christmas-wish-list-2018/feed/ 7 Now Streaming: The Christmas Chronicles https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/christmas-chronicles-netflix-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/christmas-chronicles-netflix-review/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2018 13:00:48 +0000 Deirdre Crimmins https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=94923 Kurt Russell has made a career out of being a man’s man. After outgrowing his child acting days, Russell has had a long run of ass-kicking, heroic (though occasionally clumsy) roles that have kept him in the public’s good graces for decades. Why would Russell playing Santa Claus be any different? In Netflix’s The Christmas...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/christmas-chronicles-netflix-review/feed/ 2 Weekend Roundtable: Xmas Wish List 2017 https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-xmas-wish-list-2017/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-xmas-wish-list-2017/#comments Fri, 22 Dec 2017 20:00:13 +0000 Josh Zyber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=88992 We’re right on the verge of Christmas and Santa has already started packing his sleigh. Do you have any last-minute wish list items you’d like the jolly fat man to put in your stocking this year? M. Enois Duarte If we’re going with the most far-fetched possibilities, I want a brand-new 4k remaster of ‘Terminator...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-xmas-wish-list-2017/feed/ 4 Christmas Weekend Movies: The Show Must Go On https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/weekend-movies-12-22-2017/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/weekend-movies-12-22-2017/#comments Fri, 22 Dec 2017 13:00:16 +0000 Luke Hickman https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=88976 Now that ‘Star Wars’ is behind us, every studio in Hollywood has a new movie just in time for the holidays (and awards eligibility). Let’s waste no time getting through them. The first two of the holiday releases got a head start with Wednesday openings. The widest of the two was ‘Jumanji: Welcome to the...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/weekend-movies-12-22-2017/feed/ 2 Happy Birthday! https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/happy-holidays-2016/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/happy-holidays-2016/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2016 20:00:45 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=82184 The staff at High-Def Digest would like extend the warmest holiday wishes to all of our readers. We hope you’ve stayed on the Nice list this year and that Santa brings you all the movies, games and home theater toys you hoped for. Phil has one more theatrical review that’s embargoed for publication until Friday...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/happy-holidays-2016/feed/ 3 Christmas Weekend Movies: Why, Oh Why? https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/weekend-movies-dec-23-2016/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/weekend-movies-dec-23-2016/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2016 19:00:17 +0000 Luke Hickman http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=82163 As if the holiday season weren’t busy enough on its own, Hollywood decided to cram four big new movie releases and six Oscar-contenders at us. Merry Christmas! Wednesday, December 21st Three biggies and one limited release take stage ahead of the others. The widest release is Universal/Illumination’s ‘Sing‘. The studio has had several huge successes...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/weekend-movies-dec-23-2016/feed/ 2 Weekend Roundtable: Favorite Christmas Comedies https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-christmas-comedies/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-christmas-comedies/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2016 20:00:17 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=81855 Christmas is once again almost upon us, which means that it’s the season to watch some Christmas movies. I can’t speak for everyone, but in my home, the comedies get a lot more mileage than the melodramas. What are your favorites? Brian Hoss When it comes to Christmas comedies, one film tops Santa’s “Good” list,...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-christmas-comedies/feed/ 15 ‘Office Christmas Party’ Review: Skip It for Santa https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/office-christmas-party-movie-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/office-christmas-party-movie-review/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2016 13:00:33 +0000 Philip Brown http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=81912 Hollywood holiday movies don’t come much more generic than ‘Office Christmas Party’. If the painfully impersonal title didn’t give the game away, this is cookie-cutter comedy filmmaking at its most frustrating. Every joke is forced and every attempt at squeezing in emotion falls flat. This thing is a big corporate product that’s been overthought for...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/office-christmas-party-movie-review/feed/ 3 Weekend Roundtable: Treat Yo Self https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-holiday-2016-gifts-for-yourself/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-holiday-2016-gifts-for-yourself/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2016 20:00:21 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=81724 In theory, Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the countless other retail sales you’ve been bombarded with recently are supposed to be the time to buy holiday gifts for friends and family. Be honest, though. You actually bought stuff for yourself, didn’t you? This week’s Roundtable is a bit of a confessional. What presents have you...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-holiday-2016-gifts-for-yourself/feed/ 11 ‘Bad Santa 2’ Review: Been There, Sworn That https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bad-santa-2-movie-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bad-santa-2-movie-review/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2016 16:00:43 +0000 Philip Brown http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=81667 ‘Bad Santa’ was a delightful lump of comedy coal delivered in the 2003 holiday season. Somehow, the R-rated X-mas piss-take became a theatrical hit and a perennial holiday favorite on cable channels without content regulations. Now, 13 years later, the brand remains strong enough for a deeply unnecessary sequel. Billy Bob Thornton and the cast...

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