High-Def Digest: The Bonus ViewLego Archives - High-Def Digest: The Bonus View https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tag/lego/ A High-Def Digest Blog Wed, 13 May 2020 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Weekend Roundtable: Send in the Clowns https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-clown-movies-tv/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-clown-movies-tv/#comments Fri, 04 Oct 2019 16:00:32 +0000 Josh Zyber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=101298 Clowns seem to be having a bit of a moment this year. A few weeks after Pennywise terrorized audiences, the Clown Prince of Crime gets an origin story in theaters this weekend. Our latest Roundtable topic looks at some of our other favorite fictional clowns. Deirdre Crimmins It feels like I’ve been talking about clowns...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-toy-most-wanted/feed/ 10 Roundtable Topic: Collect ‘Em All https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-collecting-hobbies/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-collecting-hobbies/#comments Fri, 10 May 2019 19:00:43 +0000 Josh Zyber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=97952 Those of us who collect movies tend to have obsessive personalities that compel us to collect other things as well. Beyond Blu-rays or DVDs, what other items do you collect, or have you collected in the past? Deirdre Crimmins I’m not much of a “stuff” or “clutter” person (I’ve done two 500+ mile moves within...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-collecting-hobbies/feed/ 19 The Lego Movie 2 Review: Another Brick in the Wall https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/lego-movie-2-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/lego-movie-2-review/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2019 18:00:15 +0000 Jason Gorber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=96416 In an alternate timeline where The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part was in fact the first of the series, it would rival just about any animated film that’s likely to come out this year. It’s smart, beautifully rendered, and has clever set-pieces. It’s got a terrific voice cast, a nice little meta-story, and plenty...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/lego-movie-2-review/feed/ 1 Blu-ray Highlights: Week of December 17th, 2017 – Operation Dynamo https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-dec-19-2017/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-dec-19-2017/#comments Mon, 18 Dec 2017 13:00:44 +0000 Josh Zyber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=88926 Christmas is fast approaching and the home video studios have one last chance to tempt you. Will any of this week’s new Blu-rays go on your wish list for Santa? New Releases (Blu-ray) ‘Dunkirk‘ – At the moment, the odds of Christopher Nolan finally landing an Oscar seem pretty strong. His WWII epic was a...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-dec-19-2017/feed/ 29 Weekend Box Office: And All the King’s Men… https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/box-office-sept-25-2017/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/box-office-sept-25-2017/#respond Mon, 25 Sep 2017 16:00:01 +0000 Luke Hickman http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=87286 The future isn’t looking as bright as it once did for the Lego movie franchise. Had it maintained its potential following the first big-screen adventure, this week’s release might have dominated the box office. Instead, Matthew Vaughn’s second ‘Kingman’ film dethroned ‘It’ to win the weekend. While ‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle‘ didn’t repeat the warm...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/box-office-sept-25-2017/feed/ 0 Weekend Movies: Vicious Circle https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/weekend-movies-sept-22-2017/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/weekend-movies-sept-22-2017/#respond Fri, 22 Sep 2017 16:00:47 +0000 Luke Hickman http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=87290 September rolls ahead with several new movies, two of which are likely to help this record-breaking month become even more lucrative. It’s been several weeks since a big kids’ movie was released. Given that this week’s bears the Lego brand, it’s almost a sure thing. In addition, Fox delivers the sequel to one of Matthew...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/weekend-movies-sept-22-2017/feed/ 0 ‘The Lego Ninjago Movie’ Review: Missing Pieces https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/lego-ninjago-movie-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/lego-ninjago-movie-review/#respond Thu, 21 Sep 2017 19:00:58 +0000 Luke Hickman http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=87294 ‘The Lego Movie’ was refreshingly original, and ‘Lego Batman’ played with a well-known franchise in such a fun way that it might be even better. Between the two, Warner Bros. had three years to perfect the formula. Unfortunately, hastiness and a poor choice of source material have made the third installment (which is the second...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/lego-ninjago-movie-review/feed/ 0 Blu-ray Highlights: Week of June 11th, 2017 – Brick vs. Wick https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-jun-13-2017/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-jun-13-2017/#comments Mon, 12 Jun 2017 12:00:16 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=85396 New Blu-ray and Ultra HD releases this week bring us two of the darkest, broodingest, scowlingest badasses to hit cinema screens this year. One of them happens to be an inch and a half tall… and also kind of a doofus. New Releases (Blu-ray) ‘The Lego Batman Movie‘ – Will Arnett’s diminutive Batman was a...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-jun-13-2017/feed/ 18 ‘The Lego Batman Movie’ Review: Same Bat-Brick, Same Bat-Fun https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/lego-batman-movie-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/lego-batman-movie-review/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2017 20:00:32 +0000 Philip Brown http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=83088 ‘The Lego Movie’ shouldn’t have been nearly as good as it was. The product placement pop culture extravaganza could have been a wearily commercial enterprise designed to sell expensive pieces of plastic, but turned out to be a wonderful explosion of creativity and comedy instead. Now the scene-stealing Bat-star of that film has his own...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/lego-batman-movie-review/feed/ 5 Force Friday! A.K.A. Just Take All My Money, Disney! https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/star-wars-force-friday-2015/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/star-wars-force-friday-2015/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2015 19:00:52 +0000 Shannon Nutt http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=71964 Get your credit cards ready, America. On Friday, September 4th at 12:00 AM (that’s Thursday night for you math-impaired), Disney and Lucasfilm will release a ton of brand-new merchandise related to the upcoming ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’. Unlike the similar event in 1999 prior to the release of ‘The Phantom Menace’, this time it’s...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/star-wars-force-friday-2015/feed/ 11 ‘A Lego Brickumentary’ Review: Fan Service as Advertisement https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/lego-brickumentary-movie-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/lego-brickumentary-movie-review/#respond Thu, 30 Jul 2015 19:00:57 +0000 Philip Brown http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=71538 Filmmakers Kief Davidson and Daniel Junge certainly deserve points for excellent timing, if nothing else. Their feature length documentary love letter to Lego likely never would have gotten a theatrical release were it not for the fact that it came out shortly after ‘The Lego Movie‘ wormed its way into the world’s heart. It’s not...

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