Blu-ray Highlights: Week of October 20th, 2019 – Ingonyama
Time passes and all of last week’s notable releases step back to make room for a hot new batch of Blu-ray and Ultra HD discs. That’s just the circle of life in the home video world, folks.
Time passes and all of last week’s notable releases step back to make room for a hot new batch of Blu-ray and Ultra HD discs. That’s just the circle of life in the home video world, folks.
Determined to wring every last dollar out of collectors’ wallets as possible, Disney has announced new SteelBook editions for not just its latest remake blockbuster, but 4k upgrades for about half the Pixar catalog to go wit...
The new remake affords me an excuse to pull another Disney classic off my Laserdisc shelf. People seemed to enjoy looking at my Toy Story LD box set, so here’s a peek at how The Lion King was treated on the big, shiny discs.
When The Lion King came out in 1994, it helped solidify the Disney renaissance of that era. The film felt fresh, original, and entirely engaging. Decades on, that sense of wonder and experimentation is mostly erased in Jon Favreau...
Some weeks, deciding which new Blu-rays to prioritize feels like an impossible task. This week, however, the choice looks pretty clear.
Hollywood is learning a hard lesson this year that not every corny old TV series can be successfully rebooted as an R-rated comedy spoof. If you didn’t bother to see the latest attempt in theaters, will the prospect of slo-m...
James Cameron’s ‘Titanic’ sailed back onto theater screens last week sporting a fresh 3D makeover. This follows last year’s very successful run of ‘The Lion King 3D’. If similar projects continu...
“Winter is coming,” goes an oft-repeated phrase in one of last year’s most popular TV shows. Judging by that snowstorm we had in Boston last week, winter is unmistakably already here. It’s a good thing, the...
During this odd weekend, all three major openers either played softly or bombed miserably. Most moviegoers attended older releases, while two-, three- and four-week-old movies dropped no more than 30% from last weekend’s num...
It’s little surprise that a big dumb popcorn movie gave the beatdown to a smart and thrilling political drama this weekend, but it’s absolutely astonishing that the three-week-old ‘Dolphin Tale’ has grossed...
I would seem that, when I wrote last week’s Blu-ray update, I missed kind of a big title that was released on Friday. You know, the one involving giant robots beating the crap out of each other. Whoops. Allow me to consolida...
Much to my surprise and completely against my predictions, two animal movies – one a 3D re-release and the other a painfully formulaic and blandly manipulative family drama – are dominating the box office. In its second weekend, &...