High-Def Digest: The Bonus ViewMacbeth Archives - High-Def Digest: The Bonus View https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tag/macbeth/ A High-Def Digest Blog Wed, 13 May 2020 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 ‘Lady Macbeth’ Review: Look Like the Innocent Flower https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/lady-macbeth-movie-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/lady-macbeth-movie-review/#respond Tue, 25 Jul 2017 16:00:10 +0000 Philip Brown http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=86187 In no way connected to Shakespeare beyond hinting at the psychosis to come (and even that’s a bit of a misdirect), ‘Lady Macbeth’ takes the sumptuous visual trappings of a British period drama and uses them to weave a deeply disturbing little tale. The movie is designed to catch a certain audience offguard and is...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/lady-macbeth-movie-review/feed/ 0 Blu-ray Highlights: Week of November 13th, 2016 – Call Me Fishmael https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-nov-15-2016/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-nov-15-2016/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2016 13:00:30 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=81417 Prepare to get wet. In this very busy week for new Blu-ray releases, Pixar returns to the ocean to hunt for past glory. Meanwhile, the infamous Capt. Ahab may finally catch that whale he’s been after. Also available: jungle animals and spaceships in 3D, evil twins, time travelers, rock legends and more. New Releases ‘Finding...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-nov-15-2016/feed/ 25 Blu-ray Highlights: Week of March 6th, 2016 – Happiness Is a Warm Puppy https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-mar-8-2016/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-mar-8-2016/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2016 13:00:20 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=76241 This week, we go flying with a World War I ace, hunt for an evil whale, and bring the dead back to life. Also, if we can find some time between all of that, we might watch a few Blu-rays. New Releases ‘The Peanuts Movie‘ – On the face of it, updating the beloved Charlie...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-mar-8-2016/feed/ 19 ‘Macbeth’ (2015) Review: Game of Shakespeare https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/macbeth-2015-movie-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/macbeth-2015-movie-review/#respond Wed, 09 Dec 2015 20:00:38 +0000 Philip Brown http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=74530 Of all of William Shakespeare’s beloved works, few translate to the screen as well as ‘Macbeth’. It helps that the play was one the Bard’s shortest and it’s also the closest thing Shakespeare ever came to delivering an exploitation movie. The best cinematic adaptations of the tale have come from filmmakers working halfway between art...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/macbeth-2015-movie-review/feed/ 0 Weekend Box Office: We Wish You a Scary Christmas https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/box-office-dec-7-2015/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/box-office-dec-7-2015/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2015 17:00:12 +0000 Luke Hickman http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=74342 For the third consecutive week, ‘The Hunger Games’ took the top spot at the box office. That was to be expected. What wasn’t expected was that a PG-13 Christmas horror tale came close to defeating Katniss. While ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2‘ only slipped a mild 50% in its second week, it took a...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/box-office-dec-7-2015/feed/ 2 Weekend Movies: Dear Oscar… https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/weekend-movies-dec-4-2015/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/weekend-movies-dec-4-2015/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2015 14:00:45 +0000 Luke Hickman http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=74338 The only new movie opening nationwide this weekend is a holiday horror flick. That should leave a lot of room for several limited releases to take the stage, including a few awards hopefuls. We’re all aware of what happens to the naughty and the nice on Christmas, but do you know what happens when you...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/weekend-movies-dec-4-2015/feed/ 2 Blu-ray Highlights: Week of September 21st, 2014 – What an Excellent Day for an Exorcism https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-sept-21-2014/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-sept-21-2014/#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2014 13:00:19 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=65187 It may still be September, but ‘Halloween’ is already here. ‘The Exorcist’ and ‘Saw’ too. This is a big week for horror franchise box sets on Blu-ray. If you’re a fan, prepare to part with some serious money. New Releases ‘Neighbors‘ – Aging schlub Seth Rogen butts heads with college fratboy Zac Ephron in a...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-sept-21-2014/feed/ 8 The Netflix Stream: Week of January 8th, 2012 https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/netflix-jan-8-2012/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/netflix-jan-8-2012/#respond Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:00:22 +0000 Dick Ward http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=28375 When looking through the movies being removed from Netflix this week, I began to get very excited. It looked like nothing of value would be lost. Instead, it turns out that Netflix will deprive us of great Shakespeare performances, and give us garbage in return. I’m not even going to link to the remake of...

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