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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of January 27th, 2019 – I Can’t Stop the Feelin’, So Just Dance, Dance, Dance

Josh Zyber — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 13:00:04 +0000

Movies about dancing top the Blu-ray releases this week. One is among the most divisive films of 2018, while the other stumbled badly. Also available: a new Oscar nominee and some failed Oscar bait, among other things. New Releases (Blu-ray) Suspiria – Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name) seems an odd choice to remake...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of November 22nd, 2015 – Baaa to the Bone

Josh Zyber — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 13:00:06 +0000

This Thanksgiving, if you’re bored with the traditional turkey dinner, perhaps consider mutton on your menu? Mmm, lamb chops… so yummy… New Releases ‘Shaun the Sheep Movie‘ – Although not as well known on this side of the pond as ‘Wallace and Gromit’, Aardman Animations’ woolier mascot is nearly as beloved in his native England....

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of December 15th, 2013 – Hi-Yo, Silver! Away!

Josh Zyber — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 14:00:28 +0000

This week marks the last big push for new Blu-ray releases before the Christmas holiday. If our readers have been good boys and girls, we might just have a last-minute gift to offer you. Read this post carefully for our special one-day giveaway. New Releases I doubt it was planned this way deliberately, but the...

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Weekend Roundtable: Favorite Spy Movies (Not James Bond)

Josh Zyber — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:00:56 +0000

We’ve talked about James Bond a lot in the blog this week. While Agent 007 may be cinema’s most famous spy, he’s far from the only (or even necessarily the best) secret agent whose adventures have graced the silver screen. For today’s Roundtable, let’s look at some of our other favorites. WARNING: The following file...

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Blu-ray Highlights for September 18th, 2012 – I’m Never Gonna Get to See a Mer-man

Josh Zyber — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:00:50 +0000

This week brings us one of the most anticipated Blu-ray releases of the year, if not of all time. That’s right, it’s the Katy Perry concert movie in 3D! Woot woot! You understand that was sarcasm, right? Dear lord, I hope you understand that was sarcasm. Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Obviously, the...

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R.I.P. Carlo Rambaldi

Josh Zyber — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:00:41 +0000

Cinema has lost another of its greats this summer. Famed movie creature designer Carlo Rambaldi passed away on Friday at the age of 86. Rambaldi got his start by creating gore, models and monster effects for low budget Italian schlock in the 1960s and ’70s. During this period, he was able to work with filmmakers...

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