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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of July 7th, 2019 – More Than One Way to Kill a Cat

Josh Zyber — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 12:00:02 +0000

With the July 4th holiday lull out of the way, the Blu-ray and UHD release calendar jolts back to life this week. However, those of us whose wallets are still recovering from the Criterion, Arrow Video, and other recent sales (not to mention Amazon’s imminent Prime Day) may be feeling that sometimes dead is better....

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Weekend Roundtable: Favorite Movie Pets

Josh Zyber — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 17:00:26 +0000

As audiences return this weekend to Stephen King’s Pet Sematary, let’s look back to some of our favorite movie pets of the living variety. (At least, they were alive when these films were made. I can’t promise that a dog from 1939 is still kicking today.) David Krauss My favorite movie pet has to be...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of June 3rd, 2018 – Just One Little Wrinkle

Josh Zyber — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 12:00:02 +0000

Even a giant 50-foot Oprah couldn’t save one of this week’s Blu-ray releases from being a major box office disappointment earlier this year. Or maybe that’s the reason it was such a disappointment. Let’s puzzle over that while we see what else is available. New Releases (Blu-ray) ‘A Wrinkle in Time‘ – As was widely...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of December 20th, 2015 – Panned

Josh Zyber — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 13:00:36 +0000

Christmas week may be a busy time at the theatrical box office, but the home video scene is practically dead. Barely a tiny handful of new Blu-ray releases come to market this week, and none look terribly exciting. New Releases ‘Pan‘ – With a budget of $150 million and a theatrical gross of less than...

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Poll: Favorite ‘Peter Pan’ Movie or TV Adaptation

Josh Zyber — Wed, 14 Oct 2015 13:00:05 +0000

From silent films to classic animation to the new big-budget prequel, something about author J.M. Barrie’s famous Boy Who Never Grew Up keeps drawing Hollywood back again and again to adapt the ‘Peter Pan’ story. Some of these movies and TV programs work out better than others. Which are your favorites? Judging by this weekend’s...

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Weekend Roundtable: I Believe I Can Fly

Josh Zyber — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 19:00:25 +0000

The dream of flight has fascinated mankind practically since we first rose up out of the muck. Eventually, we conquered the skies with airplanes and helicopters, yet the wish that any one of us could simply launch into the air and fly away under our own power like Peter Pan remains a potent fantasy. Sadly,...

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‘Pan’ Review: Not Your Daddy’s Peter

Philip Brown — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 19:00:39 +0000

Apparently it’s necessary to resurrect and remake ‘Peter Pan’ every five years. The cycle has come around again and this time fell into the unlikely hands of ‘Atonement’ and ‘Hanna’ director Joe Wright. Not content to merely go through the Neverland motions again, Wright has reinvented ‘Pan’ as a strange fantasy action origin story filled...

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Weekend Roundtable: Most Anticipated Fall 2015 Movies

Josh Zyber — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 19:00:37 +0000

Now that we’ve left the dog days of summer behind, the fall movie season promises to bring some very promising new movies, from tentpole blockbusters to intriguing art films. From now until the end of the year, what movies are you most excited to see? For the purposes of this topic, we’re defining the fall...

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Weekend Roundtable: Looking Ahead to 2015

Josh Zyber — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 20:00:06 +0000

Due to the holidays, we took a couple weeks off without any Roundtables. Now that the new year is here, it’s time to get things going again. We’ll start off with an easy topic: What movies, TV, home theater goodies or other stuff are you looking forward to in 2015? Shannon Nutt I’m sure I’m...

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Full Metal Jackets: Little Pink Elephants for You and Me

Josh Zyber — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 14:00:53 +0000

I should know enough by now not to buy any Disney animation on Blu-ray until SteelBook copies are announced. Even if it seems like no SteelBook may be in store for a given title, one inevitably comes around eventually. To follow up on its recent offerings, UK retailer Zavvi has another batch of Disney and...

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Blu-ray Highlights for February 5th, 2013 – You Can Fly! You Can Fly!

Josh Zyber — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:00:52 +0000

In these frigid winter months, the best way to bide your time waiting for spring may be to wrap yourself up in a warm blanket in front of the TV and watch a good movie. Fortunately, the beginning of February brings us new Blu-ray editions of an animated classic and a recent Oscar-nominated performance to...

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Blu-ray Highlights for 11/1/11 – Beep Beep’m Beep Beep Yeah

Josh Zyber — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:00:44 +0000

The beginning of November is apparently Pixar week on Blu-ray. The month starts off with the studio’s latest blockbuster new release, plus reissues of some of its classics. The following discs come out this week: ‘11-11-11‘ (Asylum) ‘Another Gay Blu-ray‘ (TLA Releasing) ‘Becoming Jane‘ (Echo Bridge) ‘Brideshead Revisited: 30th Anniversary Edition‘ (Acorn Media) ‘Cars 2‘...

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