High-Def Digest: The Bonus ViewTaken Archives - High-Def Digest: The Bonus View https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tag/taken/ A High-Def Digest Blog Wed, 13 May 2020 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Blu-ray Highlights: Week of September 24th, 2017 – Before Knight Falls https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-sept-26-2017/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-sept-26-2017/#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2017 12:00:06 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=87358 Have audiences finally had enough of the Bayformers? The theatrical box office is starting to look that way. We’ll have to see how well the latest entry sells on Blu-ray this week. New Releases (Blu-ray) ‘Transformers: The Last Knight‘ – Remember when Michael Bay said he was done making ‘Transformers’ movies after the third one?...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-sept-26-2017/feed/ 35 The Worst of the Worst of Film in 2015 https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/worst-of-film-2015/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/worst-of-film-2015/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2016 20:00:15 +0000 Philip Brown http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=74940 Last week, I covered the best films of 2015. Now it’s time for the worst. You see, it isn’t always easy being a movie critic. To do it right, you’ve got to see everything. As with any form of art, most of the movies produced each year aren’t very good. Then there are the special...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/worst-of-film-2015/feed/ 38 Blu-ray Highlights: Week of April 19th, 2015 – And Eat It Too https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-apr-21-2015/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-apr-21-2015/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2015 12:00:39 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=69551 A disappointing entry in a faltering action franchise and a failed attempt at Oscar bait headline the latest batch of new Blu-ray releases. If you’re a fan of 1980s cult movies, however, this could be a big week for you. New Releases ‘Taken 3‘ – The name of this franchise grows increasingly inaccurate with each...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-apr-21-2015/feed/ 19 Weekend Box Office: Sex and Violence Sell https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/box-office-jan-26-2015/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/box-office-jan-26-2015/#comments Mon, 26 Jan 2015 17:00:00 +0000 Luke Hickman http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=67728 Amid a variety of new movies, Clint Eastwood’s ‘American Sniper’ held onto the top spot at the box office and continued breaking records. At the same time, we saw a few mighty surprises: Jennifer Lopez’s career may not be over yet, nobody cares about George Lucas movies anymore, and Johnny Depp suffered his worst opening...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/box-office-jan-26-2015/feed/ 2 Weekend Box Office: ‘Sniper’ Picks Off the Competition https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/box-office-jan-19-2015/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/box-office-jan-19-2015/#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2015 17:00:56 +0000 Luke Hickman http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=67521 It was never in question that the wide expansion of Clint Eastwood’s new Oscar nominee would push the film up to the top of the box office charts this weekend, but no one could have predicted the record-busting business that it would bring in. Last year, ‘Ride Along‘ set a record for the highest-grossing January...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/box-office-jan-19-2015/feed/ 5 Weekend Box Office: Audiences Get ‘Taken’ Again https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/box-office-jan-12-2015/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/box-office-jan-12-2015/#respond Mon, 12 Jan 2015 17:00:28 +0000 Luke Hickman http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=67379 The second weekend of January brought big business to the box office. The sole worldwide release saw global success, and the awards hopefuls continue to buzz. With the Oscar nominations announcements this week, get ready to see some of the arty titles climb the charts. Dethroning the mighty ‘Hobbit’ finale was the final installment of...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/box-office-jan-12-2015/feed/ 0 Weekend Movies: “I Didn’t Kill My Wife!”, or I Won’t Be ‘Taken’ Again https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/weekend-movies-jan-9-2015/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/weekend-movies-jan-9-2015/#respond Fri, 09 Jan 2015 18:00:44 +0000 Luke Hickman http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=67375 With Oscar nomination announcements around the corner and accolades being given daily, we’re smack in the middle of an odd season. January is the month where studios dump their unwanted titles and hope for buzz to fuel their Oscar contenders. It’s also the month that a few brave studios will offer mindless counter-programming options in...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/weekend-movies-jan-9-2015/feed/ 0 ‘Taken 3’ Review: A Very Particular Pile of Crap https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/taken-3-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/taken-3-review/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2015 16:00:37 +0000 Philip Brown http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=67371 When ‘Taken’ debuted and a grizzled Liam Neeson mass-murdered his way into all of our hearts, there was undeniably something special about that particular slice of Eurotrash. Now six years have gone by, Neeson’s action roles are ubiquitous, and a movie as lazily ill-conceived as ‘Taken 3’ is about as welcome as a kick to...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/taken-3-review/feed/ 17 Blu-ray Highlights for January 15th, 2013 – ‘Taken’ to the Bank https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-jan-15-2013/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-jan-15-2013/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:00:25 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=46024 The bad news: We’re still stuck in the doldrums of January. The good news: If you enjoy bad sequels to overhyped movies (hey, some people do), we may have a Blu-ray for you this week. New Releases Back in 2008, folks just couldn’t get enough of watching Liam Neeson put the beat-down on some scummy...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-jan-15-2013/feed/ 8 Weekend Box Office: Bond Breaks Records https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/boxoffice-nov-12-2012/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/boxoffice-nov-12-2012/#respond Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:00:22 +0000 Luke Hickman http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=43249 After 17 wildly successful days overseas, Daniel Craig’s third chapter in the James Bond series has earned an impressive international total of $428.6 million. Following suit with the overseas totals, the film’s domestic opening has also broken franchise records. Craig first donned the tuxedo in 2006’s ‘Casino Royale‘, which opened to $40.8 million. When he...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/boxoffice-nov-12-2012/feed/ 0 Weekend Box Office: Halloween Releases Fail to Scare Up Any Dough https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/boxoffice-oct-29-2012/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/boxoffice-oct-29-2012/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:00:47 +0000 Luke Hickman http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=42575 After opening, most nationwide movies drop down the Top 10 week after week. Some titles will occasionally climb up the ranks, but that doesn’t happen very often – especially not with a three-week-old film. Yet such is the case with Ben Affleck’s ‘Argo’. For the first weekend since its Oct. 12th premiere, the movie has...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/boxoffice-oct-29-2012/feed/ 1 Weekend Box Office: Double Disappointment https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/boxoffice-oct-22-2012/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/boxoffice-oct-22-2012/#respond Mon, 22 Oct 2012 13:00:14 +0000 Luke Hickman http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=42369 What a sad weekend for the two wide releases. Let this be a lesson to the studios behind them: Yes, you can make too many sequels in a franchise, and most of us are smart enough to stay away from horrible-looking prequels. ‘Paranormal Activity 4‘ may have opened at #1, but it was down more...

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