High-Def Digest: The Bonus ViewVanilla Sky Archives - High-Def Digest: The Bonus View https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tag/vanilla-sky/ A High-Def Digest Blog Wed, 13 May 2020 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Weekend Roundtable: Movie Mixtape https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-licensed-songs-in-movies/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-licensed-songs-in-movies/#comments Fri, 05 May 2017 19:00:35 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=84662 Nearly as much as their epic space battles and wise-cracking humor, the ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ movies are notable for their infectious soundtracks of 1970s pop hits. In this week’s Roundtable, we look at other famous examples of filmmakers putting licensed songs to good use. To be clear, when we say “licensed songs,” we mean...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-licensed-songs-in-movies/feed/ 35 Weekend Roundtable: Coming to America https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-american-remakes-of-foreign-movies/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-american-remakes-of-foreign-movies/#comments Fri, 31 Mar 2017 19:00:05 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=84073 The Hollywood studios love remaking popular foreign movies almost as much as they love remaking their own old movies. Sometimes this works out well, but often it doesn’t. In this week’s Roundtable, we look at examples of each. M. Enois Duarte Best: One of the most surprising American remakes of recent memory, for me, was...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-happy-place/feed/ 33 Weekend Rountable: Trapped in a Bunker https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/rountable-apocalypse-bunker-movies/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/rountable-apocalypse-bunker-movies/#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2016 20:00:29 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=76349 It’s the apocalypse outside! Bummer. Much like the characters in this week’s ’10 Cloverfield Lane’, you’re stuck in a survivalist bunker, presumably for years or perhaps even forever. Fortunately, you have solar power electricity, a big TV, and were able to grab three Blu-rays (or DVDs, if you’re desperate enough) off your shelf before you...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/rountable-apocalypse-bunker-movies/feed/ 24 Blu-ray Highlights: Week of June 28th, 2015 – Hardly Worth Mentioning https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-jun-30-2015/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-jun-30-2015/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2015 12:00:40 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=70936 Did you really think the month of June would close out with a huge batch of awesome, must-own Blu-rays? Get outta here… New Releases ‘Get Hard‘ – No, despite the title, this is not an extended Viagra informercial, but I can see where you’d be confused by that. His career on a decided downslide, Will...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-jun-30-2015/feed/ 8 Weekend Roundtable: What Are You Thankful For in 2014? https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-thanksgiving-2014/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-thanksgiving-2014/#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2014 20:00:32 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=66529 Next week is the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. Because our blog will be closed on Thursday and Friday for a long weekend, we’ll use today’s Roundtable to express our gratitude for the things that have made our lives better this year. What are you thankful for in 2014? Mike Attebery This year I’m...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-thanksgiving-2014/feed/ 23 Weekend Roundable: Underrated Sci-Fi Movies https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundable-underrated-scifi-movies/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundable-underrated-scifi-movies/#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2014 20:00:29 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=66168 This weekend, after you’ve come back from seeing Christopher Nolan’s new space travel opus ‘Interstellar’ at the theater, perhaps you might be interested in checking out some underrated sci-fi gems you’ve overlooked? From movies that have been unfairly disparaged to those that simply never got the exposure they deserved, we’ll call out our picks in...

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