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Unboxed: The Wizard of Oz on Home Video Through the Years

David Krauss — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 12:00:00 +0000

This week marks another home video milestone for The Wizard of Oz. As the iconic 1939 musical fantasy celebrates its 80th anniversary, Warner Home Video honors the occasion with a 4k Ultra HD release. Over the years, director Victor Fleming’s adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s children’s classic has been at the forefront of any new...

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Weekend Roundtable: VHS Memories

Josh Zyber — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 19:00:18 +0000

As we speak, the last remaining manufacturer of VCRs (Funai Electric) is finally ceasing all production of the obsolete videocassette players. I bet you assumed this happened years ago. For those of us who grew up during the home video boom of the 1980s, the death of VHS may be bittersweet news. Let’s reminisce about...

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Weekend Roundtable: Your College Dorm Entertainment System

Josh Zyber — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 19:00:47 +0000

The school year is starting up again, and our site’s Steven Cohen recently wrote up a Gear Buying Guide for College Dorms that includes HDTVs, speakers, streaming services and more. I don’t know how old you are, but I sure didn’t have this fancy stuff when I went to college. In today’s Roundtable, we reminisce...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of February 15th, 2015 – You Wanna Get Nuts? Come On! Let’s Get Nuts!

Josh Zyber — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 13:00:21 +0000

We took yesterday off for the President’s Day holiday. Which President did you celebrate? At my house, we favor David Palmer. He may be fictional, but I’d vote for him in a heartbeat. Anyway, this may be a short week, but it’s packed with new Blu-ray releases, including some big Oscar nominees to catch up...

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Weekend Movies: Mock of Ages

Luke Hickman — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 18:00:10 +0000

No movie dares open to against Katniss Everdeen. At least, none that you’re likely to go see this weekend. Jennifer Lawrence and the full cast of ‘Catching Fire’ (minus the writers and the characters who were killed off) are back for the half-adaptation of the final book in the ‘ Hunger Games’ series. ‘The Hunger...

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TIFF Journal: ‘The Guest’

Philip Brown — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:00:37 +0000

‘The Guest’ serves a mash-up of horror, thriller and action genre tropes in a way that hasn’t really been seen since the 1980s. The movie would feel completely appropriate to open with the Cannon Group logo. In the case, that’s a good thing. Director Adam Wingard and screenwriter Simon Barrett are fast becoming the best...

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Poll: Do You Still Have a VCR?

Josh Zyber — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 13:00:39 +0000

Once the centerpiece of any home entertainment system, the antiquated Video Cassette Recorder is now a relic of times past, if not a laughingstock. Do you still have or use a VCR? I have a habit of clinging to old technology. I still kept a VCR in my home theater system up until last year,...

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R.I.P. Blockbuster Video

Josh Zyber — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 14:00:43 +0000

After years of financial difficulties, struggling to maintain relevancy in the current marketplace, and steadily dwindling retail presence, one-time video rental powerhouse Blockbuster Video finally announced this week that it will close its last 300 remaining stores and its DVD-by-mail business within the next few months. I bet a lot of our readers are surprised...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of Sept. 22nd, 2013 – Heavy Boots of Lead, Fills His Victims Full of Dread

Josh Zyber — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 13:00:07 +0000

Zombies and superheroes – it feels like modern audiences will never get tired of either. Last week delivered a big zombie epic to Blu-ray, and this week brings us the first of this year’s many superhero spectacles. I’ll admit that I’m as guilty as anyone of buying into these things, but… I don’t know… isn’t...

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Now Playing: I’m OK, ‘You’re’ OK

Bryan Kluger — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 13:00:15 +0000

A few indie horror filmmakers lent their hands to the bloody, silly, fun B-movie flick ‘You’re Next’. Director Adam Wingard doesn’t shy away from chopping faces or slitting throats, and has cast horror-mates Joe Swanberg (‘V/H/S‘) and Ti West (‘The House of the Devil‘) in this blood-soaked romp. While it’s chaotic and stupid, the film...

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Weekend Roundtable: Movies You Own the Most Copies Of

Josh Zyber — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 19:00:30 +0000

We movie collectors can be an obsessive bunch who often feel compelled to rebuy new copies of films we already own in order to upgrade to a new format, benefit from a slightly-improved video transfer or obtain some new supplemental feature we hadn’t seen before. In this week’s Roundtable, it’s time to confess (or boast)...

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Weekend Movies: Children at Play

Luke Hickman — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 16:00:54 +0000

Unless you’re an unapologetic fan of Guillermo del Toro, the ‘Transformers’ movies or Adam Sandler, you might see this weekend as waste. However, there’s a solid piece of entertainment to be found where you might not expect one (no, I’m not hinting at the Sandler flick) and a slew of promising indie releases. I’m a...

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