Posted Fri May 20, 2011 at 12:00 PM PDT by Aaron Peck
It’s been another eventful week over at The Bonus View. Everything from home theater to theatrical news was covered. We know you’re busy, and that you may have missed an article here or there, that’s why we bring you this handy digest each week, so you can catch upon all your favorite Bonus View content in one place.
Movie Madness
The Movie Madness tournament is entering the final eight characters and things are really starting to heat up. Tony Stark was able to score a huge win over The Terminator, while Indiana Jones easily took out Hannibal Lecter.
Indiana Jones vs. Hannibal Lecter
Theatrical News
Luke Hickman provided us with mounds of news about movies still in the theater. His Weekend Movies update gave us an idea what to expect during at the box office, and let us know that we should all go and see 'Bridesmaids.' News about the ‘Dark Tower’ movie adaption isn’t promising for fans. Luke gave us the skinny on casting for the 'Hunger Games' movie that is sure to be a hit with fans of the books from all over the world.
We also published a theatrical review of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides', which Luke says isn’t nearly as exciting as it should be.
Josh also brought us a unique bit of news about a 'Dune' documentary about Alejandro Jodorowsky’s 'Dune' movie that was never able to make it to the big screen. The most interesting movie that never happened.
TV Recaps
We continue to bring you fun, in-depth recaps of your favorite TV shows. This week we covered 'Game of Thrones', 'Modern Family', 'Chuck', 'Glee', 'The Killing', and NBC’s Thursday night comedy lineup.
Video Game News
Dick Ward reported on the Playstation Network, which is back up and running after hackers crippled it. He also provided a list of video games that we should be excited for on May 15th.
With his new-found love for 3D, Josh would like you to help him in choosing which 3D PS3 game he should buy.
Home Theater
Josh discusses his newly purchased 3D projector and the different facets of setting up a 3D home theater.
Special Features
This week’s Weekend Roundtable we discussed which great movies that the AFI Top 100 list flat-out ignored. Dick Ward continues to chronicle the movies moving in and out of the Netflix Stream.
Stay tuned to The Bonus View, because next week we’re debuting a couple new features that center around the art that's included with movies. Poster and Cover art fanatics will not want to miss our two new features.
The latest news on all things 4K Ultra HD, blu-ray and Gear.