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HDD Deal of the Week: 'Bond 50' Blu-ray $129.99 at Amazon![teaser]In honor of Skyfall' hitting stores this week, Amazon is serving up the boxed set of all the other Bond films for nearly sixty percent off![/teaser] The online retailer is now selling 'Bond 50' on Blu-ray for only $129.99 (57% off suggested retail price). This collection includes the first 22 James Bond feature films from 'Dr. No' to 'Quantum of Solace' and more than 130 hours of bonus features including never-before-seen content from the Bond archives, and more. This box set also includes an open slot for forthcoming James Bond film 'Skyfall.' Click here to order yours and this offer is available from now through February 16.Posted Sun Feb 10, 2013 at 09:00 AM PST by: -
Bonus View Digest - February 8, 2012[teaser]It's been a very busy week on The Bonus View. New home theaters, film festivals, and movie reviews galore![/teaser] Sundance Film Festival Throughout the week we continued to publish reviews for the movie's Aaron saw at Sundance. Check out reviews for 'The Lifeguard,' 'The Look of Love,' 'Manhunt,' 'Lovelace,' 'Virtually Heroes,' and 'Austenland.' Blu-ray News Still trying to figure out what to pick up this week? Well, Josh has his weekly comprehensive Blu-ray Highlights column to guide your home video purchases. This week we get Disney's 'Peter Pan,' 'Flight,' and 'Celeste and Jesse Forever' just to name a few. Home Theater News If you've been following Josh's home theater renovations closely, then you'll definitely want to see his newest entry. The soon-to-be theater gets a coat of paint, carpet, and begins to look like a real home cinema. Theatrical News We have a review for 'Identity Thief.' Is the new comedy any good? Or should you skip it and wait for funnier stuff? Luke and Aaron continue their Box Office Pick'em Showdown this month. Aaron easily won the month of January. Check out the draft of movies for February and join in on the discussion on who will ultimately be crowned the Box Office Prognosticator Champion. TV Recaps This week we covered some of our favorite shows, along with some 2013 series premieres. Find out what we thought about FX's brand-new thriller 'The Americans' and NBC's 'Do No Harm.' We also have recaps for 'Happy Endings,' and 'American Horror Story.' Special Features "I'm too old for this sh--!" was the theme for this week's Weekend Roundtable. What actors or filmmakers do you think are so over the hill that they are grasping at straws with the new roles they're taking? We discuss some of our favorites, what are yours? Thanks for joining us this week. As always it's been a lot of fun covering the latest and greatest in high-def entertainment for our great readers. We wish you a weekend full of great movies with flawless presentations.Posted Fri Feb 8, 2013 at 01:00 PM PST by: -
Weekend Roundtable: Famous Last FilmsDirector Steven Soderbergh claims that he's retiring and that this week's release of 'Side Effects' will be his last theatrical feature. For today's Roundtable, we look at other famous examples where a director or an actor's final film (whether due to death or retirement) was a particularly fitting (or not fitting) way to go out. Read about it in the blog today.Posted Fri Feb 8, 2013 at 12:00 PM PST by: -
'The Newsroom: The Complete First Season' Dated and Detailed for Blu-ray[teaser]The first season of the acclaimed HBO series starring Jeff Daniels is bound for Blu-ray in June. [/teaser] In an early announcement to retailers, HBO has revealed 'The Newsroom: The Complete First Season' will be released on Blu-ray on June 11. Created by Aaron Sorkin (Academy Award® winner for writing 'The Social Network,' executive producer and writer of the multiple Emmy® winner 'The West Wing'), the new HBO® drama 'The Newsroom' follows the ACN news team on their quixotic mission to reclaim the legacy of Murrow and Cronkite in the face of a fickle audience, corporate mandates and tangled personal relationships. The first season of the "noble and earnest" (Entertainment Weekly) series, which was nominated for two Golden Globe awards - Best Television Series Drama and Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series (Jeff Daniels) - co-stars Emily Mortimer ('Hugo') as MacKenzie McHale, Sam Waterston (Academy Award® nominee for 'The Killing Fields') as Charlie Skinner; John Gallagher, Jr. (Tony winner for 'Spring Awakening') as Jim Harper; Alison Pill (HBO's 'In Treatment') as Margaret Jordan; Thomas Sadoski (Tony nominee for 'Reasons to Be Pretty') as Don Keefer; Dev Patel ('Slumdog Millionaire') as Neal Sampat; Olivia Munn ('I Don't Know How She Does It') as Sloan Sabbith; and two-time Academy Award® winner Jane Fonda ('Klute,' 'Coming Home') as ACN's corporate owner. The Blu-ray/DVD/Ultraviolet Digital Copy combo pack will feature 1080p video, a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack, and supplements include: The Rundown: Sorkin, Daniels, Mortimer, Waterson, executive producer Alan Poul and co-executive producer Greg Mottola detail their experiences shooting the first season in this exclusive conversation; Five Audio Commentaries with Sorkin, Poul, Daniels, Waterston, Mortimer and others; Mission Control: Behind-the-scenes look at the state-of-the-art sets with the cast and crew; Inside the Episodes: Inside perspectives with revealing interviews from Sorkin; Deleted Scenes; and Episodic Previews & Recaps. Suggested list price for the Blu-ray set is $79.98. You can find the latest specs for 'The Newsroom: The Complete First Season' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under June 11.Posted Fri Feb 8, 2013 at 10:25 AM PST by: -
'The Town That Dreaded Sundown' Blu-ray Announced and Detailed[teaser]The long sought-after thriller from Charles B. Pierce will hit Blu-ray and include the director's rare cult classic 'The Evictors' as a bonus supplement this May.. [/teaser] In an early announcement to retailers, Scream Factory says they're preparing 'The Town That Dreaded Sundown' for Blu-ray on May 21. When two young lovers are savagely beaten and tortured on a back country road in Texarkana, local police are baffled. Three weeks later, two more people are slain in a similar setting and Deputy Norman Ramsey fears a pattern might be developing. Texas Ranger J.D. Morales (Ben Johnson, 'The Wild Bunch') is brought in to help. The two officers must find “the Phantom Killer” before he can kill again. Also starring Andrew Prine ('Grizzly') and Dawn Wells (Gilligan’s Island), directed by Charles B. Pierce ('The Legend Of Boggy Creek'), and based on one of America’s most baffling murder cases, this horrifying suspense thriller is a shocking experience you’ll never forget. The Blu-ray/DVD will feature 1080p video, a DTS-HD Master Audio Mono soundtrack, and one of the supplements will include the DVD debut of Charles B. Pierce’s 'The Evictors' (DVD only) - A nice young couple move into an eerie house located in a small Louisiana town, unaware of its violent history. Soon they find themselves tormented by the previous owners. Vic Morrow ('Combat!,' 'Humanoids From The Deep'), Michael Parks ('Django Unchained,' 'Argo') and Jessica Harper ('Suspiria,' 'Phantom Of The Paradise') star in this chilling horror film. Suggested list price for the Blu-ray is $26.99. You can find the latest specs for 'The Town That Dreaded Sundown' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under May 21.Posted Fri Feb 8, 2013 at 10:00 AM PST by: -
'The Blue Planet: Seas of Life' Announced for Blu-ray[teaser]The 2002 documentary series narrated by Sir David Attenborough is bound for Blu-ray in April. [/teaser] In an early announcement to retailers, BBC says 'The Blue Planet: Seas of Life' will be available on Blu-ray on April 9. 'The Blue Planet: Seas of Life' is the definitive natural history of the world's oceans, exploring everything from the popular shores and teeming shallows to the mysterious ocean depths. Sea birds and crustaceans inhabit the no-man's-land between earth and sea; sharks bask in the shallows, waiting for prey; strange, flower-like anemones bloom in the coral reefs; while in the deep canyons of the oceans, weird creatures with huge jaws wait for something to sink down from the sunlit world. It's a journey that gets stranger and more awe-inspiring as it goes along. Specs have yet to be revealed, but supplements will include: Interviews, Ten 10-minute "Making Of" Mini-Episodes, and Deep Trouble: For years, man has used the oceans as a source of life, food and riches. Now the oceans have been put under such intolerable strain that we may be about to lose this valuable asset. Deep Trouble looks at the impact man has had on the ecology of the oceans. Suggested list price for the Blu-ray is still undetermined at this time. You can find the latest specs for 'The Blue Planet: Seas of Life' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under April 9.Posted Fri Feb 8, 2013 at 08:00 AM PST by: -
'Django Unchained' Dated for Blu-ray[teaser]Quentin Tarantino's Oscar nominee for Best Picture rides onto Blu-ray in April. [/teaser] In an early announcement to retailers, Starz/Anchor Bay will be releasing 'Django Unchained' on Blu-ray on April 16. The western starring Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Christolph Waltz was also nominated for three other Academy Awards including Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Supporting Actor (Waltz). Specs and supplements haven't been revealed yet, but the suggested list price for the Blu-ray is $35.99. You can find the latest specs for 'Django Unchained' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under April 16.Posted Thu Feb 7, 2013 at 12:05 PM PST by: -
SVS Launches its First Full Range Speakers[teaser]The 3.5 way tower speakers come in at $1,998 a pair. [/teaser] The folks at SVS have just announced a first. Their new SVS Ultra Towers are full-range speakers, which is a new line for the company. They feature an elegant trapezoidal shape and boast some impressive specs. Mids are doled out by a pair of 6.5 inch drivers in separate sealed enclosures. They're made of glass-fiber cones and designed for improved sensitivity. The bass is where things get a little bit different. SVS has packed two eight-inch woofer – one on either side of the cabinet. They say that this allows for a tighter bass response and more powerful and accurate bass throughout the room. The new speakers are available at $999 each and come with a 45 day in-home trial with free shipping both ways, so you've plenty of time to test them out. Source: TWICEPosted Thu Feb 7, 2013 at 11:00 AM PST by: -
'The Impossible' Announced and Detailed for Blu-ray[teaser]The celebrated drama starring two-time Academy Award® nominee Naomi Watts and Golden Globe® nominee Ewan McGregor ('Salmon Fishing in the Yemen') will be released on Blu-ray in April. [/teaser] In an early retailer announcement, Summit Entertainment will release 'The Impossible' on Blu-ray on April 23. Garnering Academy Award®, Golden Globe® Award, Broadcast Film Critics Award® and Screen Actors Guild Award® nominations for her powerful performance, Watts portrays Maria, a mother fighting to reunite her family after one of the largest disasters in recent history. Tom Holland, in his astonishing film debut, also earned a Broadcast Film Critics Award® for his performance in the daring drama as her eldest son. The Blu-ray/DVD combo pack will feature 1080p video, a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack, and supplements include: Audio commentary with director J.A. Bayona, writer Sergio G. Sánchez and producer Belén Atienza and María Belón; "Casting The Impossible" featurette; "Realizing The Impossible" featurette; and Deleted Scenes. Suggested list price for the Blu-ray is $39.99. You can find the latest specs for 'The Impossible' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under April 23.Posted Thu Feb 7, 2013 at 10:00 AM PST by: -
The ioSafe N2 Protects Your Files From Harm and Acts as Media Server[teaser]Pricing starts at $599 depending on the size and specifications. [/teaser] If you're looking for a media server that will stand up to anything, ioSafe has something you might want to look at. The N2 is the company's latest, and it provides you with a nice, safe place to store all your digital media. ioSafe products are made to withstand acts of nature such as fires and flooding, and the N2 even backs up your data to cloud storage for an extra layer of safety. The N2 acts as a server for any DLNA or UPnP devices as well as an iTunes server. It can even search through and organize your movies with the Video Station feature. It can stream and record shows, and is capable of streaming to your smartphone or tablet. The ioSafe N2 is available now at a price of $599. Source: Electronic HousePosted Thu Feb 7, 2013 at 09:00 AM PST by:
