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Blu-Ray Review: Pixar’s Up 4-Disc Set
16 hours ago
There is no animation studio as consistently good as Pixar. Period. Ten feature films, the likes of Toy Story, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Ratatouille and Wall-e all attest to that. And with the Blu-ray release of the studio’s latest feature film, Up, its parent company, Walt Disney Studios, continues what is becoming a trend of high-definition home video excellence. The “4-Disc Combo Pack” includes two Blu-ray discs packed full of content, as well as a DVD which also contains the feature and all of the special features (sans Bd Live) contained on the first Blu-ray disc. The collection is rounded out by a digital copy of the film for Windows or Mac. Up tells the story of Carl Frederickson (Edward Asner), who takes off in his own home with the help of thousands of helium balloons after facing some hard times in his life. He is accompanied against his »
- Bill Jones
Dexter Season 4 Episode 8 Preview: 'Road Kill'
17 hours ago
In was inevitable. After indulging his Dark Passenger for so long, Dexter was bound to get one wrong. Last night's episode of Dexter was yet another emotional marathon, leaving viewers exhausted at the end. But with so many threads at play, was anyone ready for tonight's game-changing reveal: Dexter killed an outright innocent man. In "Slack Tide," Dexter took a brief pit stop from his Trinity quest to get himself involved in yet another sloppy kill. This time the target is Jonathan Farrow, an arrogant photographer who just happened to shoot (in the photography sense) several models that wound up missing/dead soon thereafter. But as the last minute of this slow, but important episode revealed, Farrow, who winds up dead on Dexter's table, wasn't the culprit. It was his assistant. All the signs were there. Dexter has been getting sloppy. Gone are the days of meticulously planned kills. In »
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HBO Imagine
21 hours ago
We've heard it before: the web is the future of entertainment. In 2007-2008, the Writers Guild of America fought the good fight to let the world know that New Media was the way of the future. As the writers earned the animosity of viewers who were left without new shows to watch, SAG waited in the sideline for their moment to fight for the exact same thing: rights in new media. Now, HBO is proving that writer's were right to strike with a new storytelling adventure based online. HBO Imagine is a unique web experience that blows movies like "Vantage Point" out of the water. Instead of simply cutting back and forth between multiple perspectives, HBO employs a semi-cube viewing device that allows you to view a story from four different angles. The interactive cube features two films, each 2 minutes long. Once you watch them you can unlock bonus ... »
- Iris
Blu-ray Review - Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
22 hours ago
As Pixar’s catalog expands, it is hard not to get more and more critical of animated films from other studios, as they seemingly become harder and harder to watch. There are a few exceptions. DreamWorks on occasion finds a niche and creates a hit, but most still find themselves in a rut, lacking the sophistication of Pixar and creating titles that play down to their audiences and frankly lack the same visual flair. The original Ice Age (2002) found a nice spot for itself in the animated mix. While it didn’t exactly exceed its competition in any respect, Ice Age had plenty of wit and enough character to carry it successfully. With a unique ensemble cast including Ray Romano, Denis Leary and Queen Latifah, the film told a fun story of unlikely friendships, with good humor in the form of Scrat’s quest for an acorn. But fast forward »
- Bill Jones
Blu-ray Review: Monsters, Inc. (4-Disc)
8 November 2009 10:32 PM, PST
To coincide with the home video release of Up, Disney and Pixar have also given Pete Docter’s other feature-length directorial effort, Monsters, Inc., its first high-definition treatment with a four-disc Blu-ray/DVD combo set. Monsters, Inc. tells the story of the monsters who come out of the bedroom closet to scare children at night. At it turns out, the monsters are more scared of the children than the other way around. But a job’s a job for Sulley (John Goodman) and his sidekick Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal), who harvest screams as a form of fuel in Monstropolis. And business is good for the duo until the evil Randall (Steve Buscemi) is within contention of the office scare record. He leaves a closet door portal on the floor, and a child escapes into Monstropolis and finds herself in the care of Sulley and Mike. As is par for the course with Pixar, »
- Bill Jones
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