IMAX’s Titanic 3D experience
The re-release of “Titanic” in 3D, especially on the biggest of IMAX screens, feels like a refreshing throwback to the era when going to the movies was an event and the movies were usually substantial in scope and story. Perhaps because it requires such a commitment and because the running time of 3-hours and 15-minutes, plus a 15-minute intermission, at least at the Universal City AMC IMAX theater, doesn’t allow for as many daily … [Read the full story]
Avengers with a vengeance
Another IMAX 3D movie has torn up the box-office records, with "The Avengers" becoming the first movie to crack the $200 million barrier on its opening weekend in the U.S. The film also set a new 3-day opening weekend record with $15.3 mil. from IMAX showings in 275 domestic theaters alone. More than 52% of the colossal gross came from 3D showings in all formats, according to BoxofficeMojo.com. Even more impressive is the cumulative global … [Read the full story]
Frankenweenie gets IMAX 3D bone
The feature-length adaptation of Tim Burton's 1984 live-action student film "Frankenweenie" just became a very big deal, and a production that will have a lot more depth than the original. IMAX Corporation and The Walt Disney Studios today announced that Burton's stop-motion, animated "Frankenweenie" will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX® 3D format and released in IMAX digital theatres worldwide on Oct. 5. The movie directed … [Read the full story]
Frankenweenie gets IMAX 3D bone
The feature-length adaptation of Tim Burton's 1984 live-action student film "Frankenweenie" just became a very big deal, and a production that will have a lot more depth than the original. IMAX Corporation and The Walt Disney Studios today announced that Burton's stop-motion, animated "Frankenweenie" will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX® 3D format and released in IMAX digital theatres worldwide on Oct. 5. The movie directed … [Read the full story]
Smurfs 3D Blu-ray new extras
What could be more fitting than the colony of blue Smurfs on Blu-ray? Sony's 3D Blu-ray of "The Smurfs" ($45.99) offers a very good 3D representation of the computer-animated movie that generated more than half-a-billion dollars in theaters worldwide last summer. Once again the 3D on the home version is perhaps even more vibrant and visually dynamic than in theaters. <Story continues following the 3-minutes of video highlights below from … [Read the full story]
3D Blu Bolt leads Chicken, Robinsons, G
On the heels of the recent quality Blu-ray 3D release of the 2006 theatrical 3D conversion of "A Nightmare Before Christmas," Disney, one of the earliest and most pro-active studios in 3D and Blu-ray, is releasing a quartet of its earliest theatrical 3D films to Blu-ray this week (Nov. 8): * "Bolt 3D" ($49.99 four-disc combo) is not only the best of this group but also the best Disney animated movie in nearly a decade when it was released in … [Read the full story]
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