Hoffman, Mann on “Luck”; review
"Santa Anita is fantastic," says Michael Mann of the iconic horse race track in Arcadia, Ca. "It's beautiful, a great-looking race track; why would you choose any other place?" That's high praise from the filmmaker responsible for the TV and movie versions of "Miami Vice," the seven-time Oscar nominee "The Insider," and the cult favorite "Heat." "Santa Anita is such a beautiful atmosphere; it would be crazy not to honor it," adds David Milch, … [Read the full story]
Box-office Beauty in 3D
Disney found even more treasure in the 3D well this holiday three-day weekend with the long-delayed theatrical re-release of "Beauty and the Beast" in 3D. Updated Monday, Jan. 16: The 21 year-old animated classic generated $23.5 million Friday - Monday Jan. 13-16, 97% of which came from 3D showings, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com. That was good enough for second place on the weekend, a very impressive showing, especially since the Blu-ray 3D … [Read the full story]
3D movies snag top Golden Globes
Two 3D movies and the two shows that HollywoodInHiDef.com rates as the best HiDef series of the 2011 were honored with Golden Globes Sunday night (Jan. 15, 2012). Martin Scorsese made a point to mention Bob Richardson's cinematography, "particularly in 3D" in accepting his Best Director of a Motion Picture award for "Hugo." Steven Spielberg accepted the award for Best Animated Feature for his first 3D motion-capture film "The Adventures of … [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]
Cameron: $18 mil on Titanic 3D
Filmmaker James Cameron is spending $18 million and a full year converting "Titanic" from 2D to 3D. Although he acknowledges that 2D-to-3D conversion is, and will continue to improve, filmmaker James Cameron says it will never be as good as shooting in 3D, noting that even with that kind of time and financial investment in "Titanic 3D," it will still only be 90% as good as if he had shot it in 3D to begin with, he said in a pre-lunch Keynote … [Read the full story]
3D movies snag top Golden Globes
Two 3D movies and the two shows that HollywoodInHiDef.com rates as the best HiDef series of the 2011 were honored with Golden Globes Sunday night (Jan. 15, … [More ... ]
Blu-ray up 20% in 2011; 3D & HD drivers
While theatrical and DVD revenues declined in 2011, Blu-ray Disc sales were up 20% for both new and catalog titles to cross $2 billion for the first time, … [More ... ]
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