Five 3D movies ranked among the top eight top-grossing films of the holiday weekend, including two new releases, one of which enjoyed 75% of its revenue from 3D. While Summit's "Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1" remained the leader, and was followed by Disney's new "Muppets," Warner's "Happy … [Read more...]
Arthur Christmas a Go; Hugo a slow-go
November 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Thankfully, two of the finest demonstrations of 3D this year come to theaters this Thanksgiving weekend (Nov. 23, 2011) in "Arthur Christmas" and "Hugo": * "Arthur Christmas" is easily the more broadly enjoyable of the two. It's hard to imagine anyone not finding this clever twist on Santa Claus … [Read more...]
Spy Kids 4 best Rodriguez 3D
November 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Innovative digital filmmaker Robert Rodriguez has been shooting and releasing his movies in 3D since 2003, starting with the old anaglyphic system and colored glasses in theaters and on DVD in "Spy Kids 3D: Game Over" and 2005's "Adventures of "Sharkboy and Lavagirl." "Spy Kids: All the Time in … [Read more...]
3D Blu Bolt leads Chicken, Robinsons, G
November 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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): * … [Read more...]
Cameron’s new 3D on OWN
October 31, 2011 By Leave a Comment
James Cameron is shown in production on a 3D theatrical film of a Cirque du Soleil show at the Mirage resort in Las Vegas in the new episode of "Visionaries: Inside the Creative Mind" on OWN TV, which premiered Sunday night (DISH Network carries the HD version of the network, not DirecTV). Cameron … [Read more...]
3D “Cars 2″ One to Consider
October 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A tip of the tractor to Disney-Pixar for producing an original 3D cartoon short exclusively for the Blu-ray 3D of "Cars 2" (Tuesday, Nov. 1, $49.99 for 5-Disc combo pack with 3D Blu-ray disc, two 2D Blu-rays, DVD & Digital Copy) A lot is riding on Disney-Pixar's "Cars 2," so to speak. Pixar … [Read more...]
Blu-ray 3D Toy Story 1, 2, 3
October 23, 2011 By 1 Comment
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment is offering 4 1/2-hours of Woody, Buzz, and the entire Toy Story gang in 3D at home for the holidays for the first time via Blu-ray 3D ($49.99 each or $100 for all three). Disney-Pixar did 3D conversions of the original "Toy Story" and "Toy Story 2" that … [Read more...]
Real Steel real deal at IMAX
October 11, 2011 By 1 Comment
"Real Steel" may be susceptible to criticisms of a sappy story that borrows from every Rocky-type movie from "Karate Kid," "The Champ," and "Iron Giant," to several installments in the Rocky series itself, but that didn't make the formula any less appealing to a new generation of young boys and … [Read more...]
Disney unleashes torrent of 3D classics
October 4, 2011 By 1 Comment
Quickly exploiting a good thing, Disney and Disney-Pixar will release 3D versions of "Beauty and the Beast," "Finding Nemo," "Monsters. Inc., and "The Little Mermaid" in theaters in 2012 and 2013. The announcement comes on the heels of an $80 million run over the past three weekends in U.S. … [Read more...]
Disney’s Lion, Beauty Blu 3D wonders
October 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The surprise box-office financial and critical success of the theatrical re-release of "The Lion King" in 3D last month may prove the salvation of 3D, or at least the conversion of classics. The release of the same film and "Beauty and the Beast" on Blu-ray 3D Tuesday (Oct. 4), could and should … [Read more...]
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