Another missed opportunity for 3D. This weekend's release of the so-called first chapter of "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace," followed in a few weeks by the 3D version of "Titanic," could have continued the momentum of "The Lion King" and "Beauty and the Beast" and been a huge boon to improving the … [Read more...]
Hoffman, Mann on “Luck”; review
January 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
"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 … [Read more...]
Nightmare Xmas a dream in 3D
August 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
On Friday October 22nd, 1993 a charming little Touchstone Pictures movie came to my town with the ostentatious title of “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas.” You should recall that, in 1993, Tim Burton was not the Gothic Godfather that he is today. Admittedly, he’d had moderate … [Read more...]
Multiple 3D movies cuts % of each
August 22, 2011 By 1 Comment
I was not very good at math in school but the current situation in which 3D is widely reported to be dwindling as a percentage of a movie’s overall gross seems like a pretty simple equation that appears to be lost on much of the mainstream and industry media. First of all, we know there are … [Read more...]
New dimension in adult movies
May 31, 2011 By 2 Comments
I loved "Avatar." The use of 3D made the experience of seeing it in the theater a completely different experience than what was available in traditional formats. Watching the film later on Blu-Ray confirmed that the 3D made a huge difference; it showed us what 3D could do for film and … [Read more...]
IMAX 3D Wild vs Disney Cats
April 4, 2011 By 1 Comment
Every filmmaker and studio executive should be required to watch the Disneynature film "African Cats" (opening Earth Day, April 22) followed by a screening of the new IMAX 3D documentary "Born to be Wild" (opening Friday, April 8). Maybe then they will all understand what is missing from … [Read more...]
Hayley Taylor feels like love
March 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
One of the advantages of controlling your own web site is being able to take liberties once in awhile to plug something or someone that is maybe not within the primary mission range of the web site but is deserving of attention nonetheless. Such a person is singer-songwriter Hayley Taylor, … [Read more...]
Put all Oscar noms on Blu-ray
February 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
With the stars coming out for the annual Academy Awards on Sunday, it’s no surprise that two of the movies nominated for Best Picture returned to the DVD sellers chart last week, while a third is still a sold renter. "The Social Network," which was at No. 9 in the rental chart, has been on DVD for … [Read more...]
HBO’s “Reagan” docu debut 2/7
February 7, 2011 By 1 Comment
It may seem like the celebration of President Ronald Reagan's 100th birthday has been going on for nearly that long in the last couple weeks, but HBO has one more memento to mark the occasion, the network's Feb. 7 debut (9 p.m. ET/PT )of Eugene Jarecki's documentary "Reagan" that premiered Jan. 23 … [Read more...]
Barry, underScoring one of best
February 1, 2011 By 2 Comments
There is only a handful of film composers I would rank among the greatest, most prolific, and impactful of our time; John Barry is one of them. Put him amongst the likes of John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Henry Mancini, and Bernard Herrmann. His death at age 77 on Jan. 30 in New York is cause to … [Read more...]
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