Lion King 3D; Beauty 3D Blu 2011
Disney is quietly converting “The Lion King” to 3D and readying a double-barrel blitz of the 3D version of “Beauty and the Beast” in theaters and on Blu-ray next year, according to a knowledgeable source. Even though the studio has delayed the theatrical release of the 3D version of “Beauty and the Beast” by at [...]
Piranha 3D vs Piranha BD
You can watch “Piranha 3D” in theaters and/or the original “Piranha” on Blu-ray Disc at home this weekend. The good news is that you will have a good time either way. Both are so over-the-top and preposterous that despite the buckets of blood and body parts — or because of it — they are simply [...]
3D not fading; it’s been adopted
Early this year media pundits were declaring that 3D was revolutionizing the industry. Now those same people are declaring that it was only a novelty that is already fizzling out. As usual, neither is true and both are exaggerations and over-simplifications of the natural evolution of the format. 3D is not dying; it is maturing. [...]
I Step Up: 3 3D films in 11 hours
Having been on vacation to the Cayman Islands, where I didn’t stumble across a single movie theater — 3D or otherwise — in the tropical Caribbean British Isles paradise boasting more registered businesses than the 54,000 residents (granted, I didn’t look real hard to find a dark movie theater as opposed to basking in the [...]
Maximum Movie Mode to the Max
Kevin Smith and Warner Home Video have figured out a way to use Blu-ray Disc to get me to like movies that otherwise hold little appeal. While it’s not real new, WHV’s Maximum Movie Mode feature has evolved into the most-desired feature on a Blu-ray movie and the best value-added element to the core HiDef [...]
ESPN 3D Derby grand slam
The most memorable shot of the 2010 Home Run Derby at Angels Stadium Monday was not a blast over the fence by an all-star slugger but a line drive directly towards the lens of a 3D camera on a pole behind the pitcher. Actually, there were a couple of hits like that that caused everyone [...]
5 biggest events in 3D Sunday
Seven months ago in the pre-”Avatar” world, no one would have imagined this weekend, when, for several hours on Saturday and Sunday, five of the entertainment and sports industries’ biggest events would be playing in 3D simultaneously on TVs and in theaters. As the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final was being played live in select [...]
NASCAR 3D lacks depth
NASCAR and 3D fans (not sure how much of an overlap there is between the two) had to wait 90 extra rain-delayed minutes before witnessing and experiencing the first-ever race in 3D from Daytona Saturday night (July 3). When the race, which was broadcast live online and on DirecTV‘s n3D channel sponsored by Panasonic, finally [...]
Shout it out: Beaver’s back
In 2005 Universal Studios released the first season of “Leave it to Beaver” on DVD with an optional collectible lunchbox, followed in 2006 by the second season. But the remaining four seasons were never released until now. Shout! Factory struck a deal with Universal and this week released the entire “Leave it to Beaver: The [...]
First 3D Blu-ray not Cloudy at all
I was ready to be underwhelmed by my experience with the first Blu-ray 3D title to be released to stores Tuesday (June 22), Sony’s “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,” but I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. The picture on both the Samsung LED 3D TV fed by a Samsung Blu-ray 3D player [...]
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