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 … [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...]
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...]
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...]
Big Lebowski’s big Limited Blu-ray edition
August 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Big Lebowski (Universal, $29.98) is like your old buddy who is so amusing and you get a big smile every time you even think about getting together again. This week's (Aug. 16, 2011) Limited Edition Blu-ray of the cult comedy classic offers much to laugh about once again: The movie itself and … [Read more...]
Fox & Hound on Blu; Mars Moms Blu 3D
August 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Disney's two Blu-ray releases this week (Aug. 9, 2011) are notable for different reasons and both are worth a look: * Mars Needs Moms (Disney, $49.99 4-disc set w/ 3D) took a pounding from critics and cost filmmaker Robert Zemeckis his company and partnership with Disney, but the … [Read more...]
“Rio” Blu bird dynamic on Blu without 3D
August 1, 2011 By 1 Comment
Fox is delivering the Blu-ray version of the animated "Rio" today (Aug. 2) without two of the best elements of the theatrical version, the 3D (coming to Blu-ray 3D Aug. 30) and the latest hilarious and clever short depicting the nut-chasing Scrat of "Ice Age" in the new "Continental … [Read more...]
Star Wars deleted scenes revealed
July 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Fox is teasing some of the deleted scenes from the upcoming Sept. 16 Blu-ray release of "Star Wars" on Blu-ray at Comic-Con in San Diego this weekend. Here is a 60-second teaser of the teasers, with a particularly intriguing new animation of a light saber emblazoning the Blu-ray … [Read more...]
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