Best Blu: Percy, Hot Tub, Ribbon, Predator
The most notable title this week isn’t even on HiDef Blu-ray, but Shout! Factory’s restored and remastered versions of all 234 episodes of one of TV’s most enduring sitcoms look better than ever on an upscaling Blu-ray player and a HiDef TV, and you can read more about the 37-disc “Leave it to Beaver: The [...]
Best Blu: Zone, Star, Station, Parks
The most notable title this week and one absolutely worth recommending near the top of our weekly picks is Sony’s “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,” the first widely distributed Blu-ray 3D title, but we wrote at length about the 3D elements, and since we already reviewed the movie and bonus features when the 2D [...]
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 and [...]
Clash of Titans on Blu July 27
The remake of “Clash of the Titans” will be released on HiDef Blu-ray July 27 by Warner Home Video.
There will be no 3D at this time for the home version of the movie that generated more than $450 million in theaters worldwide a couple months ago, but there is an alternate ending, deleted scenes and [...]
Best Blu: Unthinkable, Rome, Youth Revolt
Your best choice on Blu-ray this week never played in theaters, so it is making its world premiere in your house:
1.) Unthinkable (Sony, $30.95), debuting on Blu-ray instead of theaters, is as well-produced, provocative and engaging as any theatrically-released political thriller in recent years, starring Samuel Jackson as a sympathetic expert in secret torture interrogation [...]
Best Blu: Shutter, Caddy, Messiah, Paris
Another week of diversity on Blu-ray, from thriller to cult camp comedy to a Monty Python stage spin-off to a collection of animated shorts:
1.) Shutter Island (Paramount, $30.95) is a very compelling psychological suspense drama from Martin Scorsese once again starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a U.S. Marshall of the 1950s tormented by memories of his [...]
Alice in Blu-rayLand, Wolfman, Disney parks
Several icons of Disney and Universal studios debut on Blu-ray this week:
1.) “Alice in Wonderland” (Disney, $39.99 single disc; $44.99 3-disc combo Blu/DVD/Digital) looks terrific on Blu-ray, even without the 3D (which won’t be available until late this year, and likely only with purchase of Sony 3D equipment). But unlike “Avatar,” which had 3D that [...]
New Blu: Spartacus, Dear John
New on Blu this week are a new chick flick and a classic epic celebrating its 50th anniversary:
1.) “Spartacus 50th anniversary edition” (Universal, $26.98) looks so pristine in HiDef Blu-ray that it appears as if the 3-hour-plus 70mm Oscar-winner for best cinematography and art direction that was recently fully restored by Robert A. Harris could [...]
24, Lost finales on Blu-ray
Fox will release the final season of “24″ on Blu-ray December 7 for $69.99 and Disney has the swan song of “Lost” on Aug. 24. Both shows ran their final epsiodes within 24-hours of each other Sunday and Monday.
A complete collectible box set of all eight seasons of “24,” including an alternate ending for the [...]
Glee Season 1 on Blu Sept. 14
Glee fans will be able to sing along with the musical comedy in the Blu-ray version of the first season to be released Sept. 14 by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.
The four-disc “Glee: The Complete First Season” set, priced at $69.99, features all 22 one-hour episodes about an optimistic teacher who battles a malicious cheerleading [...]
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