“Max”imum joy ride from “Inception”
“Inception” opens in a record 197 IMAX theaters and other traditional theaters today with near-unanimous critical praise. The latest Christopher Nolan cinematc mindbender will keep you riveted throughout the 2 1/2-hour running time, not only due to the fast pace, high energy, and frequent innovative action scenes, but also because of the challenge in deciphering [...]
HiDef Blu voyage of Jason, Argonauts
There are probably very few visual effects artists other than Ray Harryhausen — I can’t think of any off the top of my head — who are remembered far better than the directors as the driving force behind the movies on which they worked. And few who are directly credited for inspiring so many filmmakers [...]
The Toys are back in subtle 3D
Update following June 16 IMAX screening: After an 11-year absence, it’s great fun to welcome back Woody, Buzz, and their toy friends. Paralleling the storyline of the movie, “Toy Story 3” will no doubt enjoy the welcome and warm embrace of a whole new generation of loving and laughing kids. TS3 showcases more than a [...]
ESPN 3D scores via DirecTV
DirecTV helped ESPN 3D get off to an impressive start shortly after 6:30 a.m. this morning (Friday, June 11), providing a dedicated channel (106) for the daily World Cup matches from South Africa (Comcast was to do the same, while AT&T U-Verse is charging a $10 premium). Although I have seen a handful of live [...]
Alexi on “Two Escobars”
One of the most high-profile stars of the historic 1994 World Cup soccer tournament in the U.S., Alexi Lalas, was just a few days from heading to South Africa for the debut of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa when he stopped by ESPN Zone Wednesday (May 19) to watch a media preview of [...]
“Avatar” Bright Blu
Even though it’s smaller and not in 3D, “Avatar” (Fox, $39.99) looks better on Blu-ray in at least one important respect: it’s brighter and therefore more vivid and visually dynamic. Which is to say, “Avatar” on Blu-ray is simply stunning. Before you even push “play,” the 60-second highlight promo loop on the opening menu screen [...]
Heavenly Blu Days of Heaven
“Days of Heaven” is one of the two most visually exquisite movies ever filmed, in my opinion, and thus stands to benefit the most by the Blu-ray HiDef experience. Criterion’s long-awaited Blu-ray release of Terrence Malick’s stunning 90-minute cinematic painting about an early 1900s Chicago steel worker who accidentally kills his supervisor and then flees [...]
Recommend: Under Sea Blu
The movie that won the 3DHollywoodInHiDef award for Best 3D Movie Experience of 2009, the IMAX film “Under the Sea,” is out on Blu-ray this week (Warner, $35.99). – While it’s not in 3D yet and it certainly is not as impactful on your TV as on the 70-foot-tall IMAX screen, it is still one [...]
Hubble 3D, premier experience
Thank you IMAX and filmmaker Toni Myers for providing audiences who think they saw 3D for the first time when watching “Avatar” and “Alice in Wonderland” with an example of how much more dynamic 3D can be in the visually and existentially impactful “Hubble 3D,” opening in about 50 original large format IMAX theaters on [...]
Best ’09 movie better on Blu-ray
Give whatever awards you want to “Avatar,” “The Hurt Locker, “Inglorious Basterds,” “Up in the Air,” “Precious,” etc., but for my money, the most dynamic, fun, impactful, well-produced, entertaining, emotion-filled, and overall best movie of 2009 was Michael Jackson’s “This is It.” As good as it was in theaters, especially on IMAX screens, the total [...]
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