Ghost Town Paramount Home Entertainment (Dreamworks) Blu-ray Disc Review By Jerry Rutledge Ghost Town is a surprising, small romantic comedy with witty dialogue and great character acting. A buy in my book. Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais) plays a dentist who does not like people. He would rather stuff his patients’ mouths with cotton than listen [...]
I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Happy Holiday season, and thank you for your support this past year. I have lots of new things coming to the site soon, so please stay tuned. I just came across a heartwarming story that is fitting in the spirit of the holidays and [...]
Drillbit Taylor Paramount Home Entertainmeny Blu-ray Disc Review By Jerry Rutledge In this comedy, Drillbit Taylor (Owen Wilson) is a beach bum / AWOL ex-marine hired by three nerdy high school kids – skinny Wade (Nate Hartley) fat Ryan (Troy Gentile) and little Emmit (Brad Dorfman) – for protection from borderline psycho school bullies (Alex [...]
Memorex MVBD2510 Blu-ray Player Memorex has issued its first firmware update for the MVBD2510 Blu-ray player, which I reviewed recently. It fixes several issues and improves playback, but there are still some issues with some recent Fox titles, which seem to cause fits with most of the players out there. An update to fix the Fox [...]
The Dark Knight Warner Home Video Blu-ray Disc Review By Jerry Rutledge The Dark Knight is as much a psychological thriller as it is a comic book action movie. It is a must have for fans of the genre. The Joker (played by the late Heath Ledger) is a cynical, sadomasochistic villain who organizes the [...]
Cambridge SoundWorks Playdock MP3 My pal Randy Salas at the Minneapolis Star Tribune just tipped me off to a great deal on a great sound system that will work with any MP3 player. His email is below: “Hi, Don. I just wanted to report back that I got this hefty iPod dock recently from Cambridge [...]
Dr. No Fox Home Entertainment Blu-ray Disc Review By Jerry Rutledge Dr. No introduced “Bond, James Bond” as the secret agent “licensed to kill.” It has been beautifully restored on Blu-ray Disc.™ Sean Connery’s successful, hard nosed spy portrayal launched the 007 film franchise. Daniel Craig’s tough guy Bond performance in the current Bond film [...]
Pentax K100D Super (Body Only) – Factory Renewed Digital SLR One Call has a special deal on the Pentax K100D Super! The body only (refurbished with warranty) is only $299.88. Add another $65 for a lens (I recommend the Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AL Lens for $64.95) and you have an excellent digital SLR for well under [...]
Onkyo TX-SR606 Pioneer VSX-1018 If you are building a new surround sound system and looking for the best value in an HDMI receiver, the Onkyo TX-SR606 and the Pioneer VSX-1018AH should be on the top of your shopping lists. Both offer an abundance of clean power with an unbeatable combination of advanced features, making [...]
Sound Advice By Don Lindich Distributed By McClatchy-Tribune Information Services Q: Do I need to buy a special subwoofer cable to connect the subwoofer to my receiver? CHERYL BRESSO Clinton, PA A: You do not need a special cable, just a cable with RCA jacks on each end. When connecting with the subwoofer cable you [...]
The Heartbreak Kid Paramount Home Entertainment (Dreamworks) Blu-ray Disc Review By Jerry Rutledge In The Heartbreak Kid, Eddie Cantrow (Ben Stiller) is a 40-ish single man who is the manager of a San Francisco sporting goods store. Because he has never made the decision to get married he is the butt of many jokes of [...]
The Day the Earth Stood Still 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Blu-ray Disc Review By Don Lindich The Day the Earth Stood Still, released in 1951, is one of the two great and seminal science fiction films of the 1950s, the other being MGM’s Forbidden Planet. A full color production, Forbidden Planet has seen [...]
Don’t be a dummy! With the holiday season upon us, people are buying HDTVs and Blu-ray players and the cable questions are starting to come in. Sadly lots of people are spending $60 or more apiece on HDMI cables. That means they are getting raped at the checkout counter.I have created a new page to [...]
The Kingdom Universal Studios Home Entertainment Blu-ray Disc Review By Jerry Rutledge The Kingdom is a taut, international thrill ride of a movie. I highly recommend it to the movie collector interested in war and espionage movies, or anyone interested in the politics and culture of the Middle East and its recent history. The movie [...]
Sound Advice By Don Lindich Distributed By McClatchy-Tribune Information Services Q: I write to ask for your advice on a universal remote. Although I consider myself technically curious and patiently persistent, I am now confounded by the variety of controls for the TV (Olevia), DVD/VCR combo (Sony) and set-top box (Motorola/Verizon FIOS) and annoyed by [...]
Hancock Sony Picture Home Entertainment Blu-ray Disc Review By Jerry Rutledge Will Smith is John Hancock, a down and out boozing superhero in this original action-adventure-comedy. Hancock cannot remember who he is or where he came from — he seems to be cast adrift without a purpose. And yet, he is compelled to perform the [...]
Sound Advice By Don Lindich Distributed By McClatchy-Tribune Information Services Q: Last year I bought a 42-inch Sharp Aquos LCD and have loved it. I recently noticed there is a dark half-inch vertical band that corresponds with the right edge of standard 4:3 TV images. Since we purchased the extended warranty we contacted Best Buy, [...]
Cloverfield Paramount Home Entertainment Blu-ray Disc Review By Jerry Rutledge Producer J.J. Abrams and director Matt Reeves took a huge creative risk by filming a cinéma vérité monster movie. The point of view of the movie is seen through a camcorder which bumps and careens across the screen, first at a going away party for [...]
Memorex MVBD2510 Blu-ray Player Memorex MVBD2510 Blu-ray Player MSRP $269 , Street Price $169.99 from Target Pros: First-class packaging and presentation- does not come across as a cheap product at all Solid build quality and attractive design. With the high quality packaging, it makes for a gift with a lot of appeal Excellent image quality [...]
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