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 [...]
Young Frankenstein 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Blu-ray Disc Review By Jerry Rutledge Long before the Wayan brothers produced Scary Movie parodying teen slasher horror flicks, Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder wrote Young Frankenstein, their classic comedy spoofing Frankenstein movies. Being a classic it is a must have for the serious collector. Doctor Frederick Frankenstein [...]
Kung Fu Panda Paramount Home Entertainment(Dreamworks Animation) Blu-ray Disc Review By Jerry Rutledge I highly recommend Kung Fu Panda for any collector, especially with a family – it is a highly entertaining, heart filled animated comedy from Dreamworks. Po, a rather large, flabby and furry, black and white panda (voiced by Jack Black) dreams of [...]
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army Universal Studios Home Entertainment Blu-ray Disc Review By Jerry Rutledge A renegade elven prince (Luke Goss) returns from self-imposed exile to an enchanted underground kingdom of elves, trolls and fairies to steal his father’s crown so he can lead an indestructible Golden Army of mechanical warriors to destroy all [...]
Nim’s Island 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Directed by: Jennifer Flackett & Mark Levin Reviewed by: Lance Rhinehart Nim’s Island promises an all-family, comedic action/adventure drama. And while it does deliver something in all its categories, it also leaves some of its more anticipated story follow-through unsatisfied. Not to begin this review on a sour [...]
When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions Image Entertainment Blu-ray 4-disc set, $69.99 If you are a fan of documentaries, space exploration, or the history of the space age, When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions is a must-have. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.soundadviceblog.com%2Fblu-ray%2Fwhen-we-left-earth-the-nasa-missions-a-blu-ray-must-have%2F’; addthis_title = ‘When+We+Left+Earth%3A+The+NASA+Missions+Blu-ray+Review’; addthis_pub = ”;
The Mummy Returns Universal Studios Home Entertainment Written and Directed by: Stephen Sommers Review by: Lance Rhinehart Ten years after the close of The Mummy storyline, the mummy does indeed return; this time he plays a more secondary role in a sinister plot for domination and havoc. His reincarnated lover, formerly Anck Su Namun, and [...]
The Spiderwick Chronicles Paramount Home Entertainmen Directed by: Mark Waters Review by: Lance Rhinehart Film Overview: Set in a traditional old abandoned house with a mysterious history, the Grace family (or at least part of the family) move into their new home to make a fresh start of things. And even though the characters in [...]
The Mummy Universal Studios Home Entertainment Editor’s note- to learn more about Universal’s impressive Blu-ray efforts, see their great new website at www.universalhidef.com. It’s the best studio website I have seen to date and shows that with Blu-ray, you get much more than better pictures and sound. Blu-ray Movie Review by: Lance Rhinehart The 1932 [...]
Doomsday Blu-ray Disc review By Don Lindich For screenshots of Universal’s Blu-ray splashscreen, menus and features, see my post Universal Blu-ray Discs are here- a first look. As one of Universal Studios’ first Blu-ray Disc releases, Doomsday has been a highly anticipated title. In technical merit it does not disappoint… in fact, it delights with [...]
By Don Lindich and Lance Rhinehart By Don Lindich Set in the California desert in the early 1900s and based loosely on Upton Sinclair’s Oil!, There Will Be Blood recounts the rise of oilman Daniel Plainview, portrayed by Daniel Day-Lewis in an Academy Award-winning performance. Plainview’s personal nature is as dark and [...]
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