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Like many others, I skipped The Spirit in December. I was interested, but Lionsgate didn’t seem overly interested in screening it for me and it kind of plopped out into the marketplace. The film grossed under $20 million, raised the internal strife at the distributor, and 3.5 months later, arrives on...
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Interesting spin on pricing on the new Batman Anthology, which is the post-TV/pre-Nolan Batman features... now in Blu-Ray. For one thing, only Batman itself is available as a standalone DVD so far. But more interesting is that WB is offering the package at $79.96 (down from list price of $99.95) on its...
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I got a note today about the DVD release of Quantum of Solace ... from Fox. Ouch to the Sony. I assumed that even though other MGM product went to FoxHE, that Sony would at least retain what they released into theaters. Nope. Even worse, the release plays up all the box office figures that Sony went...
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Wow. The French Connection on Blu-ray is one of the great additions to the highest shelf of my Blu-ray library, up there with The Godfather , the Kubrick films, and Pixar’s stuff. (I am soon to throw Raging Bull and The Last Emperor into the PS3 to see what they are like.) The thing about The French...
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I have been persona non grata with Kevin Smith for a long while now. But I keep on hoping that he will become as good a filmmaker as he is a raconteur. Someone sent me blu-ray of Zack & Miri Make A Porno , I had no idea what to expect. But in I jumped. And you know what… it was a real movie. It wasn...
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Dish Network has become the first pay TV provider to feature a TV series in 1080p resolution quality comparable to Blu-ray discT. Dish Network has partnered with A&E Networks to provide the network’s new series “The Beast” in 1080p via its Internet Protocol Video on Demand the day after each new...
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LG Electronics and Netflix on Monday announced a partnership to provide streaming video content for broadband-enabled high-definition television sets, making LG sets the first to stream Netflix content without a separate external device. The sets were unveiled during the Consumer Electronics Show in...
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Golf Channel Swings Into HD The Golf Channel’s high-definition channel has launched in nearly 16 million homes, TelevisionWeek reported. The channel will feature coverage of the first three events of the PGA Tour from Hawaii, marking the first time the events have aired in HD. Other HD programming, including...
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An e-mail went out with some terrible Sony deals on Blu-ray that are too complicated and not nearly enough of a discount to attract anyone who isn't buying already. But as I looked around Amazon, I came upon this, which made me gasp and then laugh... Product Description BluCube: the best Blu-ray...
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Blu-ray Player Sales Triple During Black Friday Week Sales of stand-alone Blu-ray players tripled during the week of Black Friday from the previous week, Video Business reports. Machines dropped below $200 during that week to spur post-Thanksgiving sales. Nearly one in four disc players sold during Black...
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Mojo HD Officially Ceases Broadcast A month and a half after parent company inDemand announced its cancellation, Mojo HD ended its transmissions on Dec. 1, tech blog Engadget reported. Despite the cancellation, Mojo HD original program “Three Sheets” will air a 45-minute “New Year’s Eve Pub Crawl” online...
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When the disc arrived, promising two versions (and a free digital download), I threw it in the PS3 immediately and took a look. Yes, the infamous sex scene is in the “uncut” version. And I do think it was too cartoonish, but that they idea was absolutely viable. In a way, what was missing was some clarity...
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I haven't seen this anywhere else, but the Financial Times is reporting this morning, "Wal-Mart will sell the first sub-$130 Blu-ray player in "Black Friday" holiday sales this week after the Thanksgiving holiday." The announcement is part of a story on how (foolishly) Hollywood...
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Wal-Mart Boasts Lowest-Priced Blu-ray Player for Black Friday Wal-Mart is unveiling the Magnavox Profile 1.1 Blu-ray player for $128 on Black Friday, the Friday after Thanksgiving. That’s the lowest retail price ever for the format, Home Media Magazine reports. The low price was first reported at bargainlist...
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So... got the Hancock Blu-ray, which is Sony's first to go for this differentiating idea. ( Speed Racer was the first from Warner Bros and I believe that Juno was the first Blu-ray with Digital Copy from Fox, though I never got theirs to work.) I actually feel that if “free” Digital Copies are exclusive...