Blu-ray Review: Star Trek, The Original Series – Season One
As any Star Trek fan is undoubtedly aware, the original series has been released in countless DVD formats. From its late 1990s single disc, two-episodes-per-disc DVD release, to its more recent HD presentation, the Enterprise and her crew have never found the definitive home-entertainment release. Until now. Blu-ray was meant for Star Trek. The series’ […]
Blu-ray Review: The Robe – Special Edition
I first saw The Robe when I was about eight years old, at a showing by a local film society. I remember the man who introduced the film telling us that the movie we were about to see was the first film released in CinemaScope. That meant nothing to me then but I would later […]
Blu-ray Review: The Day the Earth Stood Still
Released only six years after the end of World War II, The Day the Earth Stood Still is widely considered one of the best science fiction films ever made. Director Robert Wise’s 1951 plea for world peace still resonates after all these years. Producer Julian Blaustein set out to make a film that illustrated the […]
Blu-ray Review: Standard Operating Procedure
Documentaries have long been overlooked by much of the movie going public. I’m not really sure why, but I’ve always felt most people go to the movies to escape reality, and documentaries tend to bring us right back into the real world we’re trying so hard to escape with a visit to our local Cineplex. […]
DVD Review: Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark – Special Edition
Snakes. Why’d it have to be snakes? –Indiana Jones On the beaches of Hawaii in the summer of 1977, George Lucas and “director for hire” Steven Spielberg decided to make an adventure movie that hearkened back to the old, cheaply made adventure serials of the 1930’s. George Lucas had a story idea for an adventurous […]