The hills are alive with "The Sound of Music" -- and a dusting of serious grain. That's the good and bad news about the long-awaited Blu-ray debut of the Julie Andrews classic. Previous home video versions of the 1965 musical failed to truly dazzle due to the source materials' age-related defects. Fox’s new Blu-ray eliminates most of the … [Read more...]
‘The Last Waltz’: Playing with the Band
Martin Scorsese's "The Last Waltz" -- the "Raging Bull" of concert movies -- opens with a knockout punch: Members of the Band, exhausted after six hours of nonstop performing, power into their final song, "Don't Do It." Although the performance was recorded live nearly 30 years ago, the Blu-ray audio startles with its punch and immediacy. Bass … [Read more...]
Miyazaki’s ‘Ponyo’ surfaces on Blu-ray
Stateside pleas for Blu-ray versions of Hayao Miyazaki's animation classics will only intensify with the high-def release of his latest film, the delightful "Ponyo." The fish-out-of-water fantasy ranks as one of the best-looking animated features ever rendered in high definition. The hand-drawn images are brimming with color, movement and magic. … [Read more...]
Soderbergh’s ‘Che’: Rebel without a pause
In total, "Che" runs 4.5 hours. Too much for most moviegoers, but not for director Steven Soderbergh. He regrets not extending his guerrilla warfare chronicle to 10 hours -- "the miniseries route." In fact, Soderbergh regrets the whole thing. "I can't sit here and tell you it was worth it," the director says of "Che." "It made me wonder if … [Read more...]
‘The Prisoner: Complete Series’ on Blu-ray
At the least, we can be grateful for AMC's "reimagining" of "The Prisoner" because it hastened the arrival of the classic cult series on Blu-ray. "The Prisoner," of course, was in no need of a remake. The '60s spy series feels more relevant than ever ... and yet remains very much a product of its time -- 1966-1967, the glory days of psychedelia … [Read more...]
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