The extended Blu-ray edition of "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" is making its journey to market with 13 additional minutes in the film and a super-sized nine hours of extras. The upgraded home videos arrive Nov. 5. "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Extended Edition" will be available as a five-disc Blu-ray set ($55 SRP) that features the … [Read more...]
13 Hitchcock films debuting on Blu-ray
Thirteen films directed by Alfred Hitchcock will make their debut on Blu-ray as part of Universal's Sept. 25 release of "The Masterpiece Collection." The headlines will be for the long-awaited Blu-ray bows of "Rear Window," "The Birds" and "Vertigo." The other HD debuts appear to be "Saboteur," "A Shadow of a Doubt," "Rope," "The Trouble With … [Read more...]
‘Chinatown’ surfaces on Blu-ray
"Chinatown" finally is flowing to Blu-ray, with Paramount setting an April 3 release for Roman Polanski's neo-noir classic. The Blu-ray features "a new high definition transfer" along with 2 1/2 hours of extras, Paramount Home Entertainment said. The previous two DVD versions -- from 2007 and 2009 -- looked quite good, so "Chinatown" fans … [Read more...]
‘Crime Story’ retold on DVD set
Michael Mann's gritty, compelling and sometimes ridiculous "Crime Story" was the producer-director's 1986 follow-up to "Miami Vice." Set in pre-Miranda 1963, the NBC show followed Lt. Mike Torello (Dennis Farina) as he led a major-crimes unit specializing in making the Windy City too hot for hip gangster Ray Luca (Anthony Denison). In season 2, … [Read more...]
Hitler hates Netflix, to no one’s surprise
That Hitler clip from "Downfall" remains one of the greatest comic memes ever to hit the Web. Well, to no one's surprise, der fuhrer has a beef with Reed Hastings and Netflix. View on ... … [Read more...]
