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Weekly RoundUp 1-31-12 Edition DVD and Blu-ray Deals

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in Bargains and Deals
started by Adam Gregorich

Mike is out recuperating this week, so I am taking a stab at this week's update. To Kill a Mockingbird makes it HD debut this week and based on Robert Harris' comments I'll be picking it up. What titles will you be adding to your collection this week? » read more

Manhattan Blu-ray Review

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in Official HTF Blu-ray Reviews
started by MattH.

After the sparkling triumph of Annie Hall and a not so well received sojourn into Bergmanesque angst with Interiors, Woody Allen turned his sights back to New York with the dark comedy Manhattan. The wry wit and sparkling banter from Annie Hall are still very much present (credit co-writer Marshall Brickman who wrote both films with Woody), but the personal stories here are more problem-filled and their resolutions hazier and much less certain of a happy ending. Like life. » read more

The Thing (2011) Blu-ray Review

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in Official HTF Blu-ray Reviews
started by Kevin EK

The Thing is a fairly unremarkable movie. It’s presented as a prequel to the 1982 John Carpenter horror film of the same name, but can more accurately be thought of as a remake – the latest in a string of such efforts which have included Halloween, Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street and Dawn of the Dead. (The producers of that last remake title are also responsible for this one.) As a sci-fi/horror film, The Thing isn’t a bad film – it’s just not that interesting. If you’ve already seen the Carpenter film, much of this material will be familiar territory, which makes a viewing unnecessary. On the other hand, if you haven’t seen the Carpenter film, this may seem fresh – but it would be a better use of 2 hours of your life... » read more

Spellbound Blu-ray Review

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in Official HTF Blu-ray Reviews
started by MattH.

The subject of psychoanalysis didn’t become ready fodder for stage and screen treatments until the 1940s when theater pieces such as Lady in the Dark and movies like Spellbound came to use the science as a hook for their plots. The psychoanalytic themes used in Alfred Hitchcock’s Spellbound may have constrained the filmmaker just a bit in molding the material to fit his very distinctive cinematic style, but the movie nevertheless manages to lure the viewer into its various mysteries and carry him along to their conclusions. Never as secure with murder mysteries as he was with pure suspense films... » read more

HTF Exclusive Interview with Andrea Kalas, VP of Archives at Paramount Pictures

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in Blu-ray
started by Neil Middlemiss

Andrea Kalas, VP of Archives at Paramount Pictures sat down with HomeTheaterForum late last week to discuss her work restoring the just-released Wings on Blu-Ray. Andrea talks about the extensive research to prepare for the restoration work of the important and Academy Award winning silent feature from Paramount as well as her time at the British Film Institute. Wings is available on Blu-ray now. Andrea, Thank you for talking with HomeTheaterForum today, I really appreciate it. We have an enthusiastic film appreciation membership and readership at the forum and Wings has always been a holy ground to many of our readers. How did Wings come about as a project for you to work on? I think there... » read more

A few words about...To Kill a Mockingbird on Blu-ray

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in A Few Words About By Robert Harris
started by Robert Harris

Where do I begin? I've now had the opportunity to view two of the finest films ever made -- and two personal favorites within a 48 hour period. To Kill a Mockingbird, based upon the novel by Harper Lee, is to my mind, one of the most beautiful and perfect films ever made. It possesses a timelessness unlike the majority of period dramas. But to point, film, as a medium, is not timeless. And this commentary will go into how it affects a film like To Kill a Mockingbird, why it looks as it does, and » read more

Annie Hall Blu-ray Review

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started by MattH.

Woody Allen’s free association, semi-autobiographical comedy classic Annie Hall is a wise and wonderful film. Winner of the Best Picture Oscar in 1977 (the first comedy in many years to achieve that honor), Annie Hall retains its sense of neurotic hilarity all of these years after its initial release. As the only Allen film to ever have won Best Picture (as well as Best Director and Best Screenplay prizes for Woody Allen, the latter co-written with Marshall Brickman) Annie Hall is unique, but its true genius lies in its canny mixture of witty dialogue, heartfelt performances, and its unconventional structure. » read more

A few words about...Notorious on Blu-ray

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in A Few Words About By Robert Harris
started by Robert Harris

I love the way that rights and licenses move around. As I recall, the Selznick titles ended up owned by ABC, which then linked them with Disney. Somehow they've made their way over to MGM, and are being released via Fox, after a brief visit to Anchor Bay. The important thing is that Notorious (as well as Rebecca and Spellbound) are finally out on Blu-ray. But how does it look on Blu-ray. In a word... » read more

Rebecca Blu-ray Review

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started by MattH.

When Alfred Hitchcock decided he wanted to come to America to make films in order to utilize the greater facilities and larger pool of star talent, he signed on not with one of the Hollywood giants but with boutique studio David O. Selznick’s Selznick International. The contract was for five pictures over seven years, and while they originally talked about Titanic being his maiden voyage in American moviemaking, he went to work instead on Rebecca, a gothic romance with the kind of brooding melancholia and dark, whispered secrets which appealed to the master of suspense. While those who are more familiar with Rear Window or North by Northwest might blink twice ... » read more

What is the difference between a $17 and a $150 HDMI cable?

Featured by Kevin Collins

I have always bought high quality audio and video cables. I just purchased a Toshiba DLP 50inch HDTV and want the picture to look the absolute best it can. I was ready to drop $150 on an HDMI cable but from Monster Cable but thought that was a ridiculous price for it. I am about to stick with the HDMI cable that came with my HDTV DirecTV receiver and save some money. What do you guys think? Is there really a difference in quality between a $17 and $150 cable or is it a complete waste of money? » read more