I had the pleasure of being one of the judges for the CE Week 2017 TV Shootout in NYC today. I flew in earlier in the week to be part of the calibration of the 6 UHD HDR 65” TV sets on Tuesday. The TV Shootout originated from our friend […]
NEW DATA BY NPD GROUP HIGHLIGHTS AMERICA’S FASTEST-GROWING TV BRAND IN TOP FIVE MARKET SHARE POSITION
CORONA, CA, July 25, 2017 – TCL®, one of the world’s largest and America’s fastest-growing television brands, today announced its continued explosive growth in the North American market, backed by new data released from NPD Group, one of the largest market research companies in the world. NPD’s recent data shows that TCL is continuing […]
LG Display to Invest 7.8 Trillion Won in OLED Production Line
LG Display recorded an operating profit of 804 billion won ($720 million) in Q2 2017, however, once again the company’s performance in the second quarter was 22 percent weaker than in Q1 2017 when the firm registered an operating profit of 1.027 trillion won ($91.7 million). Considering the huge initial […]
State Fair (1962) Blu-ray Review
Having already won viewers’ hearts in the early 1930s as a Will Rogers comedy vehicle and in the lavish 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical adaptation, the 1962 remake of State Fair offers a very starry cast, most of the tuneful melodies from the first musical version plus a few new […]
Colossal Blu-ray Review
Wonderful talents have their time (and ours) and talents wasted in Nacho Vigalondo’s inconsequential allegorical fantasy Colossal.
Weekly RoundUp 7-25-2017
Where to find the Best Deals on Movies & TV Shows on 4k/UHD, Blu-ray and DVD… The Features – Ghost in the Shell – 2017 – Gifted – 2017 – Silkwood – 1983 – The Boss Baby – 2017 – Night People – 1954 – Unforgettable – 2017 – […]
Silkwood Blu-ray Review
Mike Nichols’ biographical drama Silkwood puts the viewer into the hearts and minds of its central characters telling an increasingly harrowing true story without sacrificing character development, narrative drive, or the building suspense.
Shooter: Season One DVD Review
Television series based on hit films are nothing new, but it’s a rare television series that spends its entire first season basically remaking the movie on which it was based: Shooter does just that.
Weekly RoundUp 7-18-2017
Where to find the Best Deals on Movies & TV Shows on 4k/UHD, Blu-ray and DVD… The Features – Kong: Skull Island – 2017 – Blood Alley – 1955 – Free Fire – 2016 – Tom Sawyer – 1973 – State Fair – 1962 – Stalker – […]
Song to Song UHD Review
Told in a series of visual and auditory fits and starts, Terrence Malick’s Song to Song is arty, pretentious, unsatisfying, and ultimately pointless.
The Fifth Element UHD Review
Luc Besson’s science fiction classic, The Fifth Element, finally makes its way to 4K UHD Blu-ray, and what a treat it is for the eyes and ears!
The Promise Blu-ray Review
An uninspiring love triangle played out against the backdrop of the first year of World War I in Turkey with a special emphasis on the Armenian Genocide phenomenon forms the core of Terry George’s The Promise.
The Fate of the Furious UHD Review
The Fate of the Furious may not match the best of the series thus far (Furious Five), but it offers plentiful action amid the usual personalities and a few new faces to the franchise that won’t likely disappoint fans.
The Untouchables: The Scarface Mob DVD Review
The Scarface Mob may take some liberties with the real story for the sake of dramatic impact, but it’s an enjoyable feature length look at the origin of television’s The Untouchables and is recommended for fans who don’t already have these programs in their movie format.
The Fate of the Furious Blu-ray Review
The Fast and Furious gang is back for their eighth adventure, this time fighting against one of their own in F. Gary Gray’s The Fate of the Furious.
Full Metal Jacket 30th Anniversary
On July 1, as part of the 30th Anniversary of Stanley Kubrick’s film Full Metal Jacket, I conducted a group interview of Matthew Modine, Vincent D’Onofrio and Leon Vitali in Los Angeles. Matthew Modine played the lead role of Joker in the film, while Vincent D’Onofrio played the key role […]