Recent content by Christopher Bosley

I can't speak to why people would be bored with Chicago, given the superior quality of the songwriting (if hot jazz isn't your thing though, probably not going to do much for you), choreography, and a story that is as timely now as when it happened. I felt it was clearly the best movie I saw...

Ok, not to belabor the point or anything. But I was under the impression that it *wasn't* the Collector Series that had the anamorphic transfer, but rather a later release of the barebones edition (after Miramax abandoned that way cheesy WIDESCREEN logo) that was 16x9 friendly. Of course, it...

Could someone with knowledge please remind me again of the labeling to look for in determining whether the R1 Good Will Hunting disc is anamorphic? I seem to remember that it was never entirely clear but I'm hoping that by now any of the old discs have been cleared out of inventory. Still, would...

Kim Possible is the only one I would bother with animation wise, personally. Cleverly written and highest production values to my eyes.

"Now if you'll excuse me, I've got a widow to console"

They *have* to have Donny on the finale. Chicken pot, chicken pot, chickent pot pieeeee

Seems like all the consumer recievers I'm pricing only have 2 component video inputs for switching purposes. I would love to find one with 3 in the event that I can get HDTV through the cable company (the other two for DVD/game system). Not looking to spend big bucks, just hoping to find...

Brother Bear is going to be beyond huge. As an indication of just how confident Disney is in this, they aren't opening it until Saturday that weekend. It's got the closest thing to that Lion King vibe of any of their animated features since, well, The Lion King. The Phil Collins soundtrack means...

The Real Genius montage is set to the song "Man In the Making" but I don't recall the artist

Except that product will trump brand, imho. People will find Pixar movies no matter what studio they are being made for. People will quickly figure out that Pixar is *not* making movies for Disney if they try and cash in on the franchises with inferior product.

"So long Charley!" Best line of the year.

It's per screen average was actually better than Spy Kids (over $10k per screen to SK's $9k and change). Hard to say if that would have held up if it had opened on 3500 screens as opposed to 1987, but that was never Universal's marketing plan in the first place. It will add several hundred...

AFAIK, Incredibles and Cars are the last films that Pixar are obligated to deliver to Disney under their current deal. But because of the long lead time Pixar needs to create their pics, a deal for any future films has to be done pretty much now.

Leisurley walk? Yes it spends the first half hour setting the stage on the backstory of the three principals, but once they buy Seabiscuit hold on to your hats. Like the Biscuit himself, not always the fastest out of the gate, when coming around the back turn and into the homestretch, the movie...

The question is not whether Seabiscuit will make $100 million but how close it will get to $200 million. I saw it tonight here in Baltimore at The Senator theater, a grand old 900-seat showcase. Every seat in the theater was filled, as crowded as it's been at any Star Wars, Matrix, or Lord of...