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It's a REALLY cheap DVD transfer, mastered from an old analog videotape in pan-and-scan with muddy sound. It's complete with tape glitches, smeary detail and lousy color. But I don't imagine Dirty Duck will get a better release anytime soon. It looks nowhere near as good as MGM's upcoming...

If you're talking about the Anchor Bay release of the Salkind Santa Claus - The Movie movie starring Dudley Moore, rest assured that it IS available in the original 2.35:1 aspect ratio. There may have been a P&S release at some point, but I own the anamorphic widescreen version, and it looks...

I agree that OAR is the only way to go, in the ideal case. But I can't help thinking that this might not be a good "break-in" presentation for the mainstream audience. Perhaps the fact that the image cuts to FULL scope widescreen for the most vividly cinematic portions of the film will...

Sometimes the two are different enough from each other to make both book and movie enjoyable, regardless of order. I'm reading Nick Hornby's "High Fidelity" right now; there are lots of "internal" laugh-out-loud jokes that just didn't fit into the movie. And because the original novel is set...

Okay, I've refrained from adding my half-baked ideas to ANY Star Wars thread to date, but I have to jump in on this one. I've been a Star Wars fan since 1977, when I saw the first movie at the age of ten. I haven't been a big fan of the ancillary novels and such (mostly because many of them...

Regarding Moulin Rouge and its use of "covers," let us not forget that Singin' in the Rain was a collection of covers as well. All of those songs were pre-existing hits, grouped together into a film that most people regard as a classic of the movie musical genre. I also believe we're seeing a...

I had one factual disagreement with the review - to my knowledge, the first season of The Simpsons was presented in Dolby 2.0 Surround, not mono. I acquired my first stereo system around the time The Simpsons debuted, and I distinctly recall being impressed by the show's use of panning FX. (In...