Saturday, October 18. 2008
Coming Soon on Blu-Ray: This is Spinal Tap
Finally one of my favorite movies of all time is getting released on Blu-Ray (01/20/09): This is Spinal Tap. (Not surprisingly to those who know me) I have both versions of the previous Spinal Tap releases (Criterion Collection and the Special Edition) and yes, I do watch both  . And, of course, I will be picking up this version as well.  Now, if only Lord of the Rings would come out on Blu-Ray.... |  |
Wednesday, October 8. 2008
Movie: Taxi To The Dark Side (Redux)
| I have finally had the chance to view this searing documentary, I strongly recommend that people view it, especially Americans; whether they are conservative, liberal, Republican or Democrat is irrelevant. It is very disturbing and disquieting, to say the least, to see the American government condoning the same actions into law that we normally associate with other countries that are violators of human rights. An interesting footnote is a posthumous interview with Alex Gibney's dad, Frank, himself a former Navy interrogator during WWII, stating, among other things, how some of the laws that the Bush administration put into effect made him lose his faith in the American government. One (among many) interesting point is how John McCain was one of the strong opponents of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay, but sadly, was allegedly strong armed by the Bush administration into supporting the Bush bill that effectively pardoned the Bush administration from any wrong doing from Abu Ghraib, after he was threatened with being discredited by the Republican party during his Presidential run. |  |
Wednesday, October 1. 2008
DVD: IronMan
| IronMan has been released on DVD and Blu-Ray disc and of course I had to pick up the 2-disc Blu-Ray Ultimate Edition. I haven't had a chance to get through the extras yet, but the movie itself looks outstanding. DigitalBits gave a good review (and making note of the Dynamic Range Compression (DRC) issue with the Blu-Ray disc). I haven't had a chance to work through the extras yet, but give me time... |  |
