One day. That's all it takes for this DVD to sell out at the local Best Buys. Get thee to your local retailer and purchase this new edition of Walt Disney Treasures: Disneyland: Secrets, Stories, and Magic. It is chock full of 5+ hours of historical behind the scenes video of Disneyland including absolutely fantastic time-lapse shots of the ( Read more... )

High-Def Digest has a really good simplified explanation about different movie aspect-ratio and what happens when the films make the leap to home-video with different size screens. It talks about pan-and-scan, letterboxing, pillarboxing, and also open-matte, wherein you actually get more of the image that was intended for theatrical presentation ( Read more... )

February 20, Babel 2-disc DVD. Wow, that's quick turn-around time. [ Box shots and special features list ]

Holy hell tomorrow's going to be an expensive day ( Read more... )

Shopgirl
Do you like storybook fairy tales? Check out this movie.

Match Point
And here's quite the opposite that will make you cynical of your mate. Still quite recommended.

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Amazing CG action sequences and outright fan-service.

Avoid:
American DadDespite my intentions, I think I may pass on the two great ( Read more... )

So is Oliver Beene coming out on DVD yet or what?

Up until last season, I'd been a faithful Smallville follower. I don't know whatever the hell happened to Lana. I tuned in tonight, and holy shit was this a mindblowing episode! Download it, catch the rerun! But what?! It's not over yet ( Read more... )

(Note: D'oh! I'd written about half of this super-long post, and my PC fries. "Fortunately," I still have this Mac for backup. Now gotta buy a power supply. I think I have to do it tomorrow if I want to be able to record the Franz Ferdinand concert ( Read more... )

So while this week's entertainment-related money matters concern whether or not to buy the Lost DVD (while it's cheap, plus get the BestBuy-exclusive extra bonus disc and $10 coupon off Desperate Housewives) which I have yet to see (though i had two episodes playing behind me while I was on the computer tonight), I want to watch The Exorcism of ( Read more... )

Oh holy crap, the video quality on this Muppets DVD has unbelievably astounding clarity and vibrance for something that was taped for 1970's television!