Blu-ray Review: Dexter: The Third Season
In plenty of time for the premiere of The Fourth Season on Showtime next month (September 27th, 2009), Dexter: The Third Season is out on Blu-ray now from Paramount so you can relive the excitement of last season, or experience it for the first time, all in the best way possible: 1080p resolution and Dolby Digital TrueHD 5.1.
Blu-ray Review: Duplicity
Tony Gilroy the screenwriter defeats Tony Gilroy the director in this new release from the writer/director of Michael Clayton. Julia Roberts and Clive Owen (Children of Men) star as former government agents who get involved with industrial espionage and each other while they try to con dueling titans of industry played by Paul Giamatti (Sideways, American Splendor) and Tom Wilkinson (Batman Begins, The Full Monty).
Anime Blu-ray Review: Full Metal Panic, The Second Raid
The beloved story of a boy, two girls and the Mecha that the boy uses to destroy the bad guys. Yep, that is right. I know that all you Anime Fans are familiar with Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid, but for all of those who are not it is a story you should get to know. There are many reasons why Full Metal Panic or FMP has such a large fan base that the act of bringing it out on Blu-ray was only natural and exciting to see.
Highlights
Sousuke is the tormented young man who more often than not is consumed by his dedication to the mission. He has been given a great opportunity but sees it as a burden and does not want it. The opportunity is that he is the pilot of a Mecha called an Armed Slave with leading Black Op technology. For some reason it only works when it wants, not when he wants it too.
Blu-ray Review: The Last Starfighter
Back in the day (Read: the 70's and the 80's), Disney went on a huge Sci-Fi movie kick creating some of the most loved Sci-Fi cult classics such as TRON, The Black Hole, Flight of the Navigator, Escape to Witch Mountain, and others using their then state of the art, top of the industry know how of special effects wizardry. The results of which stuck in peoples minds to this day. Recently, Disney has been reviving these said classics in several different ways, TRON is finally getting a full blockbuster movie sequel as well as a Witch Mountain remake with Dwane "The Rock" Johnson along with rereleasing their older counterparts in order to gain interest in these new remakes. Enter the 25th Anniversary Blu-Ray release of The Last Starfighter.
Anime Blu-ray Review: Origin: Spirits of the Past
Another Anime favorite has been offered up to the "Blu-ray" technicians. In this case, they have once again added a new dimension to the already respected anime offering.
Highlights
The never ending struggle between Man and Nature is explored in this beloved tale. In 2006 the creators at Gonzo served up this post apocalyptic story of the future where Scientists created a strain of plant genetics that have a full conscience and is able to affect the human genetic structure too. The world is split into two factions, one is Nature and the other is the Waring Mechanical Humans, in the middle is Neutral City. One day a young lady awakes who had been asleep for 300 years and just so happens to hold the key that would free Humans from the new Super Power, The Forest.
Blu-ray Review: Morning Light
Morning Light is a documentary about a team of young sailors competing in the 2007 Transpacific Yacht Race wherein dozens of boats arranged in divisions according to size compete to see who can make the crossing from Los Angeles to Hawaii fastest. This is a haul of over 2200 miles in a straight line, which course, we are told, cannot even be taken because of a permanent high pressure region in the middle of the Pacific that would bring boats dependent entirely on the wind to a halt. Even in customized ultra-light sailing ships with expert crews, a winning time is usually around ten days. And if somebody gets hurt or sick, or a sail or winch tears or breaks, you better have the equipment and know-how to take care of it yourself, literally a thousand miles from anywhere.
Blu-ray Review: Stargate Atlantis- Fan’s Choice
Good news for Stargate Atlantis Fans: MGM has just released Stargate Atlantis- Fans' Choice on Blu-ray! This single disc release contains the pilot episode, "Rising" Parts 1 and 2, and an extended version of the series finale, "Enemy at the Gate". These three episodes are presented in glorious high definition and have never looked better!
Blu-Ray Review: Race to Witch Mountain
Dwayne Johnson (Doom, The Rundown) stars in Race to Witch Mountain, a "re-imagining" of 1975's Escape to Witch Mountain, Disney's first adaptation of the 1968 novel by Alexander Key, who made a career out of paranormal YA stories a generation before it was hip. Although details of characterization and plot may change with each transition, some points are invariant throughout, most notably alliteratively-named siblings with psychic powers, at least one reliable adult to help the twins against a much better connected heavy who represents the dark side of humanity, and of course the eponymous mountain itself.
Blu-ray Review: Dollhouse
"I know you've heard colorful rumors about what an Active is… An Active is the truest soul among us."
Blu-ray Review: 12 Monkeys
From the space between the past and the future, buried somewhere flush against both madness and sanity, comes the time traveling story about potentially crazy people. We all want the future to be perfect. Flying cars, moving platforms, and robot servants will make life good. In the past the idealized future job has been to simply sit around all day and maybe push a button or two. Anyone who has worked in an office or cubicle can tell you that can be boring and tedious work, and definitely not the job of the future. Didn’t you get the memo? As much as I dreamed of a future with an Astro of my own, there are those who had a decidedly different outtake on what the future would look like.
Blu-ray Review: Doctor Who – Planet of the Dead
The Doctor is back! David Tennant returns as the 10th Doctor in Planet of the Dead, the newest story in the Doctor Who universe, which is now available on Blu-ray! This stand alone special features the Doctor at his best when a bus and its passengers are accidentally transported through a wormhole to an alien world, the Doctor must act quickly or everyone is doomed… Luckily for him, he has the lovely Lady Christina (played by Bionic Woman's Michelle Ryan) to help with this tricky situation.
