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The Blu-Ray Review: Saturday Night fever (1977)
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Oddly, negative trends often start from positive beginnings. For example, the whole tendency for movie studios to pack the summer with big-budget nonsense began after the enormous success of Jaws in 1975. As much as some may hate that programming, one can’t fault the still excellent Jaws for it.

Apr 30, 2009 - 6:58:12 PM
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The Blu-Ray Review: Grease: Rockin' Rydell Edition (1978)
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With the exception of 2002’s Chicago, 1978’s Grease represented the last gasp of the Hollywood musical as popular entertainment. And what a gasp it offered! At least at the box office, Grease kicked some serious tail. The movie earned $181 million in 1978, a figure that earns it the spot as the highest-grossing musical of all-time. Of course, if we adjust the figures for inflation, 1965’s The Sound of Music easily grabs the top position for the genre, and 1964’s Mary Poppins also beats it. But Grease remains number one based on actual figures, and anyway, it’s still the biggest hit musical that doesn’t star Julie Andrews!

Apr 30, 2009 - 5:34:27 PM
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The Blu-ray Review: Star Trek: The Original Series
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With this Blu-ray edition of Star Trek, we get the fourth (!) release of “The Original Series” over the last decade. First came versions with two episodes per disc, and then Paramount packaged the shows into season sets. 2007/2008 provided remastered versions – and HD-DVD transfers for Season One. That remained the only high-def “TOS” until now; HD-DVD perished before Paramount released Seasons Two and Three.

Apr 27, 2009 - 10:23:11 PM
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The Blu-Ray Review: Sin City: Recut, Extended and Unrated (2005)
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While famous characters like Batman and Spider-Man get most of the attention, the recent flurry of comic book-based movies has also been good for lesser known titles.

Apr 25, 2009 - 6:29:09 PM
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