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Belated Thoughts about CES 2016

February 16, 2016 // 0 Comments

The exhibits have long been dismantled and shipped home. Weary journalists have re-scattered across the globe. Las Vegas is already welcoming the next trade assemblage into its glittering arms. With the exception of print magazines awaiting their lead [...]

Pulling the 4K Trigger on Black Friday

November 23, 2015 // 0 Comments

The fever starts just after Halloween. At first, it’s a vague, nondescript but growing yen. Within a few weeks, the hunger amplifies to a fathomless intensity. But while Thanksgiving is supposed to slake any magnitude of nutritional deprivation, no [...]

Ultra HD Blu-ray: What if they threw a format and nobody came?

August 31, 2015 // 0 Comments

On Monday, August 24th, the Blu-ray Disc Association officially started licensing the Ultra HD Blu-ray spec to consumer electronics manufacturers and content providers. As a home entertainment collector, I should be jumping for joy. The fruition of [...]

Universal’s monsters revisited as action-adventures

February 12, 2015 // 0 Comments

Some time ago, Universal Pictures Chairman Donna Langley made mention of a slate of movies that are evidently in various stages of production at the studio, centering around one of Universal’s greatest legacies, the Universal Monsters. Since, unlike [...]

The 5 Greatest Poker Films of All Time

October 2, 2014 // 0 Comments

The Great Poker Film Roundup Over the past few years, poker has seen an unprecedented boom. While it was largely played in casinos for the longest time, recently, we’ve seen millions of people take on the hobby, playing the game in their basements, and [...]

Production Diary: Halloween

May 11, 1999 // 0 Comments

“Halloween” was the first DVD release by Anchor Bay Entertainment in November 1997, marking the company’s foray into the fledgling DVD format. The format was still rather new and at the time everyone was going through a learning process to manage [...]