http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:52:57 -0700 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:29:09 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Out-Today-on-DVD-and-Bluray?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner This is a long column, so hold on to your hats. I’m going to lead off with Star Trek. There isn’t much to say about this release. The three-disc+digital copy Blu-ray (linked in the title) is the same price right now as every other version... DVDs Blu-ray Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:29:09 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Out-Today-on-DVD-and-Bluray?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d10-Out-today-on-DVD-and-Bluray?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner (c) Disney/Pixar The two biggest releases today are obviously Pixar films. UP and Monsters, Inc. both came out on Blu-ray today. For those hemming and hawing about grabbing the giant four disc Blu-ray versions, quit it and just bite the bullet... DVDs Blu-ray Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:06:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d10-Out-today-on-DVD-and-Bluray?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d3-Out-Today-on-DVD-and-Bluray?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner (c) Lucasfilm and Warner Bros.Today sees the release ofStar Wars The Clone Wars: The Complete Season Oneon DVD and Blu-ray. This is something that you have to get into your collection. I know some of you may be skeptical about my recommending to you ... DVDs Blu-ray Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:56:10 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d3-Out-Today-on-DVD-and-Bluray?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d30-Interview-Pete-Doctor-and-Bob-Peterson-directors-of-Pixars-UP?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner I had the good fortune of attending a virtual roundtable with Pete Doctor and Bob Peterson, the director and co-director of Pixar's latest film, UP.Up comes out on DVD and Blu-ray November 10. You can pre-order it here on Amazon.com. Below is the qu... misc. DVDs interviews filmmaking Blu-ray Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:18:51 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d30-Interview-Pete-Doctor-and-Bob-Peterson-directors-of-Pixars-UP?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d29-Charity-screening-of-Serenity-tonight-only?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner Brewvies Cinema PubBrewvies will be hosting a screening of Joss Whedon's masterpiece Serenity tonight to benefit the chairty "Equality Now".Here's the info:Charity events and film screenings to benefit Equality Now, dedicated to the protect... Brewvies arthouse Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:53:19 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d29-Charity-screening-of-Serenity-tonight-only?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d27-Out-Today-on-Bluray-and-DVD?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner (c) Sony Pictures ClassicsSorry for the delay in today’s post, but today is a good day.  First we have Woody Allen’s most recent addition to his filmography, Whatever Works. This film was terribly funny (even though some prominent fi... DVDs Blu-ray Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:26:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d27-Out-Today-on-Bluray-and-DVD?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d20-Out-Today-on-DVD-and-Bluray?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner In honor of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen coming out today, I want to direct you to a good product with the Transformers name on it: Transformers: 25th Anniversary Matrix Of Leadership Edition. It’s the entire series all in one handy pack... DVDs Blu-ray Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:16:10 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d20-Out-Today-on-DVD-and-Bluray?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d6-Out-Today-on-DVD-and-Bluray?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner (c) DisneyThe first thing I’d like to talk about in today’s column is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which comes out on Blu-ray today. I must say that I’ve been impressed over and over again with Disney’s Blu-ray conversions... DVDs Blu-ray Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:40:32 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d6-Out-Today-on-DVD-and-Bluray?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d29-Out-Today-on-DVD-and-Bluray?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner (c) Warner Home VideoSuperman/Batman: Public Enemies is the top pick for today. You can read my full review of the film here, but suffice to say that the film was reasonably entertaining, full of great action and reunited the best voice acting team ... DVDs Blu-ray Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:05:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d29-Out-Today-on-DVD-and-Bluray?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d22-Out-Today-on-DVD-and-Bluray?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner (courtesy Amazon.com)In my opinion, the two most important Blu-ray releases today are the classic, hilarious films Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. Both of these films have scripts that I would define as Swiss watches. Carefully crafted and as precise... DVDs Blu-ray Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:35:18 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d22-Out-Today-on-DVD-and-Bluray?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d21-Review-SupermanBatman-Public-Enemies?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner (c) Warner Home Video The latest in DC’s animated films is Superman/Batman: Public Enemies which comes out on nationwide September 29. ( You can preorder it on Amazon). The film is loosely based on the Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness story arc th... DVDs reviews Blu-ray Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:27:13 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d21-Review-SupermanBatman-Public-Enemies?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d17-Killer-at-Large-free-to-teachers?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner (c) The Disinformation CompanyThe filmmakers behind the locally produced "Killer at Large" (myself included) announced today that they are giving away a free 20 minute version of the film to any educator interested in using the film as a di... arthouse free movies DVDs filmmaking movie news Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:56:45 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d17-Killer-at-Large-free-to-teachers?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d15-Out-Today-on-DVD-and-Bluray?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner (c) Janus FIlms and Criterion CollectionAnimated X-Men Volume 3 and 4 comes out on DVD today and I have to say I love watching this show all over again. Sure it’s cheesy, but this is how a lot of us were given our first real taste of the X-Men.... arthouse DVDs Blu-ray Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:01:09 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d15-Out-Today-on-DVD-and-Bluray?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d8-Out-Today-on-DVD-and-Bluray?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner (Silverado) Lawrence Kasdan's classic western romp Silverado comes out on Blu-ray today and I can't reccomend this film highly enough. It's smart, tightly written, funny, and chock full of adventure and suspense. Add to that a stellar cast that incl... DVDs Blu-ray Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:30:37 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d8-Out-Today-on-DVD-and-Bluray?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d1-KickAss-gets-a-release-date?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner John Romita, Jr., (c) Marvel ComicsSlashfilm is reporting that one of the hot contenders for Best Picture 2010 (in geekland anyway), Kick-A$s, is going to be released on April 16th, 2010. During the Comic-Con panel, Matthew Vaughn stated that the fil... arthouse Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:31:31 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d1-KickAss-gets-a-release-date?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d1-Out-Today-on-DVD-and-Bluray?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner (c) Paramount Pictures Two epic battle-royal sorts of movies are hitting Blu-ray today and both of them are must-buys in the format. First is Mel Gibson’s classic Braveheart and the other is Ridley Scott’s Gladiator. While I like both fi... DVDs Blu-ray Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:06:01 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d1-Out-Today-on-DVD-and-Bluray?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d28-Trailer-The-Men-Who-Stare-at-Goats?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner The Men Who Stare at GoatsIt isn't often that a movie trailer catches me off guard. Most of the time I'm excited for a film long before any trailers come out, which I blame on our ridiculous Internet culture. But the first I heard of this film was... trailers movie news Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:39:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d28-Trailer-The-Men-Who-Stare-at-Goats?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d26-Lauren-Bacall-hates-Twilight?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner Lauren Bacall And rightly so.   Lauren Bacall, one of the most beautiful women of the Hollywood of yesteryear and star of films like To Have and Have Not and Key Largo, was tasked to watch the recent Twilight film with her granddaughter. On her... misc. movie news Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:38:04 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d26-Lauren-Bacall-hates-Twilight?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d25-Out-Today-on-DVD-and-Bluray?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner (image courtesy Amazon.com)Greg Mottola's indy comedy hit Adventureland comes out on DVD and Blu-ray today. Jesse Eisenberg heads the cast (though it features Ryan Reynolds, Bill Hader, and Kristen Wiig) and I quite liked him a lot in Noah Baumbach's... arthouse DVDs Blu-ray Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:03:20 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d25-Out-Today-on-DVD-and-Bluray?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d24-Review-Inglourious-Basterds-and-a-note-about-film-projection?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner The Weinstein CompanyI went to my local Carmike Cinemas to see Quentin Tarentino's latest opus, Inglourious Basterds, and I must say I was worried going in.  Reviews have been mixed, split right down the middle, but I was determined to see for m... reviews Inglourious Basterds Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:34:18 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2401-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d24-Review-Inglourious-Basterds-and-a-note-about-film-projection?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Movie-Examiner