This fantastical animated release offers a collection of three beloved films, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Fun and Fancy Free, and The Reluctant Dragon.
This double-feature set would be worthwhile even if it only had what is listed - newly restored versions of Fun and Fancy Free and Ichabod and Mr. Toad. However, as a special feature, it has the wonderful The Reluctant Dragon film, which is as good or better than the title features.
My Best Buy number: 2858898051
My Best Buy number: 2858898051
What's great about it: The number of cartoons; the animation
What's not so great: Not much - this is a great value-priced option!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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The King of Comedy is one of Martin Scorsese's most underrated pictures; it's smart, funny, and eerily prescient about today's media culture. This Blu-ray doesn't quite match its excellence, though the AV/PQ is good.
My Best Buy number: 2858898051
My Best Buy number: 2858898051
What's great about it: The performances; Scorsese's direction
What's not so great: The Blu-ray features are just okay
This is a textbook example of style trumping substance; when all is said and revealed, Trance barely makes a whit of sense, but it's so well made and acted that the sheer lunacy of the plot doesn't matter while it's unfolding. Not top-tier Danny Boyle, but it'll do.
My Best Buy number: 2858898051
My Best Buy number: 2858898051
What's great about it: Danny Boyle's visual style, Rosario Dawson
What's not so great: The plot is completely ridiculous/nonsensical
I would recommend this to a friend!
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28 Days Later [Blu-ray] [2002]
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127 Hours [2 Discs] [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray] [2010]
A classic comedy: Jeff Daniels and Jim Carrey make such a great team. Too bad the Blu-ray is near-bare-bones, with a useless extended edition that adds nothing of value.
My Best Buy number: 2858898051
My Best Buy number: 2858898051
What's great about it: The performances, the humor
What's not so great: The Blu-ray isn't impressive at all
Point Break is one of the great action thrillers - it's silly and exciting and overwhelmingly visceral. The disc, though, needs a big upgrade in terms of both PQ/AQ and bonus features.
My Best Buy number: 2858898051
My Best Buy number: 2858898051
What's great about it: Great action sequences, brilliant direction
What's not so great: So-so audio and picture quality, boring supplements
I've got nothing bad to say about the movie itself. It's a horrifying, hilarious, and exhilaratingly well-made satire of corporate greed gone amok. The Blu-ray, however, leaves A LOT to be desired. Even this Best Buy-exclusive, which adds supplements not on the standard Blu-ray, is lacking - it provides twenty-two minutes of extra (and very fluffy, clip-heavy) documentaries. It's clear that more BTS footage was shot - why is Paramount offering up so little?
My Best Buy number: 2858898051
My Best Buy number: 2858898051
What's great about it: The movie is amazing, and it looks and sounds great
What's not so great: Even this Best Buy-exclusive edition is low on features
Robocop remains one of the great action-thrillers of the past thirty years - it's as violent, funny, and socially relevant as it was in 1987. This remastered Blu-ray rectifies the terrible HD disc that MGM/Fox put out at the beginning of the Blu-ray format.
My Best Buy number: 2858898051
My Best Buy number: 2858898051
What's great about it: Much improved PQ/AQ, loads of bonus features, movie is still phenomenal
What can I say that hasn't already been said about this classic Western adventure? It's a near perfect mix of violence, adventure, and postmodern comedy. The Blu-ray, alas, isn't quite up to snuff - the picture quality suffers from some unnecessary EE.
My Best Buy number: 2858898051
My Best Buy number: 2858898051
What's great about it: Redford and Newman, William Goldman's script, Conrad Hall's cinematography
What's not so great: Fuzzy PQ on the Blu-ray; recycled bonus features
I would recommend this to a friend!
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This set contains all thirteen episodes from the fourth season of AMC's Emmy-winning drama Breaking Bad, starring Bryan Cranston as a chemistry teacher turned meth dealer.
This is the best season of Breaking Bad, and that's saying something: Walter White truly crosses the point of no return in a three-episode run ("Crawl Space," "End Times," and "Face Off") that rivals any feature-length thriller you might see on the big screen.
My Best Buy number: 2858898051
My Best Buy number: 2858898051
What's great about it: Acting, writing, directing
What's not so great: Not a thing - a perfect run of television.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Breaking Bad: The Fifth Season [2 Discs] [Blu-ray]
This set contains every episode from the third season of AMC's Emmy award winning dramatic series Breaking Bad, starring Bryan Cranston as a chemistry teacher turned meth-dealer on the run from kingpins and cartels, all the while having to deal with his young partner-in-crime.
This season was the first one where the Breaking Bad staff started making things up as they went along, and the results are stunning. The character work is at a new peak, and the suspense is almost unbearable (see "Fly" or "One Minute" for proof); the last shot of the final episode hits you like a shot to the gut.
My Best Buy number: 2858898051
My Best Buy number: 2858898051
What's great about it: Vivid, terrifying drama; wonderful, quirky characters
What's not so great: It's only thirteen episodes long.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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