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K-19 Blu-ray Resurfaces, Escape from LA Breaks Out

On May 4, Paramount Home Entertainment will release John Carpenter’s Escape from L.A. and Kathryn Bigelow’s K-19: The Widowmaker. These two catalog titles were initially scheduled for September 2009, but were later postponed, along with 48 Hrs., The Firm and The Score. Audio on both titles is listed as Dolby TrueHD 5.1. Special features are [...]

Saving Private Ryan Coming to Blu-ray

Paramount Home Entertainment has announced the Blu-ray release of the war movie Saving Private Ryan, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks, on May 4, just four days before V-E Day. This title will be part of Paramount’s Sapphire Series; audio/video specifications and special features have not been officially listed yet. The title is [...]

Blu-ray Review: Friday the 13th, Part 2

Friday the 13th: Part 2 scares up Blu-ray! Buoyed by the success of Friday the 13th, Paramount wanted a sequel and wanted it fast. Friday the 13th, Part 2 hit theaters in May of 1981, less than a year after its predecessor. Having served as an associate-producer on the first film, Steve Miner took over [...]

DVD Review: El Dorado (Paramount Centennial Collection)

Last time you took the front door and I took the back, this time we’ll do’er the other way around. –John Wayne as Cole Thornton El Dorado was the second to last film of legendary director Howard Hawks. Released in 1967, El Dorado is the second film in a trilogy directed by Hawks varying the [...]

Blu-ray Review: Saturday Night Fever

Say what you will but Saturday Night Fever is probably one of the most culturally significant films of the last fifty years. Released in the United States on December 16, 1977 Saturday Night Fever not only revolutionized the movie and film industries but also changed the way people dressed, communicated and socialized. Tight bell bottoms, [...]

DVD Review: The Odd Couple – The Paramount Centennial Collection

Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau made several films together but probably none is more beloved than The Odd Couple. Released on May 2, 1968, written by Neil Simon, the film was based on the Tony Award winning play of the same name. There’s little doubt that The Odd Couple’s two main characters, Oscar Madison and [...]

DVD Review: Friday the 13th, Part 2 – Deluxe Edition

Buoyed by the success of Friday the 13th, Paramount wanted a sequel and wanted it fast. Friday the 13th, Part 2 hit theaters in May of 1981, less than a year after its predecessor. Having served as an associate-producer on the first film, Steve Miner took over the producer/director role for the sequel. The film [...]

Blu-ray Review: Friday the 13th – Uncut Deluxe Edition (1980)

It’s about time Paramount brought the uncut version of Friday the 13th to Blu-ray. Fans can rejoice; the horror classic looks better than I could have ever imagined. Inspired by the success of John Carpenter’s Halloween two years before, Friday the 13th was made on a budget estimated to be $550,000 and went on to [...]

DVD Review: Friday the 13th – Uncut Deluxe Edition (1980)

Inspired by the success of John Carpenter’s Halloween two years before, Friday the 13th was made on a budget estimated to be $550,000 and went on to gross over $39.7 million at the box office in the United States and went on to become one of the most profitable horror films in the history of [...]

Blu-ray Review: Nature’s Calling – Without a Paddle

Apparently, back in 2004, Paramount released a movie called Without a Paddle, where three city folk head into the wilderness for some crazy adventures. If you don’t remember it, you’re not the only one. I hadn’t even heard of it until I looked it up on IMDB.com. Surprisingly, Without a Paddle did well enough at [...]

Blu-ray Review: Hot Rod

It seems like Paramount has been releasing Blu-ray titles by the boatload over the last few months. As an enthusiastic adapter of the high-definition technology, most of the time I’m more than happy to embrace any new title that comes across my desk; however, that doesn’t mean that I’m not befuddled by the order of [...]

DVD Review: Sabrina – Centennial Collection

Fresh off her success in William Wyler’s Roman Holiday, Audrey Hepburn joined Humphrey Bogart, William Holden and director Billy Wilder for 1954′s Sabrina. The film was adapted from the Samuel A. Taylor play Sabrina Fair. Taylor adapted his play for the screen, along with Ernest Lehman. Paramount originally released Sabrina back in April of 2001, [...]

Blu-ray Review: The Godfather Collection – The Coppola Restoration

The Godfather Collection – The Coppola Restoration has to be one of the best Blu-ray releases of 2008. Parts I and II are arguably two of the greatest films ever made, and now the entire trilogy is available remastered, with a high-definition Blu-ray picture and TrueHD 5.1 sound. This is just about as good as [...]

DVD Review: Grease – Rockin’ Rydell Edition

Ordinarily, I hate double dipping. In this case, double dipping means releasing the same DVD twice with exactly the same bonus material. Paramount released Grease: Rockin’ Rydell Edition back in September of 2006. Now, just two years later, the same edition has been released again, ostensibly to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the films theatrical [...]

Blu-ray Review Transformers [Two Disc Special Edition]

I should preface this review by saying that my initial interest in Transformers grew from the films role in the HD vs. Blu-ray format war. When Paramount released the high-definition version of Transformers exclusively on HD DVD back in 2007, it looked as though HD might be gaining the upper hand. The move also angered [...]

Blu-ray Review: Patriot Games

After The Hunt for Red October earned $200,512,643 worldwide, Paramount saw the makings of a franchise, so the studio decided to make some changes. Most notably, Harrison Ford replaced Alec Baldwin as Dr. Jack Ryan. For Ryan’s wife, Anne Archer as Dr. Catherine Ryan replaced Star Trek Next Generation’s Gates McFadden as Caroline Ryan. This [...]

DVD Review: Love American Style – Season One, Volume Two

Paramount has recently released a three DVD set containing the remaining twelve episodes of the first season of Love American Style. The anthology series which usually consisted of three vignettes really broke the mold as far as what had been seen on television up to that point. Couples, married or unmarried were shown kissing in [...]

DVD Review: Gunsmoke: The Second Season, Volume 1

During its first season on CBS, Gunsmoke wasn’t in the top thirty in the television ratings. It was during the series second year that that the show caught on, eventually becoming the year’s seventh most popular program. From then on, Gunsmoke became one of the most popular westerns in television history, running for twenty seasons [...]