SciFi

Star Trek: The Original Series: Season 2

October 23, 2009 // 0 Comments

Fortunately for fans, Paramount Home Entertainment is pretty dedicated when it comes to releasing the Star Trek franchise in high definition, and I was eager to get my hands on their 7-disc Blu-Ray set of "Star Trek: The Original Series: Season [...]

Contact

October 14, 2009 // 0 Comments

While "Contact" may not be the major driving force on Blu-Ray that it was when it was first released on DVD in 1998 and sold out in virtually every store overnight, but it still is a movie with enormous appeal, particularly when presented in [...]

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

October 9, 2009 // 0 Comments

Going back to the beginning of the franchise, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is giving the X-Men an new lease on life with their prequel approach. "X-Men Origins: Wolverine"is the first of what could potentially become a series of movies [...]

Watchmen

July 16, 2009 // 0 Comments

A number of years ago, someone recommended Alan Moore's "Watchmen" to me with the stipulation that is was the best and most mature graphic novel ever. I read it and I did not like it. If "mature" means convoluted and hard to [...]

Children Of Men

May 14, 2009 // 0 Comments

"Children Of Men" is one of those films that you don't hear a whole lot about, yet when you see them, they are quite impressive, and when people begin to talk about them, everyone goes "Oh yeah, that film was great!" Finally [...]

Star Trek: The Original Series: Season 1

April 28, 2009 // 0 Comments

Over the years "Star Trek" has become one of the main staples of Paramount Home Entertainment as the studio released the various shows from the franchise on DVD in numerous incarnations. "Star Trek: The Original Series: Season 1" even [...]

Galaxy Quest

April 27, 2009 // 0 Comments

It is hard to believe but yes, "Galaxy Quest" is 10 years old already. To celebrate the anniversary, Dreamworks Home Entertainment has prepared a new DVD version of the film, although one has to seriously wonder why not Blu-Ray version has been [...]

The Day The Earth Sood Still

April 17, 2009 // 0 Comments

Given the constant influx of utterly forgettable and mediocre remakes of classic movies, it is hardly surprising that people are reluctant to see yet another re-imagining of a movie they loved for decades. Robert Wise's 1951 classic science fiction [...]

Pitch Black

March 10, 2009 // 0 Comments

"Pitch Black" is certainly not the most original horror-in-space movies out there, but it does have its redeeming qualities, and even more so when you watch this dark, brooding movie in high definition. The movie takes us to a ship traveling [...]

I Am Legend: Ultimate Collector's Edition

January 27, 2009 // 0 Comments

Richard Matheson's 1954 novel "I Am Legend" has, along with its subsequent film adaptations, left a continuing influence on various sub-genres of horror and science fiction, including the vampire and zombie genres. The protagonist, Robert [...]
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