I Robot Blu ray
In the year 2035, technology and robots are a trusted part of everyday life. But that trust is broken when a scientist is found dead and a skeptical detective (Smith) believes that a robot is responsible. Bridget Moynahan co-stars in this high-tech action thriller that questions whether technology will ultimately lead to mankind’s salvation . . . or annihilation.
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4 Stars I,robot
‘I, Robot’ features very good quality 1080p/AVC-encoded transfer,I may as well begin at the opening titles and the real kicker is how pristine the image actually is.It’s quite simply delivers one of the best transfers I’ve ever seen.I couldn’t believe how realistic it all sounded. Just listen to the pouncing robots, the engines throttling against the road.
5 Stars Great Action Adventure!
A top notch crew does a wonderful job of bringing the essence of Isaac Asimov’s robot stories to life. The acting and directing are great, even more amazing considering that much of the filming was done using blue-screen backgrounds and stand-ins for the robots, who were created later using computer generated figures. Bridget Moynahan pulled off her role brilliantly. She became a scientist involved in a puzzling crime, instead of looking like a strident feminist or a hot bod mouthing lines she didn’t understand. Will Smith was amazing and fluid as always. Even the minor (human) characters sparkled.
2 Stars Oops
I have the movie in full screen. I wanted a wide screen version to play on my computer lcd monitor.
Oops!! it quit playing about halfway through.
Tested on a stand alone DVD player same thing.
Dispointed…
5 Stars I Liked It!
I read “I, Robot” as a teenager and loved it. They changed quite a few things, but I was not disappointed by this movie because I felt they retained the true essence of the book. I was very moved by the robots protection of humans. I think Will Smith did a good job. I really liked the computer-generated robots. Their humanity really came through. Even though they deviated a lot from the original book, I would recommend this, even for big fans of Isaac Asimov.
5 Stars I Robot on Blu Ray DVD
This movie is spectacular….i got it for 17.99. You wont be disappointed. Audio is incredible.
Master and Commander The Far Side of the World Blu ray
Master and Commander The Far Side of the World Blu ray
When a sudden attack by a French warship inflicts casualities and severe damage upon his vessel, Captain “Lucky” Jack Aubrey (Crowe) of the British Royal Navy is torn between duty and friendship as he embarks on a thrilling, high-stakes chase across two oceans to intercept and capture the enemy at any cost. Nominated for 10 Academy Awards including Best Picture!
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1 Star Boring
Better make that boooooooorrrrrrrrrinnnnnnnnnnng, because this drags on and on and on, with no end in sight skip it!
5 Stars One of My Favorites
I do not usually write reviews of movies but this time I had to because this film masterpiece is one of my all time favorites because everything about it is top notch. I was virtually taken back in time by the realism of the film. While the acting by all the major characters was fantastic; and the cinematography that so beautifully captured that time in history; the surround sound recording of the creaks and groans of an old ship, the sound of swords clashing, the bang of canons along with such realistic sounds of a storm at sea; all contributed to making this film a rare work of art. Those who wrote reviews saying that this film was boring either had AADD or were expecting some super-hero movie. I believe they should try to watch this film one more time and pay attention. I cannot help but believe they will come away with a much better experience.
5 Stars Master and Commander…magnificent blu-ray!
Having read 14 of the 20 or so novels in Patrick O’Brien’s series on the British navy during the Napoleonic wars, this film captures the heart of the stories, ie, the relationship between “lucky” Jack Aubrey and Dr Stephen Maturin. I’ve seen the original DVD (sans blu-ray) and loved it, both for picture and sound. But, the blu-ray version is beyond description. Intense color contrasts and crushing, almost overwhelming sound makes this one of the best adventure films you’ll ever see. While the majority of the story follows the “Far Side of the World” book, it also is interspliced with scenes that are found in earlier series books. This doesn’t interfere with the screenplay, but only enhances the opportunity to get to know the characters better. One can only hope that another movie based on these books is being considered. The casting is superb and contains an eye for detail that the screenwriter caught perfectly. Hundreds of reviews by top reviewers in every major newspaper and magazine have called these books the best historical novels ever written. This film, and especially the blu-ray enhancement, certainly does them justice.
4 Stars Good movie, better disc!
I didn’t know what to expect, in fact, I actually expected this to be a long drawn out movie. However, I was pleasantly surprised. It has a good story that keeps your interest. Although the picture quality of this blu ray is excellent, the sound steals the show. Those with a capable speaker setup (especially the sub) will benefit the most. In the first scene it sounded and felt like the canon ball was going straight through my room. There are even times where it seems like things were gonna fall on my head. If you’ve never seen this movie, I would rent it first. If you have seen the movie, I wouldn’t hesitate to pick up this blu ray just for its demo worthy soundtrack.
5 Stars Great movie and Blu-Ray title.
If you want to give your surround sound system a workout, this is the title. The opening battle will shake the room. The movie itself is a masterpiece…a very realistic portrayal of life on the high seas, with good performances all around.
3 10 to Yuma Blu ray
Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 01/08/2008 Run time: 99 minutes Rating: R
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5 Stars Three Tens for Yuma
I’ve never been a Western fanatic. I’ll watch one occasionally, but am not an avid watch and can’t claim to have seen all the classic Western’s. I also hadn’t seen the original 1957 version of “3:10 to Yuma” so I am not comparing this to the original.
With all those asides, I loved this movie and thought it was brilliantly done. For starters, the cinematography was stellar, but it certainly would not be a good sign for a modern Western to have poor cinematography. The acting was top notch, by both by stars, Russell Crowe and Christian Bale, but was surprisingly strong by the supporting characters like Ben Foster and Alan Tudyk, as Charlie Prince and Doc Potter respectively. Additionally, Peter Fonda delivered a first rate performance as Byron McElroy and Logan Lerman had a breakthrough performance as Dan Evan’s (Christian Bale) son.
Dan Evan’s, a Union soldier with an amputated leg has moved to Arizona after the Civil War for the warm, dry climate to help his son’s medical condition. Him and his family are struggling to survive and his chance to help his family arrives in the form of Ben Wade. Wade and his band of outlaws are thugs prowling the Wild West for coaches to steal and thieve. When Ben Wade is finally captured, Evan’s offers to help transport him to be put on the 3:10 train to Yuma and be brought to justice. His reward is $200 and the chance to help his struggling family.
As we follow the transport of Wade, Evans and the rest of the group encounter the usual trouble with Indians and other obstacles. But what really sets this apart is the tension and interplay among Bale and Crowe. The dichotomy of the two characters on the surface is obvious — soldier, family man, father and honest man and outlaw, womanizer and conniver — creates a great deal of contrast and tension that the actors execute flawlessly. Without giving anything away, the final shootout and last scene delivered as well as anything I would expect or want in a Western. This is definitely a movie and Western I’d highly recommend.
1 Star DUD!
I bought the DVD thinking Russel Crowe’s string of hits would continue. I didn’t. I found this remake of the classic a huge disappointment and threw the DVD away after one viewing. A stagecoach with a gatling gun tailgun? Please.
5 Stars Right Between the Eyes
3:10 to Yuma is an update of the 1957 movie that’s in turn an interpretation of a 1953 Western short story by Elmore Leonard. The 1957 movie cleverly tweaked the Western, inverting the white hats/black hats trope at a time when the genre was chiefly focused on morality. And yet while it flirted with the notion that good guys can be bad and bad guys can be good, it wasn’t really willing to go so far as to make the characters more than lovable rogues. So perhaps it was inevitable in the era of Westerns like Unforgiven where the West is an unpleasant, unfair place, that the latest incarnation of 3:10 to Yuma is both more brutal and more fanciful than its predecessor.
The story follows Dan Evans (Christian Bale) and his family, a lame Civil War veteran on a struggling ranch. He has been borrowing money and time from Glen Hollander, a landowner who is more interested in moving Evans’ ranch than getting paid. As played by Bale, Evans is a desperate man – as weathered and bitter as a piece of broken leather. He yearns for the respect of his wife and two sons. And when he crosses paths with outlaw Ben Wade (Russell Crowe), Evans sees his chance.
Wade is a gentleman outlaw. Suave, violent, and dressed in black, he leads a ragtag band of murderers who will stop at nothing to get the gold, as exemplified by a daring raid on a stagecoach guarded by a gatling gun. Never mind that the gatling gun’s weight would make it an impractical accessory for a stagecoach, or that the noise from the gun would most certainly spook the horses.
Given the opportunity to deliver Wade for a bounty, Evans is determined to bring him to justice. At first, it’s just for the money, but it becomes clear that it’s for more than that – it’s to regain a measure of respect, for himself and from his family. Wade comes to like Evans, a man of conviction and courage that he finds lacking in his own gang. When Evans’ son William (Logan Lerman) tags along, Wade develops a deeper appreciation for the father/son bond. Through a variety of travails that include Wade’s outlaw past coming back to haunt him, the two become brothers in arms.
By the time they get to Yuma, it’s clear Wade isn’t easily captured or confined; he repeatedly escapes and brags that Yuma prison won’t be able to hold him either. So he’s literally going along for the ride in the hopes of a happy ending for all: giving Evans his life back and Wade going free once more. That’s where the similarities between the movies end. The finale is a gut punch that ratchets up the stakes.
A strong Hollywood Western streak runs through 3:10 to Y uma, starting with the aforementioned gatling gun on a stagecoach. Wade wears a black hat. Charlie Prince (Ben Foster), Wade’s right-hand man, twirls his pistols. And for all the talk about Evans being lame, he only occasionally limps – he can shoot, run, and ride with the best of them.
As a realistic depiction of the Wild West, 3:10 to Yuma falls short. But as a meditation on good and evil that gives its actors an opportunity to showcase their considerable talents, Yuma hits its mark … right between the eyes.
1 Star Skip it!
Don’t waste you time and money on this overblown leaden piece of crap!
If this is the way they shoot westerns these days, no wonder that westerns are a dying film art form!
Remakes sometimes bring something new to a story, a new angle an different interpretation. But in this case, the remake only serves to bury the story and the tension. But do check out the original (in B&W) filmed 50 years earlier and see the tension between the characters played by Glenn Ford and Van Heflin.
1 Star A Case Study for Film Students
One might ponder the point of writing another review when there are already 367 on this website. It’s just that 3:10 is so bad it makes you want to go out and warn the rest of humanity, as if trying to save everyone from a looming and devastating virus of some sort. No purpose is served recounting the absurd story aleady described by others–to include the inexplicable twists of the script and the implausibe motivations and confused morals of the characters. Previous reviewers going easy on the film have used words like “pointless” and “useless.” The Amazon reviewer also uses kid gloves lamenting the film’s “overblown action climax”: an understatement indeed. This portion of the film is more accurately dubbed by another user review as an “absolute departure from reality.” The description I love best is a movie “quality checked by morons.” I suppose 3:10 could be used in film school as a case study in how to make an expensive and awful film. But it’s not clear that there’s any other use for it. I picked this DVD up preowned at Hollywood Video based entirely on the superb reviewer blurbs on the case. Those folks most assuredly were heavily sedated while drafting those remarks. I’ll close simply by saying this was just about the worse–perhaps the worse–film I watched in 2008. What more can one say.
Cars Blu ray
Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 11/06/2007 Run time: 116 minutes Rating: G
User Ratings and Reviews
3 Stars Admired it, but couldn’t love it
An arrogant young race car (Owen Wilson) has his eyes opened to what really matters in life when he finds himself stranded in Radiator Springs, a forgotten little town on Route 66 where folks still care about each other.
There is a lot to enjoy in this movie. The animation is spectacular, the voice talent is top-notch, and it presents good lessons about respect for the simple, enduring pleasures of life and the false allure of fame. Despite these strengths and some good laughs, I didn’t connect with this film on an emotional level. I think I just wasn’t captivated by the concept of characters developed from cars, but my two-year-old son certainly was, and his opinion probably counts more than mine.
4 Stars Very cute!
This movie is very cute and isn’t too bad to watch over and over like my daughter loves to do. The humor is intelligent and cute, and it sends a good message.
5 Stars Great Detail
The movie is a 5-star in its own right, but I’m mostly comparing the quality between Blu-Ray and DVD. The detail is great! Lettering, tire treads, car grills, road texture, horizons, you name it. Yep, the Blu-Ray (BD) is worth it here.
3 Stars Too many storylines gives a slow and overlong middle of the film; otherwise it’s great!
Cars suffers from that common fatal error of many films – the editor didn’t (or wasn’t allowed to) do his/her job. Cars, which skirts dangerously close to the 2-hour mark, is simply too long for a kids movie. Yes, I know the Roger Ebert maxim, “No good film is too long, no bad film is too short”, but my young son gets bored at the 80 minute mark, especially since the hero has been stuck in first gear for the last 60 minutes.
The story: hotshot Rookie Owen Wilson … er, Lightning McQueen finishes his first season in the Piston Cup circuit in a 3-way points tie with veterens The King and Chick Hicks. It is decided to have a race-off between the three cars to determine who should win the prestigious Cup. Off the three cars head to Los Angeles, but Lightning manages to get lost and arrested in Radiator Springs – a one-stoplight town on Route 66, bypassed by the Interstate system and forgotten. The town’s grizzled doctor and circuit judge makes Lightning repair the road he tore up. As he works in the town, Lightning learns a little about humility, a little about love, and a lot about life.
The opening NASCAR-esque race sequence is by far the highlight of the film for me (and for my son). The power, the speed, and the sounds of a day at the race track are lovingly reproduced, and even a non-racing fan like myself finds the sequence amazing. Unfortunately, the middle slows down to a crawl and lasts about 30 minutes too long. I think the problem is that the creators gave equal time to Lightning’s three new relationships in the town – with Mater, the wise-cracking tow truck; with Sally, the big-city Porsche who wanted a slower life; and with Doc (voiced by the late great Paul Newman), the old-timer with a secret. The film should have been a double-redemption story: Lightning learning what life’s all about, while in parallel Doc faces his past and overcomes his bitterness. If the filmakers had more clearly focussed on this story, and allowed the other two plotlines to recede to subplots, the film would have been focussed and more enjoyable (not to mention cheaper to make!).
So the film only rates a 3/4 for me. The other star is lost because this DVD edition is not up to the standards of other Pixar and John Lassiter offerings. While there are some nifty little vignettes on Route 66, NASCAR racing, etc., they are just that: little. There is no director’s commentary either.
Don’t get me wrong – there is a LOT to like about this film. The voices are supurb, as usual. The races are exciting, the sound is crisp and immersive, and the video is sharp. The characters are fun and are worthy of inclusion in the Disney pantheon. But small children will lose interest because the filmakers allowed themselves to meander in the middle 1/2 of the film.
5 Stars Great movie
Great movie for kids. I love that it has a positive message. I would change a thing or two such as, I think they refer to one of the cars as being an idiot at one point but compared to a lot of the other “kid” movies out there it doesn’t have a lot of questionable content. My 2 and a half year old loves it and would watch it all day every day if I allowed it.
Wall E Two Disc and BD Live Blu ray
Wall E Two Disc and BD Live Blu ray
The highly acclaimed director of Finding Nemo and the creative storytellers behind Cars and Ratatouille transport you to a galaxy not so far away for a new cosmic comedy adventure about a determined robot named Wall-E. After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, the curious and lovable Wall-E discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named Eve. Join them and a hilarious cast of characters on a fantastic journey across the universe. Transport yourself to a fascinating new world with Disney-Pixar’s latest adventure, now even more astonishing on DVD and loaded with bonus features, including the exclusive animated short film Burn-E. Wall-E is a film your family will want to enjoy over and over again.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Top Notch
Wall-E is to date the best release on Blu-Ray to date. The animation, storytelling and audio have no match at this time. Thomas Newman’s outstanding score has now become one of my all time favorites. Run out to get this movie. Top Recomendation of 2008.
5 Stars A movie to delight you.
For a non-speaking animated movie to make you cheer for the main character is quite an accomplishment. That’s just what this movie does. It’s totally entertaining and enjoyable. This is a movie for all ages. It may not hold the attention of small children because there is no talking. After a while they may be bored if they don’t understand what’s going on. However, for us older kids it’s terrific!
2 Stars No spanish 
I am really sad this movie does not feature spanish audio and even subtitles.
i have several blu and this is the only one that does not have spanish option.
Disney, remember, region 1 is “America” the whole continent not just the country
2 Stars Pixar, yes. Entertaining, no.
Nowhere near as good as ‘Finding Nemo’ or ‘The Incredibles’. There’s the usual dazzling PIXAR animation, but little else. Utterly forgettable.
5 Stars Amazing Tale
Just awesome quality you’d expect from Pixar. The Blu-ray is reference quality and sound is just amazing. Buy it Buy it Buy it.
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