Blu-ray Review: Disneynature’s Wings of Life
Leave it to Disneynature to find a compelling way to portray the intricacies of flowers’ place in the world’s ecosystems.
Continue ReadingLeave it to Disneynature to find a compelling way to portray the intricacies of flowers’ place in the world’s ecosystems.
Continue ReadingWant to be adding this new family flick and a Blu-ray 3D player to your home theater system? You have a few days left to enter our giveaway!
Continue ReadingGeekMom is giving away the new animated Shout! Factory 3D Blu-ray and a little something to play it on.
Continue ReadingBelow is my recipe for an all star classic monster movie night, whether it be Halloween or any other night. Another good thing about this list of movies is that they are not too bad for kids to watch also. …
Continue ReadingIf you have yet to decide if purchasing Star Trek: The Next Generation Season One on Blu-ray is worth the expense, let me calmly tell you, You need to purchase it. NOW!
Continue ReadingDisney has pulled Cinderella out of the vault and given her quite the makeover for her to be re-released on Blu-ray, October 2nd! I do not mean this literally, they did not re-make the movie with Taylor Swift as Cinderella …
Continue ReadingTempting as it is to call the new Harry Potter Wizard’s Collection magical, it isn’t… but it is the most awesome video boxed set ever made, and that’s not hyperbole.
Continue ReadingI am not really the type of person who is drawn to Schwarzenegger movies — but I am a fan of smart sci-fi with its own vision. And the look and ideas behind Total Recall, the 1990 film starring Arnold …
Continue ReadingThe Lucasfilm-produced film Red Tails came out on DVD and Blu-ray in May, but you can get the chance to celebrate the release later this month in style! Lucasfilm is sponsoring the giveaway of a trip to the OshKosh Airventure …
Continue ReadingOn March 6th, the blu-ray version of the beloved and oft quoted film Monty Python And The Holy Grail hits shelves. To celebrate, the folks at Melcher Media are releasing an iPad app that animates the 28 day production of the 1970’s film. Check out the deets here on Venture Beat! Yay! A spanking! A […]
Continue ReadingSeason 1 of Transformers Prime is coming out on DVD and Blu-ray next month, so Shout Factory has provided a few clips for your viewing pleasure. Like the Darkness Rising mini-series that kicked off this reboot, the show captures some …
Continue ReadingPreview disk for the HD upgrade to the ’80s sci-fi series looks beautiful, and shows off some details you may have missed on TV.
Continue ReadingAs a family, we loved so many things about the most recently-concluded Doctor Who series. The head-spinning convolutions of forking and back-flipping character timelines; the awesome creepiness of The Silence; the return of old friends like the Cybermen and Craig …
Continue ReadingIn 2001, as I was commencing the final year of my Bachelor’s degree, a friend handed me her copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, thinking I would enjoy it. It was a good read, so I borrowed the second book. That was good too, but I have to admit, its main appeal for […]
Continue ReadingFor all the acclaim given to Frank Miller’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, it’s only his second best Batman story. The best thing that Miller has ever written about Batman is the Batman: Year One story that was first serialized …
Continue ReadingMy youngest son, spurred by the viewing of some fan-edited Star Wars films, has recently become obsessed with edited versus unedited versions of popular anime and American cartoons. He’s the one who urged me to get a review copy of …
Continue ReadingThere’s a pecking order when it comes to movies around our house. A very few are worth seeing in a theater, some are definitely rentals, some are worth buying the DVD (or buying a copy on iTunes) and a very …
Continue ReadingStar Trek: The Next Generation will finally be released on Blu-Ray beginning in January with a $21.99 sampler of “Encounter at Farpoint,” “Inner Light,” and “Sins of the Father” called “Star Trek: The Next Generation–The Next Level.” The full first season will be released later in 2012, followed by each of the subsequent seasons. For […]
Continue ReadingFor better or worse, the day is finally here – George Lucas’s magnum opus is out today on Blu-ray. I’m sure you’ve all heard by now that they’re not the versions we all know and love, and they’re not even …
Continue ReadingOne of my favourite films of the year so far is coming to Blu Ray and DVD on August 9th, and GeekDad has five copies up for grabs for our American and Canadian readers. Written by, and starring, two great …
Continue ReadingAny regular here at the GeekDad site knows that many of us are HUGE fans of all things Stargate. We are also really excited to let everyone know that the complete series of Stargate: Atlantis is out on Blu-ray today! …
Continue ReadingAt Star Wars Celebration V last August, Lucasfilm teased attendees with a single glimpse of a deleted scene from Return of the Jedi when the original trilogy’s Blu-Ray release was announced. Not quite a year later, and with the nearing …
Continue ReadingMarty Allen of geek rock juggernaut Uncle Monsterface described Peter Jackson’s cinematic retelling of Tolkien’s classic trilogy as “a nearly perfect adaptation.” Even now, nearly a decade after the first film hit theaters, those words still ring true. But I …
Continue ReadingEarlier this week Warner Home Video and Best Buy co-sponsored Middle-earth Midnight Madness in Los Angeles, a countdown to the release of the new Blu-ray version of The Lord of the Rings The Motion Picture Trilogy: Extended Edition. Featuring cosplay, …
Continue ReadingIt’s time once again for what is possibly the geekiest holiday ever invented, based as it is not only on one of the most popular science fiction movie series of all time but also on a pun. So May the …
Continue ReadingGeekDad recently had a chance to participate in a Virtual Roundtable discussion with the Visual Effects Supervisor for Tron: Legacy, Eric Barba. In Tron: Legacy, he supervised all 1,565 visual effect shots needed. You may have also seen his work …
Continue ReadingMPI Media has just released — today — Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Collection on Blu-ray. For the first time ever all 14 films have been released together in this 5 disc collection. These are the original films from the Golden …
Continue ReadingTo celebrate the release of the two Dungeons & Dragons movies on Blu-ray, Warner Brothers Digital Entertainment would like to give four lucky readers their own copies. To enter the giveaway, just leave a comment below concerning your favorite D&D …
Continue ReadingI haven’t made the leap to Blu-Ray for my movie purchasing just yet for two reasons. Firstly, I’m still waiting to see if the whole HD downloading/streaming thing is gonna take off properly – the iTunes store is getting there, …
Continue ReadingIf you haven’t already bought the Star Wars movies in enough formats and versions, you’ve got another chance in September. All six movies will finally be released on Blu-Ray, retailing for $139.99. If you like your trilogies to not touch each other, you can buy them separately for $69.99 each. Or you can preorder the […]
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