Yearly Archives: 2011

The Miami Heat made an incredible run in the last few minutes tonight to take the Eastern Conference Finals. The Heat will now face the Dallas Mavericks in a championship rematch that went the Heat's way in '06. Does Nowitzki want revenge? No doubt.

This Sunday on Blu-ray, Paramount releases The Firm (1993) starring Tom Cruise... but is it worth buying or are we being asked to purchase something that, sooner or later, probably soon, will end up a lot cheaper after being dumped into a bargain bin? Let’s find out...

Comcast will start testing IP-delivered television using none other than the MIT campus as the beta testing location. Now what better place to test technology, right?

Disney will release The Lion King in 3D this fall, both in theaters and on Blu-ray Disc. The 2-time Oscar winning film (Best Original Score & Best Original Song) will get a two-week run in 3D theaters starting on September 16, followed by the release of several Blu-ray Disc editions on October 4, 2011.

The Big Lebowski will release as a limited edition Blu-ray Disc on August 16, 2011. The Coen Brothers cult-status film has been remastered in...

Time Warner Cable is now offering Gnomeo and Juliet in 3D On Demand.

Sony Pictures' award winning TV series "Damages" will begin its fourth season on July 13th, 2011. The premiere episode will air on DirecTV’s the...

Looking more epic than ever, Activision has revealed the first trailer for "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3." The Manhattan setting for the trailer has got all the drama of a show like "24" along with amazing special effects you find only in the highest quality Hollywood film releases. 'Modern Warfare 3' is set to release on November, 8, 2011.

This week on Blu-ray Warner Bros is offering up some goodies worth of the format ("Papillon", "Grand Prix"). Criterion also puts two older titles on Blu-ray ("The Great Dictator", "Solaris"), and that’s always worth a mention for the loving care they give their releases; however, if you own the already awesome DVDs, you need to consider the extra spend for what amounts to minor improvements at best.

The Ocean's Trilogy on Blu-ray Disc is half-priced this week as Amazon's Blu-ray Deal of the Week. The list-priced $35.99 box set with three hi-def BDs containing "Ocean's Eleven" (2001) "Ocean's Twelve" (2004), and "Ocean's Thirteen" (2007) is now priced at $17.99