During the ’80s, the art house spread beyond the boundaries of New York City, Boston, Los Angeles and other major cities. While many chains were building six-plex cinemas, the art house owners took over abandoned single or twin screens away from the shopping malls. Many of the art houses popped
DVD Review: Barbie’s Dirty Secrets
Do you remember the summer of Barbenheimer? That was the time when people would buy tickets for both The Barbie Movie and Oppenheimer for a cineplex double feature. What did the films about a posable doll and the man who was part of the creation of the atomic bomb have
The Importance of Screen Size for Digital Entertainment
Anyone who’s spent real money on a physical media collection knows the frustration: you finally track down a pristine 4K UHD copy of a beloved film, pop it in, and watch it on a screen that barely does it justice. Screen size isn’t just a spec sheet number anymore —
DVD Review: VHS Maniacs! Volume 2
The VHS world was a bit wild during the ’80s in America, but it was even more insane in England (even if they used the PAL format). Early adopters of the VHS players were able to see a lot of movies that never came to their local theater. Most of
Blu-ray Review: Destination Moon (Special Edition)
Before producer and animator George Pal had the Earth invaded by Mars in The War of the Worlds and took us into the future with The Time Machine, he launched America into space. Destination Moon was a massively successful science fiction film that predicted what it would be like when