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King Kong - HD DVD

As I ponder the HD disc format war, my greatest concern with HD DVD is its ability to convey very long films while maintaining high quality. On more than one occasion I asked, Is 30 GB enough? With a runtime of 188 minutes, Peter Jackson’s King Kong suggests an answer: yes, but there’s a price to pay. This HD DVD has highly limited supplements and no lossless audio format. I have no doubt that the content decisions were driven by the need to budget the bits for...

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The Green Mile: Special Edition

Say what you want about filmmaker Frank Darabont, but he has a lock on perhaps the smallest known subgenre in history: the Stephen King prison movie. For his sophomore film, Darabont chose King's highly-acclaimed prison drama The Green Mile, after previously bringing to the screen King's other highly- acclaimed prison drama The Shawshank Redemption. It is hard to recall another filmmaker who has earned such critical plaudits, near-hero worship by fans and Best Picture Academy Award nominations...

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Superman Returns

When the Christopher Reeve series of Superman films died a quiet death after the ill-conceived third and fourth outings, the character would vanish from the big screen for nearly two decades. Several directors and writers tried to resurrect Superman onscreen; among them were Kevin Smith, who wrote a screenplay based on the graphic novel that portrayed the superhero’s death and resurrection, and Tim Burton, who might have brought his unique dark style to the character. And who...

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