Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Mid-Week News Updates

Just some quick thoughts and news items:

-Sony just canceled the Blu Ray release of MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN (along with that terrible Lindsay Lohan summer bomb "I Know Who Killed Me"), saying it will appear in the future...but then again they said the same about MEATBALLS and THE NATURAL. Sigh.

-Still waiting on news from Paramount about the JACK RYAN COLLECTION HD-DVD release, which states it offers all kinds of extras but has none at all. I'm guessing the packaging will be corrected more than the discs will, but who knows. If I hear anything I will post it here.

-Disney's MEET THE ROBINSONS may be one of the most frenetic animated films ever. The movie's story is appealing enough and the animation is spectacular -- and makes for the most flawless Blu Ray disc I've ever seen -- but the movie is so over-loaded with characters and gags and jokes it's like Bugs Bunny for kids with ADD.

-Paramount's new CHINATOWN and THE TWO JAKES discs have just arrived, alongside THE YOUNG INDIANA JONES CHRONICLES box-set. Should make it into next week's column now that the Red Sox season is about to end!

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