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"The Spiderwick Chronicles" to Open One Day Earlier, On February 14th -- Site News	Jan 11, 2008
Paramount Pictures has announced that its upcoming movie The Spiderwick Chronicles has been moved up by a day to release on February 14, 2008.The movie will be released in traditional and IMAX...
Soundtrack for "Alvin and the Chipmunks" Climbs into Top 15 of Billboard Top 200 Album Chart -- News Headlines	Jan 10, 2008
Anyone who lived through the mid-80's will most likely remember the sounds of Alvin, Simon, and Theodore rocking their way through popular Christmas tunes. If the memory had faded but this mention...
Video Interview: Sony Confirms BD-Live Functionality in PlayStation 3 by "Summer 2008" -- Home Theater	Jan 09, 2008
Tech blog site Engadget has a video interview that they took with a Sony representative showing off some BD-Live features that will be coming some time this year. In the video, the rep says that the...
NFL Says No to Football Games in Theaters -- News Headlines	Jan 09, 2008
Here in Wisconsin, we're excited about the Green Bay Packers playing their first playoff game against the Seattle Seahawks at Lambeau Field in Green Bay on Saturday, January 12, 2008! Those that...
VideoGiants Plans HD Video Download/Delivery Service -- Home Theater	Jan 09, 2008
According to an article on Wired Magazine, a new service by the MusicGiants people called, appropriately, VideoGiants, is set to deliver sets of high definition movies on hard drives by mail and...
Marcus Theatres to Show "Sweeney Todd" Starting This Friday -- News Headlines	Jan 09, 2008
The Business Journal of Milwaukee is reporting that select Marcus Theatres locations will be showing the movie Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street starting this Friday, January 11,...
Nearly One Million Dedicated HD DVD Players Sold -- Home Theater	Jan 08, 2008
The HD DVD high definition format has nearly achieved a milestone which many pundits consider to be the baseline requirement for the success of a new consumer product: 1 million products sold.In a...
CES 2008 Blu-ray Player Announcements -- Home Theater	Jan 08, 2008
A large list of Blu-ray players were announced at the 2008 CES in Las Vegas, Nevada this week. Most significant this year is the announcement of Profile 1.1 (Bonus View) and Profile 2.0 (BD-Live)...
The Mach 5 from "Speed Racer" to Appear at Detroit Auto Show -- News Headlines	Jan 08, 2008
The Mach 5 car from the upcoming movie Speed Racer will be appearing at the North American International Auto Show held in Detroit, Michigan. The thunderous Mach 5, Speed Racer’s supercharged...
No Golden Globes Ceremony This Year -- News Headlines	Jan 08, 2008
In a follow-up to the news that the Golden Globe Awards ceremony on January 13, 2008 would be without any celebrities to accept the awards and fill the seats with faces people would want to watch for...
Disney Announces 2008 Blu-ray Releases -- Home Theater	Jan 05, 2008
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has announced its line-up of high definition movie releases on the Blu-ray disc format for 2008. They are also extending the Blu-ray Tour they began in...
Golden Globes to be Without Actors Because of Writers Strike -- News Headlines	Jan 05, 2008
Variety is reporting that none of the 70+ actors nominated for Golden Globe awards will be present at the Golden Globe ceremony on January 13, 2008, because of the strike by the Writer's Guild of...
Warner Bros. Announces Shift to Blu-ray Exclusively -- Home Theater	Jan 05, 2008
In a surprise announcement yesterday, Warner Bros. Pictures announced that it will be releasing its movies on high definition disc exclusively on the Blu-ray format.In the press release by Warner...
Weekly Newsletter Now in HTML and Text Formats -- Milestones	Jan 04, 2008
Our Weekly Newsletter is now being sent in both HTML and text formats!The design is basic to be as compatible with the widest variety of E-Mail readers out there, but we'll be tweaking as time goes...
Video Releases (DVD, HD DVD, Blu-ray) for the Week of 1/6 - 1/12 -- Home Theater	Jan 04, 2008
New Releases on Home Video for the Week of January 6 - January 12: 3:10 to YumaDragon Wars: D-WarSunshine Zodiac: 2-Disc Director's CutDeath SentenceNew & Future DVD Releases - Bestsellers ...
Providence, RI: Feinstein IMAX Sold to National Amusements -- News Headlines	Jan 03, 2008
According to a report by NBC 10 in Cranston, Rhode Island, the Feinstein IMAX Theatre Providence Place in Providence, Rhode Island has been sold to the National Amusements theater chain. National...
Want to watch HD DVDs and Blu-ray discs on your PC? Here is some help with picking the right video card. -- Home Theater	Jan 02, 2008
In addition to standalone players and game consoles for watching high definition HD DVD and Blu-ray discs, it's also possible to watch them on your PC using one of the available drives that play...
Amazon.com Offers "Buy One, Get One Free" Promotion on 96 Blu-ray Movies -- Gift Shop	Jan 01, 2008
Hot on the heels of their recent promotion on both HD DVDs and Blu-ray discs (which is still going on, by the way), Amazon.com is offering a promotion where you can get one Blu-ray disc free when you...
DVD Review: Ocean's Thirteen -- Home Theater	Dec 28, 2007
Ocean's ThirteenWarner Home Video 113918 - Region 1122 minutesList Price: $28.98 (Check Price at Amazon.com)Available on DVD 11/13/2007Additional Movie Details TheatricalThis DVDAspect...
Video Releases (DVD, HD DVD, Blu-ray) for the Week of 12/30 - 1/5 -- Home Theater	Dec 28, 2007
New Releases on Home Video for the Week of December 30 - January 5: Resident Evil: ExtinctionWarShoot 'Em UpSeptember DawnNew & Future DVD Releases - BestsellersNo titles released this week ...