Step Up 3(D) Arrives on Blu-ray Dec. 21st!
December 7th, 2010 by Sean Ferguson
The third movie in the Step Up Trilogy, and the first dance movie ever to film in 3D, Step Up 3 (D) will arrive on Blu-ray On December 21, 2010. Adam Sevani and Alyson Stoner, who portrayed Moose from Step Up 2 the Streets and Camille Gage from Step Up return for the third movie and take on the main roles. If you’d like to read what Gregg Senko of Why So Blu thought of the movie, you can find out by clicking here. If you have a 3D set up make sure you pick up the 3D edition that is coming out alongside the traditional Blu-ray and DVD! Continue reading ‘Step Up 3(D) Arrives on Blu-ray Dec. 21st!’
Walt Disney’s thirteenth animated classic that was released in 1951, is finally getting the high definition treatment and will be released on February 1, 2010. The movie is based on Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland with a little bit of his Through the Looking-Glass as well. 
There have been countless movie versions of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol and Disney has now been involved with three of them alone! Their first one was with Mickey and the gang, then came The Muppet Christmas Carol with Michael Caine, and now this movie with Jim Carrey. I can’t think of any other property that has received that many remakes! This time around, it’s directed by Robert Zemeckis and all of the performances have been motion-captured which really offered some new possibilities for the filmmakers to expand the story and the scale of the movie, especially when you factor in the 3D experience.
Baz Luhrmann got his big break by directing Strictly Ballroom which of course led to William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, and the final installment of his Red Curtain Trilogy Moulin Rouge, which was then followed by Australia. Like most of his movies, Strictly Ballroom is highly theatrical and has a heightened drama to it that can either help a film (Moulin Rouge), or can hurt it (Romeo and Juliet). 
Not many people are aware of the role that Walt Disney played in furthering relations between the United States and South America. It’s a little known fact that in 1941, the State Department’s Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs asked Disney if he would consider traveling to South America on a goodwill tour to support its “Good Neighbor” policy. In exchange, the US Government would finance his next movie (which would later become Saludos Amigos). 
Once upon a time, a magical kingdom lost its King and the magic that had protected it for decades began to disappear. Try as they might, the caretakers of the kingdom couldn’t restore the missing magic no matter what they did. With the King gone, no one knew how to lead the kingdom and some felt things should stay the same while others saw an opportunity to change everything. Eventually, that conflict sent the kingdom in an upheaval but like all good fairy-tales, this one eventually had a happy ending. 
I was very happy to receive to be able to review this collection of holiday classics since they’ve been been a part of my family’s holiday tradition for as long as I can remember. I’m sure that’s true for most people since these specials have been shown on television every year since they first started airing way back in 1965. And every year, people still continue to watch them. 
The latest entry in the long running Doctor Who series is now available on Blu-ray and DVD. Starring Matt Smith as the new “Eleventh Doctor,” who has taken over the role from the well-regarded David Tennant. Joining him as the new companion is Karen Gillan as Amelia Pond (or Amy as she prefers to be called later). The show’s amazing longevity is truly impressive considering that it started in 1963 and it’s still playing today. The show is popular across the world and for all ages and it’s currently listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest running science-fiction show. 
To celebrate renowned composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim’s 80th birthday, this star-studded tribute concert was assembled by Lonny Price and held at the Avery Fisher Hall last March 2010. For those of you that aren’t aware of who Sondheim is, he has won an Academy Award, eight Tony Awards (more than any other composer) including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, multiple Grammys, and a Pulitzer Prize. His best know works (as composer/lyricist) are A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, and Assassins, as well as the lyrics for West Side Story and Gypsy.
It seems like every year we get some kind of Christmas movie and they usually all follow certain patterns which can be comforting or annoying depending on how well executed it is. Some movies like Elf, take familiar story that comes with the usual plot-lines but somehow manages to create something new and original. 
I recently had the chance to talk about this film with it’s director, Jon Turteltaub which you can read 
When I watched this movie, I didn’t realize that it was the ninth (!) entry in a long running franchise that began with Air Bud and evolved in the “Buddies” series. It seems that they keep re-inventing the franchise to keep it fresh. This movie is a spin-off of it’s own from Santa Buddies: The Legend of Santa Paws which was a spin-off from Santa Buddies, so you get the picture and I’ll stop the chain right there. 
At last the hills are alive with the Sound of Music on Blu-ray! This is is one of my all time favorite musicals (a genre that doesn’t have that many movies that interest me) and one of the movies that never fails to cheer me up. After all, it was brilliantly directed by Robert Wise and has a stellar cast, great songs and choreography, and breathtaking panoramic visuals that just beg for the Blu-ray treatment.
I had the good fortune to be allowed to participate in a round-table discussion with the Director of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (and the National Treasure series) to promote the upcoming Blu-ray and DVD releases of the movie. A lot of times, it’s hard to get a lot of questions answered either due to the quantity of interviewers or because of time but Mr. Turteltaub was extremely generous by allowing us over two hours to talk with him so I was able to get in a lot of questions.
