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TV2’s HD transmissions of Alice in Wonderland and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won their time slots in most of the key demographics. Sunday’s Alice averaged 8.3% – 10.3% opposite TV3’s HD re-run of Madagascar (4.8% – 6.1%) while Friday’s King drew 5.0% – 8.0% over its four-hour broadcast. King’s […]

You’d be mad as a hatter to pass up the latest Disney classic on Blu-ray,  Alice in Wonderland. Its 60th anniversary restoration has been widely praised for the “faultless” transfer but AVForums thought it “so spotless, so gleaming and resplendent, so eye-poppingly colourful and vibrant, that it just doesn’t look like organic animation any more”. […]

Disney’s The Lion King will be released worldwide on Blu-ray on October 12, two weeks after it’s re-released theatrically in 3D. The Diamond Edition Blu-ray will be available in 2D and 3D versions. Features will include picture and sound enhancements, and interactive and bonus content, including a new set of animated bloopers. It will be […]

Someone Like You: TV3, 8.30pm Saturday. Bland romantic-comedy starring Ashley Judd as a talkshow talent scout who vents her spleen on men by writing a sexist magazine column about their mating habits. Hugh Jackman, Greg Kinnear, Ellen Barkin and Marisa Tomei co-star while Judd’s mother, Naomi, has a cameo as a make-up artist. Dexter vet […]

Sky will kick ass next month when it premieres in HD the comic book sensation, Kiss-Ass, and the apocalyptic horrors The Book of Eli and Daybreakers. Fantasy also will be to the fore in Alice in Wonderland and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus while the sports fans can choose from Invictus and Cinderella Man. And […]

Cast: Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Stephen Fry, Matt Lucas, Michael Sheen, Timothy Spall, Alan Rickman, Barbara Windsor. Director: Tim Burton. Screenplay: Linda Woolverton. Score: Danny Elfman. Cinematography: Dariusz Wolski. You’d have to be mad as a hatter not to think Alice in Wonderland looks sensational on Blu-ray. This may not be the […]

Forget the faux 3D effects of the theatrical release – owners of HD looking glasses would be mad as a hatter not to buy Alice in Wonderland on Blu-ray. Tim Burton’s take on the Lewis Carroll classic has earned five-star raves for its HD video from such sites as Hi-Def Digest, DVD Authority and Blu-ray.com. […]