Chicago – The Blu-Ray Round Up is back with two HD music releases, a beloved holiday movie from a director with a new comedy on the horizon (Richard Curtis, “Pirate Radio”), and a release that’s a must-own for fans of one of the most popular shows of the ’00s. This informative column is designed to let you know synopsis, technical specs, and features for titles that may have slipped under your radar. Pick your favorite.
“Nickelback: Live at Sturgis 2009” and “Rob Thomas: Something To Be Tour Live At Red Rocks” were released on October 13th, 2009.
“Battlestar Galactica: The Plan” was released on October 27th, 2009.
“Love Actually” was released on November 3rd, 2009.
“Battlestar Galactica: The Plan”
Photo credit: Universal
Synopsis: “The Cylons began as humanity’s robot servants. They rebelled and evolved and now they look like us. Their plan is simple: destroy the race that enslaved them. But when...
“Nickelback: Live at Sturgis 2009” and “Rob Thomas: Something To Be Tour Live At Red Rocks” were released on October 13th, 2009.
“Battlestar Galactica: The Plan” was released on October 27th, 2009.
“Love Actually” was released on November 3rd, 2009.
“Battlestar Galactica: The Plan”
Photo credit: Universal
Synopsis: “The Cylons began as humanity’s robot servants. They rebelled and evolved and now they look like us. Their plan is simple: destroy the race that enslaved them. But when...
- 11/5/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Release Date: Nov. 11
Director: Jack Gulick and Daniel E. Catullo III
Editor: Justin Coloma
Starring: Billy Corgan
Studio/Run Time: Coming Home Media, 271 mins.
Double-disc chronicles recent reunion of seminal alternative band
When Smashing Pumpkins reunited in 2007 (with only two original members, Billy Corgan and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin), cynics wrote it off as a cash-in. But bands looking for a quick buck don’t neglect their classic hits for punishing new rock songs and beautiful acoustic material with increasingly sophomoric lyrics (their frequent superimposition on the screen—in calligraphy, no less—doesn’t do them any favors). And they definitely don’t insist on playing excruciating half-hour noise-rock jams like “Gossamer.” This portrait of Corgan strives to be flattering and intimate, but the two are at odds. He spends half of his time in a nightgown, fuming over ancient slights, nursing his outsized messiah complex and commensurate neediness (his assistant,...
Director: Jack Gulick and Daniel E. Catullo III
Editor: Justin Coloma
Starring: Billy Corgan
Studio/Run Time: Coming Home Media, 271 mins.
Double-disc chronicles recent reunion of seminal alternative band
When Smashing Pumpkins reunited in 2007 (with only two original members, Billy Corgan and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin), cynics wrote it off as a cash-in. But bands looking for a quick buck don’t neglect their classic hits for punishing new rock songs and beautiful acoustic material with increasingly sophomoric lyrics (their frequent superimposition on the screen—in calligraphy, no less—doesn’t do them any favors). And they definitely don’t insist on playing excruciating half-hour noise-rock jams like “Gossamer.” This portrait of Corgan strives to be flattering and intimate, but the two are at odds. He spends half of his time in a nightgown, fuming over ancient slights, nursing his outsized messiah complex and commensurate neediness (his assistant,...
- 12/8/2008
- Pastemagazine.com
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