Reviews - TheHDRoom

The Walking Dead Premiere ‘Days Gone By’ Review

November 1, 2010

Horror fans have been telling me for months that I ought to be excited about AMC’s adaptation of The Walking Dead, an acclaimed comic book series by Robert Kirkman, which is being produced by Frank Darabont (director of The Shawshank… Read More

PS3 Move Sports Champions Bundle Review

October 27, 2010

When the current generation of consoles was in development, few anticipated that motion-control would be more than a gimmick. Only Nintendo's Wii offered motion-control capabilities on launch yet here we are, four years after Wii first appeared, with both Sony… Read More

4.0

out of 5

Fable 3 Review: It’s Familiar to be King

Game Reviews Reviews

October 26, 2010

Albion is your oyster in Fable 3, Peter Molyneux and Lionhead Studios' more accessible than challenging latest chapter in the ongoing Fable saga on Xbox 360 (and PC). It will draw you in with its vastly improved narrative and excellent… Read More

4.1

out of 5

Back to the Future Trilogy: 25th Anniversary Blu-ray Review

Blu-ray Reviews Reviews

October 25, 2010

The Back to the Future Trilogy stands alongside Star Wars and Indiana Jones films as the pinnacle of heroic adventure storytelling from the 1980s. I have clear memories of being blown away by the original back in 1985 and anxiously… Read More

4.5

out of 5

Get Him To The Greek Blu-ray Review

Blu-ray Reviews Reviews

October 20, 2010

Get Him To The Greek's (2010) story is simple enough. Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) is a record company intern tasked with escorting British rock star, Aldous Snow (Russell Brand reprising his role from Forgetting Sarah Marshall), from London to Los… Read More

3.5

out of 5

How to Train Your Dragon Blu-ray Review

Blu-ray Reviews Reviews

October 18, 2010

Cold and heartless Viking fare is a tough enough sale without the added burden of telling a story through the eyes of a wimpy teenager. On the surface Dreamworks' How to Train Your Dragon looks like an exercise in turning… Read More

4.8

out of 5

The Thin Red Line (Criterion Collection) Blu-ray Review

Blu-ray Reviews Reviews

October 4, 2010

"This great evil. Where does it come from? How'd it steal into the world?..." Terrence Malick proved himself a cinematic poet with the precise, sumptuous imagery of Badlands (1973) and Days of Heaven (1978), then, after retreating from the Hollywood… Read More

5.0

out of 5

The Third Man (StudioCanal Collection) Blu-ray Review

Blu-ray Reviews Reviews

October 4, 2010

It appears that you can't keep a good black-market opportunist like Harry Lime down, at least on Blu-ray. Two years ago when the Criterion company entered the Blu-ray market, one of the first titles released was Carol Reed's 1949 masterpiece… Read More

3.1

out of 5

Iron Man 2 Blu-ray Review

Blu-ray Reviews Reviews

September 23, 2010

Based on Iron Man 2's boffo box office business, it's safe to assume the majority of Blu-ray purchasers will have already seen it theatrically before firing up an encore performance in the comforts of their home. I am part of… Read More

4.5

out of 5

American Beauty “Sapphire Series” Blu-ray Review

Blu-ray Reviews Reviews

September 22, 2010

"I'm just an ordinary guy with nothing to lose." American Beauty (1999) has garnered much critical acclaim (including Best Picture, Cinematography, Actor, Director and Writing honors), yet Sam Mendes' (Jarhead, Road to Perdition) directorial debut is often lauded for the… Read More

3.8

out of 5