http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/ The Site for Home Theater and Movie Reviews. Features the latest information on home theater gear plus insightful reviews of recent wide-release and independent films. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:59:12 PST en-us This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/LG-42LH50-LCD-HDTV-with-NetCast.shtml HDTV, Televisions, Projectors Yahoo and Netflix and VUDU, oh my! LG's NetCast-enabled 42LH50 is a streaming bargain if ever there was one. (And oh yeah, it's also a TV!) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:29:32 PST http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/LG-42LH50-LCD-HDTV-with-NetCast.shtml http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Planet-51.shtml Reviews Although this animated film turns the stereotypical alien invasion scenario on its head, the tale itself is old hat. ]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:30:10 PST http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Planet-51.shtml http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Blind-Side.shtml Reviews An African-American teen has his life turned around in unlikely circumstances and, as run-of-the-mill as it may sound, it really works. ]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:17:12 PST http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Blind-Side.shtml http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Red-Cliff.shtml Reviews It's wartime in China, 1,700 years ago, and John Woo, after a so-so start, delivers a near epic by the time the final arrow is launched. ]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:31:00 PST http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Red-Cliff.shtml http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Broken-Embraces.shtml Reviews Penélope Cruz struts her stuff in this otherwise very disappointing Pedro Almodóvar film. ]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:29:09 PST http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Broken-Embraces.shtml http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Mammoth.shtml Reviews Swedish writer-director Lukas Moodysson, in his first English-language film, lays an egg of mammoth proportions. ]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:23:16 PST http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Mammoth.shtml http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Fix.shtml Reviews This documentary-style view of a frantic attempt to get someone into rehab before he is sent to jail needs fixing. ]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:22:28 PST http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Fix.shtml http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/The-Missing-Person.shtml Reviews Gumshoe is hot on the trail of a missing person in this homage to Film Noir that works less hard than a good looking dame. ]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:21:08 PST http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/The-Missing-Person.shtml http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Paper-Heart-Blu-ray.shtml Blu-ray Disc Reviews Comedian Charlyne Yi's personal, romantic exploration of both classical and modern love has its tender moments, but is the Blu-ray a heartbreaker? ]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:17:42 PST http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Paper-Heart-Blu-ray.shtml http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/The-Twilight-Saga-New-Moon.shtml Reviews Heartbreak, a love triangle, werewolves, and a trip to old-world vampire royalty. 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Especially if you're a 14 year-old girl. ]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:12:44 PST http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/The-Twilight-Saga-New-Moon.shtml http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Warner-Bros-Lets-You-Trade-Up-for-Blu-Ray.shtml News and Show Reports Warner Bros. is taking the bite out of Blu-ray upgrades, allowing consumers to trade DVD titles in for their counterparts on Blu-ray (for a small fee, of course). ]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:26:16 PST http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Warner-Bros-Lets-You-Trade-Up-for-Blu-Ray.shtml http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Sony-Pushes-Interactive-Features-on-Blu-ray.shtml News and Show Reports In a press event in New York City this week, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Sony Electronics promised to get more interactive with BD-Live while adding new special content to Blu-ray. ]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:18:46 PST http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Sony-Pushes-Interactive-Features-on-Blu-ray.shtml http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Polk-Gets-Unplugged-with-DSW-Pro-Wireless-Subwoofers-Wireless-Surround-F-X.shtml News and Show Reports The American speaker manufacturer is pulling the cord on two of its upcoming products, which includes a set of new subwoofers and a compact wireless surround speaker system. ]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:56:01 PST http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Polk-Gets-Unplugged-with-DSW-Pro-Wireless-Subwoofers-Wireless-Surround-F-X.shtml http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Samsung-50-inch-Plasma-HDTV-649.shtml Deals Black Friday comes early with this 50-inch plasma flat panel from Samsung. ]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:44:28 PST http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Samsung-50-inch-Plasma-HDTV-649.shtml http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Blu-ray-Deals-100-Movies-Under-10.shtml Deals Now is the time to go Blu with some killer deals on Blu-ray Disc movies. ]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:17:07 PST http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Blu-ray-Deals-100-Movies-Under-10.shtml http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/North-by-Northwest-Blu-ray.shtml Blu-ray Disc Reviews Alfred Hitchcock's VistaVision eye-popper marks its 50th birthday with a million-dollar restoration and new extras for its Blu-ray debut. ]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:10:51 PST http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/North-by-Northwest-Blu-ray.shtml http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Free-Blu-ray-Player-with-Purchase-of-Panasonic-or-Toshiba-HDTV-Plasma-LED-LCD.shtml Deals In plenty of time for the holidays, Amazon is offering a free Blu-ray Disc player with the purchase of select plasma, LED and LCD HDTV models from Toshiba and Panasonic. ]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:49:25 PST http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Free-Blu-ray-Player-with-Purchase-of-Panasonic-or-Toshiba-HDTV-Plasma-LED-LCD.shtml http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Food-Inc-Blu-ray.shtml Blu-ray Disc Reviews This surprisingly stellar Blu-ray may change the way that you look at food -- or documentaries, for that matter. ]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:40:16 PST http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Food-Inc-Blu-ray.shtml http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/The-Sun.shtml Reviews Hirohito is brought to life in Alexander Sokurov's artsy view of the Emperor's final days before the surrender of Japan in World War II. ]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:28:23 PST http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/The-Sun.shtml http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/The-War-on-Kids.shtml Reviews Documentary asserts that our government has declared war on our students and that the results have been devastating. ]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:25:11 PST http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/The-War-on-Kids.shtml