The recent release of Warner Brothers’ Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory to Blu-Ray got me thinking — which Willy Wonky and the Chocolate Factory (or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) do you prefer?

Both adaptations of the book by Roald Dahl have their merits, of course, but personally, I prefer the current remake with Johnny Depp. I grew up with the Gene Wilder original from the 70’s and to be honest there was just always something about it that creeped me out. It was great fodder for the imagination (a chocolate and candy factory all to yourself? Yes, please!) but …read more

It’s hard to believe that Forrest Gump, the Academy Award winner for Best Picture in 1994, is already 15 years old! To celebrate the milestone, Paramount Studios is not only releasing the movie in Blu-ray, but they’re also packaging it up as a gift set, complete with Forrest’s iconic box of chocolates.

The set is part of Paramount’s “Sapphire Series,” a line of two-disc premium Blu-ray releases of their most popular films, the majority of which are Best Picture winners.
The story of a “slow-witted but good-hearted man” who finds himself at some of the most pivotal events of the 20th century …read more