Swanni's 10 Best Movies in HDTV!
5. The Aviator
Martin Scorsese's bio film on the young Howard Hughes has its flaws (Gwen Stefani as Jean Harlow?! Come on!) but it's a visual rush. Scorsese serves up glam 1940s Hollywood with technocolor brilliance. It's a great film.
Programming times unknown, but Starz HD has played it recently.
4. The Fifth Element
It's no surprise that Sony often bundles the Blu-ray version of this Bruce Willis sci-fi film with a Blu-ray player. The movie, which is equal parts action and satire, offers impressive detail and mind-blowing colors. And Gary Oldman's odd channeling of Lyndon B. Johnson as a space despot is a scream.
Now available on Blu-ray disc.
3. The Departed
Another Martin Scorsese film; this one his Oscar-winner. The Departed, which stars Jack Nicholson and a supporting cast of some of Hollywood's best young actors (Matt Damon, Mark Wahlberg, Leonardo DiCaprio) is a hoot in high-def. The close-ups of the bedeviled Mr. Nicholson is worth the price of admission.
Now available on Blu-ray and HD DVD.
2. Crash
The 2006 Oscar winner about race relations plays like a great TV drama with nerve-twitching close-ups of the characters as they try to navigate the psychological landmines of modern day LA. In high-def, you really appreciate the depths of emotions from the actors, particularly Matt Dillon as a racist policeman (didn't know he had it in him) and Terrence Howard as a black TV director in a white TV world.
Now available on Blu-ray.
1. Apocalypse Now Redux
In high-def, Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam war drama explodes on the screen with extraordinary realism and fury. Martin Sheen, who plays the man with a mission, Capt. Willard, had a heart attack during the filming and I swear you can see his ticker about to go in a few scenes. That's how intense it is. The Redux version is about 40 minutes longer than the edition that was released in the theater, but the extra time is worth every minute. The Marlon Brando scenes at the end actually make sense now.
Future programming times unknown; Often plays on HDNet Movies.
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