Jaws debuts on Blu-ray August 14th remastered and upmixed (video)

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Universal Pictures promised it would celebrate its centennial by bringing classics out of the vaults and onto Blu-ray discs and now one of our most anticipated flicks, Jaws, finally has a release date. Steven Spielberg's 1975 hit will come home in "digitally remastered and fully restored" form with an upmixed 7.1 DTS-HD MA soundtrack August 14th. The soundtrack and picture have both been carefully … [Read more...]

New ‘Skyfall’ Images; Cast Video Interviews

James Bond is finally back this fall in… Skyfall, the twenty-third Bond film which is being directed by Sam Mendes (American Beauty). Recently a handful of websites (not ours) were invited to the Skyfall set to see star Daniel Craig at work, and now materials from those visits are starting to make their way online. Today we have a gallery of new Skyfall images to share, along with a new … [Read more...]

‘The Avengers’ Thor Extended TV Spot: It’s Hammer Time

Following on the heels of The Avengers‘ recently-released extended Captain America TV spot, we’re getting another extended spot, this time focusing on Thor (Chris Hemsworth). Scroll down to witness the power (and sharp tongue) of The Mighty Thor, as seen in Avengers. - Thor arguably has one of the juicer and more developed story arcs in the film, as the primary villain The Avengers … [Read more...]

NCIS Promo: “Rekindled”

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NCIS returns with an all-new episode next week, "Rekindled." After a warehouse fire compromises Navy documents and poses a threat to national security, the NCIS team joins the Baltimore PD’s investigation, bringing Tony face-to-face with a figure from his past. Gaius Charles (Friday Night Lights) guests stars as an arson investigator who was saved from a burning building as a young boy by … [Read more...]

New Girl: “Normal” Review

Note: Full spoilers for the episode follow. Poor Jess can't ever seem to catch a break with her love life. Between her past relationship with Paul and the awkward "will they, won't they" vibe she has going with Nick, there seems to be no equilibrium in sight. However, it's good to see that her relationship with Russell is still going strong, even after the few bumps along the way... IGN TV … [Read more...]

Five Favorite Films with Maggie Grace

After her stint on the island of J.J. Abram's Lost, Maggie Grace has taken to the big screen with roles in a series of high-profile movies -- including Faster, Twilight: Breaking Dawn and, most famously, Taken, in which she played Liam Neeson's kidnapped daughter. It seems movie villains never learn, however. In this week's Lockout (also from Taken producer Luc Besson), Grace plays the President's … [Read more...]

MLB Network launches Strike Zone all-highlights channel on four providers

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For football fans the NFL Red Zone and ESPN Goal Line Channels have streamlined game day viewing by focusing on switching between scoring opportunities from simultaneously airing games and now Major League Baseball has its own version (there's already a web edition dubbed Full Count). The MLB Network Strike Zone went live Tuesday night on Bright House Networks, DirecTV, Dish Network and Time … [Read more...]

The Engadget Show is nominated for a Webby Award!

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Dearest readers, we'd like to take this opportunity to share a bit of good news -- we've been nominated for a Webby Award for The Engadget Show! It's the third year running that our in-house video project has been nominated, and we couldn't be more humbled or happy to be chosen. Dozens upon dozens of people work tirelessly to make this operation tick, and while we never confess to be perfect, we … [Read more...]

‘Breaking Bad’ Season 5 Will Air in 2012 & 2013

AMC has decided to split the fifth and final season of its award-winning meth drama Breaking Bad into two parts, according to star Bryan Cranston. In a recent interview Cranston announced the news of how the new 16-episode season 5 will be set up; “We’re splitting it. We’re going to shoot the first eight, then take a four-month production break, then the rest will air next … [Read more...]

BBC Sport connected TV app launches on UK TiVos, brings BBC News along

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As a part of the BBC's run up to this year's Olympics, it is bringing new approaches to broadcast technology in a number of ways including 3D, online streaming, multiple HD channels and now, connected TV apps. Today it's launching a BBC Sports app for connected TVs that bring in new interactive features via the BBC Red Button which will first appear on Virgin Media's TiVo platform, along with a … [Read more...]