I’m happy to report that after a bunch of work the “Reviews” tab at the top has been significantly revamped. Its now, hopefully, a quicker, easier way to find a particular movie, or just browse our archives.

Click the “Reviews” tab to get started, and you’ll a big page full of different categories - so that you can see a list of our Blu-ray reviews, for instance, or Horror reviews (just in time for Hallowe’en), or Adult Swim reviews for when you’re feeling maturely humorous, or all reviews of films from Tartan Studios, when you’re feeling Asian.

The list pages are organized with 50 results per page (alphabetically), and include thumbnails of the covers where available. Click the cover or the title to go to the review, and you’re done!

Anyway, please comment any feedback, and happy browsing!

UPDATE: Some of the pages will be slow to load the first time - that’s the covers loading from Amazon. Fortunately, I tacked on a caching system to speed these requests, so as covers are cached, performance site-wide should perk up slightly (over the next few days).

Hey hey hey - here’s a new feature I stitched together - the Trailer Index!

Its a subsection of the site that collects trailers for reviews that we’ve posted, organized by Genre, playable right there, courtesy of YouTube. So - if you’re into SciFi, Action, or Drama, click on over and check out some trailers.

Final note: the trailer index will continue to grow as we add more trailers to both new reviews and our back catalog.

Enjoy!

If you’ve noticed, were struggling with various server and software issues here. Apologies in advance, and thanks for your patience.

-Rod & the UpcomingDiscs team

I am a Trans-fan. I’m not ashamed to admit that I’ve seen Transformers three times in theaters so far, and intend to see it three more. Ok, the plot makes me cringe, the awkward character moments and expository dialog actually make me close my eyes - but the rest of the movie fulfills every boyhood super-destructive robo-fantasy in the most satisfying way possible.

That’s why the NYT review of Transformers really bugs me. Reviewer Manohla Dargis apparently didn’t pay close enough attention to get basic details straight, stating, for example, that:

There, under the desert sun, muscly, sweaty military types (Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson) clash with an ominous helicopter that converts into a mysteriously angry critter with an articulated tail like that of a scorpion. [NYT]

There was a time when I respected the NYT, which has now passed. >:(

In the inner right-hand column you’ll see an area labelled “blogroll” - this is where we link out to other great DVD, Movie, Entertainment, or Whatever sites that we UpcomingDiscs bloggers frequent.

Got a suggestion for our blogroll? Your site? Other good DVD sites? Anything else we really should be reading?

Comment it and we’ll add it!

Yes, the rollover to WordPress has… rolled over. The new UpcomingDiscs is live. I’m working feverishly to sort out bugs and inconsistencies; please bear with me. If you see anything specific that needs attention, please comment here.