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May 9th, 2011 by Sean Ferguson
Featuring lovable characters, brilliant animation, and heartwarming messages, The Fox and the Hound 1 and 2 are coming in a special 30th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray August 9, 2011 and is available to pre-order. This classic Disney tale about an unlikely friendship between a feisty little fox named Tod who is adopted into a farm family, and the adorable hound puppy named Copper with whom he quickly becomes friends with. Life is full of hilarious adventures until Copper is expected to take on his role as a hunting dog — and the object of his search is his best friend! Continue reading ‘The Fox and the Hound 2-Movie Collection Comes to Blu-ray August 9!’
May 5th, 2011 by Sean Ferguson
Drive Angry burns rubber onto DVD and Blu-ray as the high-octane action-adventure arrives May 31st in both 2D and 3D from Summit Entertainment. Nicolas Cage (Ghost Rider) stars as the undead felon, Milton, who breaks out of Hell to even the score with killers who murdered his daughter and kidnapped her baby. The film also stars Amber Heard (The Stepfather, Never Back Down), William Fichtner (TV’s “Entourage”), Billy Burke (The Twilight Saga), David Morse (Disturbia) and Tom Atkins (My Bloody Valentine). Continue reading ‘Drive Angry is Racing to Blu-ray May 31st’
May 4th, 2011 by Sean Ferguson
Today as part of Star Wars Day, Lucasfilm finally spilled the beans on the details on the upcoming Star Wars Blu-ray box sets. While I don’t think they’ve told us everything, there is still a lot to be excited about. They will now be in 6.1 DTS Surround Sound and there’s over forty hours of special features! There’s still no word on whether or not the original theatrical editions will be included or not, but hopefully that’s something they are saving as a surprise for later. I’m sure there will be more information given at Comic-Con this year, but there’s still been a lot of cool things revealed today! Take a look at the details below and May the Fourth Be With You! Continue reading ‘The Future is Always in Motion – New Details on the Star Wars Saga’s Blu-rays! Updated with Cover Art!’
May 2nd, 2011 by Sean Ferguson
Serving as a warm-up and placeholder for the upcoming Avengers movie, The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes airs on the Disney XD channel and has now been released on DVD. This action-packed superhero series features Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Ant-Man, Wasp, Black Panther, Nick Fury, and The Hulk. There’s also appearances from the Fantastic Four and some of the other heroes and villains from the Marvel Universe. These two volumes offer a continuing storyline and true to character portrayals. While the animation could be better, this new series is the best animated show Marvel has released to date. Continue reading ‘The Avengers – Earth’s Mightiest Heroes Volumes 1 and 2: Heroes Assemble/Captain America Reborn! (DVD Review)’
April 29th, 2011 by Sean Ferguson
This DVD set marks the beginning of a series of episodes that were later combined into films, that tell the tale of C.S. Forester’s Horatio Hornblower, a fictional Royal Navy officer whose exploits were spread across eleven books. This set contains the first two adventures which were The Duel and The Fire Ships. Starring Ioan Gruffudd (The Fantastic Four), Robert Lindsay (Wimbledon), Jamie Bamber (Battlestar Galactica), and Paul Copley (Queer as Folk). These first two movies show the start of Hornblower’s career as a seasick midshipman who later becomes a decorated Admiral. Forester’s Hornblower character was also an inspiration for Gene Roddenberry’s own Captain James T. Kirk for the Star Trek series. Continue reading ‘Horatio Hornblower – The Original Adventures (DVD Review)’
April 28th, 2011 by Sean Ferguson
I missed this one in the theaters, but I know my wife really wants to see it because of Nicolas Cage. You’ve got to hand to Cage for starring in so many genre films despite the odds against them. This time, he also has another genre favorite with him as Ron Perlman stars as a fellow soldier who helps transport a woman who has been accused of being a witch. This movie is being billed as a supernatural action adventure but the trailer for it seemed to be marketed differently. This film also marks another collaboration between Cage and director Dominic Sena who last directed Cage in Gone in Sixty Seconds. Here is the early notification of the movie’s release: Continue reading ‘Season of the Witch is Coming to Blu-ray June 28th!’
April 27th, 2011 by Sean Ferguson
Back in 1984 a television program came out in Britain called Playing Shakespeare and it starred some of the stars from the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) including Ian McKellan, Patrick Stewart, Judi Dench, David Suchet, Ben Kingsley, and more. It also featured the co-founder of the RSC, John Barton who hosted the program and helped educate the general public and aspiring actors on how to perform a Shakespearean play. Nineteen years later, a sequel of sorts called the The Shakespeare Sessions came to be except that this time, the actors are American and it was filmed in New York City. Helping Barton this time around is Kevin Kline, Cynthia Nixon, David Hyde Pierce, Charles S. Dutton, Lynn Collins, Liev Schreiber, and Dustin Hoffman. Continue reading ‘The Shakespeare Sessions (DVD Review)’
April 26th, 2011 by Sean Ferguson
One of the biggest movies in Disney history, Beauty and the Beast is now in 3D and finally coming to Blu-ray in a new Diamond Edition release! If you are interested in the non 3D version of the film, you can read my review of that set right here. Beauty and the Beast is the only animated movie to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture for eighteen years until the Disney/Pixar release of Up. It did however win a ton of awards including Oscars for its music and the first Golden Globe Best Picture (Comedy or a Musical) win for an animated film. Continue reading ‘Beauty and the Beast 2D/3D Five Disc Combo Set is Available to Pre-order!’
April 26th, 2011 by Sean Ferguson
The highest grossing hand drawn animated film in history, The Lion King is now available to pre-order from Amazon! The Lion King is the 32nd animated film from Disney and was a huge critical and commercial success and it won two Academy Awards, and the Golden Globe for Best Picture (for Musical or Comedy). It also benefited from a great soundtrack from Elton John and Tim Rice and a score by Hans Zimmer. The movie was also the start of a new direct to video franchise with The Lion King II and The Lion King 1 ½, which are also included in the Trilogy Box Set as well as both 2D and 3D versions of the original film. Hakuna Matata! Continue reading ‘The Lion King 2D/3D and the Lion King Trilogy Box Set is Now Available to Pre-order!’
April 23rd, 2011 by Sean Ferguson
After showing the world what he could do with Henry V in 1989, Kenneth Branagh returned with another Shakespearean movie with Much Ado About Nothing, which was filled with a ton of talented people. Some of these people like Denzel Washington, Emma Thompson, and Michael Keaton were perfectly cast while others such as Robert Sean Leonard, Kate Beckinsale, and especially Keanu Reeves were horribly miscast. It’s a credit to his talents, that Branagh’s comedic film about warring sexes still works as well as it does despite the miscasting. Once you add in this cast, and the beautiful surroundings of Tuscany, and a nice score by Patrick Doyle, you have a winning combination that makes Shakespeare more appealing to modern audiences and a fresh, cheerful, and fun film in its own right.
Continue reading ‘Much Ado About Nothing (Blu-ray Review)’
April 22nd, 2011 by Sean Ferguson
I generally try to avoid reality television shows but when I was asked to review The History Channel’s Ice Road Truckers, I decided to give it a shot and I ended up enjoying it more than I thought I would, which you can read about right here. When I was offered the spin-off program Ice Road Truckers: Deadliest Roads, I was curious enough to check that out too since the danger level has escalated quite a bit since the dangerous roads the truckers now have to survive are in the Himalayas. As dangerous as the roads in Alaska can be they are nothing compared to the one lane roads with hardly any safety barriers to prevent you from falling thousands of feet.
Continue reading ‘Ice Road Truckers: Deadliest Roads – Season 1 (Blu-ray Review)’
April 21st, 2011 by Sean Ferguson
When I heard that there was a new Peter Weir movie that starred Ed Harris, Colin Farrell, and Mark Strong I was immediately interested. What made it even more appealing was when I heard that the The Way Back was also a prison escape movie which sealed the deal. I then discovered that our own Aaron Neuwirth had caught this movie in the theaters and his review only added to my anticipation for the movie. Weir has an incredible track record with movies such as Witness and Master and Commander, so I knew that had to be a pretty good movie especially with this kind of a plot. While this is a prison break movie up to a point, this is more of a celebration of the human spirit and its ability to endure even in the face of terrible odds. Continue reading ‘The Way Back (Blu-ray Review)’
April 15th, 2011 by Sean Ferguson
The third Narnia film based on C.S. Lewis’ imaginative novels, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader has a lot of expectations to live up to. The first movie in the series The Lion, The With, and The Wardrobe, has some nice effects and a great trailer but was disappointing for fans of the novels. The second movie, Prince Caspian seemed more mature and had some action in it, but it was only marginally better than the first. This third entry is the first one produced by Twentieth Century Fox after Disney decided the costs weren’t worth the return and let the rights go. Does Dawn Treader succeed where the previous two failed or does it tread water? Read on and find out… Continue reading ‘The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Blu-ray Review)’
April 14th, 2011 by Sean Ferguson
Lately, I’ve been reviewing a lot of World War II films including: The World at War (see my review here) and Victory at Sea (here) and my recent review of Apocalypse: World War II that you can read here, but this two disc documentary varies from all of those because the focus on the war is from the German people’s viewpoint. And that doesn’t necessarily mean from the Nazi point of view either, since many Germans were opposed to Hitler and his policies. This documentary covers a lot of the how and why the German people allowed Hitler to seize power and eventually lead them to ruin. Continue reading ‘The Third Reich (DVD Review)’
April 12th, 2011 by Sean Ferguson
For those of you that aren’t aware of the show, The Universe is a documentary series that premiered in 2007 on The History Channel that explains astronomical concepts and objects through the use of computer generated graphics and a group of experts whose expertise includes astronomy, cosmology, and astrophysics. The Universe does a great job covering many aspects of science and future possibilities and making it accessible for average viewers. This sixteen disc mega-set contains all five seasons of this fantastic show.
April 11th, 2011 by Sean Ferguson
How would you like some acting lessons from such dramatic heavyweights as Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, Ben Kingsley, and David Suchet? As impossible as that may seem, that’s exactly what you get when you watch Playing Shakespeare since each of these performers are on hand to assist Royal Shakespeare Company’s Associate Director John Barton in teaching the essentials to performing Shakespeare’s plays. Continue reading ‘Playing Shakespeare (DVD Review)’
April 10th, 2011 by Sean Ferguson
For years, Don Bluth was one of Disney’s chief animators and worked on many of their classic movies before taking off on his own for a short period before returning to the studio for a couple of years before leaving again. With Gary Goldman and John Pomeroy, he founded Don Bluth Productions and released the cartoon short “Banjo the Woodpile Cat,” and then the animated segment for Xanadu. He also provided the animation for the “Dragon’s Lair” and “Space Ace” video-games. When a group of former Disney executives formed a production company called Aurora Productions, they funded what many people consider to be Bluth’s masterpiece – The Secret of Nimh. Continue reading ‘The Secret of Nimh (Blu-ray Review)’
April 10th, 2011 by Sean Ferguson
I’ve always loved the 80’s whether it’s the music or the movies, but I could do without a lot of the fashion. 1985 was a good year for movies when you consider that The Goonies, The Breakfast Club, Rocky IV, Witness, Fletch, A View to a Kill, Young Sherlock Holmes, and more came out that year. Teen Wolf was wisely released after Back to the Future, which turned out to be the biggest movie of the year. That strategy allowed it to capitalize on Michael J. Fox’s huge success and gave this small movie more box office receipts than expected. Teen Wolf is a light-hearted comedy that is powered solely through the superb star power and charisma of Michael J. Fox. Continue reading ‘Teen Wolf (Blu-ray Review)’
