Pee-wee’s Playhouse – The Complete Series (Blu-ray Review)
Pee-wee’s Playhouse was very much an integral part of my childhood viewing. I was the prime audience back in the day. Every Saturday morning I would get up, have my marshmallow-y cereal and watch my cartoons. Pee-wee’s Playhouse was always the very last show on in the morning. The networks usually transitioned by having some live action stuff on at the end of the morning, like say Saved By The Bell and California Dreams. Pee-wee’s Playhouse was all sorts of things to me. It was wild, hilarious, fun and even some of the things on the show made me uneasy and creeped me out. It was jam packed and loading me with all sorts of emotion. Watching the show was equivalent to a massive sugar rush. Everybody my age had themselves a Pee-Wee Herman doll with the pull string and we also constantly quoted him and had our own impressions of him finely tuned ready to dial up at the right moment. And now I get to relive all of that through this fantastic new Blu-ray release from the amazing folks over at Shout! Factory. Continue reading ‘Pee-wee’s Playhouse – The Complete Series (Blu-ray Review)’
Last October, Scream Factory ghoulishly delighted everyone for Halloween with the release of The Vincent Price Collection. Six of the iconic horror actor’s works in one set with some definite gems of bonus features. Of those, there were the introductions and parting words for many of the films from the Iowa PBS archives from the 80s that had price discussing each film before and after it in a haunting library like setting. This year, Scream Factory is back with another volume of Price, up’ing the ante to now seven titles. This box set also has more commercially appealing titles to it as well, as it contains classics like The Raven, The House On Haunted Hill, Return Of The Fly, The Comedy Of Terrors and The Last Man On Earth to name some. It is with great pleasure that I return to these and share my experience. 
It’s Halloween season and that means I watch a bunch of horror movies. I mean, I watch horror movies a lot any time of year, but this month is especially big. It’s like Christmas for a scary movie fan! My favorite long running horror movie franchise is A Nightmare on Elm Street. While Black Christmas started off the slasher genre as we know it, and Halloween and Friday the 13th became bankable franchises before Freddy, there has always been something about this series that makes me put it above the others. Logistically speaking, the idea of someone stalking you relentlessly in your dreams is terrifying because – much like Invasion of the Body Snatchers – everyone has to sleep, and everyone will eventually become prey. Freddy Krueger isn’t like a Jason Voorhees or a Michael Myers where you can try and hide from him or outsmart him to defeat him… the idea of Freddy is always waiting for you when you close your eyes.
Sigurd is an archaeologist who is fascinated by a Viking ship found at the Oseberg burial mound. He believes that a runic inscription on the ship, which translates to “man knows little,” holds the key to understanding the Norse myth of Ragnarok: the day when heaven and earth are destroyed. After finding similar inscriptions on a stone in Northern Norway, Sigurd, along with his kids and a colleague, begin an expedition to uncover the secret of the day of doom. A discovery beyond their imagination awaits! Ragnarok will be gracing Blu-ray on November 18! Find all the details on Ragnorok’s Blu-ray below!
When I first saw the poster for Universal’s Dracula Untold I instantly was fooled into thinking this was some kind of fan made poster art for Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy, at least it looked like it belonged to that particular franchise. My opinion on the matter still holds true even today when I look at the movie’s poster art as shown at the bottom of this review. It has the making of a really good Batman concept poster, at least in my opinion it does. However, I digress. I won’t waste your time by selfishly going off on a tangent bickering as to why I hate the poster art so much for Dracula Untold, but instead I’m going to forget the fact that I even mentioned it (despite it being embedded in print now) and move along because we have much bigger fish or should I say bats to fry here in this movie review. So whether you believe that Universal intends this film to be a reboot of the Universal Monsters franchise or not is your prerogative. Mine is to report on everything that simply goes down in this “first entry.” Shall we get started?
Another week, another horror film on the wishlist and another sequel to boot. In the realm of horror, we’ve had countless sequels, and Blu-ray is the format that seemingly is hesitant or taking its time to crank a lot of them out into production. A lot of these movies have gone from big titles, hits at the theater or on home video and become somewhat of more obscure cult items with the passage of time. Its not just the horror genre either, even big time Schwarzenegger hits from the 80s seem to be more niche interest and those were huge A-list titles during their time.
An intimate portrayal of the spirited John Wojtowicz, the man behind the infamous Brooklyn bank robbery that inspired the acclaimed film Dog Day Afternoon, The Dog arrives on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD November 4 from Drafthouse Films and Cinedigm (NASDAQ: CIDM) under the Docurama label. Hailed as “hilarious, poignant and fascinating (The Film Stage),” the posthumous documentary interweaves extraordinary candid interviews with archival footage of early 70s gay rights activism, capturing the many sides of Wojtowicz, the self-proclaimed “pervert,” unraveling his baffling existence. Filmed over a 10-year period, the “wonderfully obsessive (Examiner)” feature is directed by Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren.
Millennium Entertainment is proud to announce the home entertainment release of the crime-thriller, GOOD PEOPLE. Academy Award® nominee Henrik Ruben Genz directs the all-star cast lead by Academy Award® nomineeJames Franco (127 Hours, Spider-Man, Milk), Academy Award® nominee Kate Hudson(Almost Famous, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Nine), Academy Award® nominee Tom Wilkinson (In the Bedroom, Michael Clayton, Valkyrie) and Omar Sy (The Intouchables). Written by Kelly Masterson (Snowpiercer, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead) and adapted from the book of the same title by Marcus Sakey, GOOD PEOPLE will be available on DVD and Blu-Ray™ beginning October 28, 2014. 
The Expendables 3, the third explosive film in the action-packed franchise, arrives with a never-before-seen Unrated Extended Edition (surprise, surprise) on Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus Digital HD) and On Demand November 25th from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. News flash for the peeps who don’t care about physical possessions in life. The Expendables 3 will be available in Digital HD two weeks early on November 11. The theatrical version of the film will also be available on DVD November 25. So if you buy the DVD only, sorry. No blood and curse words for you! Check out the full press release below from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. Enjoy! 
Jack & The Cuckoo-Clock Heart is now available on Blu-ray and DVD. To celebrate its release this week, or if you’re curious as to what the film is, here are some clips fresh off the linkage for your enjoyment. Also, I did review Jack & The Cuckoo-Clock Heart, so if you’re looking for more on it click 
