‘A Long Way Down’ on Blu-ray & DVD September 9th!
August 7th, 2014 by Gerard Iribe
Based on the acclaimed novel by Nick Hornby, A LONG WAY DOWN stars Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette, Aaron Paul and Imogen Poots as four strangers who happen to meet on the roof of a London building on New Year’s Eve each with the intent of committing suicide. Their plans for death in solitude are ruined, so they mutually agree to call off their plans for six weeks and form an unconventional, dysfunctional family. I’m trying real hard not to make a Breaking Bad joke. (takes deep breath)
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We’re almost to Expendables 3! It comes out next week. Still 2 movies left for the ‘Countdown To Expendables 3‘ series. Today we focus on series mainstay, and one who’s action career started with a little pick me up by starring with Stallone in Rocky IV, Dolph Lundgren. Dolph was supposed to be the next big thing and was given some iconic roles to lead off his career. He was handed both He-Man and The Punisher (which in case you’re wondering why the choice today wasn’t this film, it IS available in Region B in two territories). But, aside from action junkies, I don’t think Dolph ever really took off as large as he was supposed to. However, Dolph never quit. From Rocky IV to the present, the guy has been doing pure action movies. Granted he’s gone from big theatrical releases, to minimal, to straight-to-video…but still working nonetheless. During his heyday I was never a big fan, but looking back, I’ve taken to the guy and have really enjoyed going back to his old films for another look. 
Writer-director Bobcat Goldthwait takes a radical departure from his recent string of black comedies
So what do we have here today in my inbox from my favorite PR person in the entire galaxy? Why it’s a special sneak peek at a bonus feature clip from…dun dun dah…drum roll please…ATTENTION…ATTENTION…please find below a clip from a new Bonus Feature available on SPARTACUS: THE COMPLETE SERIES. Anchor Bay Entertainment which will release the 13 disc set on BLU-RAY + Digital HD with Ultraviolet and DVD on September 16, 2014. Check it out and more along with the Blu-ray trailer down below! 
To start off, this is a review of the 2014 film Stage Fright and not the 1987 horror film that will be releasing on Blu-ray from Blue Underground this fall. When word first came to me about Stage Fright, I got pretty excited. A slasher film done as a musical! Oh hell yes. Seems like a devious Brandon Peters dream come true. This past Spring it was released wide on VOD where I was able to rent it. The film started off with a great big bang, but as it wore on, slowly just kind of drifted past the greatness of its first act. When Brian White (aka Blu-ray Jesus) offered this one up for review, I was eager to give this film a second shot with knowledge of knowing where it was leading this time. The first time’s mild disappointment may have been because it wasn’t the film “I” wanted it to be and with this second viewing I could accept it more for what they did give me. 
Dropping just after the weekend the new movie releases, you’ll be able to travel back in time and start from square one with Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird’s inception of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I was a Ninja Turtle maniac back in the late 80s and early 90s. This release got me pretty pumped as there’s not much in the way of video features or featurettes on aspects of this franchise. Plus, while I was a huge fan back in the day, I was so young as to not have really dug into the production or history of them. And in my older age, all I’d really done is brush through some Wikipedia stuff if I was curious. So, here it was the DEFINITIVE history on the heroes in a half shell. That’s a pretty profound statement to make. 
Network television’s best show of the last two years, Hannibal, is coming to Blu-ray. The show’s second season continued its mythology building based off the Thomas Harris novels and deepened its lore. Every frame, every breath of dialogue is so carefully constructed and it shows. This show is so good, they’re bringing in elements from Hannibal and Hannibal Rising, two of the weakest novel and film pieces of the collection, for season three and I am super eager to see what they do with them. Every performer on this show brings their A-game every episode. And I must say, Mads Mikkelsen has done the impossible in pulling himself up to that Anthony Hopkins Hannibal Lector pedestal that seemed too far of a climb for any performer. Details on the fantastic second season are below. Also, pre-order your copy today. 
On September 2nd, Anchor Bay Entertainment and RADiUS-TWC are proud to announce the arrival of 14 BLADES on DVD and Blu-Ray. This action-packed adventure stars Hong Kong superstar Donnie Yen and was the highest grossing blockbuster in China in 2010. Featuring mind-blowing choreography, exotic locations and lavish costumes, the award-winning 14 BLADES is not to be missed!
Hey Walking Dead fans! You out there?! Now that the fourth season of The Walking Dead has concluded and that Anchor Bay Entertainment has announced that The Walking Dead: The Complete Fourth Season will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on August 26th there are even more surprises here yet to come to fruition. Take this post for example. As with the previous Blu-ray and DVD releases, we are happy to promote exciting bonus features that will be featured on your hotly anticipated home media wants and so without further ado…you know you want to check this below video out! So check it out! 
You knew this day was coming, right? It just had to! So without further ado let’s get this news engine rolling here. Warner Bros. is excited, no ecstatic, to announce the newest epic in the Hobbit Trilogy arriving on Blu-ray 3D and Blu-ray this November 4th The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Extended Edition! The Extended Edition features a whopping 25-minute longer cut and more than 
The Railway Man is based on the World War II memoir of Eric Lomax, who is our character of focus in the film. I found the film to look and feel a little like those “safe” movies due to its gloss, polished aesthetic. But with the power of its performers and events depicted in the film, it proves to be a bit more than that. For what it was, I thought it was an engaging and pretty strong film. I was surprised in my research afterward to see how many critics found it to be merely decent and judged it as primarily that “safe” film I thought I was getting, but wasn’t delivered. While based on a true story and a memoir, I really didn’t want to get into spoiler territories with the review, as I think not knowing what lied ahead, or how things resolved were better off a surprise when watching the film. 
For me, Without Warning is one of the most exciting releases of 2014. No, its not Twin Peaks or Batman 1966 finally coming out, but its up there. Had I heard much about it before this release? No. I really dig the fact that Scream Factory has gotten this 34 year old film that’s never seen a home video release and are putting it out on Blu-ray and putting bonus material on it to boot. I’m all about film preservation and restoration. I’m not one who likes films to be forgotten no matter how bad they could be. Without Warning has pretty much been forgotten for a long time. How many people have been able to see this one since 1980? I’ve heard there have been bootlegs over the years, but the answer is not many. And of those, who remember it? Well, paint me with excitement as I finally got to see one of those truly “lost” films of horror yesteryear. 
