Jack Is Back! ’24: Live Another Day’ Arrives on Blu-ray September 30!
July 24th, 2014 by Blu-ray Brian
Every second counts as Kiefer Sutherland returns as Jack Bauer in 24: Live Another Day, which arrives on Blu-ray and DVD September 30th and I couldn’t be happier! When it comes to Jack Bauer, I can NEVER get enough! Best of all this Blu-ray includes “24: Solitary,” the shocking story extension to Live Another Day. How cool is that? I’ll tell you what, I cannot wait for this set! But don’t take my word for it, take Fox’s below with the full press release of this heart-pounding news! Continue reading ‘Jack Is Back! ’24: Live Another Day’ Arrives on Blu-ray September 30!’
I don’t know what it is with the Golden Age of slashers that amuses me so much, but its something I’ve always been fond of and never really tired of. Even bad ones (there’s plenty) I tend to enjoy. There were so many of these things from 1980-1984 its not even funny. So many, that there are a whole lot of them that have gone missing forever. With home video releases over the years we think we’d have them tracked, but some didn’t make it to VHS or went out of print real fast, a lot didn’t make it to DVD and even more have not made it to Blu-ray. However, being the collector’s medium, the slasher films of the 80s have been getting some attention and royal treatment in the past few years. Here today is the Canadian slasher film Curtains, which Synapse Films has rescued and put it onto DVD (by itself) and Blu-ray for the first time ever. Its crazy that this is the first time as Curtains is one of the finest slasher films from the era. But many of you probably don’t even know this one. 
X-Men Unite! The only way to save the future is to go into the past. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment takes you back in time to stop the end of the world with X-MEN: Days of Future Past on 3D Blu-ray, Blu-ray and DVD on October 14 and Digital HD September 23rd. Featuring a massive collaboration of legendary actors and the return of director Bryan Singer, “the very best [film] of the franchise since the first X-Men” comes to life in amazing fashion that you’ll have to see to believe (Stephen Rebello, Playboy). Check out the full press release below and pre-order today!
Last week I was privileged enough to have a phone interview with both the star and director of one of my favorite films this year, BLUE RUIN. Please note that I don’t much fancy schmancy recording equipment to do all this proper, but I couldn’t pass up this opportunity. Its audible and clear, that’s all you need haha. I had a blast in my short time with these two. Unfortunately the very last minute is gone forever because my recording device overheated. All you’re missing me asking them about Murder Party coming to Blu-ray. They said they want it to happen and have talked about it, but there’s nothing at this time. But they did say to start getting #MurderPartyBlu-ray going and maybe that would help. Anywho, I’ll quit typing so you can listen to me yap with them. I hope you enjoy! 
Scream Factory is importing Jamie Osorio Marquez 2011 military thriller THE SQUAD (aka El paramo) to Blu-ray on October 21 as they have announced today. It joins up with Nightbreed and The Vincent Price Collection Volume 2 as a part of their exciting October release slate. I’ve not heard of this one, but the plot synopsis has me more than intrigued. Below you can check out the details of this exciting release.
Ever since House Of The Devil, Ti West will always have my attention and my dollar. I’m very interested in anything he does. His latest effort, The Sacrament, I caught on VOD a few months ago as it didn’t play in any theaters here. And its a pretty unique little animal he’s constructed. Yes, groan now, it uses the found footage device as its storytelling method. However, it overcomes that with some strong performances from its characters (including Amy Seimetz! yay!) who don’t seem treat it like its a found footage movie. It’s also one of those eerie movies that get right under your skin. Ti West infuses his patience and restraint once again in this slow-burn thriller. Even when everything seems ok in this film, you just don’t trust it and you feel very uncomfortable. You’ll be able to check it out for yourself on Blu-ray in a little under a month. One little complaint…I wish they had used the original theatrical poster for the cover of the Blu-ray. It was so damn cool. This is just, well, mediocre and very “also ran”. 
I called this back on April 3, “but anyway”. Yes, we have another Wishlist title making its way to glorious Blu-ray. The Farrelly Brothers’ severely underrated Woody Harrelson/Randy Quaid/Vanessa Angel/Billy Murray bowling comedy is set to drop in just a few months. And its porting its extras over as well as having some new interviews. Its being sold as a “cult comedy” so it looks like Aaron Neuwirth and myself are not its only fans. This may wind up being just some cheap $9.99 bargain bin Blu-ray in the end, but that $9.99 bargain bin Blu-ray is my X marks the spot gold inside a treasure chest on Skull Island. I’m excited and you should be too, to give this overlooked film another try. To read my plead for it to come to Blu-ray 
An all-star cast reigns supreme in American Horror Story: Coven, including Emmy winner and two-time OSCAR Winner Jessica Lange, OSCAR Winner Kathy Bates and Academy Award Nominee Angela Bassett. In the third season of the anthology show the exceptional young witches at Miss Robichaux’s Academy are under assault by forces of ignorance and hate. Caught in the turmoil is a new arrival, Zoe, who harbors a terrifying secret of her own. Fiona (Lange), a Supreme Witch with unimaginable powers, is determined to protect the Coven, but her obsessive quest for immortality will lead her to cross paths with a formidable voodoo queen (Bassett) and a murderous slave owner (Bates) cursed with eternal life. And there you have it…that’s Season 3 in a nutshell, but I know you want to know more and Fox has you covered below with this October 7th surprise!
I am sooooo damn excited for this box set I just can’t stand it. I’ve owned everything and anything from this series and getting it again has me more excited than ever. TONS of new material coming your way folks. They have Scream Factory’d Halloween 6: Producer’s Cut, Halloween: H20, Halloween 4 and Halloween 5 for your liking. Halloween 4 and 5 have the same discs Anchor Bay released, but their mini retrospective docs appear on Disc 15 (yes, disc 15!!!). And look at all these awesome people who came onboard for this. It is OUTSTANDING! Michael Myers pretty much has said “take that Jason! Take that Freddy! What’s your name…Chucky?” If you haven’t pre-ordered it yet, c’mon…what are you waiting for? Today’s announcement is proof you are getting a STEAL with that price. Is it freaking September yet? I cannot wait! 
When a young couple moves into a new home, they find a mysterious doll that changes their lives forever in the horror thriller BABY BLUES, debuting on Blu-ray™, DVD and Digital Sept. 2 from Well Go USA Entertainment. Po-Chih Leong (Hong Kong 1941) directed this terrifying story of a woman (newcomer Janelle Sing), pregnant with twins, who has a miscarriage and gives birth to only one child. Suffering from postpartum depression, her husband (Raymond Lam, Saving General Yang) seeks help and discovers a mysterious doll that may be the source of their problems. BABY BLUES also stars Kate Tsui (Eye in the Sky), Karena Ng (Magic to Win) and Hoi- Pang Lo (The Grandmaster).
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Here comes the Ong-Bak trilogy in time for the release of The Protector 2. This is the home franchise for martial arts and Muay Thai expert Tony Jaa. For those of you wondering right off the bat, no, there is nothing new to this box set that hasn’t been out already. The only addition is a really nice sleeve to put all 3 films in. So, no there is no reason to pick this up if you already have it. The cases, discs and bonus features are all identical aside from the fact that they all now have a trailer for The Protector 2 on them preceding the menu. If you don’t own the Ong-Bak trilogy though, we have plenty to discuss today! 
When I think back to my earliest childhood and ponder about television shows that aired way before this sexy beast who’s typing this ever walked the Earth, I fondly recall such shows a Happy Days, Leave it to Beaver and of course who can forget everyone’s favorite, crazy redhead, Lucille Ball, and her equally crazy onscreen husband, Desi Arnaz, in I Love Lucy. In all honesty, that’s one of those rare black & white series, in my opinion, that truly has transcended the generations as I can still turn it on the boob tube now and laugh equally as hard at Lucy and her onscreen antics as I did when I was a child at the dinner table or as a teenager after school (we did not have the Internet back then and only six television channels). So imagine my joy when CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount announced they were bringing I Love Lucy to my favorite home media format, Blu-ray. And not only that, but every episode has been transferred from the original camera negative, producing crisp details, and rich sharp blacks. Come on! I’ll show you around this 6-disc Blu-ray television set! 
