Ray Donovan – Season 1 (Blu-ray Review)
When it debuted, Ray Donovan was a pretty high profile release. It championed Liev Schreiber and Jon Voight on premium cable in a modern LA-esque Bostonian mob story. The premiere broke Showtime records and became the highest rated debut in Showtime network history. But, somewhere along the line I feel like Ray Donovan floated away from the conversation (maybe I just don’t read Ray Donovan-heavy film/tv sites). Which is strange, because I felt with each episode this series got stronger and stronger with potential to be one of the most intense powerhouse television series in the future. Maybe season 2 will hit it huge again with people catching up. Because this is a really groovy show and has loads of potential to end up being something special if it ends up becoming fully realized. So, yeah, go check out Ray Donovan. Continue reading ‘Ray Donovan – Season 1 (Blu-ray Review)’
Come on, it was baffling that Ghostbusters II had yet to make it to Blu-ray. Its seems strange it took til now to get a set of 1 & 2 on Blu-ray. But, hit the 30 year anniversary of the original film and things like this can happen. You may remember when I did my original wishlist piece back in November this was on it and I mentioned the 30 year anniversary being key. Well, folks, the good folks at Sony sure do subscribe to Brandon’s Blu-ray Wishlist as evidenced by this upcoming set. And hey, you get the 4K remasters of the first film as well. This is pretty exciting, read more about it below! And besides, this is more exciting than anything pertaining to a Ghostbusters 3 anyway. We don’t need that, we do need this! 
Remember on the The Final Terror spec piece when I say its cool that its coming from VHS to Blu-ray and then said there’s an even bigger deal and to “just wait”. Today is that bigger deal. In what I think is possibly the biggest and most important release of the summer, Scream Factory is bringing Without Warning to home video for the first time ever. This cult classic film never even made it to VHS or BETA. As a collector of home video media most of my life, this is a BIG BIG deal. I really think there should be more excitement coming with this, but I do realize we’re talking a “cult classic”, so at least I know there’s a chunk who is. Today we have the specs for the release as well as the preorder link. 
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Actors can make all the difference in films that only have so much going for them, based on either the screenplay or the way a film handles convention in general. The Fault In Our Stars is a film that deals with two young adults with cancer, who happen to fall in love with each other. There is obviously more to it than that, which is what I assume made the original novel, by John Green, so compelling to its large fan base (note: I have not read this novel), but that is the one sentence way to describe the film. Keeping that in mind, while not doing much to be all that innovative, the strong cast was enough for me to accept the story being told, as many of the right notes are hit to make it a film that certainly tugs at the heartstrings, but does not try to pride itself on having that effect.
Wow! What can I say about this feature(s) that hasn’t been said before. There’s a million and one ways I can spin this. Am I curious about it? Hell yeah I am. Am I scared of it? Honestly, I am a little bit. I really don’t know what to expect except (those two words look so weird together) a whole lot of nudity. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing is it? Haha! So we all know that Lars Von Trier’s controversial Nymphomaniac: Volume I and Volume II is coming to Blu-ray, but now we also know what to expect in the releases too this July 8th, which coincidentally is my dog’s 13th birthday (with hopefully many more healthy ones to come…knock on wood). So while you get busy by clicking on the pre-order link below make sure you check out the bonus supplements below too! Enjoy! 
Get ready to shake your tail feathers! Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment takes you deep into the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest for the most fun you’ll have all summer, as
Of course when I heard there was a slasher musical I jumped on top of it. I’m looking forward to revisiting this one as I was sort of lukewarm on it the first time. The film starts off on fire and is everything you were wanting to to be when you hear about a musical slasher film. But, then it tails off and just keeps digging itself down a less interesting hole. Magnolia is bringing it to Blu-ray on July 8th, so you can pre-order it and read the details of the release in the little blurb they sent me below!
Here’s a movie I was really looking forward to in 2014 and then I wound up not even seeing it in theaters. I figured being something coming from a person off of the Nolan tree it had a chance. I still can’t pass a judgement the film as I’ve not seen it myself, but I never heard one positive thing regarding it. So, I decided I would wait to see it when it came to Blu-ray, which now means I’ll be seeing it sometime around or before July 22nd. The announcement for the film and its specs, as well as that groovy pre-order button are below!
Jared Harris and Sam Claflin star in the terrifying thriller,
Celebrating not only their 4 month long “Summer Of Fear” (which has already brought us Sleepaway Camp, Final Exam, Evilspeak and Nosferatu on Blu-ray), but 2 years since their announcement of existence, the “Criterion of Horror” is brandishing a whole new experience for fans. Not only will their be sales and price drops, but their doing free webcast screenings too! They want to craft a new sort of “drive in” experience where people commune together watching the movie and get trailers and food ads and the like with them. They’ll also get some special tid bits from some of the talent from the film recorded specifically for these webcasts! This is a pretty exciting new-age film watching experience that they’re trying out and it sounds like a lot of fun if you’ve got the time. Below is all the fine details and links to this super cool summer event! 
Well, not only do we get The Winter Soldier on September 9th, we also get its companion, Marvel’s television spin off Agents Of Shield. The show had a lot of promise when it was announced, but boy, it got pretty terrible, a chore to watch and I just kept with it “because” (and my wife was big time into it, so I couldn’t escape it if I tried haha). But, then, The Winter Soldier happened and suddenly things got actually interesting with the show and I was eager to watch how it was going to finish. I don’t know if it can keep it up for season 2, but I’ll stay optimistic because pessimism is neither fun or a healthy way of living. So yeah, September 9th and the details on the release are below if you continue reading! 
I’m a day late this week, but I’ve had an eventful week to say the least (my second child and daughter, Noli, was born on Monday!). But hey, I wanted to make sure I got in one last summer double feature for my May edition of the Blu-ray wishlist series. We’re going in the realm of 90s straight to video this week.
