3 Days to Kill (Blu-ray Review)
May 20th, 2014 by Gerard Iribe
I missed 3 Days to Kill in theaters but all I knew was that it was directed by McG and co-written/produced by Luc Besson, and it starred Kevin Costner. The trailers looked good enough but I was not able to make it in time before the film left theaters. Now I have the Blu-ray and have finally watched it and am here to lay down my thoughts on the Blu-ray. We’ll make this quick, so sit back and relax. We only have 3 Days to Kill. Continue reading ‘3 Days to Kill (Blu-ray Review)’
The Final Terror is another one of those great pickups from Scream Factory that didn’t make it to DVD, but is making its jump from VHS to Blu-ray. Its one of those lost early 1980s slasher films that fans like me covet having a Blu-ray of in our collection. Notable cast in The Final Terror includes young renditions of Daryl Hannah and Joe Pantoliano. This isn’t a Collector’s Edition, but its no slouch in the extras category. It looks like it will be including interviews with the cast as well as a commentary track with the director. This little disc of joy will be hitting the market on July 1, so get you preorder in now. Full details on the release from Scream Factory are included below. This is the first July release in their “Summer Of Fear” series! 
Oh buddy, I am excited! Another wishlist title taken care of by the caring hands of Scream Factory. I’ve made no secret this is my absolute all time favorite werewolf tale. One random night at Family Video in college I picked this up on lowly VHS (they didn’t have it on DVD) and I fell instantly in love. I then became a big fan of both Katharine Isabelle and Emily Perkins. This one is getting the coveted Collector’s Edition treatment from Scream Factory, too! Its gonna have some great cast interviews (sadly no Katharine Isabelle, but hey, she’s busy kicking some butt right now on TV’s Hannibal). I cannot wait to have this one in my hands. This “Summer Of Fear” is just good at being all sorts of awesome! 
The award-winning, critically acclaimed horror thriller AFFLICTED spreads terror on Blu-ray™, DVD & Digital July 1, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. AFFLICTED tells the chilling tale of two best friends whose documented journey around the world takes a horrifying turn after an encounter with a beautiful woman in Paris leaves one of them mysteriously afflicted. Written, directed and co-starring breakthrough filmmaking duo Derek Lee and Clif Prowse, this excitingly original entry in the found-footage horror genre took home awards for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay (Horror Feature category) at the 2013 FantasticFest, in addition to awards of recognition at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.
Today seems to be the holy grail of Blu-ray press release news so why stop with The Raid 2 and an ultimate Halloween collection? Hey Walking Dead fans! You out there?! Now that the fourth season of The Walking Dead has concluded, Anchor Bay Entertainment is pleased to announce that The Walking Dead: The Complete Fourth Season will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on August 26th. As with the previous Blu-ray and DVD releases, fans will be able to enjoy this groundbreaking series with pristine picture (no duh) and slashtastic sound as well as hours of bonus features. And for the die-hard Walking Dead fan, there will of course be a specially-created limited edition “tree walker” Blu-ray set created by McFarlane Toys. More information, including bonus feature content and technical specs, will be available soon. But for now enjoy the following trailer courtesy of my favorite Blu-ray PR person. Enjoy! 
July 8th just became very special to me today for two reasons now. First, it’s my dog’s 13th birthday. She’s getting old (sad face). And second, with two fists pumping in the air screaming hell yeah…The Raid 2 comes out on Blu-ray that day from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. After the bad experience I had seeing this film at the Alamo Drafthouse, which I vow to never go to again for a first time movie, I finally get to see The Raid 2 in all its glory uninterrupted at home without servers standing in my way while I am trying to read subtitles or drunk people stumbling over feet because they serve beer while you watch a feature length film. How ridiculous. Give me a nice Cinemark theater any day. LOL. However, I digress. Wanna know more and what you can expect from this July 8th Blu-ray release? Sony has you covered below. Venture on! 
For those either still on the fence or excited enough to want to see more and more footage leading up to the cinematic debut of what is sure to be everyone’s favorite raccoon and a bunch of other chumps, here is a brand new trailer for Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. Naturally, this trailer explains a bit more beyond who the hell the Guardians of the Galaxy are made up of, with more emphasis on the plot of the film and world that these characters inhabit. Given the weirdness of it all and the involvement of writer/director James Gunn, along with the rest of this cast, I continue to be excited about what could come from a movie like this, especially since it’s a Marvel film straying far from the norm. Guardians of the Galaxy opens August 1st, continue on to watch the new trailer, see the new poster, and see a number of images from the film.
I think its to no surprise that I’m a massive MASSIVE fan of the Halloween franchise. If you read my blog, last October I did 31 straight days of Halloween material in celebration of the original’s 35th anniversary entitled 
It’s funny how film genres, trends, styles and such tend to come and go. A film like Grand Piano would have possibly or even likely been an A-List title in the 90s. It definitely would have been tops in the Hitchcock era of thrillers as well. Now, this high concept thriller film is best suited to be a festival darling with limited theatrical release and its big wide viewing coming in the Video OnDemand format. For someone like me who still loves this type of film, its sort of bittersweet. I’d like more options like this in the theater, BUT this type of material is only enhancing the VOD new release catalog and making that option more of a force to be reckoned with. Times are changing, and films like Grand Piano are making sure we pay more attention to and take the VOD market a bit more seriously. Some of the year’s more interesting stuff is now falling to that avenue. 
I’m pretty sure I’d never seen this version of Dracula prior to this review. A few things seemed familiar to me, but I wasn’t sure if it was this film I was being reminded of, or just that it was the Dracula story that I knew and other similar Dracula films that were in my brain. Anywho, this televised Dracula classic starring Jack Palance just got a brand new 2K transfer and is coming to your Blu-ray players in the next couple weeks. The Dan Curtis film was a hit when it aired on CBS back in 1974. How does it hold up in the sea of many takes on the legendary Count? How was legendary film actor Jack Palance in the title role? Come along with me as I take a look at this piece of horror television history in the new edition coming May 27th from MPI Home Video. 
Magnolia Home Entertainment is releasing the action-packed adventure, Journey To The West, on Blu-ray and DVD on May 27. I was a fan of both Kung Fu Hustle and Shaolin Soccer, so I was interested to see what Stephen Chow brings to the table this time. I never saw CJ7 so I really haven’t seen anything from the guy since 2004 with Hustle. Journey To The West definitely has that same vein that Soccer and Hustle had, but heads off for a bigger, more fantastical, more supernatural adventure this time around. I had bit of a problem with the CGI in this one, but I think the idea behind and choreography of the fight sequences was impressive enough that the film is able to overcome some lackluster effects. 
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