The Walking Dead: The Complete Fourth Season Gets A Trailer
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! Continue reading ‘The Walking Dead: The Complete Fourth Season Gets A Trailer’
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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The Muppets are back in the globe-trotting, star-studded musical comedy adventure Disney’s “Muppets Most Wanted,” available on Blu-ray Combo Pack, Digital HD, DVD, Disney Movies Anywhere, and On-Demand August 12th, 2014, from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. Starring Ricky Gervais, Ty Burrell, and Tina Fey, this must-own family film makes its in-home debut with THREE versions of the film: The Original Theatrical Cut, the Statler and Waldorf Cut, and The Unnecessarily Extended Cut, featuring hilarious bonus content, plus more music, more mayhem, and more Muppets!
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I’m a pretty big fan of Shout! Factory’s “Marathon” series they’ve been putting out. Usually four films with typically a common thread between them. Its films that maybe wouldn’t be attractive by themselves per se, but when they get lumped together they suddenly make you go “OOOH! I GOT TO HAVE IT!” I’m hoping one day they take these talents of Movie Marathons to the realm of Blu-ray, but for now they’re only on DVD. And, its not four movies crammed on one disc. No, no, its two discs with two movies on each. This time we’re getting the first of two (announced so far) Martial Arts marathons scheduled. This first one’s highlights include plenty of Sammo Hung and the second feature film from legendary Hong Kong action director John Woo. 
So tell me. If a movie is billed like the following, wouldn’t you want a chance at winning a free copy on the Blu-ray format? “A stellar cast” (Jeffrey Lyons, Lyons Den Radio), including Oscar®winner Kevin Costner*, Oscar® nominee Hailee Steinfeld** and Amber Heard, lead this “undeniably entertaining” (Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter) action-thriller. Costner plays a daring International spy with lethal skills and a hard-earned reputation for tackling the most dangerous missions imaginable. But when a seductive CIA operative (Heard) makes him an offer he can’t refuse, he’s forced to juggle his two toughest assignments yet: looking after his rebellious teenage daughter (Steinfeld), while hunting down the world’s most ruthless terrorist. OF COURSE YOU WOULD! 
