Transformers 4 Gets A New Trailer, Poster, And More!
As we head closer and closer to what I am sure Michael “Boom Boom” Bay refers to as T-Day, more and more marketing materials are going to pop up to get people excited for yet another giant F-ing robots movie. It is almost like we haven’t had much of a break, given the arrival of Pacific Rim last year, let alone Hugh Jackman’s father-son rock ’em sock ’em robot sports drama Real Steel from a few years back, but Transformers: Age of Extinction is sure to be a pretty big event, given that Transformers films tend to be just that. The addition of Mark Wahlberg and Dinobots only seems to make things more of…well, something. Anyway, continue on to see the newest trailer for the film, some new pics, and a final theatrical poster. Continue reading ‘Transformers 4 Gets A New Trailer, Poster, And More!’
It is easy to see the main issue with Million Dollar Arm, as it is all over the poster. I like Jon Hamm, I look forward to seeing what he does, once Mad Men ends and he can really delve into some much better film roles, which he is more than able to handle, but his character is not the interesting part of this story adapted from reality. Still, we follow this sports agent in a film that takes the Disney sports movie formula (which has worked many times before) and applies it to this “Jerry Maguire heads to India” story. Unfortunately, while there are commendable elements, the film has little desire to really delve into the more interesting material involving the two kids with the million dollar arms.
Fall in love with a heartwarming story that is “pure delight” (The Village Voice) when the award-winning, fan favorite Ernest & Celestine comes to Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD June 17 from GKIDS, in conjunction with Cinedigm (NASDAQ: CIDM). Garnering France’s César Award for Best Animated Feature and a nomination for Best Animated Feature at the 86th Academy Awards®, the visually stunning and brilliantly comedic film earned standing ovations at Cannes and Toronto International Film Festivals.
It’s kind of funny, had this been 1986 and local newsletter mag called Why So VHS and Crocodile Dundee come across the table for review, us writers may have been chomping at the bit and fighting each other for the chance to review the tape. Instead, its 2014 and the double feature release of not only the first one, but part 2 included as well, comes as sort of an afterthought. I think it came across as sort of a conceded “sure, I’ll do it”. And that’s wild for a pair of films that were great big hits when they came out. The first film was an absolute phenomenon when it came out. While the box office number on it might make the youth of today shrug, it was massive back in 1986 and made the film sort of a phenomenon with a catch phrase that still gets used today (“That’s not a knife. THAT’S a knife.). How would these two films hold up today? And would I be blinded by any sort of nostalgia viewing them? 
Let’s see…possessed spa…totally 80s fashion…campy horror…Ken Foree? I’m down! MPI will be bringing DEATH SPA to Blu-ray courtesy of their Gorgon Video label. I’ve never seen this, but after watching the trailer and checking out the groovy cover art, how could I not want to? So, summer season is kicking off and we will have not only DEATH SPA, but someone else is putting out DEATH BED: THE BED THAT EATS. Oh glorious times. If you’ll click below, there is a pre-order link and some details from MPI regarding this upcoming release!
It’s really been ten years since Napoleon Dynamite came out and we all had a Jamiroquai song stuck in our heads? Ten years since people were quoting and accenting Jon Heder as Napoleon like kids in the 90s were “Yeah, Baby” and quoting Mike Myers’ Austin Powers character? Dang, ten years ago I was in college with a ton of adventures in life ahead of me. But, hey, that’s where we are. Happy 10th birthday, Napoleon Dynamite. This phenomenon even had a short lived cartoon series on television that regrouped everyone involved in the film a couple years ago. Fox is celebrating that landmark with a new edition of your famous film. Well, lets take a look and see how exactly “new” this is. It does have sweet new liger-skinned packaging though, that’s for sure! 
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Synapse Films has released another film in their Hammer Horror Collection. This time its the Ingrid Pitt-led Countess Dracula, a movie from the later days of the Hammer films classic run. Ingrid Pitt comes into it following her turn in The Vampire Lovers. Hammer tells this tale of horror, basing it off of the actual “Blood Countess” Elizabeth Bathory. The Hungarian Bathory was one of the most prolific serial killers in history, having murdered and mutilated over 100 young women. Later, it was rumored that she bathed in the blood of virgins in order to maintain her youth. That info has been considered sketchy and used to build lore by historians, but the fascinating detail of this macabre is the basis for Countess Dracula. 
Olive Films releases one of the funniest films of the ‘50s, Operation Petticoat on Blu-ray™ and DVD July 1st. Directed by Blake Edwards (Pink Panther, Victor Victoria) and released in 1959, screen legends Cary Grant (Father Goose) and Tony Curtis (Some Like It Hot) ship out for laughs and adventure in one of the most hilarious naval comedies to ever hit the high seas. Enjoy the screwiest of screwball comedies as the crew of the U.S.S. Sea Tiger scavenge for parts and supplies they need to keep their wacked-out submarine afloat! Operation Petticoat was a huge box office success and one of the top grossing films of 1960. 
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To say I had fun with 300: Rise of an Empire in the theater this past March is like saying gas prices used to be cheaper. Hell yeah I had fun with this action baddie! From Eva Green showing us her goods to the bloody battles we all come to love and adorn in the genre, this second outing of the franchise is a wild, romping good time down memory lane. I thought it would be weird without Butler. Butler, who? I’m just kidding. Right from the opening sequences, this prequel/sequel makes itself known as a contender that can rightfully standalone and/or serve as a bookend to the original film. And better yet! The day is almost upon us! Warner Bros. has made it official today. June 24th! That’s right…the Blu-ray release date hovers ever closer. Check out the full press release below and hit up the pre-order link 
Scream Factory will be bringing the Betty White classic LAKE PLACID to Blu-ray on July 8th. Its going to feature a new making of featurette with plenty of returning cast and crew to look back at the film. Now, I admittedly wasn’t a big fan of this movie back in 1999. However, I’m more than willing to go back and give this one another look. Maybe I’ll be more in tune to what the movie is delivering this time. I mean, it did spawn a handful of SyFy Originals/straight-to-video films, so its got a fanbase. It’s also part of more relatively “newer” films or ones from the late 90s/early 2000s that Scream Factory is beginning to acquire and put out. So, yeah, I’m looking forward to seeing this one with older eyes. Below you’ll see all the specs provided by Scream Factory, plus a pre-order link!
