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‘Sabotage’ Has Been Breached (Movie Review)

sabotage whysoblu thumbSabotage is a nasty little thriller from writer/director David Ayer (Training Day, End of Watch), which stars Arnold Schwarzenegger in another leading action movie role, following his term as Governor.  The film is getting its share of notice for having a plot that feels akin to an Agatha Christie-styled whodunit, as it revolves around Arnold’s team of DEA agents being murdered one by one.  It is just too bad that this whodunit has all the intelligence of the script for I Still Know What You Did Last SummerSabotage is a big waste of talent, resources, and time.

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Walking With Dinosaurs: The Movie (Blu-ray Review)

Walking-With-DinosaursWalking With Dinosaurs was a pretty big disappointment for Fox this past winter.  The $80 million budgeted film only took back $36 million in the United States.  When added, the overseas totals take it to $125.5 million overall.  But, Fox claims that the intake globally is still very lackluster.  The film featured computer generated dinosaurs in live action filmed locations.  It was originally intended to be a realistic approach just following dinosaurs around but later on it was decided that they should even more “kid friendly” the film and add some voice overs and try to enrich the story with them.  What they wound up with was a film that both audiences and critics agreed wasn’t very good at all.  So I guess it is with great caution that I venture into this prehistoric tale on my own. Continue reading ‘Walking With Dinosaurs: The Movie (Blu-ray Review)’

47 Ronin (Blu-ray Review)

47 Ronin - www.whysoblu.comKeanu Reeves stars in the action-adventure epic, 47 Ronin. After a treacherous warlord kills their master and banishes their kind, 47 leaderless samurai vow to seek vengeance and reclaim their honor. This band of ronin must seek help from Kai (Reeves)—an enslaved half-breed they once rejected—in their ultimate fight for redemption in a savage world of mythic and wondrous terrors. Kai becomes their most deadly weapon and the heroic inspiration for these outnumbered warriors to confront their enemy and seize eternity.   Continue reading ’47 Ronin (Blu-ray Review)’

Aronofsky Throws Everything Into His Ark For ‘Noah’ (Movie Review)

noah poster whysoblu-001It is fitting that many of the struggles surrounding Noah, a big-budget studio epic that retells the story of Biblical hero Noah and his giant ark, is based around men with power.  This story of course deals with how power has basically corrupted man and Noah is tasked with assisting in helping the world start anew and while I would not suggest that needs to happen again (I am not too fond of endless floods), the fact that one of the men with the power over this film is acclaimed filmmaker Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan, The Wrestler) makes things very interesting.  The curiosity of those on the outside will either be how “religious” this film ends up seeming or whether or not it has more up its sleeve than being a slick update of a production fit for Cecil B. DeMille.  One thing is certain:  Noah is both unlike anything Aronofsky has attempted before and exactly the kind of film he would make, based on this story.

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I’m Tellin’ y’all it’s ‘Sabotage’ (Movie Review)

SabotageSo Sabotage!  Yeah!  I’m at a loss for words, truly.  I really wanted nothing to do with this one, but since it was a pretty lifeless week for press screeners in the Austin, TX area and there’s not a single one slated for Noah I thought why not?  I have been pleasantly surprised before and the more I read about Sabotage the more I felt that maybe, just maybe, I could get onboard with it.  After all, Escape Plan and The Last Stand weren’t completely awful films.  As long as this is better than The Expendables I know I can get on board.  So why not, indeed!  Let’s roll with the punches and trade a few bullets in this review because this one has a pretty simple one-sentence synopsis: Members of an elite DEA task force find themselves being taken down one-by-one after they bust into a drug cartel safe house.  Sound familiar?  Hell yeah it does!  But this one has Arnold with tattoos!  So it has to be a must-see movie, right?  Read on, buck-o! Continue reading ‘I’m Tellin’ y’all it’s ‘Sabotage’ (Movie Review)’

PHANTASM V: RAVAGER Trailer Debuts!

Phantasm VAny fellow Phantasm fans that read us here at Why So Blu?  Well, screw it.  This story that popped up this week with a poster and word that a fifth film was coming and that is was likely actually already shot and almost ready to go completely took my fascination.  Fans have been on Don Coscarelli and stars like Reggie Bannister about when we would get to see the further antics of the Tall Man and those damn deadly silver balls.  They’d all keep saying they’d like to and talked about it for years.  Little did we know, they were filming the thing behind our backs.  It was already done.  This kind of stuff isn’t allowed to happen anymore in this day and age of internet news and social media.  Yeah, I know its Phantasm and not a big huge tentpole film, but its a franchise picture and a horror one at that, a fanbase that will dig to find every dirty detail.  Today, Entertainment Weekly was given the privilege of dropping the film’s first trailer, letting us know that YES, this film is pretty damn close to us seeing it already.  So, yeah, this sneaking up on us has definitely brought my excitement even if I was bored by Phantasm IV. Continue reading ‘PHANTASM V: RAVAGER Trailer Debuts!’

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Produced By Michael Bay) Has A Debut Trailer

Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles-trailer-001Like it or not, there is a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie headed to theaters this summer.  They have traveled through time, eaten plenty of pizza, and have now turned into CG creations produced by Nickelodeon and Michael Bay’s production company, Platinum Dunes.  The film is directed by Jonathan Liebesman (Battle: LA) and stars Megan Fox as April O’Neil and William Fichtner as The Shredder, who seems to have a tie to the secret of the Ooze as well as O’Neil’s father, who is now linked to its creation; making the film feel like it is borrowing from deleted sections of The Amazing Spider-Man‘s untold story.  Regardless, I have no real issue with these changes, regardless of what the original comic and various cartoon series have established as general canon.  If the film turns out to be a new fun take on the source material than I’ll be happy to start belting out lyrics to T-U-R-T-L-E Power.  Continue on to check out the trailer.

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Brandon’s Blu-ray Wishlist – April Fool’s Day Edition

Brandon's Blu-ray Wishlist THUMBAnother holiday, another holiday themed wishlist entry.  Well, today isn’t April Fool’s Day, but it’ll have hit before my next wishlist piece, so I decided to pop it in now.

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Holliston: The Complete Second Season (Blu-ray Review)

Holliston 2My love and affinity for anything Adam Green puts his hands on should come as no surprise to any of my loyal readers at Why So Blu over the years.  I have not only chatted with the man extensively every year I see him at Comic-Con, but he’s also become quite the household name in the “White House” as both my girlfriend and I eat up everything he does and we can’t get enough of his FEARnet television series, Holliston.  My girlfriend loves the cute little Laura Ortiz (see some pictures of her here) on the show and I, well…I love everything about the series from the old school horror humor to the jokes and sketches that only us pop culture comic book loving geeks get.  In other words, this is a show written exclusively for me.  Are you picking up what I’m dropping here?  Well that’s good because we have a lot to talk about here in the below Blu-ray review that brings everyone up-to-speed with everything Holliston: The Complete Second Season.  So let’s get starting, this review isn’t going to read itself (unless you are using the Dictation feature on your Mac). Continue reading ‘Holliston: The Complete Second Season (Blu-ray Review)’

Two New Clips From CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER

Captain AmericaMore clips and promos arrive to torture those of us who can’t see THE WINTER SOLDIER until next weekend.  They’re down below.  I’m not going to view them, as I’d like to be as clear headed going in as can be (just the way I am).  But, you’re more than welcome to check these out.  THE WINTER SOLDIER invades your local multiplexes on April 4th.  Soak it all in now, because one day Chris Evans will be retired.

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Wolf of Wall Street Party

Attention readers…to celebrate this week’s Blu-ray release of The Wolf of Wall Street on Blu-ray, Paramount was able to surprise three offices with a Wolf of Wall Street party and hidden cameras recorded their reactions.  Sounds like a rowdy good time huh?  Well, why don’t you check it out for yourselves?  They gave us the exclusive video below to share with you all.  And in the meantime, if you haven’t already, please click here to check out our exclusive Blu-ray review of the title.  Enjoy! Continue reading ‘Wolf of Wall Street Party’

Better Living Through Chemistry On Blu-ray April 15

UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRYThe dark comedy BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY starring Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan, Ray Liotta and two-time Academy Award®-winner Jane Fonda, will be coming to  Blu-ray, DVD, & DIGITAL HD with UltraViolet™ on April 15, 2014 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.  I honestly no very little about this film, but the cast made me a sucker for wanting to check it out.  Who knows how good it may be, but I like to be optimistic.  The loginline reads as this:  A small-town pharmacist’s uneventful life is turned inside out when he falls for a lonely trophy wife.  That is plenty to hold my interest and hopefully it all works out for the best.  Continue on to learn more about this upcoming release.

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HBO Home Entertainment Announces True Detective on Blu-ray

True DetectiveTrue Detective, the critically-acclaimed show starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson as two detectives assigned to a grisly and cultish murder case in the Louisiana bayou country, has become the most talked about new TV show of the year…and I have NOT seen it yet (insert unhappy face).  To say I’m looking forward to seeing it is like saying it sure gets hot in the desert.  Speaking of hot…hot off McConaughey’s Academy Award win (Dallas Buyers Club) and the show’s tense and explosive season finale, HBO Home Entertainment has just announced the June 10, 2014 Blu-ray with Digital HD, DVD & Digital Download debut of True Detective.  Just in time for Father’s Day, the sets are packed with exclusive bonus features including interviews with McConaughey and Harrelson, conversations with creator Nic Pizzolatto, director Cary Joji Fukunaga and series composer T Bone Burnett, whose music helped establish the dark and ominous tone of the series, and never-before-seen footage from the series. Continue reading ‘HBO Home Entertainment Announces True Detective on Blu-ray’

On April 1st, Get Your Copy Of NORMA Blu-RAE!

Norma RaeSorry about the title, but I saw the door open and went there.  Sally Field’s Academy Award winning performance as a millworking union leader is making the jump to Blu-ray.  Norma Rae was also nominated for several other Academy Awards and took home 2 statues.  This was actually one of the higher profile films that my college screenwriting professor had worked on.  But we’ll get into that more when we hit the review.  I haven’t seen this film in a super long time time (close to maybe 20 years?), so I’m excited to revisit it.    It comes out on April Fool’s Day, so we’ll see if its actually happening.  I kid, I kid.  Though I do wish some distributor would have played a joke this year with New Release Tuesday falling on April Fool’s to get the internet going in a tangent, like “Halloween 6 Producer’s Cut coming April 1!!!” and then it not coming out or something.  Okay, so maybe I’m have a dark sense of humor.  Anyway, read the specs on Norma Rae (No pre-order, but it really is coming out!) below where you can see the horribly photoshopped Sally Field on the cover. Also, how weird is it that they tell you there’s an Easter Egg on the disc already?   Continue reading ‘On April 1st, Get Your Copy Of NORMA Blu-RAE!’

‘The Raid 2’ Puts Rama Back In Crazy Action (Movie Review)

the-raid-2-poster whysobluWhen The Raid: Redemption hit theaters in America back in 2011, I was ecstatic over what it gave me.  Having looked forward to it for months, I felt like I was rewarded with a film that was one of the more visceral experiences I have ever had in a theater, complete with a great audience to experience it with.  It presented a ton of action, which included various fights, choreography, and filmmaking that I frankly had not seen presented in that manner before.  The story is not all that innovative, but it was immensely satisfying for me as far as what it was trying to do.  It was enough to earn a spot on my top 10 list that year.  Now we have the Raid 2: Berandal, which attempts to extend that visceral experience into something much grander, given the blown out nature of the plot, expansion of characters, and general chaotic feel of the action on display.  The result was another bloody good time at the theater.

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Dwayne Johnson Stars As Hercules And Here’s The New Trailer

hercules whysoblu 2Honestly I was not going to post this, but it has been stuck in my mind all day.  The world did not need Kellan Lutz as Hercules, but putting The Rock in as Hercules has my attention.  I am a big fan of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and while I do not go out of my way to praise Brett Ratner, he has more often than not made entertaining films (if he keeps his mouth shut and just directs his films and his actors, his resume is pretty decent).  Now the two have come together to adapt the graphic novels based on the Hercules legend and it looks like a lot of fun.  I may not have cared for the recent Conan film with Jason Momoa, but this Hercules film looks to be a more solid step in the fun that can be had with that kind of story.  Also, The Rock looks freaking massive in this role, fitting of the mythological Greek hero.  Continue on to check out the trailer and see some pics and a poster.

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Hammer Films’ Classic COUNTESS DRACULA Starring Ingrid Pitt On Blu-ray May 6th!

Countess Dracula THUMBThe Hammer library is slowly creeping out into Blu-ray.  It’s wild that there’s only one Christopher Lee Dracula film out there, but I have no idea what the rights situations are with those.  Synapse Films, however, they’ve got ahold of one.  It’s Countess Dracula, which is actually based somewhat around true events.  Its coming as a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack on May 6th.  Below you’ll find all the details and a pre-order link so you can assure yourself a copy come release day!

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Saving Mr. Banks (Blu-ray Review)

Saving-Mr-BanksDisney’s 2013 Oscar hopeful, Saving Mr. Banks has come to Blu-ray.  Boasting stellar performances by Emma Thompson and Tom Hanks, it stunned many when all it got nominated for was Best Original Score (Thomas Newman).  No matter, the film received plenty of other award recognition with some wins and was a rousing success at the box office, raking in over $112 million for just a $35 million budget.  It tells the story of a time during a golden age for the Mouse House, and the struggle with the creative process on developing one of the all time classics, Mary Poppins.   So, take your spoon full of sugar and grab your kite as we take to the sky and  chim chiminy chim chim review this Blu-ray.  What?  I’m in the spirit! Continue reading ‘Saving Mr. Banks (Blu-ray Review)’