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October 25th, 2013 by Sean Ferguson
Get ready to journey into the intriguing, neo-noir universe of Brüteville, a dystopian city where high-octane thrills, gangster mayhem, and a generous dose of subversive, satirical bent collide! On January 21, 2014, Shout! Factory will unleash the outrageous action-comedy cult hit Bullet in the Face: The Complete Series on DVD. Creator and executive producer Alan Spencer (Sledge Hammer!) developed the series with producers and executive producers Jesse Prupas and Evi Regev of Muse Entertainment and Just For Laughs Television. All-star cast includes Max Williams (Night of the Living Dead) as Gunter Vogler, Neil Napier (Riddick) as Lieutenant Karl Hagerman, Jessica Steen (NCIS) as Commissioner Eva Braden, and Kate Kelton (Haven) as Martine Mahler, alongside special guest stars Eddie Izzard (Valkyrie,Ocean’s Thirteen) and Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight, The Expendables) as notorious crime lords. Continue reading ‘Bullet in the Face: The Complete Series Arrives on DVD in January’
October 25th, 2013 by Jami Ferguson
Embrace of the Vampire stars Sharon Hinnendael as Charlotte, a timid and sheltered teen who has just left an all-girls Catholic school for a new life at a co-ed university. But an ancient evil has followed her here, tormenting her with disturbing nightmares and tempting her with forbidden desires. It is a hunger that can only be satiated by sensual pleasures of the flesh…and a thirst for blood. It’s a battle for her soul… and one she’s losing. But Charlotte is a fighter. The chaos and torment threatens to unleash her own inner beast, and anyone even close to her may find themselves embracing their own horrific fate. Embrace of the Vampire is a remake of the 1995 horror flick of the same name. I haven’t seen the original and I can’t speak about how true to it’s predecessor this film is, but I can say that the 2013 version doesn’t make me want to go back and watch the first film. Continue reading ‘Embrace of the Vampire Unrated + DVD Combo Pack (Blu-ray Review)’
October 24th, 2013 by Aaron Neuwirth
For film lovers, the idea of putting director Ridley Scott and author Cormac McCarthy together for a film seemed like a grand idea. Between Scott’s abilities to provide thrilling atmosphere and a compelling depiction of process in his films and McCarthy’s skill for writing about the darkest sides of humanity, while sometimes adding a slight touch of pitch black humor, a project like The Counselor had all the potential to be a strong ensemble thriller, matching up to the Coen Brother’s take on McCarthy’s previous work, No Country For Old Men. Unfortunately, despite all the atmospheric work done from a filmmaking standpoint, the shallow characterization and lingering story did not quite make this dark tale excel to its fullest.
Continue reading ‘‘The Counselor,’ The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (Movie Review)’
October 24th, 2013 by Blu-ray Brian
The award winning and critically acclaimed home invasion thriller, You’re Next, arrives on Blu-ray (plus Digital HD Ultraviolet) and DVD (plus Digital Ultraviolet) January 14 (with an early Digital HD and Video on Demand window beginning December 27) from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. AND I COULDN’T BE HAPPIER about this news!!! To say I loved this film would be an understatement. I had zero interest in this one. I only went to see the new Alamo Drafthouse. Color me surprised! Man! What a breath of fresh air this gem is! And fun too! Don’t believe me? Check out the following press release for yourself then! Continue reading ‘‘You’re Next’ Serves Up The Screams and Fun on Blu-ray Next January’
October 24th, 2013 by Brandon Peters
Until Scream Factory started doing them, I wasn’t very big on adding double feature discs that aren’t franchise related to my collection. My mindset has since turned as they’ve put out some doozies. And they usually have good reason for the pairings they have. It isn’t just slapping 2 movies together. They sometimes have a common them or someone there at Scream Factory just knows what works well for a double feature movie night in your living room with a group of friends. This time they are going all the way back to the 1950s era with their horror with The Beast Of Hollow Mountain and Neanderthal Man. An era that dealt in crazy monsters, radiation monsters and all that sort of fun stuff. While I don’t think the following movies are going to scare anybody any time soon, I don’t think that’s the distributors intention. Fans of releases of theirs like The Incredible Melting Man probably will get a kick out of this. Details and Amazon pre-order follow below! Continue reading ‘T-Rex Meets Ape-Man In Scream Factory’s Newest Double Feature!’
October 24th, 2013 by Aaron Neuwirth
With Iron Man 3 sitting as the highest grossing film of the year and Thor: The Dark World just around the corner and building some great buzz, Marvel’s Phase 2 is certainly off an running. Now we have the first trailer for Captain America: The Winter Soldier, which looks to be just as exciting and in line with the other fun that Marvel Studios has offered up in recent years. Based on this trailer and the footage screened at San Diego Comic Con this past summer, the film certainly seems to be keeping in step with what comes next, following the events of The Avengers, while also creating its own identity. If The First Avenger was a pulpy, throwback superhero film, mixed with some war movie aesthetics, The Winter Soldier has more of an espionage-themed vibe, mixed with some pretty large-scale action. Regardless, as fellow Why So Blu writers Sean Ferguson, Brandon Peters, and I were big fans of Cap’s first outing, this next adventure can’t come soon enough. Check out the rest of this post to view the trailer, along with some posters and images from the film.
Continue reading ‘‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ Trailer Debuts’
October 24th, 2013 by Brandon Peters
John Carpenter’s Body Bags is a an oft forgotten film of his and horror anthology. It was a Showtime movie back in 1993, back when it wasn’t as “cool” to have an original idea on Showtime (Showtime did do Psycho IV as well). In Carpenter’s mind, this was a one shot. But Showtime wanted this to go to series and be their Tales From The Crypt. Carpenter got his way as he didn’t want involved in it if it was going to go to Canada and not shoot in LA. The film itself has been pretty nonexistent in the home media form for over a decade. There was a DVD release from Artisan at the turn of the century but that went out of print rather quickly and Artisan went out of business as well. Thankfully, saving the day as always, is Scream Factory, who gives this film a treatment we never thought possible. And this is a film that upon looking back, is actually deserving. It’s a fun little movie that I think people have forgotten and will be pleasantly surprised when venturing back to it. Continue reading ‘John Carpenter’s Body Bags – Collector’s Edition (Blu-ray Review)’
October 22nd, 2013 by Brandon Peters
On the day following my birthday, Scream Factory will be treating us to two very different vintage horror films. We first take it back to one of Scream Factory’s favorite periods, the 80s. A ‘Collectors Edition’ of Paul Scrader’s cult classic, erotic horror remake of Cat People. This title was one of their big SDCC announcements from last summer. The film stars the likes of Natassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, Ed Begley Jr., John Larroqutte and very young and very fine Annette O’Toole. The other release is that of the Boris Karloff starring Die Monster Die! The film is a loose adaptation of a Lovecraft story and has Scream Factory again saving a classic 60s horror film. Both films are hitting Blu-ray for the first time, with Cat People boasting some brand new interviews done specially for this edition. You can find the full press release, as well as an Amazon pre-order link below! Continue reading ‘Scream Factory’s CAT PEOPLE & DIE MONSTER DIE! Detailed!’
October 22nd, 2013 by Gerard Iribe
Taiwanese pop sensation Jay Chou (The Green Hornet, The Viral Factor), drawing on his years as an actor, director, and recording star, creates a fantasy playground of music, moves, and magic as a backdrop to an action comedy which pays homage to the wondrous musicals of the past, while exploding to life with today’s sound and spirit in THE ROOFTOP, debuting on Blu-ray™, DVD and Digital December 10th from Well Go USA Entertainment. Described as “Writer-director Chou’s ambitious Luhrmann-esque merging of musical numbers, kung fu, vaudeville and dippy romance is set in a candy-colored world with a deliberately retro vibe. (Think afros, polyester, vintage cars and bowling.)” by The Los Angeles Times, Chou composed 11 original tunes for this buoyant musical. In addition to Chou, THE ROOFTOP stars Alan Ko (Goodbye May), Eric Tsang (Ip Man: The Final Fight), Wang Xue Qi (Iron Man 3, Reign of Assassins), Fan Xu (Saving General Yang, Back to 1942), and newcomer Hsin Ai Lee. Continue reading ‘‘The Rooftop’ on Blu-ray and DVD December 10th!’
October 21st, 2013 by Brandon Peters
2013’s highest grossing live action comedy hits Blu-ray in a release loaded with extra humor. Paul Feig follows up his smashing success Bridesmaids with another female driven comedy, this time taking on the buddy cop genre. Up until the recent opening weekend of Gravity, The Heat was Sandra Bullock’s highest grossing weekend of all time. The opening weekend was quite the eye opener, improving upon Bridesmaids opening weekend significantly. But, then again, adding the undeniable star power of Sandra Bullock and rising stock of Melissa McCarthy can give something its extra bump. The film deemed quite popular among moviegoers, finishing as the summer’s 8th highest grosser and just until this past weekend, top 10 for the year. Say what you will about the film’s quality, it proved big enough a success that we’ll be seeing The Heat 2: Your Sister Is A NARC Cop sometime in the next few years. Continue reading ‘The Heat (Blu-Ray Review)’
October 20th, 2013 by Sean Ferguson
The highest-grossing silent film of all time, as well as the first realistic war drama, The Big Parade tells the harrowing story of a young man’s (John Gilbert) front-line experiences in World War I. The film was adapted by Harry Behn and King Vidor (who wasn’t credited) from the play by Joseph Farnham and the autobiographical novel Plumes by Laurence Stallings. The film was directed by King Vidor and it stars John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Claire Adams, Karl Dane, Robert Ober and Tom O’Brien.
Continue reading ‘The Big Parade (Blu-ray Review)’
October 19th, 2013 by Aaron Neuwirth
The big question, when it comes to remaking classic horror films, is, “why?” What is the purpose of taking a popular film and giving it another try? Money is one of the easy answers, but what else? Carrie seems like a film that does not exactly lend itself to being remade; as the story’s basic structure holds up today. With that, sure, let’s take away the fact that the original, Academy Award-nominated film from 1976 still plays well enough today. I guess one could argue that having a redo opens up the story to a new generation of viewers. That is all well and good, but I am not so sure this new version of Carrie overall knows what makes the original film so effective. Making it more frustrating is how there actually is a good hunk of movie within this new iteration of the old Stephen King story. At least Prom was fun while it lasted.
Continue reading ‘‘Carrie’ Is Back, With A Vengeance (Movie Review)’
October 18th, 2013 by Laney Feeser
It’s a well-known fact that the world’s highest mountain peak is Mount Everest. But within the mountaineering community, it isn’t necessarily the most notable claim to fame to conquer its summit. Mount Everest has had some 3,000 people successfully reach its peak, but to the northwest between Pakistan and China, lies K2— the second highest mountain just 784 feet shy of Everest. With less than 300 successful summit attempts and a 20% higher death toll amongst its climbers compared to Everest, climbing K2 has proven to be one of the most difficult and deadliest mountains in the world. The Summit uses interviews, footage and photography shot by the climbers, and reenactments in an attempt to recreate the deadliest and most controversial day in K2 history.
Continue reading ‘Climbing Up is the Easy Part– K2’s The Summit (Movie Review)’
October 18th, 2013 by Aaron Neuwirth
While assembling a dream team of 80s/90s action stars in The Expendables films may not have panned out to be something as epic as I would have wanted, Escape Plan more or less captures the sense of fun that I like out of these sorts of films. It may have to do with limiting the cast to two iconic action heroes. There may also be something to be said for the restraint seen on the amount of action they actually have to perform. Really though, it must come down to the fact that I really haven’t seen these guys play in a film like this before. Escape Plan is a very silly movie, full of cheesy dialogue, and plays into a lot of clichés, but at least the premise never stopped being interesting and the film remained fun throughout.
Continue reading ‘Nothing Wrong With Having A Good ‘Escape Plan’ (Movie Review)’
October 17th, 2013 by Blu-ray Brian
Like we really need a reason to talk about all these, huh? Well they may be double dipping, but who cares?! You now get iTunes Digital Copies with these legendary films too! Isn’t that worth the price of admission? I think so! Despite how you feel, they’re all coming again! And regretfully, that also includes that fourth entry too. But beggars can’t be choosers, can they? No they can’t! So just be happy with what Paramount is bringing us! Again…I am! So in the meantime, while you salivate over the inclusion of Digital HD versions, check out the full press release below in addition to the all individual Bu-ray cover art courtesy of Paramount. Enjoy! Continue reading ‘The First 3 Films of the INDIANA JONES Saga Will be Available Individually’
October 17th, 2013 by Gerard Iribe
Based on the ancient Chinese folklore of the seven brothers who fought against all odds to rescue their legendary warrior father, the acclaimed action drama SAVING GENERAL YANG debuts on Blu-ray(tm), DVD and Digital December 10th from Well Go USA Entertainment. The international box office hit is an epic tale about the renowned Song Dynasty’s military defense headed by the clan of Yang against a nomadic Northern nation. Head of the Yang clan is the charismatic old general, Yang Ye, who is also the father of seven sons. The seven young men possess differing temperaments, characters and are each a master of their own kung fu discipline, but they have to join forces and wits to save their father from enemy forces. Directed by Ronny Yu (The Bride With White Hair, Fearless, Bride of Chucky), SAVING GENERAL YANG stars Adam Cheng (Drunken Master Killer, The Legend), Ekin Cheng (Storm Warriors, Treasure Hunt), newcomer Yu Bo, Vic Chau (New Perfect Two), Li Chen (Aftershock), Raymond Lam (The Emperor and the White Snake, The Jade and the Pearl), Wu Chun (14 Blades), newcomer Fu Xin Bo, Xu Fan (Back to 1942, Aftershock), and newcomer Ady An. The film had its world premiere at the 2013 Hong Kong International Film Festival. Bonus materials include a behind-the-scenes featurette “The Making of Ip Man: The Final Fight,” plus interviews with the cast and crew. Continue reading ‘‘Saving General Yang’ on Blu-ray and DVD December 10th!’
October 17th, 2013 by Brandon Peters
Horror anthologies might be making a comeback on the smaller stage. The V/H/S films have found a big audience recently and may have kicked off more people doing them. The horror network Chiller TV has put into commission an anthology of their own. And they went as they should with taking young filmmakers, having each create a short story of horror. This is a nifty avenue to serve as sort of an audition for the filmmakers to possibly lead to them helming their own full length feature down the road. And what better avenue to get this seen by horror lovers than to release it through the Scream Factory label. Scream Factory’s mission to to put out vintage titles, but every once in a while there comes a modern title being added to the catalog. And because they are so few, the titles they do pick to release probably should have your attention. Continue reading ‘Chilling Visions: 5 Senses Of Fear (Blu-ray Review)’
October 17th, 2013 by Jami Ferguson
Image Entertainment, has officially announced the release of The Colony on DVD, Blu-ray and Digital Download on Oct. 15, 2013 from Director Jeff Renfroe (One Point O). Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix), Bill Paxton (Aliens) and Kevin Zegers (Dawn of the Dead) headline an all-star cast in this savage and unrelenting thriller about mankind’s greatest enemy: himself. The Colony opens as an endless winter engulfs Earth. Humans struggle to survive in remote underground outposts. When Colony Seven receives a distress call from a nearby settlement, Sam (Zegers) and Briggs (Fishburne) race through the snow on a dangerous rescue mission. What they find at the desolate base could mean mankind’s salvation—or its total annihilation. Terrifying discoveries will unfold that will change the rules of survival forever. Continue reading ‘The Colony (Blu-ray Review)’
