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August 9th, 2013 by Brandon Peters
Zombie films run the gamut in terms of intermixing their stories with other genres. We get them as dramas, action and the always welcome zombie comedy. If you’re like me and didn’t get a chance to check out Cockneys Vs. Zombies because it wasn’t screening in your city, you don’t have to wait much longer! This raved about zombie comedy has been compared to another great zombie comedy, Shaun Of The Dead, in terms of quality. It stars Michelle Ryan, who some of us Yanks might remember from the short lived Bionic Woman reboot. The film looks like a crazy amount of fun and likely another gem delivered to us from the all mighty Scream Factory. Below you’ll find the preorder link and details they’ve provided for this release. Continue reading ‘COCKNEYS VS ZOMBIES Invades The US September 3rd Courtesy of Scream Factory!’
August 9th, 2013 by Brandon Peters
It may not have that notable monster or live in infamy for its crazy amount of sequels like Friday the 13th or Halloween, but the Amityville Horror franchise is one to be reckoned with in terms of scares and entries in its saga. Believe it or not there are 10 of these. As a part of their “Fall of Fear” release extravaganza, Scream Factory will be releasing a Blu-ray pack containing the first 3 films in this series. Also, Amityville 3D will also include the Blu-ray 3D version (available for the first time ever in this format!). Fans of the recent hit film The Conjuring may want to travel back in film history and discover or rediscover these films. The Amityville case is the most famous one that was investigated by the likes of Ed and Lorraine Warren. Below, you’ll find the preorder and final list of extras Scream Factory has provided us with today!
Continue reading ‘Hauntingly Awesome Final Details For THE AMITYVILLE HORROR Trilogy Revealed!’
August 9th, 2013 by Aaron Neuwirth
There has been a fair share of original science fiction films hitting theaters in the past year; many of which depicting earth in a dystopian setting. Films like Looper and Oblivion show earth at various levels of despair, while also finding a way to provide beauty in the aftermath of a planet overcome by destruction. In his follow up effort to the smash success that was District 9, writer/director Neill Blomkamp has come up with his own take on a futuristic earth ravaged by society and the answer that humans have developed. This is all combined with an action plot about a man trying to save himself, only to be drawn into the things that make up the political and sociological themes of the film. Given all of the visual splendor to behold in the film, whether or not Elysium is a success as strong as District 9 is entirely dependent the script, which has an issue with rushing through a lot of development and not providing enough smarts in the dialogue to go along with the eye candy.
Continue reading ‘‘Elysium’ Heads To The End Of The Earth To Weigh Its Script Against Its Visuals (Movie Review)’
August 9th, 2013 by Aaron Neuwirth
While I have seen plenty of raunchy comedies (This Is The End, The To Do List) and ones that skew towards the darker side (The World’s End, The Hangover: Part III), let alone perfectly safe comedies (The Internship) this year, I can’t say there have been too many pure wacky comedies. I guess The Heat was pure wacky comedy, but I had more fun with We’re The Millers. It is always tough to grade comedies, especially the sillier ones, but for whatever reason, even in spite of the clear issues, We’re The Millers did enough to make me enjoy my time, while watching the film. As I dive in, maybe it will become clearer as to why.
Continue reading ‘‘We’re The Millers’ And The Audience May Laugh (Movie Review)’
August 8th, 2013 by Brian White
So if there was a place you could live out all your remaining days in paradise far away from the stress, disease and overpopulated slums on planet Earth that even offers private medical machines, which are able to deliver instant cures, wouldn’t you do anything to be there? That’s a rhetorical question. Of course you would! And that’s exactly how I feel on the matter tool. I would do anything humanly possible to get my loved ones and I to this heavenly place of refuge, sanctuary and equilibrium. That’s exactly what Elysium is and offers its inhabitants. Have a malignant tumor on your spleen? No problem! Elysium’s medical machines will fix it for you. And you better believe, Elysium’s citizens will do everything in their power to preserve this lifestyle and destroy anything and everyone who attempts to break in and/or immigrate illegally. Beware of dog. Elysium has a big bite. Continue reading ‘Elysium Isn’t All That Glitters And Shines (Movie Review)’
August 8th, 2013 by Sean Ferguson
Long before Comedy Central began generating ratings and headlines with their over-the-top roasts, one entertainment icon was pioneering the format with “The Dean Martin Show.” In 1973, the 10-year-old NBC variety show retooled in its final season and introduced a new feature: the “Man of the Week Celebrity Roast.” Patterned after the roasts held at the New York City’s famous Friars Club, Dean Martin’s Roasts quickly became a favorite with television audiences and eventually evolved to become a network series, “The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts.” And beginning with a skewering of comedy legend Bob Hope on October 31, 1974, the program would go on to become a fixture on NBC for the next 11 years. Featuring all 54 roasts from both “The Dean Martin Show” and “The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts,” the program’s notable roastees included many of the 20th century’s most accomplished performers and athletes, politicians and personalities (complete list below), including: Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Carson, Sammy Davis Jr., Jack Benny, Lucille Ball, Jackie Gleason, George Burns, Don Rickles, Kirk Douglas, Danny Thomas, Gabe Kaplan, Hank Aaron, Wilt Chamberlin, Joe Namath, Muhammad Ali, Ronald Reagan and Dean Martin himself. Continue reading ‘The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts: Complete Collection is coming to DVD!’
August 8th, 2013 by Gregg Senko
It was to my dismay in recent days when I was home for lunch and found a black screen when I turned on Showtime. It wasn’t that moment that provided the maligned surprise as I’ll occasionally get the same black screen when I turn on ESPN at times. This is usually corrected by waiting a minute or so, or going to another channel, then flipping back, except this time, flipping back did not provide the desired effect. Instead, I was introduced to this message of doom…
Continue reading ‘The Great CBS / Time Warner Debacle’
August 8th, 2013 by Aaron Neuwirth
There a few main thoughts I have in regards to the latest…scratch that, this year’s Woody Allen film, Blue Jasmine. First off, Cate Blanchett is one of the actresses that immediately come to mind when I consider who are among the best working today. This film contains one of her best performances. Secondly, here is a great example of Allen coming into one of his peaks again, as he tends to go up and down in terms of his current outcrop of films. And lastly, Blue Jasmine is very different from a majority of Allen’s other films, which is an interesting quality unto itself. For a man who has been consistently releasing films for the past 40 years, Blue Jasmine moves away from a certain mold and embraces reality in a way that Allen has only explored so often.
Continue reading ‘Woody Allen and ‘Blue Jasmine’ Head To San Francisco (Movie Review)’
August 7th, 2013 by Brandon Peters
This should be a ghoulish treat. This faux history monster mash up apparently mixes regular film making with the popular found footage gimmick. Karel Roden stars as a Nazi scientist carrying out Hitler’s last desperate attempt to win World War II. He goes through the annals of Dr. Victor Frankenstein’s journals to replicate his process of creating the famous monster. With this he uses the bodies of dead German soldiers to create an army. If the makeup and effect work is good, this should prove to be a real “creature feature” type treat. The film has already been screened to some pretty good and credible claim. We’ll see if Why So Blu? agrees and can add to that when it releases September 10th! Preorder Below! Continue reading ‘FRANKENSTEIN’S ARMY Marches Its Way To Blu-ray September 10th!’
August 7th, 2013 by Sean Ferguson
Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World continues the big-screen adventures of Thor, The Mighty Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the nine realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself. In the aftermath of Marvel’s Thor and Marvel’s The Avengers, Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos…but an ancient race led by the vengeful malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with jane foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Idris Elba, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Kat Dennings, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi, Tadanobu Asano And Jaimie Alexander with Rene Russo and Anthony Hopkins as Odin, Marvel’s “Thor: The Dark World” is directed By Alan Taylor, produced By Kevin Feige, from a story by Don Payne and screenplay by Christopher L. Yost And Christopher Markus & Stephen Mcfeely and as based on Marvel’s classic super-hero Thor, who first appeared in the comic book “Journey Into Mystery” #83 In August, 1962.
Continue reading ‘Here’s the Thor: The Dark World Official Trailer!’
August 7th, 2013 by Gregg Senko
Religion can be just as interesting a topic as it can be a hotly contested one. Why not utilize it in comics? I mean, after all, it certainly worked for 2012’s Punk Rock Jesus. This year, we get another brilliantly crafted dose of finding God, but in a very different path from the more grounded PRJ of last year. Horror mastermind Clive Barker, the man behind films such as Candyman, Lord of Illusions and of course Hellraiser, brings us Next Testament; a story about an atheist who seeks God…and finds Him.
Continue reading ‘Clive Barker’s ‘Next Testament’ (Issues 1-3)’
August 7th, 2013 by Jami Ferguson
On a desolate, nearly ruined future Earth, Tom Cruise (Mission Impossible Franchise) and Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman (The Dark Knight Rises, Wanted) star in the futuristic movie Oblivion, a visually stunning, post-Apocalyptic thriller. Based on Kosinski’s acclaimed graphic novel, the film also stars Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace, Seven Psychopaths), Andrea Riseborough (W.E., Happy-Go-Lucky), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Mama, “Game of Thrones”) and Oscar-winner Melissa Leo (The Fighter, Frozen River). It is 2077 and Earth has been decimated. Jack Harper (Tom Cruise) is a drone repairman on the evacuated planet, working with his partner Vika (Andrea Riseborough) to salvage vital resources. As their assignment approaches its final days, Jack rescues a beautiful stranger (Olga Kurylenko) from a downed spacecraft, triggering a chain of events that forces him to question everything he thought he knew and leaves humanity’s fate in his hand.
Continue reading ‘Oblivion (Blu-ray Review)’
August 7th, 2013 by Brian White
Come on! Let’s be serious here! I’m only seeing this movie for two main reasons. First, I had to check out Jennifer Aniston’s banging stripper body (who doesn’t) and second, when that boy starts singing “Don’t Go Chasing Waterfalls” in the RV at the end of the film’s theatrical trailer, he had me at hello. So with that being said and admitted, I flung myself whole-heartedly into the press screening of We’re The Millers this past Monday evening. With an all-star cast consisting of Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Emma Roberts, Will Poulter, Ed Helms, Kathryn Hahn, Nick Offerman and more, who could possibly resist a screening of this anyway? Please people, that was a rhetorical question. Now that we have that out of the way let’s momentarily cut the stress cords of life (wish I could do that permanently) and take a few minutes to chat about the lighthearted comedy We’re The Millers…in case anyone asks. Continue reading ‘Spend Some Family Time With ‘We’re The Millers’ (Movie Review)’
August 6th, 2013 by Blu-ray Brian
The day I have been waiting for since April has finally arrived. I went to bed early last night hoping and praying that Amazon Santa Claus would bring home Oblivion on Blu-ray safe and sound to me so that when I arrived at my Casa de la White after a long day at the office…there she’d be waiting for me in all her radiant beauty. Aw…Oblivion…how I missed you. It seems like an eternity since you last graced my vision in the walls of the Regal IMAX theater here in Austin, TX. Now tonight…you’ll grace my living room and hopefully haunt my dreams with all your sci-fi greatness. So I say…good day readers…and Happy Oblivion Day to you all! Continue reading ‘Happy ‘Oblivion’ Day Everyone! – Unboxing The ‘Oblivion’ Blu-ray’
August 6th, 2013 by Blu-ray Brian
Well I’m not sure what else to say except IT ALL ENDS HERE. Finally I guess. The Hangover Part III arrives onto Blu-ray Combo Pack, 2-Disc DVD Special Edition and Digital Download on October 8th from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. The Blu-ray Combo Pack and 2-disc DVD Special Edition includes exclusive behind-the-scenes content and outrageous interviews with the cast and crew. All editions include UltraViolet too. Woohoo! So if you’re interested, you should hit up the pre-order link below and also check out the full press release from Warner Bros. Have fun! Continue reading ‘The Hangover Part III Ends On Blu-ray This October’
August 6th, 2013 by Aaron Neuwirth
A few years ago I was incredibly excited for the arrival of a new movie about the Muppets. When it finally came out, I was so delighted by it. The Muppets was one of my favorite films of that year. The film had a great warmth about it, some wonderful songs, and plenty of other reasons to be happy about it. Fortunately, it was successful enough to make way for a sequel and that time is coming closer. Next spring, The Muppets Most Wanted arrives in theaters and today marks the release of the first trailer for the film. It features the main cast of this time around, which includes Ricky Gervais, Tina Fey, and Ty Burrell, along with Kermit, Miss Piggy, and all the other Muppets of course. Continue on to check out this brand new teaser, along with some images from the film.
Continue reading ‘Hey It’s Time For Something Fun: The Muppets Most Wanted Teaser Trailer’
August 6th, 2013 by Aaron Neuwirth
Getting past the surprise that is this sequel existing to begin with, Percy Jackson is back with another adventure, revolving around a quest for the Golden Fleece. For the record, I did actually find things to enjoy about Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. It may have mainly been out of my spite for The Clash of the Titans remake, which arrived in the same year, but checking out a modern day take on Greek mythology, structured into the form of a teenage adventure film piqued my curiosity enough, despite some very goofy flaws. If there is something to say about the sequel, ‘Sea of Monsters’, it is that the film plays with less goofy material and strives to add greater stakes to what is occurring. The film still misses qualities that make Harry Potter such a strong franchise, as far as these types of young adult fantasy book adaptations go, but Percy Jackson manages to bring enough spirited energy to make it passable.
Continue reading ‘‘Percy Jackson’ Is Back And He’s Brought A Sea Of Monsters (Movie Review)’
August 6th, 2013 by Gregg Senko
Coming from the library of films originally created for viewing in IMAX theaters, Ocean Men: Extreme Dive is the latest such film to arrive on Blu-ray. The lineage of IMAX films are always educating in their brief, but entertaining delivery. How does Ocean Men stack up against the rest? This film will take you to unfathomable depths on a single breath, while introducing you to the men who set the benchmark in free diving.
Continue reading ‘Ocean Men: Extreme Dive (Blu-ray Review)’
