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July 8th, 2013 by Blu-ray Brian
The “American Dream” comes to life when The Great Gatsby arrives onto the HD scene with Blu-ray 3D Combo Pack, Blu-ray Combo Pack and Digital Download on August 27th from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment with over 90 minutes of special features. I know I’m in the minority here, but its still in my Top 5 of the year so far (as referenced here for your reading pleasure). But don’t take my word for it. Check out the full press release below from Warner Bros. and hit up the pre-order link here to secure your Blu-ray today! Thanks for your support! Continue reading ‘The Great Gatsby Glitters On Blu-ray August 27th!’
July 8th, 2013 by Gerard Iribe
Jason Statham (The Expendables) proves even angels have a dark side when Redemption arrives on Blu-ray Disc (plus Digital Copy and Ultraviolet), DVD (plus Digital Copy and Ultraviolet) and Digital Download September 24from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. The film is currently available on Video on Demand. Statham “gives a performance as powerful as his fists,” (CraveOnline.com) as an ex-Special Forces soldier who gets caught in the dangerous trenches of London’s criminal underworld. Written and directed by Steven Knight, the Academy Award® nominated writer of Dirty Pretty Things (Original Screenplay, 2003), the compelling thriller co-stars Polish Film Award® winner Agata Buzek (The Reverse), BAFTA® winner Vicky McClure (“This Is England ’86”), Benedict Wong (Prometheus, Dirty Pretty Things) and Ger Ryan (Frozen). Continue reading ‘‘Redemption’ on Blu-ray September 24th!’
July 8th, 2013 by Aaron Neuwirth
The Way, Way Back is the coming of age story of 14-year-old Duncan’s (Liam James) summer vacation with his mother, Pam (Toni Collette), her overbearing boyfriend, Trent (Steve Carell), and his daughter, Steph (Zoe Levin). Having a rough time fitting in, the introverted Duncan finds an unexpected friend in Owen (Sam Rockwell), the gregarious manager of the Water Wizz Water Park. Through his funny, clandestine friendship with Owen, Duncan slowly opens up to and begins to finally find his place in the world – all during a summer he will never forget. This film is the directorial debut for Academy Award winners Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (The Descendants) and this is the third of four posts where you will hear what the cast and crew had to say about being a part of the film.
Continue reading ‘‘The Way, Way Back’ Cast & Crew Interviews: Nat Faxon And Jim Rash’
July 5th, 2013 by Aaron Neuwirth
The Way Way Back is the coming of age story of 14-year-old Duncan’s (Liam James) summer vacation with his mother, Pam (Toni Collette), her overbearing boyfriend, Trent (Steve Carell), and his daughter, Steph (Zoe Levin). Having a rough time fitting in, the introverted Duncan finds an unexpected friend in Owen (Sam Rockwell), the gregarious manager of the Water Wizz Water Park. Through his funny, clandestine friendship with Owen, Duncan slowly opens up to and begins to finally find his place in the world – all during a summer he will never forget. This film is the directorial debut for Academy Award winners Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (The Descendants) and this is the second of four posts where you will hear what the cast and crew had to say about being a part of the film.
Continue reading ‘‘The Way, Way Back’ Cast & Crew Interviews: Liam James And AnnaSophia Robb’
July 4th, 2013 by Aaron Neuwirth
The Way Way Back is the coming of age story of 14-year-old Duncan’s (Liam James) summer vacation with his mother, Pam (Toni Collette), her overbearing boyfriend, Trent (Steve Carell), and his daughter, Steph (Zoe Levin). Having a rough time fitting in, the introverted Duncan finds an unexpected friend in Owen (Sam Rockwell), the gregarious manager of the Water Wizz Water Park. Through his funny, clandestine friendship with Owen, Duncan slowly opens up to and begins to finally find his place in the world – all during a summer he will never forget. This film is the directorial debut for Academy Award winners Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (The Descendants) and this is one of four posts where you will hear what the cast and crew had to say about being a part of the film.
Continue reading ‘‘The Way, Way Back’ Cast & Crew Interviews: Steve Carell And Allison Janney’
July 3rd, 2013 by Jami Ferguson
After his latest mission goes disastrously wrong, veteran CIA black ops agent Emerson Kent (John Cusack) is given one last chance to prove he still has what it takes to do his job. His new assignment: guarding Katherine (Malin Akerman), a code operator at a top-secret remote CIA “Numbers Station” where encrypted messages are sent and received. When an elite team of heavily armed assailants lays siege to the station, Emerson and Katherine suddenly find themselves in a life-or-death struggle against an unknown enemy. With the station compromised and innocent lives at stake, they must stop the deadly plot before it’s too late.
Continue reading ‘The Numbers Station (Blu-ray Review)’
July 3rd, 2013 by Aaron Neuwirth
In 2002, audiences were able to see what came of a failed film that would have starred Johnny Depp. This film was Lost in La Mancha, a documentary that chronicled the attempt by director Terry Gilliam to make a film about Don Quixote, only to be undone by production and budget problems, forcing the film to ultimately be shutdown. It is an entertaining documentary, but a sad tale for Gilliam, Depp, and all involved. After watching The Lone Ranger, a film that has had its own share of issues in making its way to the big screen, I wondered if seeing a documentary about the attempt to make this film work would have been more entertaining. As it stands, The Lone Ranger is an overlong, excessive, and violent picture that has all the elements to bring the fun sensibilities of director Gore Verbinski’s ‘Pirates’ films to the old west, but only manages to do so, after a long build up.
Continue reading ‘‘The Lone Ranger’ Trades A Pile Of Silver For An Overblown Adventure (Movie Review)’
July 3rd, 2013 by Aaron Neuwirth
It would appear that the Despicable Me films are not for me. Despite having a love for animated films, wacky humor, and films that have original songs and themes by Pharrell Williams, I remained unattached to what should be entertaining me quite easily. The concept of pulling a reverse-Incredibles and having us follow a reformed super-villain seems like such a good concept, but I continue to feel fairly indifferent to the series. A lot of it comes down the scripting of these films, which seems to be happier on delivering cute moments than having a film that holds together all the way through. That said, many others were more appreciative of the first film than I, so more of the same may be enough for those excited about this sequel.
Continue reading ‘Despicable Me 2: Attack Of The Minions (Movie Review)’
July 3rd, 2013 by Brian White
When I first learned that Disney was bringing back The Lone Ranger to the big screen I have to admit, I got rather excited. Despite not being a huge fan of Westerns, I have fond childhood memories of the masked fighter of injustice and his white stallion, Silver. Hi-ho Silver! Away! However, I had to check and hit the excitement brakes a few times over the past couple years when I learned about the budget issues and potential delay/cutbacks the production was dealing with and of course when I first saw Johnny Depp’s getup as Tonto. I got a bit squeamish of that image to say the least. This is Tonto? But then came the trailers and as I read more and more about it and the film’s synopsis I thought maybe…just maybe…I can have a little fun with this one. So here we are. It’s 2013 and July 3rd is now upon us! It’s time to saddle up and ride! What say you? Continue reading ‘Johnny Depp’s ‘The Lone Ranger’ Show (Movie Review)’
July 2nd, 2013 by Brandon Peters
Remember my Blue Like Jazz review when I talked about how most of the time religious films are usually bottom of the barrel bad? Well, this is surely one of them. The Yankles wants to be the Jewish rendition of Bad News Bears. The film feels very paint by numbers but is unable to paint those numbers very well at all. Yes, this is a very low budget film, but absolutely nothing shines through. The drama, the humor, the religious message, the baseball all falls flat on its face in an embarrassing fashion. This isn’t anywhere near the “so bad it’s good” realm. It’s in the complete boredom “please please please end!” genre of movies. Continue reading ‘The Yankles (Blu-ray Review)’
July 2nd, 2013 by Blu-ray Brian
Happy Birthday mom! The long awaited The Dark Knight Trilogy: Ultimate Collector’s Edition hits Blu-ray on your birthday!!! What more can you ask for? All your prayers have been answered. And while I might be bittersweet that extended or re-cut editions of the film won’t be materializing, it is very nice to finally see word of this release. Everything you will find in this upcoming set including extras and memorabilia is chronicled and detailed for you below in the press release graciously furnished by Warner Bros. today! Thanks for spreading the good news! My mom and I will be happy this year! Enjoy! Continue reading ‘My Mom’s Birthday Present – The Dark Knight Trilogy: Ultimate Collector’s Edition’
July 1st, 2013 by Aaron Neuwirth
The Bling Ring is Sofia Coppola’s 5th theatrical feature and it seems like her least essential effort. Coppola’s confidence as a filmmaker is certainly apparent, though this film, much like her previous film, Somewhere, relies a lot on repetition. Much different from Somewhere, however, The Bling Ring is a film that is much more dynamic in pacing and use of edits. Regardless, whether it is the subject matter, the characters, or the basic presentation, something about The Bling Ring made it only satisfying to an extent, as I felt it ended up having about as much depth as some of the personalities of the characters we see in the film.
Continue reading ‘‘The Bling Ring’ Gets Caught In Coppola’s Clutches (Movie Review)’
June 30th, 2013 by Brandon Peters
In the 80s, cinema had a comedically adventurous trio consisting of a romantic couple and its third wheel in Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito. They had gone through some Indiana Jones-inspired adventures in Romancing The Stone and its sequel Jewel Of The Nile. The first was a well respected and loved adventure. The sequel’s reception left people a bit cold. Follwing Nile and as a director, DeVito had one darkly comic venture under his belt, Throw Momma From A Train. Instead of attempting a third piece to the Romancing The Stone series, DeVito opted to bring it together in this dark comedy about divorce featuring a legendary violent battle between the sexes to close the film out. The film was brought to big success and many consider it the trios best outing of all. Continue reading ‘The War Of The Roses (Blu-ray Review)’
June 29th, 2013 by Aaron Neuwirth
So far we have had three ‘Die Hard’ movies and I have been entertained by two of them; neither of which starred Bruce Willis. White House Down is the second film this year, following Olympus Has Fallen, to feature the White House being held hostage by terrorists. While the films are somewhat different in what they are trying to accomplish, the similarities are quite clear. That said, while ‘Olympus’ was seeped with much more seriousness and jingoism, White House Down is all about being Roland Emmerich-style spectacle. While Emmerich may not be creating another disaster movie on the scale of his other hit films like Independence Day or 2012, he is certainly doing what he can to make a Die Hard-like film, which has the attitude of one of his disaster films. In establishing this, it means that along with large-scale thrills, the film also lends itself to being a lot of goofy fun, while also earnest and plenty corny. It is a good thing that that is what I was in the mood for.
Continue reading ‘Roland Emmerich Brings The ‘White House Down’ (Movie Review)’
June 28th, 2013 by Sean Ferguson
Marvel Studios’ Iron Man 3 pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy’s hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own devices, relying on his ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him. As he fights his way back, Stark discovers the answer to the question that has secretly haunted him: Does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man?
Continue reading ‘Get Iron Man 3 on HD Digital on 9/3 and on Blu-ray 9/24!’
June 28th, 2013 by Aaron Neuwirth
This is the story of a by-the-book FBI agent teaming up with a sloppy, but dedicated Boston Police detective to take down some bad guys. They are mismatched and hate each other at first, but will have to learn to get along if they want to prove themselves to the other officers and agents. The two will face lots of adversity both from nefarious foes and each other, but they will ultimately use their eventual friendship as a way to work together. Other agents and officers will doubt the work that these two do, in an attempt to uncover the truth regarding secret drug shipments and heinous criminal activities, including violent murders, but hopefully they will prevail anyway. These are classic buddy cop movie elements and they have been applied to this film which teams up Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy in a comedy that is hit or miss…mostly miss.
Continue reading ‘‘The Heat’ Emits A Low Flame (Movie Review)’
June 28th, 2013 by Brian White
Make no mistake, I’m solely doing this review for my girlfriend. Am I not a nice guy or what? After seeing Melissa McCarthy in this year’s Identity Thief I absolutely wanted nothing to do with her ever again. I grew so tired and disgusted hearing her cuss and drop endless F-bombs for absolutely no reason at all over and over again throughout that film. It was funny in Bridesmaids, but enough is enough, woman. You are not the second coming. You are not funnier than The Hangover (unless we are talking exclusively Part III). So needless to say, even though I chuckled a few times during the initial trailers for The Heat, I really wanted to be left out in the “cold” for this one. Sometimes you just got to suck it up and do things others want to do or see too, right? Of course, horse! Continue reading ‘Don’t Get Burned By ‘The Heat’ (Movie Review)’
June 27th, 2013 by Brandon Peters
Naked City is a spin off television of the film noir classic of the same name. The show spanned for 4 seasons and ran 138 episodes from 1958-1963. While the film version was very noir, this show has some of that feel, but is more of a police procedural than anything. And it’s more procedural than anything we can think we know by that format today. Modern CBS shows look like HBO/Showtime programming in comparison. For this release, Image has collected 20 episodes featuring some of the biggest name guest stars of the entire series’ run. You’ll see the likes of William Shatner, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen (fighting a midget!), Robert Duvall and more as you make your way through the episodes. Continue reading ‘Naked City: 20 Star-Filled Episodes (DVD Review)’
