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October 15th, 2012 by Sean Ferguson
Get caught in a web of laughs, thrills and chills with Arachnophobia from legendary producer Steven Spielberg – now available for the first time on Blu-ray, featuring new digital restoration with enhanced picture and sound. Jeff Daniels and John Goodman star in this creepy comedy, crawling with the perfect mix of fun and fright. Everyone is afraid of something. But when Dr. Ross Jennings (Daniels) moves his family to a quiet place in the country, the one thing that bugs him most is terrifying everyone in town. For this unlikely hero, overcoming a childhood fear of spiders might just save the day. Enjoy the hair-raising entertainment of Arachnophobia like never before on Blu-ray! Continue reading ‘Arachnophobia (Blu-ray Review)’
October 15th, 2012 by Blu-ray Brian
I can’t even begin to tell you how I’m already counting down the days until Christmas…err..I mean December 4th. In case you have been living under a rock these past few weeks you will recognize December 4th as the day Christmas comes early this year or aka the Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download release date of 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises. I don’t care what my Warner Bros. reps asks me to post about in regards to this film…it’s going up. So take a brief moment from your busy and stressed filled day and check out WB’s Blu-ray Sizzle trailer below. And oh yeah…pre-order this baby…NOW! Continue reading ‘The Dark Knight Rises – Blu-ray Event of the Year Sizzle’
October 14th, 2012 by Aaron Neuwirth
Fox has already summed a lot of this up with their previous press release: Scale the cliffs of insanity, battle rodents of unusual size, face torture in the pit of despair, and join Princess Buttercup and Westley on their spell-binding journey to find true love with The Princess Bride 25th Anniversary Blu-ray. A classic fairy tale complete with heroes, villains, trickery, mockery and death-defying miracles, The Princess Bride captured audiences young and old with its brilliant, memorable dialogue, enchanting story line and bewitching characters. From celebrated director Rob Reiner and Oscar-winning screenwriter William Goldman comes “an enchanting fantasy” (Time) filled with adventure, romance and plenty of “good-hearted fun” (Roger Ebert). Featuring a spectacular cast that includes Robin Wright, Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, and Billy Crystal, this wonderful fairy tale about a Princess named Buttercup and her beloved is “a real dream of a movie” (People). This new Blu-ray features plenty of extras, including an all new retrospective, anyone that hasn’t owned The Princess Bride already would do well to get it now. Continue reading ‘The Princess Bride: 25th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray Review)’
October 13th, 2012 by Brian White
Prometheus, to me, is much like the acquired taste of beer. You may not like it the first time you try it, but the more you give it a chance, it becomes harder and harder to resist and suddenly that raunchy aftertaste becomes a thing of the past as it becomes more socially acceptable in your ecosystem. More so, it’s like fine wine. It only gets better with age. Yada, yada, yada. But seriously, If I had to rank my Top 3 “Most Anticipated” Films of 2012, Prometheus would have been a gut wrenching #4 choice. It’s not that I wasn’t really looking forward to it, but nothing could ever top my love for the Nolan’s Batman series, which I considered masterpieces, and Seth Grahame-Smith’s literary mash-up work, Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter (too bad the movie translation SUCKED). And oh yeah, there was that small tribe of insignificant Marvel superheroes too. What were they called? Continue reading ‘Prometheus (Blu-ray Review)’
October 12th, 2012 by David Freedman
Rachel is new to Dexter, Aaron stopped then picked it back up and Salim has never missed an episode. Check out what they have to say about Season 7. Starring Aaron Fink, Salim Lemelle and Rachel Appelbaum. Directed by Sean Wright
Synopsis: Dexter is a blood pattern analyst who leads a double life. To satisfy his need kill, he hunts and kills murderers who have escaped the justice system. But getting away with murder is never easy.
WATCH US ON PBS SOCAL Saturdays at 6PM or pbssocal.org/justseenit
Continue reading ‘Dexter Retrospective and Season 7 Preview on Showtime – Just Seen It’
October 12th, 2012 by Aaron Neuwirth
Argo is a dynamite thriller that takes a story based on true events and makes it work as a high stakes suspense feature. Regardless of whatever facts may have been embellished or altered for the sake of the film, Argo works very well because it has a grounded sense of reality and a terrific cast, chock-full of character actors, all providing understated performances that do not attempt to overthrow the strength of the overall story. It also benefits from having a 70s-style handle on the type of thriller it is, positioning it well amongst other well-plotted old school films. Argo is about one thing, and it achieves that by working as a rock solid caper/rescue mission film, with some great direction from star Ben Affleck. Continue reading ‘Affleck’s ‘Argo’ Nails Nail-Biting Suspense’
October 12th, 2012 by Blu-ray Brian
Now that horror fans have the backstory on the hillbilly cannibals’ “Bloody Beginnings”, the franchise rejoins the infamous disfigured brothers as they return when WRONG TURN 5: BLOODLINES debuts on unrated Blu-ray, DVD and, for the first time ever, Digital Copy on October 23rd. This all-new terrifying film boasts the talent of horror movie veteran Doug Bradley (Hellraiser), along with Game of Thrones’ Roxanne McKee. As usual, our good friends at Fox Home Entertainment are ready to stir the pot and making things really interesting this Halloween season by giving three of our readers an exclusive Wrong Turn 5 USB thumb drive. They were originally a San Diego Comic Con exclusive, and only a limited amount were produced. Check out their “How to Survive a Horror Movie” guide below and see how you can win one of these bad boys. Continue reading ‘Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines Thumb Drive Online Giveaway’
October 12th, 2012 by Brian White
In all honesty, I never really was a big Ben Affleck fan. Sure there will always be my guilty pleasure of Daredevil with the late, great Michael Clarke Duncan as the Kingpin and YES I loved him in his early masterpiece with Damon, Goodwill Hunting, but once he became known as “Bennifer,” I kind of lost interest…that was until The Town. Then I took notice. He had my full attention. Hey…this man really does still have talent. He took what would normally be your everyday bank robbing, mobster film and filled it with raw and visceral emotion, tension and conflict that kept me on the edge of my seat the throughout the feature’s extended runtime. And when I saw the trailer for his latest body of work, Argo, I thought out loud…this sh1t is bananas…B-A-N-A-N-A-S. Thankfully…I was right. Continue reading ‘‘Argo’ See This One (Movie Review)’
October 11th, 2012 by Sean Ferguson
From Academy Award-nominated writer/director Peter Hedges (Dan in Real Life, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape), and starring Golden Globe winner Jennifer Garner, Joel Edgerton, Oscar winner Dianne Wiest and CJ Adams as Timothy Green, comes this highly imaginative story about a happily married couple who can’t wait to start a family but can only dream about what their child would be like. Then one stormy night young Timothy shows up on their doorstep. Soon they and the small town in which they live learn that sometimes the unexpected can bring some of life’s greatest gifts. The story is written by Ahmet Zappa (“American Gangster,” “Changeling”). Continue reading ‘The Odd Life of Timothy Green Arrives on Blu-ray This December!’
October 11th, 2012 by Sean Ferguson
Jonathan Ames (Jason Schwartzman) continues to ply his trade as an unlicensed private detective, getting caught up in increasingly risky jobs and absurd adventures around New York City with George (Ted Danson) and Ray (Zach Galifianakis), his always supportive partners in solving crime. In addition, a shocking revelation drives him to embark on one of his most important cases yet, the quest to find his biological father. As if that wasn’t enough, Jonathan’s writing career is finally starting to look up with the publication of his long-delayed second book. Returning cast members and guest stars include Heather Burns, Allyce Beasley, Samantha Bee, Olympia Dukakis, John Hodgman, Richard Masur, Bebe Neuwirth, Patton Oswalt and Oliver Platt, as well as Dick Cavett, Chris Elliott, Halley Feiffer, Isla Fisher, Stacy Keach, David Rasche, Sarah Silverman, Mary Steenburgen, Casey Wilson and Zach Woods, among others. Continue reading ‘Bored to Death: The Complete Third Season (Blu-ray Review)’
October 11th, 2012 by Gerard Iribe
In the last moments of WWII, a secret Nazi space program evaded destruction by making a daring escape to the Dark Side of the Moon. In the intervening 70 years they have re-colonized, re-armed and silently plotted their revenge. When an American astronaut stumbles upon the Reich’s secret Moon lair, the Fuhrer (Udo Kier) decides to unleash their devastating armada upon the Earth. Now every man, woman and child must unite to stop the Nazi UFO invasion and save humanity. Women, guns, science fiction, explosions, political incorrectness, satire, oh my! “Invasion? Y’all must be trippin’. ” Continue reading ‘Iron Sky (Blu-ray Review)’
October 11th, 2012 by Aaron Neuwirth
There is no way around this, so I am just going to get it out of the way now. One, I loved Seven Psychopaths and I believe it to be one of the best films of the year. Two, I can easily see how not everyone will love this movie the same way I do. The film is a hard R-rated, dark comedy that serves as both a humorous film about hitmen and a genre deconstruction that plays with the nature of self-awareness in film’s we expect certain outcomes from. It features great and funny dialogue, some over-the-top violence, while also providing some wonderful performances, and a story structure that is constantly evolving. The fact that the film knows what it is and calls attention to it will probably throw some people off of the track it has laid for itself, but I was completely on board with this crew of nutcases. Continue reading ‘A Snow White Shih Tzu And The ‘Seven Psychopaths’’
October 11th, 2012 by Aaron Neuwirth
Sinister is exactly the kind of horror movie I like to see during the month of October. It may not be a future classic, but it is a film that delivers on providing an entertainingly scary experience in the theater and presumably at home. As opposed to being a remake or another entry in an old horror series, Sinister is a new horror film, with a concept that delivers. The atmosphere is consistently creepy, there is some slick direction to make it stand out, and Ethan Hawke gives a strong lead performance. While I don’t think the story quite delivers on what it sets up, the film, as a whole, is still frightening enough and fitting to be seen around the time of Halloween or whenever you need a good scare. Continue reading ‘Watch Where You Move, Or Things Will Get ‘Sinister’’
October 11th, 2012 by Brian White
Wow! What can I possibly say that fellow staffer Aaron Neuwirth is not going to mention in his extensive review of Seven Psychopaths? Well, for starters, this film is brilliant. Pull away the many layers and what you obviously have is a masterfully crafted screenplay by the film’s co-producer and director, Martin McDonagh. I guess it also doesn’t hurt that this dark, comedic film also stars the likes of Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, Christopher Walken, Tom Waits, Olga Kurylenko and Abbie Cornish. And wow, I thought Sam Rockwell was crazy good in Iron Man 2, but his onscreen chemistry with Farrell and Walken takes the prize here. Seven Psychopaths won’t shatter any box office records this year, but it’s the closest appreciation I’ll have of a Tarantino Pulp Fiction like experience in the theater until of course Django Unchained comes out. Continue reading ‘And on the Seventh Day God Created ‘Seven Psychopaths’ (Movie Review)’
October 10th, 2012 by Gregg Senko
In recent months, DC Comics has been heavily publicizing the release of its new TV series, Arrow, based around the character of Oliver Queen and his super hero identity of the Green Arrow. Some of the names have been changed (not to protect the innocent) but tonight, the CW debuted the first episode of what they hope will be a big hit. Now that the pilot has officially aired, we’ve got some material to weigh in on.
Continue reading ‘A Dull ‘Arrow’ Misses its Mark’
October 10th, 2012 by Sean Ferguson
Everyone orders Cinderella around: her cruel stepmother, her awful stepsisters — even the big clock in the church tower tells her when to start another day of drudgery. But they can’t stop her from dreaming, and Cinderella has faith that someday her wishes will come true. When an invitation to the royal ball arrives, Cinderella is sure her time has come — until her stepsisters, with the encouragement of Lady Tremaine, tear her gown to shreds. Just when Cinderella believes all is lost, her Fairy Godmother appears, and with a wave of her wand and “Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo,” transforms an ordinary pumpkin into a magnificent coach and Cinderella’s rags into a gorgeous gown, then sends her off to the Royal Ball. But Cinderella’s enchanted evening must end when the spell is broken at midnight. It will take the help of her daring animal mice friends and a perfect fit into a glass slipper to create the ultimate fairy tale ending. This enchanting classic comes alive in stunning fashion for in-home viewing for the very first time on Blu-ray high definition with enhanced picture and sound, once again being embraced by new and old generation alike and only available … as long as the spell lasts. Continue reading ‘Cinderella: Diamond Edition (Blu-ray Review)’
October 10th, 2012 by David Freedman
With Skyfall rapidly approaching along with the 50th anniversary of James Bond in the movies, Greg gives us his take on the super agent. Oh – you’re not a super agent? OK. Starring Greg Karber. Directed by Sean Wright.
WATCH US ON PBS SOCAL Saturdays at 6PM or pbssocal.org/justseenit Continue reading ‘Greg’s James Bond Rant – Just Seen It’
October 10th, 2012 by Sean Ferguson
Twentieth Century Fox and Why So Blu would like to give away two copies of the first season of “Touch”. The show is about a widower named Martin Bohm (Kiefer Sutherland) who is also a single father who is haunted by an inability to connect to his emotionally challenged 11-year-old son Jake. But when Martin discovers that Jake can predict events before they happen, everything changes. This DVD set will be released on October 16, 2012 and it can be yours free if you live in the United States or Canada and you leave a comment below on why you want this show. Only one prize can be won per person so take a minute and leave us your thoughts and your name. Winners will be notified after the contest is over to obtain your mailing address so the studio can mail your set to you. Good luck! Continue reading ‘Win One of Two Copies of Touch: Season One on DVD!’
