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April 26th, 2012 by Gregg Senko
Two of the most prominent establishments that film nature documentaries these days are the BBC and Disney. The BBC tends to focus on a more straight delivery with a dose of epic-ness thrown in. DisneyNature, however, focuses their films around a story as their crews follow a select group of animals, capturing their plights and good fortunes alike. This past weekend, following a year after its highly successful African Cats, DisneyNature brings us the highly touted Chimpanzee.
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April 25th, 2012 by Gregg Senko
It was back in the 90’s when Valiant Comics lived the good life before tapering off into oblivion. With a variety of titles to their credit including Archer & Armstrong, Harbinger, and Ninjak, their hottest book was arguably X-O Manowar. After the company changed hands and then practically fell off the face of the earth, its glory days may be resurfacing this year as the new-look Valiant makes its debut on Free Comic Book Day, May 1st, with the relaunch of X-O Manowar, which will be written by Robert Venditti (who also wrote The Surrogates books, which later became a popular Bruce Willis film) and penicilled by artist Cary Nord (Marvel Comics Presents).
Continue reading ‘A ‘Valiant’ Return’
April 25th, 2012 by Sean Ferguson
The ultimate love story continues in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s spectacular musical Love Never Dies, a sequel to the legendary “Phantom of the Opera.” From musical theater’s most captivating composer and featuring the new highly-acclaimed Australian production filmed in Melbourne, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies arrives on Blu-ray with perfect hi-def picture and perfect hi-def sound and DVD on May 29, 2012. With lush visuals and a mesmerizing score that rivals the original in power and beauty, this live production of Love Never Dies is a romantic necessity for every Broadway fan’s collection. Continue reading ‘Love Never Dies Arrives on Blu-ray May 29th!’
April 25th, 2012 by Matt Goodman
Two minutes in The Wicker Tree, and already I’d rather have the bees. Labeled as a sequel to the 1973 cult classic The Wicker Man (while clearly being a sequel to the god-awful 2006 remake with Nicolas Cage), The Wicker Tree does no good, entertainment-wise. Not only is The Wicker Tree horribly written – it takes about fifteen million years to get into motion – and when it does, you’ll already be dozing off. While those are some pretty harsh reasons, my biggest gripe with the film was our two leads, Brittania Nicol and Henry Harrett, who do absolutely nothing to capture the audience’s attention. The Wicker Tree is massively un-entertaining that rightfully deserves to be shelved in the $2.99 section of Best Buy and never visited again. This is a rather pointless retread of the first. Does the film have a worthwhile Blu-ray presentation? Read on to find out. Continue reading ‘The Wicker Tree (Blu-ray Review)’
April 23rd, 2012 by Blu-ray Brian
Besides Cabin in the Woods, the other movie that totally surprised me this year was Chronicle. Even though I’m not a huge fan of these handy cam movies, I have to admit when things are done right, and by golly…Chronicle was done right! Chronicle asks the magic question…what are you capable of? The Blu-ray, featuring an extended cut with must-see deleted scenes, flies onto the format May 15th. That’s coming up quick folks. Mark your calendars. No wait! Better yet…pre-order today and indulge in the full press release below from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Continue reading ‘‘Chronicle’ Flies Onto Blu-ray This May!’
April 22nd, 2012 by Gerard Iribe
Lit will be releasing their new album The View From The Bottom June 19th, but as a special treat, you can listen to one of the new tracks before then. Same Sh**, Different Drink can be considered an “unofficial” sequel to My Own Worst Enemy without trying to be a new version of that classic song. In addition to the song we’ve included the PR release for the album. The boys are gearing up for a tour of the new record in addition to the Summerland Tour, with several other popular rock bands in tow. 2012 is gearing up to be a spectacular year for Lit, so give Same S**t, Different Drink a listen at Litband.com and let us know what you think. Cheers. Continue reading ‘Lit: ‘Same Sh**, Different Drink’’
April 21st, 2012 by Sean Ferguson
To satisfy consumer demand and serve the growing base of Blu-ray households, The Walt Disney Studios today announced plans to add more than 30 popular and iconic films to its ever-expanding Blu-ray library. Each film selected for release has been fully digitally remastered, with dirt and anomalies cleaned to a pristine level, offering viewers optimum high definition picture and sound quality of some of their favorite films. The films selected for release appeal to families, film-lovers and collectors with a wide-breadth of Live-Action, Animated, Romance titles that range from Beaches to While You Were Sleeping and Pocahontas to The Santa Clause. Many are celebrating special 10th, 15th and 20th Anniversary Edition releases, many are Academy-Award Winning Films like Dead Poets Society, Evita, Dick Tracy, and many are back by popular demand including Hocus Pocus, Adventures in Babysitting, and The Color of Money.
Continue reading ‘Disney Plans to Release 30+ Blu-rays for 2012!’
April 20th, 2012 by Aaron Neuwirth
Vanilla can be an underrated flavor. The Lucky One is a film that does everything as one would expect it to do and has little shading to really differentiate it from what one expects a romantic drama to be. It has several impossibly nice characters, one jerk, and plenty of adorable animals living in a beautiful setting, going through the motions of a story that will definitely end in one specific way. With that said, I have nothing really against any of this. It is fine for the audiences that this film is meant for (fans of romantic dramas and devotees to Nicholas Sparks books) and does not have anything clunky or poorly handled enough to really make me have any sort of ill will towards the film. Overall, it may play like a plain, vanilla-type film, but it’s fine. Continue reading ‘Find Out If You’re ‘The Lucky One’’
April 19th, 2012 by Aaron Neuwirth
We Bought a Zoo is a movie made to make you feel good. There is no other way around that. It features nice performances, a nice score, stakes that are enough to keep you involved, but never to really put you in a tense place, and an overall sweetness that is enough to make your teeth fall out. It is certainly nothing I hold against the film, especially given that it is based on a true story, but the joyful optimism seen in this film can only take one so far, before the level of interest starts to fade. Still, We Bought a Zoo is perfectly acceptable for families to watch together and at least possesses a confidence in the acting and filmmaking to keep it ahead of other, similar family friendly features. It also helps that the Blu-ray is pretty fantastic Continue reading ‘We Bought A Zoo: Blu-ray Review’
April 18th, 2012 by Gerard Iribe
Get ready for no-holds-barred hilarity with the uncensored version of the outrageous Road Trip on Blu-ray®. In this raunchy comedy, Josh (Breckin Meyer), a student at a college in Ithaca, NY, videotapes his one-night stand with beautiful sorority girl Beth (Amy Smart). A few days later, Josh discovers that one of his friends accidentally mailed the homemade porn tape to his girlfriend, Tiffany (Rachel Blanchard), who is spending some time with her family in Austin, TX. Josh and his friends Barry (Tom Green), Kyle (D.J. Qualls), E.L. (Seann William Scott), and Rubin (Paulo Costanzo) borrow a car and hit the road in a desperate bid to intercept the tape before Tiffany loads it into her VCR; Beth, however, wants Josh for herself and has her own plans to track down Tiffany. Continue reading ‘‘Road Trip’ Best Buy Exclusive on Blu-ray May 1st’
April 17th, 2012 by Blu-ray Brian
Wow! May 22nd is coming fast. What’s so important about May 22nd you ask? Well, that’s when a beautifully haunted tale comes to life on the Blu-ray format. I’m talking about The Woman in Black. Never ever did I see myself liking this film, but when I left the theater that cold Sunday afternoon, I left with a gigantic smile on my face. The script was tight, yo! So check it out. I have included the full press release form Sony Pictures Home Entertainment below as well as a pre-order link so your can serve your request up now. Get to it! Continue reading ‘The Woman In Black Appears on Blu’
April 16th, 2012 by Gerard Iribe
Every second counts in this sexy, stylish action-thriller starring Justin Timberlake and Amanda Syfried. In a future where time is literally money and aging stops at 25, the only way to stay alive is to earn, borrow, steal or inherit more time. But when a poor, working-class man (Timberlake) is falsely accused of murder, he teams up with a beautiful heiress (Seyfried) and must figure out a way to bring down the corrupt system before their dwindling life clocks run out! Continue reading ‘In Time (Blu-ray Review)’
April 14th, 2012 by Sean Ferguson
Danger takes on a whole new meaning as the X-Men are forced to confront a reality they never thought possible. Continuing the saga of the Astonishing X-Men, comic book pages come alive when Shout! Factory, in association with Marvel Knights Animation, debuted the highly anticipated Marvel Knights Animation Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous on DVD, April 10, 2012. The highly popular “Dangerous” storyline and colorful visuals from the graphic novel by pop culture icons Joss Whedon and John Cassaday combine smart story telling, incredible action, and startling revelations in the second story arc of the acclaimed Astonishing X-Men multi-part series. This DVD invites viewers to delve deep inside the imaginative world of the Marvel Universe. Continue reading ‘Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous (DVD Review)’
April 14th, 2012 by Aaron Neuwirth
So I have wrongly been associating this movie with John Carpenter and Kurt Russell. There is a certain attitude and story structure that definitely evokes this classic 80s sci-fi/action combo, but really, Lockout (or Space Jail, as I’ve been calling it) is much more in line with 90s Bruce Willis action movies. It has such a care free, “screw it” sort of attitude that making fun of the movie will get you nowhere, because it is very much in on the joke already. Space Jail cares very little about establishing realistic logic and is more concerned with having plenty of fun, as Guy Pearce spits out one-liners, while aboard a prison that is located in space. It is a simple gimmick, hovering over a familiar action flick plot, but the energy in its delivery kept a smile on my face. Continue reading ‘‘Lockout’: Escape From Space Jail’
April 14th, 2012 by Jami Ferguson
The electrifying science-fiction thriller The Darkest Hour arrives on 3D Blu-ray, Blu-ray and DVD April 10th from Summit Entertainment. Emile Hirsch (Speed Racer, Into the Wild), Max Minghella (Ides of March, The Social Network) and Olivia Thirlby (TV’s “Bored to Death,” Dredd) star in this story of five young people who find themselves stranded in Moscow and fight to survive in the wake of a devastating alien attack. With Moscow’s classic beauty as the backdrop, The Darkest Hour features some interesting special effects from the minds of visionary filmmakers Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted) and Chris Gorak (Fight Club, Minority Report). The movie never lets up as the invaders begin their assault on Earth, targeting the planet’s power supply. Continue reading ‘The Darkest Hour 3D / 2D (Blu-ray Review)’
April 13th, 2012 by Jami Ferguson
Five friends go to a remote cabin in the woods. Bad things happen. If you think you know this story, think again. Starring Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Kristen Connolly, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams, Richard Jenkins, and Bradley Whitford. From fan favorites Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard comes The Cabin in the Woods, a mind blowing horror film that turns the genre inside out. Continue reading ‘The Cabin in the Woods (Movie Review)’
April 12th, 2012 by Aaron Neuwirth
I want to spotlight a single scene of Reindeer Games. At one point in this film, Ben Affleck’s character is attempting to escape his situation. He is in a casino and his plan is to enter a bathroom and exchange clothes with the person in there with him (weirdly, the person he switches with is a young Ashton Kutcher in a nothing role). One of the men keeping their eye on Affleck’s character enters the bathroom, immediately sees the guy who has switched clothes, only to be shoved, from the side, by Affleck. Apparently his plan was to gain merely a couple seconds head start, before attempting to escape. It is a completely ludicrous scene, which is one instance that reflects how ludicrous the film is as a whole. Reindeer Games is certainly an awful film, but it is also awfully entertaining. Continue on to see how the Blu-ray fares. Continue reading ‘Reindeer Games (Blu-ray Review)’
April 12th, 2012 by Aaron Neuwirth
I am not one to normally post trailers on the site, given that we are more focused on the review side of things and the in-depth coverage that goes along with that; however, when I was covering WonderCon 2012, I made mention of the film Looper, a new time travel flick that I am really excited for. At the time, there was nothing available in the way of posting, beyond my description of the panel and a few images. Now, in the past week, a trailer and a poster for the film have debuted. Given that I stated I wanted to provide an update when a trailer was made available in this article HERE, now is the time I fulfill that promise. Again, Looper is the new time travel film from writer/director Rian Johnson (Brick, The Brothers Bloom), which stars Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Emily Blunt. While there are plenty of much more high-profile films coming very soon and throughout the summer, Looper is a fall release that is very high on my list of films to see as well. Continue on to see the trailer and the poster for the film. Continue reading ‘‘Looper’ Has Its Trailer Debut’
