Chillerama: This Valentine’s Day, Werebears Need Love Too!
So what’s better than a Friday evening after a long week of work? Well, I’ll tell ya. How about if I were to tell that my good buddy Tim Sullivan just dropped me a line to announce that his Chillerama segment, I Was A Teenage Werebear, is set to become a real stage musical? Would you believe me? And on top of that, BuySoundtrax Records will be releasing his anthology segment as a film soundtrack. Are you still with me? Well, I sh!t you not, this and so much more is all true! I couldn’t be happier for my friend. The guy’s a real class act and he deserves nothing but the best in life. And finally, the following debuted a few days ago on AICN, but we have it here now. I’m thrilled to host/embed the official music video for Chillerama, Psycho Charger’s main title song of the same name, here on Why So Blu. Check out the full press release below for more information on the soundtrack and stage musical and of course, hit play on the video below. But most importantly…enjoy! Continue reading ‘Chillerama: This Valentine’s Day, Werebears Need Love Too!’
Why So Blu is committed to taking you where no other Blu-ray review website has ever gone before. We’re taking you MOBILE! That’s right! Fellow iOS developer Alexander Magdics (MacEnvy) and myself have recently combined forces to produce the world’s first Blu-ray disc review mobile app where you can read all about the latest in Blu-ray, movies, comics, gaming and more on the go, wherever you go. Now…using the ever-popular Apple iPhone or iPod Touch line of devices, our readers can stay in the know, on–the-go! Check out the rest of the press release below! 
Before learning anything specific about Lynne Ramsay’s We Need to Talk About Kevin, I was under the unfortunate impression that Kevin was another “evil kid” movie. One based on a critically-acclaimed novel, sure, but still: yet another “evil kid” movie. Oh, boy. How exciting. And so, I expected the typical “evil kid” plot: upper-middle-class parents have a child that’s supposed to completely reinvigorate a stale marriage, child turns out to be weird, strange things start happening, a neighbor’s dog (or, hell, why not: a neighbor) ends up dead, and somehow it turns out the little kid is “possessed” or “the Devil” or “the Devil’s child” or “the Devil’s son’s tutor” or something equally stupid. Besides the “killer car” and the “killer kitchen-appliance” sub-genres of horror, this might be the most overused and least entertaining plot device ever employed, repeated so many times and with so many tiny variations that it’s long since lost what little punch it might have ever had. 
George Lucas reinvented the world of science fiction in 1977 with Star Wars Episode IV, spending around $40 million of present-day currency to produce the lucratively profitable space epic. He was 33 when Greedo didn’t shoot first and still a god among geeks. At 30 years and with $30 million, director Neil Blomkamp gave us the instant classic, District 9, a sci-fi mockumentary set in Johannesburg, South Africa — a more terrestrial and hostile version of Tattooine. In this politically conscious alien adventure, humankind plays the evil Empire. After watching Chronicle (opening Feb. 5), essentially a sublime hybrid of both, it appears a padawan director named Josh Trank has reached cinematic Nerdvana much younger (he turns 27
With the success of the After Dark Films Horrorfest “8 Films To Die For” brand, and the unanimous success of the first installment of After Dark Originals (ADO), ADF, in conjunction with Lionsgate and IM Global, is proud to announce that they will be bringing another set of 8 terrorizing films to theaters in 2012 — After Dark Originals 2 (ADO2). After Dark Films kicks off After Dark Originals 2 with its first chilling feature of the new series that will send shivers down your spine. Dark Circles, written and directed by Writer-Director Paul Soter (of Broken Lizard infamy, the team behind Club Dread, Super Troopers and Beerfest) and starring Pell James (The Lincoln Lawyer) and Johnathon Schaech (That Thing You Do), will have its blood-curdling theatrical release in 2012. Check out the film’s synopsis below. Enjoy! 
What’s one of the hottest films dropping this year that everyone is salivating over? Well if you asked me, my answer would be Dark Knight Rises. Something tells me Gregg would have a different answer over 
Ever wanted to play “truth or dare” with Madonna? I know! Who hasn’t? Well of course I am referring to her taboo film from the 90’s aptly titled, Truth or Dare. Lionsgate is proud to present Madonna: Truth or Dare, available for the first time on Blu-ray on April 3rd. Her being one of my favorite performers (on stage and of course that infamous bottle scene…LOL), I can’t wait to pick this one up Day 1. Want to know more? Of course you do, check out the full press release below from Lionsgate Home Entertainment and be a virgin no more!
An all-star cast led by Oscar nominee Gary Oldman and Oscar winner Colin Firth captivates in the brilliant espionage thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy on Blu-ray this March. The film is nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Score. The Blu-ray Combo Pack is available to own on March 20th. I cannot wait! Read all about it below in the press release from Universal Studios Home Entertainment and 
I remember a handful of years back when word got out that a third Underworld movie was in production. Then word arrived that series star Kate Beckinsale would not be a part of the film. I, along with many other fans, felt the unfortunate sting. Thankfully, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans was a great-fitting prequel spelling out the history of the werewolf/vampire rivalry. With a trilogy in the books, fans still wanted another movie, but this time with Kate Beckinsale. I give you Underworld: Awakening. 
For his first American film, Alfred Hitchcock teamed up with producer David O. Selznick (Gone With the Wind) to create a “spine-tingling” (LA Weekly) romantic thriller that Won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Based on Daphne Du Maurier’s timeless novel, this dark, atmospheric tale of fatal obsession features Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine and Judith Anderson, as well as a “haunting score by Franz Waxman” (Leonard Maltin). After a whirlwind romance, mysterious widower Maxim de Winter (Olivier) brings his shy, young bride (Fontaine) home to his imposing estate, Manderley. But the new Mrs. de Winter finds her married life dominated by the sinister, almost spectral influence of Maxim’s late wife: the brilliant, ravishingly beautiful Rebecca, who, she suspects, still rules both Manderley and Maxim from beyond the grave! 
From legendary director Alfred Hitchcock comes this “torrid, tense, tinglingly suspenseful” (Cosmopolitan) film that ranks as one of his best. Academy Award winner Ingrid Bergman “is literally ravishing” (Pauline Kael), and Cary Grant and Claude Rains give “excellent performances” (Variety) in this “taut spy movie that delivers a romantic punch” (The New Yorker). When troubled beauty Alicia Huberman (Bergman) is recruited by American agent Devlin (Grant) to infiltrate a German spy ring in postwar Rio, she accepts…but soon finds herself falling in love with Devlin. And when she receives orders to seduce a Nazi kingpin (Rains), Alicia must sacrifice the only happiness she’s ever known for a perilous mission that could ultimately cost her and Devlin their lives. 
Forty-two-year-old Manhattan native Isaac Davis (Allen) has a job he hates, a seventeen-year-old girlfriend, Tracy (Mariel Hemingway), he doesn’t love, and a lesbian ex-wife, Jill (Meryl Streep), who’s writing a tell-all book about their marriage…and whom he’d like to strangle. But when he meets his best friend’s sexy intellectual mistress, Mary (Diane Keaton), Isaac falls head over heels in lust! Leaving Tracy, bedding Mary and quitting his job are just the beginnings of Isaac’s quest for romance and fulfillment in a city where sex is as intimate as a handshake – and the gateway to true love…is a revolving door. Nominated for two Academy Awards, Manhattan is a wry, touching and finely rendered portrait of modern relationships set against the backdrop of urban alienation. Sumptuously photographed in black and white and accompanied by a magnificent Gershwin score, Manhatten is one of Woody Allen’s finest movies. 
Get ready because this March Jonah Hill (eat your heart out Gregg Senko) takes you where NO babysitting movie has ever gone before in the outrageously raunchy and “Totally Irresponsible” edition. The Sitter arrives on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download on March 20th. I can’t even imagine how much more raunchier this will be? I checked this one out while down in FL last December and I was pleasantly surprised. Brilliant beginning. That’s all I’m going to say. Check out the full press release below from Fox Home Entertainment and pre-order 
