Go ‘Back to the Future’ on Blu-ray This October!
June 29th, 2010 by Blu-ray Brian
Here it is! The Holy Grail on Blu-ray! Well, it’s not exactly the Holy Grail, but it’s pretty darn close! Universal confirmed the month-long rumors yesterday when they announced the October 26th Blu-ray release date of Back to the Future: 25th Anniversary Trilogy. I just might have to request that day off of work. Video will be presented in a newly restored 1080p presentation with an aspect ratio of 1.85:1. Oh yeah baby! Audio will be treated with a high octane 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio surround track. Continue reading ‘Go ‘Back to the Future’ on Blu-ray This October!’
If you’re going to do something, you might as well do it right. With the combined efforts of CageStars, Gentile Promotions, Voo Doo Custom Sportsbikes, Quaker Steak & Lube, and Roctagon Entertainment, the unified team secured the visit of UFC Middleweight Champion and fan favorite Anderson Silva for the June 26th multi-bout event at the Quaker Steak & Lube in Cleveland, Ohio suburb of Sheffield Village. 
This July, get ready for the latest high definition adventure of the Caped Crusader as he takes on his newest nemesis, the Red Hood. On July 27th, Warner Bros. will officially release its latest DC Comics animated film, Batman: Under the Red Hood. The 75-minute production matches up the Dark Knight against this latest foe who dons a scarlet mask and is always within arms’ length of a hefty arsenal. Who is this latest bandit to strike Gotham? What is his angle? Why is the Joker involed? 
This week at Why So Blu features the third of our three MMA fighter interviews and we’d like to extend a big thank you to the athletes as well as CageStars for their time and hospitality. In this interview, we focus our time on the energized Adam Bogle. As Bogle gets ready to deliver a beating on his next opponent, he also took a moment to educate me and the Why So Blu readers on mixed martial arts and his experience in the cage. 
What are up with these mega all-star cast films nowadays? Seems like we just can’t get enough of them no matter how bad they are. Hollywood studios slap a label on a one-sheet poster with five or more big box-office stars and all they have to do is sit back on their laurels and count the cash that rolls in during the film’s opening weekend despite any negative critical reviews. 
I for one have never been on the ‘Hate-Tom-Cruise Wagon’. I think he’s a tremendously gifted actor as well as an excellent stuntman. What he does in his personal life is his business. Cameron Diaz has also shown herself very versatile in the past few years, and with movies like Identity, Walk the Line and 3:10 to Yuma under his belt, James Mangold is a great choice as director. Does Knight and Day live up to it’s hype? 
We are all pretty much big Predator fans around here so I think it’s safe to say we are looking forward to the newest chapter in the Predator franchise thanks to Mr. Robert Rodriguez. I’m pumped! I can’t wait! July 9th can’t come fast enough. I hate wishing my summers away too, but I just can’t help it. Knowing that Rodriguez is involved just makes me excited. IGN posted the international trailer for Predators yesterday. 
When I first saw the stills of this posted around Comic-Con last year I instantly thought how stupid and how I would never see/support it. Well that all kind of changed yesterday when I caught my first glimpse of Seth Rogen’s official Green Hornet movie trailer. I know it’s a trailer and I should not get my hopes up, but it actually looks kind of… gulp… good. Am I crazy? What do you think? Check out the trailer below if you have not seen it yet. 
We just got in some new video for the upcoming Blu-ray and DVD release of BBC America’s: How The Earth Changed History. You will be able to catch a full Blu-ray review of it here on the site very soon, but in the meantime kick back and take in this exciting new video footage we received yesterday as presenter Iain Steward does a great job of walking the viewer through the discovery of the untold story of how our planet’s geological forces have shaped human civilization. 
While I love the idea of a channel dedicated to science fiction, The SyFy Channel (formerly the SciFi Channel) seems to be in an identity crisis hence the name change. This is a channel that cranks out a ton of original movies that are questionable in quality such as Mansquito and Mega Snake, but they also had great shows like Battlestar Galactica and Stargate SG-1. I was curious as to where this movie would fall as far quality counted. 
Few retired video game systems have the nostalgia and replay value as the original 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System. The system spawned such titles as Super Mario Bros., Contra and the almighty gridiron classic, Tecmo Bowl. The football classic later found life on the Super Nintendo in 1993 in the form of the best-selling Tecmo Super Bowl. So what if you really love the game but do not own a Nintendo product? 
This press release came across my desk last Friday. It was just too funny to ignore. To coincide with the release of Hot Tub Time Machine on Blu-ray June 29th, Fox wants you to see the brand new and insanely funny content starring Rob Cordry, Craig Robinson, John Cusack and Clark Duke. This movie looks hilarious and I cannot wait to see it in a few weeks. 
It’s not a coincidence that all of the Toy Story films have 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, they’re just that good. Pixar has had a long string of successful movies that go all the way back to the original film in this franchise in 1995, and Pixar knows Toy Story is their baby. So, does this one live up to all the hype surrounding it? Check out my video review below and find out! 
As special effects progressed and stories got more creative, the western became an increasingly difficult genre to sell to the general public. Compared to 40 and 50 years ago, the days of cowboys and Indians on the big screen is pretty much non-existent. How does one revive the category or even get one good film out there? You’ve got to break the formula. 
I first became interested in Jonah Hex last summer after seeing a sneak peak of several scenes at Warner Brothers’ Comic-Con panel (see here). I have to admit; I have never read a single page of the DC Comics’ title. So I guess you can say that I am a Jonah Hex virgin. Sometimes that’s a good thing, right? Anyway, I’m a big Josh Brolin fan from back in the days, but what really sold me on this movie, much to my astonishment, was the sultry Megan Fox. 
Crazy tells the story of Hank Garland whose name may not be recognizable to most people, but the people he played guitar with and the songs he played on are surely are. Garland was one of the most in-demand session guitar players in Nashville and he played for the likes of Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, The Everly Brothers, Conway Twitty, Patsy Cline, and Jerry Lee Lewis along with lots of others. 
On the ground level, it was a story of Cinderella proportions. It defied the norm and broke the mold both ideologically and physically. Up to 1999, the typical, professional Irish dancer was one of 100% Irish ancestry. Whether male or female, they would have started dance at an age of 5 or 6 and be of moderate stature as far as height went. Most were straight from Ireland, with others coming from England, Northern Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States. 
