BLU-RAY & DVD

Mad Max on Blu-ray October 5th

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Alyssa Mertes
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The “take no prisoners” cop Mad Max rides onto Blu-ray for the first time October 5th as MGM Home Entertainment releases the post-apocalyptic action classic. Starring Mel Gibson (Braveheart) and directed by George Miller (Happy Feet), Mad Max is critically-acclaimed and a film classic.

In the ravaged near future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road. Terrorizing innocent civilians while tearing up the streets, the ruthless gang laughs in the face of a police force hell-bent on stopping them. But they underestimate one officer: Max Rockatansky (Gibson). And when the bikers brutalize Max’s best friend and family, they send him into a mad frenzy that leaves him seeking revenge, which is the only thing left in the world for Max to live for.

Special features on Blu-ray include: Disc One—Filmmaker commentary by Jon Dowding, David Eggby, Chris Murray, and Tim Ridge, Documentary: Mad Max: The Film Phenomenon, New-to-the-U.S. Original Australian Language Track, Two Theatrical Trailers, and TV Spots. Special features in Combo Pack include: Disc One—Everything on Blu-ray’s Disc One, and Disc Two—New Digitally Re-mastered Transfer, Mel Gibson: The Birth of a Star Documentary, Theatrical Trailers “Road Rants” Trivia & Fun Fact Track, and Photo Gallery.

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Fantasia & Fantasia 2000 on DVD & Blu-ray November 30th

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Alyssa Mertes
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Fantasia and Fantasia 2000—the magical, animated musical masterpiece and the contemporary classic inspired by it—debut in highly-anticipated DVD and a 4-disc Blu-ray Combo Pack in 2-Movie Collection Special Editions on November 30th. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment is opening the Disney vault to be able to present these two films the broke the boundaries of imagination in the highest quality possible.

The dreams and visions of Walt Disney come to life in Fantasia, which blends music and film magic into an exhilarating movie-going experience. Unforgettable images are brought to life by some of the world’s best music, and highlighted by the comedy of Mickey Mouse as a troublemaking sorcerer’s apprentice, along with the beauty of winged fairies and cascading snowflakes, the majesty of Noah’s ark and even plump hippos performing ballet in tutus.

Motivated by his uncle’s foresight, Roy Disney continued the magic with Fantasia 2000 which begins where its predecessor left off. There are seven completely new segments, and viewers watch a bustling Depression-era metropolis in the style of Al Hirschfield’s famous cartoons, a flock of flamingos with slapstick yo-yo talents, an ark full of animals gathered by Donald Duck as Noah’s first mate, and musical life breathed into a family of flying humpback whales.

Fantasia DVD Special Features include: New Audio Commentary with Disney Historian Brian Sibley, Disney Family Museum—Walt’s daughter Diane Disney-Miller takes viewers on a tour of the new Disney Family Museum in San Francisco, California featuring a very large exhibit on Fantasia, and most importantly, the Schultheis notebook with long lost Fantasia production notes found in more recent years in the walls of a convents. Fantasia Blu-ray Special Features include: everything on DVD plus, Disney View—this Viewing Mode maximizes the Blu-ray experience with original art created by a Disney artist in a style that complements the beauty of the film, The Schulthesis Notebook: A Disney Treasure—An in-depth look at the recently discovered Schulthesis Notebook, Interactive Art Gallery and Screensavers, and Audio Commentaries from Fantasia Legacy Collection.

Fantasia 2000 DVD Special Features include: Musicana—Walt’s Inspiration for a Sequel—This documentary reveals rarely-seen art created for Musicana, a late 1970s project intended as a Fantasia sequel. Fantasia 2000 Blu-ray Special Features include: everything on the DVD plus, Dali & Disney: A Date with Destino—this feature length documentary explores the collaborative relationship between Walt Disney and Salvador Dali, revealing how and why the Destino short came many years after its inception, Destino—The legacy of Walt Disney and Salvador Dali lives on this highly-anticipated short film, and Disney’s Virtual Vault.

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Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam on DVD & Blu-ray

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Alyssa Mertes
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The momentum continues for Disney’s “Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam” when Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment brings the musical television event to DVD and Blu-ray Combo Pack in Camp Rock 2 The Final Jam: Extended Edition, which features the addition of two new musical numbers.

Mitchie (Lovato) can’t wait to return to Camp Rock and spend the summer making new music with her friends Shane, Nate, and Jason (The Jonas Brothers). But the slick new camp across the lake, Camp Star, has drummed up some serious competition featuring newcomers Luke and Dana. With Camp Rock’s future at stake, will Camp Star’s flashy production and over-the-top antics win the sensational battle of the bands, or will Camp Rockers prove that talent, teamwork, and spirit are what truly matter?

The Disney Channel Original Movie stars Demi Lovato (“Sonny with a Chance”) and the hugely popular Grammy nominated Jonas Brothers. The highly-anticipated sequel also brings fan favorites from Camp Rock including: Maria Canals-Barrera (“Wizards of Waverly Place”), Meaghan Martin (“10 Things I Hate About You”), Alyson Stoner (“Phineas and Ferb”), Anna Maria de Perez Tagle (“Fame”), Jasmine Richards, Daniel Fathers, Roshon Fegan (“Shake it Up”), and Jordan “J” Francis.

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Clips from The Office Season Six coming to Blu-ray and DVD

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Susan Bailey
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The Office: Season Six is coming to Blu-ray and DVD Tuesday, September 7! And don’t forget, in an industry first, the Blu-ray release of The Office Season 6 will allow fans to access content like never before via BD-Live. Through their Internet-connected Blu-ray player using BD-Live, purchasers will now have an opportunity to watch the latest five episodes from Season Seven after they air on their home televisions!

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Scream Dream and Scream Queens – Sexy Horror

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Susan Bailey
Posted in: BLU-RAY & DVD, DEAD END

SRS Cinema is release Two Sexy Horror / Cult DVDs on Oct 19th – just in time for Halloween

Scream Dream
Her reputation is more than just rumor!

A heavy metal singer’s satanic worshiping reputation turns out to be more than just a rumor in his shot-on-video cult classic! Michelle Shocked (Carol Carr) is a lead singer of a red hot heavy metal band. Her image as the new queen of rock is feed by rumors that she’s involved with witchcraft & Satan worship. There are even stories of disappearances of fans at her shows! But her manager Lou Sharkey has grown tried of dealing with media outrage, so he fires her & replaces her with Jamie Summers (Melissa Moore), a sexy blonde with a strong voice & less ego. However, when the band visits Shocked to tell her they had nothing to do with her firing, they discover the rumors are true – Shocked is a demon & the band is forced to kill her. But later that day, Jamie visits Shocked’s apartment to pick up some of her old stage clothes & finds the body. Drawn to it, she becomes possessed by Shocked’s spirit. With this fresh young body, Shocked will get the revenge she craves!

Scream Queens Double Feature: Swimsuit Sensations & Knockout Workout...
Horror films most beautiful girls in sexy swimsuits and provocative workouts!

Two lost cheesy classics are back! First up, SWIMSUIT SENSATIONS stars Scream Queens Melissa Moore, Veronica Carothers & Jasae. It’s three of the most beautiful and voluptuous vixens in horror film history talking about their lives while revealing their inner-most beauty secrets (and outer most body parts) for keeping their sexy shapes and building a body that most women would kill for! Then stick around with the girls for KNOCKOUT WORKOUT, designed to get your body in “knockout shape,” and have you feeling good and looking great! It’s a fun and extremely effective workout session with three Hollywood starlets who know the value of staying in top condition! These two videos were thought lost forever but are now back – please note, due to the fact the original masters have been lost, these have been restored from the best possible materials available, but still may have audio or video drop outs. But they don’t detract from the camp fun of each of these “classic” videos!

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Coming at you this Fall…..

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Ashley Queen
Posted in: BLU-RAY & DVD, DEAD END, MOVIES

Let me tell you a secret… I am beyond ready for the summer to be over. I know it is a terrible thing to say and literally minutes into shoveling through that first snow, (count your blessings if you happen to be located somewhere this does not happen) I will be cursing the very thing I wished for. However, the fall brings about a fresh change and with that comes some very interesting things in entertainment.

Maybe it is the soothing breeze with the bite of a surging chill which metaphorically brings about the yearning for all things eerie and frighting, but the feeling of fall always gets me in the mood for something terrifying. With the help of Halloween, Hollywood certainly agrees. Here are a list of some things I think we should check out this Fall.

Sickly In SEPTEMBER…

September 17th: DEVIL, directed by Drew and John Erik Dowdle (“Quarantine”) and written by Brian Nelson
story by M. Night Shyamalan
When I watched the extend trailer for “Devil” while at the “Expendables” movie, I thought that it seemed like a really strong, thrilling, mysterious and most importantly, terrifying story. A group of people trapped in a high-rise elevator on their way to work. The passengers suddenly start dying one by one. Which of the unfortunate seemingly normal commuters is really the devil in disguise? As a huge fan of “The Twilight Zone” (I should hope I don’t have to explain which “Twilight Zone”) I felt that this would make an excellent half hour to an hour plot, but two hours? I am very curious how they plan on turning this story into a full blown movie but then again, this is a Shyamalan creation…
September 30th: ROB ZOMBIE, tour kicks off Rocking out in Universal City, California, Rob Zombie kicks off his nation wide tour. The tour follows his record release. Zombie calls the new music “some of the fastest and heaviest tracks we have recorded in a long, long time.” In other Zombie news, the musician/filmmaker has signed on to remake the film “The Blob” Zombie will complete the script while he’s on tour. Talk about multitasking! Zombie will be writing, producing, and directing the classic horror film.

Oozing in OCTOBER…

October 5th: GRINDHOUSE, Deluxe edition on dvd
Both “Planet Terror” and “Death Proof” have already been released on home video separately, much to the dismay of the films’ fans. We want more! Screw that grainy, old-looking, Grind house feel… I mean….
Well whatever, for those of you unsatisfied, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’ B-movie double feature will finally be re-released in a special edition Blu-ray set this October!

October 29th: SAW 3D, directed by Kevin Greutert, written Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton

It will never end! In this episode of SAW a deadly battle rages over Jigsaw’s brutal legacy, a group of Jigsaw survivors gathers to seek the support of self-help guru Bobby Dagen (Sean Patrick Flanery), a man whose own dark secrets unleash a new wave of terror on the world. YADA YADA….3 reasons I will be seeing this movie, however,
1.) I am obsessed with 3D right now. Sorry! But I am. I will watch ANYTHING if it is in 3D and I don’t doubt that SAW 3D will deliver in that category.
2.) Sean Patrick Flanery. I love him.
3.) It is Halloween after all.
Now, your 3 reasons may vary from mine.

October ANYDAY: Haunted Houses and Trick or Treating
No matter where you are I know that there will be a haunted house near by. Go there! Although I am quickly getting to that point of maturity when I am just way too big to pull of trick or treating, I will always appreciate a good haunted house. Where I am from it is an event, with tailgating, music and screams throughout. And hell, if the mood hits you throw on a mask and hit up a few houses…TRICK OR TREAT!

Nasty in NOVEMBER…

November 5th: RED HILL, directed/written by Patrick Hughes

An Australian take on American Westerns, “Red Hill” is set to be released here in the USA in November. With “True Blood” star Ryan Kwanten as the lead, this is said to be a thrilling crime film with undeniable twists and turns. The film begins with a new arrival on a small-town police force having to confront a legendary convicted murderer.

SOMETIME THIS FALL….

DEGRASSI: Quick change of Pace Returning this fall will be a new and changed Degrassi. With the wrapping of summer so did Degrassi: Boiling Points. I must admit that the start of Boiling Points was incredible however, I was not so thrilled with the end. But Degrassi never lets me down and they will be returning shortly promising all of the Degrassi drama us fans can handle. There is nothing horrifying about this news!!!

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Flash Forward Bonus clips

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Susan Bailey
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Walt Disney Home Entertainment invites audiences to relive every suspenseful moment of the thrilling, action-packed drama FlashForward, with ABC’s FlashForward:The Complete Series, available on DVD August 31, 2010. Allowing fans to rediscover the mystery behind the global blackout, this exciting release features five discs, including all 22 episodes of the series, plus over 60 minutes of immersive bonus material, including bloopers, deleted scenes and much more.

Joseph Fiennes

Suspect Zero

Bloopers

Crash Forward – On Location

Yuko’s First Day

Working with Yuko

Feelings Deleted Scene


What Simon Wants Deleted Scene

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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time on DVD & Blu-ray September 14th

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Alyssa Mertes
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The mystery and legends of an ancient time will be experienced like never before when Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time arrives on DVD and 3-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack September 14th from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment and Jerry Bruckheimer Films.

Academy Award nominee Jake Gyllenhaal, Academy Award winner Sir Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina, and Gemma Arterton lead the international cast in this epic action-adventure film filled with spectacular visual effects, exotic locales, and breathtaking action. Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Mike Newell, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time boasts a sandstorm of bonus features that bring the viewer deep into the mystical lands of Persia and unlock the secrets behind the scenes of this imaginative and entertaining adventure.
It’s a race against time when a rogue prince reluctantly teams up with a rival princess to safeguard a magical dagger that gives its possessor the power to reverse time and rule the world. Filled with death-defying escapes and unexpected twists at every turn—Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is a fun-filled adventure that will keep your pulse pounding long after the credits roll.

Special features include: An Unseen World: Making Prince of Persia—A look behind the scenes on the set of the film, Deleted Scene—The Banquet: Garsiv Presents Heads, plus the Blu-ray includes CineExplore: The Sands of Time—an interactive feature that allows the viewer to take control of the dagger.

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Letters to Juliet on DVD & Blu-ray September 14th

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Alyssa Mertes
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The much-anticipated results are finally in. The race to cast Lisbeth Sanders in the upcoming American version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has sent Hollywood into a frenzy but finally an unknown (which is perfect for the role) has won the job. She can definitely expect overnight stardom…

Her name is Rooney Mara. Her resume is very small, but it’s safe to say if she blows us away as the rebellious Sanders, her IMDB page will be as full as any other A-list movie star in Hollywood.

Mara, early in her career, had smaller roles on various television shows and films. It wasn’t until the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street in 2010 that she was actually the lead in a film. But that wasn’t too long ago and since then she has definitely caught the attention of David Fincher. Fincher cast Mara in his upcoming highly-anticipated Facebook movie, The Social Network. And she must have been highly-impressive to the fantastic director because he is directing The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

The movie will be released December 21, 2011 and it is destined to be a trilogy considering there are three books in the franchise. Mara is on her way to being an overnight success story and a mainstay in the movie business. We will definitely see more of her in the near future.

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The Lord of the Rings Arrive This September

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Susan Bailey
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Warner Home Video, in conjunction with New Line Home Entertainment, has announced that, on September 14, it will release on Blu-ray the three The Lord of the Ring movies separately: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King.

Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Assisted by a Fellowship of heroes, Frodo Baggins plunges into a perilous trek to take the mystical One Ring to Mount Doom so that it and its magical powers can be destroyed and never possessed by evil Lord Sauron. The astonishing journey begins in the first film of director/co-writer Peter Jackson’s epic trilogy that redefined fantasy filmmaking. This imaginative foray into J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth won 4 Academy Awards®* and earned 13 total nominations including Best Picture.

Special features: Welcome to Middle-earth, Quest for the Ring, A Passage to Middle-earth, Fifteen LordoftheRings.net featurettes, The Two Towers preview and more.

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Frodo and Samwise press on toward Mordor. Gollum insists on being the guide. Can anyone so corrupted by the ring be trusted? Can Frodo, increasingly under the sway of the ring, even trust himself? Meanwhile, Aragorn, drawing closer to his kingly destiny, rallies forces of good for the battles that must come. Director Peter Jackson delivers an amazing second movie that won 2 Academy Awards®* and earned 6 total nominations including Best Picture. The journey continues. So do the astonishing spectacle and splendor.

Special Features: On the Set, Return to Middle- earth, Emiliana Torrini music video, The Long and Short of It (with making-of) and more

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
It is time. For Frodo to overcome the wickedness of Gollum, the horrifying attack of the colossal arachnid Shelob and the soul-twisting allure of a ring that resists destruction. For Aragorn to take up the sword of his forebears and the crown of his birthright. For the mighty clash that wizard Gandalf calls “the great battle of our time.” And for the inspired culmination of the films based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s literary classic. For the third time, a Rings movie was a Best Picture Academy Award nominee and for the first time it claimed that prize (plus 10 more). The King deserves its crown.

Special Features: The Quest Fulfilled, A Filmmaker’s Journey, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (National Geographic) and more

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