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Alpha and Omega Final Movie Poster

By
Susan Bailey
Posted in: MOVIES

What makes for the ultimate road trip? Hitchhiking, truck stops, angry bears, prickly porcupines and a golfing goose with a duck caddy. Just ask Kate and Humphrey, two wolves who are trying to get home after being taken by park rangers and shipped halfway across the country. Humphrey is an Omega wolf, whose days are about quick wit, snappy one-liners and hanging with his motley crew of fun-loving wolves and video-gaming squirrels. Kate is an Alpha: duty, discipline and sleek Lara Croft eye-popping moves fuel her fire. Humphrey’s motto – make ‘em laugh. Kate’s motto – I’m the boss. And they have a thousand miles to go.

Back home rival wolf packs are on the march and conflict is brewing. Only Kate and Humphrey can restore the peace. But first, they have to survive each other.

Lionsgate and Crest Animation present Alpha and Omega starring Justin Long, Hayden Panettiere, Dennis Hopper, Danny Glover and Christina Ricci. Alpha and Omega is directed by Anthony Bell and Ben Gluck from screenplay by Christopher Denk and Steve Moore and based on a story by Steve Moore

In theaters September 17th

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Despicable Me Images

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staff
Posted in: MOVIES

In a happy suburban neighborhood surrounded by white picket fences with flowering rose bushes, sits a black house with a dead lawn. Unbeknownst to the neighbors, hidden deep beneath this home is a vast secret hideout. Surrounded by an army of tireless, little yellow minions, we discover Gru (Steve Carell) planning the biggest heist in the history of the world. He is going to steal the moon (Yes, the moon!) in Universal’s new 3-D CGI feature, Despicable Me.

Gru delights in all things wicked. Armed with his arsenal of shrink rays, freeze rays and battle-ready vehicles for land and air, he vanquishes all who stand in his way. Until the day he encounters the immense will of three little orphaned girls who look at him and see something that no one else has ever seen: a potential Dad.

One of the world’s greatest super-villains has just met his greatest challenge: three little girls named Margo, Edith and Agnes.

Voices of Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Will Arnett, Kristen Wiig, Danny McBride, Miranda Cosgrove, Jack McBrayer, Mindy Kaling, Jemaine Clement and Julie Andrews – in theaters July 9th

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The 13 Ghost of Scooby-doo on DVD

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Posted in: BLU-RAY & DVD

Scooby and Shaggy are tricked by ghosts Bogle and Wierd into opening a chest of demons. With the aide of Daphne, Scrappy, an orphan named Flim Flam and warlock Vincent Van Ghoul, they have to return the 13 demons to the chest.

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Beauty and the Beast: Diamond Edition this Fall

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staff
Posted in: BLU-RAY & DVD

A Beloved Fairy Tale Is Restored To All New Heights On Blu-ray Disney’s Academy Award-Winning Animated Classic

On Blu-ray+ DVD Combo Pack – October 5, 2010
And Standard Definition DVD – November 23, 2010

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (WDSHE) proudly announces the Blu-ray high-definition debut of Disney’s animated masterpiece, Beauty and the Beast on October 5, 2010.

Disney’s most requested film, Beauty and the Beast, arrives for the first time on Blu-ray Hi-Def as the second installment to the company’s new Diamond Collection. The Blu-ray transformation reveals the magic, music and majesty of the film as never before experienced with state-of-the-art picture restoration, pristine 7.1 Digital Surround Sound and hours of additional viewing experiences that include behind the scenes features, deleted scenes, enhanced music tracks, immersive games and more.

The first of only two animated films ever to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture (the second is 2009’s Up), Beauty and the Beast earned six Academy Award nominations and won two Oscars in 1992 for Best Original Song (“Beauty and the Beast”) and Best Original Score.

Unavailable in any form since 2003, Beauty and the Beast will be released from the Disney vault for a limited time only, arriving on a Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack (2 Blu-ray Discs + DVD) October 5, followed seven weeks later with the release of a 2-Disc standard definition DVD on November 23.

Set in and around a quaint French village during the late 18th century, Beauty and the Beast follows the fantastic adventures of Belle, a bright and beautiful young woman who finds escape from her ordinary life, and the advances of a boorish suitor, Gaston, by reading books. Meanwhile, off in a castle in the distance, a cruel young prince is cast under the spell of an enchantress who turns him into a tormented beast, while transforming his servants into animated household objects. In order to remove the curse, the Beast must discover a true love who will return his affection before the last petal falls from an enchanted rose. When Belle’s inventor father stumbles upon the Beast’s castle and is taken prisoner, Belle comes to the rescue and agrees to take her father’s place. With the help of the castle’s enchanted staff, she sees beneath the Beast’s exterior and discovers the heart and soul of a human prince.

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Home Video Releases March 23

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staff
Posted in: BLU-RAY & DVD

1. The Blind Side
2. Mad Men: Season 3
3. Toy Story (2-Disc Special Edition)
4. Toy Story 2 (2-Disc Special Edition)
5. Fantastic Mr. Fox
6. Brothers
7. The Men Who Stare at Goats
8. Red Cliff
9. Seraphine
10. Ciao

Staff Picks

Brothers

Sam Cahill (Tobey Maguire) is shipping off to Afghanistan days after his brother, Tommy Cahill (Jake Gyllenhaal), gets out of jail for armed robbery. He has to leave his wife and high school sweetheart, Grace (Natalie Portman), and his two little girls behind, but he’s determined to make his father and his country proud. While he’s gone, Tommy is there to support Grace and they help each other through this difficult time. But when a report comes back that Sam is MIA, his family assumes he’s dead and relationship lines blur between Grace and Tommy and they grow closer than expected. How will Sam and Tommy’s brotherly bond help them get through this confrontation and will Sam and Grace’s marriage survive?

Red Cliff

This Chinese epic film chronicles the events of the Battle of Red Cliffs during the end of the Han Dynasty. 1,325,639,982 Chinese can’t be wrong, this film is worth seeing as it broke the box office sales of the previously highest grossing film in China, Titanic.

Seraphine

Winning the 2009 Cesar Award for Best Film, Seraphine presents 25 years in the life of the French artist, Seraphine Louis. She lives and paints through two wars and her life makes for a very interesting story depicted beautifully in this film.

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The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie! Screening at Anaheim Comic Con

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staff
Posted in: MOVIES

From the warped minds of creators, writers and executive producers Matt Silverstein and Dave Jeser, comes the most reprehensible and most guilty-pleasure movie of all time…”The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!” The first animated film based on the “Drawn Together” series will be released by COMEDY CENTRAL Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment, to be screened for the fans on Saturday, April 17 from 7:00-8:00 p.m. PT at Anaheim Comic Con.

“My family and I grew up with one of the co-creators, Dave Jeser, and have known him and his family since I was a teenager,” said Shamus, chairman and CEO, From the warped minds of creators, writers and executive producers Matt Silverstein and Dave Jeser, comes the most reprehensible and most guilty-pleasure movie of all time…”The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!” The first animated film based on the “Drawn Together” series will be released by COMEDY CENTRAL Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment, to be screened for the fans on Saturday, April 17 from 7:00-8:00 p.m. PT at Anaheim Comic Con.

“My family and I grew up with one of the co-creators, Dave Jeser, and have known him and his family since I was a teenager,” said Shamus, chairman and CEO, Wizard Entertainment. “Having Dave and Matt at our inaugural Anaheim Comic Con will be a treat both personally and professionally!”

“The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!” is bigger, badder and uncensored and certainly lives up to its tainted heritage and provides the audience with a not-so-healthy heaping of what everyone has come to know and secretly love from the show. Namely, copious amounts of drunken-revelry, taboo-busting and cartoon-on-cartoon violence.

The “The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!” screening will be held at Anaheim Comic Con on Saturday, April 17 from 7:00-X p.m. at the Anaheim Convention Center, immediately following the closing of the show floor. Join creators Silverstein and Jeser as they discuss their new film and host a Q&A with fans.

Immediately following Anaheim Comic Con, on Tuesday, April 20, “The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!” DVD will be released nationwide by COMEDY CENTRAL Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment. The over one hour of bonus features include the following: “Anatomy of An Animated Sex Scene,” an in-depth investigation into the genesis of the soon-to-be infamous 3-D sex scene; “Re-Animating Drawn Together: From the Small Screen to The Slightly Bigger Screen,” a technical piece focusing on the production/animation end of the project; “Drawn Together: The Legacy,” a faux-serious reflection on the show’s impact and lasting cultural relevance; “Drawn Together: True Confessionals,” the actors and co-creators discuss their favorite memories from the show; “Drawn Together Minisodes,” a fond remembrance of all the loveable characters from the series hosted by the Jew Producer; “D.I.Y 3-D Glasses,” step-by-step instructions on how to create your own 3-D glasses; and deleted scenes.

In addition, “The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!” will be available on Tuesday, April 20 on download-to-own platforms in HD and SD including iTunes, Xbox LIVE Marketplace, Zune, Sony PlayStation Store, and Amazon Video on Demand.

Anaheim Comic Con runs from April 16-18, 2010 at the Anaheim Convention Center. It is a major regional pop culture convention bringing fans the latest information on Hollywood, comics, toys, collectibles and connecting attendees with celebrity guests, artists and industry professionals.

Tickets for Anaheim Comic Con are on sale now at www.wizardworld.ticketleap.com/anaheim or at
866-882-5860. . “Having Dave and Matt at our inaugural Anaheim Comic Con will be a treat both personally and professionally!”

“The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!” is bigger, badder and uncensored and certainly lives up to its tainted heritage and provides the audience with a not-so-healthy heaping of what everyone has come to know and secretly love from the show. Namely, copious amounts of drunken-revelry, taboo-busting and cartoon-on-cartoon violence.

The “The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!” screening will be held at Anaheim Comic Con on Saturday, April 17 from 7:00-X p.m. at the Anaheim Convention Center, immediately following the closing of the show floor. Join creators Silverstein and Jeser as they discuss their new film and host a Q&A with fans.

Immediately following Anaheim Comic Con, on Tuesday, April 20, “The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!” DVD will be released nationwide by COMEDY CENTRAL Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment. The over one hour of bonus features include the following: “Anatomy of An Animated Sex Scene,” an in-depth investigation into the genesis of the soon-to-be infamous 3-D sex scene; “Re-Animating Drawn Together: From the Small Screen to The Slightly Bigger Screen,” a technical piece focusing on the production/animation end of the project; “Drawn Together: The Legacy,” a faux-serious reflection on the show’s impact and lasting cultural relevance; “Drawn Together: True Confessionals,” the actors and co-creators discuss their favorite memories from the show; “Drawn Together Minisodes,” a fond remembrance of all the loveable characters from the series hosted by the Jew Producer; “D.I.Y 3-D Glasses,” step-by-step instructions on how to create your own 3-D glasses; and deleted scenes.

In addition, “The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!” will be available on Tuesday, April 20 on download-to-own platforms in HD and SD including iTunes, Xbox LIVE Marketplace, Zune, Sony PlayStation Store, and Amazon Video on Demand.

Anaheim Comic Con runs from April 16-18, 2010 at the Anaheim Convention Center. It is a major regional pop culture convention bringing fans the latest information on Hollywood, comics, toys, collectibles and connecting attendees with celebrity guests, artists and industry professionals.

Tickets for Anaheim Comic Con are on sale now at www.wizardworld.ticketleap.com/anaheim or at 866-882-5860.

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Home Video Releases March 16

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staff
Posted in: BLU-RAY & DVD, MOVIES

1. The Twilight Saga: New Moon
2. The Princess and the Frog
3. Did You Hear About the Morgans?
4. Astro Boy
5. Ninja Assassin
6. Armored
7. The Fourth Kind
8. Paris
9. The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights
10. Unrivaled

Staff Picks

Ninja Assassin

This bloody, thrilling action film will have ninja enthusiasts on the edge of their seats. Ninja Assassin takes you inside a ninja clan, where the best ninjas are trained from childhood. Raizo is a special case, however, he’s being trained by the Ozunu clan to become the most lethal Special Ops ninja assassin in the world. But Raizo begins to question the integrity and loyalty of his clan when they execute his childhood friend, Kiriko, a fellow female ninja. When Raizo abandons his clan, a mark is placed on his head to be killed. Will he make it out alive?

The Fourth Kind

Based on true events, The Fourth Kind follows Abby (Milla Jovovich) in her struggle to finish the research her husband died trying to complete. She tapes interviews and hypnotic sessions of multiple patients who claim to hear voices in their heads and all talk about a white owl that watches them in their sleep. Abby begins to believe that it has something to do with alien abduction and is quickly swept into the situation, despite others thinking she is insane. Later, her daughter goes missing and more questions are raised as to who the fourth kind are and what they want with us.

Paris

Follow eight Parisians through their lives in Paris and get a glimpse of what life is truly like for our French friends.

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Comedy Central’s Animated Ugly Americans Premiere

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staff
Posted in: TV

It’s happened to everyone: you move to a new city and you need a place to live so you find a roommate on Craigslist…and then you’re living with a zombie. Business as usual, right? In COMEDY CENTRAL’s all-new animated series “Ugly Americans,” a social worker in the Department of Integration helps all newcomers – human or not – adjust to life in the Big Apple. Prepare to meet some of the ugliest Americans ever.

Premiers on Wednesday, March 17 at 10:30 P.M on Comedy Central.

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Home Video Releases March 9

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staff
Posted in: BLU-RAY & DVD

1. Up in the Air
2. Precious
3. Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
4. Old Dogs
5. Planet 51
6. Hachi: A Dog’s Tale
7. Evangelion: 1.11 You Are Not Alone
8. Paris
9. Falling for Grace
10. The Stoning of Soraya M.
11. The Sensei
12. Turn the Beat Around
13. Demonic Toys 2
14. The Baby Formula
15. Gigante
16. Toddlers & Tiaras: Season 1
17. The Memory Thief
18. Tapeheads
19. Amar a Morir
20. Tales from the Dead

Staff Picks

Up in the Air

Ryan Bingham (Gorge Clooney) has a tough job: he travels around the nation, hired by auxiliary companies to lay off their employees so they don’t have to; and he’s the best at what he does. Despite witnessing despair and anguish in the faces of everyone he fires, Bingham is content in his lifestyle–flying to-and-fro across the U.S., living on his own, nothing to tie him down. His life is turned upside down, however, when his company decides to “ground him”; all thanks to a new employee, Natalie Keener (Anna Kendrick), whose fresh-out-of-college ideas take the traveling out of their jobs. Bingham struggles with this new lifestyle, forcing him to make regular contact with his sisters and understand the reality of a life with other people in it.

The Stoning of Soraya M.

Based on a true story, The Stoning of Soraya M. depicts the horrors of injustice in Iran. Zahra (Shohreh Aghdashloo), has a harrowing story to tell about her niece, Soraya (Mozhan Marnò), but goes unheard by the people in her village because she is a woman. She manages to catch the ear of a journalist stranded in the village and pleads for him to listen and carry her story to the rest of the world so that they may know of the violence and injustice going on in Iran.

Gigante

Set in the capital of Uruguay, Gigante follows the life of a late-night security officer and his growing obsession with a female janitor at his supermarket. His obsession eventually grows into a full-blown stalker case, in which he shadows his co-worker everywhere she goes. He even gets a job bouncing at her favorite club, but never works up the nerve to speak to her.

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Home Video Releases March 2

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staff
Posted in: BLU-RAY & DVD

New Releases:

1. 2012
2. Ponyo (also releasing a special edition DVD that comes with a plush toy of Ponyo)
3. Where the Wild Things Are
4. The Neverending Story (on Blu-ray)
5. Ninja
6. Cold Souls (only on DVD)
7. The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
8. IMAX Wild Australia (on Blu-ray)
9. Marathon Beirut: For the Love of Lebanon (only on DVD)

Staff Picks:

Ponyo

Hayao Miyazaki, director of such famed animated movies like, “My Neighbor Totoro” and “Spirited Away,” brings us “Ponyo,” a dream-like tale of young love and transformation. Sosuke, a five-year-old son of a sailor, lives on a quiet Oceanside cliff with his mother Lisa. One day, while playing out near the beach, he finds a bottle with a beautiful goldfish inside. After rescuing her from her glassy prison, he names her Ponyo.

But Ponyo isn’t just a goldfish, she’s actually a sea goddess and the daughter of a powerful wizard. She uses her father’s magic to turn herself into a young girl and soon falls in love with Sosuke. However, the use of such powerful magic sets the world on an imbalance, and Ponyo and Sosuke have to fight to save the world and fulfill Ponyo’s dreams of becoming human.

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

Fifty-year-old Pippa Lee (Robin Wright Penn) has it all: a brilliant husband, Herb (Alan Arkin), successful twins, and an adored friend and neighbor. But her life is uprooted when her husband who is thirty years her senior decides to move to a retirement community as a “pre-emptive strike against decrepitude.” Her upbeat personality begin to unravel along with her life as she discovers that her husband has had an affair and she’s lost all she used to find security in.

Cold Souls

Paul Giamatti stars as himself in this darkly humorous pseudo-sci-fi about soul trafficking. When Giamatti suffers from debilitating anxiety over his role as “Uncle Vanya,” he happens to stumble upon a New Yorker article about a high-tech company that extracts souls to alleviate suffering. Desperate to make it through his performance without having a nervous breakdown, he enrolls in the program only to discover that his soul is the size of a chickpea.

Complications arise when he returns to the facility to reclaim his soul and finds that it’s been stolen by a soul-trafficking mule for use in an ambitious, yet talentless, Russian soap-opera actress. Unable to live without his soul, he has no choice but to track it down all the way to St. Petersburg.

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