DVD/Blu-ray for Week of August 28
Battleship
The battle for Earth begins at sea in this epic action-adventure starring Liam Neeson, Taylor Kitsch, Rihanna, Alexander Skarsgard and Brooklyn Decker. An international naval coalition becomes the world's last hope for survival as they engage a hostile alien force of unimaginable strength. Ripping across sea, sky and land, Battleship is "a big bold blast", packed with spectacular visual effects and explosive action.
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Uncharted Film Gets New Writers; Loses Attached Director
Work towards a big screen adaptation of the Uncharted video game series continues to hit bumps in the road. The latest is that director Neil Burger, who was attached to the project after David O. Russell dropped out, has moved on. New writers have also entered the picture with Marianne and Cormac Wibberley who together wrote the National Treasure films are now working on the script for Uncharted: Drake's Fortune.
Ironically O. Russell's vision of what Uncharted would be sounded an awfu...
DVD/Blu-ray for Week of August 21
•The Dictator: Banned and Unrated Edition
The creators and star of Borat bring you the jaw-dropping comedy about what happens when the worldʼs worst dictator comes to America. Stuck in New York and stripped of his power, Aladeen (Sacha Baron Cohen) is finally forced to live his ultimate nightmare…the American dream. Get ready to laugh ʻtil it hurts with the uncensored cut, featuring never-before-seen footage, thatʼs “outrageous and shamefully funny!”
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Trailer for The Man With The Iron Fists
A new unrestricted "red band" trailer for The Man With The Iron Fists has arrived. The film is directed and written by RZA (co-written by Eli Roth) and stars RZA, Russell Crowe, Cung Le, and Lucy Liu. The story centers on a weapon-making blacksmith for a small village who is put in the position where he must defend himself and his fellow villagers.Ă‚Â The Man With The Iron Fists is slated to release on November 2.
Making his debut as a big-screen director and leading man, RZA—along...
Trailer for Deadfall
The first trailer for the upcoming thriller Deadfall has arrived. The film stars Eric Bana and Olivia Wilde and is slated to release on December 7.
Siblings Addison and Liza are on the run from a casino heist gone wrong. When a car accident leaves their wheel man and a state trooper dead, they split up and make a run for the Canadian border in the worst of circumstances a near whiteout blizzard. While Addison heads cross-country, creating mayhem in his wake, Liza is picked up by ex-boxer Ja...
Trailer for Seven Psychopaths
The first trailer for the ensemble comedy Seven Psychopaths has arrived. The films stars Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, and Christopher Walken with the story centered on a screenwriter who becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu. Seven Psychopaths is slated to release on October 12.
From Oscar-winning writer and director Martin McDonagh comes a star-studded, blood-drenched, black comedy. Marty (Colin F...
Raiders of the Lost Ark Will Play in IMAX Theaters For a Week
The classic 1981 Indiana Jones film Raiders of the Lost Ark is set for a special run in IMAX theaters from September 7 to 13. Steven Spielberg worked on the upconversion to IMAX as well as remastering the four films in the series for the upcoming Blu-ray release. Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures is slated to release on September 18.
Spielberg: For me, it’s always been the bigger the screen, the better. It’s the only marked contrast we have to the generations that are ...
DVD/Blu-ray for Week of August 14
•The Hunger Games
Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the Capitol of the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen volunteers in her younger sister's place and must rely upon her sharp instincts when she's pitted against highly trained Tributes who have prepared their entire lives. If she's ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choic...