Archive for the ‘Movies’ Category
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Amazon Instant Now Available on iPad
Amazon has announced that it's instant streaming service is now available on the iPad. The new app came out today for tablet and provides access to Amazon Instant Video where a huge library of movies and TV shows are available for purchase while Prime members also have access to some content for free. The iPad becomes the first mobile device other than Amazon's own Kindle Fire to allow access to the service. Amazon Instant recently came to the Xbox 360 after having been on the PS3 for a n...
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30 for 30 Films All Now Available Through Netflix Streaming
ESPN and Netflix today announced that the award-winning 30 for 30 series of documentaries are now available to watch through Netflix streaming service. ESPN Films presents an unprecedented documentary series in celebration of ESPN's 30th anniversary, by engaging some of today's finest storytellers to create films centered on the last 30 years in sports. Some of Hollywood’s finest directors and producers such as Peter Berg, Barry Levinson, John Singleton, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze and Fra...
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DVD/Blu-ray for Week of July 31
•Hatfields and McCoys The Hatfield-McCoy saga centers on "Devil" Anse Hatfield and Randall McCoy. Close friends and comrades during the Civil War, they returned to their neighboring homes - Hatfield in West Virginia, McCoy just across the Tug River border in Kentucky - to increasing tensions, misunderstandings and resentments that soon exploded into all-out warfare between the families. As hostilities grew, friends, neighbors and outside forces joined the fight, bringing the two state...
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Trailer for Silent Hill: Revelation
The first trailer has arrived for the sequel to the 2006 video game adaptation Silent Hill - with the upcoming film being based primarily on the game Silent Hill 3. Silent Hill: Revelation 3D is slated to release on October 26. The story follows Heather Mason, along with her father, who have been on the run – always one step ahead of dangerous forces that she doesn’t fully understand. Now, on the eve of her 18th birthday, plagued by horrific nightmares and the disap...
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Trailer for Cloud Atlas
The first trailer for the Wachowski's drama Cloud Atlas has arrived. The film is adapted from the epic story written by David Mitchell that spans a thousand years and represents six different eras and unfolds in a completely unique fashion. It stars Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugo Weaving, and Hugh Grant and is slated to release on October 26. An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into...
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The Hobbit May Be Stretched Into Trilogy
Reports are now surfacing that Peter Jackson has decided he would like The Hobbit to be three films instead of two. Until now the plans have been for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey to release on December 14, 2012 and The Hobbit: There and Back Again on December 13, 2013. Now Jackson and Warner Bros. are investigating how to go about making it a trilogy instead. Check out The Hollywood Reporter for more on the story....
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Despicable Me Minions To Get Own Film
The most popular, and marketable, element of the 2010 film Despicable Me was the Minions. They'll now be getting their own spinoff with plans for that to come in 2014 - a year after Despicable Me 2 is slated to hit theaters. The film is an original story that will introduce new characters and reprise others that originated in Despicable Me, but the focus is on the antics of the yellow fellows as they interact with human characters. Despicable Me made over $250 million domestically and $543...
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DVD/Blu-ray for Week of July 24
•Game of Thrones: Season 1 *Earlier releases were discontinued* Based on the bestselling book series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin, this sprawling new HBO drama is set in a world where summers span decades and winters can last a lifetime. From the scheming south and the savage eastern lands, to the frozen north and ancient Wall that protects the realm from the mysterious darkness beyond, the powerful families of the Seven Kingdoms are locked in a battle for the Iron Thr...
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