Archive for the ‘Entertainment’ Category
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DVD/Blu-ray for Week of January 10th
In a relatively light week of DVD and Blu-ray releases comes the highly-regarded baseball film Moneyball, the action-filled Killer Elite, and the first season of HBO's award-winning Boardwalk Empire. Moneyball (Buy at Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray) Based on a true story, Moneyball is a movie for anybody who has ever dreamed of taking on the system. Brad Pitt stars as Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland A's and the guy who assembles the team, who has an epiphany: all of baseball's...
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Trailer for ATM
The first trailer for the upcoming confined thriller ATM has arrived. Written by Chris Sparling the film follows in concept with those like Phone Booth and Buried (the latter of which came from Sparling) and stars Alice Eve, Josh Peck, and Brian Geraghty. The story focuses on the three characters who find themselves forced to survive being trapped by an unknown man in an ATM location. No specific release date has been set for ATM but it is expected out later this year. ...
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Netflix Takes Two More Hits to Disc Plan Value
It's been a roller coaster ride on the Netflix front for the past several months as the company has seemed to produce bad news followed by good and then bad again. This time around, after announcing their first original programming set to debut next month, comes two pieces of discouraging news. The first is that HBO is no longer supplying the company with discounted discs for their programs. This is an issue because HBO's DVDs and Blu-rays are typically very pricey. Without a discount it ...
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Netflix Launches First Original Series Next Month
2011 was a rough year for Netflix with the company's stock price being cut in half due to numerous blunders and the ups and downs that come with relying on making agreements with content partners. One way to get around that though is by providing their own original content. Exclusive series such as House of Cards and the return of Arrested Development are coming down the pipeline. The first original series though to hit is Lilyhammer. All eight episodes of Lilyhammer will be available ...
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DVD/Blu-ray for Week of January 3rd
Though a relatively light week of DVD/Blu-ray releases there are some worthwhile options to consider. Two well-reviewed films and one of the best series on television. Contagion (Buy at Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray/DVD combo) Contagion follows the rapid progress of a lethal airborne virus that kills within days. As the fast-moving epidemic grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself. At the same time, o...
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DVD/Blu-ray for Week of December 27
A few good TV shows are joined by a reinvigorated horror franchise in this upcoming week's DVD and Blu-ray releases. Final Destination 5 (Buy at Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray/DVD combo) In Final Destination 5, Death is just as omnipresent as ever, and is unleashed after one man's premonition saves a group of coworkers from a terrifying suspension bridge collapse. But this group of unsuspecting souls was never supposed to survive, and, in a terrifying race against time, the ill-fated group frant...
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Teaser Trailer for Prometheus
The first trailer for Ridley Scott's Prometheus has arrived. The film, which has some early ties as a prequel to Alien (though it's gone a different direction instead), stars Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron, and Michael Fassbender. Prometheus is slated to release on June 8th 2012. Ridley Scott, director of Alien and Blade Runner, returns to the genre he helped define. With Prometheus, he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind...
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Trailer for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The first trailer for first half of The Hobbit has arrived - An Unexpected Journey is slated to release December 14th 2012. Directed by Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings trilogy) the first part finds Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) on a journey to the Lonely Mountain accompanied by a group of dwarves to reclaim a treasure taken from them by the dragon Smaug. The Hobbit follows the journey of title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom...
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