On Blu Ray: Diary of A Wimpy Kid: The Cheeseist Edition

On Blu Ray: Diary of A Wimpy Kid: The Cheeseist Edition

Directed by Thor Freudenthal
Starring: Robert Capron, Chloe Moretz, Zachary Gordon, Grayson Russell
“Zoo Wee Mama!”
Robert Capron as Rowley
I didn’t know what to expect from this film. Based on the popular children’s book series written by Jeff Kinney with the first book of the series published in 2007, the whole Wimpy Kid phenomena somehow passed by me [...]

In News: Hatchet 2 Goes Unrated!

In News: Hatchet 2 Goes Unrated!

Orland Park (IL) (August 24, 2010) – Dark Sky Films, a division ofMPI Media Group, announced today that in anticipation of the upcoming Halloween horror movie season, Adam Green’s HATCHET II will be distributed in theaters across the country beginning Oct 1. The film will be released without an MPAA rating, marking the [...]

In Comics: Scarlet #1

In Comics: Scarlet #1

Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Alex Maleev
Scarlet is as mad as hell, and she’s not going to take this anymore in this Bendis-Maleev creator-owned endeavor.

DVD on the Edge: The Wim Wenders Collection Volume Two

DVD on the Edge: The Wim Wenders Collection Volume Two

Directed by Wim Wenders
Starring: Gerry Bamman,  Natassaja Kinski, Dennis Hopper, Udo Kier

If you ever wanted to immerse yourself in the work of Wim Wenders, this is the box set that will do it. If you are familiar with the work of this prolific German filmmaker, you are in for a treat. [...]

On Blu-Ray: LOST The Sixth and Final Season

On Blu-Ray: LOST The Sixth and Final Season

Created by Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof
Starring Mathew Fox, Evangeline Lilly, Terry O’Quinn, Michael Emerson,  Naveen Andrews, Jorge Garcia, Josh Holloway, Daniel Dae Kim, Yunjin Kim, Emilie de Raven, Dominic Monaghan, Elizabeth Mitchell
Watching bonus features of on TV show DVD’s that have been cancelled or simply finished their runs usually means looking at interviews with cast [...]

CineGeek Webcast Episode 127: The Digital Divide & Stephen's Seen the 12 Minutes!

CineGeek Webcast Episode 127: The Digital Divide & Stephen’s Seen the 12 Minutes!

There’s a lot to cover in this week’s episode including Piranha 3D, a X-Men First Class news, a special discussion with The Film Talk’s Tony Youngblood about moving from physical media to digital film and TV, this week’s comics, and still more!

 
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On DVD: Shigofumi: Letters from the Departed: Complete Collection

On DVD: Shigofumi: Letters from the Departed: Complete Collection

Directed by Tatsou Sato
Featuring Voices by Kana Ueda and Yuki Matsuoka
How much do you think overnight shipping from the afterlife costs?

DVD on the Edge: Sheitan

DVD on the Edge: Sheitan

Directed by Kim Chapiron
Starring Vincent Cassel, Oliver Bartelemy, Leila Bekhti, Roxane Mesquida
I am a big fan of Vincent Cassel. If the only performances you have seen of Cassel’s are his performances in Ocean’s Twelve or Derailed, you haven’t seen the best that this versatile French actor has to offer. After [...]

On DVD/Blu-Ray: City Island

On DVD/Blu-Ray: City Island

Starring: Andy Garci, Julianna Margulies, Steven Strait, Dominik Garcia-Lorido, Ezra Miller, Emily Mortimer, Alan Arkin
Directed By: Raymond De Felitta
This is a movie about secrets. How secrets are like a balloon, each little supporting lie is just one more breath into the balloon, and how eventually every balloon goes boom and once that happens everybody [...]

On DVD: Hellboy Animated Sword of Storms

On DVD: Hellboy Animated Sword of Storms

In Japan the direct to DVD market is exploding and has been popular for quite some time.  Here in the states until recently you’d only find low rate horror films and T&A on the direct to DVD shelves.  That’s finally changing with many great films in the works to go direct to [...]