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New DVD & Blu-ray Releases For Dec 13: Kung Fu Panda, Rise of the Apes, Fright Night

by on December 12, 2011

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New Movies & TV Shows on DVD and Blu-ray

Christmas is coming at us fast… if we have movie fans on our shopping lists, sometimes it’s pretty convenient to hit up online resources and git these titles in the mail pronto!!!

Movies coming out this week on new DVD & Blu-ray releases on Tuesday, December 13th, include stars such as Jack Black (voice), James Franco, Seth MacFarlane (voice), Timothy Dalton, Colin Farrell & some classic Judy Garland (on a new Blu-ray Disc {BD}).  (And don’t forget, if you’re interested, you can sign up for a chance to win Farscape, the entire series, on Blu-ray.  Now that would be a great gift for yourself loved on your list I mean!)

This week there are around 100 new titles hitting the market, so let’s dive right in looking at something for the entire family,

New DVD and Blu-ray Releases - Kung Fu Panda, Planet of the Apes, Family Guy

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Kung Fu Panda 2 on DVD

Kung Fu Panda 2 (on Amazon)

Kung Fu Panda 2 stars Jack Black, Seth Rogen and Angelina Jolie is a great and fun animated flick.  I caught this one in the theater and loved it. {Movie review of Kung Fu Panda 2 }

The DVD package special features include

- Sneak peek episode of the upcoming Nickelodeon TV series “Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness”
- Filmmakers’ Commentary
- Meet the Cast
- World of DreamWorks Animation

While the DVD/Blu-ray combo pack includes the following special features:

Disc One (HD)

- Kung Fu Panda 2 movie
- An all-new Po adventure, Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
- Sneak peek episode of the upcoming Nickelodeon TV series “Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness”
- Blu-ray Exclusive Extras:

The Animator’s Corner
Trivia Track
Animation Inspiration

- Filmmakers’ Commentary
- Kickin’ It with the Cast
- Panda Stories: Inside the World of the Giant Panda
- Kung Fu Shuffle
- Nǐ Hǎo
- World of DreamWorks Animation

Disc Two (SD)

- Kung Fu Panda 2 movie
- Digital Copy Download: Kung Fu Panda 2

Kung Fu Panda World
- Get 2 free Kung Fu Panda World Online Game Memberships (memberships good through 4/30/12).
- Kung Fu Panda World is the virtual game world for kids to follow in Po’s footsteps to become a kung fu master.
- Create avatars, play games with favorite characters, win points towards earning a kung fu black belt, chat with friends and more!

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If you ask me about whether you want to BRoWT (Buy, Rent, or Wait till it comes to TV), I think this is one of those special movies that would do a fine job sitting on your entertainment shelf for repeated viewing.

IMDb score, after almost 42k votes, sits at 7.5.  That’s  a good score!

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Jumping from the family friendly animated film to the serious movie buff and fan of the franchise, we have this week,

Rise of the Planet ofthe Apes on DVD and Blu-ray

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Two-Disc Edition Blu Ray + DVD/Digital Copy Combo)

Rise of the Planet of the Apes, starring James Franco, Andy Serkis and Freida Pinto.

As far as I’m concerned, this prequel to the Planet of the Apes classic movie franchise did the franchise justice and did not disappoint.

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Stallone Shopping For Directors for ‘The Expendables 2′

by on March 11, 2011

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In case you didn’t know, The Expendables, starring Sylvester Stallone, Jet Li, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren and Steve Austin pulled in around $275 million worldwide.

The movie was made, sort of indie style, meaning it was made outside the normal studio system.  Then Lionsgate picked it up for distribution.

The sequel for The Expendables is being developed by Stallone under the umbrella of producer Millennium Films and is meeting with directors to helm the next film in the franchise.

He had starred and directed the first film.

The script for The Expendables 2 has been written already, by David Agosto (Big Canyon) and Ken Kaufman (The Missing).

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New DVD & Blu-ray Releases for Nov 23rd, 2010 [The Expendables, Pillars of Earth]

by on November 23, 2010

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New DVD and Blu-ray Releases in movies, TV, kids & family

Looking over the new DVD & Blu-ray releases for November 23rd, 2010, there are over 250 new titles.  This week surprises me, being that the last few weeks have had some great titles.   This week it seems rather dull in the excitement category, but it could just be me.

This week is led by the Beauty and the Beast Two Disc Diamond Edition re-release of the classic animated story from Disney.  We also have The Expendables with Sylvester Stallone, and Eat Pray Love with Julia Roberts.

That’s really it for big titles but I’ll dig a bit deeper and see what other new DVD & Blu-ray releases might be coming along with these other titles.

In the upcoming weeks we have some great titles coming out… see below for those!

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The Expendables DVD and Blu-ray

The Expendables (Three-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy) Starring Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham

Eat Pray Love on DVDEat Pray Love Starring Julia Roberts

The Complete Metropolis [Blu-ray] Starring Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel

A Nanny For Christmas Starring Emmanuelle Vaugier, Dean Cain

12 Men of Christmas Starring Kristin Chenoweth, Josh Hopkins

Crank / Crank 2 (Two-Pack) [Blu-ray] Starring Jason Statham, Amy Smart

Luther Starring Idris Elba, Steven Mackintosh

Terminator 2: Judgment Day / Total Recall (Two-Pack) [Blu-ray] Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside

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Opening Movies for Friday, August 27th 2010 [THE LAST EXORCISM]

by on August 23, 2010

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Opening Movies from Cinema Static Logo

The upcoming set of opening movies for Friday, August 27th sees a few movies coming at us… one with a limited re-opening.  The opening movies include a limited opening for Centurion, a limited re-release of a special edition of Avatar, and then Takers, Flipped and Eli Roth’s produced horror flicked, The Last Exorcism.

Box Office Numbers

The people have spoken and done so loudly.  The Expendables hung on to the top spot this last weekend at the Box Office and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is slipping into obscurity, bringing in only $5M.  The parody, Vampires Suck took 2nd at the box office.  Piranha 3D stuck it in at 6th for it’s gory, 3D, boob filled opening weekend at $10M!

Title Weekend Gross
The Expendables $16.5M $64.9M
Vampires Suck $12.2M $18.6M
Eat Pray Love $12M $47.1M
Lottery Ticket $11.1M $11.1M
The Other Guys $10.1M $88.2M
Piranha 3D $10M $10M

See more Box Office numbers at IMDb.

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Opening Movies

Avatar, which has already grossed $2.7 billion Worldwide, is going to make just an itty bitty bit more with a limited re-release with 8 extra minutes of footage.

It stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver and others.

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The Last Exorcism stars Patrick Fabian, Ashley Bell, Iris Bahr, Caleb Landry Jones and more in a movie about a troubled evangelical minister who agrees to let his last exorcism be filmed by a documentary crew.

Brought to us by producer Eli Roth, and directed by Daniel Stamm (A Necessary Death).

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Does SCOTT PILGRIM Herald The End of Original Ideas?

by on August 16, 2010

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SCOTT PILGRIM Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Ramona Flowers

This weekend, I chose to see Scott Pilgrim vs. The World rather than The Expendables. (Expandables if you’re typing too fast!).  I was dazzled and happy I saw it. The audience broke out in applause at the end and it was a great flick for all ages.

But.

Yea, but Scott Pilgrim vs. The World performed pretty poorly at the box office, bringing in barely more than $10 million while The Expendables netted Sylvester Stallone a $35 million opening weekend.  Hmm, how’d that happen?

Over on HitFix, Gregory Ellwood put it to us about what he thought went wrong with Scott Pilgrim.  Bad marketing seemed to be the big one for myself.

It wasn’t bad marketing overall that fell short, but a number of factors really. First Ellwood points out that Michael Cera isn’t all that there is and isn’t drawing crowds. He points out that the marketing promo art hides Cera’s face. Is it really that bad? This was my first real Michael Cera experience and I thought he played the resolute and angst filled young man pretty well.  Yet some say that we see the same character presentation from Cera in all his movies.

But what I think the primary problem is, as Gregory points out, is the subject matter that was really hard to convey to the hopeful audience. Like I pointed out in my review of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, I wasn’t sure going into Scott Pilgrim what it was. Cartoon, video game, battle of the bands? The graphic novel is a tough product to sell because of the presentation, despite the brilliant delivery and writing of the screenplay.

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SKYLINE Teaser Trailer Hits the Web Today

by on August 11, 2010

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SKYLINE MOVIE

The Skyline movie has been keeping a fairly low profile up until late July when Skyline viral advertising hit the San Diego Comic Con event. They had some cool viral goodies and what not, but now, now we get to see a truly disturbing teaser trailer for Skyline.  It’s disturbing in a good way, that the trailer already sucked me in to the idea of the story.

In the last few moments of the trailer, they present a visual I don’t think I’ve ever seen in a movie… and, (here comes the pun) it sucks! You’ll see.

Skyline has a fairly fresh cast with

  • Eric Balfour (Spread, The Spirit),
  • Donald Faison (Something New, Remember the Titans),
  • David Zayas (The Expendables, Michael Clayton),
  • Scottie Thompson (Star Trek; TV Series: Trauma, NCIS) &
  • Brittney Daniel (White Chicks, TV Series: The Game).

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Opening Movies for Friday, August 13th [THE EXPENDABLES, SCOTT PILGRIM]

by on August 9, 2010

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Opening Movies from Cinema Static Logo

This week, the action starred filled movie The Expendables is opening in theaters and I’m looking forward to it. The other opening movies for Friday include the much anticipated Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Eat Pray Love, Tales from Earthsea & Animal Kingdom.  If you live in Las Vegas, Nevada, The Expendables is having it’s opening premiere there!

Weekend Box Office Performance

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I’m not completely surprised that The Other Guys, starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg took the No. 1 spot at the box office this last weekend, but Inception held on the 2nd spot and Step Up 3D was 3rd on the weekend performing list.

Title Weekend Gross
The Other Guys $35.6M $35.6M
Inception $18.6M $228M
Step Up 3D $15.5M $15.5M
Salt $11.1M $92M
Dinner for Schmucks $10.5M $46.7M
Despicable Me $9.44M $209M
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore $6.91M $26.4M
Charlie St. Cloud $4.7M $23.5M
Toy Story 3 $3.05M $396M
The Kids Are All Right $2.61M $14M

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Opening Movies for this Friday

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The Expendables

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The Expendables has a heck of a cast filled to the brim with action stars. It stars Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Randy Couture, Steve Austin, (A Buffy & Angle alum) Charisma Carpenter & Mickey Rourke. Though it would appear uncredited per IMDb, we’ll also be seeing Arnold Schwarzenegger & Bruce Willis.

The movie was co-written and directed by Sylvester Stallone, and co-written with David Callaham (Doom, Horsemen, Tell Tale), The Expendables is about a group of mercenaries who are sent to South America to help overthrow a dictator, but the job isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be… or more to the point, is a lot more than expected.

The movie would seem to be anticipated by many and I for one am looking forward to seeing Jason Statham doing something else besides being a driver, but aside from looking awesome, I’m sadly seeing reviews that run the gamut, from predictable to fun. We’ll see!

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Opening Movies for Friday, August 6th, 2010

by on August 2, 2010

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Opening Movies from Cinema Static Logo

For this upcoming Friday, August 6th, the opening movies for the weekend are “Middle Men,” “Step Up 3D,” “The Other Guys,” “Flipped” & “Twelve.”  If you live in the Los Angeles area, “The Expendables” is holding it’s Los Angeles premiere on Tuesday.

Box Office Numbers for July 30th Weekend

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For a moment I thought that “Dinner for Schmucks” was going to topple “Inception” as it seemed to be going strong for early estimates for Friday and Saturday, but in the end, Christopher Nolan’s mind bender still took the top spot for the weekend.

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Movie Weekend Gross
Inception $27.5M $193M
Dinner for Schmucks $23.3M $23.3M
Salt $19.2M $70.8M
Despicable Me $15.5M $190M
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore $12.5M $12.5M
Charlie St. Cloud $12.1M $12.1M
Toy Story 3 $5.04M $390M
Grown Ups $4.5M $151M
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice $4.32M $51.9M
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse $3.96M $288M

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Opening Movies

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Middle Men

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“Middle Men” stars Terry Crews, Stacey Alysson, Luke Wilson, Laura Ramsey, Giovanni Ribisi, James Caan, Diane Sorrentino et. al..

It chronicles Jack Harris, one of the pioneers of internet commerce, as he wrestles with his morals and struggles not to drown in a sea of conmen, mobsters, drug addicts, and pornstars.

It’s written and directed by George Gallo (“Bad Boys,” “Bad Boys II”)

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2010 Comic-Con Movie Panels Schedule for Hall H

by on July 13, 2010

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2010 Comic-Con News from Cinema Static

The 2010 Comic-Con event in San Diego is coming at us pretty fast.  Plans are set, travel itineraries cemented and the anticipation of little sleep, survival rations and Kindle books (Amazon: Kindle Wireless Reading Device, Free 3G, 6) are at the ready.  I suggest books because if you head off to Hall H, the lines can sometimes be pretty long!  In fact, very long.  One year, it wrapped out the door, around the south end of the building to the west side of the convention center, and then all the way back across the back of the entire convention center, W of the hotels down the walk path, and down the bay for a little bit longer.  I am not sh**ing you!  Bring books, extra phone batteries, or lots of cards to play games with.

2010 Comic-Con inside Hall H

Looking at the front 1/2 of Comic-Con's Hall H

Hall H is where the big events are placed.  Large crowds are anticipated and large crowds show up!  The movies showing up for panels include Movie panels for Hall H include Megamind, TRON: Legacy, Battle: Los Angeles and Salt, RED, The Expendables, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, The Green Hornet, Green Lantern, Let Me In, Resident Evil: Afterlife, Cowboys & Aliens, Thor and Captain America.

Thursday, July 22

7/22: 10:00-11:00 DreamWorks Animation: Megamind— DreamWorks Animation makes its Comic-Con debut with Megamind. The characters Megamind and Metro Man are jettisoned to Earth as babies when their home planets are destroyed. Megamind crash-lands inside a maximum-security prison, where he evolves into the wicked and diabolical genius he is today, while the dashingly handsome superhero Metro Man grows into the universally adored savior of Metro City, beloved by every man, woman and child — and especially the city’s ace reporter Roxanne Ritchi. These life-long archenemies will rewrite superhero movie lore when they challenge each other to the ultimate showdown of Good vs. Evil! Megamind stars Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, and Jonah Hill and director Tom McGrath join forces to unveil footage from DreamWorks Animation’s November 5 release.

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7/22: 11:15-12:45 Walt Disney Pictures: TRON: Legacy— Returning for an unprecedented third year to the fans and convention that started it all, Walt Disney Pictures is pleased to present a special insider look at the upcoming TRON: Legacy. Panelists include filmmakers and talent from the film: director Joe Kosinski, producers Sean Bailey and Steven Lisberger, and cast members Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Michael Sheen, and Bruce Boxleitner. The discussion, moderated by Patton Oswalt, is set to include exclusive glimpses of the film, as well as a Q&A involving all panel participants, along with special surprise guests.

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When Will DIE HARD Die Off? Another Die Hard On The Way

by on May 5, 2010

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Remakes and sequels, that’s the theme today as THR’s Risky Business is reporting that Skip Woods (Hit Man) is looking to possibly write up a new Die Hard script for Fox.  Yikes, the Die Hard franchise is definitely living up to its name.

No word on any actor’s involvement.  We all know who we’re thinking of and Bruce Willis is still cranking them out with The Expendables, Red and Kane & Lynch.

Because the Die Hard movies are such sarcastic masterpieces of violent fun, I’m sure we’ll all be receptive to another one.  It’s when it gets to the point that Bruce Willis is in Die Hard, The Retirement Home and beating evil geriatrics with a cane, is when we need to consider calling it quits!

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