Posted in: Contests, Expired Contests by Gino Sassani on December 1st, 2014
Our friends at Arc Entertainment have another great giveaway for you faithful Upcomingdiscs readers. On Dec 2nd Field Of Lost Shoes hits the stores and we have 2 copies to give out. This one is based on a true American Civil War story. A group of teen cadets shows their courage under fire when they are sent into the heart of battle. The film stars David Arquette and Tom Skerritt.
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Posted in: Holiday Gift Guides by Gino Sassani on November 28th, 2014
"The gods finally bless us with a complete collection."
AnchorBay is going all out in delivering a couple of complete series collections. There is a limited edition with some cool stuff that we hope to talk to you about on Black Friday for your shopping edification. This set contains all of the show's 39 episodes on 12 discs. There is a 13th disc with limited extra features that were not found on the original individual season releases.
Posted in: The Reel World by Gino Sassani on November 21st, 2014
"All we need now is the perfect message".
It has almost become expected. When a successful franchise based on a series of books reaches the end of the published material, studios start to think about the approaching end with some dread. One way to put off the inevitable is to split the final book into two films. It worked for Harry Potter and Twilight. Peter Jackson managed to squeeze three long films out of one Tolkien book. For most of these cases it was a severe case of milking those final chapters for all that they're worth and then going beyond that. That's simply not the case with Mockingjay Part I.
Posted in: Contests, Expired Contests by Gino Sassani on November 20th, 2014
Those Santa's elves at Arc Entertainment want to get you in a Holiday mood so they've given us three copies of Northpole on DVD. Robert Wagner and Jill St. John lead the cast. The Northpole is having an energy crises. The place is powered by Holiday cheer but too many folks are getting too busy to keep up their Christmas Spirit. Can one boy help by showing his Mom the magic of the season? Find out.
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on November 18th, 2014
"If anybody gets up, they're dead. Anybody moves, they're dead. Anybody makes a sound before I leave this movie, ..."
You get the idea. These are the words of one John Wojtowicz, better known as The Dog. On August 22, 1972 he attempted to rob a Chase Manhattan bank in order to finance his male lover's sex change operation so that he could become a woman. The heist was about as amateur as the come and went horribly wrong from the start. In a matter of minutes the bank was surrounded by a swarm of police units and a growing mob of bystanders.
Posted in: Holiday Gift Guides by Gino Sassani on November 18th, 2014
“I don’t know why death still surprises me.”
As we get closer to holiday shopping time, Upcomingdiscs will be here to help you find something for that home theater fanatic on your shopping list. Keep checking back to see more recommendations for your holiday shopping. These gift guides ARE NOT paid advertisements. We take no money to publish them.
Posted in: Contests, Expired Contests by Gino Sassani on November 13th, 2014
Our friends at Image Entertainment are picking a fight with the ladies this time. Actually, it's the ladies doing the fighting. We're talking about Queens Of The Ring out now on DVD from Image Entertainment. A supermarket cashier talks her co-workers into joining her in a WWE Diva training program. It's a comedy featuring cameos from WWE favorites like The Miz, CM Punk and Eve Torres. You won't have to fight with anyone to get a copy for yourself. We've got 2 copies to give away.
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Posted in: Contests, Expired Contests by Gino Sassani on November 12th, 2014
Our friends at Arc Entertainment want to get a jump start on your Winter Holiday fun. They're releasing Frozen In Time on DVD and it's loaded with family fun in the snow. The film stars the voices of Ed Asner and Mira Sorvino. It's an animated Groundhog Day for Christmas. When two siblings break their grandfather's special clock Christmas Day is repeated over and over again. Sound like fun? Arc Entertainment has given us 3 copies to giveaway.
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on November 6th, 2014
"There are dark spirits, old and full of hate...The world is in great danger."
A trilogy is a hard animal to pull off. Even when you have a popular franchise, it is extremely difficult. All of the pieces have to work just right, or you could have a disaster on your hands. It is even harder when you've already beaten the odds once and delivered a trilogy that is both loved and a huge box office success. You run into an almost insurmountable mountain of expectations.
Posted in: No Huddle Reviews by Gino Sassani on November 6th, 2014
Erle Stanley Gardner wrote crime fiction, and while many of his 100 or so works are unknown to most of us, he created a character who has become as identified with criminal lawyers as any other in fiction. It was in these crime novels that Perry Mason first faced a courtroom. He developed a style where he would investigate these terrible crimes his clients were on trial for. He would find the real killer, and in what has become a Hollywood cliché, reveal his findings in a crucial moment during the trial. While we may not remember the novels, we all remember the man in the persona of Raymond Burr.
