Posted in: Contests, Expired Contests by Gino Sassani on October 8th, 2013
31 Nights Of Terror can also be educational. Scholastic Storybook Treasures brings you The Halloween Stories Collection. It's a 3 DVD set that includes 14 Halloween stories for early and pre-readers. It's completely family safe. It also encourages creativity and music appreciation. You can win the set for your little ghoul thanks to Scholastic Storybook Treasures and Upcomingdiscs.
To win just follow these instructions.
Posted in: Contests, Expired Contests by Gino Sassani on October 7th, 2013
31 Nights Of Terror means horror reviews and lots of free stuff for you guys. How about an unrated copy of Girls Gone Dead on DVD? When these gals do Spring Break it's killer.
To win just follow these instructions.
Posted in: The Reel World by Gino Sassani on October 5th, 2013
"Let me tell you a story."
Remember the tagline in Alien? "In space no one can hear you scream". Gravity begins, appropriately enough, with complete silence. We're treated to a rather spectacular view of the Earth from orbit. Eventually chatter begins to intrude upon our revelry. We soon meet the crew of a space shuttle mission to do repair work on the Hubble telescope. We quickly learn that this is the final mission for retiring astronaut Matt Kowalski, played by George Clooney, although I certainly consider it a bad sign when he's told to enjoy his last walk.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on October 4th, 2013
There's a saying that in the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king. No one would have expected that a one-eyed man could become the king of 3D. But that's exactly what happened with House Of Wax. The film has become one of the definitive films in the 3D format. To look at it on Blu-ray now, it holds up quite nicely in a day where 3D has become almost passé. Still, it's hard to believe that Warner Brothers would choose a man with only one eye to shoot their 3D film. That man was Andre' De Toth
Posted in: Contests, Expired Contests by Gino Sassani on October 3rd, 2013
31 Nights Of Terror is in full swing. That means ghostly giveaways. Thanks to the ghoulishly great folks at Timeless Media Group we have a simply horror-able 4 movie collection to give away on DVD. You get The Face Of Marble with John Carradine, I Bury The Living with Richard Boone, The Four Skulls Of Jonathan Drake with Grant Richards and The Snake Woman with Susan Traver. That's over 5 hours of horror. Chilling isn't it. Are there more contests to come? You're bloody well right there will be.
You can check out other Timeless Media Group collections.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on October 3rd, 2013
All good things must come to an end, and so it was at Walt Disney Studios. The Golden Age of feature film animation had started with Snow White And The Seven Dwarves in 1937. By the end of the 1970's it was all but gone. As the studio entered the 1980's the things had gone from bad to worse. Walt was gone, and so it seemed was the magic. Most of The 9 Old Men had either retired or passed away. The studio leadership was considering closing the animated studio and moving on to live-action films only.
Posted in: Podcasts by Gino Sassani on October 2nd, 2013
Time-Life and Star Vista have rescued Mama's Family from home video oblivion. Finally, the entire series is available on DVD. We're going to have more on that later. On Tuesday I had a chance to chat with the show's star. That's right. I talked with Mama herself: Vicki Lawrence. You might remember her from the Carol Burnett Show where Mama first started. You could even recall her talk show a few years back. Most of you will always remember her as Mama. Bang it here to listen to my chat with Vicki Lawrence
Posted in: News and Opinions by Gino Sassani on October 2nd, 2013
If you live in the Tampa Bay area you should already know about Tampa Theatre. It's one of the most beautiful places in the world to catch a film. It doesn't matter if you're into classic cinema or the latest art film. This is the place to go. The wonderful spires and classic trimmings make it the most atmospheric place to be. Organ music still entertains the crowds here. If you're into horror films you can't beat the mix of atmosphere and haunts. Then there's the movies. Check out their October slate of films and events. Lose the trick. It's time to treat yourself. Read on to see what they have in store all October.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on October 2nd, 2013
We all remember Ed O'Neill as Al Bundy from Married With Children. It's an iconic role that he'll never be able to shake no matter what he does for the rest of his life. After that series ended its 11-year run, he even attempted to get out of comedy and take more dramatic roles. I'm sure there was a deliberate intent to try to distance himself from Al. It's not that he likely didn't love playing the role. He just wanted to avoid getting forever typecast in the mold. Those efforts weren't all that successful. But now he's back where he belongs again in a pretty solid sit-com
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on October 1st, 2013
"I met him fifteen years ago; I was told there was nothing left; no reason, no conscience, no understanding; and even the most rudimentary sense of life or death, of good or evil, right or wrong. I met this six-year-old child, with this blank, pale, emotionless face, and the blackest eyes... the devil's eyes. I spent eight years trying to reach him, and then another seven trying to keep him locked up because I realized that what was living behind that boy's eyes was purely and simply... evil."
In 1968 Marvin Gaye / Tammi Terrell hit the American pop charts with the song Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing. They didn't know it at the time, of course, but they were talking about John Carpenter's original 1978 Halloween.
