Posted in: Contests by Gino Sassani on July 23rd, 2011
Our friends over at Entertainment One continue to provide even more prizes. They have given us yet another great prize to give away. They've given us three copies of Lord Of The Dance on high definition Blu-ray. "From the moment the lights go down to the last encore, audiences are spellbound by a masterfully orchestrated combination of precision dancing, state of the art lighting and pyrotechnics." To win a copy of this prize, follow these instructions.
Contest is now closed Winner was Misty McKinnley
Posted in: Contests by Gino Sassani on July 23rd, 2011
Our friends over at Entertainment One have given us another great prize to give away. They've given us three copies of The Royal Wedding on DVD. "Every highlight of this very special day is captured for posterity for future generations to enjoy". Now you can enjoy it for free. To win a copy of this prize, follow these instructions.
Contest is now closed Winner was Christina S.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on July 21st, 2011
The fourth season of The Virginian was a milestone year for the groundbreaking western. Four of the show's regular characters would be appearing in their final episodes. Lee J. Cobb was never completely happy doing the show, and while he always acted professionally, his castmates all knew he wanted to leave. Cobb finally left halfway through this season even though he would remain on the opening credits for the entire year. This would also be the first and last year for Diane Roter as Jennifer Sommers, the Judge's niece. She was a replacement for Roberta Shore's Betsy, who left the previous year but would return for one episode in year four to offer the character closure. Roter was a kind of Annette Funicello lookalike and only really appeared strongly in a handful of episodes. Finally, this was the last season for Randy Boone as Randy Benton. It's your last chance to hear a riff from the young character's guitar.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on July 21st, 2011
Mr. Skin and Panik House Entertainment have teamed up to provide us with what can only be described as a schlock-o-rama of 1980's exploitation cinema. After the run of blacksploitation and grindhouse films of the 1970's, we found ourselves in a cycle where the subject shifted to women behind bars. You could still find the same level of low-budget movie making here but with the added "bonus" of watching hot chicks, for the most part, used and abused while being usually unfairly incarcerated. This three-pack of movies includes the first uncut release of Chained Heat in North America. Now, I'm not really familiar enough with the movie to tell you what might have been added back into the mix, but I'll bet we can all guess, can't we?
Chained Heat (1983)
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on July 20th, 2011
"A picture's worth a thousand words."
James Wan first came to national attention when a short film that he made set the stage for one of the most successful horror franchises in recent years. That short, of course, was Saw, and after no less than 6 sequels that franchise appears to be over, at least for now. Wan has teamed with the writer that also helped to bring about the original Saw film, Leigh Whannell, to try and turn the horror world on its head once again. But, lightning just doesn't strike the same place twice, or does it?
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on July 20th, 2011
They say that when an alligator grabs hold of something tasty to eat, the reptile won't let go for anything. I guess the same thing could be said for Roger Corman. He's earned the title as King of the B Movie and has held reign for nearly 60 years. So we shouldn't be surprised that his relationship with SyFy and their monster mash-up series of original films would feature a few entries from Corman. Dinocroc came in 2004, followed by Supergator in 2007. Both found fitting places in the series from SyFy. Now Corman and the network have pitted the two against each other in the latest joint venture: Dinocroc vs. Supergator.
Two genetically-altered crocodilians have been developed in secret by the laboratories owned by Jason Drake (Carradine). The lab was funded by the government to create super-versions of food plants to solve the world's hunger problems. But these guys got greedy and decided to use the technology to develop a weapon out of an alligator and a crocodile. The result is two giant predators that soon break out of containment and threaten a Hawaiian island. There's plenty of the expected mayhem and chaos as the two creatures make their way through the population.
Posted in: No Huddle Reviews by Gino Sassani on July 20th, 2011
MGM has really started to roll out the titles in their Limited Edition Collection. The result is that you're going to start seeing titles that are quite obscure. While many of the names involved might be known to you, I'm sure you'll find plenty of titles you've never heard of before. Even a movie lover like myself comes across a film from time to time that has managed to escape my notice. This time the film is The Killer Is Loose, and it has escaped my attention for about 50 years. Most of the time there's a good reason why a film lives in obscurity. Usually it's well deserved and to resurrect it now even under such limited conditions is a waste of time. But every now and then a film comes along that looks more like an unpolished gem and deserves a second look, even so many years later. This is just such a film.
Leon Poole (Corey) is about as unassuming fellow as you are likely to find anywhere. His old Army buddies called him Foggy because he always seemed like he was walking around lost in a fog. He works as a meek bank teller. It is there his ability to be invisible comes in handy. The bank is robbed, and the police soon come to the conclusion it had to be an inside job. Their number one suspect is none other than Poole himself. When Detective Sam Wagner (Cotten) comes to arrest Poole, he fires through the closed door and injures one of the cops. He shouts out the clichéd "You'll never take me alive" line which causes the cops to bust in with their guns blazin’. Only it isn't Leon Poole who gets shot, but his innocent bystander wife (Crawford). She's killed, and it devastates Poole.
Posted in: Site News by Gino Sassani on July 16th, 2011
I hope you will all join me as I welcome the newest member of the Upcomingdiscs family.
He's M.W. Phillips and he's already started to contribute to the site. I think you're going to enjoy the new voice.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on July 15th, 2011
"Delivering justice one shell at a time."
Sometimes you look at a movie title and you really can't decide what kind of movie it might be. It could cause you to avoid a movie you might have really liked. Scent Of A Woman was like that for me. I avoided it for years because I thought it must be some hyper-romantic film. Of course, it was anything but. Hollywood has a habit of trying to get too clever sometimes, and it leaves us just wondering what the heck are we in store for here. Then there are films that tell you everything you need to know in the title. When you see a title like Hobo With A Shotgun, you know exactly what it is you're getting.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on July 14th, 2011
"The Dead should never be woken."
Of course, we've learned that lesson countless times before. Stephen King might have been our best teacher with his chilling book Pet Sematary along with its not-as-successful films. Who can ever forget Fred Gwynne, beloved Herman Munster himself, uttering the line: "Sometimes dead is better"? We soon learn that while you might be able to return the dead from their graves, what comes back is usually not quite right somehow. In the end, instead of bringing life to the dead, these journeys usually bring a lot of dead to the living.
![Michael Flatley Returns as Lord of the Dance [Blu-ray] dvd cover art](https://upcomingdiscs.com/ecs_covers/michael-flatley-returns-as-lord-of-large.jpg)
![Insidious [Blu-ray] dvd cover art](https://upcomingdiscs.com/ecs_covers/insidious-blu-ray-large.jpg)
![Dinocroc vs. Supergator [Blu-ray] dvd cover art](https://upcomingdiscs.com/ecs_covers/dinocroc-vs-supergator-blu-ray-large.jpg)
![Hobo with a Shotgun (Collector's Edition + Digital Copy) [Blu-ray] dvd cover art](https://upcomingdiscs.com/ecs_covers/hobo-with-a-shotgun-collectors-ed-large.jpg)
![Wake Wood [Blu-ray] dvd cover art](https://upcomingdiscs.com/ecs_covers/wake-wood-blu-ray-large.jpg)
