Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on April 30th, 2011
When you want to get the most bang for your buck in a low-budget 1980's slasher film, you could do a lot worse than The Dorm That Dripped Blood. It's an elusive film that has never really enjoyed much of any kind of wide release even in the video market. It was really nothing more than a student film put together as a thesis for UCLA students Stephen Carpenter and Jeffrey Obrow. Like most student films, the piece utilizes locations on the UCLA campus and makes use of local talent both in front of the camera and behind.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on April 27th, 2011
I’ve been a fan of South Park ever since a friend introduced me to the internet Christmas card that started it all. It was Santa versus Jesus and these short potty-mouthed kids that somehow wormed their way under your skin. Pretty soon I was downloading the episodes and watching them on my computer. For some reason I can’t quite explain, I’ve very rarely watched an episode on Comedy Central. By the time things were getting tighter and riskier downloading the shorts, the single disc, 4-episode DVDs began to arrive in stores. So my South Park viewing moved from the PC to the DVD player.
Posted in: No Huddle Reviews by Gino Sassani on April 27th, 2011
"Ordinarily, Americans don't think much about the existence of organized crime. They know vaguely that it is there, and they let it go at that, unless prodded by some unusual circumstances ". - Estis Kefauver
Senator Kefauver knew what he was talking about. He led a well-known Senate investigation into organized crime back in 1950. His committee heard testimony about organized crime activities and made rather dramatic headlines with its findings.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on April 25th, 2011
Every year when the Academy Awards have been given out, I look over the winners in each category, and more often than not I scratch my head at the ultimate winners. I find myself wondering if they saw the same movie I saw. I start to ponder if there might be an alternate-universe version of these movies that somehow find themselves in the hands of the Academy jury. Sure, once in a while they get it right.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on April 25th, 2011
"In the beginning was the word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. I am He. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him, was made nothing that has been made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of man. And the light shines on in the darkness, and the darkness grasped it not. The greatest story ever told..."
Every spring around the time of Easter you could count on several annual films to make their way to televisions across the country for special family presentations.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on April 21st, 2011
I've long held the belief that the folks at Pixar are really just children who have refused to grow up. That doesn't mean that they don't have to deal with the realities that adulthood thrust upon each of us. I'm sure they have families and are responsible citizens and parents. They consistently make movies, that while there is certainly appeal for children, are obviously intended for adults, adults like them, who have decided to never grow up. If you ever required proof of that concept, The Incredibles should prove the point quite nicely.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on April 20th, 2011
"So far every person I've met in this strange place suffers from the most florid delusions, chasing green mists and looking for lost lords. I can only assume that this is the result of poor diet, or they're all just barking mad."
C.S. Lewis created an incredibly imaginative world when he wrote his Chronicles Of Narnia. The stories were an escape, of sorts, from a war-torn Europe. They integrated elements of Christianity in an effort to provide a semblance of hope in the form of a children’s fairy tale.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on April 20th, 2011
"I guess every town has their own boogeyman stories... There's always a moral, mainly don't pick on the nerdy kids, don't have pre-marital sex, don't do drugs."
In the case of Blood Oath the local stories involve a family called the Krupps. Apparently they had trouble having a baby, so they sought supernatural help. A witch instructed them to place a drop of each of their blood in a vial and bury it at the base of an ancient tree. Suddenly the Krupps are pregnant with twin girls. Of course, every deal with evil requires a sacrifice, and when the Krupps refuse to give one of their two children, evil takes its own course.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on April 20th, 2011
"A trip down memory lane and right into harm's way."
From the first frame to the final credit sequence, you will at once feel like you're watching some lost 1980's slasher film that was somehow misplaced among the entire generation of low-budget formula horror films. The music sounds almost like a direct rip-off of John Carpenter's Halloween theme, and that's not intended as an insult. The cheap synth track was the soundtrack for an entire generation of late-night-date movie-goers from the mid 1970's until the 80's ended.
Posted in: Random Fun by Gino Sassani on April 17th, 2011
One of Upcomingdiscs readers, Andrea Mandarino was one of the winners of the contest.
Upcomingdiscs would like to congratulate her on her winning design.
Andrea's design can be seen here: Scarface Design
SCARFACE arrives on Blu-ray on September 6, 2011. Click continue for the full list of winners.
![The Dorm That Dripped Blood [Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack] dvd cover art](https://upcomingdiscs.com/ecs_covers/the-dorm-that-dripped-blood-blu-ra-large.jpg)
![South Park: Complete Fourteenth Season [Blu-ray] dvd cover art](https://upcomingdiscs.com/ecs_covers/south-park-complete-fourteenth-sea-large.jpg)
![The King's Speech [Blu-ray] dvd cover art](https://upcomingdiscs.com/ecs_covers/the-kings-speech-blu-ray-large.jpg)
![The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader [Blu-ray] dvd cover art](https://upcomingdiscs.com/ecs_covers/the-chronicles-of-narnia-the-voyag-large.jpg)
![Scarface Limited Edition Steelbook [Blu-ray + Digital Copy] dvd cover art](https://upcomingdiscs.com/ecs_covers/scarface-limited-edition-steelbook-large.jpg)
