Posted in: Contests by Gino Sassani on January 1st, 2018
Richard Simmons: Sweatin' To The Oldies The Complete Collection on DVD. New Year's Day is upon us and we've been eating a lot of stuff that isn't quite so good for us. Many of you are making a resolution to take off some weight. Our heroes over at Time-Life have come to the rescue with exorcise, old school. They've given us 6 copies of this collection. That means 6 winners! It brings you all 5 volumes of Sweatin' To The Oldies plus a 20-page photo album. This is the 30th Anniversary Edition so you might call it Sweatin' To The Ancients. This is our first contest of 2018. Maybe this is the start of your lucky year.
Contest is now closed Winners are Jessica Rose, Nancy, John H, Jennifer H, Angela Smith
Posted in: Contests by Gino Sassani on December 31st, 2017
The Secret Lives Of Pets on Blu-ray. Ever wonder what your pets are doing when you're not watching? Find out in The Secret Lives Of Pets. Our Secret Santas over at Universal have a copy for a lucky Upcomingdiscs follower.
Contest is now closed Winner is Ty
Posted in: Contests by Gino Sassani on December 30th, 2017
World Series Collector's Edition: 2017 Houston Astros on Blu-ray. It might be the dead of Winter but you can relive the glory of the 2017 Major League Baseball 2017 World Series. You get all 7 games with plenty of options and extras. You can listen to the Astros or the Dodger's radio broadcasts. Also game 7 of the ACLS. Here's a bonus prize. Guess Gino's favorite baseball team. From the correct answers we will give away the single-disc version of this collection that features highlights and clinching moments on 1 disc. Shout Factory is bringing back Summer. So enter to win today.
Contest is now closed Winner is Scott Flere. Jim Gardner was first to guess Phillies and wins the single disc version.
Posted in: Contests by Gino Sassani on December 29th, 2017
Atomic Blonde on Blu-ray. Charlize Theron kicks some serious behind in this action/thriller Atomic Blonde, and our pals over at Universal have invited you for the ride. Get your pulse racing for the New Year and enter to win.
Contest is now closed Winner is Alexandria Stewart
Posted in: Contests by Gino Sassani on December 28th, 2017
The Fall: The Complete Series on DVD. This is a dark and disturbing series starring The X-Files Gillian Anderson as the cop hunting a serial killer played by Jamie Dornan. Great performances mark this thriller. You get all three seasons on one DVD collection. Thanks to our real good friends at Acorn Media for this great giveaway.
Contest is now closed Winner is Ami B
Posted in: Contests by Gino Sassani on December 27th, 2017
Cars 3 on Blu-ray. Start your engines with Lightning McQueen and the gang with Pixar's third film in the Cars series. The kind folks over at Disney wanted to get in on our festive spirit, so they sent over a little bit of Pixar magic
Contest is now closed Winner is Vicki Wurgler
Posted in: Contests by Gino Sassani on December 26th, 2017
The Sissi Collection on Blu-ray. This 4 film collection brings you the complete collection of Sissi films. You get Sissi (1955), Sissi: The Young Empress (1956) and Sissi: The Fateful Years Of An Empress (1957). You also get the bonus film Victoria In Dover (1954) where actress Romy Schneider plays Queen Victoria just one year before she takes on the role of Princess Elisabeth of Austria, or better known to film fans: Sissi. It's all from Film Movement and they've given us 3 copies to give away this holiday season
Contest is now closed Winners are Gary Long, Jason F & Deb Philippon
Posted in: News and Opinions by Gino Sassani on December 25th, 2017
We will be continuing one of our best traditions this year. We will post a brand new contest for each and every one of the 12 Days Of Christmas. With the help of some of our friends in the industry this is going to be the best contest blow-out ever here. Check back and enter EVERY DAY. Just our way of saying thanks for visiting us here at Upcomingdiscs.
We hope you enjoy the massive giveaway. Please tell your friends and remember us when you buy from Amazon (use our links to get there). It's the only way we can continue to bring these great prizes to you all year long.
Posted in: Contests by Gino Sassani on December 25th, 2017
It’s back. Upcomingdiscs proudly presents our annual 12 Days Of Christmas Giveaways. We’re running a new contest for each of the 12 Days Of Christmas.
Plenty of Hope for Christmas this year. Bob Hope, that is. How about 19 DVD’s just filled with Bob Hope specials? Thirty-seven hours of Bob Hope and his great friends spilled out on 39 television special broadcasts. A full-sized 32-page full-color book chronicles the life and career of the man himself. It's Thanks For The Memories - The Bob Hope Specials. This is a monster set, and it's just the thing to kick off our 12 Days Of Christmas Giveaways. Special thanks to our great pals at Time-Life who are going to make this holiday special at Upcomingdiscs this year.
Posted in: The Reel World by Gino Sassani on December 23rd, 2017
I suspect that at about this time last year too few Americans knew anything about Dunkirk and the pivotal role it played in the early moments of World War II. In July Christopher Nolan brought his 70mm cameras out to play and we relived the courageous evacuation of over 300,000 British soldiers from their surrounded position just across The English Channel. Dunkirk was an incredible film that will likely take away some Oscars for the year. But what Nolan's spectacle failed to demonstrate was the reason for all of that action. Why were civilian vessels picking up these soldiers? Those questions are answered in Darkest Hour. I suspect that this film might be sharing some of the stage come Oscar night. e two films appeared less than 6 months apart in the cinemas but they make extraordinary companion films. As movie-goers we couldn't have asked for a better one-two punch on a subject a lot of people have been learning more about just by going to the movies.
Gary Oldman looses himself completely as Winston Churchill here. It starts with the clever use of prosthetics that make the unlikely actor look more like the iconic British Prime Minster. How much of his body was a fat suit and how much was pounds put on by the actor ala De Niro in Raging Bull, I'm not sure. But the work on the actor's face hides away the actor and brings out Churchill. But it's not just the look alone that sells this role so completely. It's one of Oldman's finest performances that makes this character so compelling. Winston Churchill was a force of nature and Gary Oldman delivers just that in Darkest Hour.
