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You say you still have a ton of Christmas shopping to do?

A&E just might be able to help you to play Santa for that special home theater fan on your Christmas list. Here are some excellent suggestions from us here at Upcomingdiscs. This is not a paid advertisement. Each of these titles comes highly recommended. Continue reading to find out how A&E can help you out with those last-minute Christmas shopping needs. Don’t forget to order through Amazon and help us at Upcomingdiscs to bring you another year of reviews and contests. Look for some incredible A&E giveaways for our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways.
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Among the innumerable benefits of updating your television package to include a greater range of shows and programming is the fact that your family viewing experiences will be greatly improved. You are not far from reaching this point. With a simple visit to a website such as Satellite TV Family or DirecTV, you can be just a few quick steps away from setting up one of the premiere programming packages offered by such companies. One example of the ways in which your television experience will improve can be seen in the number of new movies that you will have access to.
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It’s not very often that we make pleas like this to our readers. Matt Birskovich is the brother of one of our studio reps here at Upcomingdiscs. We rely on folks like his sister Dre to provide us with the discs we review every day here for you. They provide those wonderful contest prizes time and time again. She’s an important part of the Upcomingdiscs family, as I hope are all of you.

Matt is literally in the fight of his life. He’s battling stage IV cancer and could use all of the support he can get. I encourage you to check out Matt’s story here MattB vs. Cancer. Help out, if you can. Spread the word, if you can.

All of us here at Upcomingdiscs are keeping Matt in our thoughts and prayers. I hope that you will join us.

It’s my great pleasure to welcome the latest addition to the Upcomingdiscs family.

Bob Ross was the Tampa Tribune’s film critic from 1985 to 2007. Before that, he worked as a proofreader, reporter and pop music critic. He also helped manage the first video store in Tampa in the early 1980s. A Florida resident since 1956, he graduated from Ocala High School and Eckerd College, where he majored in political science. A lifelong movie buff, he has published more than 4,000 reviews for the Tribune in addition to writing two weekly video columns and hundreds of entertainment-related feature stories. Now semi-retired, Bob is still a member of the Florida Film Critics Circle. He’s also a Facebook addict, easily reached at www.facebook.com/bob.ross1.

We’re looking forward to having Bob’s wit and wisdom on our pages going forward.

Merry Christmas to you all, from all of us here at Upcomingdiscs.

A few of our good friends at the various studios have become Santa’s Helpers again this year.

Starting tomorrow (Christmas Day), we will have a brand new contest for each and every one of the 12 Days Of Christmas.

Check back every day for a new chance to extend Christmas at your house with a late Christmas present.

Friday and the end of the week brings us to the last of our Gift Guide editions for this week. Today’s studio is Lionsgate. Over the last year there have been plenty of solid titles from the roaring studio. I’ll bet you have at least one someone on your Christmas list who is into either action or horror. Lionsgate is going to have just the ticket to get that adrenaline going. You better prepare an extra hearty man helping of holiday dinner when you put these titles under the tree, because someone’s going to get one heck of a workout.
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Our fourth edition of the Upcomingdiscs Holiday Gift Guide takes us to Warner Brothers. For this edition I’m going to help you tackle those people on your Christmas list that have Blu-ray players and love genre television shows. Warner has the best selection of Blu-ray supercharged television shows and seasons to pick from. From the small screen to that big screen hanging in that certain someone’s home theater, Warner Brothers is the place to shop.
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For the third straight day Upcomingdiscs is here to help you with that home theater fanatic on your Christmas list. There’s a ton of stuff out there to pick from. Leave it to us to help you pick out just the right gift. If the gift is a hit, we don’t mind if you take all of the credit. Of course, if the gift isn’t a hit, we’ll take the heat for you. But the only heat there’s going to be this holiday season is the warm glow of a high-definition monitor and a few classic television shows via Image Entertainment.
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Upcomingdiscs continues with our handy Holiday Guide. Once again we’ve come up with those special Blu-ray releases out there that will showcase your friend’s new Blu-ray player or high-definition television.

With FOX/MGM we get into a couple of titles that are collections of classic films. These are the kind of releases that might be a little heavier on the budget. That makes them the kind of thing less people are likely to buy for themselves. It also gives you the chance to swoop in and be there hero on Christmas morning.
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As Christmas gets closer, some of you are wondering what to get that home video nut on your Christmas list. Upcomingdiscs has decided to help you figure out what get the person who loves home video.

A lot of folks will be entering the Blu-ray market this year. The format is on solid footing these days. You can bet that someone on your list is going to get a Blu-ray player for the first time this holiday season. What better way to help them out then to give them a hand building up that high definition library?
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The “Little Bit of Butters” sweepstakes launched Monday September 13^th and will run for four weeks with a grand prize of $5000 Butters Pimp Cash.  The sweepstakes page is located here http://www.southparkstudios.com/butters_dvd and features a selection of videos and images that give fans a deeper look into A Little Box of Butters.

Dates & Prizing

• September 13^th – Sweepstakes launches and microsite goes live at 12pm EST.
• September 20^th – Drawing for the first week’s prize – 100 White Swallows Bath Towels
• September 27^th – Drawing for the second week’s prize – 10 $50 Hot Topic Gift Cards
• October 4^th – Drawing for the third week’s prize – 10 Framed Copies of Butters School Portrait
• October 11^th – Drawing for fourth week’s prize – 5 $50 Check Cards with the recommended use at Bennigans

·         October 11^th – Grand Prize Drawing – $5,000 Butters Pimp Cash

Choose your own adventure as PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SAND OF TIME comes to Blu-ray and DVD on September 14th.

In celebration of the upcoming release of PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME on Blu-ray and DVD, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment  has launched the PRINCE OF PERSIA SWEEPSTAKES.

Enter for a chance to win a family trip for four to any Delta Vacations Worldwide Destination.

Visit http://www.disneymovierewards.go.com/promotions/sweepstakes/PrinceOfPersia?cmp=dmov_dmr_syn_princesweeps to get the details and enter today.

We want to offer a very special gift to fans of Dollhouse and Joss Whedon.  This is to coincide with the super sexy release of Dollhouse Season 2 on Blu-ray and DVD October 12, which includes 13 episodes from the final season of the series. Anyone who pre-orders Dollhouse Season 2 over at http://www.foxconnect.com/dollhouse-season-2-blu-ray-comic-con.html will receive a free lithograph poster – but only while supplies last!

Also, UPS Ground Shipping on these pre-orders will be free and you will receive a 10% discount on your order (for a limited time only).

All you have to do is use the following code: “Echo”, which is good now through August 15^th , will apply a 10% discount to your order, the SDCC litho, and free UPS ground shipping