Posted in: Brain Blasters, News and Opinions by David Annandale on July 7th, 2006
It lurks behind a poster whose taglines are deliciously over the top, arguably meaningless, grammatically dubious, and utterly misleading: “BEHIND THIS MEMBRANE... you will be driven to a point... midway between LIFE and DEATH!” (?!?!) Further: “The only people who will not be STERILIZED with FEAR are those among you who are already DEAD!” Now, there have been many films to promise/threaten heart attacks/strokes/what-have-you in their ad campaigns, but The Flesh Eaters (1962) is, to my knowledge, the on...
Posted in: News and Opinions by Archive Authors on July 6th, 2006
Discussing the old school DVD’s that still sound and look great in the era of Blu-Ray and HD-DVD technology.
Hello all. Another week and another time-sensitive demo disc to discuss.
Last week it was Superman: The Movie just as Superman Returns hit the theater.
With Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest coming out this week, I figured it would be worth going back and re-watching selected scenes from the original film to see whether or not it’s still one o...
Posted in: Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on July 5th, 2006
Ultimatiums, High Prices, and Barely Nothing to Show For Your Fourth of July weekend, welcome to the drunken firework spectacular known as Dare to Play the Game.
Welcome to another edition of Dare to Play the Game. I'm your partially brain-dead host going through news and gaming features for your pleasure. That's right for your pleasure! While you sit there with marshmallows and hot chocolate sauce waiting for Adrian to join you in a festive celebration of lights you ge...
Posted in: News and Opinions by Archive Authors on July 4th, 2006
On August 22nd, Fox Home Entertainment will release the Lindsay Lohan teen comedy Just My Luck on DVD. This disc will inclue both anamorphic widescreen and fullscreen transfers, along with a Dolby Digital 5.1 (English) audio track. The extras will include three deleted/extended scenes, two featuretets ("Look of Luck" & "McFly Behind The Scenes") & a trailer.
Posted in: Brain Blasters, News and Opinions by David Annandale on June 30th, 2006
Herewith begin my weekly musings on the field of cult movies. As an opener, it would probably behoove me to define exactly what is meant by a “cult movie.” I’m going to be a bit disingenuous here, and provide a definition arguably so nebulous that some might consider it useless. That’s fine. There have been many attempts at this sort of definition, and most founder on specifics once one moves much beyond the “I know one when I see one” type of description often applied to porn. That said, here goes. Generally speakin...
Posted in: News and Opinions by Archive Authors on June 29th, 2006
Discussing the old school DVD’s that still sound and look great in the era of Blu-Ray and HD-DVD technology.
I’ve been having a hard time of it lately.
I consider myself an up-to-date guy. I was the first in my group of friends to get a big-screen HDTV and pro-scan DVD player. I love movies, and I love home theater systems. So you’d think that I’d already have a Blu-Ray / HD-DVD player, right?
Wrong.
I don’t know about you, but I’m not too happy with this new wave of ...
Posted in: Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on June 28th, 2006
Legal briefs, Hot Coffee, Street Fighting, and a Chic. It’s a new column, yeah babyie yeah!
Welcome to Dare to Play the Game. This is the weekly column/blog where we explore the world of gaming from the view of a very demented and emotionally insecure 30 something year old man. But since Tom Cruise is too old and Adam Sessler doesn’t have any time on his hands, you got me, Kedrix. I hope every week to explore a few news stories, do some regular features, get all retro and...
Posted in: Highly Defined, News and Opinions by Archive Authors on June 26th, 2006
The world of High-Definition is upon us, whether or not the public is ready or aware of it. High-Definition is available in almost every media format now from Televisions to Video Game Consoles and now actual movies. But the true question that lies ahead for the public is, which format do we support? Which format will eventually become BetaMax 2.0? In this new weekly column exclusive to UpcomingDiscs, we’re going to take a further look into every High-Definition as if we were fans cheering from the sideline of a foot...
Posted in: News and Opinions by Archive Authors on June 21st, 2006
On August 22nd, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release Silent Hill in separate Widescreen, Fullscreen, and Blu-Ray releases; all of which will be presented with a Dolby Digital 5.1 (English) audio track. Extras will include an audio commentary (by Director Christophe Gans), deleted/extended scenes, and a six-part production diary documentary.
Posted in: News and Opinions by Archive Authors on June 9th, 2006
On September 12th, Universal Home Video will release the Anniversary Edition of the Kurt Russell, William Baldwin & Jennifer Jason Leigh film Backdraft. This disc will be presented in an Anamorphic Widescreen transfer, along with an English Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track. Extras have yet to be announced, but we will update this blog as we learn more.
