Posted in: Tuesday Round Up by J C on June 26th, 2018
Your mission this week, should you choose to accept it, is to go out and grab a boatload of Tom Cruise action titles in UHD! With Cruise’s latest spy adventure as Ethan Hunt set to hit the big screen in just a few weeks, Paramount is releasing 4K versions of Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible 2, Mission: Impossible 3, Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol, and Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation. And just for good measure, Paramount will also release the Cruise action/drama Jack Reacher in 4K. Elsewhere, Lionsgate pals around with the Frat Pack, settles scores with Acrimony, and gets its (extramarital) affairs in order with The Spinning Man. Finally, RLJE Films goes for the kill with Terminal, while Warner Bros. gets heroic with Black Lightning: Season 1.
Before signing off for the week (and for June), here’s the usual reminder: if you’re shopping for anything on Amazon and you do it through one of our links, it’ll help keep the lights on here at UpcomingDiscs. See ya next week!
Posted in: Tuesday Round Up by J C on June 19th, 2018
Welcome to this week’s monster-iffic Tuesday Round Up! We kick things off with Universal going back for a second round of robots vs. kaiju butt-kicking with Pacific Rim: Uprising (4K) and trying not to go too crazy with Unsane (4K). And while calling Scrooge McDuck a monster is probably a bit strong, the penny-pinching quackster and his nephews get into some hot water in Duck Tales: Destination Adventure. In less monstrous news, Lionsgate puts the petal to the medal with Flower and Warner Bros. kicks things into high gear with soccer-centric family film Alex & Me.
The end of the week brings the biggest (and certainly oldest) monsters of them all. We’ll have a dino-tastic review of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. And now it's time for your customary reminder: if you’re shopping for anything on Amazon and you do it through one of our links, it’ll help keep the lights on here at UpcomingDiscs. See ya next week!
Posted in: Tuesday Round Up by J C on June 12th, 2018
Summer continues to heat up, and so does our weekly Tuesday Round Up! This week’s crop of releases features action, comedy…and titles that contain plenty of both! Warner Bros. goes digging for adventure with Tomb Raider (4K), the big-screen reboot of the mega-popular videogame franchise. If you’re looking for laughs AND action, Paramount has you covered by releasing the Eddie Murphy one-two punch of Trading Places and Coming to America on Blu-ray and the Jerry Lewis 10-Film Collection before changing gears and giving everyone’s favorite time-travelling killer cyborg a UHD makeover with Terminator: Genisys (4K). And if you want to watch a really nice guy run for a long time, Paramount is also releasing a little movie called Forrest Gump (4K). Universal keeps the laughs coming with Will & Grace — The Revival: Season 1, but also gets scary with The Strangers: Prey at Night. Last but not least, Fox injects some romance into the week with teen dramedy Love, Simon.
Of course, I couldn't go on and on about all this great action and great comedy without mentioning the sequel to a movie that did both at the highest level: later this week, we’ll have a review for Disney/Pixar’s The Incredibles 2. On top of that, Warner Bros. tries to avoid being “it” with Tag, while Focus Features throws on a cardigan and revisits beloved icon Mister Rogers with Won’t You Be My Neighbor. Before you run off until next week, here's for your customary reminder: if you’re shopping for anything on Amazon and you do it through one of our links, it’ll help keep the lights on here at UpcomingDiscs. See ya next week!
Posted in: Tuesday Round Up by J C on June 5th, 2018
For this week's busy Round Up, we're going down to a certain fictional Colorado town and having ourselves a time. Paramount/Comedy Central releases South Park: Season 21 this week, and it's sure to both offend and crack you up. Elsewhere, Warner Bros. finds romance each and Every Day, while Cult Epics becomes acquainted with Frank & Lola. Cinedigm follows the yellow brick road with Steam Engines of Oz, while SKO looks at things from a new angle with Altered Perception. Meanwhile, Film Movement travels to Japan for unconventional romance Oh Lucy! and quiets down with The Great Silence. Rooster Teeth gets animated with RWBY: Volume 5, while Shout! Factory stands out in a fabulous way with Freak Show. Finally, Disney goes on an interdimensional adventure with A Wrinkle in Time and learns how to fly with Peter Pan: Multi-Screen Edition. (Read our review of the latter now.) You can also currently check out our reviews of Shout! Factory's Satellite Girl & Milk Cow, CBS' Jericho: The Complete Series and The Invaders: The Complete Series.
But wait...there's more! In addition to the home video titles we just mentioned, UpcomingDiscs is going to the movies a lot this week: we'll be checking into Hotel Artemis, dealing with family demons in Hereditary, getting in touch with our spiritual side with First Reformed, and pulling off the heist of a lifetime with Ocean's 8. One last reminder before signing off for the week: if you’re shopping for anything on Amazon and you do it through one of our links, it’ll help keep the lights on here at UpcomingDiscs. See ya next week!
Posted in: Tuesday Round Up by Gino Sassani on May 22nd, 2018
Howdy partners. Gino here again. Johnny’s out on the high seas running from the likes of Captain Jack Sparrow and Captain Flint. If he makes it back, I’m sure he’ll be filling you in on titles again real soon. If not, we’ll be sure to send out a search party real soon.
Here's what we'll be covering this week down on the ranch.
Posted in: Tuesday Round Up by J C on April 24th, 2018
We are breaking the bank with this week's Round Up! Well...not us exactly. I think we'll leave the actual criminal activity to the dangerous crooks and elite cops who clash in Den of Thieves, Universal's action/drama sleeper hit. Elsewhere, Shout! Factory pages Doctor Detroit, Liongate offers some lessons in Backstabbing for Beginners, IndiePix gets some shuteye with Henry Miller Asleep & Awake, and Time Life hosts a star-studded jam session with Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: In Concert. Meanwhile, Fox and National Geographic kick off their anthology series with the most famous smarty-pants of them all, Genius: Einstein.
Oh, and there is one more thing...a little later this week, we'll be posting our review of a scrappy little underdog flick that goes by the name of Avengers: Infinity War. (Here's hoping it finds an audience.) Before you run off until next week, here's for your customary reminder: if you’re shopping for anything on Amazon and you do it through one of our links, it’ll help keep the lights on here at UpcomingDiscs. See ya next week!
Posted in: Tuesday Round Up by J C on April 10th, 2018
Looks like the hellraising bad guys of DC’s Suicide Squad didn’t wreak quite enough havoc during their recent big screen debut. The butt-kicking, wisecracking villains are back this week — in animated form — thanks to Warner Bros.’ Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay (4K). Elsewhere, Lionsgate gets in on the action with Braven (starring Aquaman himself, Jason Momoa) and Western adventure Gone are the Days. Meanwhile, Paramount tries to find itself with Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret King Midas and tokes up with the Cheech and Chong stoner classic Up in Smoke. Finally, Hugh Jackman and Co. sing and dance their way into our living room with Fox’s The Greatest Showman (4K).
One last reminder before signing off for the week: if you’re shopping for anything on Amazon and you do it through one of our links, it’ll help keep the lights on here at UpcomingDiscs. See ya next week!
Posted in: Tuesday Round Up by J C on March 20th, 2018
After last week's jam-packed Round Up, we decided it might be a good idea to downsize. More specifically, we'll be reviewing Paramount's inventive satire Downsizing in 4K. (The film stars Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig, Christoph Waltz, and others.) Meanwhile, Universal does it vocal exercises in preparation for Pitch Perfect 3 (4K), the final(?) chapter in the popular aca-trilogy. Elsewhere, Fox stylishly travels back in time for Archer: Season 8 (Dreamland), while Shout! Factory goes north of the border to answer When Calls the Heart: The Heart of Homecoming.
Before you run off until next week, here's for your customary reminder: if you’re shopping for anything on Amazon and you do it through one of our links, it’ll help keep the lights on here at UpcomingDiscs. See ya next week!
Posted in: Tuesday Round Up by J C on March 13th, 2018
You can't save the world alone. You also can't properly kick off your week without knowing what Blu-ray/4K/DVD releases are on the horizon. I'm sure you've probably guessed this by now, but one of the titles being released this week is Warner Bros. superstar-laden superhero smackdown Justice League, which we'll be reviewing both on Blu-ray and in 4K. It's also case closed for Warner as they release Major Crimes: The Sixth and Final Season. Elsewhere, Indiepix is feeling spirited thanks to Pastor Paul, while MPI Home Video delves into the life of famous cop Frank Serpico. CBS/Paramount fights The Good Fight: Season 1, and Cinedigm searches for love When the Starlight Ends. (FYI: you can win a free copy of When the Stralight Ends.) Last and certainly not least, Lionsgate shuffles into the mix with Fear the Walking Dead: Season 3.
On top of all those home video releases, we are also embarking on an adventure to review the new big screen incarnation of Tomb Raider. One last reminder before signing off for the week: if you’re shopping for anything on Amazon and you do it through one of our links, it’ll help keep the lights on here at UpcomingDiscs. See ya next week!
Posted in: Tuesday Round Up by J C on February 20th, 2018
I know Father's Day isn't until June, but we don't feel like waiting around that long to celebrate. For this week's Round Up, we're moving the paternal holiday up by a few months in honor of the UHD release of Paramount's Daddy's Home 2 (4K). But wait there's more! Check back at the end of the week to get our take on a pair of theatrical releases: Natalie Portman ventures into dangerous territory in Annihilation, while Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams try to survive a raucous Game Night.
Before you run off until next week, here's for your customary reminder: if you’re shopping for anything on Amazon and you do it through one of our links, it’ll help keep the lights on here at UpcomingDiscs. See ya next week!