Posted in: Disc Reviews by Michael Durr on October 11th, 2018
When you have done movie reviews for a very long time such as I have, you acquire knowledge about certain films and movies that in a normal life span one would probably never come across. One of those for me has been the Power Rangers series. I have reviewed several of the American adaptations for the site, and while they are not my cup of tea, I am familiar with how they work and operate. Last week, I received one of the Japanese original Super Sentai series, Chojin Sentai Jetman, and I was eager to check it out. Let's see how this all unfolds.
The year is 199X, Sky Force's Earth Ship orbiting the Earth are the guardians of peace on the planet. Suddenly an emergency is detected. It appears a robot has gone rogue and is terrorizing the ship. Ryuu Tendoh (played by Kotaro Tanaka) and Rie Aoi (played by Maho Maruyama) jump into action. Rie saves a baby, and Ryuu is able to turn off the robot which restores order to the ship.
Posted in: Contests by Gino Sassani on October 11th, 2018
31 Nights Of Terror is a time for giving. That means contests and goodies for you guys. This time Kino has given us a copy of an old classic staring Jaclyn Smith, Robert Mitchum, and James Franciscus. It's called Nightkill, and it's been remastered for HD. And now you can check it out for yourself.
To win a copy of this prize, follow these instructions.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by J C on October 10th, 2018
“Why would anybody create a Nazi puppet?!”
There are two types of people in this world: A) the sort of person who reads the question above and says, “That’s offensive! I have absolutely no idea” and B) the joyful weirdo who replies, “Why would anybody stop at creating just *one* Nazi puppet?” If you’re in Group B, you’re in luck…the people behind Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich didn’t stop at one Nazi puppet. (Not even close!) More importantly, this bloody reboot of the 1989 cult horror classic features some of the craziest and most disgusting kills I’ve seen in a while. (I promise that’s a compliment.)
Posted in: No Huddle Reviews by Gino Sassani on October 9th, 2018
"Acting is a very face-forward type of job. It's in direct conflict to being someone who anonymously kills people. You want to have a hobby or something, you could take up painting. Hitler painted. John Wayne Gacy painted. It's a good solid hobby. Never got in the way of what they were doing. You wanna have to go out there and burn a guy and have him say 'Hey, there's the guy from the chicken commercial?' "
Not since Dexter have serial killers been so much fun. Barry Berkman isn't exactly a serial killer. He's a hit-man, but you get my meaning. The new HBO black comedy Barry is the kind of show where you find yourself laughing but then catch yourself thinking, "That's not really funny." Of course, it is funny. It amuses you. This just might be the politically-incorrect hit of the year. HBO is delivering all eight half-hour episodes on a single disc with the release of Barry: Season One on DVD.
Posted in: No Huddle Reviews by Gino Sassani on October 9th, 2018
"We gather here today to remind ourselves what happens to the enemies of Wonkru. It doesn't matter who you are, if you choose sides against us, if you divide us, if you defy us then you are not us. Before we give these traitors a second chance to be called brother, sister or seda, we pay tribute to those who have died, so that we may live."
And there have been a lot of those folks. The series title once referred to the 100 teens who were sent to the surface of Earth a hundred years after a nuclear war to find out if it was habitable once again. By the time we reach the end of Season 5, there will only be four members of the 100 remaining alive. The title might have lost its meaning by now, but this season will literally take us to a completely new world before it's finished. Fox brings you the complete fifth season of The 100, and the ride isn't quite over yet.
Posted in: Contests by Gino Sassani on October 9th, 2018
31 Nights Of Terror continues to roll with another giveaway. This time it's our old buddies at FOX that have given us a treat for our readers. They've given us a copy of American Horror Story: Cult on DVD for a lucky reader. It's the entire season on 3 DVD's and it's all up for grabs.
To win a copy of this prize, follow these instructions.
Posted in: Tuesday Round Up by J C on October 9th, 2018
We are reaching unprecedented heights with this week's Round Up! Thanks to Universal, we'll be scaling the tallest building in the world alongside Dwayne Johnson in Skyscraper (4K). Elsewhere, Warner Bros. counts to The 100: Season 5, and heads west with occult investigator John Constantine in Constantine: City of Demons — The Movie (4K). HBO hits its mark with hitman comedy Barry: Season 1, while Fox prepares for battle with Vikings: Season 5, Volume 1. Fries Entertainment Group gets animated with Starchaser: The Legend of Orin, Monarch stays for a 3rd Night, and Shout! Factory goes back to school for Saved by the Bell: The Complete Series. (We'll have full coverage of the fan-favorite teen comedy next month, following the conclusion of “31 Nights of Terror.”)
Speaking of the spooky season, we'll also be reviewing Columbia's Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween on the big screen a little later this week. Finally, we are taking one small step to offer our take on Universal's First Man. Before you run off until next week, here's 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: Contests by Gino Sassani on October 8th, 2018
Universal practically invented Halloween, at least for me. I owe my love of movies to watching the Universal Monsters on chiller and shock theaters with my Dad. Boris Karlof, Lon Caney, Jr and Bela Lugosi would become icons for me. Now Universal has brought a mega-collection of those classic monsters to one huge Blu-ray collection of 30 films that feature the likes of Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, The Wolf Man and The Creature From The Black Lagoon. Our pals over at Universal have given us one of these film collections to give away as part of our 31 Nights Of Horror. It's been a while since our last contest. Now we're going to make it up to you BIG TIME! Enter to win a copy of this massive Blu-ray collection of monster movie history.
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Posted in: The Reel World by Gino Sassani on October 7th, 2018
"Eyes. Lungs. Pancreas. So many snacks. So little time."
The Marvel Venom character started simply enough with a desire to change the look of Spider-Man's costume in the 1980's. Spider-Man along with a collection of Marvel's heroes were abducted by a character called The Beyonder to fight on a battle planet. It's much like the iconic Planet Hulk story, which was used for the recent Thor film. When Spider-Man returns to Earth, he has a new black and white suit that he found in space. For quite a while the new look for the Web Crawler caused a debate in Marveldom about the hero’s new look. Eventually Peter Parker discovered the suit gave him new abilities and was self-healing. He was also finding himself more and more fatigued. It turned out he wasn't getting rest at night because the suit would take him out for its own adventures. Reed Richards of The Fantastic Four discovers that the suit wasn't a suit at all, but an alien life-form that had bonded to Spider-Man. When Parker rejects the symbiote, it attaches to rival Daily Bugle reporter Eddie Brock, and together they become the sometimes hero/sometimes villain Venom.
Posted in: No Huddle Reviews by Brent Lorentson on October 6th, 2018
It seems the 80’s is the go-to gimmick nowadays. With the success of Stranger Things and It, I can’t really blame the studios for cranking out the films set in this time period. Personally my favorite film to do this would be Summer of 84. For me it’s been the film that has best captured what it was like to grow up during that time period, but Sleep No More is definitely a film that I’m glad has climbed aboard the 80’s bandwagon. Personally what grabbed me was how the DVD boasts that it is from the creator of Final Destination. While the sequels fell more into the guilty pleasure category for me, the first film holds up and is great, so of course I’m curious to see what he has cooked up for Sleep No More.
A group of graduate students are working on a study to see what happens to the body after it has gone more than 200 hours without sleep. Their theory is that once you reach this threshold you will never have to sleep again. Unfortunately their first subject that they used for the study snapped and ends up killing themselves in a rather gruesome manner. Still confident in their research, they plan on continuing their study, only this time using themselves as the test subject. It’s a cool little setup for a horror film; one you know can’t possibly end well for those deciding to take part in this experiment. It’s like Flatliners meets an episode of The X-Files called “Sleepless”. In the episode it’s soldiers being put into a sleep study that of course has nasty consequences. So how does the film come out?
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