Return of Magnificent Seven (Blu-ray)
Posted in Disc Reviews by M. W. Phillips on September 2nd, 2011
“How would you like to use that gun belt for something more than just holding up your pants?”
Although the title of the blu-ray is Return of the Magnificent Seven, the original film’s title sequence just calls it Return of the Seven, and for good reason. There is nothing vaguely magnificent in this movie. This is the type of sequel that gives sequels a bad name.
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Warrior, The
Posted in The Reel World by Michael Durr on September 1st, 2011
As with many of the audience who reads the reviews we write, I have been to a ton of movies. But most of the time when I go, I go on the second or perhaps third week of release. Rarely do I ever go the first week. Even rarer is when I get invited to a screening of a movie before it even opens. Well, on August 31st, 2011, I got the chance to see the new feature from Lionsgate entitled The Warrior which opens September 9th, 2011. Let us see what it had to offer.
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Cougar Town: The Complete Second Season
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on September 1st, 2011
In many ways Cougar Town appears to be Friends 20 or more years later. It’s not just the fact that the former Friends star Courtney Cox heads the call sheet on the new situation comedy. There are a ton of other elements that appear to tie the shows together. Like the old NBC show, the core of this show is a tight group of friends. They have a lot of the same kinds of adventures and conversations as the old gang used to have. The big difference here is that the adventures and the talk come from an older, if not more mature,
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Desperate Housewives: The Complete Seventh Season
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on September 1st, 2011
“It’s a question we all ask ourselves. Do I trust the people who live next door? Will that couple across the street be there when I need them? Can I count on the woman who lives down the block? Yes, good neighbors are people we can rely on. But if we discover our neighbor can’t be trusted, then it may be time to move.”
What you can count on from the neighbors of Wisteria Lane is another season of secrets, betrayals, and fashionable housewives.
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August Winner’s Circle
Posted in Contests by Gino Sassani on August 31st, 2011
Congratulations to all of our August Contest winners.
Don’t forget we already have a ton of September Giveaways running right now.
Continue to read The August Winner’s List:
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The Beaver (Blu-ray)
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on August 31st, 2011
“This is a picture of Walter Black, a hopelessly depressed individual who becomes The Beaver, who becomes a phenomenon.”
When I first heard about this film, it was hard to keep the Mel Gibson story out of my mind. It almost seemed as if his casting was related to his off-screen situation. After all, this is a story of redemption, and there isn’t anyone in Hollywood searching for that more than Mel Gibson.
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Marley & Me: The Puppy Years (Blu-ray)
Posted in Disc Reviews by BABY on August 31st, 2011
Baby here again, and I’m not exactly a happy German Shepherd/Chow mix puppy right now. Do you wanna know what’s put the growl in my scowl this time? The other day I heard Gino say that somebody was in the doghouse. That sure sounded like fun, but it turns out the dude got fired and that being in the doghouse turns out to be not such a good thing. Now I understand if they said that UPS was in this dog’s house. That would be bad for the UPS guy. And that spells O U C H.
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The Magnificent Seven (Blu-ray)
Posted in Disc Reviews by M. W. Phillips on August 30th, 2011
“We deal in lead, friend.”
In the fall of 1956, Anthony Quinn watched a special screening of Akira Kurosawa’s The Seven Samurai and had an epiphany; this Japanese masterpiece, inspired by the great American westerns of John Ford, would, itself, make a great American western. Quinn acquired the rights and contacted his then close friend Yul Brynner and pitched the idea of him playing the bad guy and Brynner the good guy.
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Horatio Hornblower: Further Adventures
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on August 30th, 2011
“He is the unique high-seas hero. A man of unshakable courage, unwavering principles, and extraordinary skill. Joining the Royal Navy at the outset of the bloody Napoleonic Wars, Horatio Hornblower rises quickly from new recruit to seasoned sailor, and his exploits become the stuff of legends.”
When Gene Roddenberry was preparing his “Wagon Train to the Stars” that would become Star Trek, he turned to the historic hero from the books of C.S. Forester.
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Giveaway: 11 Of Major League Baseball’s Greatest Games From A&E
Posted in Contests by Gino Sassani on August 27th, 2011
Play Ball!
Our very good friends over at A&E came to bat for us and we scored big. That means you’ve scored big. A&E and Major League Baseball have combined to release some of the greatest games in baseball history on DVD. We have all 11 of these fantastic games on DVD to giveaway. Here are the historic games you can win:
Pirates & Yankees (1960 World Series, Game 7) Dirk Smit
Phillies & Cubs May 17,th 1979 (23-22 score) Rachel Bixler-Murray
Yankees & Red Sox (2004 ALCS, Game 4) Laura DeLuca
Dodgers & Cardinals (1985 NLCS, Game 5) Denise
Phillies & Blu-jays (1993 World Series, Game 6) Pauline Milner
Rays & Yankees (Jeter’s 3,000th hit) Lisa Wilson
Pirates & Braves (1992 NLCS, Game 7) Jason
Mets & Red Sox (1986 World Series, Game 6) Ben Susser
Red Sox & Yankees (2003 ALCS, Game 7) Gary Baker
Reds & Red Sox (1975 World Series, Game 6) Rose
Twins & Braves (1991 World Series, Game 7) Justin W.
To win one of these milestone games follow these instructions:
- Fill out your name and email address in the comment form below – your email address will remain private and visible only to us.
- Do not post your address as an actual comment! Instead – List the top three games you’d like to win in order that you prefer. If you win, you will receive one of those games.
- Only those comments that answer our question will be considered.
Contest is now closed. See above to see list of winners.
Relive some of the best moments in sports history!
The Vampire Diaries: The Complete Second Season (Blu-ray)
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on August 26th, 2011
“You cannot run from a vampire.”
We’ve all seen the young girls out there swooning over the Twilight films and books as if the whole vampire idea had just been invented. It shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise that the television networks and cable channels would be taking notice. No, it’s not the swooning teenagers, it’s the green being transferred from their pockets to their coffers. But vampires on television are not new either. Dracula itself was a series. In the 1960’s and 70’s there was Dark Shadows and the vampire Barnabas Collins.
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The Conspirator (Blu-ray)
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on August 26th, 2011
The American Film Company is a new venture that intends to tell historical dramas. There are several stories on the way. They are particularly interested in the lesser known elements of historical events that are, in themselves, rather huge and universally known. One is left with the kind of film that we saw last year in The King’s Speech. While we all know about the global events of that time, few knew the story of the struggle over public speaking that the King had during that fateful moment in world history. I think you can say the same for the material in The Conspirator.
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Meet Monica Velour (Blu-ray)
Posted in Disc Reviews by M. W. Phillips on August 26th, 2011
“The windows around here are not big enough for you?”
Writer/Director Keith Bearden’s debut film, Meet Monica Velour, seduces you like raunchy 70s porn star, but finishes you off with a happy ending like a cheap masseuse in a roadside massage parlor. Not that this is a sex comedy, nor are the stars particularly sexy (except for Jamie Tisdale who plays young Monica Velour who is very, very hot), but the theme is about sexual illusions.
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Dexter: The Fifth Season (Blu-ray)
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on August 26th, 2011
Dexter Morgan (Hall) is a forensic lab rat for the Miami-Dade Police. He really knows blood splatter. He should, because he moonlights as a killer. It seems that poor old Dex just can’t help himself. His parents were criminals, and he witnessed his mother’s brutal slashing by a chainsaw gang when he was just a young boy. He was adopted by Harry Morgan (Remar), a police officer. Harry saw the killer instinct in Dexter and taught him how to channel the urges for the sake of good.
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NCIS: Los Angeles – The Second Season
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on August 25th, 2011
The series was previewed in a two-part episode of NCIS entitled Legend. A dead Marine in Washington led to a terrorist cell in LA, where Gibbs and McGee join the LA branch to bring down the bad guys. Here we meet the new characters and get a chance to get comfortable with them. However, by the time the show aired its first episode, there were some pretty major changes for the show already. It’s not uncommon, and the Legend episode was really a back-door pilot.
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Gossip Girl: The Complete Fourth Season
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on August 25th, 2011
“Unlike the rest of us, sex, lies, and scandal never take a vacation. Instead they take the Long Island Expressway and head East to the Hamptons. Some would say summer is their busiest season. Think Park Avenue, but with tennis whites and Bain de Soleil. The players change, but the game remains the same.”
With internet blogging becoming such a common trend, we just knew that someone somehow would work it into a clever little plot. It started as a series of adolescent books that appealed mostly to the teen girls.
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Top Gun (Blu-ray)
Posted in Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on August 25th, 2011
Back around the time I was born, when Tom Cruise had an ounce of sanity, a little movie called Top Gun swept across the globe raking in over $350,000,000 worldwide, as well as sparking an interest in the US Navy and everything Tomcat, Skyhawk, and MiG related. Ever since its original release Top Gun has kept a hold on its audience, being played almost weekly, and now it makes its way into the world of high definition with its release on Blu-ray.
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Help Out A Member Of The Upcomingdisc Family
Posted in News and Opinions by Gino Sassani on August 24th, 2011
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.
The Fox and the Hound / The Fox and the Hound Two (Three-Disc 30th Anniversary Edition) (Blu-ray)
Posted in Disc Reviews by BABY on August 24th, 2011
Baby here again. No, you’re not seeing double unless you’re seeing two of me. That would be very bad since you’re reading this and I’m not really there at all. No, you’re not seeing double. But, thanks to the guys at Disney and a little bit to the guys at UPS who somehow got this thing through my tight security net, we get not one but two classic Disney animated movies on one Blu-ray release. This thing has so much canine content that you’re gonna need a doggie bag for all the leftovers.
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NCIS – The Complete Eighth Season
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on August 24th, 2011
NCIS is a spin-off, of sorts, from the popular military lawyer show JAG. You could say that NCIS is the Order to JAG’s Law. The NCIS is a real government agency that deals with criminal activity inside or involving the US Navy or Marine Corps. The series has an incredibly global feel and honestly looks damn good for television. Production values are high, and the location stuff is out of this world, or at least all over it.
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Brothers & Sisters: The Complete Fifth Season
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on August 24th, 2011
“I never thought we’d get back to this table. I can’t tell you how good it felt to have dinner together again. We hadn’t done that since the accident. To be honest, sometimes it felt like we’d never get over it. But somehow we did.”
But will we ever get over the Walker family? This was to be the final season of the series, and the network wasn’t exactly kind in its last days. The budget was slashed so that most of the characters appear in limited episodes. You won’t find near so many of the Walker family gatherings as you did in previous years.
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Contest: Win A Copy Of The Bang Bang Club On Blu-ray From Entertainment One
Posted in Contests by Gino Sassani on August 22nd, 2011
Entertainment One wants to make sure you get the picture. You see, they’re giving us 2 copies of The Bang Bang Club on high definition Blu-ray for our readers. Based on the acclaimed memoir by Greg Marinovich and Joao Silva, THE BANG BANG CLUB is the real life story of a group of four young combat photographers — Greg Marinovich (Ryan Phillippe), Joao Silva, Kevin Carter (Taylor Kitsch) and Ken Oosterbroek — bonded by friendship and their sense of purpose to tell the truth. To win a copy of this prize, follow these instructions.
- Fill out your name and email address in the comment form below – your email address will remain private and visible only to us.
- Do not post your address as an actual comment! Instead – Describe the coolest photo you ever took.
- Only those comments that answer our question will be considered.
Contest is now closed Winners are Steve Wilson & Peter
Winners are notified by E-mail. If you did not get a confirmation E-mail from us, check your Spam filter and contact us. Any prize not claimed in 2 weeks will be forfeit and be placed in the end of year contests next Holiday Season.
Rio (Blu-ray)
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on August 22nd, 2011
“Hello, Pretty Bird…”
Director/writer Carlos Saldanha is perhaps best known for his work on the Ice Age films. He’s been a part of the director duties on all three of the films so far. It’s natural that he might wish to step away from the popular franchise and find a computer animation project that is more of a work of passion for the young talent. He decided to write and direct his own feature and set it in his native Brazil.
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Little Big Soldier (Blu-Ray)
Posted in Disc Reviews by Michael Durr on August 22nd, 2011
In my life, I have always made a habit rooting for the underdog. Whether it would be in the business world with a small company or at the NCAA March Madness tournament with a Cinderella team, I always like to see the unexpected. It happens in movies too for the most part, I routed for Rocky, I routed for the Indians in Major League (didn’t root for Rudy though, that was too much even for me.) But what would I think of the little soldier in Little Big Soldier? Well, we will have to see.
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Giveaway: The Greening Of Southie On DVD From A&E
Posted in Contests by Gino Sassani on August 21st, 2011
Our very good friends over at A&E are at it again. They have given us another great documentary to give away. The Greening Of Southie. Take a trip to Boston and check out their first “Green” building.To win a copy of this prize, follow these instructions.
- Fill out your name and email address in the comment form below – your email address will remain private and visible only to us.
- Do not post your address as an actual comment! Instead – Tell us the closest major city to you.
- Only those comments that answer our question will be considered.
Contest is now closed Winner is Sammi
Winners are notified by E-mail. If you did not get a confirmation E-mail from us, check your Spam filter and contact us. Any prize not claimed in 2 weeks will be forfeit and be placed in the end of year contests next Holiday Season.