Posted in: Contests by Gino Sassani on July 6th, 2015
Our pals over at Magnolia Home Entertainment want us to have three times the fun. They've given us three copies of the Simon Pegg film Kill Me Three Times on high definition Blu-ray. It's a dark comedy involving an eccentric hit-man who finds out that more than one person wants Alice Braga's cheating wife character dead. The film also stars Luke Hemsworth. they say once is never enough. Let's try for three.
To win a copy, just follow these simple instructions.
Posted in: Podcasts by Gino Sassani on July 4th, 2015
Awaken hits on DVD from Arc Entertainment on July 7th. In the meantime, enjoy the second in our three-part interview series to talk about the movie. David Keith has been acting a long time. He's played such diverse characters as Elvis and Ollie North. This time he plays an ethically-challenged doctor. I had a chance to talk to him about his career and his role. Bang it here to listen in on my chat with David Keith.
You should also check out his charity work to protect children at Protect.org
Posted in: The Reel World by Jeremy Butler on July 3rd, 2015
“A straight line…you just go, and you never…look…back.”
Well, I hope you’re ready to have everything you know about the Terminator franchise turned on its head. As a franchise known for his alternative timelines where the things we come to know are often turned around, my previous statement may sound like the usual bread and butter to you. However, I must say that I feel like the latest incarnation of the franchise, Terminator Genisys, has really outdone itself this time. As far as reboots go, this may be one of the best that I have seen in quite some time as we are introduced to a completely new cast (well, almost completely new cast) portraying characters already near and dear to our hearts.
Posted in: Contests, Expired Contests by Gino Sassani on July 3rd, 2015
Our friends over at Ketchup Entertainment are going to send up a little fireworks of their own here at Upcomingdiscs. They've given us 2 copies of their sci-fi adventure Debug to give away. The movie was directed by David Hewlett, better known as Dr. Rodney McKay to his legion of Stargate fans. It also stars his castmate Jason Momoa. Jason has been shining pretty bright since his Stargate days. If you've been wanting to see it, we've got a chance for you to win it.
You can also listen to my chat with David Hewlett Here.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by J C on July 2nd, 2015
“Anybody can jump a motorcycle. The trouble begins when you try to land it.”
There's a segment in I Am Evel Knievel that features some of Knievel's contemporaries — along with a few of the younger extreme sports athletes he inspired — breaking down just how difficult it is to jump a motorcycle across vast distances. (Especially when you're using relatively primitive equipment the way Knievel was.) Long story short, the crucial components are guts and a mental makeup that doesn't allow you to overthink or dwell on the insanity of what you're about to do. This entertaining documentary succeeds in illustrating how Knievel had both of those qualities in spades.
Posted in: The Reel World by Archive Authors on July 1st, 2015
Me, Earl and the Dying Girl is not the perfect movie by any means, but it is pretty darn good. Sometime it is too clever for its own good, and sometimes its cleverness is what makes it good. It is a movie about a precocious high school teenager much in the tradition of Ferris Bueller's Day Off. It has an offbeat and anarchic take on the high school experience, because the titular Me is giving his point of view. As with many narrators in the tradition of literature, his opinions can be unreliable. Me shall be known from now on as Greg (played by Thomas Mann) (no relation to the famous German novelist) (which I mention because German film maker Werner Herzog is all over this film).
Posted in: No Huddle Reviews by Gino Sassani on July 1st, 2015
What young 1970’s pup, learning to play a guitar for the first time, didn’t, at one time or another, attempt to imitate Pete Townsend’s windmill power chord strum? I count myself in that group. While I was not a very dedicated Who fan, I had an appreciation for the musicianship. There were still songs like Pinball Wizard and Behind Blue Eyes that I would embrace as if they were my own anthems in those days. It would be hard to deny that The Who is one of the most successful rock bands in history. Part of the original British Invasion of the 1960’s, there are few such acts that are even still around, let alone able to fill the huge stadiums and halls of Rock’s yesteryears.
Posted in: No Huddle Reviews by Jeremy Butler on July 1st, 2015
Interpretation, that’s pretty much all a true crime story is. The thing about interpretation is it does not guarantee an accurate account of the facts, just one person’s perspective of transpired events, meaning what you see could either be true, partially true, or a complete fabrication. When it comes to We are Monsters, what you believe will be entirely up to you, because it definitely doesn’t pull any punches whatsoever. Told from the perspective of the killer, the story shows his decline into madness as well as a multitude of flashbacks that simply left me questioning how this guy wasn’t locked away sooner and why the key wasn’t encased in a concrete slab.
Posted in: No Huddle Reviews by Dan Holland on July 1st, 2015
It is always a privilege to watch an Official Selection of the Sundance Film Festival. I have had the pleasure to screen a few films from Sundance 2013, and I have not been disappointed. Soldate Jeanette (‘Soldier Jane’ translated to English) is not the most captivating I have seen from Sundance, but with its digital camera aesthetics and visually striking images, it definitely carries a certain charm. Director Daniel Hoesl’s first feature-length film focuses on Fanni, an aging woman who is faced with eviction from her apartment. Fanni considers rent an unnecessary expense after twenty long years of living in her home, so she has refused to pay rent for the last three.
Posted in: Podcasts by Gino Sassani on June 30th, 2015
Robert Davi has been around for a long time. He was a Bond villain against Timothy Dalton's Bond in License To Kill. He went toe to toe with Sly Stallone in The Expendables 3. He told off Bruce Willis in Die Hard. Most of you remember him as Agent Malone on The Profiler. So what does he do for an encore? He sings Sinatra songs, what else? I'll tell you what else. He stars in Awaken the new film out from Arc Entertainment. I had a great time talking to the man recently. We talked about Italy and music. Of course, we talked about Awaken. The man's a force to be reckoned with. Just ask Sly, Bond or Bruce. It was even his birthday. Bang it here to listen to my conversation with Robert Davi. You should also check out his music site Here.
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