Posted in: No Huddle Reviews by Jeremy Butler on January 2nd, 2013
“I like to remind you all what this competition is about. It is about excellence in butter.”
It’s trophy wife vs. Little Orphan Annie in this dysfunctional dark comedy about America’s leading cause of high cholesterol. Equipped with an impressive cast of Hollywood’s elite, Butter does it’s best to entertain; however, the collaborative efforts of Jennifer Garner, Hugh Jackman, Olivia Wilde, and Ty Burrell may not be enough to boost a lot of the more subtle comedy of the film; I know it wasn’t enough for me.
Posted in: Contests, Expired Contests by Gino Sassani on January 1st, 2013
On the Eighth Day Of Christmas Lifetime gives to you:
12 Days Of Christmas Movie Collection. You get 12 Lifetime Holiday movies on DVD. That's nearly 18 hours of Holiday Magic. Keep the holidays with you always. We have two copies so that means two lucky winners will get this collection. Movies include: The Road To Christmas, Under The Mistletoe, Christmas In Paradise, Holiday Switch, Home By Christmas and 7 more movies. That's 1 movie for each of the 12 Days Of Christmas all in one box.
Posted in: News and Opinions by Gino Sassani on January 1st, 2013
From all of us here at Upcomingdiscs:
We wish you a wonderful and a safe New Year.
Posted in: Contests, Expired Contests by Gino Sassani on December 31st, 2012
On the Seventh Day Of Christmas Lionsgate gives to you:
If you're making a New Year's Resolution to get rid of the pounds, Lionsgate is here to help out. We have a 4-DVD collection of weight-loss videos just for you. One lucky winner gets: Billy Blanks Jr.'s Fat Burning Hip Hop Mix, Jimmy Pena's Pray Fit, Dancing With The Stars Cardio Dance For Weight Loss and Denise Austin's Shape Up & Shed Pounds.
Posted in: No Huddle Reviews by BABY on December 31st, 2012
Baby here again. Yeah, I'm that German Shepherd Chow who runs security here at Upcomingdiscs. We call it Baby On-Board Security, and that spells O U C H if you're snoopin' around this place. That goes for you Fed Ex/UPS guys. This nose knows how to spot trouble. And, speaking of trouble you should see the cool art I made with the toilet paper roll the other day. Of course, no one around here appreciates a true artist in their own time, and I got in trouble again. That meant I had to watch this latest dog movie in the living room instead of the theater. Something about a 25-to-life ban, whatever that means. I don't wanna talk about that right now.
The truth is I don't wanna talk about the latest movie either, but I can't get out of this one. If it weren't for the whole art project thing I might have been able to skip this one, but I didn't wanna push my luck, if you know what I mean. Thanks to me you won't have to go through what I did. No, I'm not talking about the toilet paper incident, as it's come to be known around here. I'm talking about The Adventures Of Bailey: Christmas Hero. Trust me, I'm gonna be your real Christmas Hero when I keep you from wasting about 80 minutes of your life on this one. Hey, that's like months in dog years.
Posted in: No Huddle Reviews by Brent Lorentson on December 31st, 2012
Back in 1964 a film was released about a reporter who wanted to know what it was like to be black in the deep south during the civil rights movement. When I first heard this my initial reaction had me picturing some white guy in black face strolling the streets and then subsequently being beaten by both sides of the race coin. It turns out this thankfully wasn’t the case, and the reporter, John Howard Griffin, underwent medical treatments, as well as hours under a sunlamp, to change the hue of his skin. From the procedure on, the film explores a dark time in America seen through the eyes of both a white and a black man at the same time.
James Whitmore (The Shawshank Redemption and Them) plays the role of the reporter, whose name has been changed to John Horton for the film. When we see him as a black man for the first time it is on a bus, sitting in the colored section, and standing next to his seat is a middle-aged white woman. He looks up to her and wants to do the gentlemanly thing and offer her his seat, but her response is nothing but repulsion from this “negro” who dares to even look at her. John can’t understand this reaction; after all it was her comfort he was concerned about, but this is only a glimpse into the bigot-filled world John has now opened himself up to, and things are only going to get worse.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on December 31st, 2012
In the same fashion as Batman Begins, Casino Royale the 21st Bond film ït starts over the franchise with a new outlook. Daniel Craig stars as James Bond in this film based on the 1953 novel by Ian Fleming, which hopes to rejuvenate the series by getting rid of some of franchise trademarks as well as the gadgets they supply. Grossing nearly 600 million dollars worldwide, Casino Royale was commercially a great success, but does the new bond fall short of past expectations, or does this reboot on the series provide for good cinema?
James Bond isn't yet an agent of double-0 status, but in order to accomplish this he is sent to Prague to assassinate a rogue agent who has been selling British secrets, as well as his associate. After accomplishing this, the film opening begins in traditional bond fashion with a fresh gun barrel sequence followed by the opening credits. Already the film appears to be a lot darker than past Bond films, and I have yet to hear a corny catch phrase as well.
Posted in: Contests, Expired Contests by Gino Sassani on December 30th, 2012
On the Sixth Day Of Christmas A&E/History gives to you:
Ancient Rome Anthology. This 6-disc DVD collection covers all of the best Rome documentaries over the years on History. Follow the great Caesars and a civilization that once ruled the world. It's collapse spelled 1000 years of darkness and stagnation. It's all there for a lucky Upcomingdiscs reader.
Posted in: No Huddle Reviews by Michael Durr on December 30th, 2012
In my youth, I watched a healthy dose of A-Team. Four men who branded as war criminals for a crime they did not commit doing odd jobs for money. Perhaps that is over simplifying things, but it did provide me with tons of fun hours cheering for explosions and witnessing the genius known as Murdoch for my viewing pleasure. Today, we take a look at a film which might be in the vein of what the four guys of A-Team might have been like if they were transported to Africa during the turbulent 60's. We have today, the film called: The Wild Geese.
A plane flies into London and we find ourselves seated at an airport. Colonel Allen Faulkner (played by Richard Burton) sits at the airport lounge and drinks his whiskey until he is picked up by a driver and transported to a giant white house where a merchant banker Sir Edward Matherson (played by Stewart Granger) lives. Faulkner is met at the door by Matherson's assistant, Thomas Balfour (played by Barry Foster) and immediately led to the den where the banker is waiting for him.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by J C on December 30th, 2012
As The Walking Dead continues to smash ratings records (while compulsively changing showrunners, no less) and Summit Entertainment — the studio behind The Twilight Saga — prepares to throw its considerable marketing muscle behind February’s zombie rom-com Warm Bodies, it’s fair to say the shambling undead are having a major pop culture moment. Yes, zombies are hot right now, but a curious subgenre has already endured for many decades: I’m talking about the zombie Nazi movie.
From Shock Waves and Zombie Lake in the 1970s and 80s to recent examples like Dead Snow and this year's Outpost: Black Sun, filmmakers have delighted in mashing up one of history’s most infamous real-life group of monsters with one of cinema’s most popular terrors for decades. Though they’ve been enjoyable to varying degrees, the subgenre is yet to produce a classic film in the vein of George A. Romero’s work or even something that made a notable pop culture impact like Zombieland or Shaun of the Dead. I’m sorry to say War of the Dead won’t be the first.
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