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category: film
10 Sep 2008

When discussing the best films ever made, The Godfather Trilogy is always at the top of the list. As a huge film fan, I thought you might be interested to know that all three classic films are being rereleased on DVD and Blu-Ray September 23rd . Dubbed “The Coppola Restoration,” the set features restored and remastered picture and sound quality, as well as many new special features. Now I am going to make you an offer you can’t refuse (had to say it) by giving you a sneak peak at the DVD trailer and bonus feature videos from the collection.

Click HERE for the trailer and HERE for the Special Features Preview.

category: film
10 Sep 2008

Family Guy jack-of-all-trades Seth McFarlane has new short animated comedy bits online for your enjoyment… they’re kind of like those random side bits and jokes that happen all the time during a Family Guy episode… like, exactly like them. Here are the first two:

category: film
10 Sep 2008

You may want to shutdown your computer for this one because PULSE 2, the newest release under the Dimension Extreme label, appears on DVD September 30th from Genius Products and The Weinstein Company.

Digital frequencies in the modern world have been interrupted again by the “soulless ghosts” who haunted the human race once before. On the brink of extinction, the remaining survivors are still running for refuge from the supernatural spirits on the hunt hoping to find permanent escape. However, that hope is fleeting. Now, two divorced parents must rely on their own personal hope and compromise their safety as they search endlessly for their young daughter lost in the midst of the incessant chaos and terror.

From director Joel Soisson (Feast, Phantoms and Hellraiser: Hellseeker) and starring Jaime Bamber (“Battlestar Galactica”) and Boti Bliss (“CSI: Miami”), PULSE 2 is both gruesome and horrifying, erupting with special effects that will leave your heart pounding.

Synopsis:

The world has been reshaped by the invasion of ghosts via the wireless internet.  Cities are deserted, technology has been destroyed and the few remaining human beings eschew anything electrical in order to avoid a confrontation with the soulless ghosts that wander the planet.

category: film
10 Sep 2008

“Downey captures Chaplin’s spirit, even in costume as the Tramp.” – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

“Robert Downey Jr. is brilliant.” – San Francisco Examiner

Lionsgate are planning to announce the DVD release of the 15th ANNIVERSARY EDITION of CHAPLIN, a dramatized biography of the highs and lows in the life of one of the foremost comic geniuses the silver screen has ever known, played by Robert Downey Jr which earned him an Academy Award® nomination and BAFTA Award.  The film, directed by two-time Academy Award® winner Richard Attenborough (Ghandi), boasts a critically-acclaimed ensemble cast that includes Academy Award® winners Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs), Kevin Kline (A Fish Called Wanda) and Marisa Tomei (My Cousin Vinny) ; Academy Award® nominee Diane Lane (Unfaithful) ; and Academy Award® nominees and Emmy® winners Dan Aykroyd (Driving Miss Daisy) and James Woods (Ghosts of Mississippi).

This 15th Anniversary Edition features a newly re-mastered widescreen version of the film and all-new bonus materials, including two featurettes that document Chaplin’s film legacy, a never-before-seen home movie of Chaplin and a retrospective interview with director (remove comma) Richard Attenborough. The special edition DVD comes in a limited edition plastic o-card that reveals to an image of the Little Tramp underneath.

Chaplin, the film that earned acclaimed actor Robert Downey Jr. an Academy Award® nomination and BAFTA Award, is now available in a brand new, special edition DVD.  The film, directed by two-time Academy Award® winner Richard Attenborough (Ghandi), boasts a critically-acclaimed ensemble cast that includes Academy Award® winners Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs), Kevin Kline (A Fish Called Wanda) and Marisa Tomei (My Cousin Vinny); Academy Award® nominee Diane Lane (Unfaithful) ; and Academy Award® nominees and Emmy® winners Dan Aykroyd (Driving Miss Daisy) and James Woods (Ghosts of Mississippi).  Chaplin: 15th Anniversary Edition features a newly re-mastered widescreen version of the film and all-new bonus materials, including two featurettes that document Chaplin’s film legacy, a never-before-seen home movie of Chaplin and a retrospective interview with Attenborough. The special edition DVD comes in a limited edition plastic o-card that reveals to an image of the Little Tramp underneath. The DVD will be available on October 14, 2008 for the low suggested retail price of $19.98.

Chaplin is a dramatized biography of the highs and lows in the life of one of the foremost comic geniuses the silver screen has ever known.  With the use of flashback, an elderly Chaplin (Downey Jr.) discusses his autobiography with his editor (Hopkins) who urges him to be more vulnerable and emotionally honest with his memoirs.  Together, they journey through Chaplin’s poverty-stricken childhood, closest friendships, many marriages, and his ingenious invention of “The Little Tramp,” as well as J. Edgar Hoover’s merciless pursuit, Chaplin’s shocking exile to Switzerland and his triumphant return to Hollywood.  Downey’s astonishing mimicry of Chaplin’s gait, gestures and accents complete a dazzlingly authentic portrait of one of cinema’s first pop culture icons.

DVD SPECIAL FEATURES

- “Strolling Into the Sunset” – a new retrospective with director Richard Attenborough
- “All at Sea” – a never-before-seen home movie of Charlie Chaplin on vacation in Catalina, CA
- “Chaplin the Hero” – a new featurette on Charlie Chaplin’s contributions to film, including interviews with Richard Schickel (film critic for Time Magazine and director of “Charlie: The Life and Art of Charlie Chaplin”) along with Chaplin’s official biographer, David Robinson
- “The Most Famous Man in the World” – Charlie Chaplin was mobbed by thousands of fans everywhere he went … long before the days of TV and the internet. See how Chaplin became the first pop culture icon
- Theatrical trailer

The Original Trailer: