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Argo on Blu-ray

February 24th, 2013

Argo, staring by Ben Affleck (and directed by as well), Bryan Cranston, and John Goodman was released on blu-ray on February 19th. A movie that is in the running for best picture at the Oscars today!

The Plot:

“In 1979, the American embassy in Iran was invaded by Iranian revolutionaries and several Americans were taken hostage. However, six managed to escape to the official residence of the Canadian Ambassador and the CIA was eventually ordered to get them out of the country. With few options, exfiltration expert Tony Mendez devised a daring plan: to create a phony Canadian film project looking to shoot in Iran and smuggle the Americans out as its production crew. With the help of some trusted Hollywood contacts, Mendez created the ruse and proceed to Iran as its associate producer. However, time was running out with the Iranian security forces closing in on the truth while both his charges and the White House had grave doubts about the operation themselves.”  (Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)

 Blu-ray DVD Special Features:

 1) Ben Affleck and writer Chris Terrio team up for the audio commentary track which provides details on the film.

2) A picture-in-picture feature which the real people from the real story discuss their experiences while the film is played in the background. 

3) A 46 minute documentary titled Rescued From Tehran: We Were There.

4) Behind the Scenes of Argo: Absolute Authenticity provides an in-depth look at how film has the authentic 1970′s look and feel.

5) Argo: The CIA and Hollywood Connection

6) Escape From Iran: The Hollywood Option

Argo has received positive reviews since it first hit theaters last year. With the excitement of the Oscars today, we will all see if this film gets the recognition it deserves. For now, kick back and watch the film that got everyone talking.

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Skyfall on Blu-ray

February 15th, 2013

Skyfall, the latest James Bond film was released on Blu-ray DVD this past Tuesday. Directed by Sam Mendes and starring  Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Naomie Harris, Skyfall has been toted as the best James Bond film since the 1960′s. In Skyfall , James Bond‘s loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat. Home theater fans, we have a great movie to enjoy!

According to RTT.net, “not only was Skyfall a tremendous commercial success, critics responded with nearly universal praise for directorSam Mendes darker version of 007.  With a frightening turn by Javier Bardem as the latest Bond villain, Skyfall gave audiences a deeply personal spy thriller that shows a further departure from the whimsical tone we saw in the Pierce Brosnan era, completing the franchise face-lift that started with “Casino Royale.”

Bonus content:

Audio Commentary- Director Sam Mendes sits down and discusses the making of ‘Skyfall’.
Audio Commentary- Series producers Barbara Broccoli  and Michael G. Wilson and Production Designer Dennis Gassner discuss the movie
Shooting Bond(HD, 59 min)
‘Skyfall’ Premiere(HD, 4 min)
Soundtrack Promotional Spot(HD, 1 min)
Sneak Peek(HD, 16 min)
Theatrical Trailer (HD, 3 min)

This is going to be a film we will all enjoy in our home theaters. I know we will! We always appreciate your comments and feedback so contact through Facebook, Twitter, emailor by phone.

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Flight on Blu-ray

February 10th, 2013

Flight starring Denzel Washington, Nadine Velazquez, & Don Cheadle is released on Blu-ray February 12. Flight is a movie about an airline pilot, Whip Whitaker, (Denzel Washington) that saves the passegers in his plane after a horrific crash. The investigation into the accident reveals some major twists and turns, making this an exciting movie watch. If you’re scared of flying, it may not be a great idea to watch this film :-) This film was made for home theaters!

Flight is  presented in 1080p high definition with English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, French  5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital, Portuguese 5.1 Dolby Digital and  English Audio Description and English, English SDH, French, Spanish and  Portuguese subtitles. The DVD in the combo pack is presented in widescreen  enhanced for 16:9 TVs with English 5.1 Dolby Digital, French 5.1 Dolby Digital,  Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital and English Audio Description and English, French,  Spanish and Portuguese subtitles.

 

Flight will be available in a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack with UltraViolet and  special features that give the  audiences a behind-the-scenes tour about the film and how the filmmakers created the ever so scary plane crash. The combo pack includes access to a digital  copy of the film and the following bonus content:

� Feature  film in high definition
� Origins of Flight
� The Making of Flight
� Anatomy of a Plane Crash
� Q&A Highlights

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I Am Bruce Lee on Blu-ray

January 18th, 2013

“Showing off is the fool’s idea of glory” – Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee is the undisputed greatest martial artist to ever step in a ring. His movies are legendary, his style is even more legendary, and he has been celebrated in documentaries and even a feature film but this movie, I Am Bruce Lee, takes it one step further. 

I Am Bruce Lee celebrates the life and legacy of the king of martial arts with appearances by Kobe Bryant, Manny Pacquiao, Ed O’Neill, Dana White, Chuck Norris, Gina Carano, and Mickey Rourke. Bruce’s wife  Linda Lee Caldwell and his daughter Shannon Lee speak about Bruce Lee which gives us insight on the person and not just the martial arts master. Alongside the interviews, there are lots of archival footage and the most famous one inch punch in history. The death of Bruce Lee is discussed in detail including the conspiracy theories that surround his death. 

The impact of Bruce Lee cannot be understated. The UFC would not exist (MMA mixed martial arts) without the style of Bruce Lee. We all love Jackie Chan but there is no denying the impact Bruce Lee had on his style. Click here to watch a clip of Bruce Lee breaking Jackie Chan  neck in Enter The Dragon.

Blu-ray Special Features:

1) Backyard Training – Bruce Lee’s Personal Films
2) Inspiration – Bruce Lee’s Global Impact
3) Bruce Lee In Action
4) Theatrical Trailer
5) Bruce Lee’s Hollywood Audition

I Am Bruce Lee isn’t only for Bruce Lee fans nor is it for martial arts fans only. This movie is for anyone that enjoys a great documentary about a legendary person that changed the world.

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Dredd on Blu-ray (3D)

January 15th, 2013

DreddLast week, (January 8), Dredd was released on Blu-ray! Directed by Pete Travis and starring Karl Urban, Evan Rachel Wood, and Lena Headey. Dredd is set in a violent, futuristic city where the police have the authority to act as judge, jury, and executioner.When released to theaters last year, the movie was liked by science fiction and comic book fans. Rotten Tomatoes gave it an overall rating of 77%.

“Lionsgate offers ‘Dredd‘ on a single 50 GB dual-layer disc with both the 3D and 2D versions of the film. The package comes in a slipcover that reproduces the cover art and an insert with a code for the Ultraviolet and Digital Copy included. The disc has several skippable trailers at the start, specifically ‘The Last Stand’, ‘Alex Cross’, ‘The Cold Light of Day’, an ad for the ‘Tarantino XX’ collection, ‘The Expendables 2‘, ‘The Men Who Built America’, and an ad for ‘Epix.’ (High Def Digest, 2012)

Dredd shouldn’t be mistaken for the Sylvester Stallone movie, Judge Dredd which was released in 1995. For those of you that haven’t seen this film, click here to watch the entire movie via YouTube. We have no affiliation with the person that uploaded the entire movie so if there are any copy write issues, we just posted a link to it here!

The special features:

1) Mega-City Masters: 35 Years of Judge Dredd
2) ‘Dredd‘ Featurette
3) Day of Chaos: The Visual Effects of ‘Dredd 3D’
4) Dredd’s Gear
5) The 3rd Dimension
6) Welcome to Peach Trees
7) ‘Dredd‘ Motion Comic Prequel
8) Trailers

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Looper on Blu-ray

January 5th, 2013

Looper, directed by Rian Johnson and starring  Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, and Emily Blunt was released on Blu-ray DVD this past Monday (New Years Eve). While Looper wasn’t a huge success at the box office ($66 million US and $166 million worldwide), the movie has slowly gained the attention of the public making this a highly anticipated release on Bluray. According to The HD Room, Looper  gained high sales from Amazon prior to release, making this an anticipated release. 

Looper revolves around criminal organizations that use time travel in the year 2074 to  send those they want killed into the past where they are killed by “Looper“, (assassins paid with silver bars strapped to their targets). Joe, (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) a looper, encounters himself when his older self (Bruce Willis) is sent back in time to be killed. In Looper, time travel was invented in 2044 but outlawed and used by criminals for their own personal gain. These ”Looper“, dispose of the bodies in a time where the victim doesn’t exist but the only catch to this is that these ”Loopers“, are sent to kill their future selves. It sounds a little confusing but if you think back to how time travel operated in Back To The Future, the premise here is pretty much the same; what you change in the future changes the present.

The special features included on the Blu-ray are: 

1) Feature Commentary with Director Rian Johnson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Emily Blunt  
2) Looper: From the Beginning – Making-of Featurette
3) 5 Deleted Scenes with Commentary
4) Scoring Looper
5) Looper Animated Trailer

Blu-ray Exclusives

1) The Science of Time Travel Featurette
2) 17 Additional Deleted Scenes with Commentary

With the holidays over most of us have time to relax and watch TV once again. This is a good way to kick it off.

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Total Recall (2012)

December 18th, 2012

Total Recall, the reboot, is to be released on December 18th. The reboot stars Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, and Jessica Biel.  Total Recall will come in three versions: three-disc Blu-ray/DVD combo pack and a two-disc Blu-ray release which include both the theatrical and extended cuts of the film, which feature 20 minutes not seen in theaters. 

If you haven’t seen the 1990 version starring  Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone and Michael Ironside than you might enjoy the reboot. It was met with mixed reviews and nowhere is this more evident than Rotten Tomatoes review. “While it boasts some impressive action sequences, Total Recall lacks the intricate plotting, wry humor, and fleshed out characters that made the original a sci-fi classic.” With a 30% average rating, it wasn’t a favourite of theirs. However, sci-fi fans did enjoy it and are anticipating the release on Blu-ray.

Here is a comprehensive rundown of what is available on the 3 disc version:

Disc 1:
Special features include: 
Extended Director’s Cut 
Commentary on Extended Director’s Cut 
Total Recall Insight Mode 

Disc 2: 
Special features include: 
Gag Reel 
Science Fiction vs. Science Fact featurette 
Designing the Fall featurette 
Blu-ray Exclusives 
7 Total Action featurettes 
Stepping into Recall Pre-visualization sequences 
“God of War: Ascension” PlayStation®3 Playable Game Demo 

Disc 3: 
Special features include: 
Total Recall Insight Mode 
Gag reel 
Science Fiction vs. Science Fact featurette 
Designing the Fall featurette

We enjoyed this movie and are looking forward to purchasing the Blu-ray. To enjoy the extended directors cut this holiday season will be great!

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The Bourne Legacy on Blu-ray

December 8th, 2012

December 11 will bring us The Bourne Legacy on Blu-ray! The Bourne Legacy was directed by Tony Gilroy and stars Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, and Edward Norton. In The Bourne Legacy Aaron Cross, (played by Jeremy Renner), a member of a black ops program whose agents are genetically enhanced, goes on the run once Bourne’s actions lead to the public exposure of Operations Treadstone and Blackbriar. The title character Jason Bourne does not appear in The Bourne Legacy, as Matt Damon, who played Bourne in the first three films.

“The Bourne Legacy takes the action-packed Bourne series to an explosive new level. On the verge of having their conspiracy exposed, members of the government’s intelligence community will stop at nothing to erase all evidence of their top secret programs – even the agents involved. Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner) must use his genetically-engineered skills to survive the ultimate game of cat-and-mouse and finish what Jason Bourne started. Also starring Academy Award® winner Rachel Weisz and Academy Award® nominee Edward Norton, critics are calling this a “thrilling, edge-of-your-seat heart-pounder” (Meg Porter Berns, WSVN-TV (FOX), Miami).

The Bourne Legacy received mixed reviews.  Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a 56% rating and stated “It isn’t quite as compelling as the earlier trilogy, but The Bourne Legacy proves the franchise has stories left to tell and benefits from Jeremy Renner’s magnetic work in the starring role.” Regardless of reviews, fans of the franchise were happy about this release even if Matt Damon wasn’t apart of this film.

Fans will be happy with the bonus content available on the Blu-ray and DVD.

Bonus Features
1) Deleted Scenes
2) Re-Bourne
3) Capturing Chaos: The Motorbike Chase

 Blu-ray Exclusive Bonus Features
1) Moving Targets: Aaron and Marta
2) Crossing Continents: Legacy on Location
3) Man vs Wolf
4) Wolf Sequence Test
5) Feature commentary with director / co-writer Tony Gilroy, co-writer Dan Gilroy, editor John Gilroy, director of photography Robert Elswit, second unit director Dan Bradley, and production designer Kevin Thompson
6) BD Live – My Scenes

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Men In Black 3 on Blu-ray

December 2nd, 2012

This past week Men In Black 3 was released on Blu-ray DVD. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and starring Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Jemaine Clement, Emma Thompson, & Michael Stuhlbarg. With six diferent versions released (click on each to take you directly to Amazon, Best Buy  and Wal Mart for purchase) just in time for the Christmas season:

1) 3D Blu-ray and Blu-ray DVD: This 3 disc edition includes the following special features:

a) Spot the Alien Game
b) The Making of Men In Black 3
c) Men In Black: 1960s vs. Today
d) Creating the Visual Effects
e) Scene Investigation
f) Progression Reels
g) “Back In Time” Music Video by Pitbull

2) Blu-ray and DVD: This edition is 2 discs and has the same special features as the previous but without the 3D version  of the film.

3) DVD: This is the 1 disc version.

4) The Trilogy: Limited Edition Collectors Set and Figurine Blu-ray: The trilogy has all three films and the Worn figurine.

5) Metal Tin Best Buy Exclusive Edition: This version comes in a metal tin, unsure of the contents of the discs themselves.

6) Wal Mart Exclusive Edition: Alongside the Blu-ray DVD and Ultraviolet is an exclusive bonus disc featuring a documentary “Meet The Aliens of Men In Black 3″.

 

With six different versions, (five if you exclude the standard DVD version), Men In Black fans have a lot to choose from. Reviews of the blu-ray have been positive. Blu-ray.com states “the image is remarkably clean and naturally filmic; light grain reinforces beautifully crisp edges and razor-sharp details. Viewers will enjoy precision facial and clothing textures that reveal every line, pore, and crease with natural accuracy.” While Cinema-Blend.com goes on to say “the first thing you’ll notice about the Blu-ray conversion for Men In Black 3 is that it looks terrific!”

It looks like we have another blockbuster to enjoy in the comfort of our homes for the holiday season. Which ever version you choose to buy, we know you’ll love the movie.

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Holiday Movie Classics (part 1)

November 24th, 2012

We are officially in the holiday season which means it’s time to enjoy classic holiday movies once again. With the US Thanksgiving this past Thursday and the ever so popular Black Friday shopping the following day, we are now officially able to watch holiday movies while enjoying our favourite peppermint mochas and other tasty holiday drinks. We will be inundated with Christmas movies for the next four weeks. Here are some of our picks to kick off the season!

1) It’s A Wonderful Life: Probably the most popular Christmas movie ever to be made. The movie surrounds George Bailey (James Stewart) decides to commit suicide on Christmas Eve only to be stopped by an angel that shows George how life would be if he was never born. This movie can give you perspective on life and is an extremely uplifting movie for the entire family. 

To purchase this from Amazon, click here.

2) Christmas Vacation: The quirky and hilarious Christmas Vacation brings the Griswold family (Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo) together to celebrate the holidays. Disaster after disaster, this movie will make you laugh from start to finish. 

To purchase this from Amazon, click here.

3) Home Alone: The original Home Alone is another holiday favourite with everyone in your entire household. When Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) is accidentally left at home while his family goes to Paris for the holidays, Kevin defends his home from two slapstick burglars played by Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern. Even though the sequel is good and also takes place at Christmas time, the original is still the best out of this franchise.

To purchase this from Amazon, click here.

4) Elf: Will Ferrell plays an oversized elf that is sent to New York City to meet his biological father. This movie is 9 years old and already has become a holiday classic. You will see this on TV alot over the next few weeks. It’s a funny and cute movie.

To purchase this from Amazon, click here.

5) The Santa Clause: Tim Allen accidentally kills Santa Claus and has to take over his duties. This movie doesn’t stray too far from the TV show Home Improvement but it’s still a great movie to watch this holiday season.

To purchase this from Amazon, click here.

Over the next few weeks we will feature other holiday classics. There are so many to choose from. Rest asured, whichever movie you watch this season, it will lift your  holiday spirits. What a great way to spend the holidays with your loved ones as you watch a great movie in your home theater.  As they say, it’s the most wonderful time of the year.

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