[Blu-Ray Review] ‘In A Valley Of Violence’: Now Available On Blu-ray, DVD & Digital HD From Universal 1

[Blu-Ray Review] ‘In A Valley Of Violence’: Now Available On Blu-ray, DVD & Digital HD From Universal

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Director: Ti West

Cast: Ethan Hawke, Taissa Farmiga, James Ransone

Release Date: December 27, 2016

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Film Rating: 9.5/10
Disc Rating: 7/10

Synopsis:

Ethan Hawke stars as Paul, a lone drifter who wanders into the forgotten town of Denton, Texas – dubbed by locals as the “valley of violence”. There, he picks a fight with the wrong man, Gilly (James Ransone), the troublemaking son of the town’s unforgiving Marshal (John Travolta). As tensions arise between Paul and Gilly, an inevitable act of violence starts a disastrous chain reaction that quickly drags the whole town into the bloody crosshairs of revenge. Only the world-weary Marshal struggles to stop the violent hysteria, but after a gruesome discovery about Paul’s past…there’s no stopping the escalation. Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] ‘In A Valley Of Violence’: Now Available On Blu-ray, DVD & Digital HD From Universal”

[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children’: Now Available On 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D & DVD From 20th Century Fox 2

[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children’: Now Available On 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D & DVD From 20th Century Fox

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Director: Tim Burton

Cast: Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Ella Purnell

Release Date: December 13, 2016

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Film Rating: 8/10
Disc Rating: 8.5/10

Synopsis:

When 16-year-old Jake unravels a mystery that spans alternate realities and times, he discovers a secret world for children with unusual powers, including levitating Emma, pyrokinetic Olive, and invisible Millard. But danger soon arises and the children must band together to protect a world as extraordinary as they are. Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children’: Now Available On 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D & DVD From 20th Century Fox”

[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Black Christmas’: The Cult Classic Is Now Available On Collector’s Edition Blu-ray From Scream Factory 3

[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Black Christmas’: The Cult Classic Is Now Available On Collector’s Edition Blu-ray From Scream Factory

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Director: Bob Clark

Cast: Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder

Release Date: December 13, 2016

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Disc Rating: 8.5/10

Synopsis:

The college town of Bedford is receiving an unwelcome guest this Christmas. As the residents of sorority house Pi Kappa Sig prepare for the festive season, a stranger begins to stalk the house.

A series of obscene phone calls start to plague the residents of the sorority and it becomes clear that a psychopath is homing in on the sisters with dubious intentions. And though the police try to trace the calls, they discover that nothing is as it seems during this Black Christmas. Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Black Christmas’: The Cult Classic Is Now Available On Collector’s Edition Blu-ray From Scream Factory”

[Blu-Ray Review] ‘31’: Available On Blu-ray & DVD December 20, 2016 From Lionsgate 4

[Blu-Ray Review] ‘31’: Available On Blu-ray & DVD December 20, 2016 From Lionsgate

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Director: Rob Zombie

Cast: Sheri Moon Zombie, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Richard Brake

Release Date: December 20, 2016

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Film Rating: 6/10
Disc Rating: 8.5/10

Synopsis:

From the visionary mind of Rob Zombie comes the horrific story of five carnival workers who are kidnapped on Halloween and held hostage in a large compound.  At the mercy of their captors, they are forced to play a twisted game or life or death called 31.  For the next 12 hours they must fight for their lives against an endless parade of homicidal maniacs. Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] ‘31’: Available On Blu-ray & DVD December 20, 2016 From Lionsgate”

[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Fear The Walking Dead: The Complete Second Season’: Now Available On Blu-ray & DVD From Anchor Bay 5

[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Fear The Walking Dead: The Complete Second Season’: Now Available On Blu-ray & DVD From Anchor Bay

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Cast: Kim Dickens, Cliff Curtis, Frank Dillane

Release Date: December 13, 2016

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Disc Rating: 8.5/10

 

Synopsis:

Last season, ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ explored a blended family who watched a burning, dead city as they traversed a devastated Los Angeles. In Season 2, the group aboard the Abigail is unaware of the true breadth and depth of the apocalypse that surrounds them; they assume there is still a chance that some city, state, or nation might be unaffected some place that the Infection has not reached. But as Operation Cobalt goes into full effect, the military bombs the Southland to cleanse it of the Infected, driving the Dead toward the sea. As Madison, Travis, Daniel, and their grieving families head for ports unknown, they will discover that the water may be no safer than land. Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Fear The Walking Dead: The Complete Second Season’: Now Available On Blu-ray & DVD From Anchor Bay”

[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Suicide Squad 3D’ & 2D Extended Cut: Now Available On 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray & DVD From DC Comics - Warner Bros 6

[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Suicide Squad 3D’ & 2D Extended Cut: Now Available On 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray & DVD From DC Comics – Warner Bros

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Director: David Ayer

Cast: Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie

Release Date: December 13, 2016

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Film Rating: 7.5/10
Disc Rating: 8.5/10

Synopsis:

It feels good to be bad… Assemble a team of the world’s most dangerous, incarcerated Super Villains, provide them with the most powerful arsenal at the government’s disposal, and send them off on a mission to defeat an enigmatic, insuperable entity. U.S. intelligence officer Amanda Waller has determined only a secretly convened group of disparate, despicable individuals with next to nothing to lose will do. However, once they realize they weren’t picked to succeed but chosen for their patent culpability when they inevitably fail, will the Suicide Squad resolve to die trying, or decide it’s every man for himself? Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Suicide Squad 3D’ & 2D Extended Cut: Now Available On 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray & DVD From DC Comics – Warner Bros”

[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Bubba Ho-Tep’: Now Available On Collector’s Edition Blu-ray From Scream Factory 7

[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Bubba Ho-Tep’: Now Available On Collector’s Edition Blu-ray From Scream Factory

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Director: Don Coscarelli

Cast: Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis

Release Date: November 8, 2016

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Disc Rating: 9/10

Synopsis:

Bruce Campbell “gives his greatest and most entertaining performance to date” (Premiere) as an aging and cantankerous “Elvis” in this “zinger-filled crowd-pleaser” (The Hollywood Reporter) from writer-director Don Coscarelli! When mysterious deaths plague a Texas retirement home, it’s up to its most sequined senior citizen to take on a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy with a penchant for cowboy boots, bathroom graffiti and sucking the souls from the barely living! Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Bubba Ho-Tep’: Now Available On Collector’s Edition Blu-ray From Scream Factory”

[Blu-Ray Review] ‘The Secret Life Of Pets 3D’: Now Available On 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, DVD & Digital HD From Universal 8

[Blu-Ray Review] ‘The Secret Life Of Pets 3D’: Now Available On 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, DVD & Digital HD From Universal

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Director(s): Chris Renaud, Yarrow Cheney

Cast: Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet, Kevin Hart (VOICES)

Release Date: December 6, 2016

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Film Rating: 8/10
Disc Rating: 8/10

Synopsis:

Comedy superstars Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet, and Kevin Hart make their animated feature-film debut that finally answers the question: what do your pets do when you’re not home? When their owners leave for the day, pets from the building gossip with their friends, satisfy their sweet tooths, and throw outrageous parties. But when a pampered terrier (C.K.) and his unruly new “roommate” from the pound (Stonestreet) get lost in the urban jungle of New York City, they must put aside their differences to survive the epic journey back home. Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] ‘The Secret Life Of Pets 3D’: Now Available On 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, DVD & Digital HD From Universal”

[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Jason Bourne’: Now Available On 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD & Digital HD From Universal 9

[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Jason Bourne’: Now Available On 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD & Digital HD From Universal

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Director: Paul Greengrass

Cast: Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander

Release Date: December 6, 2016

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Film Rating: 7/10
Disc Rating: 8/10

Synopsis:

Matt Damon returns to his most iconic role in Jason Bourne. Paul Greengrass, the director of The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, once again joins Damon for the next chapter of Universal Pictures’ Bourne franchise, which finds the CIA’s most lethal operative drawn out of the shadows. Damon is joined by Alicia Vikander, Vincent Cassel and Tommy Lee Jones, while Julia Stiles reprises her role in the series. Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Jason Bourne’: Now Available On 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD & Digital HD From Universal”

[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures: Complete Season One’: Now Available On Blu-ray & DVD From Disney – Lucasfilm 10

[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures: Complete Season One’: Now Available On Blu-ray & DVD From Disney – Lucasfilm

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Cast: Vanessa Lengies, Grey DeLisle, Nicolas Cantu (VOICES)

Release Date: December 6, 2016

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Disc Rating: 6/10

Synopsis:

The adventure begins after the events of THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK and before RETURN OF THE JEDI and follows a family of scavengers who build and sell starships from battle debris strewn throughout the galaxy. When their youngest discovers a natural connection with the Force through an ancient artifact — the Kyber Saber — his world is turned upside down, and he and his family are thrown into an epic struggle against the Empire to restore peace and freedom to the galaxy. The Freemakers explore new worlds, meet new and familiar characters and learn the meaning of family. Relive all 13 action-packed episodes in LEGO STAR WARS: THE FREEMAKER ADVENTURES SEASON ONE. Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures: Complete Season One’: Now Available On Blu-ray & DVD From Disney – Lucasfilm”

[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Pete’s Dragon’: Now Available On Blu-ray, DVD & Digital From Disney 11

[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Pete’s Dragon’: Now Available On Blu-ray, DVD & Digital From Disney

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Director: David Lowery

Cast: Bryce Dallas Howard, Oakes Fegley, Karl Urban

Release Date: November 29, 2016

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Film Rating: 10/10
Disc Rating: 8/10

Synopsis:

When a mysterious 10-year-old boy, Pete, turns up, claiming to live in the woods with a giant green dragon, it’s up to a forest ranger, Grace, and young Natalie to learn where the boy came from, where he belongs, and the truth about this magical dragon. Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Pete’s Dragon’: Now Available On Blu-ray, DVD & Digital From Disney”

[Blu-Ray Review] ‘The BFG’: Now Available On Blu-ray, DVD & Digital From Amblin Entertainment & Disney 12

[Blu-Ray Review] ‘The BFG’: Now Available On Blu-ray, DVD & Digital From Amblin Entertainment & Disney

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Director: Steven Spielberg

Cast: Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Penelope Wilton

Release Date: November 29, 2016

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Film Rating: 8/10
Disc Rating: 7.5/10

Synopsis:

Disney presents a Roald Dahl classic directed by Steven Spielberg. In an imaginative tale filled with magic, wonder and unexpected friendship, a young girl is launched on an enormous adventure when she crosses paths with a mysterious being called the Big Friendly Giant. Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] ‘The BFG’: Now Available On Blu-ray, DVD & Digital From Amblin Entertainment & Disney”

[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Don’t Breathe’: Available On Blu-ray & DVD November 29, 2016 From Sony 13

[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Don’t Breathe’: Available On Blu-ray & DVD November 29, 2016 From Sony

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Director: Fede Alvarez

Cast: Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, Stephen Lang

Release Date: November 29, 2016

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Film Rating: 9.5/10
Disc Rating: 8/10

Synopsis:

From the twisted minds behind Evil Dead comes a new terrifying experience. Three young thieves (Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, Daniel Zovatto) fight for their lives after breaking into the home of a blind man (Stephen Lang) who has a dark side. Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Don’t Breathe’: Available On Blu-ray & DVD November 29, 2016 From Sony”

[Blu-Ray Review] ‘War Dogs’: Now Available On 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD & Digital HD From Warner Bros 14

[Blu-Ray Review] ‘War Dogs’: Now Available On 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD & Digital HD From Warner Bros

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Director: Todd Phillips

Cast: Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, Ana de Armas

Release Date: November 22, 2016

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Film Rating: 8/10
Disc Rating: 7.5/10

Synopsis:

Based on a true story, “War Dogs” follows two friends in their early 20s (Hill and Teller) living in Miami Beach during the Iraq War who exploit a little-known government initiative that allows small businesses to bid on U.S. Military contracts. Starting small, they begin raking in big money and are living the high life. But the pair gets in over their heads when they land a 300 million dollar deal to arm the Afghan Military—a deal that puts them in business with some very shady people, not the least of which turns out to be the U.S. Government. Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] ‘War Dogs’: Now Available On 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD & Digital HD From Warner Bros”

[Blu-Ray Review] ‘C.H.U.D. II: Bud The Chud’: Vestron Video Collector’s Series Blu-ray Now Available From Lionsgate 15

[Blu-Ray Review] ‘C.H.U.D. II: Bud The Chud’: Vestron Video Collector’s Series Blu-ray Now Available From Lionsgate

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Director: David Irving

Cast: Brian Robbins, Bill Calvert, Tricia Leigh Fisher

Release Date: November 22, 2016

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Disc Rating: 8/10

Synopsis:

Kevin, Steve, and Katie are an inseparable trio of friends doing some extracurricular snooping in the school science lab when, among the test tubes and beakers, they discover a corpse! But before they can say “Abra Cadaver,” the body disappears, rolling down Route 51 strapped to a gurney. The kids need a spare stiff, and fast. What they find is “Bud the Chud,” a half-dead decomposing humanoid, the result of a military experiment gone haywire. When Bud sets out on a killing spree, the kids, the Army, the police, and the FBI are hot on his trail, trying to save the entire town from becoming “Chudified!” Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] ‘C.H.U.D. II: Bud The Chud’: Vestron Video Collector’s Series Blu-ray Now Available From Lionsgate”

[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Return Of The Living Dead 3’: Vestron Video Collector’s Series Blu-ray Available November 22, 2016 From Lionsgate 16

[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Return Of The Living Dead 3’: Vestron Video Collector’s Series Blu-ray Available November 22, 2016 From Lionsgate

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Director: Brian Yuzna

Cast: Trevor Edmond, Melinda Clarke, Kent McCord 

Release Date: November 22, 2016

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Disc Rating: 9/10

Synopsis:

In Return of the Living Dead: Part II, the chemical Trioxin turned people into flesh-eating zombies. Now, the government is trying to control these unstoppable cannibalistic killers in Return of the Living Dead 3. When a young man uses the chemical to bring his girlfriend back to life after a motorcycle accident, she is driven to eat the only thing that will nourish her…human brains! She tries to stop her own feeding frenzy but a chain reaction has already begun, as hordes of undead are unleashed from their graves! Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Return Of The Living Dead 3’: Vestron Video Collector’s Series Blu-ray Available November 22, 2016 From Lionsgate”

[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Hell Or High Water’: Available On Blu-ray & DVD November 22, 2016 From Lionsgate 17

[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Hell Or High Water’: Available On Blu-ray & DVD November 22, 2016 From Lionsgate

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Director: David Mackenzie

Cast: Jeff Bridges, Chris Pine, Ben Foster

Release Date: November 22, 2016

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Film Rating: 10/10
Disc Rating: 8/10

Synopsis:

When a desperate father (Pine) learns that the bank is going to take his family’s land, he and his ex-con brother (Foster) are left with no choice. They decide to rob the bank’s branches, putting themselves in the crosshairs of an aging Texas Ranger (Bridges) in a riveting story of crime, punishment, and brotherly love. Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Hell Or High Water’: Available On Blu-ray & DVD November 22, 2016 From Lionsgate”

[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Bill & Ted’s Most Excellent Collection’: Now Available On Blu-ray From Shout Select 18

[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Bill & Ted’s Most Excellent Collection’: Now Available On Blu-ray From Shout Select

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Director(s): Stephen Herek, Peter Hewitt

Cast: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin

Release Date: September 27, 2016

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Disc Rating: 9/10

Synopses:

The biggest concern for Bill S. Preston, Esq. (Alex Winter) and Ted “Theodore” Logan (Keanu Reeves), two totally excellent dudes from San Dimas, California, has been that their band, the Wyld Stallyns, “will never be a super band until we have Eddie Van Halen on guitar.” But now they’re on the verge of failing history class, and Ted’s father is threatening him with military school. To keep the Wyld Stallyns together, and save the future, they need to deliver an epic history report, so a messenger named Rufus (George Carlin) arrives in a time traveling phone booth to help them out. As they travel through history they pick up some new friends, like the “Bodacious Philosopher” Socrates,” One Very Excellent Barbarian” Genghis Khan, the “Short Dead Dude” Napoleon and “Noah’s Wife” Joan of Arc, and put on one outrageous presentation.

In the sequel Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey, the daffy duo travel to Heaven, Hell and points in between as they meet robot versions of themselves, Albert Einstein, the Easter Bunny, and beat the Grim Reaper at a video game. Bogus Journey features an all-star cast including Keanu Reeves (The Matrix), Alex Winter, George Carlin, William Sadler (The Shawshank Redemption), and Pam Grier (Jackie Brown).At the time of its release, Roger Ebert described the film as “a riot of visual invention and weird humor that works on its chosen sub-moronic level, and on several others as well, including some fairly sophisticated ones.” In other words, not bogus at all, dudes. Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Bill & Ted’s Most Excellent Collection’: Now Available On Blu-ray From Shout Select”