Archive for the ‘Movies’ Category
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DVD/Blu-ray for Week of April 2
Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One This limited-edition, 10-disc Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One Collection will allow fans to immerse themselves in every aspect of Marvel’s elite Super Heroes. Complete with glowing Tesseract, this exciting collection includes stunning Blu-ray 3D and Blu-ray presentations of Marvel’s The Avengers, Captain America: The First Avenger and Thor, as well as Blu-ray versions of Iron Man, Iron Man 2, and The Incredible Hulk in exclusive collectible pack...
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New Details on Independence Day Sequels
With White House Down releasing in two months director Roland Emmerich is starting to make the rounds with the press and as usual the topic of the Independence Day sequels has been raised. Scripts were said to be nearing completion in 2011 and now Emmerich is talking plot details. The films take place 20 years after the original, when a distress call sent by the first wave of aliens finally brings reinforcements to Earth. ”The humans knew that one day the aliens would come back,” expla...
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Trailer for 2 Guns
The first trailer for the action film 2 Guns has arrived. Starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg the story revolves around two undercover agents forced to team up who have no idea that the other is an undercover agent. 2 Guns is slated to release on August 2. Academy Award winner Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg lead an all-star cast in “2 Guns,” an explosive action film that tracks two operatives from competing bureaus who are forced on the run together. But there is a big pro...
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Trailer for White House Down
With one "White House under assault" film down (Olympus Has Fallen which was actually quite good) the second one for this year has released its first trailer. White House Down (due out June 28) is directed by Roland Emmerich and stars Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx. While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of paramilitary invaders. White House Down - Trai...
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Trailer for The Wolverine
The first trailer has arrived for The Wolverine. Taking place after the events of X-Men 3 the film brings back Hugh Jackman to the role and is directed by James Mangold (Walk the Line, Knight and Day). The Wolverine is slated to release on July 26. Based on the celebrated comic book arc, this epic action-adventure takes Wolverine, the most iconic character of the X-Men universe, to modern day Japan. Out of his depth in an unknown world he faces his ultimate nemesis in a life-or-death batt...
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DVD/Blu-ray for Week of March 26
Lincoln Capturing the danger and excitement of political intrigue, Steven Spielberg's Lincoln chronicles the final four months in the life of the man regarded as America's greatest President. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis in the title role, the untold story focuses on a defining moment in Abraham Lincoln's life - as commander-in-chief of a country in chaos; as a husband and father afraid of losing his own son to the war; and as a man guided by his conscience to end slavery. With the Civil War n...
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Review: Olympus Has Fallen
Olympus Has Fallen is the first of two films this year that has a plot centered on the White House being assaulted. Purely set up as an all-out action film it succeeds by setting a chaotic and dire stage and never letting off the gas. It's more Die Hard than A Good Day to Die Hard was. Gerard Butler stars as a former Secret Service agent who finds himself in the midst of the takeover and as the only person in a position to put an end to it. A rogue North Korean faction takes control of th...
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Trailer for Turbo
A theatrical trailer for Dreamworks Animation's Turbo has arrived. The film features the voices of Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti and Maya Rudolph and a TV series to be available through Netflix is also coming. Turbo is slated to release on July 17. From the makers of Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda, Turbo is a high-velocity 3D comedy about an underdog snail who kicks into overdrive when he miraculously attains the power of super-speed. But after making fast friends with a crew of streetwise, ...
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New Despicable Me 2 Trailer
A second theatrical trailer has arrived for the sequel to the hit 2010 animated film Despicable Me. The voice talent including Steve Carell and Miranda Cosgrove returns. Despicable Me 2 is slated to release on July 3. Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s worldwide blockbuster, Despicable Me, delighted audiences around the globe in 2010, grossing more than $540 million and becoming the 10th-biggest animated motion picture in U.S. history. In Summer 2013, get ready for more m...
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DVD/Blu-ray for Week of March 19
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey The adventure follows the journey of title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakenshield. Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and...
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