Showing posts with label This is the End. Show all posts
Showing posts with label This is the End. Show all posts
The last couple weeks I’ve been so bogged down with Festival Films, that I haven’t gotten to new Blu-ray / DVD releases. The Croods – Rated PG (Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone)
This is the End – Rated R (Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen)
Two big releases that I liked a whole lot from earlier this year come to your home this week and make for good additions to your library. The Croods is the film that my daughter was quoted as saying…”It’s a great family film.” – I agree and think that as a father…I love the family dynamic here. Well worth picking up…AND This is the End rocked…funny, raw and an all around good time. I can see watching this one many times.
Also New This WeekThe Frozen Ground – Rated R (Nicolas Cage, John Cusack)
Glee: The Complete Fourth Season – Not Rated
How I Met Your Mother: The Complete Season 8– Not Rated
The Little Mermaid– Rated G (Jodi Benson)
Morning – Rated R (Jeanne Tripplehorn, Laura Linney)
New Girl: The Complete Second Season – Not Rated
The Wizard of Oz – Rated PG (Judy Garland, Ray Bolger)
Yes this week’s list includes a couple of old school titles, and they are glorious releases in High Definition. The recent 3D / Blu-ray transition of things with The Wizard of Oz leads to a new Blu-ray disc being available. And The Little Mermaid gets the Diamond Edition treatment and is loaded for kids of all ages. Add to that the other new TV and Movie releases, and you’ve got a great Tuesday for discs NOT coming directly from theaters.
Final Score
I would really load up my personal collection this week. Love The Croods and love the repeatability factor of This Is The End. My daughter would kill for The Little Mermaid Diamond Edition and … well how about that Wizard of Oz Blu-ray?
Pop Popcorn, Do the DietDew, and Bust out the Blu and remember to Save Me A Seat!
Well...it's not October yet -- but that doesn't mean people don't have an appetite for a horror movie as Insidious: Chapter 2 scared up over $41 million at the box office far outdistancing the number two The Family (just over $14 million).film
Other notables over the weekend...
- Lee Daniels' The Butler crossed through the $100 million threshold this weekend in domestic box office.
- This is the End also went through the $100 million mark this weekend.
- Despicable Me 2 is closing in on $360 million and is solidly in place to be the second highest grossing film of 2013.
-Principal photography began yesterday in the UK on a new film based on Alan Turing's life (the man credited with cracking the German Enigma code). Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley head the cast. Sounds like it could be a good one.
What does the week ahead hold?- Tomorrow the Home Screening Room is back...and it features a film with additional footage that already was in the Top 10 in money this year.
- Friday in theaters is the highly anticipated release of Prisoners (Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal) and the dance movie Battle of the Year. PLUS - The Wizard of Oz shows up in 3D/IMAX and the Rush (goes wide on the 27th).
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And just because I can....
- This weekend featured a crazy ending to a college football game that I just can't not say anything about. Wisconsin/Arizona State game on Saturday night ended in a way that no game should end, with referees that let something that teams try all the time, but can't get away with actually work. A player laid on the ball for 10 seconds and a referee that wouldn't let the team spike the ball to stop the clock. This is not saying Wisconsin would have made the field goal and won the game...but the try should have at least happened. I see a script there with the story of a corrupt officiating crew...come on you know it should happen....
Ok -- done ranting, looking forward to this week. Fun movies are all around the corner.
Thanks for reading - time to call ACTION! on this week.
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Ok...so I haven't put much in the lines of written reviews online in the last couple weeks. I do apologize, my time has been spent elsewhere...but I wanted to share some links to what I had to say about some of this summer's biggest hits.On this Mark on Movies segment from KMOX in St. Louis, Paul joins Mark Reardon to talk about
Man of Steel and This is the End...liked both to different degrees and YES I was at Indy Car qualifying during the segment, so you may hear them in the background. Take a listen.
Paul on the Mark on Movies segment - 6/14/13
On this Mark on Movies segment from KMOX in St. Louis, Paul joins Mark Reardon to talk about a little film that could and the bigger film that struggled... First The Internship and second Kings of Summer.
Paul on the Mark on Movies Segment - 6/7/13On this Mark on Movies segment from KMOX in St. Louis, Paul joins Mark Reardon to talk about the latest Will Smith summer film that's really a Jaden Smith summer film...and looks at Now You
See Me...did we "See" eye to eye on it....take a peek/listen.
Paul on the Mark on Movies Segment - 5/31/13
On this visit to Real Milwaukee, Paul tackles The Internship and After Earth -- plus we gave away a copy of Identity Thief on Blu-ray....oh and did I mention I did a little shaking of my booty this morning....ummm I did.....Yea.... Watch the video to find out why!
Paul on Real Milwaukee - 6/7/13
That catches you up!
Enjoy everyone and remember to "Save Me A Seat".
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