Month: July 2012

Disc Deals – Abbot & Costello & Tom Cruise On Sale Today, 7/19/12

July 19, 2012
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There’s a double dose of savings today, one found thanks to /Film, and the other thanks to Amazon’s Gold Box Deal of the Day promotion. Branden ChowenBranden has been a film fan since he was young, roaming the halls of Blockbuster Video, trying to find the grossest, scariest looking VHS covers to rent and watch…

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Disc Deals – Eureka: The Complete Series DVD for $92.99

July 17, 2012
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Eureka has just finished up its final season (season 5), and, starting today, it’s already available as a complete series on Amazon. The current price tag is $92.99, a whopping $156.99, or 63% off its MSRP of $249.98. This deal ends at 2:59 am on July 22, 2012 eastern time, or 11:59 pm on July…

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The Weekly Binge: Blu-ray and DVD Releases for July 17th, 2012

July 16, 2012
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The home video market is flooded with a load of new DVD and Blu-ray releases every single week. The sad fact is that the majority of these releases are not worth your time. So every week I sift through the junk and find the home video releases worth talking about. Welcome to the first edition…

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Movie News – Birdemic II: The Resurrection Gets a Teaser

July 15, 2012
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If you’ve somehow missed out on Birdemic: Shock and Terror from 2010, you’ve missed what could easily be the best worst film ever created. I was lucky enough to watch it during the Cinefessions Summer Screams Challenge, and it was a blast. As soon as it was over, I wanted the sequel, and this week,…

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Disc Deals – Star Trek: Original Motion Picture Collection is Amazon’s HD DOTW

July 15, 2012
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All the rave from the San Diego Comic-Con this weekend has been how impeccable the new Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season One Blu-ray looks, which is coming out on July 24, 2012 (with a current price tag of $78.86 on Amazon). That is most likely why Amazon is pushing this Star Trek: Original Motion…

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Blu-ray Review – A Hollis Frampton Odyssey (Criterion Collection)

July 12, 2012
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(Originally written for Inside Pulse Movies) Making my way through twenty-four of Hollis Frampton’s films, thanks to the Criterion Collection, reminded me of the time I walked through one of New York City’s contemporary art museums, the Guggenheim. Walking through the winding halls of the Guggenheim Museum, I couldn’t figure out why a completely black…

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Blu-ray Review – La haine (Criterion Collection)

July 11, 2012
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(Originally written for Inside Pulse Movies) La haine, which translates to “hate” in English, is a perfect title for Mathieu Kassovitz’s film, which revolves entirely around the hatred that brews between the teenagers in France’s projects, and the corrupt police officers that attempt to control them. Everything that happens in the first two acts leads…

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