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Anchor Bay unleashes ‘Girls Against Boys’ on Blu-ray

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New to DVD and Blu-ray from Anchor Bay Entertainment is the revenge thriller “Girls Against Boys”. The newest film from writer/director Austin Chick, Girls against boys features Danielle Panabaker in a rare bad girl role after she takes drastic actions after a sexual assault is not followed up on accordingly by the police. So how does Girls Against Boys hold up to other twisted tales of revenge?

Girls Against Boys

Starring: Danielle Panabaker, Nicole LaLiberte, Liam Atkin, Michael Stahl-David and Andrew Howard

Written and Directed by Austin Chick

After Shae (Panabaker), a college student that is having an affair with an older married man, is assaulted by several men in a matter of days she reaches her breaking point. Shae is drawn into co-worker Lu’s (LaLiberte) twisted plan for revenge against all men. Read the rest of this page »

Posted by  |  March 11, 2013 | Categories: Home Entertainment, Reviews | Tags: , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Bloor Hot Docs Cinema takes a trip to ‘Greenwich Village’

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Starting today, Mar 8 2013, at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema is the new documentary focusing on the politically charged singer songwriters of the 1960’s and early 1970’s that called Greenwich Village home, “Greenwich Village: Music that Defined a Generation”. The epicenter of the folk music movement of the 60’s, hundreds of acts grew from the streets of Greenwich to conquer the world. Director Laura Archibald is clearly a large fan and enamored of these artists and their achievements as the entire tale is seen form the one side that is the artist’s themselves.

Greenwich Village: Music that Defined a Generation

Narration by Susan Sarandon

Written by Laura Archibald, Rob Lindsay and Kevin Wallis based on the novel by Suzie Rotolo

Directed by Laura Archibald

In the 1960s and early 1970s, Greenwich Village attracted numerous artists and activists. This creative and politically Read the rest of this page »

Posted by  |  March 11, 2013 | Categories: Documentary, Reviews, Theatrical | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

WWE’s ‘The Marine 3’ falls short on delivering the goods

The Marine 3 Homefront 2013 BluRay 720p BRRip 650MB HnmoviesWWE Films brings its newest installment in their “Marine” series of films to Blu-ray and DVD via Fox Home Entertainment this week with “The Marine 3: Homefront” This time the role of marine is filled by WWE wrestler Mike “The Miz” Mizanin, inheriting the role from John Cena and Ted DiBiase Jr, playing the character of Jake Carter. Each new Marine film stars a new marine, character and actor, so how does Jake Carter and the Miz stack up in the series?

Marine 3: Homefront Blu-Ray Review

Starring: Mike “The Miz” Mizanin, Neal McDonough, Ashley Bell, Michael Eklund and Jared Keeso

Written by Scott Wiper and Declan O’Brien

Directed by Scott Wiper

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Posted by  |  March 10, 2013 | Categories: Home Entertainment, Reviews | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

WWE’s ‘Dead Man Down’ limps into theaters

 

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Starring: Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace, Isasbelle Huppert, Dominic Cooper, F. Murray Abraham, Armand Assante, Stu “Wade Barrett” Bennett and Terrence Howard.

Written by J.H. Wyman

Directed by Niels Arden Oplev

The newest theatrical release from the wrestling entity driven WWE Films hits theaters this weekend with the original Girl with the Dragon Tattoo herself Noomi Rapace leading the way in Dead Man Down. The film Reteams Rapace with the director of the original Dragon Tattoo trilogy for the first time since the worldwide smash as director Oplev is also making his feature film English language debut. But will Dead Man Down be a similar sized hit or dead box office?

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Posted by  |  March 8, 2013 | Categories: Reviews, Theatrical | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

‘The Walking Dead’s’ 5 most anticipated characters yet to appear on TV

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With this Sunday’s (Mar 3) episode bringing back uber fan favorite Morgan Jones (Lennie James) and the appearance of comic book favorite Tyresse (Chad L. Coleman), even if he’s working with David Morrissey’s Governor for now, the influx of new characters has been on the rise for this season’s “The Walking Dead”. Even Axel (Lew Temple), with his short stay, was another character who managed to work his way in from the original comic book once the prison came into play. But the comic book just recently went past 100 issues (107 as of this article) and the group is in a much different place. Read the rest of this page »

Posted by  |  March 7, 2013 | Categories: Editorials, Lists, TV Series | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

James Bond reboots with ‘Skyfall’

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Skyfall Blu-ray (2013)

Starring: Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Naomie Harris, Ralph Fiennes, Bérénice Marlohe, Ben Whishaw with Albert Finney and Judi Dench

Written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and John Logan based on characters created by Ian Fleming

Directed by Sam Mendes

Now available on DVD and Blu-ray from Fox Home Entertainment is the latest entry in theJames Bond saga, Skyfall. Ian Fleming’s iconic creation celebrates its 50th year in film with this new entry. Starring the enigmatic and some argue best bond of the series, Daniel Craig, Skyfall doesn’t just serve to continue the series as much as reboot the franchise around Craig in order to establish Bond for another 50 year run, or so Fox and MGM studios hope.

In Skyfall, James Bond’s (Craig) loyalty to M (Dench) is tested as her past returns to haunt her. We open in the middle of an important lifesaving operation that goes drastically wrong. Read the rest of this page »

Posted by  |  March 7, 2013 | Categories: Home Entertainment, Reviews | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

‘Oz the Great and Powerful’ looks to put a spell on audiences

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Oz the Great and Powerful 3D (2013)

Starring: James Franco, Mila Kunis, Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz, Zack Braff, Bill Cobbs, Joey King and Tony Cox

Written by Mitchell Kapner and David Lindsay-Abaire based on the works of L. Frank Baum

Directed by Sam Raimi

New in theaters this week from Disney Studios comes the prequel tale based on the legendary Wizard of Oz book and film: Oz the Great and Powerful. The story of how the actual Wizard of Oz ends up in Oz and how he comes to rule is brought to screen by Spider-Man director Sam Raimi complete with his flair for stories grand in scale. So how does Oz the Great and Powerful stack up to the original Wizard of Oz?

When Oscar Diggs (Franco), a travelling circus magician with dubious ethics and results, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz, he thinks he’s found his path to fame and fortune. Aboard a hot air balloon Oscar is whisked away in a tornado the same way as Dorothy is after him. After landing in Oz, Oscar meets three witches, Theodora (Kunis), Evanora (Weisz) and Glinda (Williams) Read the rest of this page »

Posted by  |  March 7, 2013 | Categories: Reviews, Theatrical | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Human Rights Watch Film Fest takes us to ‘No Place on Earth’

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Screening Sunday Mar 3 2013 as part of theHuman Rights Watch Film Festival at the TIFF Bell Lightbox is the new documentary from producer/director Janet Tobias “No Place on Earth”. The History Channel produced documentary outlines the courageous struggle to survive by five Jewish families in Nazi Occupied Poland. The lengths and extraordinary struggle they went through is explored here along with a full reproduction with actors re-enacting the described events of living members of the family.

No Place on Earth

Starring: Saul Stermer, Sam Stermer, Sonia Dodyk, Sima Dodyk, Chris Nicola

Directed by Janet Tobias

In 1993 Chris Nicola, an American cave enthusiast, was exploring the Read the rest of this page »

Posted by  |  March 7, 2013 | Categories: Documentary, Reviews, Theatrical | Tags: , , , , , | 2 Comments

Seijun Suzuki’s ‘Tokyo Drifter’ drifts into the TIFF Bell Lightbox

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Playing Mar 22013 at 10pm, as part of theTIFF Bell Lightbox’s Spotlight Japan celebration from the ‘Tokyo Drifters: 100 years of Nikkatsu’ series, come the classic 1966 gangster film from Seijun Suzuki, “Tokyo Drifter”. The film is a smorgasbord of camera and film styles as Suzuki was clearly influenced by the changing cinema from the west from the 1950’s to the 1960’s.

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Starring: Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Ryuji Kita and Hideaki Esumi

Written by Kôhan Kawauchi

Directed by Seijun Suzuki

Tetsu (Watari) has joined his yakuza boss in going straight, and is determined to stay straight, after his boss has disbanded his gang. But when a rival gang threatens to bring them back into the gang wars Read the rest of this page »

Posted by  |  March 6, 2013 | Categories: Home Entertainment, Reviews, Theatrical | Tags: , , , , , | 1 Comment

Eddie Pepitone is ‘The Bitter Buddha’ at the bloor hot docs cinema

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Starting a 2 show run, Mar 2and Mar 3 2013, at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema is the newdocumentary exploring the life of the comedian nicknamed “The Bitter Buddha” of the title, Eddie Pepitone. The documentary explores the life and performances of the now 54 year old comic who has been doing stand-up, working the clubs and road, without the break out success that other comedians that adore what he does feel he deserves.

The Bitter Buddha

Starring Eddie Pepitone

Directed by Steven Feinartz

“The Bitter Buddha” follows Pepitone (Old School, The Muppets) at a pivotal moment in his career. The film provides a hilarious insider’s perspective of the highs

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Posted by  |  March 6, 2013 | Categories: Reviews, Theatrical | Tags: , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

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