Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Season Two Of The HBO Original Drama Series THE LAST OF US Debuts April 13 Official Season 2: “Every Path Has A Price” Tease Posters Released

 


  • The seven-episode second season of HBO’s Emmy
    ®-winning original drama series THE LAST OF US debuts SUNDAY, APRIL 13 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on HBO and will be available to stream on Max.
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  • Season 2 logline: Five years after the events of the first season, Joel and Ellie are drawn into conflict with each other and a world even more dangerous and unpredictable than the one they left behind.
     
  • Season 2 cast: Season two returning cast includes Pedro Pascal as Joel, Bella Ramsey as Ellie, Gabriel Luna as Tommy, and Rutina Wesley as Maria. Previously announced new cast includes Kaitlyn Dever as Abby, Isabela Merced as Dina, Young Mazino as Jesse, Ariela Barer as Mel, Tati Gabrielle as Nora, Spencer Lord as Owen, Danny Ramirez as Manny, and Jeffrey Wright as Isaac. Catherine O’Hara also guest stars.
     
  • Season 2 credits: THE LAST OF US, based on the acclaimed video game franchise developed by Naughty Dog for the PlayStation® consoles, is written and executive produced by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmannr. The series is a co-production with Sony Pictures Television and is also executive produced by Carolyn Strauss, Jacqueline Lesko, Cecil O’Connor, Asad Qizilbash, Carter Swan, and Evan Wells; with writer/co-executive producer Halley Gross. Production companies: PlayStation Productions, Word Games, Mighty Mint, and Naughty Dog.

Sunday, February 9, 2025

The Wayans Brothers: The Complete Series On DVD Review.

The Waynes Brothers is a spinoff television series featuring the youngest of the family clan that helped to bring down the borders between racial comedy and remind us all that it’s OK to laugh at ourselves. Now available in a complete series DVD package, one can enjoy the entire series of episodes through five seasons across approximately 10 discs packaged in one large plastic DVD keep case with a cardboard slip. 


The series stars Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans as well as John Witherspoon,  who plays their father.


The episodes look as clear as one would expect them to look given both the nature of the show, as it was originally recorded before the days of high definition and the limitations of DVD, but the shows still look quite clear in their original television broadcast aspect ratio of approximately (1.33:1). 


The first season features English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound with English, French and Spanish Language Subtitles encoded as options while the remaining seasons are presented in English Stereo and all of the discs feature English Closed Captions for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired. There are no extra value features related to the series included within this set, just all the episodes of the television series conveniently placed in a keep case with a glossy cardboard slip.


The Wayans Brothers: The Complete Series On DVD is available now at retailers on and offline courtesy of Warner Brothers Discovery Home Entertainment.


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Animated Academy Award Nominee FLOW Begins Streaming Exclusively On Max February 14



Sideshow and Janus Films’ two time Academy Award® nominated film FLOW will make its streaming debut exclusively on Max in the U.S. next FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14. The film will debut on HBO linear on SATURDAYFEBRUARY 15 at 6:30 p.m. ET.


A wondrous journey, through realms natural and mystical, FLOW follows a courageous cat after his home is devastated by a great flood. Teaming up with a capybara, a lemur, a bird, and a dog to navigate a boat in search of dry land, they must rely on trust, courage, and wits to survive the perils of a newly aquatic planet. From the boundless imagination of the award-winning filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis (“Away”) comes a thrilling animated spectacle as well as a profound meditation on the fragility of the environment and the spirit of friendship and community. Steeped in the soaring possibilities of visual storytelling, FLOW is a feast for the senses and a treasure for the heart.

FLOW is one of the most acclaimed films of the year. It is nominated for 2 Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature and Best International Feature (Latvia). The film won the Golden Globe, European Film Award, National Board of Review, New York Film Critics Circle and Los Angeles Films Critics Association awards for Best Animated Feature. It is nominated for Best Animated Feature and Best International Feature at the Critics Choice Association, Best International Feature at the Independent Spirit Awards and also for 3 Annie Awards, PGA Award, ACE Eddie and Arts Directors Guild Award.

Directed by Gints Zilbalodis. Written by Gints Zilbalodis, Matiss Kaza. Produced by Matīss Kaža, Gints Zilbalodis, Ron Dyens, Gregory Zalcman.

Attack On Titan: The Last Attack: Theatrical Review.

 


Attack On Titan
made it’s television debut in 2013 and became a global critical and commercial success. I remember friends of mine telling me about it and it has the same fan reverence for it as The Walking Dead and I think the shows are a fair comparison because both came from continuing graphic adaptations and both had the warning from fans, be careful. Once you get it into it, you will not want to stop. 


Attack On Titan spawned a live action version of the story, but that film will never compare to the animated TV series, which even has a catchy theme song. Now the series is coming to an end with the global theatrical release of Attack On Titan: THE LAST ATTACK, which is scheduled to premiere globally as detailed below.


  • February 6: Australia, New Zealand
  • February 10: United States, Canada
  • February 12: Finland
  • February 13: Spain
  • February 20: Denmark, The Netherlands
  • February 21: Norway, Sweden
  • February 25: Germany
  • February 26: United Kingdom, Ireland
  • February 27: Mexico, Chile, Peru, Brazil
  • March 1: France
  • March 3: Italy


The film combines the last two episodes to create a theatrical omnibus epic with gripping action, tragic consequences and high stakes as the survival of the human race is at stake. 


If you are already familiar with the series, then this film will yield greater resonance and emotional involvement though casual viewers can follow easily. The animation is outstanding and if there was element that I would have changed it was the run time, which is nearly two and a half hours. Even the ending is a little bit longer than it should be because unsatisfied with one ending to the story, there are several endings that occur taking the characters well beyond the generation that they’re in and  taking us perhaps centuries after the events of the story yet however meta it becomes towards the end, I think had they just ended it succinctly, it would’ve been satisfying enough. Either way stay through the entire end credits, and afterwards because the story keeps going beyond that.


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Thursday, February 6, 2025

Dune: Prophecy – The Complete First Season, Co-Produced by HBO and Legendary Entertainment, Arrives on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD on May 13, 2025 with Exclusive Bonus Content.





DUNE: PROPHECY: The Complete First Season

Dune: Prophecy – The Complete First Season, Co-Produced by HBO and Legendary Entertainment, Arrives on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD on May 13, 2025 with Exclusive Bonus Content

 

Available Now on Digital

The wait is over for Dune fans! Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment, in partnership with HBO and Legendary Entertainment, is bringing the highly anticipated HBO Original drama series DUNE: PROPHECY: The Complete First Season to 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD on May 13, 2025. The series is co-produced by HBO and Legendary Television. Get ready to binge all 6 episodes from the epic sci-fi adventure, along with over an hour of bonus content including 5 extended featurettes and an all-new, never-before-seen featurette exclusive to 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD. Pre-order your copy today.

 

DUNE: PROPHECY: The Complete First Season is also available now to purchase Digitally from Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, YouTube, Fandango at Home, and more.

 

From the expansive universe of Dune, created by acclaimed author Frank Herbert, and 10,000 years before the ascension of Paul Atreides, DUNE: PROPHECY follows two Harkonnen sisters as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind, and establish the fabled sect that will become known as the Bene Gesserit. DUNE: PROPHECY is inspired by the novel SISTERHOOD OF DUNE, written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. 

 

DUNE: PROPHECY stars Emily Watson, Olivia Williams, Travis Fimmel, Jodhi May, Mark Strong, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Josh Heuston, Chloe Lea, Jade Anouka, Faoileann Cunningham, Edward Davis, Aoife Hinds, Chris Mason, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Camilla Beeput, Jihae, Tabu, Charithra Chandran, Jessica Barden, Emma Canning, Yerin Ha, and Barbara Marten.

 

Alison Schapker serves as showrunner and executive producer. Diane Ademu-John co-developed the series and serves as executive producer. Anna Foerster executive produced and directed multiple episodes including the first. Jordan Goldberg, Mark Tobey, John Cameron, Matthew King, Scott Z. Burns, and Jon Spaihts executive produce with New York Times bestselling author Brian Herbert, along with Byron Merritt and Kim Herbert as executive producers for the Frank Herbert estate. New York Times bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson serves as co-producer. The series is co-produced by HBO and Legendary Television with Legendary also producing the film franchise that has released two installments to critical acclaim, the first of which garnered six Academy Awards®. 

 

Across Max territories, the first episode of DUNE: PROPHECY has amassed approximately 15 million viewers. The series has been renewed for a second season at HBO.

 

SERIES INFORMATION:

DUNE: PROPHECY: The Complete First Season

Includes all 6 episodes from the first season, plus over an hour of bonus content including 5 extended featurettes and one all-new bonus feature exclusive to 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD.

 

PRODUCT:                                           

4K UHD, Blu-ray, DVD, & Digital                  

 

Audio: English SDH

Subtitles: English

Running Time: 6 hours 30 minutes which includes bonus content

Rated: TV-MA

 

Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Tommy Boy: 30th Anniversary Arrives On 4K UHD Blu-ray On March 25, 2025 Courtesy Of Paramount Home Entertainment.

 HOLY SCHNIKES!

 

Celebrate 30 years of gut-busting laughs with the 90s classic TOMMY BOY, arriving for the first time ever on 4K Ultra HD™ March 25, 2025 from Paramount Home Entertainment.

 

TOMMY BOY stars “Saturday Night Live” alumni Chris Farley and David Spade in one of cinema’s funniest on-screen pairings as two drastically different personalities on a hellish road trip to save a family business.  Produced by Lorne Michaels and directed by Peter Segal (50 First Dates, Get Smart), TOMMY BOY scored with audiences when it debuted in 1995 and continues to attract new fans three decades later.

 

Newly remastered under the supervision of director Peter Segal, TOMMY BOY is presented for the first time on 4K Ultra HD in a 4K/Blu-ray™ Combo or in a Limited-Edition SteelBook®, both of which include hours of legacy bonus content and access to a Digital copy of the film.

 

Bonus content on Blu-ray is detailed below:

 

  • Commentary by director Peter Segal
  • Featurettes:
    • Tommy Boy: Behind the Laughter
    • Stories from the Side of the Road
    • Just the Two of Us
    • Growing Up Farley
  • Storyboard Comparisons
  • Deleted and Extended Scenes
  • Alternate Takes
  • Gag Reel
  • Photo Gallery
  • TV Spots
  • Theatrical Trailer

 

Synopsis

Celebrating 30 years of gut-busting laughs, Chris Farley and David Spade are two ne'er-do-well traveling salesmen who hit the road to save the Callahan family's auto parts business, resulting in one disastrously funny consequence after another. This larger-than-life comedy features Rob Lowe, Bo Derek, and Brian Dennehy. 

 

TOMMY BOY is rated PG-13 for sex-related humor, some drug content and nudity

Saturday, January 25, 2025

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