EVIL DEAD RISE Begins Streaming on Max June 23

 

EVIL DEAD RISE Begins Streaming on Max June 23

New Line Cinema & Renaissance Pictures' EVIL DEAD RISE will make its streaming debut on Max onJune 23. About the film:  New Line Cinema and Renaissance Pictures present a return to the iconic horror franchise, “Evil Dead Rise,” written and directed by Lee Cronin (“The Hole in the Ground”) and produced by longtime franchise producer Robert Tapert (“Don’t Breathe”). The movie stars Lily Sullivan (“I Met a Girl,” “Barkskins”), Alyssa Sutherland (“New Gold Mountain,” “Vikings”), Morgan Davies (“The End,” “Storm Boy”), Gabrielle Echols (“Reminiscence”) and introducing Nell Fisher (“Northspur”).   Moving the action out of the woods and into the city, “Evil Dead Rise” tells a twisted tale of two estranged sisters, played by Sullivan and Sutherland, whose reunion is cut short by the rise of flesh-possessingdemons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.   A New Line Cinema / Renaissance Pictures presentation of a Pacific Renaissance and Wild Atlantic Pictures production, “Evil Dead Rise” is distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Babylon 5: The Road Home Purchase Digitally and 4K Ultra HDTM & Blu-Ray™ August 15

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

The Beloved Sci-Fi Saga Returns in an 

Epic Journey Through Space and Time

Babylon 5: The Road Home

Purchase Digitally and 4K Ultra HD^TM& Blu-Ray™ August 15

#B5AnimatedMovie

Trailer: https://youtu.be/Z54XNJivHOs

 

BURBANK, CA (June 15, 2023) – The highly anticipated continuation of the beloved series is finally here with an all-new original animated movie! Arriving on August 15, 2023, Babylon 5: The Road Home will be available to purchase Digitally and on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-Ray from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment. Series creator J. Michael Straczynski returns with a story about the iconic Babylon 5 space station and its inhabitants as they take a journey through the past to determine the future.

 

Babylon 5 celebrates its 30^th anniversary this year and returning to voice their characters from the original series are Bruce Boxleitner as John Sheridan, Claudia Christian as Susan Ivanova, Peter Jurasik as Londo Mollari, Bill Mumy as Lennier, Tracy Scoggins as Elizabeth Lochley, and Patricia Tallman as Lyta Alexander.

The film also stars Paul Guyet (World of Warcraft) as Zathras and Jeffery Sinclair, Anthony Hansen (God of War) as Michael Garibaldi, Mara Junot (Green Lantern: Beware My Power) as Reporter and Computer Voice, Phil LaMarr (Futurama) as Dr. Stephen Franklin, Piotr Michael (Hogwart’s Legacy) as David Sheridan, Andrew Morgado (Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness) as G’Kar, and Rebecca Riedy (Magic: The Gathering Arena) as Delenn. Babylon 5: The Road Home was written and Executive Produced by series creator J. Michael Straczynski. The film was directed by Matt Peters (Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons), Supervising Producer is Rick Morales (Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind) and Executive Producer is Sam Register. 

Babylon 5: The Road Home will be available on August 15 to purchase Digitally from Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Google Play, Vudu and more. 4K Ultra HD and Blu-Ray Discs will be available to purchase online and in-store at major retailers. Pre-order your copy now.

SYNOPSIS:

Return to Babylon 5 as the epic interstellar saga continues with The Road Home. Travel across the galaxy with John Sheridan as he unexpectedly finds himself transported through multiple timelines and alternate realities in a quest to find his way back home. Along the way he reunites with some familiar faces, while discovering cosmic new revelations about the history, purpose, and meaning of the Universe.

SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE:

Babylon 5 Forever (New Featurette) – join the cast and filmmakers as they reveal the process behind creating the first state-of-the-art, animated adaption of Babylon 5.

 

Audio Commentary with creator/writer/executive producer J. Michael Straczynski, actor Bruce Boxleitner and supervising producer Rick Morales.

Pricing and film information:

 

PRODUCT                                                                             SRP

Digital purchase                                                                    $19.99

4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack + Digital Version*            $39.99 SRP USA

4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack                                       $44.98 SRP Canada

Blu-ray + Digital Version*                                                     $29.98 SRP USA    

Blu-ray                                                                               $39.99 SRP Canada

 

4K/Blu-ray Audio: English, Spanish

Q 4K/Blu-ray Subtitles: English, Spanish, French

Running Time: 78 minutes

Rated: PG-13 for some action/violence

*Digital version not available in Canada

Day Zero Blu-ray Disc Review.

Day Zero is an action zombie horror feature from the Philippines that stars recently retired MMA fighter Brandon Vera as a kind of because I am not a hundred percent sure, but he appears to be an expatriated special forces operative from the United States who may be getting out of prison soon for good behavior. He has the respect of most of the prisoners and he looks out for a comic relief sidekick too. He long to be reunited with his wife and daughter who live in settlement not too far away. A strain of dengue fever has exploded across the Philippines that is highly contagious and thereIs no known treatment for because it’s victims reanimate into rabid ghouls. Society quickly falls apart and we are left with a man who will do anything to stay alive and reunited with his loved ones with his sidekick at his side providing a bit of comic relief and contributing to the action. One can tell Brandon Vera is a skilled mixed martial artist, watching him take on the ghouls is a highlight of the film. 

As with all zombie horror Day Zero is bleak because without going into spoilers, all films featuring the dead coming back to life are character driven stories even at the most basic level where we get a set group of character types that we either care about or hate and like a video game they have to get from point A to point B and so on to fulfill their goal, but while we don’t know and should never be able to predict how successful they will be, ultimately the larger problem is never resolved. This is true of The Walking Dead, World War Z, and Shaun of the Dead just for starters. We never get a definitive solution to a zombie pandemic and so as a result we never get closure and ultimately that is what makes the genre bleak and for the record, I like zombie flicks in general and particularly the work of the man who created the sub genre to begin with, George A. Romero. It is a problem that plagues zombie flicks for the most part so don’t expect closure here, because you will get a solution to an immediate situation, but the larger problem always remains unresolved. For once I would like to see a zombie picture where the living actually win and the dead stop walking or running and with no fake outs like the ending of Resident Evil: The Final Chapter.

Day Zero is a bare bones Blu-ray Disc, (no pun intended), in that you get the movie and some trailers and that is it. The picture quality to top notch with widescreen 1080p full HD resolution coupled with an immersive Filipino 5.1 DTS-HD MA Soundtrack as well as a Filipino Stereo Soundtrack coupled with English Language Subtitles. The shrieks of the zombies reminded me of the sound the vampires made in 30 Days of Night. The film’s trailer (1:48) and bonus trailers for The Tank, Bone Cold and Sakara wrap up what is on this Blu-ray Disc. An insert with pictures of upcoming and released titles as well as the Hi-Yah streaming service is enclosed in the blue BD case. The interactive menus are basic, but easy to navigate.The case comes enclosed in a nice high quality cardboard slip with glossy photos mixed in the design.

Day Zero is available to own now on digital and will debut on Blu-ray Disc on July 11, 2023 courtesy of Well Go USA Entertainment.

(C) Copyright 2023 By Mark A. Rivera

All Rights Reserved.

Metalocalypse: The Complete Series All 62 Episodes From The Epic Series Will Be Available To Purchase Digitally and on DVD August 15, 2023

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ALL THE PAIN, ALL THE BRUTALITY, ALL IN ONE PLACE!

Metalocalypse: The Complete Series

All 62 Episodes From The Epic Series Will Be Available 

To Purchase Digitally and on DVD August 15, 2023

 

Includes Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem - A Klok Opera

#Metalocalypse

BURBANK, CA (June 14, 2023) – Get ready to shred with the heaviest metal band ever assembled - Dethklok! Join lead vocalist Nathan Explosion, Skwisgaar Skwigelf, Toki Wartooth, William Murderface, and Pickles, as they tour the globe annihilating places and melting faces. For the first time ever, all episodes from Adult Swim's award-winning original adult animated series are brought together in one set with Metalocalypse: The Complete Series. Binge all 62 episodes of the four-season run, previously released special features, and the final death rock opera Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem - A Klok Opera. Metalocalypse: The Complete Series will be available to purchase Digitally and on DVD on August 15, 2023.

 

The quarter-hour animated series chronicles the world's most popular entertainment act in the known universe—extreme metal band, DETHKLOK—as they balance their rabid popularity with the brutality of everyday life. Metalocalypse originally premiered in 2006 on Adult Swim and was created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha.

Metalocalypse: The Complete Series will be available on August 15, 2023 to purchase Digitally from Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Google Play, Vudu and more. DVD will be available to purchase online and in-store at major retailers. Pre-order your copy now.

SYNOPSIS:

Between the pressures of fame, family, their psycho fans, and a secret organization out to destroy them, the biggest death metal band on the planet will rock the world or die trying. Whether you’re a lifelong fan, or new to the brutality, bow down to Metalocalypse: The Complete Series. It doesn’t get any more metal than this!

Metalocalypse: The Complete Seriesincludes all the bonus materials that have been lovingly created over the years, and carefully curated for you now. 

 

Pricing and series information:

Metalocalypse: The Complete Series

Includes 62 episodes from all four seasons, plus Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem - A Klok Opera

PRODUCT                           SRP

Digital Purchase   $34.99 SRP ($49.99 in Canada) 

DVD                                     $124.99 SRP ($99.99 in Canada)

 

Audio: English SDH

Subtitles: English

Running Time: 1,364 minutes

Rated: TV-MA

Ender’s Game, the science fiction action-adventure with an all-star cast, arrives on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray™ + Digital SteelBook® release on August 8 from Lionsgate, exclusively at Best Buy.

 

Street Date: 8/8/23

4K Ultra HD™ + Blu-ray™ + Digital
Best Buy Exclusive SteelBook^® SRP: $27.99 

 
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Ender’s Game, the science fiction action-adventure with an all-star cast, arrives on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray™ + Digital SteelBook^® release on August 8 from Lionsgate, exclusively at Best Buy. The SteelBook also features special bonus content including audio commentaries and featurettes, and will be available for the suggested retail price of $27.99.
 
OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS
As fears of an alien invasion grow, Earth’s International Fleet recruits an unlikely leader — a young and brilliant boy — to command its forces and fight for the future of the human race. Based on the worldwide bestseller and featuring an all-star cast, Ender’s Gamebursts with epic adventure and stunning visual effects.
 
CAST
Academy Award^® nominee
Harrison Ford              Star Wars, The Fugitive, Witness, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Asa Butterfield             TV’s “Sex Education,” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Academy Award^® nominee
Hailee Steinfeld           True Grit, The Edge of Seventeen, Pitch Perfect 3
Academy Award^® winner
Viola Davis                  Fences, The Help, TV’s “How to Get Away with Murder”
Academy Award^® nominee
Abigail Breslin              Little Miss Sunshine, August: Osage County, Definitely, Maybe
Academy Award^® winner
Ben Kingsley               Sexy Beast, Gandhi, Iron Man 3

 
SPECIAL FEATURES (Blu-ray™ Only)

• Audio Commentary 
• “Ender’s World: The Making of Ender’s Game” Featurette 
• “Inside the Mind Game” Featurette 
• Deleted/Extended Scenes with Optional Audio Commentary by Writer-Director Gavin Hood  

PROGRAM INFORMATION
Year of Production: 2013
Title Copyright: Ender’s Game © 2013 Ender’s Game Holdings LLC. Artwork & Supplementary Materials ™ & © 2023 Summit Entertainment, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 
Type: Catalog Re-Release
Rating: Rated PG-13
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Closed-Captioned: N/A
Subtitles: English, Spanish, English SDH
Feature Run Time: 114 Minutes
4K Format: 2160p Ultra High Definition, 16x9 (2.40:1) Presentation
4K Audio: English Dolby Atmos, English 2.0 Dolby Audio Optimized for Late-Night Listening, English Descriptive Audio, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Audio
Blu-ray Format:  16x9 (2.40:1) Presentation
Blu-ray Audio: English 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio™, English 2.0 Dolby Audio Optimized for Late-Night Listening, English Descriptive Audio, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Audio
Artist Information: Ruiz Burgos

Close Encounters of the Rodney Kind.

Widescreen Version.

Close Encounters of the Rodney Kind. This is parody, a meme and fair use just to figuratively say farewell to Rodney for my subscribers because short of anything new coming along, I have exhausted all the Rodney Dangerfield clips I have been allowed to share. So if you are the owners of the content I used to create this, if you don’t see how and why I did this with what meager tools I have at my disposal, just don’t file a takedown order to YouTube. I have put a lot of myself into making this channel and I don’t want to lose it. Thank you. 

Formatted For Mobile Devices.

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HORROR ANIME “DARK GATHERING” BRINGS SCREAMS TO HIDIVE’S SUMMER SIMULCAST SEASON

 

Anime fans are in for a scary good time this summer with today’s news that HIDIVE has acquired Pony Canyon’s highly anticipated new horror-supernatural series Dark Gathering. Based on Kenichi Kondo’s popular shounen manga series of the same name, the Dark Gathering anime adaptation was first revealed last summer and is now set to premiere this July in Japan and as an exclusive summer simulcast on HIDIVE’s streaming service.

“We’re proud to have acquired this one-of-a-kind series from Pony Canyon and eager to premiereDark Gathering as a HIDIVE exclusive series in July,” said John Ledford, President of HIDIVE. “Japanese horror is truly unique in the genre as well as a true rarity in anime, so we’re thrilled to introduce Pony Canyon’s Dark Gathering to international fans around the world. Dark Gathering joins our exciting summer simulcast line-up and illustrates our ongoing commitment to bring subscribers the best of Japan’s new anime each season.”

After a devastating encounter with a restless spirit, ghost-fearing psychic Keitaro Gentoga became a shut-in to avoid additional spectral catastrophes. But no man is a haunted island, and Keitaro eventually reintegrates with society by getting a part-time job as a tutor to the child prodigy Yayoi Houzuki. Yayoi isn’t just an academic genius, though. She’s a talented psychic medium hell-bent on finding the malevolent spirit behind her mother’s disappearance, and she’s gravely determined to drag Keitaro into her terrifying world of grotesque supernatural phenomenon.

Launched in 2019, Kenichi Kondo’s Dark Gatheringis serialized in Shueisha’s Jump Square and currently spans 12 volumes. The anime adaptation features direction by Hiroshi Ikehata and writing by Shigeru Murakoshi and is produced by OLM with music by KOHTA YAMAMOTO, Shun Narita and Yūsuke Seo.

For the latest announcements regarding Dark Gathering, follow HIDIVE on Facebook, Twitter,Instagram and YouTube.