Friday, July 7, 2023

THE TALLINN BLACK NIGHTS BEST FIRST FEATURE NOMINEE MAKES ITS EXCLUSIVE U.S. PREMIERE ON FILM MOVEMENT PLUS ON JULY 28, 2023.

 FOLLOWING A DEVASTATING SOLAR EXPLOSION, THREE 

YOUNG GIRLS AND THEIR FATHER ATTEMPT TO SURVIVE 

BOTH THE ELEMENTS AND EACH OTHER IN THIS TAUT, 

POST-APOCALYPTIC, COMING-OF-AGE THRILLER


THE TALLINN BLACK NIGHTS BEST FIRST FEATURE NOMINEE MAKES ITS EXCLUSIVE U.S. PREMIERE ON 

FILM MOVEMENT PLUS ON JULY 28, 2023

 

“Inventive, tense and beautifully constructed, [this] feminist horror film announces Italian filmmaker Emanuela Rossi as a force to reckon with.” 

-- Morbidly Beautiful

 

“A ferocious debut…compellingly acted and impeccably rendered, 

Darkness is a must-see”

-- Tracy Palmer, Signal Horizons

SYNOPSIS


First time director Emanuela Rossi, working from a script she co-wrote with Claudio Corbucci, crafts a bleak but beautiful coming-of-age drama that’s part post-apocalyptic horror, part mystery thriller, part psychological drama, and part feminist fable.

 

Stella, 17-year-old, and her younger sisters, Luce and Aria, are locked inside their house with bars on the windows. Outside is the Apocalypse: two thirds of humanity have expired since a solar explosion that left sunlight too strong; only men can go outside, women can’t tolerate it. The girls entertain themselves by dressing up, playing games and doing what they can to remain sane, acting out memories from when they were younger, when their mother was still with them. Their angry father discourages such behavior, telling them that clinging to a long gone past is a waste of time. Things break down for good, however, when Luce starts asking about the outside… 

 

Following its world premiere at Tallinn Black Nights IFF in 2019 where it was nominated for Best First Feature, the film was met with critical acclaim. Emily Von Seele of Daily Dead penned, “Darkness is an incredible examination of a cycle of abuse, wrapped in a beautiful and compelling story. It’s hard to tear yourself away from these characters, and the places their journey takes them will not soon be forgotten” and Tom Moore of In Their Own League called it “a chilling display of domestic abuse spurred by monstrous paranoia in a post-apocalyptic setting” and “[Darkness] harnesses enough elements of a horrifying display of domestic abuse and a rise from the ashes story with a game-changing twist to be a great watch.”

 

FESTIVALS/AWARDS

 

  • TALLINN BLACK NIGHTS IFF 2019 - FIRST FEATURES COMPETITION
  • ALICE NELLA CITTÀ 2019 - PANORAMA ITALIA
  • TRANSILVANIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2020 - EDUCATIFF
  • FESTIVAL DU CINEMA UNIVERCINÉ ITALIEN DE NANTES 2020 - PRIX DES LYCÉENS
  • MOTELX 2020 - OFFICIAL SELECTION - COMPETITION
  • BROOKLYN HORROR FILM FESTIVAL 2020 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
  • BOSTON UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL 2020 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
  • NORTH BEND FILM FEST 2020 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
  • POPCORN FRIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL 2020 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
  • THE OVERLOOK FILM FESTIVAL 2020 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
  • SYDNEY SCIENCE FICTION FILM FESTIVAL 2020 - BEST ACTRESS AWARD
  • AFI EUROPEAN UNION FILM SHOWCASE 2020 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
  • DARKNESS (2019)

    Directed by: Emanuela Rossi

    Written by: Claudio Corbucci, Emanuela Rossi

    Cast: Denise Tantucci, Valerio Binasco, Gaia Bocci, Olimpia Tosatto, Elettra Mallaby, Francesco Genovese

    Produced by: Claudio Corbucci, Daniele Segre

    Cinematography by: Marco Graziaplena

    Genre: World Cinema/Horror/Thriller

    RT: 98 minutes

    Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1

    Sound: 5.1 Surround Sound/2.0 Stereo

    Language: Italian with English Subtitles

Thursday, July 6, 2023

SMILING FRIENDS: The Complete First Season Bring Happiness to Your Home on Blu-ray™ & DVD August 29, 2023.

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Adult Swim’s Hit Series Dedicated to Making People Smile


SMILING FRIENDS: The Complete First Season

 

Bring Happiness to Your Home on

 Blu-ray™ & DVD August 29, 2023


#SmilingFriends

BURBANK, CA (July 6, 2023) Turn that frown upside down! From creators Zach Hadel and Michael Cusack, go on a journey across a bizarre and colorful world with SMILING FRIENDS: The Complete First Season on Blu-ray™ and DVD August 29, 2023. You’ll be grinning ear to ear while you binge on all 8 episodes, alongside a bonus special and audio commentary. The series is available now to purchase Digitally.


The quarter-hour animated series is co-created by Cusack (YOLO: Crystal Fantasy) and Hadel (Hellbenders) and animated by Princess Bento Studio. SMILING FRIENDShas been viewed over 7 million times across linear, digital, and streaming.


SYNOPSIS:

Who are the Smiling Friends? They’re Pim, Charlie, Allan, and Glep and they’re here to make you SMILE!! And they guarantee to put a smile on YOUR face, if you buy this disc (*Smiles not actually guaranteed*). Watch 8 wonderful adventures into this fantastic, odd, beautiful, sometimes scary, but always amazing world. Plus, they go to Brazil in a special bonus episode. Get yours and start smiling today!


SMILING FRIENDS: The Complete First Season is available now to purchase Digitally from Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Google Play, Vudu and more. Blu-Ray Discs and DVD will be available August 29, 2023 to purchase online and in-store at major retailers. Pre-order your copy now.

 

BONUS FEATURES


  • Audio Commentary


Nine 11-MINUTE EPISODES 

  1. Desmond’s Big Day Out
  2. Mr. Frog
  3. Shrimp’s Odyssey
  4. A Silly Halloween Special
  5. Who Violently Murdered Simon S. Salty?
  6. Enchanted Forest
  7. Frowning Friends
  8. Charlie Dies and Doesn’t Come Back
  9. The Smiling Friends Go To Brazil!


Pricing and series information:

 

SMILING FRIENDS: The Complete First Season

Includes all 8 episodes from the first season, plus 1 bonus episode. 

 

PRODUCT                             SRP

Blu-ray                                   $24.99 SRP ($29.99 in Canada)

DVD                                      $19.99 SRP ($24.99 in Canada)


Audio: English

Subtitles: English SDH

Running Time: 102 minutes

Rated: TV-MA

Wednesday, July 5, 2023

WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY HOME ENTERTAINMENT TO BRING FOUR ORIGINAL ANIMATED MOVIES, INCLUDING THREE WORLD PREMIERES TO SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2023 *CASTS, FILMMAKERS SET FOR PANELS OVER JULY 19-23 WEEKEND

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY HOME ENTERTAINMENT

TO BRING FOUR ORIGINAL ANIMATED MOVIES, INCLUDING THREE WORLD PREMIERES TO SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2023

 

*CASTS, FILMMAKERS SET FOR PANELS OVER JULY 19-23 WEEKEND

 

#VentureBros #Metalocalypse #JLWarworld #B5AnimatedMovie

 

BURBANK, CA (July 5, 2023) – Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment returns to San Diego Comic-Con 2023 with four panels showcasing the highly anticipated original animated films, Adult Swim’s The Venture Bros.: Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart and Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar, DC’s Justice League: Warworld, and Babylon 5: The Road Home during the July 19-23 weekend. 

 

The Venture Bros.: Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart will have its World Premiere on Thursday, June 20 at 8:30pm in Room 6BCF. Be among the first fans to experience this all-new original animated R-rated movie with the world premiere screening! Afterwards, join filmmakers Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer along with key cast for a panel discussion and audience Q&A. 

 

Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstarpanel will take place on Friday, July 21 at 1:00pm in the Indigo Ballroom. Join series co-creator Brendon Small and guests as they talk all things Metalocalypse, preview some clips from the upcoming R-rated film, and discuss the forthcoming album Dethalbum IV.

 

Justice League: Warworld will have its World Premiere on Friday, July 21 at 9:00pm in Ballroom 20. Be among the first fans to see Warner Bros. Animation’s all-new, feature-length R-rated film “Justice League: Warworld” at this World Premiere screening! In addition to the screening filmmakers and cast will be on hand for a panel discussion and audience Q&A. 

 

Babylon 5: The Road Home will have its World Premiere on Saturday, July 22 at 6:30pm in Room 6BCF. Babylon 5celebrates its 30th Anniversary this year and following the world premiere screening of Babylon 5: The Road Home series creator J. Michael Straczynski, along with returning original series actors Bruce Boxleitner, Claudia Christian, Tracy Scoggins and Patricia Tallman, will host a panel discussion and audience Q&A about the all-new original movie in this beloved sci-fi saga.

 

*Talent is subject to change. Additional talent will be announced as confirmed.

 

About The Venture Bros.: Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart:

In The Venture Bros: Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart, Doc’s latest invention will either bankrupt Team Venture or launch them to new heights, Hank searches for himself, Dean searches for Hank, The Monarch searches for answers, and a mysterious woman from their pasts threatens to bring their entire world crashing down on them. From Adult Swim, Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment and Titmouse, The Venture Bros.: Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart will be available to purchase Digitally on July 22, 2023 and on Blu-rayTM on July 25, 2023

 

About Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar

Picking up after the heroic rescue of Toki Wartooth, Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar finds DETHKLOK frontman Nathan Explosion traumatized in a BRUTAL professional and romantic flat-spin all while he is tasked with fulfilling the prophecy and confronting the ultimate songwriting challenge: write the SONG OF SALVATION and save the planet. Can Nathan Explosion look beyond his brutally damaged ego to save his band, stop the Metalocalypse, and finally face the ultimate evil: Salacia? From Adult Swim, Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment and Titmouse, Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar will be available to purchase Digitally and on Blu-ray on August 22, 2023.

 

About Justice League: Warworld

Until now, DC’s Justice League has been a loose association of super-powered individuals. But when they are swept away to Warworld, a place of unending brutal gladiatorial combat, Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and the others must somehow unite to form an unbeatable resistance able to lead an entire planet to freedom. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, DC and Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment, Justice League: Warworld will be available to purchase Digitally and on 4K Ultra HDTM and Blu-ray on July 25, 2023.

 

About Babylon 5; The Road Home

Return to Babylon 5 as the epic interstellar saga continues with Babylon 5: 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. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment, Babylon 5: The Road Home will be available to purchase Digitally and on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on August 15, 2023

 

About Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment

Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment (WBDHE) distributes the award-winning movies, television, animation, and digital content produced by Warner Bros. Discovery to the homes and screens of millions through physical Blu-ray Disc™ and DVD retail sales and digital transactions on major streaming, video-on-demand cable, satellite, digital, and mobile channels.  WBDHE is part of Warner Bros. Discovery Content Sales, one of the world’s largest distributors of entertainment programming.

 

About DC

DC, part of Warner Bros. Discovery, creates iconic characters and enduring stories and is one of the world’s largest publishers of comics and graphic novels. DC’s creative work entertains audiences of every generation around the world with DC’s stories and characters integrated across Warner Bros. Discovery’s film, television, animation, consumer products, home entertainment, games, and themed experiences divisions, and on the DC Universe Infinite digital comic subscription service. Learn more at DC.com

 

About Warner Bros. Animation

Warner Bros. Animation (WBA) is one of the leading producers of animation in the entertainment industry, producing and developing projects for multiple platforms, both domestically and internationally. WBA’s current series include Batman: Caped Crusader, Bat- Family, Batwheels, Bugs Bunny Builders, Creature Commandos, Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai, Harley Quinn, Jellystone!, Looney Tunes Cartoons, Merry Little Batman, My Adventures with Superman, Noonan’s, Teen Titans Go!, Tiny Toons Looniversity, and Velma. The studio is currently in production with New Line Cinema on the upcoming original anime feature film, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim. WBA’s full-length theatrical film, Teen Titans GO! to the Movies, was released in summer 2018. As home to the iconic animated characters from the DC, Hanna-Barbera, MGM and Looney Tunes libraries, WBA also produces highly successful animated films — including the DC Universe Movies — for DVD, Blu-ray® and digital media. One of the most-honored animation studios in history, WBA has won six Academy Awards®, 40 Emmy® Awards, the George Foster Peabody Award, a BAFTA Children’s Award, an Environmental Media Award, a Parents’ Choice Award, the HUMANITAS Prize, two Prism Awards and 21 Annie Awards (honoring excellence in animation).

 

About Adult Swim 

Adult Swim is the leader in adult animation and #1 destination for young adults for over fifteen years, offering critically acclaimed, award-winning original and acquired series such as Rick and Morty, Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal, The Eric Andre Show, SMILING FRIENDS, Unicorn: Warriors Eternal and My Adventures with Superman.Fan favorite anime block, Toonami, airs on Saturday nights and has expanded beyond acquisitions, producing original series including Housing Complex C, Uzumaki, and new seasons of FLCL. The annual Adult Swim Festival reaches a global audience, and features performances by top musicians and comedians. Adult Swim airs nightly from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. (ET/PT) on its linear channel and reaches fans via HBO Max. Connect with Adult Swim on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Tik Tok. Subscribe to Adult Swim on YouTube. 

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Friday, June 30, 2023

NIGHT OF THE ASSASSIN The Action-Adventure Film Debuts Exclusively on Hi-YAH! On July 21 Before Hitting Digital, Blu-ray™ & DVD August 8

  


 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

A KILLER’S LAST CHANCE 

AT REDEMPTION

 

NIGHT OF THE ASSASSIN

The Action-Adventure Film Debuts Exclusively on Hi-YAH! On July 21

Before Hitting Digital, Blu-ray™ & DVD August 8

 

 

PLANO, TEXAS (June 30, 2023) – Written and directed by first-time auteur Kwak Jeong-deok, the action-packed adventure NIGHT OF THE ASSASSIN exclusively debuts on Hi-YAH! July 21, before landing on Digital, Blu-ray™ and DVD August 8 from Well Go USA Entertainment. Set in Korea’s Joseon-era and featuring spectacular swordplay, the film follows a deadly assassin who comes out of retirement to exact revenge on a group waging a brutal campaign of terror against local villagers. NIGHT OF THE ASSASSIN stars Shin Hyun-joon (Guns & Talks, Son of a General II & III), Lee Mun-sik (Night in Paradise), and Kim Min-kyung (Pipeline, Spiritwalker).

 

Synopsis:       

After a deadly, long-dormant health condition surfaces during a mission, Joseon’s most lethal assassin goes into hiding to seek a cure without revealing his identity. But upon witnessing a ruthless campaign of terror against local villagers, the region’s deadliest killer comes out of retirement in order to exact his own brutal brand of vigilante justice.

 

Country of Origin:    South Korea

 

NIGHT OF THE ASSASSIN has a runtime of approximately 101 minutes and is not rated.

 

Watch the Official U.S. Trailer:  mhttps://youtu.be/jVT9QCdTG7E