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THE AMUSEMENT PARK Blu-ray Review

Directed by George A. Romero Written by Walton Cook Starring Lincoln Maazel The Film: Films go lost for tons of reasons; they are made of highly flammable chemicals, they weren't stored properly, and occasionally because nobody thought there was any interest in hanging on to the film that was discarded. Once a film of interest becomes "lost" it can take on mythic status. The people who did see it, rave about it, and certain film fans will become ravenous with desire. Their hankering to see the film will build it up in their minds to something it never was, nor could it ever be. Enter George A. Romero's THE AMUSEMENT PARK, a film released on Blu-ray 46 years after its completion, a film that never had distribution and was never intended to. See this particular slice of celluloid was commissioned by the Lutheran Society as a PSA against ageism and elder abuse. What Romero delivered was a psychedelic fever dream that handles the subject of aging with nightmarish glee.  M

AMSTERDAM: THE IMAX LIVE EXPERIENCE TO FEATURE EXCLUSIVE Q&A WITH DIRECTOR-WRITER-PRODUCER DAVID O. RUSSELL AND THE FILM’S CAST

Director-Writer-Producer David O. Russell and the cast of 20th Century Studios and New Regency’s Amsterdam will participate in an exclusive IMAX Live Q&A on Tuesday, September 27th at 4:00pm PST / 7:00pm EST as part of the Amsterdam: The IMAX® Live Experience.  This exclusive fan-first opportunity provides IMAX® and 20th Century Studios moviegoers the opportunity to screen the upcoming original crime epic in advance of its October 7, 2022 release while connecting with the cast during a live Q&A session moderated by TCM host and Entertainment Weekly correspondent, Dave Karger.  All attendees will receive a commemorative mini poster. For a list of participating theaters and to purchase tickets please visit: https://www.imax.com/amsterdamlive .  An original crime epic about three close friends who find themselves at the center of one of the most shocking secret plots in American history. A fascinating and richly intricate tale that brilliantly weaves historical fact with fiction

NOPE ON DIGITAL SEPTEMBER 20, 2022 4K ULTRA HD, BLU-RAY AND DVD OCTOBER 25, 2022

Jordan Peele reimagines the summer movie with NOPE, an expansive epic of uncanny science fiction. Following their father’s shocking death, Hollywood animal wrangler OJ (Kaluuya) and his sister Emerald (Palmer) begin observing unexplained phenomena on their vast Southern California ranch that leads them down an obsessive rabbit hole as they plot attempts to capture the mystery on camera. Along with a former child star turned family theme park ringmaster (Yeun) who neighbors the siblings, the pair’s efforts to chase the spectacle soon bring terrifying consequences and unimaginable horror. The result is a complex social thriller that unpacks the seeds of violence, risk and opportunism that are inseparable from the romanticized history of the American West … and from show business itself.  NOPE will be available to own for the first time as a Collector’s Edition on Digital September 20, 2022 and on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray™ and DVD on October 25, 2022 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

Dark Star Pictures and Bloody Disgusting Announce Acquisition of Shinzô Katayama's MISSING

Dark Star Pictures has acquired the North American distribution rights to crime thriller MISSING as part of its ongoing collaboration with Bloody Disgusting. Dark Star and Bloody Disgusting plan a US theatrical release for MISSING on November 4, 2022, an On Demand release on November 18, 2022, and the Blu Ray release for the film to follow on December 6, 2022. MISSING had its World Premiere at Busan International Film Festival, before screening at Fantasia International Film Festival and will have its US Premiere at Fantastic Fest in September 2022. MISSING is written and directed by Shinzô Katayama. The movie stars Aoi Ito (Her Love Boils Bathwater, KASANE-Beauty and Fate, Gangoose), Jiro Sato (Brothers in Brothel, New Interpretation Records of the Three Kingdoms, Gintama) and Hiroya Shimizu (The World of Kanako, Hot Gimmick: Girl Meets Boy, Sadako). Depressed and in debt following the death of his wife, Santoshi (Jiro Sato) tells his young daughter he has found a way out. Pointing to

Bodies Bodies Bodies arrives on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD October 18

When a group of 20-somethings get stuck at a remote family mansion during a hurricane, a party game ends with a dead body on the ground and fingers pointed everywhere. As they try to find the killer among them, fake friends and real enemies have to learn who to trust — and how to survive — in this fresh and funny Gen-Z meltdown starring Pete Davidson, Amandla Stenberg, and Maria Bakalova. A horror-comedy following a group of young friends after a party game turns deadly, Bodies Bodies Bodies arrives on Blu-ray™ (+ DVD + Digital) and DVD October 18 from Lionsgate. Directed by Halina Reijn (Instinct), Bodies Bodies Bodies will be available for the suggested retail price of $39.99 for Blu-ray (+ DVD + Digital) and $29.96 on DVD. Best Buy will have a 4K (+ Blu-ray + Digital) combo package exclusively with a suggested retail price of $42.99. This one looks to be a lot of fun! Check out the trailer below

5-25-77 trailer!!! 15 years later?!?!

  5-25-77 is a coming-of-age comedy inspired by the true story of a nerdy, alienated, hopeful filmmaker named Pat Johnson (Spaced Invaders, Baby's Day Out) about growing up, falling in love, and becoming the very first fan of the movie that changed everything: Star Wars.  John Francis Daley (Game Night and writer/director of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves) stars in the film alongside Austin Pendleton (My Cousin Vinny), Colleen Camp (Die Hard With a Vengeance), Neil Flynn (Mean Girls), and Justin Mentell (G-Force). Following its screening at DTLA FF next week, the film hits theaters September 23 and VOD/digital on October 11.  I think I first became aware of this project about 15 years ago. I was excited to see the film but I just assumed I had missed the release. Wow, this film, after all these years, still excited!!!

Official Trailer & Poster for Drafthouse Films’ Upcoming Thriller MASKING THRESHOLD

Directed by : Johannes Grenzfurthner Written by : Johannes Grenzfurthner & Samantha Lienhard Starring : Ethan Haslam as the voice of the protagonist and Katharina Rose as Dana Frustrated by a constant ringing in his ears, a paranoid data analyst documents his obsessive attempts to cure his own debilitating tinnitus through a series of home experiments conducted in a make-shift lab. But as his research becomes increasingly dark and macabre, a horrifying secret behind his maddening condition is revealed with a potential cure more sinister than he could have ever imagined.  A deeply philosophical horror film inspired by Lovecraftian weird fiction and cosmicism, experimental filmmaker Johannes Grenzfurthner takes us on an unsettling journey into the paranoia of the human mind to reveal the disastrous consequences of the relentless pursuit of knowledge.  Opens in theaters exclusively with Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas September 30, 2022. Available nationwide on digital platforms October 7, 2

Official Poster for CALL JANE New Film Starring Elizabeth Banks and Sigourney Weaver

Directed by Phyllis Nagy Written by Haley Shore and Roshan Sethi Starring Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, Chris Messina, Wunmi Mosaku, Kate Mara, Cory Michael Smith, Grace Edwards, John Magaro Chicago, 1968. As the city and the nation are poised on the brink of political upheaval, suburban housewife Joy (Elizabeth Banks) leads an ordinary life with her husband and daughter.  When Joy’s pregnancy leads to a life-threatening heart condition, she must navigate an all-male medical establishment unwilling to terminate her pregnancy in order to save her life. Her journey for a solution leads her to Virginia (Sigourney Weaver), an independent visionary fiercely committed to women’s health, and Gwen (Wunmi Mosaku), an activist who dreams of a day when all women will have access to abortion, regardless of their ability to pay. Joy is so inspired by their work, she decides to join forces with them, putting every aspect of her life on the line. Roadside Attractions will release CALL JANE on

Lifetime®’s Ultimate Holiday Movie Collection arrives on DVD November 1 from Lionsgate

Ok, you either are or you know someone who is crazy about these things. The Lifetime holiday movies are so popular and omnipresent that I think they can qualify as their own sub-genre. I know exactly who I will be purchasing this massive set for. Check out the details below  Experience the best this holiday season has to offer as Lifetime®’s Ultimate Holiday Movie Collection arrives on DVD November 1 from Lionsgate, exclusively at Walmart. Featuring 50 holiday-themed stories of love, family, friendship, and Christmas magic, Lifetime®’s Ultimate Holiday Movie Collection will be available for the suggested retail price of $69.98 for DVD. FILM HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE A Fiancé for Christmas Holiday in Santa Fe Miracle in Motor City Mistletoe in Montana Under the Christmas Tree Merry Liddle Christmas Merry Liddle Christmas Wedding Merry Liddle Christmas Baby Feliz NaviDAD You Light Up My Christmas Christmas Hotel Radio Christmas …and many more!   PROGRAM INFORMATION Year of Production: 2017–2021

OLD MAN directed by Lucky McKee starring Stephen Lang and Marc Senter - In Theaters/VOD/Digital October 14th

Starring : Stephen Lang, Marc Senter, with Liana Wright-Mark, and Patch Darragh Directed By : Lucky McKee Written By: Joel Veach When a lost hiker stumbles upon an erratic old man living in the woods, he could never have imagined the nightmare that awaits.  In Theaters/VOD/Digital October 14th

MY POLICEMAN Trailer

  Directed by Michael Grandage Written by Ron Nyswaner Starring Harry Styles, Emma Corrin, Gina McKee, Linus Roache, David Dawson, and Rupert Everett A beautifully crafted story of forbidden love and changing social conventions, My Policeman follows three young people—policeman Tom (Harry Styles), teacher Marion (Emma Corrin), and museum curator Patrick (David Dawson)—as they embark on an emotional journey in 1950s Britain. Flashing forward to the 1990s, Tom (Linus Roache), Marion (Gina McKee), and Patrick (Rupert Everett) are still reeling with longing and regret, but now they have one last chance to repair the damage of the past. Based on the book by Bethan Roberts, director Michael Grandage carves a visually transporting, heart-stopping portrait of three people caught up in the shifting tides of history, liberty, and forgiveness.

TIFF 2022: Epic Pictures Group Acquires South Korean Action Feature A MAN OF REASON For N.A. Ahead of World Premiere

Epic Pictures Group announces today the acquisition of South Korean action feature A MAN OF REASON for North America ahead of the film’s anticipated world premiere at the 47th Toronto International Film Festival as part of the Special Presentation section. A MAN OF REASON is the directorial debut of famed Korean actor Jung Woo-sung, who also leads the cast alongside Kim Nam-gil (LOVERS VANISHED) and Park Sung-woong (FOR THE EMPEROR).  The film follows Jung as Soo-hyeok, a man who wants to live a normal life after spending 10 years in prison. Upon visiting his long-abandoned girlfriend, he finds out he is the father of a young girl but his attempts to cut ties with his former gang are unsuccessful when his old boss begins to question his loyalty and uses his newly discovered daughter as leverage. Forced into a corner and with nothing to lose, Soo-hyeok must resort to violence to save her and get his revenge.  Jung is notably known for his breakthrough performance in BEAT (1997) and went

DON'T WORRY DARLING: IMAX Screenings to Feature Exclusive Q&A With the Films Cast

IMAX and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced Director-Producer-Actor Olivia Wilde and the cast of New Line Cinema’s Don't Worry Darling - Harry Styles, Gemma Chan, Nick Kroll, Sydney Chandler, Kate Berlant, Asif Ali and Douglas Smith will participate in an exclusive IMAX Live Q&A on Monday, September 19th at 7:30pm EST/4:30pm PST as part of the Don't Worry Darling: The IMAX® Live Experience.  This exclusive fan-first opportunity provides IMAX® moviegoers the opportunity to screen the upcoming psychological thriller in advance of its September 23, 2022 release while connecting with the cast during a live Q&A session moderated by TCM host and Entertainment Weekly correspondent, Dave Karger. For a list of participating theaters and to purchase tickets please visit: http://tickets.imax.com/.  Alice (Florence Pugh) and Jack Chambers (Harry Styles) are lucky to be living in Victory, the experimental company town housing the men who work for the top-secret Victory Project a

SIGNIFICANT OTHER Trailer and Release Information

September 6, 2022 – Paramount+ today released the official trailer and key art for its upcoming original high concept thriller, SIGNIFICANT OTHER. The film will hold its World Premiere at the 2022 New York Comic Con, and will exclusively debut on the service on Friday, October 7th in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia and Italy, and later this year in additional international territories where Paramount+ is available. Presented by Paramount+ in Association with Paramount Pictures’ Players Label, SIGNIFICANT OTHER follows a young couple Harry (Jake Lacy, “White Lotus”) and Ruth (Maika Monroe, “It Follows”) who take a remote backpacking trip through the Pacific Northwest, but things take a dark turn when they realize they may not be alone.

Official Trailer : THE WILD MAN- Michael Pare vs. Bigfoot

Terror Films will release the Michael Pare-starring Bigfoot horror movie THE WILD MAN this September!  The film, directed by Tampa Bay native Ryan Justice (Followers), was developed during the pandemic.  “We used our downtime to create and develop projects. THE WILD MAN happened to be the perfect project to make at the time. As a Florida Native the Legend of the Skunk Ape (Florida Bigfoot) always had our interest. We wanted to do a fun movie around the legend and do something different with the bigfoot movie genre.” Young women have been going missing in Ochopee, FL, without a single suspect in custody. A young journalist, Sara, convinces her crew to join her investigation as she travels to Ochopee to document her discoveries, but they soon realize their presence in this town is not welcome. Determined to find her story, Sara convinces her friends to stick with her, because they’re onto something big. Upon meeting Dale, the town’s notorious conspiracy theorist, she’s convinced he knows

HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL Exclusive Clip

Directed by Andy Fickman Book, Music & Lyrics by Kevin Murphy and Laurence O'Keefe Starring Ailsa Davidson, Simon Gordon, Maddison Firth, Vivian Panka, Teleri Hughes, Mhairi Angus, Liam Doyle, Rory Phelan, Vicki Lee Taylor, Andy Brady, Oliver Brooks, Benjamin Karran, Chris Parkinson, Jermaine Woods, Eleanor Morrison-Halliday, Mary-Jean Caldwell, Hannah Lowther, and May Tether Welcome to Westerberg High, where Veronica Sawyer is just another one of the nobodies dreaming of a better day. But when she’s unexpectedly taken under the wings of the three beautiful and impossibly cruel Heathers, her dreams of popularity finally start to come true.  Until JD shows up – the mysterious teen rebel who teaches her that everyone fears being a nobody, but its murder being a somebody... Check out this exclusive clip from HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL before it premiers exclusively on The Roku Channel September 16, 2022.

Exclusive Clip from HOUSE OF HAMMER 3-Part Docuseries Now Streaming on discovery+

Featuring exclusive access and shocking revelations, the documentary takes viewers inside the Hammer family’s dark power plays over the course of three revealing hours. Hammer’s meteoric rise to fame came crashing down as victims came forward with disturbing stories of bondage, cannibalism fantasies, branding and that was just the beginning. The rape and abuse allegations brought against Armie Hammer in 2021 shocked Hollywood insiders and fans across the globe. This docuseries begins in 2020 at the peak of Hammer’s rise to fame. Featuring exclusive revelations from Armie’s aunt, Casey Hammer, and multiple survivors of Armie’s alleged abuse, the docuseries brings to light the dark secrets - ranging from accusations of violence and abuse to political manipulation and financial fraud -  hidden within one of America’s most prominent families.  Each episode will shine a light on a depraved pattern of abuse that extends far beyond the accusations brought against the disgraced actor. Coupled

WHITE SANDS Directed by Tilde Harkamp Streaming Exclusively on Topic September 15

White Sands is a light crime series about an undercover expert and a homicide detective who are secretly sent to a Danish seaside town to solve the killing of a young German man while pretending to be a married couple.  In order to solve the brutal murder of a young, German surfer, two police officers are secretly deployed to the tourist paradise of Hvide Sande on the Jutlandic west coast. No one in the town trusts the police, so they must come across as a happily married couple from the big city moving to the North Sea coast to start a new life. The two police officers are Dane Helene, an expert in undercover work, and Danish-German Thomas, a homicide detective from Hamburg. They quickly come to realize that being credible in the roles of husband and wife isn’t easy when you’re used to being alone. But as they get closer to the small town’s residents and circumstances, hidden connections and old wounds, they also get closer to each other and feel their own emotions awakening.  All Epi

Trailer Released for Taboo-Shattering German Drama GRAND JETÉ

Starring : Sarah Nevada Grether and Emil von Schönfels Directed by : Isabelle Stever Written by : Anna Melikova Nadja (Sarah Nevada Grether) is an aspiring ballerina with the scars to prove it. A masochistic pursuit at her dream career has left her body battered, a map of the tumultuous torture dancers withstand on a daily basis. Working now as a dancing instructor for children, rather than as the dancer she always wanted to be, she decides to visit the adult son she has been estranged from since he was a child.  Mario (Emil von Schönfels), raised by his grandmother, is similarly focused on his physical form and the abuse it takes to earn the physique he craves. When Nadja shows up at Mario's doorstep, it starts a relationship that is as sensitive as it is taboo-shattering, placing Grand Jeté alongside other provocative European films like Christophe Honoré's Ma mère and Bertrand Blier's Beau Pere.  Isabelle Stever's film, a selection of the Berlin International Film Fe

New Clip & Featurette for SAMARITAN – Action Thriller Starring Sylvester Stallone - Now Playing Globally on Prime Video

Directed by : Julius Avery Screenplay by : Bragi F. Schut Producers : Sylvester Stallone, Braden Aftergood Executive Producers : Bragi F. Schut, David Kern, Adam Rosenberg, Guy Riedel Cast : Sylvester Stallone, Javon “Wanna” Walton, Pilou Asbæk, Dascha Polanco, Moises Arias    Thirteen-year-old Sam Cleary (Javon “Wanna” Walton) suspects that his mysterious and reclusive neighbor Mr. Smith (Sylvester Stallone) is actually a legend hiding in plain sight. Twenty-five years ago, Granite City’s super-powered vigilante, Samaritan, was reported dead after a fiery warehouse battle with his rival, Nemesis. Most believe Samaritan perished in the fire, but some in the city, like Sam, have hope that he is still alive. With crime on the rise and the city on the brink of chaos, Sam makes it his mission to coax his neighbor out of hiding to save the city from ruin.