Posted 5/14/13 11:27 am EST by Charles Webb in DVD and Blu-ray, Movies, TV
Welcome to the first installment of Watch This Now!, our weekly look at what's new on DVD, Blu-ray, and VOD.
The Wachowski/Twyker joint/flop/masterpiece "Cloud Atlas" finally comes home along with a Criterion disc for the classic Western "3:10 to Yuma"; meanwhile, with "Liz & Dick," Lindsay Lohan continues to prove that people will pay her to be in things (even if it's just for the spectacle of the actress waiting out a scene so she can do something else with her time).
Posted 5/9/13 12:15 pm EST by Charles Webb in DVD and Blu-ray, Movies, News
The French tomb raider created by Eisner-winning comics writer and artist Jacques Tardi is coming to DVD and Blu-ray in August.
Posted 4/29/13 1:29 pm EST by Charles Webb in Animation, Anime, DVD and Blu-ray, Section23 Films, TV
Digging up more Manasume Shirow clasics, "Section23" plans to rerelease "New Dominion: Tank Police" in the middle of the hottest month while also giving the latest from Makoto Shinkai, creator of "5 Centimeters Per Second."
Posted 4/22/13 12:52 pm EST by Charles Webb in DVD and Blu-ray, Movies, News
"There are no losers. You either win, or you die!"
The heroes of director Steven Kostanski's "Manborg" are going to have to work together if they want to survive the rocket sled-riding killers of this post-apocalyptic arena.
Posted 4/22/13 10:28 am EST by Charles Webb in Anime, DVD and Blu-ray, News, TV
Want to see a high school boy be dragged into a web of blackmail, manipulation, and eeeevil? Then you might want to check out the animated psychological drama "Flowers of Evil," based on the manga from Shuzo Oshimi out later this year from Sentai Filmworks.
Posted 4/17/13 3:29 pm EST by Charles Webb in Animation, DC Comics, DVD and Blu-ray, Movies, News
In maybe the quickest comics-to-screen adaptation for DC, 2011's universe-shattering "Flashpoint" event in coming to DVD and Blu-ray this summer in the animated feature "Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox."
Posted 4/16/13 6:20 pm EST by Charles Webb in Animation, Anime, DVD and Blu-ray, Interviews, Marvel, Movies
Watch: 'Iron Man Rise of Technovore' Clip
The MadHouse-produced feature-length anime "Iron Man: Rise of Technovore" is out on DVD and Blu-ray today, pitting Tony Stark against the brilliant, dangerous genius of Ezekiel Stane.
With that in mind, we spoke to the mind behind this mad battle, screenwriter Brandon Auman, about the origins of "Rise of Technovore," becoming obsolete, and the appeal of Hawkeye and Black Widow.
Posted 4/16/13 2:00 pm EST by Charles Webb in DVD and Blu-ray, Horror, Movies, News
Posted 4/16/13 11:06 am EST by Charles Webb in DVD and Blu-ray, Movies
Now that the film has finally made its way to the U.S., you can see action star Donnie Yen ("Ip Man," "Blade II") put the hurting on some thugs in this clip from director Peter Chan's "Dragon."
Posted 4/15/13 1:58 pm EST by Charles Webb in DVD and Blu-ray, Movies, News
"Manborg!"
Director Steven Kostanski's green screen epic is hitting DVD on April 30 from Dark Sky Films and for those of you who haven't had a chance to see this post-apocalyptic action/comedy/adventure homage to the 80's featuring cyborgs, mutants, martial artists, and demons, here's all of those things.
Posted 4/15/13 12:26 pm EST by Charles Webb in DVD and Blu-ray, Marvel, Movies
No, not that one, the Matt Salinger Cap. You haven't heard of him? Salinger was the star of the 1990 "Captain America" from director Albert Pyun ("Cyborg," "The Sword and the Sorcerer") and the second time the Star-Spangled Avenger was in a feature. Well, in May, Shout! Factory is releasing Pyun's "Captain America" to Blu-ray for the first time with a new high-definition transfer and a new look back at the film with star Matt Salinger and director Albert Pyun--and you can get a sample of the movie in the exclusive clip up top!
Posted 4/10/13 11:30 am EST by Charles Webb in Animation, DVD and Blu-ray, News, TV
The first season of Nickelodeon's "Avatar" followup "Legend of Korra" is coming to DVD and Blu-ray on June 16 and we've got the details after the jump.
Posted 4/9/13 2:26 pm EST by Charles Webb in DVD and Blu-ray, Movies
South Korean director Choi Dong-Hoon might not have a name here in the States, but his last few blockbuster releases on his home turf have made him a big budget director to watch. If you're thinking about picking up Shout! Factory's disc of his martial arts comedy fantasy "Woochi: The Demon Slayer" this week, you should really check out a pair of the writer-director's hit crime films "The Thieves" and "Tazza: The High Rollers" and see his varying takes on shady and shiftless types trying to make a bad buck (and the people that want to kill them).
Posted 4/9/13 11:44 am EST by Charles Webb in DVD and Blu-ray, Movies
Monks and monsters are what you get in this clip from the Shout! Factory release of the latest hometown hit from director Choi Dong-Hoon.
Posted 4/8/13 3:30 pm EST by Charles Webb in DVD and Blu-ray, Horror, Movies, News
And apparently she's not alone in this sequel to the horror movie "Ringu" coming to DVD, Blu-ray, and VOD in June from Wellgo USA.
