Insomniac Entertainment

NOTE: the company behind this release has since retracted this statement.

I guess there isn’t a God after all.

Hey, I thought they hated each other!

FLAGSHIP FILMS LAUNCHES WITH

WEAPON

STEVEN SEAGAL AND JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME TO STAR IN FIRST JOINT APPEARANCE EVER!

New Production Company Teams Veteran Actioners with Veteran Producers
Alison Semenza and Todd Moyer; WEAPON Goes Before Cameras in July.
Essential Entertainment to Handle Foreign Sales

LOS ANGELES, CA – April 15, 2009 – The armada of independent production in all genres has a new flagship—Flagship Films, a new production company from veteran producers Alison Semenza and Todd Moyer.

In announcing the new company, Moyer and Semenza have also announced their first production: WEAPON. This film will unite two of the world’s biggest names in action and thrillers, Steve Seagal and Jean-Claude Van Damme, who have never appeared in a film together—until now. Moshe Diamont will also produce the film which is written by Aaron Rahsaan Thomas (Numb3rs; Friday Night Lights).

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PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT TAKES FANS TO THE FINAL FRONTIER WITH TWO MUST-OWN COLLECTIONS LANDING FOR THE FIRST TIME ON BLU-RAY

STAR TREK

Docking May 12, 2009, Collections Include Restored and Remastered Films in High Definition, Along with All-New Bonus Features and Exclusive BD-Live Content

HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. – Go where no fan has gone before when Paramount Home Entertainment debuts the STAR TREK: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE COLLECTION on Blu-ray and STAR TREK: MOTION PICTURE TRILOGY on Blu-ray or DVD May 12, 2009.  Available for the first time in high definition, these classic films launched the beloved “Star Trek” characters onto the big screen.
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Visit Sinister Cinema today

Good news for fans of vintage genre titles: Sinister Cinema has announced over 30 new releases to their mail-order website.

For those of you who have never ordered from Sinister Cinema before, you’re missing out: I’ve been placing orders with them since the late 80s when I was in junior high — and they’ve never failed me yet.  It’s a great place to find hundreds of rare horror, sci/fi, mystery, western and exploitation titles (plus many other titles in the “psychotronic” genres).

The official word from this news announcement follows.

I should like to point out to you all that I am not paid to announce this — I do not get any kickback from this whatsoever. I post this strictly out of my adoration for vintage B-Movies and my fondness of a company that has been keeping it real for decades. Read more »

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It Won’t Kill You … It Will Become You

INFECTED
Golden Globe® and Emmy®-Nominee Isabella Rossellini,

Judd Nelson, Gil Bellows, and Maxim Roy Star

in the Sci-fi Thriller Debuting on DVD May 19

SANTA MONICA, CALIF. (March 9, 2009) – Gil Bellows (TV’s “Ally McBeal”), Golden Globe® nominee Judd Nelson (The Breakfast Club), Golden Globe® and Emmy®-nominee Isabella Rossellini (Blue Velvet, Death Becomes Her) and Maxim Roy (A Woman Hunted) star in the sci-fi thriller Infected, debuting on DVD May 19 from Genius Products and RHI Entertainment.  Read more »

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AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF ONE OFAMERICA’S GREATEST — AND MOST CONTROVERSIAL LIVING WRITERS

HARLAN ELLISON:
DREAMS WITH SHARP TEETH

“A NASTY LITTLE DREAM COME TRUE” – The New Yorker

New York, NY April, 2009 – Timed for DVD release one day before the 75th birthday of the great man himself, HARLAN ELLISON: DREAMS WITH SHARP TEETH pays homage to one of our most celebrated authors—the dark prince of American letters. Director Erik Nelson (producer of Grizzly Man) affectionately captures the remarkable personal journey of this wildly imaginative writer, flame-tongued provocateur, and unholy fusion of Lenny Bruce and Mark Twain. Read more »

DVD Review: Donkey Punch (2008)

A film that proves once again that booze, barbiturates, boats and Brits don’t mix. Features a lot of punch but really cheats us when it comes to the donkeys.

(Review posted at blogcritics.org)

DVD Review: Fight Night (2008)

More like Thousand-Dollar Baby. But, since beggars cannot be choosers and since I also rather enjoyed the film, Fight Night gets about a B- in my book.

(Review posted at blogcritics.org)

DVD Review: The Goldwyn Follies

A Hollywood mogul hires a country girl to bring some heart back to the movies. Oh, the humanity! It certainly isn’t the greatest musical to ever emerge from Tinseltown’s School of Song and Dance.

(Review posted at blogcritics.org)

DVD Review: JCVD

Should do for Van Damme what Free Enterprise did for Shatner. Without a doubt the best film Van Damme has made to date.

(Review posted at blogcritics.org)

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Fritz Lang, Nazis, and Walter Pidgeon.  How can you go wrong?

THE HUNTER BECOMES THE HUNTED

MAN HUNT

Fritz Lang’s Vintage World War II Thriller Arrives On DVD For The First Time Ever May 19 From Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Loaded With Exclusive Bonus Features Including A Restoration Comparison, Still Gallery, Interactive Pressbook And More

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