Hello, everyone! We’re back with a brand new batch of horror and sci-fi home media releases for this week, and easily this writer’s most anticipated title coming out on Tuesday is Scream Factory’s Collector’s Edition release of King Kong (1976). Just in time for the release of Spiral this upcoming weekend, Lionsgate is giving James Wan’s Saw a 4K overhaul, and if you’re looking for some solid recent genre films to enjoy, both The Columnist and Morgue are being released tomorrow.
Other titles headed to Blu-ray and DVD on May 11th include Scavenger, No Reason, The House on Cuckoo Lane, and The Mill.
The Columnist
Successful columnist Femke is flooded every day by anonymous harassments and death threats on social media. She becomes addicted to the vicious messages, and finds herself continuously clicking back to the hateful comments before she goes to sleep. Not only...
Other titles headed to Blu-ray and DVD on May 11th include Scavenger, No Reason, The House on Cuckoo Lane, and The Mill.
The Columnist
Successful columnist Femke is flooded every day by anonymous harassments and death threats on social media. She becomes addicted to the vicious messages, and finds herself continuously clicking back to the hateful comments before she goes to sleep. Not only...
- 5/10/2021
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Starring Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, Jessica Lange, the 1976 remake of King Kong is coming to Blu-ray like never before in a new Collector's Edition Blu-ray from Scream Factory, and we have the list of bountiful bonus features for the new release, including a new audio interview with legendary makeup effects artist Rick Baker:
Press Release: Los Angeles, CA – On May 11, 2021, Scream Factory proudly presents King Kong (1976) on Blu-ray for the first time in North America. The sweeping 70s remake of the classic tale comes home in a 2-disc definitive collector’s edition set including both the theatrical cut with a new restored theatrical stereo track and an extended TV broadcast cut with a new 2k scan of the additional TV footage from the internegative. The release also comes packed with bonus features including new audio commentary with film historian Ray Morton (author of King Kong – The History Of A...
Press Release: Los Angeles, CA – On May 11, 2021, Scream Factory proudly presents King Kong (1976) on Blu-ray for the first time in North America. The sweeping 70s remake of the classic tale comes home in a 2-disc definitive collector’s edition set including both the theatrical cut with a new restored theatrical stereo track and an extended TV broadcast cut with a new 2k scan of the additional TV footage from the internegative. The release also comes packed with bonus features including new audio commentary with film historian Ray Morton (author of King Kong – The History Of A...
- 3/30/2021
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
(Note: this interview with conducted to coincide with the 40th anniversary of Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 2017.)
By Michael Coate
Ray Morton is the author of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Making of Steven Spielberg’s Classic Film”. He is a screenwriter, script consultant, and senior writer and columnist for Script magazine. His other books include “King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon from Fay Wray to Peter Jackson”, “Amadeus: Music on Film”, “A Hard Day’s Night: Music on Film” (Limelight, 2011), “A Quick Guide to Screenwriting”, “A Quick Guide to Television Writing”, and “A Quick Guide to Film Directing”.
Cinema Retro: How would you like “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” to be remembered on its 40th anniversary?
Ray Morton: As a wonderful, entertaining movie.
As the first true Steven Spielberg movie. “Jaws” is a magnificent film, but in a way an atypical film...
By Michael Coate
Ray Morton is the author of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Making of Steven Spielberg’s Classic Film”. He is a screenwriter, script consultant, and senior writer and columnist for Script magazine. His other books include “King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon from Fay Wray to Peter Jackson”, “Amadeus: Music on Film”, “A Hard Day’s Night: Music on Film” (Limelight, 2011), “A Quick Guide to Screenwriting”, “A Quick Guide to Television Writing”, and “A Quick Guide to Film Directing”.
Cinema Retro: How would you like “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” to be remembered on its 40th anniversary?
Ray Morton: As a wonderful, entertaining movie.
As the first true Steven Spielberg movie. “Jaws” is a magnificent film, but in a way an atypical film...
- 1/29/2019
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
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