This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: May 4, 2010

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, New Line, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros, Classics, Drama, Family, Horror, Music, Religious, Remakes, Romance, Science Fiction, Home Entertainment, Lists, New Releases

Here are some of the DVD and Blu-ray options today:

• Dirty Dancing (Limited Keepsake Edition): DVD, Blu-ray
• Doctor Zhivago (45th Anniversary Edition): DVD, Blu-ray
• Escape from L.A.: Blu-ray
• K-19: The Widowmaker: Blu-ray
• Leap Year: DVD, Blu-ray
• Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy: DVD
• Nine: DVD, Blu-ray
• The Notebook: Blu-ray
• Saving Private Ryan: Blu-ray
• The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry: DVD
• Suburbia: DVD
• Tetro: DVD, Blu-ray
• Tooth Fairy: DVD, Blu-ray

Make sure to also check out the TV-on-DVD options for this week.

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Remake News: Yellow Submarine, Poltergeist, Gunsmoke and More

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Disney, MGM, Lionsgate, Universal, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Musicals, Remakes, Romance, Science Fiction, Comedy, Thrillers, Filmmaking, Scripts, Technology, Upcoming Releases

Yellow Submarine: Robert Zemeckis’ experience using 3-D performance-capture technology (The Polar Express, Beowulf) will soon come in handy on his remake of Yellow Submarine. Disney is reportedly working to get clearance on a list of Beatles songs for the project. (The 1968 animated film followed “Old Fred” and the Beatles as they traveled in their yellow submersible to Pepperland.) The goal is to have the film produced in time for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

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DVD REVIEW:  Red Dawn: Collector’s Edition

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Drama, DVD Reviews

Vanessa Williams giving up her Miss America Crown….the Summer Olympics in LA….The Cars stealing MTV’s Best Video Award from Michael Jackson….and Tommy Howell drinking deer blood on Red Dawn.  These were things I distinctly remember from 1984.

I can’t even tell you how many times I watched Red Dawn around that time….nor do I really remember why.  Could it have been because my best friend loved Darren Dalton?  Was it because I was fascinated seeing Ponyboy Curtis from The Outsiders (Howell) turn into a cold-hearted Wolverine?  Was it the newly introduced PG-13 rating?  Maybe it was because young women (Jennifer Grey, Lea Thompson) got to help take down the Russians?  (This was the era of the Cold War after all).  So when I heard that they were coming out with a collector’s edition of Red Dawn, I was all over it.

For those who can’t remember the 23-year-old film, here’s a quick refresher:  The movie begins with Soviet paratroopers landing behind a high school.  They immediately start shooting at the students gawking through their classroom window.  It seems the Soviets and Cubans have invaded the US and have basically started WWIII.  A group of teens drives into the woods with the weapons they have stockpiled.  Although they struggle being away from their families, they eventually create their own insurgency and do their best to wreak havoc on the foreign troops.

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