Fellow ‘Easy Rider’ Remembers Dennis Hopper

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Celeb News, Obituaries

Following Dennis Hopper’s death, Easy Rider co-star Peter Fonda has come forward with a statement.

“Dennis [Hopper] introduced me to the world of Pop Art and ‘lost’ films. We rode the highways of America and changed the way movies were made in Hollywood. I was blessed by his passion and friendship,” Fonda said of his friend and co-star, who passed away on May 31 due to complications associated with prostate cancer.

Many credit Easy Rider as an historic film, which created a “new Hollywood” to help change filmmaking. Fonda produced the movie, with Hopper directing. The two, along with Terry Southern, were nominated for Best Screenplay in 1970.

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This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: October 20, 2009

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, Miramax, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Action, Adventure, Horror, Period, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Home Entertainment, Lists, New Releases

Here are some of the DVD and Blu-ray options available this Tuesday:

• 100 Feet: DVD, Blu-ray
• Blood: The Last Vampire: DVD, Blu-ray
• Cheri: DVD
• Easy Rider: Blu-ray
• I Am Because We Are: DVD
• Love N’ Dancing: DVD, Blu-ray
• Monsoon Wedding (Criterion Collection): DVD, Blu-ray
• Plains, Trains and Automobiles (“Those Aren’t Pillows” Edition): DVD
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: DVD, Blu-ray
• Waterworld: Blu-ray
• Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead: DVD, Blu-ray

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

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Review: 3:10 to Yuma (2007)

Posted by Johnny Mercedes Categories: Lionsgate, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Drama, Thrillers, New Releases, Upcoming Releases, Theatrical Reviews

When struggling Arizona rancher Dan Evans (Christian Bale) sets out one morning to find his lost cattle, he happens upon a stagecoach robbery and a gang of thieves led by infamous outlaw Ben Wade (Russell Crowe).  In need of money, Evans volunteers to help capture Wade in a nearby town, escort him to a railroad stop, and put him on the “3:10 to Yuma”, a train that takes prisoners to trial.  There’s only one problem: Wade’s gang is looking for their boss, and they’ll kill anyone who gets in the way.  3:10 to Yuma is based on the classic 1957 western of the same name. 

I had a chance to see the film a week early (thanks, Warren Report); here is an in-depth review of the action-packed western.

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