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Original Conquest of the Planet of the Apes screening at Fantastic Fest in HD

Fantastic Fest is one of the premiere genre film festivals on the U.S. Each year, it continues to outdo itself, with inventive film selection and an ever-increasing list of classics brought back to the big screen. This year’s festival includes great retrospectives, including a look at Aussie Exploitation films, which will include Mad Max, The ….

Live-action Death Note II: the Last Name coming to big screen for two-night event

NCM Fathom and VIZ pictures team up to present Death Note II: the Last Name in movie theatres nationwide on Wednesday, October 15 and Thursday, October 16, 2008, at 7:30 pm. This breakthrough live-action Japanese mystery event will feature an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Death Note II: the Last Name, an in-depth ….

The Rebel comes to Ultimate DVD

Suspense, romance and action ignite when the Vietnamese box office smash The Rebel charges onto a 2-Disc Ultimate Edition DVD September 30th from Genius Products and The Weinstein Company. Celebrated as the highest grossing Vietnamese film ever made, THE REBEL stars contemporary Asian superstars Johnny Nguyen (The Protector), Dustin Nguyen (21 Jump Street, Finishing the ….

Spider-Man to return for two more web-slinging adventures

Tobey Maguire and Sam Raimi are close to striking a deal to return for fourth and fifth installments of the Spider-Man franchise, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Looking to defray production costs, the studio is considering shooting the new movies back-to-back, beginning in the fall of 09, ala Lord of the Rings and The Matrix ….

Kill Bill on Blu-ray this week

From the Academy Award winning writer of Pulp Fiction (Best Original Screenplay, 1994), Reservoir Dogs and Jackie Brown, comes Quentin Tarantino’’s action-packed Kill Bill Volumes 1 and 2 to Blu-ray™, on Tuesday, September 9, 2008 from Miramax. This also marks the first time this wild cinematic rollercoaster ride of furious action, martial arts mayhem and ….

I Am Legend Ultimate Collector’s Edition arrives on Blu-ray and DVD in December

I Am Legend gets the Ultimate Collector’s Edition treatment starting on December 9, 2008, from Warner Home Video and Village Roadshow. The films will be available on Blu-ray and DVD and packaged in elegant box for holiday gift giving. The package contains two versions of the film (one with a controversial ending), a Digital Copy ….

Fox releasing 20 DVD titles with Digital Copy technology for computer downloading

Placing physical media at the center of the digital revolution, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment gives consumers ultimate flexibility with the release of several best-selling DVDs with DIGITAL COPY on September 23, 2008. DIGITAL COPY allows consumers to effortlessly transfer copies of their favorite classic comedy or action-packed films to their iTunes digital library and ….

Washington goes to the wasteland and a first look at Pelham 123

Variety reports that Denzel Washington is set to star in the post-apocalyptic drama Book of Eli, which will be directed by Allen and Albert Hughes. Washington will play a lone type in a dystopic future America, who must trek across America to deliver a book that could be the key to its redemption. Gary Whitta, ….

Fringe and Terminator shows will stream to college campuses on premiere days

Fox is planning to stream the premiere of J.J. Abrams’ new thriller Fringe, along with the season premiere of action series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, online at the same time they screen on TV, according to a report by Variety. This is said to be the first time a major network has decided to ….