The star of the global phenomenon that has already become the biggest selling Nintendo DS brand in the UK, Professor Layton now faces his toughest puzzle yet in the brand new and exciting feature-length animated adventure for all the family, Professor Layton And The Eternal Diva, coming to DVD and Blu-ray on 18th October 2010, courtesy of Manga Entertainment.
Produced by Masakazu Kubo (producer of the Pokemon movies) and based on the Nintendo and Level 5 video game series that to date has sold 5.5 million copies worldwide and been played by an estimated 3 million British gamers. Both young and old have fallen in love with Professor Layton and the film brings the world’s greatest amateur super-sleuth to life like never before.
When Professor Layton receives a letter along with complimentary opera tickets from a former student-turned-opera singer, the contents of the note prove to be irresistibly intriguing. In it, she informs the Professor that a friend of hers who died one year ago has now reappeared as a seven-year-old girl who claims to be immortal. Click on the link above for the teaser.
Graeme Clark
[1 Sep 2010 at 21:12]
Lipstick on Your Collar on DVD
More Potter on the way
Renowned TV playwright Dennis Potter’s hilarious musical skewering of 1950s England Lipstick on Your Collar gets its first ever DVD release courtesy of Acorn Media.
The acclaimed writer was renowned for mixing fantasy and reality in some of the finest television dramas ever written and Lipstick On Your Collar, featuring a young Ewan McGregor in his first starring role, was to be the last of his productions to be seen in his lifetime.
Following on from the recent DVD releases of Potter’s brilliant Karaoke and Cold Lazarus, Lipstick on Your Collar will be released as a stunning two-disc set on 4 October 2010.
Graeme Clark
[15 Aug 2010 at 22:16]
Brave New World: An In Person Tribute to Ken Russell [read more]
Meet Ken!
Director Ken Russell has long been one of England's most iconoclastic, provocative and visually (and aurally) stunning directors. He first made a name for himself at the BBC, where he inaugurated a series of unconventional biopics of composers - a form he would continue to explore on the big screen. His breakthrough came in 1969 with the feature film adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's WOMEN IN LOVE, a taboo-shattering classic that garnered Russell an Oscar nomination. From that point on he embarked on one audacious masterpiece after another, including a rock opera with The Who (TOMMY), a science fiction head trip (ALTERED STATES) and more unorthodox treatments of composers' lives (LISZTOMANIA, MAHLER).
Join us at the Cinematheque for these films, as well as the beloved yet controversial horror film THE DEVILS, on the big screen as they were meant to be experienced! We are thrilled to welcome BAFTA and Academy Award-nominated Ken Russell to the Aero and Egyptian Theatres! Be ready for an unforgettable weekend!
Aero Theatre, Friday, August 20 - 7:30 PM
Double Feature:
THE DEVILS and ALTERED STATES
Egyptian Theatre, Saturday, August 21 - 7:30 PM
Double Feature: Brand New Digital Cinema Presentation with Quintophonic Soundtrack!
TOMMY and LISZTOMANIA
Aero Theatre, Sunday, August 22- 7:30 PM
Double Feature:
WOMEN IN LOVE and THE MUSIC LOVERS
Graeme Clark
[12 Aug 2010 at 21:58]
Mega Shark In Malibu on DVD
You keep watching 'em, they'll keep making 'em
Snapping hot on the heels of MEGA PIRANHA comes MEGA SHARK IN MALIBU…
The peaceful Malibu seas are about to turn blood red when an undersea tremor releases six bone-armoured goblin sharks from their subterranean prison.
As a tsunami, spotted off the California coast, fast approaches, it soon becomes crystal clear that no where is safe from the razor-sharp teeth of the deadly creatures.
Trapped in their lifeguard station, lifeguards Doug, Heather and Barb along with knockout new arrival Jenny find themselves up to their necks in water fighting for survival.
Will the predictably good-looking cast live to bronze another day or will they be left as chum by the hungry prehistoric predators?
DVD Release date: 20th September 2010.
Graeme Clark
[5 Aug 2010 at 23:32]
A Zed & Two Noughts on Blu-ray
HD decompose-o-vision
British director Peter Greenaway followed his international arthouse hit The Draughtsman’s Contract with A Zed & Two Noughts (1985). On 23 August this extraordinary tale of obsession is released by the BFI in a new High Definition transfer on Blu-ray and includes a full feature commentary with the director.
A car collides with a swan outside a zoo. Two women passengers die but the driver, Alba Bewick survives with a leg amputation. Obsessed with the accident, the zoologist husbands of the dead women – twins Oliver and Oswald – become fascinated by the processes of decay and embark on an affair with the amputee. As dead animals decompose to the playful rhythms of Michael Nyman, symmetry is elevated beyond obsession, and Sascha Vierny’s cinematography pays homage to Vermeer.
Full of surprises and magnificent conundrums, Peter Greenaway’s third feature is as perversely comic and teasing as it is shocking.
This Blu-ray release also includes a Peter Greenaway short, The Sea in Their Blood (1983), a rarely seen COI film exploring Britain’s coastline, with music by Michael Nyman.
Graeme Clark
[5 Aug 2010 at 23:29]
The Edge of the World on Blu-ray
Early Michael Powell
A powerful story of love, rivalry and survival against the harsh elemental realities of island life and an ever-encroaching modernity, Michael Powell's The Edge of the World (1937) is released on Blu-ray format on 23 August by the BFI.
Produced from a new High Definition master overseen and approved by Michael Powell’s widow, award-winning editor Thelma Schoonmaker-Powell, the Blu-ray contains all the numerous special features included on the previously released DVD version, plus additional scenes and the original trailer. Among the many extras is a full feature commentary by Thelma Schoonmaker-Powell and Professor Ian Christie, with extracts from Powell’s book about the making of the film read by Daniel Day-Lewis.
Shot over four arduous months in the wild, windswept Shetland Islands, The Edge of the World was legendary British director Michael Powell's first independent production and established the daring techniques and experimentation that would become familiar hallmarks of his career.
Join Special Agent Finch (Paul Logan) and Professor Sarah Monroe (80’s pop star Tiffany) as a mutant strain of giant ferocious piranha escape from the Amazon and eat their way toward Florida…
Will the entire population of Florida be saved from complete annihilation? Will Paul Logan keep his top on for more than 5 minutes? Will Tiffany manage to get through the entire film without bursting into ‘I Think We’re Alone Now’?
Featuring explosive set pieces, stunning special effects and the most fearsome marine monsters in the history of film, MEGA PIRANHA is the riotously entertaining new creature feature from the makers of last year’s massive DVD success, Mega Shark Vs Giant Octopus.
Battleships will be destroyed, humanity will be threatened, a continent will reach the edge of disaster, a group of heroes will risk it all to save innocent lives and helicopters will be eaten. Prepare for the ultimate bite-sized blockbusting thrill-ride that will leave you desperately hanging onto the edge of your seat. Click on the link above for the trailer.
THE A-TEAM follows the exciting and daring exploits of Hannibal Smith and his colorful team of former Special Forces soldiers who were set up for a crime they did not commit. Going “rogue,” they utilize their unique talents – and eccentricities – to try and clear their names and find the true culprit.
IN CINEMAS EVERYWHERE NOW. Click on the link above for the trailer.
