Sad news for horror fans this week as we heard of film director Wes
Craven passing away on Sunday at age 76 after a battle with brain
cancer.
He is best known for the classic horror A Nightmare
on Elm Street of which he wrote as well as directed. This film gave the
world, and our own nightmares, Freddy
Krueger.
Scream
was another box-office sensation for Mr Craven but of course there are many
more, here's a few of our favourites from some of our staff…
Graeme – Web Monkey
“Wes Craven had a huge influence on my love of horror movies from a young
age. While I haven't watched a lot of his recent work his early work set me on
a path to finding more and more obscure horror movies.”
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Competition now closed. Congratulations to our winners Fiona. S,
Adrian, W and Julie, C! You will be emailed shortly :)
From the creators of Breaking
Bad comes the critically acclaimed prequel to one of TV’s most successful
shows, Better Call
Saul. The first season will be releasing on September 2nd on DVD
and Blu-ray. To celebrate the release, thanks to Sony Pictures, you can WIN
1 of 3 awesome Saul
Goodman POP! vinyl figures!
To be into win all you have to do is pre-order on either DVD or Blu-ray and
you will automatically go in the draw. This cute POP! vinyl is of Saul Goodman
dressed in his black suit, pink shirt, blue tie, Bluetooth headset, and his
trademark, “Better Call Saul” finger point.
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Competition now closed. Congratulations to our winner Willie. D! We
will email you shortly to arrange your prize :)
To celebrate the release of the romantic drama The Longest
Ride, thanks to Universal Pictures, we've got an awesome gift box
prize to giveaway! The film will be releasing on August 26 on DVD and Blu-ray
and all you have to do is pre-order before release to automatically go in
the draw.
If you're the winner, you'll get to choose which gift box you would like to
receive. Each set is worth up to $230 each!
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Coming up this month we've got some awesome titles releasing!
1. Fast & Furious 7
Our biggest release, just in time for Father's Day, is the epic Fast & Furious
7! The 7th film in the franchise will be releasing on DVD and
Blu-ray on August 19 along with the 7 Movie Collection
Box Set.
As a special for Father's Day you can get the DVD
Box Set which can be personalized. Just insert a photo of you and your dad
(if you wish)!
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Here's a recap of all the must watch trailers that came out
this week…
1. Deadpool
The biggest release this week was the awesome trailer for
Deadpool starring Ryan
Reynolds as the Merc with a Mouth!
Fans have been dying for this to release after the teaser was shown at Comic
Con last month. Watch the above trailer again and again and again!
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We've got Disney's Tomorrowland
releasing on DVD and Blu-ray on September 30. To celebrate, thanks to Sony
Pictures, we've got three awesome Tomorrowland prize packs to giveaway with
a twist!
To be into win all you have to do is pre-order Tomorrowland on DVD or
Blu-ray!
We'll be selecting one lucky monkey for a special mission who will be sent a
Tomorrowland pin. They'll receive instructions on what to do in order to claim
your prize!
Prize pack includes:
- Tomorrowland Bag
- Tomorrowland T-Shirt
- Tomorrowland Cap
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Thanks to Universal Pictures we've got a very special offer when you
pre-order the Minions
movie on DVD!
If you pre-order the DVD
before the 20th of August 2015 you can get a name of your
choosing printed on the sleeve of your copy of the DVD!
To let us know which name you would like printed just add the name while you
are in the check out process under Shipping. Enter the name in the Special
Delivery Instructions field as per the photo example.
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This weeks news is all about trailers. A few key trailers were released this
week along with some indie film trailers that looked interesting. Check them
out below!
1. Full length trailer for The Hunger Games Mockingjay:
Part 2
2. Full trailer for the new Bond film Spectre
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For today's #TBT (Throwback Thursday) we go back to the year 1982!
Check out the clip above from Entertainment Tonight to see how
awesome this year was for sci-fi
films. Check out more about the films as follows…
1. Blade
Runner
Blade Runner is definitely one of those films that any film buff has in there
collection. This sci-fi classic is directed by well known sci-fi director Ridley
Scott and stars Harrison
Ford, Rutger
Hauer and Sean Young.
It is set in Los Angeles in the year 2019.
The visual style of the film was amazing with Scott taking landscapes from
Hong Kong and influenced by the Fritz Lang film Metropolis.
8.2/10 IMDb
91% Rotten Tomatoes
88% Metacritic
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