"THE VAMPIRE BAT" Vintage Horror Gem Flies Onto DVD & Blu-ray April 25

"THE VAMPIRE BAT" Vintage Horror Gem Flies Onto DVD & Blu-ray April 25

Vintage Horror Gem The Vampire Bat Debuts HD Restoration
On Special-Edition Blu-ray & DVD, April 25th

All-Star Cast Includes Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Melvyn Douglas & the Immortal Dwight Frye in Macabre, 1933 Tale of Vampire Attacks

ROCKPORT, Mass. — April 1, 2017 — For Immediate Release —The Film Detective, in conjunction with UCLA Film & Television Archive, presents The Vampire Bat like never seen before – digitally mastered from new 35mm film elements preserved by the Archive – flying onto Blu-ray and DVD April 25.

This stylized and macabre tale was directed by Frank R. Strayer, who spins a thrilling tale from Hugo-nominated screenwriter Edward T. Lowe (House of Frankenstein, House of Dracula), that will have you craving more films from the first Golden Age of Horror!

 

About The Vampire Bat …

When corpses drained of blood begin surfacing in the small European village of Kleines Schloss, town elders suspect a vampire is on the loose, but policeman Karl Brettschneider (Melvyn Douglas, Ninotchka, Hud) doubts the existence of blood-sucking creatures.

Arguing the contrary is mad scientist Dr. Otto von Niemann (Lionel Atwill, Doctor X, Mystery of the Wax Museum), who is caring for the patients—terrifying his lab assistant, Brettschneider’s love interest Ruth Bertin (Fay Wray, King Kong, The Most Dangerous Game).

Amid mass hysteria, fingers point at the village idiot, Herman Gleib (Dwight Frye, Dracula, Frankenstein), who has a creepy affinity for bats.  But after local vigilantes eliminate him from the picture, the killings continue … and Brettschneider tries to keep a cool head as he reluctantly starts searching for supernatural answers.

The Vampire Bat is presented in full screen with an aspect ratio of 1.33 and Dolby Digital sound. Restored from a 35mm composite acetate fine grain master and a 35mm nitrate print, UCLA’s restoration recreates the sensational Gustav Brock color sequence, unacknowledged and unseen since first run. 

SPECIAL FEATURES: A Melvyn Douglas featurette with his son, Gregory Hesselberg; and audio commentary by film historian Sam Sherman.

About UCLA Film & Television Archive
UCLA Film & Television Archive is renowned for its pioneering efforts to rescue, preserve and showcase moving image media and is dedicated to ensuring that the collective visual memory of our time is explored and enjoyed for generations to come.  A unique resource for media study, the Archive is one of the largest repositories of moving image materials in the world, with more than 450,000 holdings.  The Archive is celebrated for its restoration work, which is presented at prestigious events around the world.  A selection of notable restoration projects includes: Different From the Others (1919, Richard Oswald), Trouble in Paradise (1932, Ernst Lubitsch), Sons of the Desert (William A. Seiter, 1933), The Red Shoes (1948, Michael Powell/Emeric Pressburger), Woman on the Run (1950, Norman Foster), The Night of the Hunter (1955, Charles Laughton), Scorpio Rising (1963, Kenneth Anger) and Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991). https://www.cinema.ucla.edu

About The Film Detective:
Founder Philip Elliott Hopkins – who has been a fixture in the entertainment industry since 1999 –  has channeled his life-long passion for collecting classic films into The Film Detective, a leading purveyor of restoration and distribution of broadcast-quality, digitally-remastered programming, including feature films, television, foreign imports, documentaries, special interest and audio. Since launching in 2014, the Massachusetts-based company has distributed its extensive library of 3000+ hours on DVD, Blu-ray and through such leading digital and television broadcast platforms as Turner Classic Movies, American Movie Classics, NBC, Bounce TV, Hulu, Amazon, EPIX HD, MeTV, PBS and more. In 2016, the Film Detective launched its OTT classic movies channel streaming on Amazon Fire TV, Roku and Apple TV. Visit us online at http://www.thefilmdetective.com

The Vampire Bat
The Film Detective
Genre: Horror/Classic
Original Release: 1933 (B&W/Color)
Not Rated
Format: Blu-ray & DVD
Running Time: Approx. 63 Minutes (Plus Special Features)
Suggested Retail Price: $19.99 Blu-ray/$14.99 DVD
Street Date: April 25, 2017
Catalog #:  FD0740 Blu-ray / FD0767 DVD
UPC Code:  #818522017723 Blu-ray / #818522017730 DVD

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"THE VAMPIRE BAT" Vintage Horror Gem Flies Onto DVD & Blu-ray April 25

"HEIDI" -- Lavish New Adaptation of the Children's Classic Coming April 4

"A familiar crowd-pleaser is back...young kids will eat this up"
-- The Hollywood Reporter

THIS APRIL, JOIN OMNIBUS ENTERTAINMENT FOR
A LAVISH, AWARD-WINNING ADAPTATION OF
A TIMELESS CLASSIC

HEIDI

An international box office smash, filmed on location in the Swiss Alps, this Dove Foundation "Family Approved" live-action feature based on one of the best-selling children's novels of all time, makes its U.S. debut on DVD and Digital April 4, 2017

DVD AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY AT WALMART

HEIDI Official Trailer


With more than 50 million copies in print, Swiss author Johanna Spyri's beloved 1880's novel, "Heidi," is one of the all-time classics of children's literature, which has also spawned numerous adaptations - from a 1937 Shirley Temple vehicle and several Japanese anime series to a Hanna-Barbera feature.  This April, Omnibus Entertainment invites families everywhere to head for the hills with HEIDI, a new, lavishly produced adaptation starring Bruno Ganz and marking the big screen debut of Anuk Steffen as the titular Swiss mountain girl.

Orphan girl Heidi spends the happiest days of her childhood with her eccentric grandfather, Alpöhi (Ganz), cut off from the outside world in a simple cabin in the breathtaking Swiss mountains. Together with her friend Peter, she tends to grandfather's goats and enjoys freedom in the mountains to the fullest.  But these carefree times come to an abrupt end when Heidi is whisked to Frankfurt by her Aunt Dete.  The idea is for her to stay with the wealthy Sesemann family and be a playmate for his wheelchair-bound daughter Klara, under the supervision of the strict nanny, Fräulein Rottenmeier.  Although the two girls soon become close friends and Klara's grandmother awakes a passion for books in Heidi while teaching her to read and write, young Heidi's longing for her beloved mountains and her grandfather grows ever stronger.

 

Spyri originally published "Heidi" as a two-volume novel - "Heidi: Her Years of Wandering and Learning" and "Heidi: How She Used What She Learned" - and, according to the original subtitle, was written "for children and those who love children."  Aside from being translated from the original German into over 50 different languages, HEIDI has also become an enduring figure in children's entertainment through many theater productions; television programs, including one by the BBC and one by Walt Disney; films, including a silent one; a musical play co-written by Neil Simon; a video piece with Paul McCartney and Mike Kelley, and a talking dog version with Angela Lansbury.  There is even a "Heidiland" in eastern Switzerland.

Called "handsomely crafted" (Edmund Lee, South China Morning Post), this most recent adaptation, an international box office smash that has played at top children's film festivals across the U.S., also captured the award for "Best Children's Film" at last year's German Film Awards.  Omnibus Entertainment's DVD features both the original German language version with English subtitles, as well as a dubbed version.

 

HEIDI (111 minutes) Directed by Alain Gsponer. Starring Bruno Ganz, Anuk Steffen, Isabelle Ottman, Quirin Agrippi, Katharina Schuettler, Hannelore Hoger, Maxim Mehmet, Peter Lohmeyer, Anna Schinz, Jella Haasse. 

An Omnibus Entertainment release, distributed by Film Movement.

"HEIDI" -- Lavish New Adaptation of the Children's Classic Coming April 4

"DONNIE DARKO" Returns to US Screens March 31st from Arrow Films

Richard Kelly's Donnie Darko Returns to Theaters
Arrow Films Debuts 4K Restoration of Theatrical & Director's Cuts
Weeklong Runs in Los Angeles, New York and More
Writer-Director Richard Kelly Available for Interviews

"Excitingly original indie vision" - Entertainment Weekly

"A mini-masterpiece" - Empire
   
Los Angeles, CA - Arrow Films has announced the March 31st domestic theatrical debut of the 4K restoration of Richard Kelly's cult hit Donnie Darko. Following a wildly successful re-release in the UK for its fifteenth anniversary, the film will return to theaters in cities across the United States. Fifteen years before "Stranger Things" combined science-fiction, Spielberg-ian touches and 80s nostalgia to much acclaim, Kelly set the template and the benchmark with his debut feature, Donnie Darko. Initially beset with distribution problems, it would slowly find its audience and emerge as arguably the first cult classic of the new millennium. The 4K restoration of Donnie Darko will premiere at the Vista in Los Angeles on March 30th, and officially open in Los Angeles at the Cinefamily and in New York at Metrograph on March 31st.

Described by director Richard Kelly as "The Catcher in the Rye as told by Philip K. Dick", Donnie Darko combines an eye-catching, eclectic cast: pre-stardom Jake (Nightcrawler, Brokeback Mountain, Nocturnal Animals) and Maggie Gyllenhaal ("The Honourable Woman", The Dark Knight), Jena Malone (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The Neon Demon), the late heartthrob Patrick Swayze (Dirty Dancing, Ghost), Drew Barrymore (E.T., "Grey Gardens", "Santa Clarita Diet") Oscar nominees Mary McDonnell (Dances With Wolves, Passion Fish, "Battlestar Galactica") and Katharine Ross (The Graduate, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Stepford Wives), and television favorite Noah Wyle ("ER", "Falling Skies") and an evocative soundtrack of 80s classics by Echo and the Bunnymen, Tears for Fears and Duran Duran.

The brand-new 4K restoration was produced by Arrow Films from the original camera negatives and supervised and approved by Kelly and cinematographer Steven Poster. The 4K restoration premiered to a packed audience at the National Film Theatre in London on December 17th, 2016, with an introduction by Richard Kelly. A screening of the Director's Cut followed the next day. The re-release opened nationwide in the UK on December 23rd, eventually grossing £70,000.

Both the theatrical cut and the director's cut are being made available to venues via a partnership with Cartilage Films, and locations will vary. 

Donnie Darko will also return for weeklong runs in Denver, Columbus, Cleveland, Dallas, Pittsburgh, Phoenix, Tempe, Tulsa and San Francisco on March 31st, and in El Paso, Portland and Detroit on April 7.

Special screenings include Jacksonville, Austin, Dallas, Honolulu, Lubbock, Baton Rouge, Sioux Falls, Oklahoma City, Tucson, Durham and Stamford throughout March and April.  A full list of screenings is available at Cartilage Films.

March 31st Theatrical Release:
The Cinefamily
611 N Fairfax Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90036

Metrograph
7 Ludlow St
New York, NY 10002

Donnie is a troubled high school student: in therapy, prone to sleepwalking and in possession of an imaginary friend, a six-foot rabbit named Frank, who tells him the world is going to end in 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds. During that time he will navigate teenage life, narrowly avoid death in the form of a falling jet engine, follow Frank's maladjusted instructions and try to maintain the space-time continuum.

Donnie Darko (Official 4K Restoration Trailer)


Donnie Darko: English / USA / 113 min (theatrical) /
134 min (Director's Cut)

"DONNIE DARKO" Returns to US Screens March 31st from Arrow Films

Common Is Starring In Revenge Action Thriller "QUICK DRAW" -- Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Content Media Producing

COMMON TO STAR IN REVENGE ACTION THRILLER “QUICK DRAW” FOR LORENZO DI BONAVENTURA AND CONTENT MEDIA

Los Angeles, CA – March 13, 2017 – It was revealed today that Common ("John Wick: Chapter 2," "Suicide Squad," "Run All Night," "Selma," "Now You See Me") will star in a new revenge action thriller titled “Quick Draw” from Content Media and Lorenzo di Bonaventura - producer of the blockbuster “Transformers” franchise, “Deepwater Horizon,” “Shooter,” and the “GI Joe” franchise among others.

Harris Goldberg wrote the screenplay and will direct the film. Featuring hyper intense shoot-outs, choreographed car chases, and lightning fast hand-to-hand combat, the action in “Quick Draw” plays out across the mean streets of Los Angeles.

Lorenzo di Bonaventura is producing the film with Content Media’s Tom Butterfield and David Greenblatt, through his Greenlit Creative company.

In addition to producing “Quick Draw,” Content Media is handling worldwide sales, while CAA will handle USA.

Lorenzo di Bonaventura said: “Harris has such an incredible vision for this film that this collaboration is particularly exciting for us. The narrative he creates is incredibly rich and while intense action defines this movie, the story is also very much character driven. I’m very excited to work with Common, as well as our partners from Content Media, who really comprehend the global potential for the film.”

Content’s Jamie Carmichael and Tom Butterfield said: “’Quick Draw’ is an action packed revenge thriller with character, pathos and extraordinary fire power. Lorenzo is one of the most talented, successful and consummate producers working today and we’re thrilled to be working with him, David and Harris – and Common is dream casting for this role.  We could not be more excited to bring this dynamic project to our friends and clients around the world.”

Principal photography will commence this summer.

Common is a popular and accomplished recording artist, actor, film producer and activist. His multidimensional acting career includes significant starring roles in the films “Selma,” “Run All Night,” “Date Night,” “American Gangster,” “Wanted,” “Smokin Aces,” and “Street Kings.” He also starred as Elam Ferguson on the AMC western television series “Hell on Wheels.”

Common won the 2015 Golden Globe® Award for Best Original Song and the 2015 Academy Award® for Best Original Song for his song "Glory" from the 2014 film Selma, in which he co-starred as Civil Rights Movement leader James Bevel.  He also won an NAACP Image Award for Best Supporting Actor in “Selma.”

Common is represented by CAA, his manager Derek Dudley, and his attorney David Fox.

Harris Goldberg is represented by David Greenblatt’s Greenlit Creative; law firm Jackoway Tyerman Wertheimer Austen Mandelbaum Morris & Klein; and Spitfire Entertainment.

In addition to “Quick Draw,” Content’s impressive film slate includes the comedy “An Actor Prepares” starring Jeremy Irons and Jack Huston; the documentary “Elian” executive produced by Academy Award® winner Alex Gibney, the sci-fi mystery “Origin Unknown” starring Katee Sackhoff; Sundance’s “Cries from Syria” directed by Academy Award® nominee Evgeny Afineevsky; Dan Bush’s supernatural thriller heist “The Vault”, starring James Franco, Francesca Eastwood, Taryn Manning and Scott Haze; the Manolo Blahnik documentary “Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards;  action-thriller “The Worker”, starring Michael Peña, directed by action director Dan Bradley and produced alongside Jeremy Renner’s company The Combine; a documentary feature about the inspiring, Olympic hero turned convicted murder Oscar Pistorius (“Pistorius”); the Maria Callas biopic “Callas & Onassis”, starring Noomi Rapace with Niki Caro directing; the documentary “Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story”, directed by Jon Brewer; and Sci-Fi epic feature “Higher Power”.

About Content Media Corporation
Content Media Corporation is a global entertainment media company based in London with offices in Los Angeles, New York and Toronto, which owns and distributes a significant library of film, television and digital assets. Content Media Corporation’s catalogue contains in excess of 275 theatrical feature titles plus library rights to more than 5,400 hours of TV programming incorporating major drama series, non-fiction entertainment, special event programming, kids’ series, TV movies and mini-series. The company also owns significant stakes in Collins Avenue, an LA based entertainment TV production company, Spirit digital media, a digital production company, and film and television production companies Jigsaw Productions, Campfire and Aito Media Group.

Common Is Starring In Revenge Action Thriller "QUICK DRAW" -- Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Content Media Producing

Psychological Drama/Thriller CLAIRE IN MOTION starring Betsy Brandt ("Life in Pieces", "Breaking Bad") DVD Release (4/11)

“Brandt impresses in this sensitive moving-on drama" - John DeFore, The Hollywood Reporter

Narrative Spotlight Audience Award – SXSW Film Festival 2016
Official Selection, New American Cinema – Seattle International Film Festival 2016

Breaking Glass Pictures will release the upcoming psychological drama/thriller CLAIRE IN MOTION on DVD April 14, 2017.

CAST:   Betsy Brandt, Anna Margaret Hollyman, Chris Beetem, Sakina Jaffrey

SYNOPSIS
Three weeks after Claire’s husband has mysteriously disappeared, the police have ended their investigation and her son is beginning to grieve. The only person who hasn’t given up is Claire. Soon she discovers his troubling secrets, including an alluring yet manipulative graduate student with whom he had formed a close bond. As she digs deeper, Claire begins to lose her grip on how well she truly knew her husband and questions her own identity in the process. Claire in Motion twists the missing person thriller into an emotional take on uncertainty and loss.

CLAIRE IN MOTION is the second feature film by filmmaking team Lisa Robinson and Annie J. Howell ("Small, Beautifully Moving Parts") and stars Betsy Brandt (“Breaking Bad”, “Life in Pieces”) in a breakthrough performance that twists the missing person thriller into an emotional take on uncertainty and loss.


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DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
With this film, we were interested in telling a story about something that’s been lost — both physically and spiritually. It was intriguing to give Claire a life crisis that leads to a bigger mystery, one that unravels her perception of all she knows to be true. We wanted this experience to be closely observed, and to bring intimacy to every element of the film: the acting, the landscapes, and especially the camerawork.

The world of the Appalachian Ohio college town where the story is set, with its lonely streets and manicured homes, imposing rocky cliffs and dark forests, are all filtered through Claire’s slowly destabilizing mind. Her quest to understand her shifting world after a crisis is a metaphor for universal questions: How do we keep changing throughout our lives? How does our own change and behavior surprise those closest to us, or even ourselves? Can we ever really know anyone? These were the ideas that we explored through the writing and directing of Claire in Motion.

Psychological Drama/Thriller CLAIRE IN MOTION starring Betsy Brandt ("Life in Pieces", "Breaking Bad") DVD Release (4/11)

"THE TRANSFIGURATION" Modern Vampire Tale In NY/LA/Major Cities in April -- Watch Trailer

STRAND RELEASING PRESENTS

THE TRANSFIGURATION

Written and Directed by: Michael O'Shea

An official selection at the Cannes Film Festival, writer/director Michael O’Shea’s debut feature The Transfiguration follows troubled teen Milo who hides behind his fascination with vampire lore.

When he meets the equally alienated Sophie, the two form a bond that begins to challenge Milo’s dark obsession, blurring his fantasy into reality. A chilling portrait of violence, The Transfiguration is an atmospheric thriller set against the grit of New York City.

Starring: Eric Ruffin and Chloe Levine
Official Selection: Cannes Film Festival 2016, SXSW 2017
Opens in New York on Friday, April 7th at the Angelika Film Center
Opens in Los Angeles on Friday, April 21st at The Nuart Theatre

 

 

 SXSW SCREENINGS:
March 10th, Alamo Lamar A, 9:30pm
March 13th, Alamo Ritz 1, 9:45pm
March 17th, Alamo Ritz 2, 2:15pm

Talent Attending SXSW Festival and Available for Interviews:
Director Michael O'Shea
Producer Susan Leber
Actor Eric Ruffin (3/10 - 3/14)
Actress Chloe Levine (3/10 - 3/14)
Director of Photography Sung Rae Cho (3/10 - 3/14)
Composer Margaret Chardiet (3/10 - 3/11, 3/13 - 3/16)

(Margaret Chardiet will also be performing a show as Pharmakon during SXSW)

Running time: 97 Minutes. Drama/Horror. In English. Not rated.

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"THE TRANSFIGURATION" Modern Vampire Tale In NY/LA/Major Cities in April -- Watch Trailer

"NEFARIOUS" New Feature Film from @SilentEnvyProductions Premieres in Bellmore 4/21

“NEFARIOUS”

New Film From Long Island Director/Producer Sarah Martin
To Premiere at The Bellmore Movies Friday, April 21st

Horror Thriller Will Leave You Jumping Out of Your Seat!

March, 2017 (Bellmore, NY) -- On Friday, April 21st at 9:30PM Director/Producer Sarah Martin will premiere her brand new film Nefarious at the historic Bellmore Movies (222 Pettit Avenue, Bellmore, NY  11710). The 90-minute feature debut will get the full Hollywood treatment as it is preceded by a red carpet with photographers and over $800 and counting in raffle basket prizes in the lobby!

Synopsis:
After the passing of their father, the Tanners set off to get a fresh new start in the countryside. You've got Logan (Avery Zangri) the oldest, an avid filmmaker & adventurer. Then there's Jake (Alex Louis) the younger one. Witty, but still finding his way. Thanks to their loving, trusting, and endearing Mother (Jamie Ragusa) they always have a great support system and balance to the home. Things start to get strange when they begin to discover parts of the houses dreary, dark past. Things aren't always what they appear to be, but just remember...DONT WAKE MOTHER!



Director/Producer Sarah Martin is breaking into the Film industry backed behind a team of highly experienced and professional directors, writers, producers, and editors.

Sarah was born and raised on the south shores of Long Island, New York. Her passion for the arts drove her to take charge behind the camera.

Currently she's the CEO and Founder of Silent Envy Productions, which will be producing several feature film projects over the next few years. Nefarious is her latest Feature Film Horror Thriller!

When she's not behind the camera, you can find her acting in front of the camera. This year she will be co-starring with Ed Asner and Joan Jett in DINOSAUR!

Now, as she’s set to debut her brand new feature Nefarious at The Bellmore Movies on Friday, April 21st, you won’t want to miss out on this thrilling horror thriller and join in on the fun post-screening at the Official After-Party taking place right next door at The Third Rail!

For Tickets to the “Nefarious” Premiere at The Bellmore Movies, VISIT: http://bit.ly/2lUc9W6 OR email SilentEnvyProductions@Gmail.com

*Tickets Exchanged for Wristband at the Door

"NEFARIOUS" New Feature Film from @SilentEnvyProductions Premieres in Bellmore 4/21

"THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS" April 14 -- Watch the Trailer Here

THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS
Release date: April 14, 2017

Genre:        Action-Thriller       
Cast:        Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham,
        Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson,
        Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Helen Mirren,
        Nathalie Emmanuel, Elsa Pataky, Scott Eastwood with
        Kurt Russell and Charlize Theron
Directed by: F. Gary Gray
Writer:    Chris Morgan
Based on Characters Created by:    Gary Scott Thompson       
Produced by: Neal H. Moritz, Vin Diesel, Michael Fottrell
Executive Producers: Amanda Lewis, Samantha Vincent, Chris Morgan

On the heels of 2015’s Furious 7, one of the fastest movies to reach $1 billion worldwide in box-office history and the sixth-biggest global title of all time, comes the newest chapter in one of the most popular and enduring motion-picture serials of all time: The Fate of the Furious. 

Now that Dom and Letty are on their honeymoon and Brian and Mia have retired from the game—and the rest of the crew has been exonerated—the globetrotting team has found a semblance of a normal life.  But when a mysterious woman (Oscar® winner Charlize Theron) seduces Dom into the world of crime he can’t seem to escape and a betrayal of those closest to him, they will face trials that will test them as never before.  


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From the shores of Cuba and the streets of New York City to the icy plains off the arctic Barents Sea, our elite force will crisscross the globe to stop an anarchist from unleashing chaos on the world’s stage…and to bring home the man who made them a family.

For The Fate of the Furious, Vin Diesel is joined by a returning all-star cast that includes Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Nathalie Emmanuel, Elsa Pataky and Kurt Russell.  In addition to Theron, the series welcomes newcomers Scott Eastwood and Oscar® winner Helen Mirren.  The film is directed by F. Gary Gray (Straight Outta Compton) and produced by returning producers Neal H. Moritz, Michael Fottrell and Diesel.

http://www.fastandfurious.com

"THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS" April 14 -- Watch the Trailer Here

"THE SWAN PRINCESS: ROYALLY UNDERCOVER" Spy Adventure Comes to DVD March 28

A Spy Adventure Awaits in the Next Installment of the Beloved Swan Princess Franchise

THE SWAN PRINCESS: ROYALLY UNDERCOVER

Available on DVD March 28
Bonus Materials Include a Behind-the-Scenes Featurette with Macy Kate in the Recording Studio

CULVER CITY, Calif. (February 13, 2017) – The Swan Princess is back, with an all-new feature length movie! Get ready to go on an undercover detective adventure when THE SWAN PRINCESS: ROYALLY UNDERCOVER arrives for the first time on DVD March 28 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The newest installment of the beloved animated franchise follows the enchanting tale of young Princess Alise and her friends as they embark on a new adventure where they solve a royal mystery using their detective skills and spy gadgets. Featuring fan-favorite characters and all news faces, this next installment is the perfect fit for a new generation of Swan Princess fans, as well as nostalgic fans of the franchise.

Join “The X Factor” star Macy Kate in the studio as she records the theme song for THE SWAN PRINCESS: ROYALLY UNDERCOVER, "Born to Be Me." Macy Kate also sang the theme song in the previous installment, THE SWAN PRINCESS: PRINCESS TOMORROW, PIRATE TODAY, which was titled "I'll Be Your Star."

Watch the Trailer:


 
Synopsis:

After mysterious visitors arrive in the Kingdom, Princess Alise, Lucas and their friends go undercover on a secret spy adventure to see if they can be trusted. They will need all of their superior detective skills as well as some super cool gadgets to solve the royal mystery and save the Kingdom.

Directed by Richard Rich from a story by Richard Rich and Brian Nissen, and a screenplay by Brian Nissen, THE SWAN PRINCESS: ROYALLY UNDERCOVER was produced by Richard Rich, Seldon O. Young, and Jared F. Brown, with Seldon O. Young, serving as executive producer. 

DVD Extras Include:

§  In the Recording Studio with Macy Kate

THE SWAN PRINCESS: ROYALLY UNDERCOVER has a run time of approximately 79 minutes and is rated G.

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"THE SWAN PRINCESS: ROYALLY UNDERCOVER" Spy Adventure Comes to DVD March 28

"RAW" -- What Are You Hungry For?

"RAW"

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY Julia Ducournau

CAST Garance Marillier Ella Rumpf Rabah Naït Oufella

SYNOPSIS
Everyone in Justine’s (Garance Marillier) family is a vet.  And a vegetarian.  At sixteen she’s a brilliant student starting out at veterinary school where she experiences a decadent, merciless and dangerously seductive world.  Desperate to fit in, she strays from her family principles and eats RAW meat for the first time. 

Justine will soon face the terrible and unexpected consequences as her true self begins to emerge…

Focus World presents RAW, a Petit Film, Rouge International, FraKas Productions production in association with Ezekiel Film Production and Wild Bunch.  Written and directed by Julia Ducournau (JUNIOR).

 

 

 The movie stars Garance Marillier (JUNIOR), Ella Rumpf, Rabah Naït Oufella, Laurent Lucas and Joana Preiss.  Director of Photography is Ruben Impens. Original music is composed by Jim Williams. Editor is Jean-Christophe Bouzy.  Production designer is Laurie Colson. Costume designer is Élise Ancion.  Produced by Jean Des Forêts, Julie Gayet, Nadia Turincev, Jean-Yves Roubin and Cassandre Warnauts.  

In advance of its theatrical release RAW has picked up several prizes from film festivals around the world including; the Fipresci Prize at Cannes Critics' Week; the Sutherland Award for Best First Feature at the BFI London Film Festival; Best Director award at Fantastic Fest’s “Next
Wave” competition; the Golden Octopus Award and the Audience Award at the Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival; three prizes at the Sitges-Catalonian International Film Festival including the Citizen Kane Award for Best Up-and-Coming Director, the Méliès d’Argent Award for Best Feature-Length European Film, and the Carnet Jove Jury Award for Best Feature-Length Film.

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"RAW" -- What Are You Hungry For?

"BLOOD MONEY" -- "Skins" Stars Reunite in New Thriller Movie

"Skins" Stars Reunite in New Thriller Movie

BLOOD MONEY

Worldwide 7 March 2017

Skins actors Ollie Barbieri (JJ Jones) and Klariza Clayton (Karen Mclair) reunite in a tense new thriller, Blood Money. Released this week, the film is available to watch on several major online platforms including iTunes, Amazon Video, Google Play and the Microsoft Store. 

It’s been 10 years since Skins first aired on E4 and the characters have all grown up. Today Barbieri has transformed himself from JJ, the socially inept teenager, to Reese, the wily and sharp-witted leader of the gang in Blood Money - a psychological thriller in which five friends are forced to hole up in a deserted holiday home after a botched robbery.

The film also stars the 2016 BIFA nominee Scott Chambers, who was recently compared to ‘a young DiCaprio’ by renowned BBC critic Mark Kermode for his portrayal of Richard, a troubled 15 year old with learning difficulties in Joe Stephenson’s Chicken.

 

The film is directed by Luke White and co-produced with his twin brother Edward White.

The story begins after a botched heist in France, as a group of friends are left with a body on their hands and the French police hot on their trail. They hide the body and make a plan to sell the painting and return home. But as they wait for the chance to escape from their secluded holiday home, they realise the body has gone missing. Paranoia and fear sets in and the friends begin to turn on each other. Soon it is clear there’s a killer in the house and the group must figure out who is responsible before they all suffer the consequences…

https://geo.itunes.apple.com/u s/movie/blood-money/id11851279 88?mt=6

Rating: 15 (BBFC)
Production company: Porthos Films / Boxclever Media
Official website: www.bloodmoney-movie.com

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"BLOOD MONEY" -- "Skins" Stars Reunite in New Thriller Movie

"MOANA" Blu-Ray/DVD Available Tuesday, March 7th

Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Epic Comedy-Adventure

“MOANA” Sails Home on Blu-ray™
Tuesday, March 7

Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Moana,” the sweeping story of a spirited teenager who sets sail on a daring adventure to save her people, starring newcomer Auli‘i Cravalho as the voice of brave and tenacious Moana and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (HBO’s “Ballers,” “Central Intelligence”) as the larger-than-life demigod Maui, has dazzled both critics and audiences.

The film earned a 95% critics’ consensus on Rotten Tomatoes and the No. 1 spot at the domestic box office opening weekend. Now, “Moana” sets a new course, arriving to homes on Blu-ray 3D™, Blu-ray, DVD and On-Demand on March 7*.

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Continuing the fun-filled adventure, families can continue their journey filled with hours of extensive and entertaining bonus offerings including: a new, hilarious mini-movie featuring Moana and Maui; an in-depth look at how the people, cultures and heritage of the Pacific Islands shaped the story of “Moana;” revealing Q&A with co-stars Auli‘i Cravalho and Dwayne Johnson, and famed animation directors Ron Clements and John Musker; insider access to Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mark Mancina and Opetaia Foaʻi, the trio behind the film’s moving music; four mini-documentaries highlighting the movie’s groundbreaking effects; deleted scenes; a deleted song; hidden Easter Eggs; music video; “Inner Workings,” the theatrical short film directed by Leo Matsuda that spotlights the internal struggle between a man’s Brain and Heart; and much, much more.

*The film was released on Digital HD/3D and Disney Movies Anywhere (DMA) on Feb. 21.

"MOANA" Blu-Ray/DVD Available Tuesday, March 7th

BLOODRUNNERS -- Blu-ray/DVD Review by Porfle

Even if it didn't eventually turn into a vampire movie, BLOODRUNNERS (Speakeasy Pictures, 2017) would still be a pretty nifty period piece about gangsters vs. cops during the wild and woolly days of Prohibition. 

Former cinematographer Dan Lantz has gone to great lengths to make his directing debut look like a million dollars even if the budget had to be kept on the down-low.  (I'm using that term wrong but you get the idea.)

From its eye-pleasing production design to its exquisite lighting (about which Lantz goes into great detail in the commentary), this is a candy-coated confection that gives both the gritty world of speakeasies and the dark underworld of vampirism the dazzling veneer of a Warren Magazine color comic.

GOODFELLAS this ain't.  Storywise, Lantz and co-writer Michael McFadden, who plays rumpled veteran cop Jack Malone, keep the action on a breezy/pulpy level even when tommy guns are blasting, fists are breaking bones, and blood is in the air. 

It's like a nostalgia-fantasy version of the 30s via the old gangster pictures, with even the green-screen driving sequences made to resemble old-style process shots. (Consequently, some of the gorier elements, such as the discovery of a vampire-ravaged murder victim, seem somewhat more jarring in comparison.)

What's more, the whorehouse run by sassy Madam Rosie (Kerry McGann), Jack's longtime lover, comes off like a sorority house where the girls just happen to get paid for having sex with nice clean-cut gents (including most of the police force).

The film's gorgeous centerpiece set is a speakeasy run by none other than Ice-T as smooth criminal Chesterfield, who--which comes as no surprise--turns out to be the head vampire whose business isn't moonshine but rather high-quality human blood for the discerning undead connoisseur.

Jack comes across as the usual hardbitten "big lug" cop at first, but he has a backstory set in a terrific World War I flashback involving vampirism in the trenches--a novel idea in itself--which ties in nicely with the present storyline and, along with his clumsy semi-romantic scenes with Rosie, makes his character way more sympathetic even when he's using suspects as punching bags.

Another nice touch is the Romeo and Juliet love affair between Rosie's illegitimate daughter Anna (Airen DeLaMater) and Willie (Chris Boylan), a well-meaning lad caught in the tenuous position of working for both Rosie and Chesterfield.  (Which also puts him on the receiving end of Jack's fists.)

Performances are fine, with Peter Patrikios especially fun to watch as Chesterfield's flamboyant human familiar Victor Renfield, who does double duty as operations manager for the speakeasy and coordinator of illicit blood shipments. 

One of the film's highlights occurs when the cops interrupt what they think is a moonshine run on a dark country road, only to discover the horrific true nature of the cargo and the trigger men carrying it (resulting in another of the film's enjoyable vamp-outs.)

As an actor, Ice-T is not only born to this sort of role but obviously has a ball playing it, especially when he gets to sprout fangs and go bats on us.

The film itself finally gives us the full "Famous Monsters" treatment when Jack, Willie, and a loony street preacher named Luther (Jack Hoffman), who happens to know a thing or three about fighting vampires, confront the beastly bloodsuckers in their own deadly lair.  The result is sort of a "Dick Tracy vs. Dracula" blow-out that I found invigorating.

The double-disc set from Speakeasy Pictures contains both Blu-ray and DVD versions of the film.  (The Blu-ray has optional subtitles while the DVD does not.)  Extras on both discs consist of a trailer, gag reel, deleted and extended scenes, and a commentary with Lantz and McFadden that entertains while serving as a primer for budding indy filmmakers.

BLOODRUNNERS doesn't have a TITANIC budget, but the sleek look and artistic attention to period detail are a pleasure to behold.  As action/horror, it's like a lighthearted cross between BLADE and THE UNTOUCHABLES--not nearly as intense, but still a vintage carload of good old-fashioned fun.

http://www.bloodrunnersmovie.com/

BLOODRUNNERS -- Blu-ray/DVD Review by Porfle

First Look Teaser for "ROCK PAPER DEAD" From "FRIGHT NIGHT" Director Tom Holland

Horror Veterans Victor Miller and Tom Holland Return With "ROCK PAPER DEAD"
Currently In Post-Production

ROCK PAPER DEAD is the story of serial killer Peter "The Doll Maker" Harris, who returns to his ancestral family estate after being released from the state's hospital for the criminally insane after twenty years - a "cured" man.

Once inside the old house, anguished memories from a tortured childhood and visitations from past victims shake Peter's resolve, but it isn't until the lovely young Ashley enters his life that Peter makes a fateful decision. One that rekindles old desires that have always ended in murder.

Tom Holland is an acclaimed writer and director known for some of the best horror films of our time, including the iconic Child's Play and the legendary vampire classic Fright Night. Other credits include Psycho II, and numerous Stephen King adaptations, including Thinner and The Langoliers, as well as several episodes of "Tales from the Crypt" and "Masters of Horror."

Rounding out the list of genre legends on the project are co-writer Victor Miller who wrote the original Friday the 13th and composer Harry Manfredini, who scored the original Friday the 13th. Kerry Fleming is the co-writer and Amy Williams (Mothers and Daughters) is producing. Fleming and Miller are also producing.

             WATCH THE TEASER TRAILER

First Look Teaser for "ROCK PAPER DEAD" From "FRIGHT NIGHT" Director Tom Holland

M. Night Shyamalan's "SPLIT" on Blu-ray/DVD April 18th

M. Night Shyamalan's "SPLIT"
 
Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: 4/18/2017
Theatrical Studio: Universal

Writer/director/producer M. Night Shyamalan returns to the captivating grip of The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and Signs with Split, an original thriller that delves into the mysterious recesses of one man’s fractured, gifted mind.

Following last year’s breakout hit The Visit, Shyamalan reunites with producer Jason Blum (The Purge and Insidious series, The Gift) for the film.

While the mental divisions of those with dissociative identity disorder have long fascinated and eluded science, it is believed that some can also manifest unique physical attributes for each personality, a cognitive and physiological prism within a single being.

 

Though Kevin (James McAvoy) has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher (Betty Buckley), there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others.

Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey (Anya Taylor-Joy, The Witch), Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him—as well as everyone around him—as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.

For Split, Shyamalan and Blum reassemble their core team from The Visit, the No. 1-grossing horror film of 2015. Their fellow collaborators include producer Marc Bienstock and executive producers Ashwin Rajan and Steven Schneider.

BD Combo Pack Widescreen / Widescreen (61182941) : Disc 1 (Side A): Split
 Format:      BD Combo Pack      UPC:      0-2519-23875-8-6
 Unit Type:      Standard      Number of Media:      1
 Street Date:      4/18/2017      PreOrder Date:     
 Run Time (HH:MM):      1 Hour 57 Minutes          
 Language:      English      Disc Type:      BD-50 (Single Sided)
 Packaging:      Snap Case with Slip Sleeve      Layers:      Single
 Audio:     English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
English DVS Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
French Canadian DTS Digital Surround 5.1
Spanish DTS Digital Surround 5.1
       Subtitles:      English SDH
Spanish
French

 Edition:      -      Picture:      Widescreen / Anamorphic Widescreen
 Version:      Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD      Color/B&W     COLOR
 Rating:      PG-13      CARA Rating:      -
 Bonus Features:      • Digital Copy of Split (Subject to expiration. Go to NBCUCodes.com for details.)
• Includes UltraViolet (Subject to expiration. Go to NBCUCodes.com for details.)
• The Making of Split
• The Many Faces of James McAvoy
• The Filmmaker's Eye: M. Night Shyamalan


BD Combo Pack Widescreen / Widescreen (61182941) : Disc 2 (Side A): Split
 Format:      BD Combo Pack      UPC:      0-2519-23875-8-6
 Unit Type:      Standard      Number of Media:      1
 Street Date:      4/18/2017      PreOrder Date:     
 Run Time (HH:MM):      1 Hour 57 Minutes          
 Language:      English      Disc Type:      DVD-9 (Single Sided)
 Packaging:      Snap Case with Slip Sleeve      Layers:      Single
 Audio:     English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
English DVS Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
French Canadian Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
       Subtitles:      English SDH
Spanish
French

 Edition:      -      Picture:      Widescreen / Anamorphic Widescreen
 Version:      Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD      Color/B&W     COLOR
 Rating:      PG-13      CARA Rating:      -
 Bonus Features:      • The Making of Split
• The Many Faces of James McAvoy
• The Filmmaker's Eye: M. Night Shyamalan


DVD Widescreen (61182934) : Disc 1 (Side A): Split
 Format:      DVD      UPC:      0-2519-23875-1-7
 Unit Type:      Standard      Number of Media:      1
 Street Date:      4/18/2017      PreOrder Date:     
 Run Time (HH:MM):      1 Hour 57 Minutes          
 Language:      English      Disc Type:      DVD-9 (Single Sided)
 Packaging:      Snap Case with Slip Sleeve      Layers:      Single
 Audio:     English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
English DVS Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
French Canadian Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
       Subtitles:      English SDH
Spanish
French

 Edition:      -      Picture:      Anamorphic Widescreen
 Version:      -      Color/B&W     COLOR
 Rating:      PG-13      CARA Rating:      -
 Bonus Features:      • The Making of Split
• The Many Faces of James McAvoy
• The Filmmaker's Eye: M. Night Shyamalan

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                                        WATCH THE TRAILER

M. Night Shyamalan's "SPLIT" on Blu-ray/DVD April 18th

Olive Films Releases Robert Altman debut, "THE DELINQUENTS", Other Classic March Titles

Olive Films releases Robert Altman's feature directorial debut, "The Delinquents" (1957)

Chicago, IL – Olive Films, a boutique theatrical and home entertainment distribution label dedicated to bringing independent, foreign, and classic films to DVD and Blu-ray, has announced that March 21st will be the Blu-ray debut of five new titles, including Robert Altman’s feature directorial debut, The Delinquents (1957).

“We’re honored to bring this important piece of independent film history to DVD and Blu-ray,” said Alex Kopecky of Olive Films. “Fans can finally appreciate this early effort from the great Robert Altman.”

Making his directorial start in his hometown of Kansas City helming industrial and educational films for the Calvin Company, Hollywood maverick Robert Altman would later find major breakout success with films like MASH (1970) and McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971). As pivotal as those films were, Altman’s feature directorial debut, The Delinquents (1957), should not be forgotten.

In addition to introducing the world to Altman’s creative talents, The Delinquents is also notable for bringing two fledgling stars to audiences’ attentions. Richard Bakalyan, appearing in his first role, would later find success in numerous other troubled teen roles and eventually earned acclaim as a character actor in films such as Chinatown (1972) and Von Ryan’s Express (1965). The film also marked the first starring turn for Tom Laughlin (then billed as Tommy Laughlin), who of course went on to portray the iconic Billy Jack in the Billy Jack series.

The Delinquents was truly a low-budget, independent project. Elmer Rhoden Jr., Kansas City theater owner and president of the Commonwealth Theaters chain, noticed the success of the newly emerging teensploitation delinquent genre. Raising a budget of $63,000 with the help of local businesspeople, Rhoden set out to make The Delinquents with Robert Altman. Altman found himself in charge of a huge amount of the creative and producing effort, handling writing, casting, location scouting, and even transporting the equipment.

As he had previously primarily made industrial and educational films for the Calvin Company, he enlisted the crew, including cinematographer Charles Paddock, from his work in that sector. This resourcefulness also emerged when they used nonprofessional locals as actors and friends’ houses and local businesses as filming locations.

A lot of this necessary resourcefulness translated into a final film that foreshadowed what Altman would accomplish with his career decades later.  The realism created by the crew accustomed to working on industrial documentary projects translates in some areas as similar to the improvisational feeling his later films were known for. In fact, for a party scene in The Delinquents, he instructed the extras to simply have a real party, pretending that the film crew wasn’t there. As his crew moved through the house, many of the moments of the party captured in the film are genuine and unscripted, a precursor to his later films’ improvisations.

The on-location shooting and nonprofessional actors also lent The Delinquents a sense of realism, arguably similar to the realism seen in his later films with his signature overlapping dialogue. In many ways, it could be considered the missing link in his career between industrial documentaries and his narrative works in the coming decades.

Olive Films is proud to present The Delinquents on DVD and Blu-ray available March 21st.

Other Olive Films March Titles

Blu-ray debut of Blast-Off aka Those Fantastic Flying Fools (1967); directed by Don Sharp; starring Burl Ives, Terry-Thomas, Troy Donahue, Gert Frobe, Hermione Gingold, Lionel Jeffries, and Dennis Price.

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH (with optional English subtitles)
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 95 mins
VIDEO:  2.35:1 Aspect Ratio; COLOR
AUDIO: MONO

Blu-ray debut of Phaedra (1962); directed by Jules Dassin; starring Melina Mercouri, Anthony Perkins, Raf Vallone, and Elisabeth Ercy.

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH (with optional English subtitles)
TOTAL RUNNING TIME:  116 mins
VIDEO:  1.66:1 Aspect Ratio; B&W
AUDIO: MONO

Blu-ray debut of The Cardinal (1936); directed by Sinclair Hill; starring Eric Portman, June Duprez, Robert Atkins, O.B. Clarence, Douglas Jefferies, Wilfred Fletcher, Matheson Lang, and F.B.J. Sharp.

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH (with optional English subtitles)
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 74 mins
VIDEO: 1.37:1 Aspect Ratio; B&W
AUDIO: MONO

Blu-ray debut of Won Ton Ton, The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); directed by Michael Winner; starring Madeline Kahn, Bruce Dern, Art Carney, Phil Silvers, Teri Garr, and Ron Leibman.

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH (with optional English subtitles)
TOTAL RUNNING TIME:  92 mins
VIDEO:  1.78:1 Aspect Ratio; COLOR
AUDIO: MONO

About Olive Films
Olive Films is a Chicago-based boutique theatrical and home entertainment distribution label dedicated to bringing independent, foreign, documentary, and classic films to life. Its catalog boasts over 500 titles ranging from Hollywood classics to contemporary titles. More information about Olive Films may be found at olivefilms.com.

Olive Films Releases Robert Altman debut, "THE DELINQUENTS", Other Classic March Titles

THE TROUBLE WITH TERKEL -- DVD Review by Porfle

I remember when computer-generated cartoons a la TOY STORY were a real novelty.  But a million-and-a-half computer-generated cartoons a la TOY STORY later, and they're starting to get a little old. 

Still, a CGI toon like Denmark's English-dubbed THE TROUBLE WITH TERKEL (Indican Pictures, 2010) is fun to look at in a Viewmaster sort of way, with its rubbery-looking 3D-ish characters and diorama-like backgrounds.

Movies like this are, if not strictly kid stuff, then usually fairly wholesome and family-oriented.  But the dirty jokes and sexual innuendos of SAUSAGE PARTY changed that (I haven't seen it but the trailer's enough to convey the idea) and now this story of a nerdy sixth grader who runs afoul of a couple of school bullies really goes full-on "Family Guy and The Simpsons Meet Beavis and Butthead."

Here's an idea of the lowbrow humor: Terkel and his friend Jason, one of those zany "white kid who thinks he's black" types, get a substitute sex-ed teacher named Mr. Balsac, whose first name, of course, is "Dick."  He's a pedophile, natch, and he's planning a class field trip to the seaside to see a baby seal clubbing.

Meanwhile, the two bullies, Nigel and Saki, focus their hostilities on Terkel until he proves himself worthy of their respect by driving the class fat girl to suicide.  (Her swan dive from an upstairs window ends with a gory "splat.") 

But even then, Terkel continues to receive death threats from an unknown stalker.  Could it possibly be former best pal Jason, who's jealous of Terkel's new friends? 

The story is narrated by Marcus, an unctuous Brit who resembles Austin Powers and turns up here and there as various characters, including the kids' hipster music teacher.  Marcus gets the first musical number, a song about how cool he is.

 

The rest of the tunes that pop up every ten minutes or so run hot and cold.  (Nobody bothered to record a translation of Terkel's rap song so it's in the original Danish.)

As for the humor, there's an awful lot of dirty jokes and profanity packed into the dialogue, which works overtime to be funny but is only occasionally successful at it. 

I laughed at Terkel's severely accident-prone little sister Lucy most of all, along with his eternally arguing parents Sheila and Leon whose exchanges consist mostly of the words "yes" and "no" tossed back and forth ad nauseum.  (Sheila sounds a lot like Wanda Sykes for some reason.)  One of the more amusing subplots deals with the fact that Terkel's parents are finally about to get married.   

It took me a while to even begin getting into this movie, since it seems eager to get a bunch of the dirty jokes and other crude humor out of its system first (much of it for pure shock value) before finally congealing into a story.

Fortunately, though, the mysterious stalker angle starts to get interesting as do some of the interpersonal relationships between the characters.  There's even an eleventh-hour plot twist that's actually interesting and even a bit suspenseful. 

The DVD from Indican Pictures is widescreen with Dolby sound and optional English subtitles.  Extras include deleted scenes, mock screen tests, and a making-of featurette, all in Danish, along with a music video for one of the film's songs and a trailer. 

THE TROUBLE WITH TERKEL is the kind of comedy that Mel Brooks might write if he somehow got transformed into a sixth grader again and collaborated with YouTube star Shane Dawson.  If that sounds appealing to you, you'll probably enjoy it.  If it sounds appalling to you, you probably won't.


Tech Specs
Running Time: 88 minutes
Format: 1:78 Flat (35mm)
Sound: Dolby SR
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy
Language: English
Country: USA and Denmark
Language: English
Cast & Crew

Directed by: Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen and Thorbjorn Christoffersen
Featuring: Shark Firestone, Mike Olsen, Marlise Garba-Wright, Richard Janes, Eve Mauro

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THE TROUBLE WITH TERKEL -- DVD Review by Porfle