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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We've got some awesome titles releasing this month on DVD and Blu-ray, be
sure to check them out!
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)!
Check out the action packed trailer below…
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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!
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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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The 2015 Emmy Award nominations were announced in Los
Angeles by Orange
Is the New Black star Uzo Aduba and So You Think You Can
Dance US host Cat Deeley. The ceremony is set to take place on
September 20 at the Microsoft Theatre in LA.
Stand out nominations this year go to Game of
Thrones with an epic 24 nominations in total, American Horror
Story: Freak Show with 19 and Mad Men with
it's final season scoring 11 nominations in total.
For the full list of nominations check out the Emmys website.
Here's a list of the top category nominations:
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The San Diego Comic Con was held over the weekend, it's a huge event filled
with trailers, sneak peeks, star panels and so much more!
Highlights were the Star
Wars panel with Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamil and Harrison Ford attending and
the superhero selfie photo that went viral on social media with Stan Lee! Swing
by our Mighty
Ape Movies Facebook page to check out more photos from Comic Con.
In case you missed, or like me just couldn't keep up with all the news and
excitement of it all here's a recap of all the must see trailers and videos
that were shown there.
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Released just in time for the school holidays is the 2015 TV show Thunderbirds are
Go! with volume 1 and 2 available on DVD for just $19.99 each.
It is the adaptation of the original 1960's Thunderbirds
series using a combination of CGI and miniatures made by NZ's own Weta
Workshop.
The new series of the TV classic, Thunderbirds, will appeal to the little
ones and bring back memories for those of us that grew up following the
adventures of the Tracy family. All your favourite characters return with a
slight revamp into the modern age plus a new Thunderbird craft, ‘Thunderbird
Shadow’ (aka Thunderbird S).
If you'd like to revisit the original TV show we've got the 50th anniversary
edition of the complete series of the 1960s Thunderbirds
in stock and shipping now.
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