Seiken Densetsu Complete Limited Edition Seiken Densetsu series fans and collector’s have a new reason to rejoice, with the announcement of the Seiken Densetsu Music Complete Works Limited Edition set (depending on translation also know as the Seiken Densetsu Music Complete Works Book). This impressive collection of soundtracks and music from the Secret of Mana series and it’s offshoots boasts 19 CDs and 1 DVD. Some of this is music is from games that never … Continue reading
Scarface Humidor Gift Set Scarface is on of the most powerful and well-acted “gangster” films of all time. Now, Universal celebrates this classic Al Pacino with the Scarface Limited Edition Humidor Gift Set. Below is the Universal Studio promo video. The Scarface Humidor Gift set not only includes a remastered editon of Scarface on Blu-Ray, but also the original Scarface from 1932. Here’s the full rundown from NBC/Universal: The humidor’s exterior is hand painted and … Continue reading
In our continuing look at the 50 Gold Film Reels of L.A. Noire we now discuss 1945′s Detour, starring Ann Savage and Tom Neal. Detour is a brisk 68 minutes long and has classic elements of “B” Noir thrillers that popularized the genre. Detour was adapted by the writer of the novel of the same name, Martin Goldsmith. Austrian director Edgar G. Ulmer, born in the Czech Republic and raised in Vienna, did early work … Continue reading
*Update* Treasure Island DVD review here! It’s finally 100% confirmed, Treasure Island 1990 DVD approaches! Check out this graphic released to major vendors as a tie-in for the Ben Hur Anniversary Blu-ray release. A collection of Heston films are set to come out with Treasure Island featured most prominently. Treasure Island 1990 Release Date So according to the full graphic of this ad insert, we’ll get Soylent Green on Blu-ray and The Bible, A Man … Continue reading
Some big news from Rockstar in the last few days. Involving an old IP that Rockstar is now developing in-house and their newest hit franchise as well. Max Payne 3 Release Date Several reports have popped up on the Internet stating that those who have put in early pre-orders for Max Payne 3 have been notified that the retailers has updated the release date based on information from the publisher. Letters from Amazon posted by … Continue reading
Brink made a promise upon it initial debut to reinvent or at the least reinvigorate the first person shooter. Early media gave us glimpses of highly stylized characters and an interesting mixture of traditional shooting mechanics with free-running (parkour) mixed in for good measure. Most people were touting the game as Mirror’s Edge with much more shooting. So how does Brink measure up to expectations? Basics of Brink I took me only a couple nights, … Continue reading
Scarlet Street is a 1945 Film Noir from Austrian director Fritz Lang. Lang was a master of the dark genre of German Expressionism which lent itself so well to the Noir genre. The British Film Institute titled him as the Master of Darkness. Lang was best known for the still popular films, M and Metropolis. Films like these went on to inspire generations of filmmakers and their influences are still felt today. After emigrating from Germany, … Continue reading
Every time I see or hear anything remotely like “has just been revoked” I automatically think of the end of Lethal Weapon 2 after Riggs has been shot, and the South African d-bag claims diplomatic immunity. BLAM! “It’s just been revoked”. Hell yeah, Sgt. Murtaugh! That was Lethal Weapon 2, wasn’t it? Where was I… This is supposed to be about Knights Contract, I’d just rather it not be. The Knight’s Contract So the contract … Continue reading
Gun Crazy (originally called Deadly is the Female) is a 1950 Film-Noir from director Joseph H. Lewis and writer MacKinlay Kantor who wrote the screenplay based on his original work. An interesting side-note, Millard Kaufman received a co-credit as screenwriter. Kaufman was creator of Mr Magoo at the time and later, the popular Spencer Tracy led Film Noir, Bad Day at Black Rock. Kaufman actually had nothing to do with Gun Crazy. Kaufman “lent” his … Continue reading
