The acclaimed drama Dallas Buyers Club arrives on Blu-ray this week, so there's absolutely no excuse for missing Matthew McConaughey's remarkable performance before the Academy Awards next month.
As Maverick and Goose once said, “I feel the need … the Need for Speed!”
Scheduled to open in theaters on March 14th is the new action film Need for Speed from Act of Valor director Scott Waugh. The movie is based on the popular video game of the same name by Electronic Artists and was written by John Gatins (Real Steel) and George Nolfi (The Adjustment Bureau). Produced by Steven Spielberg’s DreamWorks Pictures, the film’s cast includes Aaron Paul (TV’s Breaking Bad), Imogen Poots (That Awkward Moment), Dominic Cooper (Reasonable Doubt), Ramon Rodriguez (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen), Kid Cudi (TV’s How to Make It in America), Rami Malek (Oldboy), Harrison Gilbertson (Beneath Hill 60), Dakota Johnson (21 Jump Street), and Michael Keaton (Batman).
Famously, the popular video game did not have much of a narrative story. It was basically about driving as fast as possible and earning points to purchase faster cars. However, the movie’s storyline follows a street racer fresh from prison named Tobey Marshall (Paul), who was framed and joins a cross-country race with revenge in mind.
Last November, I had an opportunity to visit director Scott Waugh’s Bandito Brothers office in Los Angeles (along with several other members of the press) to screen 20 minutes of the film and speak with Waugh and actor Aaron Paul about working on the project.
You know that nightmare where you're locked in an industrial freezer, slowly shivering to death with no company except for slabs of dangling pig meat?
Wait, you don't have that nightmare? Am I the only one?
Well, I won't be for long. Not now that Freezer is available on Blu-ray.
With Machete Kills hitting Blu-ray today, fans of action and over the top comedy can bring the titular one man wrecking machine into their living rooms and onto all their devices.
Buckle up and prepare to ride shotgun with Danny Trejo for a full-tilt adventure that doesn't skimp on explosions, sexy ladies, big guns, cackling villains, blood, splatters, car chases, gleefully goofy reveals, boobs, and nameless henchmen mowed down by Machete.
Lately, to call a movie a romantic comedy almost seems like a slight; the label kicks up mental dust of meet-cutes, shallow wish-fulfillment, and contrived obstacles to fatuous love.
With Enough Said arriving on Blu-ray this week, though, audiences can be reminded of the genre's inherent strengths. And in high definition, no less.
Now that the Golden Globes are over, all eyes turn to the Oscars.
With the announcement of the 86th Academy Awards nominations only a few days away, we here at IAR thought it was time to weigh in on the names we think will be read on Thursday morning.
IAR's Oscar expert Brett Gursky and IAR's Managing Editor Jami Philbrick give their predictions on which acclaimed films and performances will go from awards season favorites to official competitors in the Oscar race.
And just like that, another year is coming to a close.
2013 isn't yet over, but as we enter the last few days of December, everyone is giving in to the urge to look back, to take stock, to see how far we've come, and think about where we're going. We haven't yet busted out our 2014 calendar, but we are still taking for granted that Earth is bound to complete another rotation of the sun.
It's been a busy year around IAR HQ, one complete with plenty of material of which we're immensely proud. So at the end of one year and the beginning of a new one, we're flipping through our figurative family photo album to select those pictures in which we look the most attractive. And we're doing it for your enjoyment. By which I mean to say we're sharing a selection of notable stories, updates, interviews, and oddities that represent what we're all about.
For your navigational convenience and enjoyment, out BEST OF 2013 conglomeration has been divided into several simple categories, from Big-Time Rogue interviews to coverage of superhero movies to IAR's set visits to our discussions with some directors and legends, as well as highlights from promotional junkets and the biggest conventions. We also have sections devoted to some of the stars we've lost over the last year, as well as interview material with figures from awards season favorites.
Simply click on any of the colorful links to enjoy the best material from 2013!
In the middle of the holidays, many, many people are exasperated by their families. Luckily, though, those people don't have to contend with their clans in witness protection. Nor do they have to dodge rocket launchers.
In The Family, hitting Blu-ray today, a nuclear family has to deal with their own criminal leanings, being dislocated to a foreign land, and having rockets launched at them by vengeful mafia hitmen. It's a recipe for an anarchic dark comedy with plenty of action to spice up the holidays for you and your entire family.
Believe it or not, it’s already time to predict the Oscars. The year in movies is winding down and the 86th Academy Awards are less than three months away. The race is on, with front-runners taking the lead and others in the mix hoping to shake things up. A few movies have still not yet been released, but every film that hopes to qualify for the Oscars will be in theaters by the last day of December. Here is how the six major categories are taking shape, with the top contenders fighting for the five coveted slots (or, in the case of Best Picture, up to ten).
Like its hero, Man of Tai Chi is easy to underestimate.
Luckily for Keanu Reeves, that just makes it easier for his directorial debut to roundhouse kick the audience in the jaw with a lean yet powerful martial arts experience. With Man of Tai Chi, now available on high definition Blu-ray, Reeves proves that he's not simply an actor who can convincingly chop it up, but he's also a director who is fluent in real Hong Kong action.
