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Arrow Season Four Aims for Home Targets August 30

arrow_s4_3d_bd_skew_fnl-e1464726196746-4049011BURBANK, CA (May 31, 2016) – Just in time for Arrow’s fifth season on The CW, viewers can catch up with the thrilling series as Warner Bros. Home Entertainment releases Arrow: The Complete Fourth Season on Blu-rayTM including Digital HD and DVD on August 30, 2016. Averaging 4 million viewers weekly for each original episode, Arrow is The CW’s #3 show among Total Viewers, behind The Flash and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, and the #2 series on The CW amongst Adults 18-34.* The release contains all 23 exhilarating episodes from the fourth season, and The Flash crossover episode; plus over an hour and a half of extra content, including the 2015 Comic-Con Panel, never-before-seen featurettes, deleted scenes, and a gag reel. Arrow: The Complete Fourth Season is priced to own at $49.99 SRP for the DVD and $54.97 SRP for the Blu-ray including Digital HD.

*Source: Nielsen National TV View L+7 US AA%; excluding repeats, specials, and <3 TCs; Season To-Date = 9/21/15-2/7/16

After defeating his most formidable foe to date and riding off into the sunset with longtime flame Felicity Smoak, Oliver Queen (aka The Arrow) left Star City with the hopes of beginning a new life. But will Oliver ever truly be able to leave behind his past as The Arrow, and, if so, what becomes of the team he has worked so hard to assemble? Will military vet John Diggle, Oliver’s sister Thea Queen, and lawyer-turned-vigilante Laurel Lance continue Oliver’s fight without him? And with Malcolm Merlyn having ascended to the top of the League of Assassins as the new Ra’s al Ghul, is anyone really safe?

With Blu-ray’s unsurpassed picture and sound, Arrow: The Complete Fourth Season Blu-ray release will include 1080p Full HD Video with DTS-HD Master Audio for English 5.1. The 4-disc Blu-ray will feature a high-definition Blu-ray and a Digital HD copy of all 23 episodes from Season Four, as well as The Flash crossover episode.

Arrow stars Stephen Amell (Private Practice), Katie Cassidy (Gossip Girl, Melrose Place), David Ramsey (Blue Bloods, Dexter), Willa Holland (The O.C.) and Emily Bett Rickards (Brooklyn), with John Barrowman (Desperate Housewives, Doctor Who), and Paul Blackthorne (The River).  Based on the characters from DC Comics, Arrow is produced by Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television, with executive producers Greg Berlanti (The Flash, Supergirl, Blindspot), Marc Guggenheim (Eli Stone), Andrew Kreisberg (The Flash, Supergirl), Wendy Mericle (Desperate Housewives) and Sarah Schechter (The Flash, Supergirl).

SPECIAL FEATURES

  • Star Crossed Hawks featurette
  • Star Crossed Hawks: The Hunt for Vandal Savage featurette
  • Smooth Criminal: The Damien Darhk Story featurette
  • Arrow: 2015 Comic-Con Panel
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Gag Reel

23 ONE-HOUR EPISODES, PLUS THE FLASH CROSSOVER

  1. Green Arrow
  2. The Candidate
  3. Restoration
  4. Beyond Redemption
  5. Haunted
  6. Lost Souls
  7. Brotherhood

8a. Legends of Today (The Flash; 1st part of 2-hour crossover event)

8b. Legends of Yesterday (Arrow; 2nd  part of 2-hour crossover event)

  1. Dark Waters
  2. Blood Debts
  3. A.W.O.L.
  4. Unchained
  5. Sins of the Father
  6. Code of Silence
  7. Taken
  8. Broken Hearts
  9. Beacon of Hope
  10. Eleven-Fifty-Nine
  11. Canary Cry
  12. Genesis
  13. Monument Point
  14. Lost in the Flood
  15. Schism

DIGITAL HD

The fourth  season of Arrow is also currently available to own on Digital HD. Digital HD allows consumers to instantly stream and download all episodes to watch anywhere and anytime on their favorite devices.  Digital HD is available from various digital retailers including Amazon Video, CinemaNow, iTunes, PlayStation, Vudu, Xbox and others. A Digital HD copy is also included with the purchase of specially marked Blu-ray discs for redemption and cloud storage through participating UltraViolet retail services including CinemaNow, Vudu and Flixster Video.

BASICS
Street Date: August 30, 2016
BD and DVD Presented in 16×9 widescreen format
Running Time: Feature: Approx 1056 min
Enhanced Content: Approx 85 min

DVD
Price: $49.99 SRP
5 DVD-9s
Audio – English (5.1)
Subtitles – ESDH, Latin Spanish, French

BLU-RAY
Price: $54.97 SRP
4-Disc Elite
BD Audio –DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 – English
BD Subtitles – ESDH, Latin Spanish, French

Legends of Tomorrow Season One Arrives from the Future August 23

dclot_s1_3d_bd_skew_fnl-e1464377642415-6053177BURBANK, CA (May 26, 2016) – Control your own fate and catch up with DC’s Legends of Tomorrow as Warner Bros. Home Entertainment releases the complete first season of the epic series on Blu-rayTM including Digital HD and DVD on August 23, 2016. Before the second season returns on The CW, fans can watch all 16 exhilarating episodes from the first season, plus nearly an hour of extra content, including the 2015 Comic-Con Panel, featurettes, and a gag reel. DC’s Legends of Tomorrow is The CW’s #2 show among Total Viewers, coming in only behind The Flash.*  DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: The Complete First Season is priced to own at $39.99 SRP for the DVD and $44.98 SRP for the Blu-ray including Digital HD.

*Source: Nielsen National TV View L+7 US AA%; excluding repeats, specials, and <3 TCs; Season To-Date = 9/21/15-2/7/16

From the creators of The Flash and Arrow comes this Super Hero team-up that combines characters from both series, as well as new heroes from the DC Comics pantheon.  Having seen the future, one he will desperately try to prevent from happening, time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter is tasked with assembling a disparate group of both heroes and villains to confront the unstoppable threat of the immortal Vandal Savage— a threat which not only puts the world at stake, but all of time itself.

With Blu-ray’s unsurpassed picture and sound, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: The Complete First Season Blu-ray release will include 1080p Full HD Video with DTS-HD Master Audio for English 5.1. The 2-disc Blu-ray will feature a high-definition Blu-ray and a Digital HD copy of all 16 episodes from season one.

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow stars Victor Garber (The Flash, Titanic), Brandon Routh (Arrow, Superman Returns), Arthur Darvill (Doctor Who), Caity Lotz (Arrow, Mad Men), Franz Drameh (The Flash, Edge of Tomorrow), and Ciara Renée (The Flash), with Dominic Purcell (Prison Break, The Flash) and Wentworth Miller (Prison Break, The Flash).  Falk Hentschel (The Flash), and Casper Crump (The Flash, Arrow) are recurring guest stars in the series. Based on the characters from DC Comics, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow is produced by Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, with executive producers Greg Berlanti (Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Blindspot, The Mysteries of Laura), Marc Guggenheim (Arrow), Andrew Kreisberg (Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl), Phil Klemmer (Chuck, Political Animals), Sarah Schechter (Arrow, The Flash, Blindspot, Supergirl, The Mysteries of Laura) and Chris Fedak (Chuck, Forever).

BLU-RAY & DVD FEATURES

  • DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: 2015 Comic-Con Panel – Warner Bros. Television Presents a Night of DC Entertainment at Comic-Con 2015: DC’s Legends of Tomorrow
  • Jonah Hex: Hex Marks the Spot – Journey behind the scenes of “The Magnificent Eight” as producers bring the legend of Jonah Hex and the ways of the Old West to life.
  • A Fantastic Voyage: Touring the Waverider Set – Journey behind the scenes with the production design team responsible for bringing the Waverider to life.  From the origin of the time traveling ship, to the VFX that completes the illusion, a complete look.
  • History in the Making – Explore the cross over between fact and fiction, as the Legends team makes contact with a variety of eras thought the series.  Time travel with the heroes and villains of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow.
  • Gag Reel

16 ONE-HOUR EPISODES

  1. Pilot, Part 1
  2. Pilot, Part 2
  3. Blood Ties
  4. White Knights
  5. Fail-Safe
  6. Star City 2046
  7. Marooned
  8. Night of the Hawk
  9. Left Behind
  10. Progeny
  11. The Magnificent Eight
  12. Last Refuge
  13. Leviathan
  14. River of Time
  15. Destiny
  16. Legendary

DIGITAL HD

The first season of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow is also currently available to own on Digital HD. Digital HD allows consumers to instantly stream and download all episodes to watch anywhere and anytime on their favorite devices.  Digital HD is available from various digital retailers including Amazon Video, CinemaNow, iTunes, PlayStation, Vudu, Xbox and others. A Digital HD copy is also included with the purchase of specially marked Blu-ray discs for redemption and cloud storage through participating UltraViolet retail services including CinemaNow, Vudu and Flixster Video.

BASICS
Street Date: August 23, 2016
BD and DVD Presented in 16×9 widescreen format
Running Time: Feature: Approx 704 min
Enhanced Content: Approx 58 min

DVD
Price: $39.99 SRP
4 DVD-9s
Audio – English (5.1)
Subtitles – ESDH, Latin Spanish, French

BLU-RAY
Price: $44.98 SRP
2-Disc Elite 2 BD-50s
BD Audio –DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 – English
BD Subtitles – ESDH, Latin Spanish, French

CBS Home Entertertainment Trips Down Memory Lane with TV Sets

star-trek-original-series-box-set-e1464215551483-8871330Summer is here and that means it’s time for racing in the streets. Or, if you’re not Bruce Springsteen, it’s a time for rest, relaxation, and binge watching. For nostalgia fans from various generations, CBS Home Entertainment is offering up a tasty assortment of television series from country comedy to ripped from the headlines detectives to our favorite science fiction.

The gem of the set may be the complete Blu-ray sets of Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation, part of CBS and Paramount’s celebration of Gene Roddenberry’s creation.

Here are the details:

Beverly Hillbillies: The Official First Season
Release Date: April 26, 2016

Synopsis

Join the Clampett family as they move to the most famous zip code in the world when the seven-time Emmy award®-nominated series THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES: THE OFFICIAL FIRST SEASON arrives on DVD April 26 from CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Media Distribution. This special collection not only includes digitally remastered episodes with upgraded picture and sound, but also features the original extended pilot episode. Rarely seen, this episode offers a special glimpse into TV history with an unfamiliar intro to the new series, The Hillbillies of Beverly Hills, extended scenes, and staged vignettes featuring as-yet unseen characters destined to become one of America’s most favorite TV families.

Full of down-home charm, THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES: THE OFFICIAL FIRST SEASON includes all 36 episodes of the debut season and follows the Clampetts, Jed (Buddy Ebsen), Granny (Irene Ryan), Elly May (Donna Douglas), and Jethro (Max Baer Jr.), as they accidentally strike oil on their land and move from their backwoods cabin to a Beverly Hills mansion. On their journey to fulfill their dreams of swimming pools and movie stars, their humorous hillbilly lifestyle clashes with the “city folk” of Beverly Hills.

have-gun-will-travel-box-art-e1464215611800-7500373Have Gun – Will Travel: The Complete Series 
Release Date: May 10, 2016

Synopsis

Headlined by Richard Boone in his iconic role as the gentleman gunslinger Paladin, Have Gun – Will Travel: The Complete Series arrives in new shelf-friendly packaging with all 225 unforgettable episodes of the celebrated Western on a 35-disc set. A master of languages and fighting arts, and one of the fastest known gunslingers, Paladin travels the desolate desert of the Old West to the hardscrabble homesteads of desperate squatters as a mercenary gunfighter. Featuring guest appearances by Charles Bronson and Vincent Price, and writing by legendary Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, Have Gun – Will Travel is one of the most beloved Westerns in television history.

Star Trek: The Original Series – The Complete Series Blu-ray
Release Date: June 14, 2016

Synopsis

Star Trek: The Original Series – The Complete Series Blu-ray features all three seasons of the iconic sci-fi series in sparkling high-definition. Available for the first time in new, shelf-friendly packaging and at an affordable price, the 20-disc collection features all 79 episodes of the iconic series in high-definition, alongside a trove of bonus material fans will love.

Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols, James Doohan, Walter Koenig and George Takei, Star Trek follows the celebrated crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise as they embark on a five-year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is under the command of Captain James T. Kirk (Shatner). The First Officer is Mr. Spock (Nimoy), from the planet Vulcan. The Chief Medical Officer is Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy (Kelley). With a determined crew, the Enterprise encounters Klingons, Romulans, time paradoxes, tribbles and genetic supermen lead by Khan Noonian Singh. Their mission is to explore strange new worlds, to seek new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.

st-tng-complete-series-e1464215674232-3476143Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Complete Series
Release Date: June 7, 2016

Synopsis

Dive into all seven seasons of the iconic sci-fi series when Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Complete Series arrives on Blu-ray and DVD. Featuring new shelf-friendly packaging at an affordable price, the collections feature all 178 episodes on 41 discs (Blu-ray) and 48 discs (DVD), and both are packed with hours of bonus features.

Set in the 24th century and decades after the adventures of the original crew of the starship Enterprise, this beloved series is the successor to the original Star Trek. Featuring one of the most endearing ensemble casts in television history, Star Trek: The Next Generation took fans on the remarkable continuing voyages of the starship Enterprise with Captain Jean-Luc Picard

(Patrick Stewart), Commander William T. Riker (Jonathan Frakes), Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton), Counselor Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis), Lt. Commander Data (Brent Spiner), Lieutenant Worf (Michael Dorn), Dr. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) and Wesley Crusher  (Wil Wheaton).

Both complete collections will also feature a trove of bonus materials adding up to hours of added content that takes fans behind the scenes of the cultural phenomenon of Star Trek: The Next Generation. The Blu-ray collection also includes recently produced documentaries, cast and crew interviews, and the must-watch cast reunion roundtable that was shot in celebration of the iconic series’ 25th anniversary.

untouchables-box-set-e1464215740628-1954598The Untouchables: The Complete Series
Release Date: May 10, 2016

Synopsis

Witness every episode of the powerful, hard-hitting American crime drama, The Untouchables: The Complete Series. Set in Chicago in the 1930s, The Untouchables is based on the autobiographical memoir by real-life Prohibition crime fighter Eliot Ness, portrayed by Robert Stack who garnered an Emmy® award for his performance. The series chronicles Ness and his special team of agents, nicknamed “The Untouchables,” and were all handpicked for their courage, moral character, and incorruptibility. The famous ensemble cast also includes Abel Fernandez, Nicholas Georgiade, Paul Picerni, Steve London, Bruce Gordon, and Neville Brand. During the four seasons of the popular series, Hollywood icons such as Charles Bronson, Jack Lord, George Kennedy, Robert Vaughn, Robert Loggia, and more also make guest appearances. Available for the first time in convenient, shelf-friendly packaging, The Untouchables: The Complete Series includes 118 episodes on 31 discs.

The Point Radio: Catherine Bell’s Magical Hold On TV

It started as a little TV movie over half a decade ago. Several movies later and now THE GOOD WITCH is into it’s second season as a hit series. Catherine Bell shares a bit of the magic that helps her find such great roles to play. Plus he’s a businessman, reality TV star, morning DJ, stand up comic and the single father of five. Rickey Smiley talks about how he juggles it all.

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Win a Copy of Vinyl: The Complete First Season

vinyl-sd-slipcase-3d-e1464213714252-5994127HBO launched their version of drama within the music business with the hard charging Vinyl, set during the 1970s when music was raw and the types of music were splintering into smaller subsets every year. The series won acclaim and is coming out on Blu-ray June 7. HBO Entertainment has provided us with a copy to give away.

All you need to do is tell us what the 1970s music scene means to you. Tell us by 11:59 p.m., Monday June 6, 2016. Contest is open to United States and Canada readers only. The decision of ComicMix‘s judges will be final.

Vinyl, created by Golden Globe winner and Emmy® nominee Mick Jagger (Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown), Academy Award® winner and Emmy® winner Martin Scorsese (The Departed, Boardwalk Empire) and acclaimed author Rich Cohen and Academy Award® nominee and multiple Emmy® winner Terence Winter (Boardwalk Empire), is set to make its Home Entertainment debut on Digital HD on May 23, 2016 and on Blu-ray with Digital HD and DVD with Digital HD June 7, 2016. Regarded as “the first new must-see series of 2016” (New York Magazine) and “crazy brilliant” (San Francisco Chronicle), the hit new drama series explores the drug- and sex-fueled music business of the 1970s New York at the dawn of punk, disco and hip-hop. Vinyl: The Complete First Season includes ‘Making Vinyl: Recreating the 70s’ featurette and Inside the Episode briefs. Exclusive to DVD and Blu-ray are audio commentaries by Terence Winter, Bobby Cannavale, Olivia Wilde, and where available, the Digital HD will include ‘Behind the Groove’ pieces.

Richie Finestra (Bobby Cannavale, two-time Emmy® winner, Boardwalk Empire), the founder and president of American Century Records, is trying to save his company and soul without destroying everyone in his path. With his passion for music and discovering talent gone by the wayside, and American Century on the precipice of being sold, he has a life-altering event that reignites his love of music, but severely damages his personal life. The drama features an amazing all-star cast including SAG Award nominee Olivia Wilde (Doll and Em), and multiple Emmy® winner Ray Romano (Everybody Loves Raymond). Scorsese, Jagger and Winter executive produce along with Victoria Pearman, Rick Yorn, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, John Melfi, Allen Coulter and George Mastras. Executive music producer, Mick Jagger. Winter serves as showrunner.

Clone Wars, Rebels and more in LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens

lswtfa_boxart3-300x425-3948125Details about upcoming DLC for the already hotly awaited LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens will make fans of the franchise’s various animated series very happy.  Lego announced that available DLC character packs will include characters from Star Wars: Rebels and Clone Wars, as well as characters from the upcoming series Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures, premiering June 20th on Disney XD.

The new Star Wars game takes a page from the LEGO Marvel’s Avengers game by offering a season pass packed tighter than a smuggler’s storage bay, offering extra levels for the main characters of the game, as well as sets of characters from other trilogies and the animated series.

The Season Pass features three brand new Level Packs that extend the LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens adventure with exciting new content not seen in the movie. Each add-on pack will allow players to experience key events from the film in different ways, including Poe Dameron’s journey back to the Resistance base after crash landing on Jakku, the assault on Maz Kanata’s castle through the eyes of Kylo Ren and the collapse of Starkiller Base from the perspective of two Resistance pilots. The Season Pass will also include five (5) Character Packs featuring well-known Star Wars heroes, villains and Droids.

The LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens Season Pass will be available for $9.99 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and Steam (Windows PC). Players can also purchase each DLC Pack individually for $2.99 each. As an added bonus, Season Pass holders will gain exclusive access to The Jedi Character Pack, which will be available at launch on June 28, 2016.

The level packs are:

Poe’s Quest for Survival Level Pack

  • A whole new adventure following Poe Dameron’s journey back to the Resistance base. After his daring escape from the First Order that left him stranded on Jakku, Poe must search for BB-8 and locate a ship to escape the desert planet in an effort to find his way home.
  • Playable characters and vehicles include: Naka Lit, Ohn Gos, Poe Dameron (Jakku), Strus Clan Leader, Strus Clan Raider, Strus Clan Speeder (Full-size Vehicle), Strus Clan Speeder (Microfighter Vehicle)

First Order Siege of Takodana Level Pack

  • Experience the thrilling assault on Maz Kanata’s castle in a new way. Storm the shores of Takodana with Kylo Ren and the First Order in a quest to capture Rey and BB-8 to crush the Resistance forever.
  • Playable characters and vehicles include: Jashco Phurus, Rosser Weno, Strono “Cookie” Tuggs, Thromba, Laparo, Jakku Freighter (Full-size Vehicle), Jakku Freighter (Microfighter Vehicle)

Escape from Starkiller Base Level Pack

  • After crash landing on the surface of Starkiller Base, join the battle from the perspective of two Resistance pilots. With the help of a loyal astromech droid, outmaneuver the First Order to escape the planet before it explodes.
  • Playable characters and vehicles include: C’ai Threnalli, Colonel Datoo, Lieutenant Rodinon, Lt Wright, R3-Z3, Assault Walker (Full-size Vehicle), Assault Walker (Microfighter Vehicle)

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The season pass will also feature five character packs:

The Jedi Character Pack – Season Pass Exclusive / Available June 28, 2016

  • Features powerful members of the Jedi Order. Available exclusively to Season Pass owners.
  • Playable characters and vehicles include: Aayla Secura, Ki-Adi-Mundi, Kit Fisto, Luminara Unduli, Mace Windu, Plo Koon, Saesee Tiin, Shaak Ti, Jedi Interceptor (Full-size Vehicle), Jedi Interceptor (Microfighter Vehicle)

The Prequel Trilogy Character Pack

  • Play as select characters from Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith.
  • Playable characters and vehicles include: Anakin Skywalker (Damaged), Captain Panaka, Darth Maul, Jango Fett, Jar Jar Binks, Padmé Naberrie, Watto, Zam Wesell, Naboo Starfighter (Full-size Vehicle), Naboo Starfighter (Microfighter Vehicle)

The Freemaker Adventures Character Pack

  • Showcases the galaxy’s bravest family of scavengers from the upcoming LEGO animated series, debuting June 20th on Disney XD.
  • Playable characters and vehicles include: Baash (Iktotchi), Graballa the Hutt, Kordi Freemaker, Naare, Raam (Iktotchi), Roger (Battle Droid), Rowan Freemaker, Zander Freemaker, Star Scavenger (Full-size Vehicle), Star Scavenger (Microfighter Vehicle)

Star Wars: Rebels Character Pack

  • Play as the crew of the Ghost from the popular Disney XD animated series.
  • Playable characters and vehicles include: Ahsoka Tano, Chopper, Ezra Bridger, Hera Syndulla, Kanan Jarrus, Sabine Wren, Seventh Sister Inquisitor, Zeb Orrelios, Ghost (Full-size Vehicle), Ghost (Microfighter Vehicle)

The Clone Wars Character Pack

  • Exciting characters from the acclaimed animated series.
  • Playable characters and vehicles include: Asajj Ventress, Aurra Sing, Barriss Offee, Cad Bane, Captain Rex, Commander Cody, Hondo Ohnaka, Savage Opress, Republic Gunship (Full-size Vehicle), Republic Gunship (Microfighter Vehicle)

In addition, people who buy the Deluxe edition of the game will receive early access to a sixth character featuring characters from The Empire Strikes Back, better known as “that really old movie on the snow planetwith the walking thingies” by a young super-hero from Queens (who, coincidentally, also got his own free DLC pack for Marvel’s Avengers this week).

LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be released on June 28, 2016. For the timing and release of all other DLC content, keep an eye on the LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube channels for details.

Lucifer Rises to Home Video Shelves on August 23

BURBANK, CA (May 25, 2016) – Just in time for the second season, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment brings you the “hottest” new series with the release of Lucifer: The Complete First Season lucifer-s1-dvd2-e1464214648770-3933503on Blu-rayTM & DVD on August 23, 2016. Lucifer delivers over 8 million Total Viewers weekly, and is the #3 scripted series on FOX with Households and Total Viewers*.  Fans will feel the burn as they binge on all 13 devilishly delightful episodes from the first season, and indulge in the gripping extras including the 2015 Comic-Con panel, featurettes, character profiles, deleted scenes and a gag reel.

*Source: Nielsen National TV View L+7 US AA%; excluding repeats, specials, sports, movies, and <5 TCs; Season To-Date = 9/21/15-3/20/16

Lucifer: The Complete First Season, on DVD from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, will be available at all major retailers, and is priced to own at $39.99 SRP. Lucifer: The Complete First Season comes to Blu-rayTM courtesy of Warner Archive, and will include all bonus features on the DVD. The Blu-ray releases will also be available starting August 23, 2016 at Amazon.com and all online retailers.

Based on the character from DC Entertainment’s Vertigo comic, Lucifer is bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell, and has resigned his throne and retired to the City of Angels where he is indulging in a few of his favorite things — wine, women and song.  When a beautiful pop star is brutally murdered before his eyes, he feels something awaken deep within him – for the first time in roughly 10 billion years. Is he actually capable of feelings for a human being? The very thought disturbs him — as well as his best friend and confidante, Mazikeen (aka Maze), a fierce demon in the form of a beautiful young woman. The murder attracts the attention of LAPD homicide detective Chloe Decker, who finds herself both repulsed and fascinated by Lucifer. As they work together to solve the murder, Lucifer is struck by Chloe’s inherent goodness. Used to dealing with the absolute worst of humanity, he begins to wonder if there’s hope yet. Maybe everyone’s got a chance for redemption.  Even the Devil.

The series stars Tom Ellis (Rush, Merlin), Lauren German (Chicago Fire), DB Woodside (Suits, 24), Lesley-Ann Brandt (The Librarians), Kevin Alejandro (Southland, True Blood), Scarlett Estevez (Daddy’s Home), Kevin Rankin (Dallas Buyers Club) and Rachael Harris (The Hangover). Based upon the characters created by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg for Vertigo from DC Entertainment, Lucifer is produced by Jerry Bruckheimer Television in association with Warner Bros. Television. Tom Kapinos (Californication) developed the series and serves as executive consultant.  Returning for a second season on FOX, the series is executive produced by Jerry Bruckheimer (CSI franchise, Pirates of the Caribbean films), Jonathan Littman (The Amazing Race, CSI franchise), Joe Henderson (White Collar, Almost Human), Ildy Modrovich (CSI: Miami, Californication) and Len Wiseman (Underworld films).

 

DVD SPECIAL FEATURES

  • Lucifer: 2015 Comic-Con Panel
  • Character Profile: Amenadiel
  • Character Profile: Linda
  • Character Profile: Chloe Decker
  • Character Profile: Dan
  • Devilish Duo
  • Lucifer Morningstar
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Gag Reel

13 ONE-HOUR EPISODES

  1. Pilot
  2. Lucifer, Stay. Good Devil.
  3. The Would-Be Prince of Darkness
  4. Manly Whatnots
  5. Sweet Kicks
  6. Favorite Son
  7. Wingman
  8. Et Tu, Doctor?
  9. A Priest Walks into a Bar
  10. Pops
  11. St. Lucifer
  12. #TeamLucifer
  13. Take Me Back To Hell

DIGITAL HD

Lucifer: The Complete First Season  is also currently available to own on Digital HD. Digital HD allows consumers to instantly stream and download all episodes to watch anywhere and anytime on their favorite devices.  Digital HD is available from various digital retailers including Amazon Video, CinemaNow, iTunes, PlayStation, Vudu, Xbox and others.

DVD BASICS
Street Date: August 23, 2016
Price: $39.99 SRP
Presented in 16×9 widescreen format
Running Time: Feature: Approx 560 min
Enhanced Content: Approx 30 min
3 DVD-9s
Audio – English (5.1)
Subtitles – Eng SDH and French

Gotham Season 2 Coming to Blu-ray August 16

gotham-s2-bd1-e1464214110948-5681161BURBANK, CA (May 24, 2016) – Building on the momentum of its wildly successful first season, Gotham turned up the heat with a villain-centric second season that has elevated the series to No. 2 among Fox shows*. Fans have the chance to prepare for this fall’s suspenseful third season with the August 16, 2016 release of Gotham: The Complete Second Season on Blu-rayTM including Digital HD and DVD from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE).

*Source: Nielsen National TV View L+7 Men 12-17 US AA%; excluding repeats, specials, sports, and <2 TCs; Season To-Date = 9/21/15-2/7/16

The WBHE release of the Gotham: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray including Digital HD ($54.97 SRP) and DVD ($49.99 SRP) includes all 22 episodes of the series’ thrilling second, as well as fascinating featurettes, Gotham’s 2015 Comic-Con panel, deleted scenes and a gag reel.  Gotham: The Complete Second Season is also available to own on Digital HD via purchase from digital retailers.

Darkness saturates Gotham in its triumphant second season as the city’s villains continue to rise from the shadows, each more ambitious and depraved than the last. As Penguin continues to solidify his control over Gotham’s underworld, the battle for power in the city has become a game of interesting alliances on both sides of the law – with detectives Jim Gordon and Harvey Bullock at the forefront of the fight against crime in the dangerously corrupt city. Season Two witnesses Gordon’s moral compass wavering as he confronts Gotham City’s most notorious criminals while simultaneously attempting to gain the trust of young Bruce Wayne, a boy now clearly on the path toward the man he is destined to be. And all the while, Gotham follows the intriguing origin stories and evolution of some of the city’s most infamous personalities, including Edward Nygma/The Riddler, Selina Kyle/Catwoman, Hugo Strange and Mr. Freeze.

“We are thrilled to release Gotham: The Complete Second Season on Blu-ray and DVD so fans can catch up and relive the exciting and unexpected twists ahead of the highly-anticipated third season,” said Rosemary Markson, WBHE Senior Vice President, Television Marketing. “The Blu-ray release offers Gotham fans the ultimate viewing experience with superior picture, optimal sound quality and an array of special bonus content, making this release a must-own DC title.”

Gotham: The Complete Second Season features a star-studded cast including Ben McKenzie (Southland, The O.C.) as Jim Gordon, Donal Logue (Vikings, Sons of Anarchy) as Detective Harvey Bullock, David Mazouz (Touch) as the young Bruce Wayne, Morena Baccarin (Homeland, Firefly) as Dr. Leslie Thompkins, Sean Pertwee (Elementary, Event Horizon) as Alfred Pennyworth, Robin Lord Taylor (The Walking Dead, Another Earth) as Oswald Cobblepot/Penguin, Erin Richards (Open Grave, Breaking In) as Barbara Kean, Camren Bicondova as Selina Kyle, Cory Michael Smith (Carol) as Edward Nygma, James Frain (True Blood, Orphan Black) as Theo Galavan, Jessica Lucas (Gracepoint, Pompeii) as Tabitha Galavan, Chris Chalk (The Newsroom, Homeland) as Lucius Fox, Drew Powell (The Mentalist, Ray Donovan) as Butch Gilzean, Nicholas D’Agosto (Election, Heroes) as ADA Harvey Dent, and Michael Chiklis (The Shield, The Commish) as Captain Nathaniel Barnes.  The series also features guest stars Jada Pinkett Smith (HawthoRNe, The Matrix films) as Fish Mooney, Nathan Darrow (House of Cards) as Victor Fries/Mr. Freeze, BD Wong (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Oz) as Professor Hugo Strange, Cameron Monaghan (Shameless, The Giver) as Jerome Valeska, Natalie Alyn Lind (The Goldbergs) as Silver St. Cloud, Richard Kind (Inside Out, Mad About You) as Mayor Aubrey James, Paul Reubens (Pee Wee Herman films, Batman Returns) as Elijah Van Dahl, Melinda Clarke (The O.C.) as Grace Van Dahl, Michelle Veintimlla (The Good Wife) as Bridgit Pike/aka Firefly, and Carol Kane (Young Frankenstein) as Gertrud Kapelput.  Based on the characters from DC Comics, Gotham is executive produced by Bruno Heller (The Mentalist, Rome), Danny Cannon (Nikita, CSI series) and John Stephens (Gossip Girl) and produced by Warner Bros. Television.

BLU-RAY & DVD SPECIAL FEATURES 

  • Gotham: 2015 Comic-Con Panel: Warner Bros. Television Presents a Night of DC Entertainment at Comic-Con 2015: Gotham
  • Gotham by Noir Light: Gotham is deeply cast into the film noir technique and edgy attitude. The camera’s lens is able to pick up on the subtlety for the fans to enjoy a modern update to an age old tradition, of how to paint with shadow and light.
  • Alfred: Batman’s Greatest Ally: This story is about Gotham’s take on the father/son bond between Bruce Wayne and his butler Alfred. The depth of the mythology from the comic books comes to life on the series. Poignant and powerful.
  • Cold Hearted – The Tale of Victor Fries: The mix of cold blood and a warm heart. We examine the humanistic melt-down of Victor Fries in pursuit of a cure for his love, Nora.
  • Character featurettes

22 One-Hour Episodes 

  1. Damned If  You Do
  2. Knock Knock
  3. The Last Laugh
  4. Strike Force
  5. Scarification
  6. By Fire
  7. Mommy’s Little Monster
  8. Tonight’s The Night
  9. A Bitter Pill to Swallow
  10. The Son of Gotham
  11. Worse Than A Crime…
  12. Mr. Freeze
  13. A Dead Man Feels No Cold
  14. This Ball of Mud and Meanness
  15. Mad Grey Dawn
  16. Prisoners
  17. Into the Woods
  18. Pinewood
  19. Azrael
  20. Unleashed
  21. A Legion of Horribles
  22. Transference

DIGITAL HD

The second season of Gotham is also currently available to own on Digital HD. Digital HD allows consumers to instantly stream and download all episodes to watch anywhere and anytime on their favorite devices.  Digital HD is available from various digital retailers including Amazon Video, CinemaNow, iTunes, PlayStation, Vudu, Xbox and others. A Digital HD copy is also included with the purchase of specially marked Blu-ray discs for redemption and cloud storage through participating UltraViolet retail services including CinemaNow, Vudu and Flixster Video.

BASICS 

Street Date: August 16, 2016
Running Time: Feature: 968 min
Enhanced Content: Approx. 93 min.
Price: $49.99 SRP

DVD Standard Features
6 DVD-9s
Language: English (5.1)
Subtitles: English SDH, Latin Spanish, French
Presented in 16×9 Widescreen Format

Blu-ray Features
Price: $54.97
4-Disc Elite (4 BD-50s)
DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 – English, Castilian Spanish 2.0
Subtitles: ESDH, Latin Spanish, French
Presented in 16×9 widescreen format

Box Office Democracy: The Angry Birds Movie

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Last month I started hearing some buzz that The Angry Birds Movie was the next Lego Movie, a license that everyone thought would make a garbage movie that instead made for a critical darling and a smash hit (if animated movies aren’t your thing, Iron Man was the same scenario way back when). I didn’t think it was possible because the trailer was so insufferable it became my least favorite part of seeing any kids’ movie the last few months, but I went in to the movie with my eyes open. The Angry Birds Movie is so bad that I want to believe all the good things I heard were part of some sort of insidious astroturfing campaign to buoy a terrible movie. It almost certainly isn’t true, but it’s vastly preferable to believing that actual people enjoyed this lazy tie-in movie that missed its moment by almost half a decade.

There’s a persistent problem among mediocre children’s movies of either severely lacking in plot or feeling like the three acts are completely separate entities with no connective tissue.  Angry Birds dodges those particular critiques, but does so by throwing just so much plot at the screen and hoping anything sticks. There’s an anger management class, there’s an invasion of pigs, there’s the search to find a legendary hero, there’s even some light municipal corruption. Because of all this, there’s almost no way to figure out what the thematic message of the film is. I’m not sure if a kid watching this movie is supposed to be wary of outsiders or appreciating the value of being angry. There’s even a compelling case to be made for both believing in and not believing in the value of idols. It’s all over the map. What it does do effectively is deliver a ton of crude jokes, and judging from the reactions of the kids in my screening the more a joke could relate to poop or pee, the more laughs it would get from this crowd.

While a lot of this must have gone over the heads of the target audience, there was a fair amount of dark content in this movie that was rather striking. The movie is, ultimately, about this gang of pigs coming to this island full of birds and stealing all their eggs. Eggs are only treated as a foodstuff by the pigs and are expressly considered as unborn children by the birds so it’s a little strange to have a children’s movie be about fetal cannibalism. There’s also a joke where the main character calls a background character a pedophile for his tendency to offer hugs to people. This is a character who runs a business as a “hug trader” which, while it would be strange in the real world, doesn’t seem out of whack with the other things on this idyllic island full of birds that only feel happy. The Angry Birds Movie is an easy-going kids movie 90% of the time, but there’s a dark cynicism underneath that I found unappealing and grating.

Perhaps the most frustrating part of this film is that the climax of the film is just a film adaptation of the gameplay of the mobile game. The birds set up a slingshot and fire themselves at the pig city and wreck the place. All the birds that are from the game have their powers regardless of if they’ve done anything suggesting they had those powers before, and this goes on and on. It doesn’t feel faithful to the rest of the film in any particular way, but rather feels like either someone at the studio or someone at Rovio Entertainment insisted it had to be in there or audiences would feel cheated or wouldn’t recognize it as an adaptation of the game or some nonsense. It didn’t fell necessary, it wasn’t visually interesting or funny, and it didn’t advance the plot— it just made me groan and roll my eyes.

It’s a shame that The Angry Birds Movie came out so close on the tail of Norm of the North, because it puts such a damper on my ability to really tear in to it. While Angry Birds is a bad movie at least it’s a movie, at least it has a story, at least it has a coherent style. My entire calibration system for bad animated movies might still be out of whack, because as little as I liked Angry Birds I appreciated the little things it did right, like the one joke that made me laugh or the more interesting soundtrack choices. It’s certainly damning with faint praise to say that Angry Birds is definitely not the worst movie I’ve seen all year— but it’s head and shoulders above the bottom, a triumphant sort-of bad.

REVIEW: Red’s Planet

Red’s Planet Book 1
By Eddie Pittman
Amulet, 192 pages, $19.95/9.95

Red's PlanetBeauty is in the eye of the beholder but there appear to some things that are universally acclaimed, so science fiction is rife with aliens that like to collect things. Add to the growing list the Aquilari, who ply the spaceways in their flying saucer, scooping up rare and fascinating artifacts. Their most recent acquisition is a 1964 Ford Galaxie 500, refurbished into a rural Georgia police car. When the aliens gather it, they did not stop to inspect the contents so they were in for a surprise when out pops a 10-year red-headed girl.

This human, known only as Red, is the focal point of the web comic turned graphic novel Red’s Planet from Disney animator Eddie Pittman (Mulan, Tarzan, Lilo & Stitch, Phineas & Ferb). Launched in 2011 when his own daughter was 10, Pittman has found a wonderful premise for an all ages book with warmth and humor, even if the latter is a little overly familiar.

When space pirates attack the ship, the crew abandon it, leaving a robot similar to the Fantastic Four’s H.E.R.B.I.E. to manage things. The ship crash lands on an planet capable of sustaining all manner of living beings and Red finds herself a stranger in a strange land. The robot does something to allow her to communicate with all the lifeforms since they can all talk to one another and then the search for survival begins.

Red, who hates the nickname, doesn’t miss Earth having grown up in a group foster home and hating it, so uses her pluck to forge ahead while the other lifeforms bicker amongst themselves or go their own way. In time, though, one cute little bugger named Tawee becomes Red’s constant companion and he’s carrying some egg-shaped artifact from the ship and it periodically glows, portending…something. In time, they find a resident, a grumpy Hawaiian-shirt wearing lion-like guy going by the name Goose. He just wants to be left alone, admitting this was not his native world and was stationed there for a reason.
Across the 192-pages, lots of threads are introduced with very little resolved by book’s end. The web comic was envisioned as a 300-page work but I suspect it has grown in size since then. This is the latest in a series of young adult graphic novels that offers annual installments (the second book is already promised for 2017). If I were a parent, I’d expect something resembling a complete story for my $20.

Pittman’s artwork and color and storytelling are all top-notch, which is not at all a surprise. Red is fun and the aliens diverse if all a little too human in their interactions. This is a fine introductory chapter promising lots of action and content in the next book.

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