Ambulance is an action thriller centered around how the need for money can lead to dangerous choices. William Sharp is a veteran home from combat that’s facing an uphill battle securing $231,000 for his wife’s medical emergency. He seeks help from his adoptive brother Danny, a man with consistent criminal behavior, and ends up convinced to take part in a bank heist. The job immediately goes south when they’re forced to shoot a police officer, stealing an ambulance to make their escape. However, they now have the injured officer and the EMT fighting to save him as their hostages. [Read More...]

The iconic Christopher Lee, who was arguably one of the great screen vampires of all time, a Bond villain, a Star Warsvillain and Saruman in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, was way more than just these high-profile performances. Through his upbringing, he spoke Italian, German and French fluently … he served throughout World War II and then abandoned everything he knew, career, position, etc., to follow a career in acting beginning in the immediate post-war period (and even then, most who knew him said he was too tall at six-foot, five-inches to be more than a footnote). Severin Films, with sales and distribution support provided by MVD Entertainment Group, announced this past week that another collection of his “foreign” film productions (remember, … [Read More...]

Mill Creek Entertainment has another complete television series heading to the Blu-ray marketplace on July 19. Joining the ranks of Magnum P.I.: The Complete Series (a whopping 30-disc set released in March), Up All Night, I Dream of Jeannie, Eureka, Friday Night Lights and more in mid-July will be SeaQuest DSV: The Complete Series. All three-seasons of this “futuristic” deep sea sci-fi thriller, starring Roy Scheider as Capt. Bridger (with Michael Ironside in season three), featuring the entire 57-episode run of the series will be available as a ten-disc Blu-ray collection. Travel with the crew of the submarine seaQuest DSV 4600 as it explores Earth’s oceans, establishes under-sea colonies, combats sinister forces and has first contact with alien visitors … and … [Read More...]

Blue Underground, with sales and distribution expertise provided by MVD Entertainment Group, has set long-lead, return-to-market street dates for two of its previously released Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack film restoration presentations. Aug. 23 will be the release date for both stand-alone DVD and stand-alone Blu-ray editions of director Lee Frost’s 1969 sexploitation, women in prison (Nazi-sexploitation) flick, Love Camp 7 (originally, Jan. 2017) and director Ferdinando Baldi’s 1975 Spaghetti Western, Get Mean (originally, Oct. 2015). Love Camp 7, which was a new 4K film restoration from an unearthed camera negative, includes the featurette titled “Nazithon: Decadence and Destruction.” Get Mean, was a 2K film restoration from the original camera negative and it comes loaded with extras, including commentary from its star, Tony Anthony … [Read More...]

The American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) has a dream collection for deep-dive film buffs ready for viewing as a three-disc Blu-ray collection on June 28. This would be The Films of Doris Wishman: The Twilight Years, which contains seven film treasures that were produced during the 1970s, often with her using pseudonyms to disguise the fact that the particular film in question — often sexploitation or erotic in nature — was written and directed by a woman. What gems does AGFA have in this collection, which are all 2K film restorations from the 35mm camera negatives (yes, Wishman shot her material not on 16mm or even video, but 35mm film). In chronological order, we begin with the 1970 serial killer shocker, The Amazing Transplant, where Arthur … [Read More...]

Licorice Pizza, A Day to Die, Belle, BMF – Season 1 [DVD], Death Valley, Infinite, Panama, Slasher: Flesh and Blood: Season 1, Succession: The Complete Third Season, Sundown, The Last Kingdom: Season Five [DVD], Tyson’s Run [Read More...]

Mill Creek Entertainment, in association with Mutiny Pictures, has tabbed May 31 as the street date for writer/director Peter Hsish’s surreal thriller, Drive All Night. This Bay-area all-night puzzle is a neo-noir blend of elements of Scorsese’s Taxi Driver with Michael Mann’s Collateral and generously laced with the sensibility of a David Lynch. If that hits the sweet-spot for your must-see type of film, then Mill Creek’s pick-up of this Cinequest Film Festival surprise should be right up your viewing alley. Dave (played by Yutaka Takeuchi — Battleship, Tales from the Dead) is a late-night taxi driver. He likes the hours, he likes the pace, it is almost a Zen experience for him. But on this night, the driving “bliss” … [Read More...]

Arrow Video, with domestic sales and distribution expertise provided by MVD Entertainment Group, has circled July 19 on the summer release calendar for a new 2K film restoration (from the original camera negative and supervised by cinematographer Steven Fierberg) of writer/director Douglas Grossman’s 1989 horror film, Hell High. During the film’s production, in the Westchester, New York area (just north of White Plains), in 1986, Grossman had several working titles before finally settling on Hell High. Shortly after the film was completed, Christopher Stryker, who plays Dickens, succumbed to AIDS … the film remained uncirculated for two full years before indie distributor JGM Enterprises (Puppet Master, The Lost Empire, Shadowzone) picked it up for a limited (regional) theatrical release in May of 1989 … Prism followed with a VHS release … [Read More...]

Bayview Entertainment will be teaming up with high-energy fitness specialist Kelly Coffey-Meyer on June 28 for the debut of two new workout DVDs. It is time to get fit, so let us get to it! First up is 30 Minutes to Fitness: Cardio Fit with Kelly Coffey-Meyer, which will require you to get your dumbbells out of the closet, dust them off and get them back into action. Take a minute, go find them. OK, what is in store for you … “two upbeat and energetic cardio workouts that are designed to burn maximum calories and speed up your metabolic rate.” A kickboxing workout, with periodic intervals that focus on lower body exercises using your dumbbells … no frills, just a session that empowers you!! … [Read More...]

MVD Entertainment Group announced this past week that a new entry to the company’s popular promotional line of Blu-ray releases, “MVD Rewind Collection,” will be getting a new member on July 05. This will be director George Armitage’s 1990 film release of Miami Blues. How about this for irony. Fred Ward, who got steady work after Silkwood, The Right Stuff and Swing Shift, decided to take a little control over the direction of his acting career by optioning Charles Willeford’s 1984 novel, “Miami Blues.” He loved the character of Junior Frenger and he figured that if he had the rights to the book it would be just a matter of putting the deal together to play the character in the film production. Smart. Since Ward had worked … [Read More...]

Paramount Home Entertainment has tabbed July 26 as the street date for a three-SKU home entertainment packaged media blitz of co-directors Aaron Nee and Adam Nee’s box office smash, The Lost City, starring Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum. The ARR comes in at 123 days and this Sandra Bullock-produced action/adventure pulled in $90.7 million during its domestic theatrical run. Planned for distribution are single-disc Blu-ray, DVD and 4K Ultra HD editions, with the bonus features exclusive to the Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD buying options. Bonus goodies include deleted scenes, a blooper reel and a lucky seven-count on the featurettes — “Dynamic Duo,” “Location Profile,” “Jungle Rescue,” “The Jumpsuit,” “Charcuterie,” “The Villains of The Lost City” … [Read More...]

In Tom Gormican’s upcoming meta heist comedy, Nicolas Cage will play a fictionalized version of himself. He must disguise himself as a different character to escape from a Mexican drug lord who is after his million-dollar fortune. The film also stars Sharon Horgan and Lily Sheen and was written by Neil Patrick Harris and David Semel. [Read More...]

An introverted romance author goes on a book promotion tour with her cover model. During the tour, she is kidnapped by an over-the-top billionaire with a chip on his shoulder. Trying to prove he can be a real-life hero, he forces her to lead him on an adventure through the jungle in search of a treasure from her most recent novel. Her cover model, proving he isn’t only a hero in the book, set out to save her. [Read More...]

Uncharted, Dog, The Cursed, Abraham Lincoln, Clean, Dark Night of the Scarecrow 2, Indemnity, Kin: Season 1, Lockdown, Nancy Drew: Season Three [DVD], The Beta Test, World Ends at Camp Z [Read More...]