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ROBOCOP – 4K Ultra HD 2-Disc Limited Edition Collector’s Set Available April 12th From Arrow Video

“Excuse me. I have to go. Somewhere there is a crime happening.”

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ROBOCOP 4K Ultra HD 2-Disc Limited Edition Collector’s Set will be available April 12th From Arrow Video

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RoboCop, from Orion Pictures, marked director Paul Verhoeven’s (Flesh + Blood) Hollywood debut & now the future of law enforcement is back in a definitive 4K Ultra HD presentation packed with hours of brand new bonus features & exclusive collectible packaging.

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4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

  • 4K restoration of the film from the original negative by MGM, transferred in 2013 and approved by director Paul Verhoeven
  • New artwork by Paul Shipper
  • Director’s Cut and Theatrical Cut of the film on two 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray discs with Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
  • Original lossless stereo and four-channel mixes plus DTS-HD MA 5.1 and Dolby Atmos surround sound options
  • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • Six collector’s postcards (Limited Edition exclusive)
  • Double-sided fold-out poster (Limited Edition exclusive)
  • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly-commissioned artwork (Limited Edition exclusive)
  • 80-page Limited Edition collector’s booklet featuring writing on the film by Omar Ahmed, Christopher Griffiths and Henry Blyth, a 1987 Fangoria interview with Rob Bottin and archive materials (some contents exclusive to Limited Edition)
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DISC 1: DIRECTOR’S CUT

  • Commentary by Paul Verhoeven, executive producer Jon Davison and co-writer Ed Neumeier (originally recorded for the Theatrical Cut and re-edited in 2014 for the Director’s Cut)
  • Commentary by film historian Paul M. Sammon
  • Commentary by fans Christopher Griffiths, Gary Smart and Eastwood Allen
  • The Future of Law Enforcement: Creating RoboCop, interview with co-writer Michael Miner
  • RoboTalk, conversation between co-writer Ed Neumeier and filmmakers David Birke (writer of Elle) and Nicholas McCarthy (director of The Prodigy)
  • Truth of Character, interview with star Nancy Allen
  • Casting Old Detroit, interview with casting director Julie Selzer on how the film’s cast was assembled
  • Connecting the Shots, interview with second unit director and Verhoeven collaborator Mark Goldblatt
  • Analog, featurette on the special photographic effects, with interviews with Peter Kuran and Kevin Kutchaver
  • More Man Than Machine: Composing RoboCop, tribute to composer Basil Poledouris with film music experts Jeff Bond, Lukas Kendall, Daniel Schweiger and Robert Townson
  • RoboProps, tour of super-fan Julien Dumont’s collection of original props and memorabilia
  • 2012 Q&A with the Filmmakers, panel discussion featuring Verhoeven, Davison, Neumeier, Miner, Allen, star Peter Weller and animator Phil Tippett
  • RoboCop: Creating A Legend, Villains of Old Detroit, Special Effects: Then & Now, three archive featurettes from 2007 featuring interviews with cast and crew
  • Paul Verhoeven Easter Egg
  • Four deleted scenes
  • The Boardroom: Storyboard with Commentary by Phil Tippett
  • Director’s Cut Production Footage, raw dailies from the filming of the unrated gore scenes, presented in 4K (SDR)
  • Theatrical trailers and TV spots
  • Image galleries
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DISC 2: THEATRICAL CUT

  • Commentary by director Paul Verhoeven, executive producer Jon Davison and co-writer Ed Neumeier (originally recorded for Theatrical cut of the film)
  • Isolated Score tracks (Composer’s Original Score and Final Theatrical Mix)
  • Edited-for-television version of the film, featuring alternate dubs, takes and edits of several scenes (95 mins, SD only)
  • Split screen comparisons between the Director’s Cut and Theatrical Cut, and the Theatrical Cut and edited-for-TV version
  • RoboCop: Edited for Television, compilation of alternate scenes from two edited-for-television versions, with outtakes newly transferred in HD.

Danny Huston in IVANSXTC Available on Blu-ray September 29th From Arrow Video

Danny Huston in IVANSXTC will be available on Blu-ray September 29th From Arrow Video

Danny Huston, Peter Weller and Lisa Enos star in this biting satire on the behind-the-scenes of the Hollywood film industry, with all its drink and drug-fueled excess, from director Bernard Rose (Candyman, Paperhouse).

Opening with the death of its titular protagonist, ivansxtc goes back in time to chart the final days of hot-shot Tinseltown agent Ivan Beckman (Huston) and his fast-paced, wheeler-dealer lifestyle, which will ultimately lead him to an early grave after a shock cancer diagnosis.

Loosely based on Leo Tolstoy’s celebrated 1886 novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich, and featuring a searing performance by Danny Huston at its core and wonderfully sleazy turn from Peter Weller as Ivan s biggest client, ivansxtc is a powerful meditation on life, death and morality set against the glitzy backdrop of La La Land.

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS

  • High-Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
  • Original uncompressed Stereo and 5.1 DTS-HD MA options
  • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • Q&A with director Bernard Rose, actress/producer/co-writer Lisa Enos, actors Danny Huston, Peter Weller and Adam Krentzman from a 2018 screening at the Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles
  • Original Theatrical Trailer
  • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly-commissioned artwork by Peter Strain

FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Collector s booklet featuring new writing by Robert J Simpson

ROBOCOP – 2-Disc Limited Edition Collector’s Set Available November 26th From Arrow Video

“Excuse me. I have to go. Somewhere there is a crime happening.”

ROBOCOP 2-Disc Limited Edition Collector’s Set will be available November 26th From Arrow Video

PART MAN, PART MACHINE, ALL COP.

RoboCop, from Orion Pictures, marked director Paul Verhoeven’s (Flesh + Blood) Hollywood debut & now the future of law enforcement is back in a definitive Blu-ray presentation packed with hours of brand new bonus features & exclusive collectible packaging.

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

  • 4K restoration of the film from the original camera negative by MGM, transferred in 2013 & approved by director Paul Verhoeven
  • Newly commissioned artwork by Paul Shipper
  • Director’s Cut & Theatrical Cut of the film on two High Definition (1080p) Blu-rayTM discs
  • Original lossless stereo & four-channel mixes plus DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround sound option on both cuts
  • Optional English subtitles on both cuts
  • Six collector’s postcards (Limited Edition exclusive)
  • Double-sided, fold-out poster (Limited Edition exclusive)
  • Reversible sleeve featuring original & newly commissioned artwork
  • Limited edition collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Omar Ahmed, Christopher Griffiths & Henry Blyth, a 1987 Fangoria interview with Rob Bottin, & archive publicity materials (some contents exclusive to Limited Edition

DISC ONE DIRECTOR’S CUT

  • Archive commentary by director Paul Verhoeven, executive producer Jon Davison & co-writer Ed Neumeier
  • New commentary by film historian Paul M. Sammon
  • New commentary by fans Christopher Griffiths, Gary Smart & Eastwood Allen
  • The Future of Law Enforcement: Creating RoboCop, a newly filmed interview with co-writer Michael Miner
  • RoboTalk, a newly filmed conversation between co-writer Ed Neumeier & filmmakers David Birke & Nick McCarthy
  • Truth of Character, a newly filmed interview with Nancy Allen
  • Casting Old Detroit, a newly filmed interview with casting director Julie Selzer
  • Connecting the Shots, a newly filmed interview with second unit director & frequent Verhoeven collaborator Mark Goldblatt
  • Composing RoboCop, a new tribute to composer Basil Poledouris featuring film music experts Jeff Bond, Lukas Kendall, Daniel Schweiger & Robert Townson
  • RoboProps, a newly filmed tour of super-fan Julien Dumont’s collection of original props & memorabilia
  • 2012 Q&A with the Filmmakers, a panel discussion featuring Verhoeven, Davison, Neumeier, Miner, Allen, star Peter Weller & animator Phil Tippett
  • RoboCop: Creating a Legend, Villains of Old Detroit & Special Effects: Then & Now, three archive featurettes from 2007 featuring interviews with cast & crew
  • Four deleted scenes
  • The Boardroom: Storyboard with Commentary by Phil Tippett
  • Director s Cut Production Footage, raw dailies from the filming of the unrated gore scenes
  • Two theatrical trailers & three TV spots
  • Extensive image galleries

DISC TWO THEATRICAL CUT

  • Archive commentary by director Paul Verhoeven, executive producer Jon Davison & co-writer Ed Neumeier
  • Two Isolated Score tracks (Composer’s Original Mix & Final Theatrical Mix) in lossless stereo
  • Edited-for-television version of the film, featuring alternate dubs, takes & edits of several scenes (95 mins, SD only)
  • Split screen comparison of Theatrical & Director’s Cuts
  • RoboCop: Edited For Television, a compilation of alternate scenes from two edited-for-television versions, newly transferred in HD from recently-unearthed 35mm elements

I’d buy that for a dollar! ROBOCOP Screens Midnights This Weekend at The Tivoli


“Excuse me. I have to go. Somewhere there is a crime happening.”


ROBOCOP (1987) plays midnights this weekend (July 6th and 7th) at the Tivoli (6350 Delmar Blvd, St. Louis, MO) as part of their Reel Late at the Tivoli Midnight series.


Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 sci-fi opus ROBOCOP remains a timely and startling send-up of American violence, media and corporate corruption.  It’s startling mainly because of its format – noisy blockbuster — and like most satires, it embraces what it mocks (violence and non-subtlety).  An enterprise, Omni Consumer Products, plans to gentrify crime-plagued “Old Detroit” and metamorphose it into “Delta City.” After a droid (“the future of law enforcement” / “hot military product”) malfunctions in a board meeting, in the movie’s first big shootout (filled with great dollops of chunky gore), deceased cop Murphy (Peter Weller) is revamped into Robocop, a gun-toting cyborg designed to rid the city of its crime and relieve the burden of an overtaxed police unit once and for all.  In the presence of his former partner Anne Lewis (Nancy Allen), Robocop/Murphy begins to remember his former self and gathers information to hunt down his killer and also his mercenary megacorp creator.


A Facebook invite for the screening can be found HERE

https://www.facebook.com/events/186110118875177/

The Tivoli’s located at 6350 Delmar Blvd., University City, MO. Admission is a mere $8!

The Tivoli’s website can be found HERE

http://www.landmarktheatres.com/market/st.louis/tivolitheatre.htm

Here’s the Reel Late at the Tivoli Line-up for the next couple of weeks:

July 13-14            AKIRA

July 20-21            YELLOW SUBMARINE

STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS – The Review

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Review by Dana Jung

In 2009, producer/director J.J. Abrams took the nearly impossible task of relaunching a beloved and storied franchise.  That film of course was STAR TREK, and though Abrams created an “alternate history” version of that world that both reimagined and refreshed the series, he was wise enough to recognize that the character interplay of his three leads was the most important key to the original series’ charm.

As entertaining and action-packed as it was, that first film by Abrams now seems almost a complete setup for this sequel, STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS.  Here Abrams and his writers,  Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and Damon Lindelof, continue deconstructing the TREK mythology, and again have succeeded in creating a vastly entertaining movie, one of the best in the entire series, and one of the best films of the year so far. As the title suggests, however, this TREK has a heavier tone than the funhouse ride of the first film.  With its themes of terrorism and self-sacrifice, Abrams and his crew have simultaneously ramped up the action quotient in DARKNESS, and taken the franchise to new levels of dramatic complexity.

STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS

The story begins with a spectacular and fast-paced prologue that playfully nudges that old Trek plot device, the Prime Directive.  However, the young Enterprise captain Kirk (Chris Pine) soon discovers that his brash decisions during this exploit have not only tested his growing friendship with Spock (Zachary Quinto), but jeopardized his Starfleet career as well.  The consequences of choice and responsibilities of command are elements woven throughout DARKNESS, as Kirk matures as a Starfleet officer, and as Spock, McCoy (Karl Urban), and even Scotty (the fabulous Simon Pegg) all have moments of crisis to deal with.

The introduction of the villain played by Benedict Cumberbatch (SHERLOCK on BBC TV) brings a new level of danger to the world of TREK, and his actions have resonance to the terrorism we live with in the current day. Cumberbatch is excellent in his role, striking sinister notes while also engendering a great deal of empathy, if not for his cause, then for the passion with which he clings to the things he holds dear.  With this performance, Cumberbatch finally creates an adversary to the Enterprise crew that is worthy of STAR TREK (but which has been sorely lacking in many films of the series).

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Visually, Abrams delivers the stunning vistas of different planets, future cities on Earth, and several breathtaking action sequences, just as we expect of him.  Opening up the story to show not only Starfleet HQ in San Francisco, but also futuristic London, gives Abrams the opportunity to ground the story in a more believable world filled with people going about their daily business.  The action scenes include everything from footchases to epic space battles—there’s even a (STAR WARS-inspired?) dogfight.  The 3D effects and IMAX cinematography add tremendously to these sequences, resulting in a greater sense of depth and feeling of immediacy.  Abrams keeps his camera moving constantly and edits at near light speed to give the viewer the experience of being directly caught up in these events.  In many scenes, Abrams also takes the opportunity to illustrate the size and scope of this Enterprise starship we have almost taken for granted.  In one exciting scene after another, we are able to view the incredible open spaces and sheer immensity of the ship’s engines, including the mysterious (before now) nacelles.

The cast that enlivened the first film, really delivers the goods in DARKNESS with its more somber dramatics.  Pine is even better here playing a man who begins to question some of the decisions he makes, his self-doubt even evident on his face at times.  Quinto is again perfection as the Vulcan struggling (as we all do) with how much emotion to show.  Urban is wonderfully testy as the irascible Bones McCoy, and Pegg’s Scotty is principled but loyal to the end.  Zoe Saldana gets more involved in the action this time as Uhura, while John Cho’ Sulu and Anton Yelchin’s Chekov also have their moments.  More familiar names in the Trek icon pop up (Pike, Marcus, etc.) with Peter Weller, Bruce Greenwood, and Alice Eve fitting in nicely.

From start to finish, STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS is full to the brim with danger, excitement, laughs, and that timeless camaraderie we as an audience have come to know and love.  The question is, can Abrams keep up this pace, and deliver yet again with what will surely be the third installment of this saga?  As fans of the original series know, this film leaves many plotlines yet to be developed and is perfectly set up for another sequel.  If Abrams can fill that film with as much sense of drama, as much sense of humor, and as much sense of wonder that he has with STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS, we’ll all be a happy audience indeed.

STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS 11 New Photos

Paramount Pictures has sent us these new photos from J.J. Abrams’ STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS. In December eager fans got a look at the first 9 minutes when it played in 288 digital IMAX theatres.

In Summer 2013, director J.J. Abrams will deliver an explosive action thriller that takes Star Trek Into Darkness.

In the wake of a shocking act of terror from within their own organization, the crew of The Enterprise is called back home to Earth. In defiance of regulations and with a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads his crew on a manhunt to capture an unstoppable force of destruction and bring those responsible to justice.

As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.

STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS stars Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, Anton Yelchin, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Bruce Greenwood, Peter Weller, Alice Eve and Benedict Cumberbatch. Produced by J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk, Damon Lindelof, Alex Kurtzman, Robert Orci. Based upon “Star Trek” created by Gene Roddenberry. Written by Robert Orci & Alex Kurtzman & Damon Lindelof and directed By J.J. Abrams. A Bad Robot Film.

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