Joey King (Independence Day: Resurgence, “Fargo”) must be careful what she wishes for in the terrifying thriller WISH UPON, also starring Ryan Phillippe (Crash, “Shooter”), Emmy® nominee Shannon Purser (“Stranger Things”), Ki Hong Lee (The Maze Runnerfranchise, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”), Mitchell Slaggert (Moss), Alice Lee (“Gap Year”), Sidney Park (“Instant Mom”), Kevin Hanchard (“Orphan Black”), Sherilyn Fenn (“Twin Peaks”) and Elisabeth Rohm (American Hustle, “Law & Order”). WISH UPON debuts on Digital HD, Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, DVD and VOD on October 10. The Blu-ray Combo Pack also includes the Director’s Unrated Cut, featuring footage not seen in the theatrical release. Bonus materials on WISH UPON include “I Wish: The Cast Share What They Would Wish” (all formats except VOD), “Attic Tour with Joey King” (all formats except VOD), “Directing Darkness: John Leonetti and Cast Talk About Developing a Horror Film” (Blu-ray and Digital exclusive), and “Motion Comics: Lu Mei’s Curse and Arthur Sands Reveal The Stories Behind The Previous Owners Of The Box” (Blu-ray and Digital exclusive).
After her father (Ryan Phillippe) presents her with a mysterious music box, Clare Shannon (Joey King) is surprised to find her every wish coming true. Her joy slowly morphs into terror as she begins to realize the bloody price of each new wish. WISH UPON (BLU-RAY, DVD, VOD and DIGITAL HD)
Director: John R. Leonetti
Cast: Joey King, Ryan Phillippe, Shannon Purser, Ki Hong Lee, Mitchell Slaggert, Alice Lee, Sydney Park, Kevin Hanchard, Sherilyn Fenn
Writer: Barbara Marshall
Producer: Sherryl Clark
Rating: Rated PG-13 for violent and disturbing images, thematic elements and language
Runtime: 90 Minutes (Theatrical Version), 91 Minutes (Unrated Version)
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We’re nearly halfway through July, but somehow, here at the ole’ multiplex, there’s a distinct chill. No, it’s not somebody tinkering with the thermostat. It could be this new horror flick, perhaps. Although it’s not the good chill as in a memorable “spine-tingler”. No, it’s as if this wannabe’ thriller somehow escaped the dumping ground of mid-January, or a Friday-the-thirteenth weekend, or sometime close to Halloween. It’s squarely aimed at the pre-teen and teen set since it’s got the PG-13 rating, so it’s a bit scary, just not too intense or “gory gross”. And it features a cast from other young adult flicks and TV shows for audience identification. And what’s the added incentive at the top of the poster, the nudge that’ll put behinds in the seats? “From the director of Annabelle”…really. That’s something to boast about? Oh, and there’s fairy tale elements to the story, too. It’s about a magic gizmo that grants your every desire, but, of course, the film’s heroine has to learn the hard way to, everybody now, “Be careful what you wish for” when you decide to WISH UPON (and not upon a star, Mr. Cricket).
The story begins with a gruesome, traumatic childhood memory that makes high-schooler Claire (Joey King) wake up screaming, bolt upright, her eyes nearly popping out of her head. Ah, but it’s time to head for school as she bids goodbye to her pop Jonathan (Ryan Phillippe) and jumps on her rickety bicycle. As she helps her wealthy uncle retrieve his morning paper at the driveway of his ritzy estate, Claire is nearly run down by school diva, that mean blonde b..witch, Darcie (Josephine Langford), who’s taking her fawning “squad” to school. But things don’t get better for Claire once her trek is done. Right outside the campus, she spots her dad “at work”. He may call himself a “professional recycler”, but to his daughter (and her classmates), Jonathan and her bud Carl are “dumpster divers”. Luckily Claire has her own support team, BFFs Meredith (Sydney Park) and June (Shannon Purser). But Darcie is not through taunting Claire, and the two get into a brawl in the school cafeteria (where were the faculty lunch monitors, visiting another district?). That night, Jonathan tries to cheer up Claire with an unusual gift, something he grabbed during the day’s ‘scavenging’. It’s an octagonal wooden box, about the size of a..well..breadbox, decorated with Chinese characters carved into its sides. Claire thinks into weird and cool. As she gets ready for bed, Claire recalls her arch-nemesis, and (while holding the box) says, “I wish Darcie would just…rot!”. Naturally Darcie wakes up the next day and is horrified by the divot in her check and her decaying leg. Word travels fast later at school as Claire learns of Darcie’s “medical emergency”. Meanwhile in Claire’s bedroom, the top of the box opens up and emits a musicbox-like tune. Then the family dog goes missing. Luckily Claire is taking a Chinese language course, so she asks her platonic pal Ryan (Ki Hong Lee) to decipher the box. He consults his aunt who says that the box promises to grant seven wishes from its owner. However (and isn’t there always an “however”), a blood ‘debt’ must be paid. Someone close to Claire must perish.And so she gets rid of the cursed lil’ wooden box, right? Of course, not! The flick would be a short subject then!
Joey King does her best with the fumbling script which wants us to root for Claire while being frustrated with her impulsive selfish choices. At least one of pals calls her out (“You could ask for world peace or cure cancer, instead you want to be popular?!”). King is quite convincing as the conflicted kid, but her abrupt shifts in motivation make for a confused center of the story. Purser, the beloved Barb from the Netflix sensation “Stranger Things” has a more consistent character arc, though she’s often the snarky bystander. Park has the more “in your face” attitude, though she’s saddled with some truly inane dialogue (“You’re a big, heaping bowl of b*%#h sauce!” Who talks like that?) and an obsession with a popular ‘app” that now feels as relevant as a pet rock (google it). Lee is good as Claire’s moral voice (there’s Jiminy again), but his unwavering devotion feels to similar to the relationship in last year’s vastly superior EDGE OF SEVENTEEN. As in that film, Claire is lusting after the utterly “adorbs” hunk Paul, played with boy band dreaminess by Mitchell Slaggert. Oh, and Langfield is a more vicious and violent version of Rachel McAdams in the (once more) vastly superior MEAN GIRLS. So is anybody in this flick over 25, you may ask? Oddly, the producers have cast two 1990’s “objects of adoration”. Phillip is almost unrecognizable as the scruffy “junkman”, until one wish, not kidding, turns him into a sexy saxophone player (I keep thinking of Jon Hamm as SNL’s Sergio) that arouses June (ah..hem). And “Twin Peaks” and TWO MOON JUNCTION sex kitten Sherilyn Fenn is the nurturing “Earth mother”neighbor, complete with long braided ponytail (it’s important later), who’s given little to do as we count the moments till she’s history (if she were in “Star Trek” she’d be wearing a red shirt beneath her cozy sweaters).
Of course this cautionary tale is a familiar one with roots going back to the classic short story “The Monkey’s Paw” and the story of the Djinn of “The Arabian Nights” (not the fun, friendly blue genie of Aladdin, nor the sexy navel-hiding Jeannie of 60’s sitcom fame), but seldom has the story been told in such an awkward, clumsy fashion. But hey, we got seven wishes, not three (to up the body count). It soon gets repetitive with wish, box opens, death. The film makers borrow heavily from the more engaging FINAL DESTINATION series, but the “accidents” never quite achieve the goofy “Rube Goldberg-like” comic inventiveness. And, because of the kid-friendlier PG-13, rating, there no goofy gory payoffs. Although the lead-ups almost have a satirical bent (close-up of big boiling pot, cut to garbage disposal with badly installed power switch…which will do them in?). The soundtrack is filled to the brim with indistinguishable pop tunes that interrupt the story to make “mini-music videos” (the plot is stopped dead in its tracks for …the “make-over montage”). Real horror aficionados will be put off by that rating, since no demise is shown too long and many are fairly …tidy (really, some of the locales would be drenched in plasma). As a result of the tame tone (there were “afterschool specials” more gruesome..and that’s one to grow on!), the overwrought dialogue, and ill-defined characters the movie is almost ‘high camp”, particularly the final denouncement. It was intended as a grim, sobering shocker, but it had the screening audience howling with laughter. Ultimately the film’s not even in the “It’s so bad, it’s good” fun to laugh at, guilty pleasure variety of time-wasters. It’s a ludicrous mess I wouldn’t WISH UPON anyone. 1.5 Out of 5
Watch Joey King, Ryan Phillippe And Sherilyn Fenn in the new trailer for WISH UPON in theatres July 14, 2017.
In the latest horror thriller from the director of ANNABELLE, 17-year-old CLARE SHANNON (Joey King) is barely surviving the hell that is high school, along with her friends MEREDITH (Sydney Park) and JUNE (Shannon Purser). So when her dad (Ryan Phillippe) gifts her an old music box with an inscription that promises to grant the owner’s wishes, she thinks there is nothing to lose.
Clare makes her first wish and, to her surprise, it comes true. Before long, she finally has it all: money, popularity and her dream boy. Everything seems perfect – until the people closest to her begin dying in gruesome and twisted ways.
Now, with blood on her hands, Clare has to get rid of the box, before it costs her and everyone she loves the ultimate price.
Be careful what you wish for.
Broad Green Pictures’ WISH UPON is directed by John R. Leonetti (ANNABELLE) and produced by Sherryl Clark (CLOVERFIELD).
Twenty-five years after the shocking murder of Laura Palmer in the acclaimed series from legendary filmmaker David Lynch and writer/producer Mark Frost, CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Media Distribution will release TWIN PEAKS – THE ENTIRE MYSTERY.
Arriving for the first time on stunning High Definition Blu-ray with English 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio on July 29th, this comprehensive collection contains every episode from the complete television series; both the U.S. and international versions of the series’ Pilot; the North American Blu-ray debut of Lynch’s follow-up feature Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me; and nearly 90 minutes of deleted and alternate scenes from the film. The set also features newly transferred Log Lady introductions for each episode; picture upgrades to many shots in the TV series; a new featurette with Lynch and the actors who portrayed the Palmer family which includes a mesmerizing return to the lives of their characters today; and hours of never-before-released material that dives into the fascinating story behind the celebrated pop culture classic.
Along with a newly transferred version of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, created from a 4K scan of the original negative, TWIN PEAKS – THE ENTIRE MYSTERY Blu-ray box set boasts the long-awaited missing pieces from the original version of the film – nearly an hour-and-a-half of deleted/alternate scenes from Twin Peaks:Fire Walk With Me – often referred to as the “holy grail” of Twin Peaks fandom. This feature-length experience has been directed and edited by Lynch exclusively for this release. Capping off more than 30 deleted/alternate scenes is an epilogue providing a fascinating glimpse beyond the cliffhanger finale of the TV series.
“During the last days in the life of Laura Palmer many things happened, which have never been seen before,” said David Lynch. “They’re here now alongside the new transfer of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me and Twin Peaks, the television series.”
“We set the bar very high with our prior complete series TWIN PEAKS DVD Gold Box,” said Ken Ross, Executive Vice President and General Manager, CBS Home Entertainment. “THE ENTIRE MYSTERY Blu-ray had to be spectacular in terms of both content and presentation. We are confident that we hit the mark and are bringing the fans something very special. None of this could have been possible without the day-to-day involvement of David Lynch.”
TWIN PEAKS – THE ENTIRE MYSTERY is loaded with special features. In the two-part feature “Between Two Worlds,” Lynch himself interviews the Palmer family (Leland, Sarah and daughter Laura) about their current existence in this life and the next, and follows up with a discussion with the actors who portray them. TWIN PEAKS – THE ENTIRE MYSTERY alsofeatures “Moving Through Time: Fire Walk With Me Memories,” an exclusive retrospective documentary featuring interviews with cast and crew who recount the making of the Twin Peaks movie and working with David Lynch. The collection also features high-definition versions of the Log Lady episode introductions, transferred from recently unearthed 16mm film negative, a selection of newly discovered deleted scenes and outtakes from the television series, and three Twin Peaks photo galleries with over 130 behind-the-scenes images from David Lynch’s personal never-before-released collection. Also new to this release are 10 vignettes of iconic Twin Peaksthemes called “Atmospherics.” Each features a unique montage of music, dialogue and video (including some rare outtakes) that appear as both menu backgrounds and as their own textless experience to further immerse fans in the mysterious world of Twin Peaks.
Additionally, the set features a massive collection of pre-existing special features, some of which have been re-mastered in high definition exclusively for this release, including the award-winning four-part documentary “Secrets From Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks,” and a newly extended version of the Gold Box featurette “A Slice of Lynch,” featuring the complete and uncut conversation between David Lynch and actors Kyle MacLachlan and Mädchen Amick. Additionally, this 10-disc set houses an extraordinary archive of special features culled from the entire history of Twin Peaks on home video, including featurettes, cast and crew interviews, promotional reels, archival deleted scenes…and much, much more.
Winning a Golden Globe for Best Television Series – Drama in 1991, and a fixture in all-time top TV series lists from TIME, Entertainment Weekly and TV Guide, Twin Peaks follows the inhabitants of a quaint northwestern town who are stunned after the homecoming queen Laura Palmer is suddenly found murdered. The investigation that follows engenders an eerie chain of events with cataclysmic results felt across the entire town.
The series features an ensemble cast including Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Sheryl Lee, Sherilyn Fenn, Lara Flynn Boyle, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook, Richard Beymer, Ray Wise, Peggy Lipton and Warren Frost. Although shot after the series ended, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me is the prequel to the television series and focuses on the seven days leading up to Laura Palmer’s death. Many of the TV series cast members reprise their roles in the film and are joined by others including Kiefer Sutherland, David Bowie, Chris Isaak and Harry Dean Stanton.
TWIN PEAKS – THE ENTIRE MYSTERY will be available in 1080p with English 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio (Series and Feature), original English Stereo 2.0 (Series and Feature), Latin American Spanish Mono (Series), Latin American Spanish Stereo (Feature), Brazilian Portuguese Mono (Series), French Mono (Series), French 5.1 (Feature), Italian Mono (Series), Italian Stereo (Feature), German Mono (Series), German 5.1 (Feature), Castilian Mono (Series), Castilian Stereo (Feature), Japanese Mono (Series), and Japanese Stereo (Feature). The 10-disc collection also includes English SDH, Latin American Spanish, French, Italian, German, Castilian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, and Finnish subtitles (Series and Feature).
It will be available for the suggested retail price of $109.99 U.S. and $129.99 Canada.
17 Pieces of Pie: Shooting at the Mar T (AKA RR) Diner
Mark Frost Interview with Wrapped in Plastic
Learning to Speak in the Red Room
An Introduction to David Lynch
Lucy Bumpers
1-900 Hotline
Production Documents
Image Galleries
Log Lady Intros (HD)
Preview and recaps on select episodes (HD)
Disc Six:
Episode 19
Episode 20
Episode 21
Episode 22
Special Features
Postcards From The Cast
Twin Peaks Sneak Peaks (HD)
Log Lady Intros (HD)
Preview and recaps on select episodes (HD)
Disc Seven:
Episode 23
Episode 24
Episode 25
Episode 26
Special Features
Cast And Crew Interviews
Log Lady Intros (HD)
Preview and recaps on select episodes (HD)
Disc Eight:
Episode 27
Episode 28
Episode 29
Special Features
Secrets From Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks (HD)
Northwest Passage: Creating the Pilot
Freshly Squeezed: Creating Season One
Where We’re From: Creating the Music
Into the Night: Creating Season Two
Log Lady Intros (HD)
Preview and recaps on select episodes (HD)
Disc Nine:
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
The Missing Pieces: Deleted/Alternate Scenes (HD) – NEW!
Special Feature
Archival Interviews
Disc Ten:
Special Features
Between Two Worlds (HD) – NEW!
Palmer Family Interview
Actors Discussion
Moving Through Time: Fire Walk With Me Memories (HD) – NEW!
Reflections On The Phenomenon Of Twin Peaks
US Trailer
International Trailer
Fire Walk With Me Photo Gallery – NEW!
Atmospherics (HD) – NEW!
Trees/Woods
Pie
Signs/Places
Coffee
Notes
Water
Donuts
Owls
The Ring
The Red Room
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