New on DVD & Blu-Ray : INCENDIES (2010)

Synopsis: In the highly-acclaimed suspense thriller Incendies, a mother's dying wish creates a painful puzzle her children are forced to solve. At the reading of their mother's will, twins Jeanne and Simon are given instructions to locate the father they believed was dead and the brother neither knew existed. They travel to the Middle East, to piece together the story of the woman who brought them into the world only to make a shocking discovery.

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Thursday, September 8, 2011

BEYOND (2011) - Trailer and Poster (Sweden's Official Oscar Entry)

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Official Synopsis: A poignant story, told with sincerity and humor, about a young woman´s dramatic childhood and about her grief and the struggle to move on. Noomi Rapace plays the main character in her first feature after the success with the Millennium trilogy and she plays opposite her husband, actor Ola Rapace. Award winning actress Pernilla August makes her directorial debut with her take on the bestselling novel Svinalängorna by Susanna Alakoski. In other main roles we see rising star Tehilla Blad and the Finnish acclaimed actors, Ville Virtanen and Outi Mäenpää. A morning just before Christmas, Leena, 34, receives a phone call from a hospital in her childhood hometown telling her that her mother is dying. This news takes her on a journey to face her mother for the first time in her adult life. Leena has fought all her life to let go of her grief over her lost and dark childhood. She is now forced to deal with her past to be able to move on.

Genre: Drama

Starring: Noomi Rapace, Ola Rapace, Outi Mäenpää, Ville Virtanen

Director: Pernilla August

Screenplay: Pernilla August, based on a novel by Susanna Alakoski

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Release Date: December 8, 2011 (Germany)

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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

New on Blu-Ray : DAS BOOT (1981) Two-Disc Collector's Edition

The German submarine war movie, "Das Boot", is one of the great classics, nominated for 6 Oscars, including Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Director, Wolfgang Petersen, who has since moved on to big budget blockbusters like "Troy" or "The Perfect Storm". The movie is a deeply immersive experience that will give you a complete picture of what it was like to be a part of the submarine battles of the Second World War. Claustrophobic and suspenseful, thrilling and unforgettable, the movie is guaranteed to appeal to World War II enthusiasts and not just them, I dare say. The Blu-Ray release contains the theatrical cut and the director's cut (around 200 minutes long) of the movie.