Cinedigm: SLAM DUNK: SEASON 1, VOLUME 1 on DVD!

“SLAM DUNK: SEASON 1, VOLUME 1” Produced by Toei Animation, the same studio responsible for megahits like Digimon, Dragon Ball Z and Sailor Moon, SLAM DUNK is based on the hugely popular manga/comic series and has a substantial existing fanbase. Volume 1 features the first 14 episodes of the first season! 

Hanamichi Sakuragi is a high school punk who hates basketball, mostly because the girls he likes always prefer basketball players to him. Things change, however, when he meets the cute and available Haruko Akagi. She loves basketball and thinks Hanamichi has the height and prowess to play. Hanamichi, quite willing to settle for collateral affection, immediately takes up the sport, never mind the fact that he doesn’t know the rules, cannot dribble and is constitutionally unsuited to teamwork and sportsmanship. If playing basketball will get Haruko to look at him then he’ll be a basketball star! However, a weird thing happens to Hanamichi while struggling to make the team and play the game: he kind of starts to like it! And what’s more, he’s getting good.

TRAILER: [CLICK HERE]

 

Jeremy [The Wolf]

Cinedigm: DIGIMON TAMERS VOLUME 2 on DVD

DIGIMON TAMERS is the third season of the in-demand Digimon franchise produced by Toei Animation. This 3-DVD set includes episodes 18-34. The newest installment, DIGIMON FUSION, is currently airing on Nicktoons. 

In DIGIMON TAMERS VOLUME 2, the adventures continue with episodes 18-34 of Digimon Season 3! Takato, Henry and Rika, three normal kids who are mega fans of the Digimon card game, quest through the Digital World, which is plagued by Evil God Type Digimons. In an effort to defeat those who seek to annihilate the World’s barriers and networks, they pair up with good Digimon and together battle the heinous forces. But in an epic battle with Meramon the group is split in two, each cast off in a different direction. As they traverse strange and sometimes dangerous dimensions in order to reunite, the fate of the Digital World hangs in the balance.

The 3rd season of the Digimon television franchise is now available in value-driven volumes!

Jeremy [The Wolf]

Cinedigm: Animal Planet’s Tanked Season 2

Animal Planet’s Tanked Season 2: All this water in the desert is no mirage—it’s the work of a Las Vegas duo heading the largest aquarium manufacturing company in the nation. Clients from all over the country call on brothers-in-law Wayde King and Brett Raymer in search of their extraordinary creations. In this 2-disc set, an orthodontist in New York orders up a shark tank for his new office, a game enthusiast in Chicago wants a pinball-machine aquarium, and a team in Pensacola asks to convert their bus into a mobile aquarium—just to name a few. Plus, the guys gather to talk about their favorite tanks, fish, and pranks from Season 1. Dive into gallons and gallons of creative challenges that fill almost six hours of fishy fun in TANKED SEASON 2. With a total run time of 352 minutes, this DVD.
 

Jeremy [The Wolf]

Random Media and Cinedigm: THE SHIFT

Directed by Lee Cipolla, THE SHIFT is an authentic, emotional and thought-provoking ER drama. The film was written by Leo Oliva who used his bachelor’s degree in nursing as inspiration when penning the script. THE SHIFT won the Audience Favorite Award at the Palm Beach International Film Festival in 2013 and stars Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon franchise, The Color Purple, Angels in the Outfield), Leo Olivia, Casey Fitzgerald, Genesis Ochoa, and Sara Castro. 

Trailer: [CLICK HERE]

THE SHIFT takes place during one 12-hour night shift in an emergency room. On this night, a veteran nurse, a new nurse and their ethics are at odds. Floyd (Danny Glover) mentors the nurses as they face difficult cases and tough decisions. The veteran nurse believes in doing what is best for his patients, even if it means letting them die; the new nurse, on the other hand, believes in fighting for the patient until the very end, no matter what. Confronted with a young girl dying from cancer, beliefs are tested and actions challenged.
 

Jeremy [The Wolf]

Olive Films: AUSCHWITZ [2013] (DVD)

Filmmaker Uwe Boll’s Auschwitz is a daring docu-drama depicting the atrocities of the Holocaust set inside of the most notorious of concentration camps. Combining archival footage, dramatic reenactments and current on-camera interviews, the film attempts to provide the viewer with an understanding of the “how” and “why” of such genocide. Bookended with an introduction by the provocative director and interviews with a number of high school teens quizzed on their knowledge of Auschwitz and the Holocaust, Boll provides a sobering perspective on a powerful, compelling and tragic piece of world history. 

Starring:
STEFFEN MENNEKES (Clouds Of Sils Maria, Rampage)
ARVED BIRNBAUM (We Are The Night, Eye For An Eye)

Directed by:
UWE BOLL (Sanctimony, Postal, Blackwoods)

AUSCHWITZ DVD [CLICK HERE] 

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Olive Films: PLANET USA [2013] (DVD)

Planet Earth. U.S.A. The natural oil resources are running out; the hatred between the East and West has spread like a plague all over the world; and the planet is on the brink of World War III. Major George Conrad (David Hofer), an obsessive war veteran and a patriotic zealot, is on a top-secret mission to save the world. By order of the former President of the United States, Conrad will lead an elite commando unit into action. Their destination: The moon. Their orders: Drill for oil. Two filthy rich sheik brothers have formed an alliance with the Americans and are financing the mission. After all, a pipeline from the moon to Earth will cost a lot of money …but none of the parties is who they seem to be and just as the mission is reaching completion, everything spins out of control in Planet USA.

Starring:
DAVID HOFER (Across The Mile, Let Me Try)
CHARLES RETTINGHAUS (Radio Silence)
TIM SEYFI (Head-On, Vincent Wants To Sea)
GUNTHER GILLIAN (The Poet)
Directed by:
FLO LACKNER (Silent Murder, Welfare)

PLANET USA DVD [CLICK HERE]

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Olive Films: HEART OF AMERICA (2009) [DVD]

Ripped from today headlines, Uwe Boll's provocative drama, Heart of America, is a searing indictment of a violent society and the pandemic of bullying. Mirroring the horrific Columbine High School shooting, the film reveals how a series of seemingly random events can escalate into a tragic denouement.

Set at Riverton High School, in America’s heartland, teachers and students enjoy their last day of the school year unaware of the tragedy that is about to unfold. Two Riverton students, Danny Lynn (Kett Turton) and Barry Schultz (Michael Belyea), who have been the brunt of bullying, will exact their revenge against their tormentors and anyone who may stand in their way.

Weaving a multi-layered story where the lives of students, teachers, parents and friends all intersect on a fateful and fatal day, director Uwe Boll and his cast of talented young actors bring insightful observations to a tale of senseless tragedy.

Starring:

ELISABETH MOSS (“Mad Men”, “The West Wing”, Girl, Interrupted, Darling Companion)
JURGEN PROCHNOW (Beverly Hills Cop II, Das Boot, The Da Vinci Code, The English Patient)
PATRICK MULDOON (Starship Troopers, Stigmata, “Melrose Place”)
MICHAEL PARE (Streets of Fire, The Philadelphia Experiment, Eddie and the Cruisers)
MARIA CONCHITA ALONSO (The Running Man, Predator 2, Colors)
CLINT HOWARD (Apollo 13, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Sparks)
BRENDAN FLETCHER (Freddy vs Jason, The Final Cut, RV, 88 Minutes, Alone in the Dark)
LOCHLYN MUNRO (White Chicks, Dead Man on Campus, A Guy Thing, Duets)

 
Directed by:
UWE BOLL (Postal, Rampage, In the Name of the King)

HEART OF AMERICA DVD [CLICK HERE]

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Olive Films: BEYOND REMEDY (2009) [DVD]

Therapy is deadly serious in the thriller Beyond Remedy. When a group of medical students are invited to participate in an alternative therapy study dealing with phobias, each student must face their personal fears head on in order to be cured. Who would have imagined that death is lurking just around the corner? A killer, targeting the students, has tailored each of the killings to a specific phobia with spectacularly terrifying results in Beyond Remedy. Director Gerhard Hross’ slasher-thriller brings together a group of talented actors that include Rick Yune, Daniel Krauss, and Marie Zielcke.

Starring:

RICK YUNE (The Fast and The Furious, Die Another Day)
DANIEL KRAUSS (Two Lives, Rabbit Without Ears)
MARIE ZIELCKE (Am I Beautiful, Silvester Countdown)
DAVID GANT (Braveheart, Gandhi)
EDWARD PICCIN (Joy Ride)

Directed by:
GERHARD HROSS (Possession)

BEYOND REMEDY DVD [CLICK HERE]

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Olive Films: EMANCIPATION (2012) [DVD]

An uncommon story of love and resilience, eMANcipation tackles its delicate subject (a singular group of men who inhabit a shelter for abused men) with both honesty and sensitivity. The men who share a common bond of domestic abuse include: Dominik (Urs Stapfli), a mathematician; Horst (Hans-Ulrich Laux), an unemployed truck driver; Gregor (Roland Avenard), a novelist; and Lukas (Peer Alexander Hauck), a piano teacher. The women they love (and may also fear) include Angela (Frances Heller), a 23-year-old pregnant housewife; and Belinda (Anna Gorgen), a lawyer. Director Philipp Muller-Dorn (director of the web-series Charlottenburg Cuisine and the feature film Between Your Legs) take a daring and provocative look inside the world that very few men, out of embarrassment or retaliation, speak of: domestic abuse by their partner. In the dramatic film eMANcipation, Muller-Dorn has opened a door for a conversation that has been long overdue. 

Starring:

URS STAPFLI (Romeo & Julia)
HANS-ULRICH LAUX (Summer In Berlin)
PEER ALEXANDER HAUCK (Zweimal Eva, Zweimal Adam)
FRANCES HELLER (Devolution)
ANNA GORGEN (Go With Le Flow)
Directed by:
PHILIPP MULLER-DORN (Between Your Legs)

EMANCIPATION DVD [CLICK HERE]

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Olive Films: DRAWN IN BLOOD (2006) [DVD]

 

When her brother’s suicide brings Marian (Anna Fin) to Berlin, she is unaware of the terror that awaits her in the psychological thriller Drawn In Blood. The story kicks into high gear as a series of horrific murders take place that mirror the storyline of a popular comic book. Marion soon discovers that Eric (Tim Williams), the comic book artist, lives in the building adjacent her brother’s apartment and that each of the victims have a close connection to the artist. Bizarre and haunting events soon unfold leading to a climatic finale evoking genre masters Hitchcock, Polanski and Argento in a film directed by Péter Palátsik (Push and Pull). Rounding out a cast of supporting performers are Dan Van Husen, Luise Bahr and Tomas Spencer.

 

Starring:

ANNA FIN (Lost Samaritan, Fatal Rescue)
TIM WILLIAMS (Valkyrie, Ninja Assassin)
DAVID VAN HUSEN (Nosferatu The Vampire, Enemy At The Gates)
LUIS BAHR (The Red Baron)
TOMAS SPENCER (Nymphomaniac, The Last Station)

Directed by:
PETER PALATSIK (Push and Pull, Living And Learning)

DRAWN IN BLOOD DVD [CLICK HERE]

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Olive Films: Zombies From Outer Space (2012) [DVD]

Rural Bavaria. The late 1950's. Something very strange is taking place. When Maria (JudithGorgrass) happens upon the dead body of a woman little does she realize the terror that will unleashed in Zombies From Outer Space. Noted scientist Dr. Robert Hoelzlein (Florian Kiml) and American Army Captain John Welles (Siegfried Foster), both brought into investigate the crime, soon butt heads over the case and their mutual attraction to Maria. Romance takes a back seat when more bodies are discovered. Who or what has caused these mysterious deaths?

Starring:
JUDITH GORGASS (Room 67)
FLORIAN KIML (Don’t Kiss Me Twice)
SIEGFRIED FOSTER (The Seeds of Discord)

Directed by:
MARTIN FALTERMEIER (In The Name of Gore)

ZOMBIES FROM OUTER SPACE DVD [CLICK HERE]

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Olive Films: ERIK THE VIKING (1989) [BLU-RAY/DVD]

 

Norse mythology meets Monty Python-esque humor in the Terry Jones written & directed comedy, Erik The Viking. Erik (Tim Robbins, The Player, The Shawshank Redemption), the Viking of the title, in an effort to petition the gods to save the planet for the impending Ragnarok — "the end of the world" — must travel to Asgard with a less-than-stellar crew at his side. The supporting players include Mickey Rooney (The Black Stallion, It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World), Eartha Kitt (Boomerang, The Emperor’s New Groove), John Cleese (A Fish Called Wanda, Yellowbeard), Terry Jones (Jabberwocky, Monty Python and The Holy Grail) and Charles McKeown (Brazil, Monty Python’s The Life of Brian).

Starring:
TERRY JONES (Jabberwocky, Monty Python’s Life of Brian, Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life)
TIM ROBBINS (The Player, The Shawshank Redemption, Bull Durham)
JOHN CLEESE (A Fish Called Wanda, Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life)
MICKEY ROONEY (The Black Stallion, Skidoo)

Directed by:
TERRY JONES (Monty Python’s Life of Brian, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life)

ERIK THE VIKING DVD [CLICK HERE]
ERIK THE VIKING BD [CLICK HERE]

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Olive Films: YELLOWBEARD (1983) [BLU-RAY/DVD]

 

Having survived a 20-year incarceration for tax evasion, the notorious pirate Yellowbeard (Graham Chapman, Monty Python’s Life of Brian) escapes to claim his hidden treasure after the Royal Navy imposes a bogus additional prison sentence. Gathering a group of miscreants and ne're-do-wells (AKA his friend and companions) as his crew, Yellowbeard sets out to locate the treasure map (which has been inexplicably tattooed on his son’s head) and find the booty in this comic riff on the swashbuckler. With supporting turns from cast mates John Cleese, Eric Idle, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, Martin Hewitt, ‘Cheech’ Marin, Tommy Chong, Peter Cook, Spike Milligan, Ferdy Mayne and James Mason, Yellowbeard provides hilarious hijinks on the high seas.

Starring:

GRAHAM CHAPMAN (Monty Python’s Life of Brian, Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life)
JOHN CLEESE (Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life, A Fish Called Wanda)
ERIC IDLE (Monty Python’s Life of Brian, Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life)
PETER BOYLE (Young Frankenstein, Taxi Driver)
MADELINE KAHN (Paper Moon, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein)
MARTY FELDMAN (Young Frankenstein, Silent Movie)
KENNETH MARS (What’s Up, Doc?, Young Frankenstein, The Producers)
RICHARD ANTHONY ‘CHEECH’ MARIN (Up In Smoke, Cheech and Chong’s Next Movie)
TOMMY CHONG (Up In Smoke, Cheech and Chong’s Next Movie)


Directed by:
MEL DAMSKI (Legendary)

YELLOWBEARD DVD [CLICK HERE]
YELLOWBEARD BD [CLICK HERE]

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Olive Films: SKI SCHOOL (1991) [BLU-RAY/DVD] May 26th

 

Skiing is a high stakes game for Reid Janssens (Mark Thomas Miller), the preppy, pretentious and very serious skier who rules the slopes. And then there’s Dave Marshak (Dean Cameron), a reckless party animal, but with equally impressive skills on white powder. Like oil & water, these two do not mix. So, it’s a fight to the finish as they set out to win the title in the end-of-season downhill race, which tests their endurance as they battle one another on and off the slopes in the action-comedy Ski School. Also featured in Ski School are Darlene Vogel (Back To The Future Part II), Ava Fabian (Welcome Back, Roxy Carmichael) and Stuart Fratkin (Teen Wolf Too).

Starring:
DEAN CAMERON (Terminal Rush, A Dark Truth)
MARK THOMAS MILLER (Mom, TV’s "Misfits Of Science")
STUART FRATKIN (They Came From Outer Space, Teen Wolf Too)
DARLENE VOGEL (Back To The Future Part II)
AVA FABIAN (Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael)

Directed by:
DAMIAN LEE (Terminal Rush, A Dark Truth)

SKI SCHOOL DVD [CLICK HERE]
SKI SCHOOL BLU-RAY [CLICK HERE]

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Olivier Derivière releases "SUPERNOVA Volume 1: Through The Portal"

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Hailed by MTV as "Game music's eclectic daredevil," IFMCA award-winning composer Olivier Derivière (Remember Me) continues to push the boundaries of enhancing interactive experiences through music with his latest opus for the upcoming online space video game SUPERNOVA, developed by Primal Game Studio and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. 

For SUPERNOVA, Derivière has combined his trademark electronic music wizardry with epic orchestral space themes recorded with the Philharmonia Orchestra at Abbey Road by three-time GRAMMY® award-winning engineer John Kurlander (The Lord of the Rings). Entitled "SUPERNOVA Volume 1: Through The Portal" the original soundtrack is now available for digital download on Bandcamp and other digital music sites. Preview samples of the score are available at Soundcloud.

"The musical journey of the OST follows a big crescendo from a star's birth to its supernova," explains Derivière. "Volume 1 is about the first planet, more will come as the game progressively extends its universe to new worlds. This is only the beginning."

Olive Films: REMEMBER MAY'S RELEASES!

May 19th: PETER BENCHLEY'S CREATURE (DVD/Blu-ray), IT! THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE (DVD/Blu-ray), FLAWLESS (DVD/Blu-ray), EXTREMITIES (DVD/Blu-ray)  

 

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Lionsgate: Tracers

Taylor Lautner (The Twilight Saga franchise, Abduction) navigates the concrete jungle like never before in the parkour thriller, Tracers, arriving on Blu-ray™ (plus Digital HD), DVD (plus Digital) and Digital HD on May 12 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. Tracers is currently available via On Demand. Tracers explores the dangerous world of mob crime, set against the landscape of parkour, and features a stellar cast including Marie Avgeropoulos (50/50, TV’s “The 100”), Adam Rayner (TV’s “Tyrant,” Love and Other Disasters) and Rafi Gavron (Snitch, Breaking and Entering).

When Cam (Lautner), a New York City bicycle messenger in debt to an organized crime gang, crashes his bike into a sexy stranger, Nikki (Avgeropoulos), it seems his luck may be changing. She introduces Cam to her crew – a team who uses parkour to pull off heists. Hoping to alleviate his debt, he quickly joins. As the stakes get higher with more dangerous side ventures, the payouts get bigger.  Cam must use every ounce of his skill to stay alive as the crew’s heists grow ever more bold and mob enforcers breathe relentlessly down his neck.

The Tracers Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD include two action-packed behind-the-scenes featurettes. “The Art of Motion” looks at the making of the film with cast and crew interviews and how the parkour stunts were produced. The “Director’s Pitch Reel” is a short the director, Daniel Benmayor, produced to illustrate his vision for the film. The Tracers Blu-ray and DVD.
 

Jeremy [The Wolf]

Lionsgate: Texas Rangers: The Real Stories

Saddle up for a wild ride through the West when Texas Rangers: The Real Stories arrives on DVD May 12 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. Timed to the HISTORY® broadcast premiere on Memorial Day of “Texas Rising,” an eight-hour miniseries event from the producers of the “Hatfields & McCoys,” starring Bill Paxton, Olivier Martinez, Ray Liotta and Brendan Fraser, this collection features three complete HISTORY® specials chronicling the adventures of the legendary Texas Rangers. Featuring over two hours of action-packed programming, Texas Rangers: The Real Stories will be available on DVD.

The Texas Rangers wore their badge with pride—a symbol of a crime-fighting force like no other. Follow the sagas of Governor Sam Houston and Stephen Austin, state founders and leaders in the fight for Texas independence. See how the Texas Rangers banded together and fought across the Lone Star State’s unforgiving, wide-open terrain.
 

Jeremy [The Wolf]

Lionsgate: Spare Parts

George Lopez leads an incredible cast in the inspiring film , arriving on DVD (plus Digital), Digital HD and On Demand May 5 from Pantelion and Lionsgate Home Entertainment.   Based on a remarkable true story of four Phoenix high school students who come together against all odds to compete against MIT in a national underwater robotics competition, the “crowd-pleasing” (LA Times) story features an all-star ensemble cast including George Lopez, Jamie Lee Curtis, Carlos PenaVega and Marisa Tomei. From the director of Soul Surfer, Spare Parts will be available on DVD.

When four wildly different high schoolers team up to enter a robotics competition against the nation’s top tech colleges, no one believes they have a chance—no one but Fredi (Lopez), their new substitute teacher. As Fredi challenges his students to be the best they can be, they show him the power of never giving up, in an unforgettable tale that shines with heart, humor, and hope.

 

Jeremy [The Wolf]

Lionsgate: Roommate Wanted

Keep your friends close and your roommates closer when Roommate Wanted arrives on DVD (plus Digital), Digital HD and On Demand May 19th from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. Starring Alexa Vega (Spy Kids franchise), Spencer Grammer (TV’s “Greek”), Kathryn Morris (TV’s “Cold Case”) and Richard Riehle (Transformers: Age of Extinction), it’s an all-out girl-war that ends with someone moving out for good. Roommate Wanted will be available on DVD.

Janie is an ambitious student who dreams of a better life. Dee is a gorgeous socialite who dreams of a rich husband. They’re already not the best of friends...or the best of roommates. But when Janie gets the opportunity of a lifetime, Dee becomes the roommate from hell as she desperately tries to destroy Janie’s life.
 

Jeremy [The Wolf]