Catch Up on These 2013 NZIFF Films on DVD!

Did you miss any films at last year's New Zealand International Film Festival? Here's a handy list of  titles that have made it to DVD/Blu-ray which you can rent from us (with a few coming soon):

The Act of Killing
A Band Called Death
Behind the Candelabra
The Best Offer
Blackfish
Blancanieves
The Bling Ring
Blue Ruin
Camille Claudel 1915
Charles Bradley: Soul of America
Cheap Thrills
Computer Chess
The Crash Reel
Cutie and the Boxer
Dirty Wars
The East
A Field in England
Frances Ha
The Gatekeepers
Ginger and Rosa
Giselle
Gloria
The Great Beauty
Hannah Arendt
A Hijacking
The Human Scale
It Boy
Jappeloup
Like Father, Like Son
Mistaken for Strangers
Mood Indigo
Much Ado About Nothing
Mud
Oh Boy
Only Lovers Left Alive
Beyond Outrage
The Past
Prince Avalanche
Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer
The Rocket
Romeo and Juliet: A Love Song
Silence in the House of God
Sleepwalk with Me
The Spectacular Now
The Spirit of '45
The Summit
This Ain't No Mouse Music!
To the Wonder
A Touch of Sin
20 Feet from Stardom
Upstream Color
V/H/S/2
Wadjda
Weekend of a Champion
The Weight of Elephants
What Maisie Knew
What Richard Did
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Fatso's Top 20 Biggest Titles of 2013

'Tis the time to be making end-of-year lists and whatnot so we got our number-crunchers to put together the Top 20 titles that were constantly flying off our racks this year. 2013 Oscar Best Picture winner Argo topped the list, a much less surprising title than 2012's #1. Good to see foreign entry The Intouchables crack the Top 10, and curious that some of you were crazy about Alex Cross at one point! Here's the complete list:

1. Argo
2. Skyfall
3. Looper
4. Taken 2
5. Lincoln
6. Life of Pi
7. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
8. Django Unchained
9. Silver Linings Playbook
10. The Intouchables
11. Jack Reacher
12. Les Miserables
13. Iron Man 3
14. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
15. Alex Cross
16. Pitch Perfect
17. Oblivion
18. A Good Day to Die Hard
19. Game of Thrones - Season 2
20. Zero Dark Thirty

Lifeforce Pulled from Release... Again

It pains me to report that Tobe Hooper's totally nutty '80s cult space vampire flick Lifeforce has received another blow for a possible NZ home video release. Triton had this movie on their DVD schedule a couple years ago but it was yanked, and now the Blu-ray, which was due to come out last week from Shock, has suffered a similar fate. Shock cited "rating issues" as the reason. Other Blu-rays from the same Cinema Cult line were also withdrawn, including City of the Living Dead, Lisa and the Devil/House of Exorcism and Vampyres. Bummer news for genre fans.... anywho here's the Lifeforce trailer to remind you of its awesomeness:

Lady and the Tramp Screened for Dogs

 

Here's something mindlessly cute for your Friday arvo. Disney have just re-released their 1955 classic Lady and the Tramp on DVD and Blu-ray, and in the UK to celebrate its Blu-ray debut, a PR company held a screening of the film solely for DOGS. Too cute. A couple more pics here.

The Lion King Roars Back to Theatres and Home Video - in 3D!

Great news for those of you lamenting the unavailability of this much-loved 1994 Disney classic on DVD. I just received a press release from a Disney publicist stating that it will be released from the vaults on October 12 this year, to coincide with the release of the film in theatres in "breathtaking 3D". Okay, so stick these dates in your diary:

• September 29, 2011 - 3D version hits theatres for the first time ever (only for 2 weeks)
  

• October 12, 2011 - available on Blu-ray™ Hi-Def, Blu-ray 3D™ and DVD (again for a limited time!)
  

Random Stuff #7

Hitler Finds Out...

I think this Hitler clip from Downfall is too played out by now to be really effective, but here are the latest spoofs, one where he learns of MJ's death and the other of Sarah Palin's resignation. (WARNING: contains offensive language)





The best still remains this Blu-ray vs HD-DVD one:



PS: The subject matter link to the Dead Snow Nazi zombies below is purely unintentional...