"Just Before I Go" is Coming to DVD, Blu-ray

Anchor Bay Entertainment is proud to announce the home entertainment release of Courteney Cox’s directorial debut, JUST BEFORE I GO.

Courteney Cox gained overnight fame as she endeared herself to millions as the neurotic yet loveable Monica Gellar on NBC’s hit comedy “Friends”. Just ending her run on the Golden Globe nominated “Cougar Town”, Cox brings her comedic timing behind the camera with JUST BEFORE I GO —a quirky comedy, firmly grounded in the dramatic moments of real life. The story centers around Ted Morgan—a man who has been treading water for most of his life. After his wife leaves him, Ted realizes he has nothing left to live for. Summoning the courage for one last act, Ted decides to go home and face the people he feels are responsible for creating the shell of a person he has become. But life is tricky. The more determined Ted is to confront his demons, to get closure, and to withdraw from his family, the more Ted is yanked into the chaos of their lives. So, when Ted Morgan decides to kill himself, he finds a reason to live.

JUST BEFORE I GO features an ensemble cast of comedic actors lead by Seann William Scott (ROAD TRIP, AMERICAN PIE). His co-stars round out the film’s zany cast of characters and include Olivia Thirlby (JUNO, DREDD), Garret Dillahunt (“Raising Hope”, “Justified”), Kyle Gallner (“Veronica Mars”, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET), Rob Riggle (21 JUMP STREET, LET’S BE COPS), Evan Ross (THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY), and Kate Walsh (“Grey’s Anatomy”, “Private Practice”). The screenplay was written by David Flebotte and the film was co-produced by Courteney Cox, Gabriel Cowan and Thea Mann.

Blackhat Set for Home Media Release

Michael Mann's Blackhat from Legendary Pictures and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment will be released on Blu-ray and DVD for rental & library lending on June 9, 2015.  Blackhat tells the

story of a brilliant black hat hacker currently in Federal prison who is released and recruited by Federal law enforcement to stop a dangerous, global criminal network. After unanticipated consequences and assaults, he and his Chinese partner, who have become lovers, will go up against an overwhelming threat – on their own and isolated in Jakarta – as he tries to make a play to have a future.

Set inside the world of global cybercrime, Blackhat follows released convict Nicholas Hathaway (Chris Hemsworth, Rush, Snow White & the Huntsman.). In a not uncommon move, Federal law enforcement recruits a former blackhat hacker, currently in Federal Prison, to aid a war they will launch against a cyber criminal network, operating worldwide from an unknown base somewhere in Asia. It will take them from Los Angeles and Hong Kong to Perak, Malaysia and Jakarta. As Hathaway closes in, and as unanticipated consequences have made it all personal, he discovers the cyber sabotage of a Chinese nuclear power plant was just the beginning. Four-time Academy award nominated Michael Mann (Heat, Collateral) directs the heart-pounding, ripped from the headlines thriller.

The Last of Robin Hood Arrives in March

Featuring an all-star cast including Academy-Award winners Kevin Kline (Last Vegas, In & Out) and Susan Sarandon (Thelma & Louise, The Big Wedding), and Dakota Fanning (The Runaways, The Twilight Saga), The Last of Robin Hood is a gripping tale of Errol Flynn's sensational romance with starlet Beverly Aadland.  The Last of Robin Hood is available on Blu-ray, DVD on March 3, 2015 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. 

Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Kline stars as Errol Flynn, one of Hollywood's greatest leading men: a lusty and vivacious actor who lived a swashbuckling life of glamour and scandal on and off the screen. But few remember the icon's last May-December romance that shocked a nation. Joining Kline, Academy Award winner Susan Sarandon and Dakota Fanning star in this glamorous, gripping story about Flynn's high-flying affair with aspiring starlet Beverly Aadland – and how her ambitious mother, Florence, enabled it every step of the way. The Last of Robin Hood is a sensational, unforgettable look at Hollywood's golden age and the desire for fame and acceptance.

 

 

Steven Spielberg's Early Films Get Blu-ray Release

Four of Steven Spielberg‘s lesser-known feature films will be available individually on Blu-ray they made debut on the format in last October’s Steven Spielberg Director’s Collection box set; the tense 1971 made-for-television thriller Duel; Spielberg’s feature directorial debut The Sugarland Express, which with Duel helped him get the OK to bring Jaws to the big screen; the rackous World War II comedy epic 1941 with a huge ensemble cast headed up by John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd; and one of Mr Spielberg's least-loved films, the 1989 re-incarnation romance Always.  Always reunited Spielberg with his Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind star, Richard Dreyfuss.

The Sugarland Express and Always will only have theatrical trailers as bonus features. But Duel‘s extras selection includes the retrospective interview featurettes “A Conversation with Director Steven Spielberg,” “Steven Spielberg and the Small Screen,” and “Richard Matheson: The Writing of Duel,” a poster and still gallery, and the original trailer.

And 1941 wins the special feature competition with both theatrical and extended cuts of the film, a feature-length making-of documentary produced originally for its laserdisc release, numerous deleted scenes, production photographs and theatrical trailers. 

All four Blu-rays are being released by Universal Studios Home Entertainment on May 5, 2015.

The Hunger Games : Mockingjay - Part 1 Announced for March DVD / Blu-Ray Release

The global film juggernaut The Hunger Games franchise continues to set the world on fire with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 as it arrives on Blu-Ray Combo Pack, DVD (plus Digital) on March 6.

Mockingjay – Part 1 became the highest-grossing domestic release of 2014 reaching nearly $333.2 million at the domestic box office.  The last two installments of The Hunger Games franchise (Catching Fire and Mockingjay – Part 1) have become the highest-grossing releases at the domestic box office each of the past two years, the first time in decades that a studio has scored back-to-back #1 films of the year and the first time ever for back-to-back sequels.

Mockingjay – Part 1, has already grossed more than $700 million worldwide, bringing global box office for the franchise to over $2.2 billion. 

Theory of Everything Announces for DVD / Blu-Ray

Love, family, and genius powerfully combine as the brilliant astrophysicist Professor Stephen Hawking and his courageous wife Jane live extraordinary lives against all odds in The Theory of Everything, an inspiring love story coming to Blu-ray Combo Pack including Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD with UltraViolet, and On Demand February 17, 2015 (rental release date March 17), from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.

Based on Jane Hawking's memoir Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen and directed by Academy Award winner James Marsh (Man on Wire), the acclaimed film is an unforgettable portrait of a singular marriage and the two exceptional souls who built it. The Theory of Everything is nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay (screenwriter, Anthony McCarten).

Set to the music of Johann Johannsson, Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe Award winner for Best Original Score, The Theory of Everything stars Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe Award winner Eddie Redmayne and Academy Award nominee Felicity Jones. The duo have dazzled critics and audiences alike with their stunning portrayals of one of the world's greatest living minds and the woman who persevered for love. Once a healthy, active young man, Hawking receives an earth-shattering diagnosis at 21 years of age. With Jane fighting tirelessly by his side, Stephen embarks on his most ambitious scientific work, studying the very thing he now has precious little of—time. Together, they defy impossible odds, breaking new ground in medicine and science, and achieving more than they could ever have dreamed.