Again, Korea steps up to the cinematic plate. Remember how I said they make the best films after America? They continue to prove it. The Berlin File, a 2013 release, is making its way onto Blu-ray, DVD and Digital in Australia thanks to Icon Home Entertainment. A high-octane romp reminiscent of films such as the Bourne franchise and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy in tone, The Berlin File comes from dir...
Devil’s Knot, a re-imagining of the shocking true story behind the 1993 murder of three 8 year old children living in Arkansas, will be released on Home Media this November 19 from Icon Home Entertainment. Here’s the official synopsis: On May 5, 1993, three young boys playing in West Memphis, Arkansas, never made it home for dinner. The loyalty of an entire community spurs hundreds of ...
French film auteur Luc Besson had a 2014 box office smash in Lucy, starring Scarlett Johansson, and the Marvel connection continues with Intersections, starring Frank Grillo (Brock Rumlow in Captain America: The Winter Soldier) and Jaimie Alexander (Lady Sif in Thor, Thor: The Dark World). The 2013 made thriller is finally hitting store shelves in Australia under its original title (known as Colli...
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times: behind the good ol’ U.S. of A., South Korea makes the best films. On October 15, the Far East cinematic movement continues with Icon Home Entertainment releasing The Terror, Live on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital. From writer/director Byeong-Woo Kim, The Terror, Live stars Jung-Woo Ha (The Chaser) as a “disgraced former televis...
Along with Amma Asante’s romance-drama Belle, Icon Home Entertainment is bringing Carlo Cerlei’s version of the classic Shakespeare story Romeo & Juliet to DVD and Digital on September 10. This new take has been especially lauded for its spectacular score, nominated for Film Music Composition of the Year and winning Film Score of the Year and Best Original Film Score for a Drama at...
Icon Home Entertainment is bringing well-received British romance-drama Belle to Blu-ray, DVD and Digital on September 10. The film was in development limbo for more than six years before it finally enjoyed its theatrical release in the UK and U.S. last year. Directed by Amma Asante (A Way of Life), who won the ‘Director to Watch’ honour at the 2014 Palm Springs International Film Fest...
Icon Home Entertainment will be bringing the disaster epic Pompeii, starring Game of Thrones star Kit Harington, to 3D Blu-ray, Blu-ray, DVD and Digital on July 23. Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson (the Resident Evil series), Pompeii is set in 79 A.D. and tells the tale of slave-turned-gladiator Milo (Harington), whose quest to save his love Cassia (Emily Browning) from being married off to the ruth...
The incredible true story of Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man who is abducted and sold into slavery, is coming to Blu-ray, DVD and Digital on June 4, courtesy of Icon Home Entertainment. Having won a staggering 135 awards from its 271 overall nominations, 12 Years a Slave clearly deserves all of the praise it has received, being called “a modern classic” by The Guar...
We are pleased to have three new Icon Home Entertainment film packs to giveaway, each of which includes a copy of sci-fi epic Ender’s Game and the debaucherous and controversial Filth on Blu-ray. Please Note: Filth is rated R 18+. You have been warned! Click through the links above for our respective reviews. To enter, please answer the following request in our comments section below. Tell u...
Filth Studio: Steel Mill Pictures, Logie Pictures Publisher: Icon Home Entertainment Formats: Blu-ray (Reviewed), DVD, Digital Release Date: April 4, 2014 Price: $29.98 – Available Here Overview Filth is what many called the “unfilmable”. Based on the novel of the same title by Irvine Welsh, Filth is the fourth film to be adapted from the author’s works, the most high profi...
Ender’s Game Studio: Summit Entertainment Publisher: Icon Home Entertainment Formats: Blu-ray (Reviewed), DVD Release Date: April 4th, 2014 Price: $29.95 (Available Here) Overview Ender’s Game excels from the page of Orson Scott Card’s original sci-fi classic novel, into an on-screen simulation run by director and screenplay writer, Gaven Hood. For a film that has taken 20 years to adapt, th...
Machete Kills Studio: Quick Draw Productions Publisher: Icon Home Entertainment Formats: Blu-ray (Reviewed), DVD, Digital Release Date: March 12, 2014 Price: $29.95 – Available Here Overview “Trained to kill. Left for dead. Back for more.” Robert Rodriguez’s excursion into exploitation cinema continues with Machete Kills, sequel to Machete (2010), a film based on a long-ges...