‘The Descent: Part 2′ Pushed to DVD

Corey Strelitz — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:00:53 +0000

Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced that the long-delayed and highly anticipated followup to Neil Marshall’s ‘The Descent’ won’t be getting a U.S. theatrical release. Instead, the studio is has decided to put out the movie on DVD in late April. It’s a shame that this one won’t be hitting theaters since the original played so marvelously on the big screen. Nonetheless, the Jon Harris directed sequel, which continues with the story of Sarah, the lone survivor of a spelunking trip gone horribly, horribly wrong, should still be a fun monster-in-the-dark romp.

Until the last few years, straight to DVD releases might as well have sported a disclaimer exclaiming “This movie sucks!”, but fortunately, the industry has evolved to understand that today’s insular movie buffs are used to the home theatre experience, and that DVD/Blu-ray is a thriving business. It may never be a match for time-tested effect of seeing a movie on the big screen, but it might lend a helping hand in ever-expanding land of horror sequels.

You can check out the trailer for film Here, thanks to the folks at IGN.

Now Available on DVD and Blu-ray: Moon

Corey Strelitz — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:03:47 +0000

Intelligent, thoughtful science fiction is the trajectory of director Dunan Jones’ debut feature film, Moon. Standing in shadows of 2001: A Space Odyssey and some of the headier episodes of The Twilight Zone, the film manages to entertain, bewilder and compel on a stark, minimalist scale thanks in large part to a absolutely stellar performance by Sam Rockwell. The film is designed to transport you to the moon and let the isolation set in, ultimately giving way to paranoid delusion; it’s a breathless meditation on loneliness and devastating character study that deserves a place beside modern sci-fi greats like Gattaca and Primer. Jones, son of none other than Ziggy Stardust himself (David Bowie), slides into the director chair with ease, exacting one of the most singular, original science fiction films in a great while. It’s the kind of movie you ponder for days after the credits roll. See it (more than once, perhaps) on DVD and Blu-Ray today.

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‘The Descent: Part 2′ Pushed to DVD

Now Available on DVD and Blu-ray: Moon