“Cake” With Jennifer Aniston Hits Blu-Ray in April
Cake, the 2014 drama which featured a critically acclaimed (and Golden Globe nominated) performance from Jennifer Aniston, comes out on Blu-ray, DVD and VOD April 21 via Fox Home Entertainment.
The storyline centers on Claire Bennett (Jennifer Aniston), an abrasive woman whose addiction to pills and alienating behavior is rooted in a past tragedy. When a member (Anna Kendrick) of her support group commits suicide, Claire seeks out the woman’s husband (Sam Worthington) and strikes up an unlikely bond. Cake also stars Chris Messina (The Newsroom), Mamie Gummer, and Adriana Barazza.
Blu-ray and DVD Special Features:
1. “The Many Layers of Cake: Learning to Live Again
2. The Icing on the Cake: Meet the Cast
3. Theatrical Trailer
“St. Vincent” Director TED MELFI Talks Personal Filmmaking
St. Vincent, one of last year’s most beloved films, was buoyed by inspired performances by a stellar ensemble ( Bill Murray, Naomi Watts, Jaeden Lieberher, Melissa McCarthy) and top notch storytelling from writer/director Ted Melfi.
Kentucky Derby Drama “50 to 1” Hits DVD In April
50 to 1, the true story of Mine That Bird’s surprising victory at the 2009 Kentucky Derby, hits DVD and Digital HD on April 28 via Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Skeet Ulrich (Scream, Law & Order: LA) stars as Mine That Bird’s trainer Chip Woolley with Christian Kane co-starring as the horse’s owner Mark Allen.
DVD Review: “American Experience: Edison: The Father of Invention”
It’s safe to say inventor Thomas Alva Edison changed the way humanity heard and saw the world, thanks to his revolutionary contributions to sound recording (the phonograph), electric light, and motion pictures. The documentary American Experience: Edison (PBS Distribution, 120 minutes), written and directed by Michelle Ferrari, is an engaging and illuminating look at the “wizard of Menlo Park.”
Exclusive: Marina Squerciati on “Chicago P.D.” & Burgess’ Battles
Beat cop Kim Burgess (Marina Squerciati) is as tough as they come, but she and partner Roman (Brian Geraghty) may have met their match after their guns and radios are confiscated. Their bloody and life threatening encounter is front and center with tonight’s Chicago P.D. episode “Do What You Do” (NBC, 10 pm et/pt).
JOYWAVE Releases Debut Album “How Do You Feel Now” In April
Last year was a huge one for Joywave with the release of their EP How Do You Feel? (the track “Tongues,” featured on the FIFA 15 soundtrack, is ridiculously catchy). The group’s debut album How Do You Feel Now? is slated for an April 21 release via Cultco Music/Hollywood Records, and they will also join Bleachers on a spring U.S. tour in support of their album.
IMAGES: The Badgley Mischka Fall 2015 Fashion Show
The Badgley Mischka Fall 2015 Fashion Show took place today at the Theatre at Lincoln Center, as the collection is an inspired hybrid of Modernist architecture and the matador lifestyle. The collection speaks my language since it has its share of cinematic inspirations. The films Blood and Sand (that’s the Tyrone Power matador movie) and The Fountainhead (the Gary Cooper/Patricia Neal movie based on the Ayn Rand novel) are two of the collection’s aesthetic influences.
This is all a prelude to saying there’s a ton of images featuring beautiful, fashion forward people, and their visages are seen below:
-PICTURED: Chrissy Teigen
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-PICTURED: Kerris Dorsey
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-Location: The Theatre Lincoln Center
-PICTURED: Jeannie Mai
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-PICTURED: Atmosphere
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-PICTURED: Kate Bock, Chrissy Teigen, Kelly Bensimon
-PHOTO by:Marion Curtis/Starpix
TRAILER: Michael Douglas Goes “Beyond The Reach”
No – it’s not The Ghost and The Darkness Part Deux, but Michael Douglas once again fashions a rifle and instead of hunting a man-eating lion, he’s aiming to kill a fellow human (Jeremy Irvine) in Beyond The Reach.
Based on the novel Deathwatch, the story centers on a corporate bigwig (Douglas) who’s getting his thrills during a Mojave Desert hunting trip. Killing animals just won’t do, and when something goes awry during the expedition, a young guide (Irvine) becomes his next target. Michael Douglas also produced the film.
Directed by Jean-Baptiste Léonetti, the project runs a fittingly lean 95-minutes, and the tense trailer shows Beyond The Reach’s potential.
Beyond the Reach hits theaters and On Demand April 17, 2015. The trailer is below:
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Hits Blu-Ray In March
Bilbo Baggins’ (Martin Freeman) epic journey concludes with The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, and the epic hits Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD on March 24 via Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. It’s a bummer director Peter Jackson will never film J.R.R. Tolkien’s masterpiece The Silmarillion, but considering The Lord of the Rings trilogy and now The Hobbit installments are part of our rich cinematic history, who’s complaining?
With The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Bilbo, Gandalf the Grey and a group of heroic dwarves (led by Richard Armitage as the morally conflicted Thorin Oakenshield) ready themselves for a final stand against the forces of evil.
The great news is that all versions of the film will contain the same special features, which means 2-Disc DVD Special Edition owners won’t be left out in the cold.
The extras found on the discs include “The Last Goodbye” music video and the four featurettes “Recruiting the Five Armies,” “Completing Middle-earth,” “The Last Goodbye: Behind the Scenes,” and “New Zealand: Home of Middle-earth, Part 3.”