Update:  Classicflix.com has just issued a correction saying their source was wrong and this is nowhere to be found on Paramount’s release schedule.  I might just have to finally import this.

There are more movies out there in the world that people wish would come to DVD than you can count, but there’s one film at the top of most people’s lists.  Well, it looks like we can finally cross John Huston’s classic, The African Queen, off that list.

Classicflix.com is reporting that Paramount has scheduled the film for release on October 13th as part of the Paramount Centennial Collection series.  This is great news for fans of great cinema, but MIGHT be a disappointment for HD geeks.  None of the other Centennial Collection films have been release on BluRay, so it’s probably a pretty safe bet that this one will be DVD only.  Stranger things have happened, but don’t get your hopes up too terribly high.  No special features have been anounced yet, but I’d frankly buy a single-layer flipper disc if it meant I got this on DVD.

I discovered this movie on VHS purely by coincidence at least five years ago and have been eagerly waiting for this glorious news.  I’ve embedded the trailer below.

Our Coen Brothers series continues with their first film, Blood Simple.

 

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Strictly speaking, not everything we post here is going to have to do with movies.  Sometimes, we just get the chance to talk with insanely cool people.  J.C. Hutchins is definitely one of those people.  A member of  the “new media authors” along with the likes of Tee Morris, Pip Ballentine, Scott Sigler, Seth Harwood and Mur Lafferty, they have all clawed their way into the mainstream press and publishing world.

I had a chance to speak with Hutch just last night and I wanted to make sure to post this in time for his release of Personal Effects:  Sword of Blood.  It’s a prequel to Dark Arts and…well, you should just listen to the interview.  We talk about his start as an author and podcaster along with his new book due out June 9th, Personal Effects:  Dark Art.

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Find out more about J.C. Hutchins in general

 

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This week, we bring in Stephanie to talk some Star Trek, get a cameo from Melissa and start our series on the Coens’ with Miller’s Crossing.

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Sometimes, you just can’t fit everything in at StarFest.  Between the already tight schedules at the convention and her delayed flight, it just didn’t quite work out for us to talk with Katee Sackhoff.

Katee was gracious enough to offer to do a phone interview and what resulted was definitely one of the more fun interviews I’ve ever had the pleasure of doing.

We spend time talking about her pilot, Lost & Found, not getting picked up and bounce all over the place from Star Trek to why she doesn’t do Twitter and somehow end up talking about the Swine Flu at the end and better names for it.

Minor disclaimer:  The beginning of our conversation is talking about Lost & Found.  It’s just where we started up and I totally spaced calling it by its proper name

 

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This week, we talk about Wolverine in fairly great detail and finish our first director series with Preston Sturges’ Hail, the Conquering Hero.

 

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Ethan’s Visceral Score : 9.5/10

I can think of only one way to start off this review. I love Star Trek : The Original Series. But to truly love something you have to acknowledge its flaws. And I can fully admit that TOS was somewhat…wait, scratch that, a totally cheesy show. The acting could be stiff. The sets could look cheap. The fights could be poorly choreographed. But damn, the show had intelligence and charm. But the thing it truly thrived on were its characters. And while this film by J.J. Abrams may not have the cerebral elements that made the original show so admired, it has down pat the characters. But Abrams does even more.

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Dave’s Score: 8/10

It’s a difficult task, writing a review for Battle for Terra. A lot of people I’ve talked to have said that it just looks like another generic CGI flick with no heart or soul. It looks like a dumbed down kiddie flick that just LOOKS sci-fi. I’m here to set the record straight. Battle for Terra isn’t just a good kids’ film with great 3-D, this is a good movie, period. It has great action, isn’t afraid to have fun, and it tackles some pretty tough issues about what sacrifices are worth making for the future of the human race. This isn’t a propaganda piece against war. This film has more in common with the re-imagining of Battlestar Galactica than it does with Fahrenheit 9/11, unlike what some would lead you to believe. The version of the film I saw was in 3-D, and it really is worth checking out in that format.

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