Articles By: Phil Heeks

Mon, Sep 20 2010
Forget Star Wars – Here’s Starcrash!

Forget Star Wars – Here’s Starcrash!

StarCrash 2-Disc Special Edition Blu-ray and DVD are the latest installments from the popular ROGER CORMAN’S CULT CLASSICS home entertainment series from Shout! Factory. Star Wars had Harrison Ford,... 

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Fri, Jun 25 2010
John Carpenter’s ELVIS gets DVD/Blu release

John Carpenter’s ELVIS gets DVD/Blu release

This one has been a long time coming! John Carpenter’s TV movie telling the life story of Elvis finally gets a release on dvd and blu-ray. Starring Kurt Russell (who, as a child actor, appeared alongside... 

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Fri, Jan 22 2010
Weaver Records New ALIEN Commentaries

Weaver Records New ALIEN Commentaries

Sigourney Weaver has just watched all four Alien movies back to back for the first time in her life. Why? Because she has just recorded commentaries for the entire “Quadrilogy” for the upcoming... 

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Wed, Oct 14 2009
Jaws 2 and the Strange Art of the Novelization

Jaws 2 and the Strange Art of the Novelization

I have not read a great deal of novelizations as I have always had a somewhat snobby attitude towards them. They are a strange beast - At worst – they are like having a hack writer spend a couple... 

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Wed, Sep 2 2009
Official PLAYMOUNTAIN T-shirt!

Official PLAYMOUNTAIN T-shirt!

We are now proud to present our first official Playmountain T-shirt, designed by Mark Daniels of Sublevel Studios as part of the ICONZ range. The shirt will be available for sale this month in a full range... 

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Thu, Aug 6 2009
Scott Returns to Alien

Scott Returns to Alien

Multiple reports suggest director Sir Ridley Scott is to direct a prequel to seminal sci-fi horror film Alien. This will be the first science fiction film since 1982′s Blade Runner for the 71-year-old... 

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Mon, Aug 3 2009
Star Wars gets the BFI treatment

Star Wars gets the BFI treatment

The BFI series of books is a long-running and highly reputable library of film analysis. Printed in relatively small numbers, some titles have been known to become quite valuable also (John Carpenter’s... 

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Mon, Aug 3 2009
An American Werewolf in Hi-Def

An American Werewolf in Hi-Def

It’s a good year for hi-def Jenny Agutter! The John Landis classic An American Werewolf in London – probably the first movie to successfully blend post-modern comedy with true X-rated terror (long... 

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Mon, Jul 27 2009
North by Northwest on Blu-ray

North by Northwest on Blu-ray

The Hitchcock classic North by Northwest starring Cary Grant gets a 50th Anniversary Blu-ray and DVD release on 3rd November 2009. DVD priced at $24.98 Blu-ray Book priced at $34.99 Extras: Screenwriter... 

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Sun, Jul 26 2009
Willy Wonka and the Digi-pack Blu-Ray

Willy Wonka and the Digi-pack Blu-Ray

Want to see what a blueberry looks like on blu-ray? Yeah, me too. The family favourite Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, starring Gene Wilder, will be released on 20th October 2009 retailing at... 

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