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Red State is released on Blu-Ray and DVD on 23rd January 2012 and to celebrate I have been give a Red State goodie bag, which contains a Red State T-Shirt & a Red State USB stick, to give away to one of you lovely, lucky, readers.

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Rising star Kellan Lutz (Twilight series, Nightmare on Elm Street) and the inimitable Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction, The Avengers) face off in the action-packed, visually stunning thrill ride ARENA, available on Blu-ray™ and DVD this January 9 courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and to celebrate we’ve got 3 copies of the Blu-ray to give-away! Read the rest of this entry »

I’m a big fan of Martial Arts films, especially films like Ong Bak, so I am very happy to kick off 2012 with a competition that gives three of you lovely readers the chance to win a copy of Yamada – Way Of The Samurai on DVD.

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To coincide with the release of Arrietty on DVD on Monday I’ve been sent a list of the top 10 films from Studio Ghibli and – as you might not be familiar with all of the releases from this fantastic animation studio I thought I’d share it with you lovely readers.
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I’ve always quite liked the Final Destination films, for their inventive death scenes if nothing else, but I’ve still to see the supposedly last film in the series, Final Destination 4 – so I was a little surprised when I first heard that there was going to be a fifth film in the franchise. Read the rest of this entry »

By now all the presents will have been unwrapped, the food eaten & you’re probably relaxing in front of the TV so I’d just like to wish you all a very Happy Christmas.

Yeah, I know I’m late with this & it’s been reported all over the internets already but you’re not going to begrudge me the chance to post one of the most epic looking trailers for a film that I am really looking forward to are you? Read the rest of this entry »

LOVEFiLM, the film & game rental service, is coming to the Xbox 360 in a new dashboard update on the 6th of December.

Already available on PS3 & Internet enabled TVs, the service will enable subscribers to stream films directly on their games console to their TV – but unlike the other versions already available the 360 version will also encorporate Kinect, the 360s voice & motion control system so that you won’t even need a controller to use the service! Read the rest of this entry »

Today see’s the fourth episode of the new series of The Fast Show making it’s debut online, and this week it’ll feature sketches that include Ron Manager, Janine (Caroline Aherne), Jazz Club and Upstairs Downton. And, as always, I have been given another “sneakypeek” at the episode, this time in the form of a clip of the Jazz club, NICE! Read the rest of this entry »

My kids really want to see the new Pixar film, Arthur Christmas, and after watching a few trailers I can fully understand why – it’s just a shame that it’s not showing anywhere near to me at the moment!

But check out this new trailer for the film, which is coupled with a chance to win a Sony entertainment package if you book with Cineworld (what a great Christmas present that would be, eh?), which I thought I’d share with you.

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Tomorrow see’s the debut of the second episode of the new Internet only series of The Fast Show – & I’ve got another “sneak peak” of the show for you.
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I’ve featured Down The Road, the indie horror from writer/director Jason Christopher, a few times this year already, & I’m very happy to share with you that not only has it just had its East Coast premier at the Horrorhound Weekend convention last week (which apparently was a sellout) but this coming weekend they’re going to have their West Coast premier at the Shockfest horror film festiva in Hollywood.
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I have to admit that I’m reeling a little from this news but, if true, Variety are reporting that David Yates, the director of the last 4 Harry Potter films, is going to bring Doctor Who to the big screen with the BBC.
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The Fast Show was a TV series shown on BBC from 1994 – 1997 created by Charlie Higson & Paul Whitehouse & was damn funny. Which is why I am very happy to bring you a “sneak peak” at the brand new, web only, new series that will premier tomorrow at 1pm.

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I know we usually only cover films & TV here on Stalepopcorn, but the lines between films & games are becoming more & more blurred so it’s probably only a matter of time before I do start covering games more & more – and as it’s Halloween I thought why not share some pretty cool zombie images I’d been sent in promotion of Dead Rising 2: Off The Record?

I couldn’t think of a decent reason, so check them out below:

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Francis Ford Coppala has been responsible for some of the greatest films in the history of cinema. I mean, just look at some of the films that he has made – you’ve got films like The Godfather Trilogy & Apocalypse Now, but he has also been responsible for films that have attained real cult status with fans like Rumble Fish & The Outsiders. Now, thanks to his own embarrassment at not having released the “complete” novel on release, he has revisited The Outsiders & re-inserted over 20 minutes of additional footage, including a new beginning & ending to make the whole film more true to S.E Hinton’s original novel.  Read the rest of this entry »

I can remember watching Mimic when it first came out & quite enjoying. This was before I knew who Del Toro was & what he was capable of as a director, but that doesn’t alter the fact that I thought it was a fun, if forgettable, Sci-Fi horror. And now Del Toro has finally gotten the chance to go back & change the film (as much as is possible with the existing footage, anyway) & deliver a film much closer to his original vision for the film. But is it a better vision than the original? Read the rest of this entry »

John Carpenter I’ve long been a fan of John Carpenter, but it has to be said that his more recent directorial efforts have been a pale shadow of his early glory. But, with a return to his horror “roots” with The Ward, can he recapture that former magic or is it once again a case of a once great director who should be remembered for what he once created as opposed to his current efforts? Read the rest of this entry »

Ayrton Senna. Any fan of Formula One racing, and quite probably even those who couldn’t care less about the sport, know who Ayrton Senna was. But can one of the greatest drivers in the history of the sport be done justice in a documentary looking at his life behind the wheel before he tragically crashed at the Imola Grand Prix in 1994? Read the rest of this entry »