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Reviews like this are tough, because a movie like Return of the Living Dead has been discussed-to-death on the internet for at least the last two decades. What can one possibly say that another hasn’t already? In addition to that, this is also the third Blu-ray release of the film I have seen. There was the disappointing MGM release in 2010, and then much better Second Sight release from the UK that dropped in 2012 and resurrected the original audio track containing the songs that were cut from the Us release. And here comes Scream Factory to topple them all. Sorry to spoil my review, but this is the definitive Blu-ray release of Return of the Living Dead. I have never seen this movie look so beautiful in all the years I have watched it. Couple with that, the fact that there are several audio options for you to choose from,...

Since it was announced at last year’s San Diego Comic-Con, The Return of the Living Dead Collector’s Edition Blu-ray has been eagerly awaited by fans looking to party with Dan O’Bannon’s unique brand of zombies. Scream Factory is now making those fans happy with their official July release details for the two-disc Blu-ray that contains more than twelve hours of bonus features, comes with new cover art, and is available in two separate editions:

Press Release: Writer/director Dan O’Bannon (Alien, Lifeforce) puts an uproarious spin on the zombie apocalypse movie in 1985’s cult classic The Return Of The Living Dead, starring Clu Gulager (A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge), James Karen (Mulholland Drive) and Don Calfa (Weekend at Bernie’s). Considered one of the campiest undead romps of its time, the film helped launch the career of scream queen Linnea Quigley (Night of the Demons,...

The Terminator is back! In case you’ve been living under a rock, Terminator: Genisys opened in theaters this weekend. Last week, Wamg had the chance to sit down with franchise star, and former Governor of California Arnold Schwarzeneggger about being “back”, time travel, and his positivity for the Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage. Joining him were stars Emilia Clarke (Sarah Connor), Jai Courtney (Kyle Reese), Alan Taylor (Director), David Ellison (Producer), Dana Goldberg (Producer), Laeta Kalogridis (Writer), and Patrick Lussier (Writer). Check out some of the highlights from the press conference below.

Mr. Schwarzenegger, one of the great things about this movie is how we get to see different versions of your character. How has your approach to the character changed over all these years, especially since in the first one it started off kind of like a sci-fi horror movie?

Arnold Schwarzenegger: Well, in Terminator...

Hemdale became one of the largest indie studios of the 80s with films like The Terminator and Platoon. Ryan charts its turbulent history...

When Platoon won four Oscars in 1987, it marked not only a new chapter in Oliver Stone's career as a filmmaker, but also the end of a decade-long battle. Since the 1970s, Stone had been struggling to make his harrowing account of the horrors he'd seen firsthand as a soldier in the Vietnam conflict, but was famously turned down by every major studio in Hollywood.

Platoon, and Stone, finally found sanctuary at a small independent studio with a grand-sounding name: the Hemdale Film Corporation. It was Hemdale, and its co-founder John Daly, that had taken a chance on Stone, and when Platoon came out in 1986, the gamble proved to be a shrewd one: its $6m investment was covered by the first month's ticket sales, and the film...

This story first appeared in the Oct. 31 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine James Cameron Cameron, now 60, and Gale Anne Hurd met on Roger Corman's 1980 release Battle Beyond the Stars, for which they were responsible for keeping the art department on budget, and quickly developed a mutual admiration. (Hurd would become Cameron's second wife, from 1985 to 1989.) Cameron recalls a story conference Terminator executive producer John Daly called three days before filming began: "Before John can open his mouth, Gale says, 'I think it's ridiculous we're having a story conference three days before we start shooting,

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It’s been a long time since Oliver Stone made anything with as much punchy political grit as Salvador. As the first of two films (the other being Platoon) produced by John Daly (and released mind-bogglingly within months of each other in the spring of 1986) that reckoned with war and all of its cultivated cruelty, its recklessness and the underlying romanticism being ravaged from within. Stone’s film took up the, at that time, still active El Salvadoran peasant revolution and the Us funded murder and suppression of such an uprising, as its volatile subject, all through the eyes of a true-to-life conniving Hunter S. Thompson-esque photo journalist named Richard Boyle, who co-wrote the screenplay along with Stone and who’s on the ground experiences served as inspiration for the film. An Academy Award nominee for Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor, raw in its depiction of the ugliness...

Interview Simon Brew 27 Feb 2014 - 05:44

In the first of a two part look back at his career, James Woods chats to us about family, Scorsese, Stone, Leone and more...

It took a false start or two before we finally got James Woods on the end of the phone. There was no agent connecting us, no middle person to monitor what we were saying. Just a problem with a charging cable, oddly enough.

When we were connected, we launched into an interview that was intended to last 15 minutes, but as it turned out, it passed the hour mark. And heck, we got through a lot: so much, that we've split this interview into two articles. A genuinely fascinating man.

Regular readers will know that we've been long-time fans of James Woods - as highlighted by our look at some of his least appreciated films, here - and as our conversation started,...

Elizabeth Taylor in Giant, achieving the impossible task of being the

gayest thing in this picture. (With Rock Hudson and James Dean.)

What are you supposed to do, not celebrate Elizabeth Taylor's birthday? The venerable violet-eyed legend (not to be confused with Violet Venable -- that's Katharine Hepburn's role in Suddenly, Last Summer, not Elizabeth's) would've been 81 years old today, and I thought we'd commemorate the occasion with a simple question: What's Liz's most underrated moment?

I could bore you with familiar references to Reflections in a Golden Eye or her long, lovely scenes of pure dialogue in Giant (Is it just me or does nobody ever talk about her work in that movie?), but I'll hit you with this televised stunner: In 1954, Liz appeared on What's My Line? and blew away the panelists, audience, and host John Daly with a comical Southern Belle voice and awesome improvisational skills.

This story first appeared in the June 22 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Salvador 1986 Financier John Daly read both screenplays — Salvador and Platoon — and says: “Oliver, great stuff. Which one do you want to do first?” I thought, “If I tell him Platoon, something could go wrong” because that happened before with Dino De Laurentiis. So I said I’d go with Salvador — and he put the money up. It was a very tough production. Martin Sheen was my first choice to play the lead, and Jimmy Woods [who got the role] talked me out of

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Actress Margot Kidder discusses her role in Love At First Kill, her life outside the Hollywood system, future projects and more

Actress Margot Kidder shot to worldwide fame as Lois Lane in Superman, Superman II, Superman III, and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, a franchise that thrived as one of the only on-screen comic book adaptations of the time. The actress has consistently worked in both movies and television throughout the years, and one of her more recent projects, Love at First Kill will be released on DVD for the first time February 15.

I recently had the privilege of speaking with Margot Kidder over the phone to discuss this unique thriller, where she stars as Beth, an overbearing, widowed mother who becomes infuriated when her son (Noah Segan) takes notice of the beautiful new neighbor (Lynn Renee) next door.

Here's what she had to say about Love at First Kill and much more.

A look at what's new on DVD today:

"Game of Death" (2011)

Directed by Giorgio Serafini

Released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Quite possibly Wesley Snipes' last film for a long, long time, this action flick features the "Passenger 57" star as a CIA agent who is betrayed by his employer after he's deployed to take out an arms dealer in Detroit. "Grindhouse" star Zoe Bell is onhand to provide backup.

"Celestial Films: Lady Hermit" (1971)

Directed by Meng Hua Ho

Released by Funimation

An aspiring female kung fu warrior searches for an elusive master who turns out to pretend to be a servant in this Shaw Brothers produced action flick.

"Daylight Robbery" (2008)

Directed by Paris Leonti

Released by Well Go USA

Paris Leonti's heist flick involves a group of misfits who plot to rob the London Exchange of the loot in their underground vault.

"Disconnect" (2011)

Directed by Robin Christian...

From the producer of Platoon and The Terminator

Anchor Bay Entertainment Falls For

Love At First Kill

Secrets Will Be Revealed On DVD February 15th

On February 15th, Anchor Bay Entertainment premieres the provocative thriller Love At First Kill on DVD. Directed by John Daly, the Oscar-nominated producer behind such classic films as Oliver Stone’s Platoon, James Cameron’s The Terminator, Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor and Robert Altman’s Images, Love At First Kill stars Margot Kidder (Lois Lane of Superman, Halloween II, The Amityville Horror), Noah Segan (Fanboys, Deadgirl, Adam & Steve), Lyne Renée (The Hessen Conspiracy), Michael Bowen (Magnolia, Kill Bill: Volume 1) and Onalee Adams (The Lazarus Project). Srp is $26.98.

Harry Teberg (Segan) is a brooding young artist who collects cardboard boxes of all sizes and shapes, draws and paints them. He still lives with his possessive and over-protective mother Beth (Kidder), a widow of twenty years who dominates him.

Paris - When you want to escape to the Riviera without spending the vacation time, you can always catch a foreign film that captures the sea, sun and fun. The Girl From Monaco transports us to the principality nestled along the French coastline.

Fabrice Luchini plays a Parisian lawyer who heads to the coast to defend a client accused of killing a Russian mobster. He gets distracted from the courthouse drama by a local weather girl (Louise Bourgoin). Can he get his mind back on the homicide? Or has he gone on vacation?

The film is now out on DVD from Magnolia Home Entertainment. Director Anne Fontaine was willing to answer a few questions via email. Fontaine had been an actress in French cinema during the ’80s before stepping behind the camera as a writer-director. She also recently wrote and directed critically praised Coco Before Chanel.

Party Favors: What was...

In the last of The Hollywood Reporter's annual Awards Roundtable series, THR's Elizabeth Guider and Matthew Belloni gathered six A-list directors -- Kathryn Bigelow ("The Hurt Locker"); James Cameron ("Avatar"); Lee Daniels ("Precious"); Peter Jackson ("The Lovely Bones"); Jason Reitman ("Up in the Air"); and Quentin Tarantino ("Inglourious Basterds") -- for a candid discussion of filmmaking at the highest level.

The Hollywood Reporter: Do you guys consider yourselves outsiders or insiders?

Jason Reitman: Dead silence. (Laughs.)

James Cameron: If we're all outsiders, who's on the inside?

Quentin Tarantino: Well, actually, that's a very interesting question to start off with because I did my first movie in '92, so this was the year I actually counted how long I've been in the business. Officially as a director, that's 17 years, and I think for the first 10 years I did consider myself an outsider. But if you last this long...

British producer John Daly has died from cancer at the age of 71. The filmmaker's daughter Jenny confirmed to the BBC that he passed away in his sleep on Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles. Daly's movies achieved 21 Oscar nominations and 13 wins, including Best Picture gongs for Platoon and The Last Emperor. Born in London, he joined with British actor David Hemmings in 1967 to form Hemdale, a company which managed rock bands such as Yes and Black Sabbath. Hemdale went on to become a leading independent (more)...

British producer John Daly, whose credits include "The Terminator" and "Platoon," has passed away in his sleep on Friday. He was 71.

The filmmaker, who helped helm Oscar Award-winning films, died at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after struggling with cancer.

Through the company he started with actor David Hemmings, Hemdale, Daly paved the way to Hollywood heavyweights such as Keanu Reeves, Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts during the start of their careers. He also helped first time directors to achieve industry immortality, such as James Cameron and Oliver Stone among many others.

For over 40 years, Daly, on behalf of his Hemdale company, achieved numerous Oscars, Golden Globes, and many other awards. He helped influence the filmmaking industry, and inspired indie filmmakers.

John Daly, the British-born producer who presided over back-to-back best picture Oscar wins as the executive producer of 1986's "Platoon" and 1987's "The Last Emperor," died Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after struggling with cancer. He was 71.

Since 2003, Daly had been chairman of Film and Music Entertainment Inc. He also had begun to establish himself as a director, producing, co-writing and directing 2004's "The Aryan Couple," starring Martin Landau.

Daly entered the entertainment business in 1967 by joining forces with actor David Hemmings to form Hemdale, a company that managed such rock bands as Yes and Black Sabbath.

Hemdale later became a leading independent film producer and distributor in the U.K. with movies like "Tommy," according to a biography issued by Film and Music Entertainment. Under Daly's stewardship, Hemdale produced more than 100 films that grossed more than $1.5 billion.

Daly hit his stride as a film producer in the '80s,...

Oscar winning film producer John Daly has died of cancer. He was 71.

Daly, who won 13 Academy Awards for films including The Last Emperor and 1986 movie Platoon, passed away on Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to his daughter Jenny Daly.

The British-born producer, who was Chairman of Film and Music Entertainment Inc (F+Me), helped start the careers of stars including Keanu Reeves and Julia Roberts.

Lawrence Lotman, Chief Financial Officer and Acting Chief Executive Officer of F+Me, paid tribute to his colleague, saying, "John was truly a giant in the industry who changed filmmaking for the better."

Daly is survived by three sons, Michael, Julian and Timothy, and his daughter.