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Two of the hottest tickets in Hollywood, Jennifer Coolidge and Brian Cox (Succession), are about to be joined by Dustin Hoffman and Gabrielle Union for the crime comedy Riff Raff. Dito Montiel directs from a script by John Pollono (Stronger).

The star-studded project revolves around the ordinary life of a former criminal whose world turns upside down when his old family shows up for a long-awaited reckoning. With cameras ready to roll in September, Riff Raff heads to the Cannes market this week for international sales, with Capstone organizing domestic rights with CAA Media Finance and WME Independent. Noah Rothman produces through Canopy Partners, with Marc Goldberg and Sarah Gabriel producing via Signature Films.

“We are thrilled to partner with the producers and Dito on this project; we’ve loved it ever since we’ve read it. It embodies the type of crime comedies we grew up with – witty and entertaining.

Exclusive: Corbin Bernsen’s Home Theater Films has optioned author Daniel Friedman’s Buck Schatz trilogy for a limited series.

Friedman’s mystery series – comprised of Don’t Ever Get Old, Don’t Ever Look Back and Running Out of Road – tells the story of an 87-year-old World War II veteran and retired police officer Baruch “Buck” Schatz, who must reckon with his past as a hard-boiled Jewish police detective in Memphis during the civil rights era as his mind and body begin to fail him.

The first of the Buck Schatz trilogy, Don’t Ever Get Old won the Macavity Award for Best First Novel in 2013, and received a nominations for the Edgar Award, Anthony Award, and Thriller award. Friedman’s books have been translated into six languages.

Bernsen, known for acting in NBC’s L.A. Law, may possibly take on a role in the limited series at some point.

Hello, dear readers! We’re back with a brand-new batch of home media releases for this week, and there’s definitely something for everyone in Tuesday’s Blu-ray and DVD titles. If you missed it when it was released late last year, you can finally catch up with Spell this week, and for those of you who are looking to add some more classic titles to your personal collections, there’s certainly an array of films headed home this week that surely fit that bill.

Kino Lorber is showing some love to Frank Darabont’s Buried Alive this Tuesday, and Code Red is keeping themselves busy with a pair of cult titles headed to Blu as well: Just Before Dawn and The Devil’s Wedding Night. Other notable releases for January 12th include Rituals, Go/Don’t Go, It Cuts Deep, Devilman: Special Edition, and a Double Feature Blu-ray for both Zombieland films.

Sometime during the spring of my freshman year at college, a friend of mine decided to break out a big romantic gesture for his girlfriend of just a few weeks – they weren’t celebrating anything special, no anniversary or holiday to peg it to, he just wanted to do something – and he decided to recreate the infamous boombox scene from Say Anything. It went over like gangbusters. He drove his truck to the back of her dorm, stood in the bed of it, and blasted Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes” for everyone to hear. I’m certain that was part of the charm – his girlfriend heard it, the rest of her dorm heard it, people walking to class heard it. (She was, to put it delicately, a bit of a show-off.) Most importantly, everyone seemed to get it. Cameron Crowe’s film was nearly fifteen years old when this particularly over-the-top expression of love occurred, and...

Casting Paid Lead Roles for TV Pilot Impertinence, directed by Najan Ward

Rates: £100 per Day

Location: London

Dates: Autumn/Winter

Impertinence takes a dark and subtly humorous look at multiculturalism in Britain whilst pushing the boundaries of political correctness. Hard-hitting performances from this character driven story, shatters the ideology of modern day Britain, and delves into the underbelly of our collective consciousness. Unearthing many surprises and unexpected realities. This prime-time production is not for the faint-hearted or the easily offended.

Several stories interweave during a heat wave in London involving a collection of interrelated characters. An illiterate builder helplessly copes against the emotional abuse from his fiancée and seeks solace from a Vicar who is dealing with his own internal conflicts, and external pressures to modernise his church. A foreign shop assistant faces language barriers and has no family to turn to, all alone and in London she battles to escape her dark past.

Publisher Rising Star Games invites us all to travel back to the halcyon days of 2005 for this indie-developed shooter for Sega's defunct system.

This Naomi-engine shooter was created by Japanese developer G.rev for arcades back in '05 and one year later made the leap to consoles on the Dreamcast. Now there are a lot of quirks to this particular title: one, well, it was a Dreamcast game in 2006; two, its a top-down helicopter shooter that puts you in the cockpit of a chopper piloted by what's essentially a Nazi (the German members of the game's "Empire" against the nefarious members of the English-speaking "Union."

So there's that.

The HD remake is coming to the PS3 this fall with a new 16:9 presentation, improved artwork, textures, shading, and, you know, bad German dudes. (Along with the comedy manga Hetalia: Axis Powers, Japan's been continuing to try to cute up WWII...

The newest batch of Max Payne 3 Dlc, Disorganized Crime, is coming next Tuesday, Aug. 28th. Best of all, it’s free.

The pack includes the Hoboken Rooftops multiplayer map, letting players wreak havoc over Max’s New Jersey apartment complex. There’s also new modifiers for score attack mode, allowing for Headshot Modifiers, more aggressive enemy AI, and a headshots-only contest. Finally, there’s “Noir Mode”, allowing you to play the entirety of Max Payne 3‘s single-player story in film noir-inspired black and white (though this could also be easily done by changing your TV’s color settings).

There’s been a noticeable rising trend in games coming out with free Dlc to support their multiplayer offerings, such as the recent Dlc for Mass Effect 3 and the free co-op Dlc that was released for Spec Ops: The Line yesterday. I hope this is a trend that continues.

Disorganized Crime hits PC,...

Rockstar Games revealed some screenshots from the highly-anticipated Disorganized Grime Pack for Max Payne 3 today, along with a release date that will have have us shooting up rooftops in black & white as early as next week. The best part is we won't have to pay a single cent to add to our download queue.

The free Dlc hit on August 28th and includes the Hoboken Rooftops multiplayer map, which will have players battle it out in the ruins of Max's Hoboken apartment. But Rockstar didn't stop their with the free goodies. The download also brings new fun to Arcade Mode, such as explosive rounds, Lone Wolf AI (much more aggressive enemies) and Headshots Only mode. Disorganized Crime will also introduce a new Noir Mode that lets us play through the game's entire single-player campaign in black & white.

For now, these screens are the only taste of the Disorganized Crime Pack and Noir Mode we've got,...

Season passes have become somewhat of a staple with big budget titles and Max Payne 3 is no different. Rockstar has revealed their Dlc plans for what is sure to be one of the biggest shooters of the year, and with seven pieces of Dlc planned you would probably be smart to pre-purchase the season pass. Rockstar has made the season pass already available for pre-order at 2400 Microsoft Points, or £19.99 in Europe and $29.99 in the Us.

The current release schedule is planned to roll out as follows:

June 2012

• Local Justice Map Pack

Summer 2012

• Disorganized Crime Map Pack

• Deathmatch Made In Heaven Mode Pack

• Hostage Negotiation Map Pack

• New York Minute Co-Op Pack

Fall 2012

• Painful Memories Map Pack

• Trickle Down Economics Map Pack

The Local Justice Map Pack will include a Police Precinct map for Gang Wars, Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch and Payne Killer multiplayer modes. Two additional maps will be included however...

Seven Dlc packs are planned over the next year, and Rockstar's bundling it together in a pass for a discount.

Selling for $24.99 on Psn and 2400 Ms Points on Xbla, Max Payne 3 Rockstar Pass will include a mix of maps and multiplayer modes, including co-op with this summer's release of the "New York Minute Co-Op" pack. How will Bullet Time work with two players? Well, the multiplayer in F.E.A.R. might offer some clues here, in that case allowing you to slow down time and take out foes online. Alternately, maybe this will be a shared Bullet Time meter or something along those lines, requiring you and your online partner to be judicious in the use of the stylish killing technique.

The first map pack will be the "Local Justice Map Pack" coming in June. Here's how Rockstar describes the release:

The Local Justice Map Pack, coming in June,...

Just fifteen days before the release of Max Payne 3, Rockstar Games has announced seven downloadable content packs that will be released throughout the year.

Instead of buying each Dlc pack separately, gamers can buy the Rockstar Pass for 2400 Microsoft Points or $29.99 on Psn. This effectively raises the total price of Max Payne 3 to $90 before its actual release. Typically, game companies plan for Dlc but keep the news regarding the quantity and cost a secret until after the game is released. Rockstar has decided to jump the gun and reveal its full hand to gamers, letting everyone know that if they want complete access to Max Payne 3′s content roster for 2012, they will have to pay $90 up front (which includes the Rockstar Pass) or pay over $100 by buying each content pack separately.

Here’s the list of multiplayer packs announced for 2012.

June 2012

Local Justice Map Pack

Summer 2012

Disorganized Crime Map Pack...

Your Weekly Source for the Newest Releases to Blu-Ray Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

Aspen Extreme (1993)

Synopsis: T.J. and his friend Dexter quit their jobs in Detroit to become ski-instructors in Aspen. While T.J. advances to the most popular instructor of the school during the season, he has to take care for Dexter, who’s future is less bright and who’s eventually thinking about jobbing as drug courier – bringing their friendship to a test. Meanwhile the rich business woman Brice supports T.J. in his writing ambitions and invites him to live at her home. But in her absence he falls in love with the stunningly beautiful blond radio moderator Robin. (highdefdigest.com)

Special Features:

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The Bad Seed (1956)

Synopsis: An ideal housewife begins to suspect her loving eight-year-old daughter may be a heartless killer. (blu-ray.com)

Special Features:

Audio Commentary Featurette Theatrical Trailer

Beautiful Boy (2010)

Synopsis: Bill and...

To celebrate the news of an possible eighth movie in the Police Academy franchise, Sky have announced a special Disorganised Crime season on Sky Movies Showcase and Sky Movies Showcase HD this Bank Holiday Monday with the channel dedicated to screening all seven Police Academy movies, back-to-back in HD for the first time.

Want to avoid the chaos and crowds as the nation gears up for the last weekend of summer and the mad dash to do something in the sunshine?

Well, look no further than Sky Movies this Bank Holiday for some laugh-out-loud comedy in the comfort of your own home. With rumours of a Police Academy 8 on its way, take this Bank Holiday to…

- Marvel again at the man of a thousand voices, Larvel Jones (Michael Winslow)

- Be drawn-in by charm of Office Carey Mahoney (Steve Guttenberg)

- Remind yourself that the Forces’ most famous cadet...