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John Ryder may have wanted Jim to stop him, but you’re going to have a hard time stopping any fan from picking up the upcoming 4K Blu-ray of The Hitcher. Surprisingly, the movie has never been available on a Region 1 Blu-ray, but thankfully Warner Bros. is gassing up for exactly that.

As per The Digital Bits, Warner Bros. will release The Hitcher – which stars Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell and Jennifer Jason Leigh – on October 22nd.

Here is the official write-up: “In this 1986 cult classic, director Robert Harmon thrills the viewer with the story of young Jim Halsey (C. Thomas Howell), who stops on the highway to pick up a hitchhiker, not knowing that by doing so, he opens the door to terrible evil. The mysterious hitcher, unforgettably portrayed by Rutger Hauer, is a relentless slaughterer, preying on those who invite him into their lives. Somewhat dismissed at the time of its original release,...

Melissa McCarthy and Clive Owen are set to star in a new Paramount+ limited series surrounding the JonBenét Ramsey case.

McCarthy and Owen play JonBenét’s parents, Patsy and John Bennett Ramsey, respectively, in the limited series, which explores the tragic unsolved murder of the 6-year-old beauty queen.

Following the Ramsey family, before and after the tragedy as they go through the painful loss of a child while facing intense public scrutiny caused by a media frenzy that captivated an entire nation, the series will explore “the unbreakable partnership of these two complex people – as husband and wife, as mother and father – who had committed themselves and their children to building the narrative of a perfect, privileged life only to have it destroyed one Christmas night in 1996,” per the official logline.

The series, which is currently titled “JonBenét Ramsey,” has received a series order at the streamer and will soon begin production in Calgary,...

2024 has been another amazing year for horror. The genre has been scared by a great mix of franchise terrors and haunting original nightmares. The latter was led by Shudder. The horror-centric streaming service has released a few box office hits this year, including Late Night With the Devil. The David Dastmalchian starring found-footage film left its mark on the horror community this past spring. Now, the critically-acclaimed film is getting a scream-worthy box set from Second Sight.

It’s been a few years in the making, but now Second Sight Films is finally ready to send their 4K and Blu-ray release of the 1986 classic The Hitcher (watch it Here) out into the world! A release date of September 30th has been announced for the limited edition 4K / Blu-ray set and the standard edition 4K and Blu-ray releases. Copies are available for pre-order through the Second Sight website.

A press release informs us that “the Limited set is presented in a stunning collector’s package with new artwork by Adam Stothard and a 200-page hardback book. All three versions come complete with a truckload of special features including new interviews and a new commentary plus tons of archive material, two short films and much more.“

Directed by Robert Harmon from a screenplay by Eric Red, The Hitcher has the following synopsis: While transporting a car from Chicago to San Diego,...

Starfleet Remembrance Day honors fallen crew members annually, but Battle of Wolf 359 is not publicly commemorated. Captain Jean-Luc Picard's tactical knowledge aided the Borg, leading to devastating losses at Wolf 359. Starfleet may not commemorate Wolf 359 due to Gene Roddenberry's views on grief, but Starfleet Memorial Day could be a time for reflection.

For such a monumental tragedy, it's not known how the Battle of Wolf 359 is memorialized in the Star Trek: The Next Generation era. The devastating conflict between the Federation and the Borg Collective was one of the most destructive battles in Starfleet history. Nearly 11,000 people lost their lives during the Battle of Wolf 359, including Jennifer Sisko (Felecia M. Bell), the first wife of DS9's Captain Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks). However, with such monumental losses, it's unclear if this devastating moment in the Star Trek timeline is commemorated in the years that followed.

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Star Trek: DS9 creatively reimagined Wrath of Khan with a romantic twist, showcasing themes of sacrifice and love in a unique way. The episode "Second Sight" gives Commander Sisko a new romance and a heroic sacrifice, drawing parallels with Wrath of Khan's impact. DS9 writers cleverly tied in themes of sacrifice and love from Wrath of Khan without simply copying the iconic film's plot.

One episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 2 effectively remade Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan as a romantic tragedy. DS9 has a reputation of being one of the darkest Star Trek shows given how it tackled moral gray areas, and depicted the Federation at war with the Dominion. So retooling the incredibly dark Wrath of Khan for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's characters feels like an obvious move. However, what always made DS9 so brilliant was that the show's writers never went...

Stars: Ella Hunt, Malcolm Cumming, Sarah Swire, Christopher Leveaux, Ben Wiggins, Marli Siu, Mark Benton, Paul Kaye | Written by Alan McDonald, Ryan McHenry | Directed by John McPhail

Director John McPhail takes genre mash-up to new heights with this hugely entertaining Scottish horror comedy that plays like Shaun of the Dead meets High School Musical. It’s derived from the 2011 Scottish short Zombie Musical, whose late director Ryan McHenry (also responsible for the Ryan Gosling Won’t Eat His Cereal meme) co-wrote the script before his tragic death in 2015.

Ella Hunt (Robot Overlords) plays Anna, a sixth former at her school in the small town of New Haven, who clashes with her widowed father (Mark Benton) over her desire to spend a year travelling instead of going off to university. Soon, however, Anna realises she has much bigger problems on her hands, as New Haven faces a full-on zombie apocalypse.

Banding...

Stars: Logan Marshall-Green, Tammy Blanchard, John Carroll Lynch, Michelle Krusiec, Aiden Lovekamp, Mike Doyle, Jordi Vilasuso, Marieh Delfino, Jay Larson, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Michiel Huisman | Written by Matt Manfredi, Phil Hay | Directed by Karyn Kusama

Karyn Kusama’s latest film sells you the whole seat, but you’ll only need the edge…

Written by Matt Manfredi and Phil Hay, and directed by Kusama (Jennifer’s Body), The Invitation stars Logan Marshall-Green as Will, a man whose ex-wife, Eden, invites him to a dinner party two years after she mysteriously vanished. Eden is acting incredibly strange, at least in Will’s eyes, and peculiar goings-on lead him to suspect that she and her new boyfriend may have sinister intentions for their guests.

The best horror films play around with very relatable human emotions, and like recent Australian hit The Babadook, grief lies at the center of The Invitation. Early on the film,...

Stars: Joey Cramer, Paul Reubens, Cliff De Young, Veronica Cartwright, Sarah Jessica Parker, Matt Adler, Howard Hesseman | Written by Michael Burton, Matt MacManus | Directed by Randal Kleiser

I grew up with Flight of the Navigator. It’s always been one of my favourite movies. A family sci-fi adventure film that kinda fell under the radar to some degree and has since become a cult classic. It’s charming, it’s funny, it’s nostalgic as hell and it’s incredibly entertaining, so I was completely and utterly on board when Second Sight announced their upcoming Blu-ray release. A limited edition release with special features, extra goodies and a new transfer? Fans are very happy. I had a chance to take a look at the blu-ray release and here are my thoughts on it, as well as my opinions, all these years later, on the film itself.

The film was directed by Randal Kleiser,...

Stars: Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, Martin West, Tony Burton, Charles Cyphers, Nancy Kyes, John J. Fox, Henry Brandon, Kim Richards, Frank Doubleday | Written and Directed by John Carpenter

I class myself as a John Carpenter fan, but the fact that I’d not seen Assault on Precinct 13 bugged me. Now thankfully with the Second Sight release of Assault on Precinct 13: 40th Anniversary Limited Edition on Blu-ray, I finally got to fix that.

When police sergeant Ethan Bishop (Austin) is given the job of holding the fort at a closing La precinct office on New Year’s Eve he hopes the night will go smoothly. When a man turns up in shock, chased by a group of gang members though, it seems things will hardly go smoothly.

The premise for Assault on Precinct 13 isn’t a unique one, in fact director John Carpenter even mentions...

"Sherlock" may not return for its fourth season until -- say it ain't so -- 2017, due to the hectic film schedules of in-demand stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. In the meantime, you can rewatch all three seasons and soon you can binge on Cumberbatch in "The Imitation Game" and Freeman in "The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies." But what then?

If you're craving more veddy British crime solving, you don't have far to look. Here are some of the best series the BBC (and ITV) has to offer, with private detectives, psychiatrists, cops, spies, and forensic pathologists all cracking cases, catching criminals and drinking lots of tea.

1. "Sherlock Holmes" (1984-1994)

If it's more Sherlock you crave (and not just Mr. Cumberbatch), then you must see Jeremy Brett's intensely intellectual (and equally arrogant) period-appropriate take on the legendary detective. This Watson is also solid, especially in "The House of the Baskervilles.

Jill Scott has landed a co-starring role in the CBS drama pilot Second Sight, from Homeland's Michael Cuesta. Ms Scott joins Derek Luke, Kim Dickens, Erik Jensen, Madison Moellers and Jason Lee, who stars in the project that's based on the UK series of the same name by Paula Milne, as a Det. Ross Tanner, who is suddenly afflicted with an autoimmune virus that causes hallucinations that reflect his subconscious, and which interferes with/informs his investigations. While Luke will play Det. Paul Giroux, described as a new member of Tanner's team, who's full of himself, overly-eager, and is after Tanner's job, Jill Scott will play a Dr. Callier, the specialist who tends to...

The Us remake of BBC drama Second Sight has cast Derek Luke in a major role.

Luke (Captain America: The First Avenger) will appear opposite Jason Lee in the cop drama, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The original Second Sight - which aired on BBC One from 2000 to 2001 - starred Clive Owen as Ross Tanner, a maverick cop with a rare disease that is slowly making him go blind.

Lee will play Owen's role in the new CBS remake, with award-winning Luke cast as Paul Giroux, an arrogant detective who joins Tanner's team.

Luke is best known for his film roles, playing the title character in 2002 film Antwone Fisher and rap artist Sean 'P Diddy' Combs in 2009's Notorious.

His past television work includes a stint on medical drama Hawthorne and a recent appearance on new FX spy drama The Americans.

Homeland's Michael Cuesta has written the...

Derek Luke has joined the cast of the CBS drama pilot Second Sight, from Homeland's Michael Cuesta. He joins Kim Dickens, Erik Jensen, Madison Moellers and Jason Lee, who stars in the project that's based on the U.K. series of the same name by Paula Milne, as a Det. Ross Tanner, who is suddenly afflicted with an autoimmune virus that causes hallucinations that reflect his subconscious, and which interferes with/informs his investigations. Luke will play Det. Paul Giroux, described as a new member of Tanner's team, who's full of himself, overly-eager, and is after Tanner's job.  CSI's Carol Mendelsohn will also executive produce the drama alongside Julie Weitz, Nick Reed, Phil...

Derek Luke has joined the CBS drama pilot Second Sight toplined by Jason Lee, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Based on the U.K. series by Paula Milne, the gothic psychological thriller centers on Det. Ross Tanner (Lee), who suddenly is afflicted with an autoimmune virus that causes hallucinations reflective of his subconscious. He discovers that catching a killer depends as much on insight as eyesight. Photos: The Faces of Pilot Season 2013 Luke will play Det. Paul Giroux, a new member of Tanner's team, who is after Tanner's job. Giroux is somewhat self-consciously hip, full of himself and

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Jason Lee has a new partner in crime. Treme's Kim Dickens has joined the cast of the network's drama pilot Second Sight, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Story: TV Pilots 2013: The Complete Guide Based on the U.K. series by Paula Milne, which stars Clive Owen, the gothic psychological thriller revolves around Ross Tanner (My Name Is Earl's Lee), a detective who is suddenly afflicted with an autoimmune virus that causes hallucinations reflective of his subconscious. He discovers that catching the killer depends as much on insight as eyesight. Dickens will play Sammy Wilde, a detective on Ross' team with an off-

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Jason Lee is eyeing a new gig with CBS's "Second Sight" pilot. The former "My Name Is Earl" star will lead the detective drama, which hails from "Homeland" executive producer Michael Cuesta. Also read: "Beverly Hills Cop" Among 3 CBS Pilots Based on the British series of the same name by Paula Milne, the gothic psychological thriller centers on a detective who is suddenly afflicted with an autoimmune virus that causes hallucinations reflective of his subconscious. Cuesta is writing, directing and executive producing the pilot, with Gerald Cuesta ("L.I.E.") also writing and executive producing.

It’s been a long enough time since Memphis Beat was canceled; it’s time for Jason Lee to move on and find a new series to be a part of. Unfortunately, it’s one of those crime dramas that gives its lead a strange talent that they will inevitably use to solve crimes in some bizarre, contrived way. Pardon my negativity, but this is just not the type of show I would be interested in, but you might so I will tell you about it in the hopes it catches your interest. Lee has been cast in Second Sight, a crime pilot for CBS.

In Second Sight, Lee plays a detective in the New Orleans Police Department with a secret so terrifying if anyone in the police found out about it they would kick his ass to the curb. He has an ocular disorder that causes him to have...

Jason Lee is returning to network TV in CBS' drama pilot "Second Sight."

The pilot, based on a late-'90s British series of the same name, is about a detective who has a disorder that causes hallucinations and unusually vivid dreams, as well as intermittent vision loss. Clive Owen played the part in the original.

In the CBS version, written by Michael Cuesta ("Homeland") and his brother Gerald, Lee's character is a detective in New Orleans. His doctor assures him his condition won't lead to blindness, and his hallucinations are a "gift" from his subconscious.

In other words, he'll "see" things he didn't really see to help him solve his cases.

Lee's last TV series was "Memphis Beat," which lasted two seasons on TNT. Prior to that he starred on "My Name Is Earl," and he's also guested on "Earl" creator Greg Garcia's series "Raising Hope."...

Having enjoyed great success with turning Sherlock into Elementary while Britain could do nothing but stand there, cheeks flashing at the churlish impropriety, CBS is claiming another British detective drama for America—this time the Clive Owen-starring Second Sight. The somber series, about an investigator who begins going blind in a cruelly ironic twist of TV writer-engineered fate, will be transposed from London to America’s current, most inherently dramatic city New Orleans, while Owen will similarly be replaced by fellow disaster survivor Jason Lee. It’s the second detective show for Lee in recent years, having previously wrapped two ...

The List

"End of Watch" star Michael Pena is slated to play the leading role in Fox's drama thriller pilot "The List". Paul Zbyszewski ("Lost," "Hawaii Five-0") will pen the script and executive produce.

Pena would play a U.S. Marshal who leads the hunt for the person who stole "the list" -- a file with the identities of every member of the Federal Witness Security Program -- after people in the program start getting killed. [Source: Variety]

Under the Dome

Twilight's Rachelle Lefevre is slated to star in CBS' adaptation of Stephen King's "Under the Dome". The story follows the residents in the community of Chester's Mill as they deal with the post-apocalyptic conditions that ensue when a strange dome mysteriously encapsulates the town.

Lefevre will play Julia, an investigative reporter who just moved from Chicago to Chester's Mill with her husband, a doctor at the town's medical center. She's...

CBS is developing an American version of the BBC crime drama "Second Sight," TV Line reports. Jason Lee is attached to play the lead. The original series premiered in 2000 and ran for eight episodes. It starred Clive Owen as Detective Chief Inspector Ross Tanner, a maverick cop who undergoes an experimental treatment to hide the fact that he's going blind. The setting of the CBS version will be relocated from London to New Orleans. Michael Cuesta will direct the pilot with a script co-written by Gerald Cuesta. The former Cuesta will also executive produce alongside Phil Goldfine, Carol Mendelsohn, Paula Milne, Nick Reed and Julie Weitz. (Photo Credit: Daniel Tann)...

Jason Lee is to star in a Us remake of BBC drama Second Sight.

The original UK series starred Clive Owen as a maverick cop who develops a rare disease and starts going blind.

My Name Is Earl star Lee will play the lead role of detective Tanner in the new CBS version, TVLine reports.

Lee's Tanner will develop an ocular disorder that causes him to experience strange visions and hallucinations, which he utilises to solve crimes.

Homeland's Michael Cuesta has written the new Second Sight pilot and will exec produce with CSI's Carol Mendelsohn. Original series creator Paula Milne is also attached to the project as an executive producer.

Jason Lee's past television credits include TNT's cop drama Memphis Beat and recent stints on NBC series Up All Night and Raising Hope.

The 42-year-old actor's filmography includes 1995's Mallrats, 2000's Almost Famous and 2001's Vanilla Sky.

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A grip of pilot castings came down the pike on Tuesday, and below you can find a brief roundup of each: - "My Name Is Earl" alum Jason Lee will star in CBS' "Second Sight," a crime drama about a New Orleans detective cursed with an ocular disorder that causes him to experience terrifying visions - described by his doctor as "signposts from his subconscious." Written by Michael and Gerald Cuesta ("L.I.E."), the pilot is based on the British series of the same name that starred Clive Owen. [EW] - Michael Pena ("End of Watch") has signed on for Fox drama...

My Name Is Earl's Jason Lee is returning to the police force. The former star of TNT's Memphis Beat has been tapped to star in CBS' police drama Second Sight, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Photos: The Faces of Pilot Season 2013 Based on the U.K. series of the same name by Paula Milne, which stars Clive Owen, the gothic psychological thriller revolves around a detective who is suddenly afflicted with an autoimmune virus that causes hallucinations reflective of his subconscious. He discovers that catching the killer depends as much on insight as eyesight. Lee will star as Ross Tanner,

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Onetime Memphis Beat lawman Jason Lee has a new beat, as a police detective on CBS’ Second Sight pilot.

An adaptation of the British crime drama fronted by Clive Owen, Second Sight stars Lee as Tanner, the lead detective with the New Orleans Police Department. Tanner, though, is concealing a troublesome secret: He has an ocular disorder that causes him to have horrifying, visually stimulating anxiety dreams and hallucinations.

Assured by his doctor that he will not go blind, Tanner is encouraged to think of the side effects as a “gift,” signposts from his subconscious that – hey! — help him solve crimes.

Jason Lee is headed back to primetime as the star of a CBS crime pilot.

The My Name Is Earl and Memphis Beat actor has been cast in the lead role on Second Sight, a project under consideration for next season.

Lee plays a detective with the New Orleans Police Department who’s concealing a troublesome secret. He has an ocular disorder, which causes him to have horrifying and visually stimulating anxiety dreams and hallucinations. Told by his doctor that he will not go blind, he’s encouraged to “think of the side effects as a gift — signposts from his subconscious.

CBS' drama pilot Second Sight drama adds Jason Lee to pilot Jason Lee, or better known these days as Dave in the Alvin and the Chipmunks flicks, has landed the lead in CBS's Second Sight pilot from Carol Mendelsohn and Michael Cuesta, reports Deadline. The show's based on the British series and is a psychological thriller which has Lee as Tanner, a New Orleans lead detective with ocular disorder which leads him to have horrifying hallucinations. With the doctor reassuring him he won't lose his sight, Tanner takes the disorder as side effects of a gift. Clive Owen starred in the original series of 1999 created by Charles Beeson. That cast also includes Claire Skinner and Stuart Wilson.

CBS' drama pilot Second Sight drama adds Jason Lee to pilot Jason Lee, or better known these days as Dave in the Alvin and the Chipmunks flicks, has landed the lead in CBS's Second Sight pilot from Carol Mendelsohn and Michael Cuesta, reports Deadline. The show's based on the British series and is a psychological thriller which has Lee as Tanner, a New Orleans lead detective with ocular disorder which leads him to have horrifying hallucinations. With the doctor reassuring him he won't lose his sight, Tanner takes the disorder as side effects of a gift. Clive Owen starred in the original series of 1999 created by Charles Beeson. That cast also includes Claire Skinner and Stuart Wilson.

CBS is to remake BBC series Second Sight.

The crime drama - which aired for two series between January 2000 and February 2001 - starred Clive Owen as Ross Tanner, a maverick cop who develops a rare disease and starts going blind.

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A Us adaptation, written by Homeland's Michael Cuesta, has now been picked up to pilot by CBS, according to TVLine.

Cuesta will also direct the pilot, while CSI's Carol Mendelsohn and the original show's creator Paula Milne will executive produce.

Us remakes of UK shows are proving popular this pilot season - ABC is adapting BBC One's The Syndicate, Sky1's Spy and BBC Three's Pulling, while Fox has ordered pilots based on BBC shows Gavin & Stacey and Linda Green.

NBC is also remaking Sky Living comedy Gates, while The CW has ordered a remake of classic UK sci-fi series The Tomorrow People.

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NBC's forthcoming series "Dracula" is setting up something of a love triangle, and it's just cast the third side.

Irish actress Victoria Smurfit ("About a Boy," "The Beach") will play Lady Jayne in the drama. Jonathan Rhys Meyers plays the title character, who's posing as a doctor in 1890s London.

Jayne will feel an instant attraction to Dracula (who's going by the name Alan Grayson), but he's hung up on Mina (Jessica DeGouw), whom he believes is the reincarnation of his late wife.

Other pilot-season news:

- CBS has cast Blake Garrett Rosenthal ("New Girl") as Anna Faris' 8-year-old son in its comedy pilot "Mom," from Chuck Lorre.

- Patty Jenkins ("Monster," "The Killing") has been tapped to direct ABC's drama pilot "Betrayal." It's about a woman who's having an affair with a defense lawyer -- who happens to be trying a case against her husband, who's a prosecutor.

CBS has ordered a drama pilot from "Homeland" executive producer Michael Cuesta. The pilot, "Second Sight," is based on the British series of the same name by Paula Milne. Described as a gothic psychological thriller, the pilot centers on a detective who is suddenly afflicted with an autoimmune virus that causes hallucinations reflective of his subconscious. He discovers that catching the killer depends as much on insight as eyesight.   and will follow a homicide detective who is going blind and turns his affliction into an advantage, using his heightened senses and intuition...

CBS has added one more pilot to its drama roster, greenlighting Second Sight, from Michael Cuesta, director/executive producer of the Emmy-winning Homeland and CSI executive producer/showrunner Carol Mendelsohn. Based on the 2000 British series starring Clive Owen, Second Sight is described as a gothic psychological thriller about a detective who is suddenly afflicted with an autoimmune virus that causes hallucinations reflective of his subconscious. He discovers that catching the killer depends as much on insight as eyesight. (watch the trailer for the original series below.) Cuesta wrote the adaptation with his brother Gerald Cuesta. The two previously teamed for another CBS drama project, the cult 2007 zombie pilot Babylon Fields, which Gerald co-wrote and Michael directed. Michael Cuesta is set to direct Second Sight, which he is executive producing with Mendelsohn, her executive Julie Weitz, Paula Milne, who created the original series, and Nick Reed. Weitz secured the rights to...

CBS is adding bit of Homeland to its drama pilots. The network has picked up Second Sight, a detective drama from Homeland Ep/director Michael Cuesta and CSI's Carol Mendelsohn. Based on the Clive Owen U.K. series, the drama is a gothic psychological thriller that revolves around a detective who is suddenly afflicted with an autoimmune virus that causes hallucinations reflective of his subconscious. He discovers that catching the killer depends as much on insight as eyesight. Story: TV Pilots 2013: The Complete Guide Cuesta will write and executive produce the drama alongside his brother, Gerald. The former will also

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Southern Comfort

Stars: Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe, Fred Ward, Franklyn Seales, T.K. Carter, Lewis Smith, Peter Coyote, Alan Autry, Brion James, Sonny Landham | Written by Michael Kane, Walter Hill, David Giler | Directed by Walter Hill

There is something about Walter Hill’s style of storytelling that just gets me. I’m a big fan of The Warriors, even though it took me long enough to finally see the film. Once I finally got to see it though it turned into one of my favourite films. Southern Comfort is a film very much like The Warriors, written and directed by Hill it very much mirrors the style with a group of men out of their element and fighting for survival, though the city and the bayou are two very different “jungles”.

When out on a training exercise in the Louisiana swamp a squad of National Guard soldiers arrogantly decide to steal...

Magic Mike | Brave | Southern Comfort | The Amazing Spider-Man | Ninja Scroll

Magic Mike

It'd be a foolish bet to put money on where Steven Soderbergh's career is going next. Soderbergh's "problem" is that he seems to be good: Magic Mike, a tale of male strippers, comes after a star-studded disease thriller (Contagion) and a female-fronted action movie (Haywire). His next is, obviously, a TV movie about Liberace (seriously, it is).

Magic Mike also rounds off a critically and financially successful year for Channing Tatum, after the ultra-manipualtive tear-fest The Vow and the excellent comedy 21 Jump Street. This movie is loosely based on Tatum's time in dance revue shows in Tampa, so the routines are authentic; but it's not quite Hen Night: The Movie, although it could serve as such.

It's closer to The Wrestler than it is to Showgirls, although thankfully not anywhere near as grim as either. Soderbergh takes...

Return of the Living Dead, the Basket Case Trilogy… Second Sight now continue their current (and fantastic) trend of re-releasing 80s classics on Blu-ray with two family favourites – Short Circuit and Flight of the Navigator – that are, in my humble opinion, essential purchases for 80s movie fans. Even if you already own the DVDs!

Short Circuit

Stars: Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenburg, Fisher Stevens, G.W. Bailey | Written by S.S. Wilson, Brent Maddock | Directed by John Badham

An experimental military robot escapes after being struck by lightening, giving it human intelligence. He escapes and finds a home with madcap Stephanie Speck (Sheedy), who believes he is an alien, but hot on his trail are scientists Newton Crosby (Guttenburg) and his assistant (Stevens), who must get to their creation before the army, who plan to put Number 5 out of service permanently.

What can I say about Short Circuit? A film that I...

Ted | A Simple Life | The Thick Of It: Series 4 | Flight Of The Navigator/Short Circuit | Margin Call

Ted

Currently nudging the $500m mark at the box office, Ted is looking like being the biggest comedy of 2012. Like all good comedies the idea is simplicity itself: a talking teddy bear that says and does things that would be shocking said by a real person, let alone a child's toy. It takes this one joke and runs with it until it stops being funny, then continues to run with it until it becomes hilarious again.

Directed, co-produced and co-written by Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, who also voices Ted in his best Peter Griffin style, the movie follows what happens after a childhood wish comes true. Everyone gets used to the magic of having a talking toy bear in the world pretty quickly, and Ted and his owner (played by Mark Wahlberg...

Exclusive: The CW has put in development Jane Whitefield, a drama project based on the Vanishing Act book series by Thomas Perry. Produced by CSI maiden Carol Mendelsohn and written by Natalie Chaidez, Jane Whitefield centers on a quirky young woman in search of her biological parents and her own identity who runs a private investigation/”eraser” company in Portland. CBS TV Studios and studio-based Mendelsohn Prods. produce, with Mendelsohn, Chaidez, Perry, Bob Wunsch and Carol Mendelsohn Prods.’ Julie Weitz exec producing. Perry’s critically praised Jane Whitefield book series includes Vanishing Act, Dance For The Dead, Shadow Woman, The Face Changers, Blood Money, Runner, and Poison Flower. UTA-repped Natalie Chaidez has worked on Heroes, V, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and In Plain Sight. In addition to Jane Whitefield, Carol Mendelsohn Prods. has Second Sight at CBS, a drama based on the 2000 British series starring Clive Owen, with Michael Cuesta co-writing,...

Basket Case Trilogy

Stars: Kevin VanHentenryck, Terri Susan Smith, Beverly Bonner, Annie Ross, Judy Grafe, Gil Roper | Written and Directed by Frank Henenlotter

Still somewhat of an underground series in mainstream movie-going consciousness (despite what seems like a huge horror-loving fanbase), the Basket Case trilogy finally makes its way to Blu-ray after a shoddy treatment on DVD where here in the UK they have often been resigned to the bargain bins. Thankfully Second Sight have decided to give the franchise its proper due with a trilogy release that will definitely please fans of the films and will hopefully also make a lot of new ones…

Released on DVD, Blu-ray and Blu-ray steelbook (a must-buy for me), the Basket Case Trilogy features the adventures of two brothers, Duane and Belial, well I say brothers but they were originally conjoined twins, separated against their will; with Duane seemingly “normal” and Belial resigned to a life of deformity,...

Exclusive: Michael Cuesta, director/executive producer of the Emmy-winning Homeland, has teamed with CSI executive producer/showrunner Carol Mendelsohn for Second Sight, a drama based on the 2000 British series starring Clive Owen. The project has been set up at CBS through CBS TV Studios, where Cuesta is under an overall deal, and studio-based Carol Mendelsohn Prods. Second Sight centers on a homicide detective going blind who turns his affliction into an advantage – using his heightened senses and intuition to solve crimes. (watch the trailer for the original series below.) Cuesta will write the adaptation with his brother Gerald Cuesta. The two previously teamed for another CBS drama project, the cult 2007 zombie pilot Babylon Fields, which Gerald co-wrote and Michael directed. Michael Cuesta is set to direct Second Sight, which he is executive producing with Mendelsohn, her executive Julie Weitz, Paula Milne, who created the original series, and Nick Reed. Weitz...

Free Radical Design co-founder Steve Ellis revealed in a new interview that the developer was working on an HD version of TimeSplitters 2 before Crytek acquired the company in 2009.

NotEnoughShaders asked the legendary developer if he would like to see high-definition versions of the TimeSplitters games and Second Sight released through Xbla, Psn, or Nintendo’s eShop. Ellis, who is currently the Managing Director at the mobile developer Crash Lab, responded:

“We had a “HD” downloadable version of TimeSplitters 2 in development at Free Radical in 2008. I don’t know what happened to that but yes, I’d love to see it released at some point. Maybe it could be the catalyst that is required in order to raise enough interest in TimeSplitters 4 that a publisher might want to fund it.”

TimeSplitters 2 (which launched in 2002 for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Xbox) is arguably the best game in the three-part franchise, so I...

It seems UK distributor Second Sight are on a 80′s horror roll these days. First came their fan-favourite steelbook release of Return of the Living Dead, next up is the three-film steelbook release of the Basket Case trilogy (a review of which is coming soon) and their release of Walter Hill’s Southern Comfort in November. But those titles are not the only eagerly awaited 80′s horror films they have on their books – oh no – the company also has the Stuart Gordon/Brian Yuzna trio of Re-Animator, Bride of Re-Animator and From Beyond; as well as Yuzna’s Society in the pipeline…

And Second Sight have just unveiled (via their Facebook page) the official Graham Humphreys designed DVD and Blu-ray artwork for the latter two films – From Beyond and Society – both of which are suitably awesome! Check them out below:...

(Marcel Carné, 1945, Second Sight, PG)

This vibrant three-hour epic was made during the German occupation by director Marcel Carné, poet Jacques Prévert and designer Alexandre Trauner, the chief creators of the so-called poetic realism that dominated French cinema in the late 1930s. The film then enjoyed a triumphant reception at its premiere in March 1945, just two months before Ve Day, when it helped assert the indomitable spirit of French culture and restore national pride.

The Nazi regime forbade direct reference to the war or any currently controversial matter, so the setting is the Parisian theatre of the 1830s, which is given a Balzacian social scope and dramatic vigour. Pierre Brasseur and Jean-Louis Barrault play rival actors, one a Shakespearean star, the other a brilliant mime, both of them in love with the cool, graceful Arletty's much-sought-after courtesan, who's also admired by a charismatic criminal and an aristocrat.

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Recently voted 'The best French film ever made' by the prestigious French Film Academy, the brand new restored version of Marcel Carné's 1945 classic Les Enfants du Paradis will be released this Monday (17 September) on both Blu-ray and DVD formats. To celebrate this monumental release, we've kindly been given Two Blu-ray copies of the film to give away to our Francophile readership, courtesy of Second Sight. This is an exclusive competition for our Facebook and Twitter fans, so if you haven't already, 'Like' us at facebook.com/CineVueUK or follow us @CineVue before answering the question below.

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Voted ‘The best French film ever made’ by the French Film Academy, and critically acclaimed the World over, Les Enfants Du Paradis is a film of dazzling proportions and now following a meticulous restoration it looks and sounds as never before.

Second Sight is delighted to announce the release of Les Enfants Du Paradis – The Restored Edition in stunning limited edition packaging, with a fantastic slew of extras, on Blu-ray and as a two-disc DVD set on 17 September 2012.

We have three copies of the Blu-ray to give away to our readers.

For your chance to win, first like us on Facebook… Already a fan? You can skip this part.

… and then email contest@whatculture.com with the e-mail header Les Enfants Du Paradis. Make sure you leave your full name and address and that you are over the age of 15. Winners will be picked be notified in October.

★★★☆☆ This week's Second Sight rerelease of Carol Reed's high flying epic Trapeze (1956) is a welcome reminder of the domineering screen presence of Burt Lancaster and the Technicolor epics that dominated the box office throughout the 1950s. Destined to be confused and compared with Cecil B. DeMille's The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), Trapeze is arguably the superior picture, with Reed using the circus as a backdrop to a simple love triangle.

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“What’s in the basket?” An innocent question that forever reminds genre fans of the bloody misadventures of Duane Bradley and his not-so-conjoined twin, Belial. Second Sight brings the entire Basket Case trilogy to Blu-ray/DVD across the UK in a Special Edition. Take a peek inside...

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Following the huge success of The Return of the Living Dead, Second Sight Films now bring the wonderfully warped Basket Case - The Trilogy to special edition Blu-ray and DVD. This bumper release will hit the streets on 22 October 2012 as a limited edition three-disc steelbook and special edition DVD, complete with newly commissioned bonus material produced by bonus feature specialists Severin Films.

"What’s in the basket?" A question Duane Bradley is asked a lot when he arrives in New York and checks into the sleazy Hotel Broslin, a place filled with drunks, odd-bods and prostitutes. We soon discover...

License To Drive

Stars: Corey Haim, Heather Graham, Corey Feldman, Carol Kane, Richard Masur | Written by Neil Tolkin | Directed by Greg Beeman

Apparently an ’80s classic that had somehow slipped under my radar, 1988′s License to Drive ticks all the necessary boxes for a teen comedy winner: Ludicrous hair? Check. Overly lusty teenage boys? Check. Zany parents with more comedy chops than the leads? Stuck-up sibling? Actor with a minor role who’ll one day be more famous than said leads put together? Check, check and checkers. A Corey? Shit, this film has two!

Like most successful teen films of the decade, License to Drive takes a simple, everyday situation for a 16 year-old kid and balloons its importance to such a ridiculous degree that it warrants an action scene, a car chase or at least a dance sequence. It was skipping school in Ferris Bueller and detention in The Breakfast Club,...

Second Sight have today announced that following the success of their Blu-ray steelbook release of Return of the Living Dead, they are set to give the same special edition treatment to a slew of classic 80s horror flicks, including the Basket Case Trilogy, Re-Animator and Bride of Re-Animator, From Beyond and the goo-fest that is Society… It’s a veritable feast of Stuart Gordon and Brian Yuzna!

Confirmed as a Blu-ray steelbook release, the first title to hit the streets, on October 22nd, is the Basket Case Trilogy – complete with brand-new artwork from the legendary Graham Humphreys. Check out the cover below:

More news on these exciting Blu-ray releases as we get it…...