RADiUS-TWC recently announced that they've acquired "Concussion" for DVD release. The film is the debut film from writer/director Stacy Passon, which was recently received a Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best first feature. "Concussion" hits stores on 1/28/14.

For more information on this film, you can visit the film's official website at: http://www.concussionmovie.com/


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Anchor Bay Entertainment and RADiUS-TWC present the DVD release of writer-director Stacie Passon’s debut film, CONCUSSION. The film just received a 2014 Film Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best First Feature (director Passon and producer Rose Troche), as well as two 2013 Gotham Independent Film Award nominations for the Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award (Passon) and Breakthrough Actor Award (Robin Weigert). A Grand Jury Prize nominee at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, CONCUSSION will be available on DVD on January 28, 2014 for an SRP of $24.98.

An impressive cast, including Robin Weigert (The Sessions, “Sons of Anarchy,” “Deadwood”), Maggie Siff (“Sons of Anarchy,” Funny People), Johnathan Tchaikovsky (Reservation Road), Janel Moloney (“The West Wing”) and Ben Shankmen (Blue Valentine, “Angels in America”), spin this contemporary tale of a woman’s emotional epiphany and sexual awakening.

Abby (Robin Weigert) may have a loving family and all of the creature comforts in life, but even so, she can't fight a growing feeling of discontent. That all changes the day a speeding baseball smacks into Abby’s skull causing a concussion and unleashing her latent sexuality that sends her on an erotic journey. She is prompted to acquire a pied-a-terre in Manhattan and works as a high-class escort while keeping her sordid new career a carefully guarded secret from her unsuspecting family.

The Playlist remarked, “Weigert's full range of emotion is quite staggering: she can be funny, maternal, and flirty all at once, and in a film that relies on her so greatly, she is endlessly watchable,” while Blu-ray.com commented, “It's an unexpected deviation from the norm, sold with intelligence and intimacy.” CONCUSSION recently made Indiewire’s list of the “10 LGBT Films You Should See” on last summer’s LGBT film festival circuit.

Anchor Bay Entertainment recently announced the upcoming DVD release of "Sorority Party Massacre". The upcoming film has a headline cast including Tom Downey (Mirror Image), Kevin Sorbo (“Hercules: The Legendary Journeys”), Ed O'Ross (“Six Feet Under”), Leslie Easterbrook (The Devil’s Rejects), Richard Moll (“Cold Case”), adult film legend Ron Jeremy and new Scream Queens Marissa Skell, Eve Mauro and Yvette Yates.

Special Features on the DVD include Audio Commentary by Producer/Writer/Director Chris W. Freeman and Producer/Director Justin Jones, Deleted Scenes, Outtakes, Paige Fight Scene and Barney Lumpkin Campaign Ad. "Sorority Party Massacre" hits stores on 2/11.

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Beautiful sorority babes. An isolated island with nowhere to hide. A crazed killer targeting them one-by-one. Ah, the joys of higher learning... On February 11, 2014, Anchor Bay Entertainment unleashes Sorority Party Massacre, a master class in girls, gore, carnage and comedy. Guaranteed to tutor you in terror, Sorority Party Massacre will be available on DVD for an MSRP of $22.98. Pre-book is January 15, 2014.

An isolated town full of sexy college girls has a dangerous secret: one girl has gone missing each year for the last 20 years. A big-city cop, in danger of losing his badge, agrees to aid the town’s sheriff in investigating these unsolved disappearances. Quickly they realize that they are dealing with a psychotic killer whose brilliance has been twisted into a taste for terror, torture and sorority sister torment. But when this party gets started, who will graduate – and who will be held back?

Directed by Chris W. Freeman and Justin Jones, and featuring a headline cast including Tom Downey (Mirror Image), Kevin Sorbo (“Hercules: The Legendary Journeys”), Ed O'Ross (“Six Feet Under”), Leslie Easterbrook (The Devil’s Rejects), Richard Moll (“Cold Case”), adult film legend Ron Jeremy and new Scream Queens Marissa Skell, Eve Mauro and Yvette Yates, Sorority Party Massacre teaches old school terror exploitation. This party is comedy camp at its shocking, slashing, sexy best!



Bonus features on the Sorority Party Massacre DVD include:

· Audio Commentary by Producer/Writer/Director Chris W. Freeman and Producer/Director Justin Jones;

· Deleted Scenes;

· Outtakes;

· Paige Fight Scene;

· Barney Lumpkin Campaign Ad.

Anchor Bay Entertainment and The Weinstein Company has send us over information for their upcoming DVD release of "Unfinished Song". The film stars Terence Stamp (Academy Award® nominee for Best Supporting Actor, Billy Budd) and Vanessa Redgrave (Academy Award® winner for Best Supporting Actress, Julia), Gemma Arterton (Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time)and Christopher Eccleston (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra).

Special Features on the DVD include Outtakes and Deleted Scenes. "Unfinished Song" hits stores on 9/24.

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Anchor Bay Entertainment and The Weinstein Company present the hilarious, uplifting and inspirational comedy-drama about the healing power of music, UNFINISHED SONG, on DVD on September 24, 2013. Starring screen legends Terence Stamp (Academy Award® nominee for Best Supporting Actor, Billy Budd) and Vanessa Redgrave (Academy Award® winner for Best Supporting Actress, Julia), UNFINISHED SONG is written and directed by Paul Andrew Williams (London to Brighton). UNFINISHED SONG heads to retail on DVD for an SRP of $24.98.

The film’s stellar supporting cast includes Gemma Arterton (Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time), Christopher Eccleston (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra), Anne Reid (Coronation Street), and Calita Rainford (Return to House on Haunted Hill).

“In the tradition of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and Quartet comes a touching and joyous movie!,” said The New York Observer’s, Rex Reed. Wrote USA Today’s, Claudia Puig, “Unfinished Song is an uplifting ode to the celebration of life at any age.” Added Peter Travers of Rolling Stone, “This is acting of the highest order.”

Arthur (Terence Stamp), a curmudgeonly old soul, is perfectly content with his reliable daily routine until his beloved wife (Vanessa Redgrave) introduces him to a spirited local singing group led by the youthful and charming Elizabeth (Gemma Arterton). Despite his initial resistance, this unexpected friendship leads to Arthur’s discovery of music that revitalizes his passion for new adventures and reconnects him with the people who matter most.

“It’s a very personal story for me,” says writer/director Paul Andrew Williams, who drew on his own family experience to create UNFINISHED SONG.

The UNFINISHED SONG DVD special features include Outtakes and Deleted Scenes. Note: special features are subject to change.

Anchor Bay Entertainment has send us over information about one of the most anticipated Blu-Ray releases of the year "Halloween" 35th Anniversary Edition. The blu-ray will feature an all-new HD transfer personally supervised by the film’s original cinematographer, Academy-Award® nominee Dean Cundey (Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Apollo 13, the Back to the Future trilogy along with a brand new commentary track with director John Carpenter and star Jamie Lee Curtis. Other features on the new blu-ray include “The Night She Came Home” new featurette with Jamie Lee Curtis (HD), "On Location", Trailers, TV and Radio Spots, and Additional Scenes from TV Version. "Halloween" 35th Anniversary Blu-ray hits stores on 9/24.

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In 1978, Compass International Pictures released an indie horror film by an up and coming director and a largely unknown cast. Presented by the late Moustapha Akkad, the film cost $325,000 and ended up not only becoming one of the most successful independent motion pictures of its time, but single handedly created the genre of the modern horror film along with the first iconic (via a painted-over William Shatner mask) cinematic slasher!

Its global success spawned seven sequels, a reboot directed by Rob Zombie and a sequel-to-the-reboot, as well as created generations of grateful fans. The director’s name is John Carpenter and the film was Halloween. This year marks the 35th Anniversary of the timeless thriller and to celebrate, Anchor Bay Entertainment is bringing back the terrifying original as it’s never been seen or heard before!

Anchor Bay Entertainment and Trancas International proudly announce the September 24th release of the 35th Anniversary Blu-ray™ release of Halloween. For this very special release, Anchor Bay and Trancas went back to the vaults to present this legendary terror classic as never before, including creating an all-new HD transfer personally supervised by the film’s original cinematographer, Academy-Award® nominee Dean Cundey (Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Apollo 13, the Back to the Future trilogy), a new 7.1 audio mix (as well as the original mono audio), a brand-new feature length audio commentary by writer/director John Carpenter and star Jamie Lee Curtis, an all-new bonus feature with Ms. Curtis, as well as selected legacy bonus features from previous ABE releases. Available in a collectible limited-edition book-style package (available only for the first printing) with 20 pages featuring archival photos, an essay by Halloween historian Stef Hutchinson and specially commissioned cover art by Jay Shaw, SRP is $34.99 and pre-book is August 28.

“Anchor Bay Entertainment has been home to Halloween for almost 20 years,” noted Malek Akkad, President of Trancas International Films and son of Moustapha Akkad. “I’m so happy that we’re partnering with them to present the definitive edition of what is widely acknowledged as one of the seminal horror films of the 20th century.”

Halloween stars Jamie Lee Curtis (A Fish Called Wanda, True Lies) in her debut role. Anyone who’s ever watched a horror film in the last 35 years knows the story of Michael Myers, who as a child, butchered his sister with a kitchen knife. Committed to a mental institution and watched over by Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasance, Halloween II, IV & V, Fantastic Voyage), he engineers his escape 15 years later, returning to his hometown of Haddonfield, Illinois on Halloween night to terrorize anyone who gets in his way, including babysitter Laurie Strode (Curtis).

Co-starring P.J. Soles (Carrie, Stripes, Rock ‘n Roll High School), Kyle Richards (The Watcher in the Woods, Eaten Alive), Nancy Loomis (Carpenter’s Assault On Precinct 13, The Fog), Charles Cyphers (Escape From New York, The Fog) and Brian Andrews (The Great Santini, Three O’Clock High), Halloween also cemented the careers of many behind the camera including Carpenter, Cundey, producer Debra Hill and film editor/production designer Tommy Lee Wallace (Halloween III: Season of the Witch, “It”).


Bonus features on Halloween 35th Anniversary Blu-ray™ include:
•All-new commentary track with writer/director John Carpenter and star Jamie Lee Curtis;
•“The Night She Came Home” new featurette with Jamie Lee Curtis (HD);
•On Location;
•Trailers;
•TV & Radio Spots;
•Additional Scenes from TV Version