Roadside Attractions and Lionsgate recently released information about the upcoming DVD and Blu-Ray release of "Mud", which made $20 Million in its limited release. The film stars Matthew McConaughey (Magic Mike, Killer Joe),Tye Sheridan (The Tree of Life), Sam Shepard (Black Hawk Down, The Right Stuff), Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road, HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire”), Joe Don Baker (Walking Tall, Fletch), Ray McKinnon (TV’s “Sons of Anarchy,” The Blind Side), Primetime Emmy® nominee Sarah Paulson (HBO’s Game Change, TV’s “American Horror Story: Asylum”)and Academy Award® winner Reese Witherspoon (Best Actress, Walk the Line, 2005).

Special Features on the DVD and Blu-Ray includes Audio commentary with Writer/Director Jeff Nichols,“A Very Personal Tale: Writing and Directing Mud” featurette, “The Arkansas Ensemble: The Distinctive Characters and Cast of Mud” featurette, “Southern Authenticity: Shooting the Real Arkansas” featurette, “The Snake Pit: The Slithering Costars of Mud” featurette. "Mud" hits stores on August 6th.

Press Release:

Sure to become “a newly minted American classic” (The Wall Street Journal), Mud arrives on Blu-ray Disc (plus Digital UltraViolet), DVD (plus Digital UltraViolet), and Video on Demand and Pay-Per-View August 6 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. Mud will also be available on EST July 23, two weeks prior to the Blu-ray, DVD and Video on Demand release. Starring Matthew McConaughey (Magic Mike, Killer Joe) in his “finest performance to date, Oscar-worthy at every level” (Hitfix) as the titular character, Mud features an all-star cast that includes Tye Sheridan (The Tree of Life), Sam Shepard (Black Hawk Down, The Right Stuff), Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road, HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire”), Joe Don Baker (Walking Tall, Fletch), Ray McKinnon (TV’s “Sons of Anarchy,” The Blind Side), Primetime Emmy® nominee Sarah Paulson (HBO’s Game Change, TV’s “American Horror Story: Asylum”), newcomer Jacob Lofland and Academy Award® winner Reese Witherspoon (Best Actress, Walk the Line, 2005).

Mud is a timeless adventure about two boys, Ellis (Sheridan) and his best friend Neckbone (Lofland), who find a mysterious man named Mud (McConaughey) hiding out on a deserted island in the Mississippi. Mud tells the boys fantastic stories about his life including how he once killed a man in Texas and now vengeful bounty hunters are after him. He says he is planning to meet and escape with the love of his life, Juniper (Witherspoon), who is waiting for him in town. Skeptical but intrigued, Ellis and Neckbone agree to help him. But it isn't long until Mud's tall-tales come to life and their small town is besieged by bounty hunters out for blood.

Written and directed by Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter, Shotgun Stories), and nominated for the prestigious Palme d’Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, the Mud Blu-ray and DVD contain an audio commentary and multiple featurettes that examine numerous aspects of the making of the film. The Mud Blu-ray Disc and DVD, featuring Digital UltraViolet, will be available for the suggested retail price of $24.99 and $19.98, respectively.

BLU-RAY/DVD SPECIAL FEATURES*
• Audio commentary with Writer/Director Jeff Nichols
• “A Very Personal Tale: Writing and Directing Mud” featurette
• “The Arkansas Ensemble: The Distinctive Characters and Cast of Mud” featurette
• “Southern Authenticity: Shooting the Real Arkansas” featurette
• “The Snake Pit: The Slithering Costars of Mud” featurette
*Subject to change

Twentieth Century Fox has send information that comedy action film "This Means War" starring Chris Pine and Tom Hardy has moved from it's original release date of February 17th after test screenings and positive word of month. The film will now open in theaters on February 14th. Yes, the same day as Valentine's Day, which happens to fall on a Tuesday this year.


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

Press Release:

Twentieth Century Fox is declaring “War” on Valentine’s Day – moving up by three days its comedy-action film THIS MEANS WAR, to Tuesday, February 14.

This audacious strike comes on the heels of outstanding test screenings and strong word of mouth.


Commented Bruce Snyder, president of domestic distribution:  “Starting Valentine's Day, we're making WAR, not love. We’re armed and ready with the perfect movie.  This is a picture that that has it all – humor, charm, wit and action – and it plays through the roof. ”

In the film, Chris Pine and Tom Hardy portray the world’s deadliest CIA operatives, as well as inseparable partners and best friends… until they fall for the same woman (Reese Witherspoon).  Having once helped bring down entire enemy nations, they are now employing their incomparable skills and an endless array of high-tech gadgetry against their greatest nemesis ever – each other.


One of the world’s largest producers and distributors of motion pictures, Fox Filmed Entertainment produces, acquires and distributes motion pictures throughout the world.  These motion pictures are produced or acquired by the following units of FFE:  Twentieth Century Fox, Fox 2000 Pictures, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox International Pictures, and Twentieth Century Fox Animation.

Directed by: Seth Gordon

Written by: Matt Allen & Caleb Wilson and Jon Lucas & Scott Moore

A funny holiday movie is something that a lot of people strive for, but very rarely does one actually get made. I suppose it is only fitting that the star of one funny one, “A Christmas Story,” has now produced another in “Four Christmases.”

The story goes that two happy yuppies are content with the freedom of their three year relationship. Every Christmas the couple heads off on a tropical vacation in lieu of time with their fragmented families. Both the children of divorce, neither one want to repeat history, so instead they fiercely cling to their singledom rather than make a commitment to one another. Though they may thumb their noses at marriage and children, the other trappings of a committed relationship are still very real and very visible. Kate and Brad have met their match, even if they choose to see the relationship as best left to the early stages of dating.

This year the couple is off to Fiji. They have their alibis for their families phoned in (inoculating babies in Burma), and they are headed to the airport. San Francisco fog has all the planes grounded, so the two must wait a day before heading off to Fiji. Unfortunately for Kate and Brad, a pushy news crew insists on questioning them about their cancelled travel plans on live TV. Immediately the family calls them up, and soon Kate and Brad are committed to four different Christmas celebrations, one for each parent.

Vince Vaughn plays Brad, a character he has embodied a number of times. Brad is a confidant smart ass who can not spend more than a minute not talking. I personally love Vince Vaughn, but for those who do not find his charm quite so endearing, you probably will not enjoy this movie. With another actor in the part of Brad, I think the movie would still have been funny, which is a testament to the good writing on the movie. This is surprising since there are four writers and a host of producers in the pot here. However, Vaughn does make a good Brad, and I certainly laughed at jokes that were not all together funny simply because his delivery was so spot on.

Reese Witherspoon is not necessarily miscast, but it is nice to see her act in a comedy that is a little rougher and lower brow than I am used to seeing her in. The rumor is that she and Vaughn did not get along during the making of this movie, and between watching this movie and my rough approximations of their real life personalities, I would not be surprised. Still, there was a decent chemistry there that probably only worked because the characters were both so strong willed and determined. In a weird way, the way they played off of each other kind of reminded me of Katherine Hepburn and Jimmy Stewart in “The Philadelphia Story.”

The supporting cast is a great hodgepodge of actors including Jon Favreau, Kristin Chenowith, Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Tim McGraw, Dwight Yoakam, Peter Billingsly, Mary Steenburgen, Colleen Camp, and Jon Voight. A strong supporting cast helps, but without a good story, you can still be dead in the water (as countless actor heavy holiday films have been in the past). I would not go so far to say this is a holiday classic, but it certainly had its share of guffaw inducing moments. And it has been awhile since I could say that about a movie.