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In its fourth season, DEXTER continued to court controversy with its shocking season finale. In Season 3, Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) became involved with psychopathic killer Lila who threatened his family, especially Rita (Julie Benz ) but clever Dexter manages to escape Lila’s trap, stop Lila, and save his family. [...]

Director Robert Zemeckis discusses his work on the BACK TO THE FUTURE trilogy, which arrived Tuesday in a new 25th anniversary edition, avaiable on DVD & Blu-ray.

Actor Michael J. Fox recalls his work on the BACK TO THE FUTURE TRILOGY, released this week in a new 25th anniversary edition on DVD & Blu-ray.

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Back to the Future 25th Anniversary set coming to Blu-ray and DVD
HOUSE/HAUSU: Blu-ray Review
Back to the Future Blu-ray & DVD [...]

Check out this clip of Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Mary Steenburgen, Huey Lewis, Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale, and Neil Canton celebrating the release of the BACK TO THE FUTURE 25th Anniversary Trilogy Blu-ray and DVD, which went on sale yesterday.

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Adrien Brody claims never paid for role, entitled to block release of horror-thiller. See TRAILER

Manga's REDLINE.
We wrap up our sadly-too-brief coverage of New York Comic with a quick duck into the floor booth of Anchor Bay Entertain- ment. There, after gorging ourselves on copious free buttons and fliers (we’re all about the gimmes), we sat down with the company’s Kevin Carney and Erin Carter to find out what’s in [...]

After the excellent Platinum Edition DVD for BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, there would seem to be little room for improvement with Walt Disney Home Video’s new Three-Disc Diamond Edition DVD and Blu-ray combo – except for the obvious improved picture quality that come with the new high-def format. Nevertheless, the Diamond Edition manages to one-up its predecessor, establishing itself as the definitive edition for enthusiastic collectors.

Red Band Trailer for the Direct-To Video Sequel

Also coming out on home video this week: A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, CAPRICA SEASON 1.0, STARGATE UNIVERS: COMPLETE FIRST SEASON, THE SECRET OF KELLS, GRINDHOUSE SPECIAL EDITION BLU-RAY, and DOCTOR WHO: DREAMLAND
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Tuesday, October 5 is overflowing with horror, fantasy, and science fiction titles of all shapes and sizes arriving on home video [...]

What’s new in horror, fantasy, and science fiction on home video this week? Well, one of the summer’s blockbuster theatrical hits, IRON MAN 2, arrives in just about every format one could ask for.

Low-budget auteur Larry Blamire is back with a companion piece to his latest LOST SKELETON sequel.

The creator of THE LOST SKELETON OF CADAVRA returns with a one-two double bill of genre movie spoofs: THE LOST SKELETON RETURNS AGAIN and DARK AND STORMY NIGHT.

Image Entertainment’s new 14-DVD set of 67 episodes of THRILLER is quite a marvelous treat, and it fits in perfectly with Cinefantastique’s celebration of  movies released in that seminal year for terror, 1960.
Among the impressive authors who wrote episodes for THRILLER were Robert Bloch, Richard Matheson, Charles Beaumont, Donald S. Sandford and Barre Lyndon.  The [...]