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Doc ‘Kurt Cobain — All Apologies’ Available on DVD July 29 From MVD 0

Doc ‘Kurt Cobain — All Apologies’ Available on DVD July 29 From MVD

The documentary Kurt Cobain — All Apologies will be released on DVD July 29 from MVD Entertainment Group and Cardinal Releasing. On April 8, 1994, Kurt Cobain, the lead singer of Nirvana, was found dead in his Seattle home. A shotgun wound to the head, three times the lethal amount of heroin in his system, … Continue reading “Doc ‘Kurt Cobain — All Apologies’ Available on DVD July 29 From MVD”

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Vizio’s WatchFree+ Bows ‘Sizzling Summer Movies’ 0

Vizio’s WatchFree+ Bows ‘Sizzling Summer Movies’

Vizio’s WatchFree+ free streaming service is bowing a new “Sizzling Summer Movies” hub in August.  The hub is a collection of  summer blockbusters, including titles such as:  King Kong (2005), in which a greedy film producer assembles a team of moviemakers and sets out for the infamous Skull Island, where they find more than just cannibalistic … Continue reading “Vizio’s WatchFree+ Bows ‘Sizzling Summer Movies’”

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Merchandising: Amazon Unleashes 4K ‘Last of the Demeter’ Steelbook 0

Merchandising: Amazon Unleashes 4K ‘Last of the Demeter’ Steelbook

The home entertainment releases of July 22 included a new 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Steelbook edition of the 2023 horror film The Last Voyage of the Demeter available exclusively at Amazon. Adapting the “Captain’s Log” chapter from Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula, the film follows the doomed crew of the merchant vessel Demeter as it … Continue reading “Merchandising: Amazon Unleashes 4K ‘Last of the Demeter’ Steelbook”

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Animated ‘K-Pop Demon Hunters’ Remains Atop Netflix Weekly Streaming Charts Through July 20 0

Animated ‘K-Pop Demon Hunters’ Remains Atop Netflix Weekly Streaming Charts Through July 20

Animated musical K-Pop Demon Hunters remained No. 1 overall and tops on the English language movie chart slot with 25.8 million views for the week ended July 20, according to new data from Netflix. Notably, viewership for the female-driven movie reached its highest peak in its fifth week – something no other Netflix film has … Continue reading “Animated ‘K-Pop Demon Hunters’ Remains Atop Netflix Weekly Streaming Charts Through July 20”

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SambaTV: Universal’s ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Topped 423,000 Household Digital Transactions in 6 Days 0

SambaTV: Universal’s ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Topped 423,000 Household Digital Transactions in 6 Days

Universal Pictures’ live-action reboot How to Train Your Dragon generated more than 423,000 U.S. household digital transactions in the first six days after its July 15 release, according to new data from Samba TV, which tracks viewership through smart data and ranks streaming programs based on U.S. household reach. The movie has generated more than … Continue reading “SambaTV: Universal’s ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Topped 423,000 Household Digital Transactions in 6 Days”

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‘Superman’ Remains Atop Weekend Box Office Through July 20; Crosses 0 Million in Global Ticket Sales 0

‘Superman’ Remains Atop Weekend Box Office Through July 20; Crosses $400 Million in Global Ticket Sales

Warner Bros. Pictures’ Superman reboot continues to resonate with moviegoers, generating $57.3 million in projected ticket sales through July 18. The James Gunn-written and directed movie has topped $406 million globally in 10 days, including $236 million across North American screens. Starring David Corenswet as the Man of Steel, along with Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult … Continue reading “‘Superman’ Remains Atop Weekend Box Office Through July 20; Crosses $400 Million in Global Ticket Sales”

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Gravitas Acquires Psycho-Drama ‘Day of a Lion’ Under Shout! Factory TV Banner 0

Gravitas Acquires Psycho-Drama ‘Day of a Lion’ Under Shout! Factory TV Banner

Gravitas Ventures, under the newly launched Shout Factory TV banner, has acquired the U.S. and Canadian rights to the arthouse psycho-drama Day of a Lion, set for release digitally and on cable VOD in August 2025. The film, which recently had its World Premiere at the Wales International Film Festival, winning the Best Foreign Feature Film … Continue reading “Gravitas Acquires Psycho-Drama ‘Day of a Lion’ Under Shout! Factory TV Banner”

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Radial’s Shout! Releasing ‘Robin and the Hoods’ Digitally Aug. 27 0

Radial’s Shout! Releasing ‘Robin and the Hoods’ Digitally Aug. 27

Epsilon Film’s fantasy adventure film Robin and the Hoods will become available through digital retailers beginning Aug. 27 from Shout! Studios, a Radial Entertainment company. The film will also be released on DVD later this year. In the film, 11-year-old Robin (Darcey Ewart) is the bright-eyed imaginative leader of a group of kids, the Hoods, … Continue reading “Radial’s Shout! Releasing ‘Robin and the Hoods’ Digitally Aug. 27”

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Peacock Raising Monthly Subscription Streaming Fee 0

Peacock Raising Monthly Subscription Streaming Fee $3

NBCUniversal’s Peacock subscription streaming service is raising its monthly fee $3, effective July 23 for new and returning subscribers. Current subscribers will see price hikes on Aug. 22, or in their next billing cycle. This is the streamer’s second price hike since 2023. The monthly fee for ad-supported Peacock Premium, the streamer’s lowest-priced tier, will … Continue reading “Peacock Raising Monthly Subscription Streaming Fee $3”

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Sony Pictures Celebrates 40th Anniversary of ‘Silverado’ with Oct. 7 Steelbook Release 0

Sony Pictures Celebrates 40th Anniversary of ‘Silverado’ with Oct. 7 Steelbook Release

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release the 1985 Western Silverado, starring Kevin Costner, Kevin Kline, Danny Glover and Scott Glenn, on Oct. 7 in a limited-edition 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray Disc Steelbook. The four actors star as four unwitting heroes who cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado. Little do … Continue reading “Sony Pictures Celebrates 40th Anniversary of ‘Silverado’ with Oct. 7 Steelbook Release”

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