‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ “Rogue Cut” Will Be “Distinct Film” with “Distinct Extras”

‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ “Rogue Cut” Will Be “Distinct Film” with “Distinct Extras”
Kevin Jagernauth — The Playlist

As we know, a longer version of “X-Men: Days Of Future Past” is coming this year — known as the “Rogue Cut” — which will reportedly feature at least ten minutes of new footage, including more of, you guessed it, Anna Paquin‘s mutant in scenes excised from the theatrical release. But this won’t just be a re-release of ‘DOFP’ on home video. Here’s what Fox Home Entertainment EVP of marketing communications James Finn tweeted last month (via X-Men Films):

Distinct Film. Distinct extras. Complimentary to DOFP Blu-ray but not repetitive.

So that’s sort of interesting. We heard rumors and…

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‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ is Now on Netflix

‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ is Now on Netflix
Joshua Crabb — Reel World Theology

Sometimes, Netflix drops in big, giant, rock-sized diamonds for us movie maniacs to gobble up the second they come out. Such is the case when Netflix announced they were dropping The Hunger Games: Catching Fire towards the end of October in anticipation of the next movie, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, coming out in November. I’m excited to sit down and watch this with my wife, who was also anticipating this movie.

Catching Fire is the second installment in the The Hunger Games book trilogy by Suzanne Collins that was adapted into the second film directed by Francis Lawrence and…

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‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ Extended Cut Coming in 2015

‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ Extended Cut Coming in 2015
Kevin Jagernauth — The Playlist

Even with home video sales continuing on a downward trajectory, Hollywood seems bound and determined to follow the same playbook they have used since the early ‘80s introduction of the VCR. So even though “X-Men: Days Of Future Past” will be available digitally on September 23rd and on Blu-ray on October 14th, Fox has just announced that you’re better off not bothering with either if you want the extra bells and whistles.

Last month, franchise producer Lauren Donner Shuler mentioned that a director’s cut of ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’ would be coming later this year. Now, Fox’s EVP of…

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We’re Getting a Director’s Cut of ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’

We’re Getting a Director’s Cut of ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’

X-Men: Days of Future Past was a fantastic film and if any film deserves a director’s cut, it’s probably this one. We’ve heard a lot about how much material had to be cut because there just wasn’t time for it. Particularly, there was a sub-plot where Rogue (Anna Paquin) stepped in to help Kitty Pryde (Ellen Page) when she got injured.

The official line for cutting that portion from the film is that it reduced the tension and urgency of the time crunch from Kitty’s injury. That does make sense, and normally I’m strictly a theatrical cut kind of guy with very few exceptions, but I’d like to…

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‘TNG Season 6’ Blu-ray

‘TNG Season 6’ Blu-ray
Matt Wright — TrekMovie.com

Season 6 is arguably the best season of TNG. The writers that we associate with TNG’s better episodes were all present, the production staff had TNG down cold, the visual effects were at their peak technologically, and the episodes covered a diverse group of subjects and genres.  Read on to see how the season looks re-mastered and details of  the treasure trove of deleted scenes the CBS Digital team were able to find, available June 24th in North America.

I can’t wait to get my hands on all these remastered episodes. Unfortunately, I think it will be a long time as my budget just can’t…

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‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ Season 6 Remastered Trailer

‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ Season 6 Remastered Trailer

It’s hard to call Season 6 the best season of TNG, but it had a lot of good episodes, and we got to see James Doohan reprise his role as Scotty so definitely call that a win! This season also included great episodes like:

It’s great to see a great show getting remasterd in glorious HD and I look forward to watching these in HD somehow, even though it would be cost prohibitive for me to buy the entire series — again.

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‘Frozen’ Passes $1 Billion at Box Office Following Oscar Win

‘Frozen’ Passes $1 Billion at Box Office Following Oscar Win

I really enjoyed Frozen. I’m talking “I-saw-it-three-times-in-theaters” enjoyed it. I’m talking “I-can-sing-most-of-the-songs-word-for-word” enjoyed it. I’M TALKI-

I think I’ve made my point.

Anyway, all of that goes to say that I’m not the only one who really enjoyed this film. For starters, our old friend Joe Darnell and I talked about it on Episode #72 of The MovieByte Podcast. It also won two awards at Sunday’s 86th Academy Awards - Best Animated Feature Film and Best Original Song for “Let It Go,” sung by Idina Menzel (or, as John Travolta would have us believe, “Adele Dazim”) and…

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A&E ‘Pride and Prejudice’ Blu-ray Keepsake edition

A&E ‘Pride and Prejudice’ Blu-ray Keepsake edition
Erin Strecker - Entertainment Weekly

“Will you tell me how long you have loved him?”

For a generation of fans, Colin Firth is Mr. Darcy, and they’ve loved him from the first time he appeared onscreen in the iconic Pride & Prejudice miniseries nearly 20 years ago. And now that beloved version, also starring Jennifer Ehle, is coming to Blu-ray in a special “Keepsake Edition.”

I am not (too) ashamed to admit that I love this mini-series a lot and it’s great to see it getting the Blu-ray treatment. I have no doubt that my wife will demand the purchase of this for our home, and I will gladly oblige.

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Affleck Inserted 9 Minutes into ‘Argo Extended Edition

Affleck Inserted 9 Minutes into ‘Argo Extended Edition

Affleck, fortunately, hasn’t given up acting. In fact, it’s well known that he’ll spend 2014 filming two of Hollywood’s most-anticipated movies: David Fincher’s adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl, and Zack Snyder’sBatman Vs. Superman. (Psst, he plays Batman.) But before he embarked on those projects, Affleck wanted to revisit Argo one last time. In the new extended edition Blu-ray, in stores today, he reinserted nine minutes of footage that revolve around his character’s family life, fulfilling a promise he made to a now-famous actor whose scenes had been left mostly on the cutting-room…

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‘The Wolverine’ 4-Disc Blu-ray to feature Extended and Unrated Cut

‘The Wolverine’ 4-Disc Blu-ray to feature Extended and Unrated Cut
Russ Fischer - /Film

The practice of releasing unrated extended versions of comedies and action film goes back years. But Fox has never taken that step with an X-Men film, until now.

The Wolverine, from director James Mangold and starring Hugh Jackman, hits disc formats on December 3, and Fox is giving fans an incentive to buy the tricked-out 4-disc blu-ray by featuring an extended, unrated cut of the film, only on that release. There are a bunch of good extras on that four-disc set beyond the new cut (including a commentary from Mangold).

 THe question is, unrated because the rating would be pushed from…

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