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The hottest con in Arizona is Phoenix Comic Con! (It really is hot, like in the 100s.) I'll be doing three panels including DVDuesday Live! All the details are in this pic or the giant block of text below. I hope to see you there!

I'll be wandering the con floor, talking geek stuff at the Wayward Nerd booth and attending parties at night. Here are the details:

Thursday, June 2 @ 7:30 PM, North 229AB DVD-DUESDAY LIVE WIN FREE DVDs! Chris Gore (PodCRASH, Film Threat) returns for DVD-Duesday Live, his popular segment from G4TV's Attack of the Show. Join Chris and a panel of film experts along with special guests for a heated movie discussion. We'll discuss the best DVD commentaries, the weirdest DVD special features, battle over the best DVD of all time and debate over 4K content and the transition to all-new digital download formats. Participate in movie trivia to win FREE DVDs.

Friday, June 3 @ 7:30 PM, North 231BC STAR WARS' DYSFUNCTIONAL SKYWALKER FAMILY Twins separated at birth, domestic abuse near a volcano, and child abandonment on desert planets... the root of all evil in the Star Wars universe is not the Dark Side, it's bad parenting! This panel will look at the future of the Skywalker family and how Kylo Ren's parents' divorce may have adversely affected him in The Force Awakens. Join a panel of concerned nerdy parents for a fun yet serious look at how poor parenting choices in the Skywalker family led to a galaxy far, far away thrown into chaos.

Sunday, June 5 @ 4:30 PM, North 121B COLLIDER HEROES LIVE PODCAST Jon Schnepp has graciously invited me to join him on his panel on Sunday afternoon. If you've ever seen his YouTube show, you know this will be a lot of fun.

Here's a link to more: http://www.phoenixcomicon.com/guests/Chris_Gore

Film Threat needs YOU to support them on Kickstarter!

After 30 years of being the champion for the independent film world, Film Threat is seeking a little help from its friends to go forward. Founder and publisher Chris Gore is now hosting a Kickstarter campaign that will run through April 21, with the goal of raising $125,000 to present an upgraded version of the influential film resource. The funding is crucial to the life of Film Threat. If the…

Save Filmthreat and Bring back DVDuesday

I was lucky enough to become friends with Chris a few years or so ago while tweeting about a Batman figurine and some birthday wishes. I included @ThatChrisGore in that Tweet and he responded by showing that he got a cupcake for his birthday and it was better than my present.

This is what I got:

That was the first time I had really ever gotten a celebrity to reply back to me on twitter. not only…

Today’s New Blu-ray Releases

Written by rychu79

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day starring Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner and Ed Oxenbould as a family that run into a series of unfortunate events in the course of a day; Dear White People starring Tyler James Williams, Tessa Thompson, Kyle Gallner in a film that explores racial identity in acutely-not-post-racial America while weaving a universal story of forging one's unique path in the world; Nightcrawler starring Jake Gyllenhaal as a L.A. crime journalist that blurs the line between observer and participant& Rosewater starring Gael García Bernal as Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari who was detained by Iranian forces and was brutally interrogated for suspicion of being a spy. .

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014) Rated PG

Alexander's day begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by more calamities. However, he finds little sympathy from his family and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him, his mom, dad, brother and sister - who all find themselves living through their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

Director:

Miguel Arteta

Writers:

Rob Lieber (screenplay), Rob Lieber (screen story)

Stars:

Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner, Ed Oxenbould

Available on Blu-ray Feb 10th at Amazon.com

Dear White People (2014) Rated R

A social satire that follows the stories of four black students at an Ivy League college where controversy breaks out over a popular but offensive black-face party thrown by white students. With tongue planted firmly in cheek, the film explores racial identity in acutely-not-post-racial America while weaving a universal story of forging one's unique path in the world.

Director:

Justin Simien

Writers:

Justin Simien (screenplay)

Stars:

Tyler James Williams, Tessa Thompson, Kyle Gallner

Available on Blu-ray Feb 10th at Amazon.com

Nightcrawler (2014) Rated R

When Lou Bloom, a driven man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.

Directors:

Dan Gilroy

Writer:

Dan Gilroy

Stars:

Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Bill Paxton

Available on Blu-ray Feb 10th at Amazon.com

Rosewater (2014) Rated R

Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari is detained by Iranian forces who brutally interrogate him under suspicion that he is a spy.

Director:

Jon Stewart

Writers:

Jon Stewart (screenplay), Maziar Bahari (book)

Stars:

Gael García Bernal, Kim Bodnia, Dimitri Leonidas

Today’s New Blu-ray Releases

Written by rychu79

Happy New Year everyone! Here is the list for the first new blu-ray releases of 2015. 

Get On Up starring Chadwick Boseman as the legendary James Brown in a bio-pic about his life; Left Behind starring Nicolas Cage survivor that was left behind after the Rapture; Life After Beth starring Aubrey Plaza as the reanimated girlfriend of Dane DeHaan & No Good Deed starring Idris Elba as an escaped criminal that terrorizes Taraji P. Henson and her family.

    Get On Up (2014) Rated PG-13

A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.

Director:

 Tate Taylor

Writers:

 Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth & Steven Baigelman

Stars:

 Chadwick Boseman, Nelsan Ellis, Dan Aykroyd |

  Available on Blu-ray Jan 6th at Amazon.com

    Left Behind (2014) Rated PG-13

A small group of survivors are left behind after millions of people suddenly vanish and the world is plunged into chaos and destruction.

Director:

 Vic Armstrong

Writers:

 Jerry B. Jenkins, Tim LaHaye, Paul Lalonde & John Patus

Stars:

 Nicolas Cage, Lea Thompson, Cassi Thomson |

  Available on Blu-ray Jan 6th at Amazon.com

    Life After Beth (2014) Rated R

A young man's recently deceased girlfriend mysteriously returns from the dead, but he slowly realizes she is not the way he remembered her.

Director:

 Jeff Baena

Writer:

 Jeff Baena

Stars:

 Aubrey Plaza, Dane DeHaan, John C. Reilly |

  Available on Blu-ray Jan 6th at Amazon.com

    No Good Deed (2014) Rated PG-13

An unstable escaped convict terrorizes a woman who is alone with her two children.

Director:

 Sam Miller

Writer:

 Aimee Lagos

Stars:

 Taraji P. Henson, Idris Elba, Leslie Bibb |