BLITZ (2024) - Trailer, Clips, Featurette, Images and Poster

"Blitz" is a WWII drama written and directed by Steve McQueen ("Hunger", "12 Years a Slave"). The cast includes Saoirse Ronan, Elliot Heffernan, Harris Dickinson, Benjamin Clementine, Kathy Burke, Paul Weller and Stephen Graham. The film premiered on November 22, 2024 on Apple TV+.

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New on Blu-ray: NEVADA SMITH (1966) Starring Steve McQueen

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Product Description: The dynamic screen presence of Steve McQueen (Hell is for Heroes, The Great Escape, The Hunter) is in full force in one of the iconic star’s best and most memorable westerns—Nevada Smith. Born in the 1890s to a Native American mother and a white father during the California gold rush, Nevada Smith (McQueen) has his life turned upside down after he finds that his parents have been murdered by vicious killers. He becomes a lone gunslinger, blinded by his compulsion for revenge, and will stop at nothing to show the killers his own brand of justice. Produced and directed by western great Henry Hathaway (Rawhid, True Grit, Shoot Out), Nevada Smith surrounds McQueen with breathtaking landscapes (courtesy of cinematographer Lucien Ballard, The Wild Bunch) and standout supporting actors like Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Arthur Kennedy, Suzanne Pleshette, Raf Vallone, Janet Margolin, Howard Da Silva, Pat Hingle, Paul Fix, Gene Evans and Martin Landau.

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New on Blu-ray: SMALL AXE - Five Films by Steve McQueen - The Criterion Collection

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Product Description: With the five films that make up his Small Axe anthology (Mangrove; Lovers Rock; Red, White and Blue; Alex Wheatle; and Education), director Steve McQueen offers a richly evocative panorama of West Indian life in London from the 1960s through the ’80s—a time defined for the community by the terror of police violence, the empowering awakening of political consciousness, and the ecstatic escape of a vibrant reggae scene. Ranging in tone from the tenderly impressionistic to the devastatingly clear-eyed, these powerfully performed portraits of Black resistance, joy, creativity, and collective action—all sumptuously shot by Shabier Kirchner—form a revolutionary counterhistory of mid-twentieth-century Britain at a transformational moment.

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New on Blu-ray: HELL IS FOR HEROES (1962) Starring Steve McQueen

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Product Description: Screen legend Steve McQueen (The Great Escape, Bullitt, The Getaway) delivers a powerful, gripping performance as a defiant loner whose skills as a soldier make him invaluable to his struggling platoon. In the heat of battle during World War II, McQueen and his fellow soldiers find themselves severely outnumbered as they hold off a Nazi advance along the Siegfried Line in France. Using only their ingenuity and bravery, they must bluff the Germans in order to buy some time…and save their lives. The great Don Siegel (Dirty Harry, Charley Varrick, Escape from Alcatraz) directs the explosive action led by an all-star cast, including Bobby Darin, Fess Parker, Harry Guardino, James Coburn, Nick Adams and Bob Newhart. If they can fool the enemy long enough for reinforcements to arrive, victory is theirs.

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New on Blu-ray: THE HUNTER (1980) Starring Steve McQueen

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Product Description: The final film of screen icon Steve McQueen (The Great Escape, Bullitt, The Getaway) shows the dynamic talent of the late, great actor in one of his most memorable roles: the true story of Ralph “Papa” Thorson, a modern-day bounty hunter. Thorson’s exploits are detailed as he pursues a number of fugitives who have skipped bail. The chase comes full circle when he becomes the quarry of a vengeful psychopath (Tracey Walter, The Silence of the Lambs). McQueen’s multi-dimensional performance as Thorson, a man born in the wrong age, is counterpoint to the explosive action in The Hunter. Directed by Buzz Kulik (Warning Shot, Shamus) and featuring Eli Wallach (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly), Kathryn Harrold (Raw Deal), LeVar Burton (TV’s Star Trek: The Next Generation) and Ben Johnson (The Wild Bunch).

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Bradley Cooper To Play Frank Bullitt In Steven Spielberg's New Movie Based on the Classic Character

Bradley Cooper has signed on to lead Steven Spielberg's new take on the iconic San Francisco cop, originally played by Steve McQueen in the 1968 thriller "Bullitt". Set up at Warner Bros, the film will not be a remake of the original, but a new idea centered on the character.

The 1968 classic is considered one of McQueen's most iconic roles and delivered one of the most famous car chases in cinema history. The new film's screenplay is penned by Josh Singer ("Spotlight"). Cooper will also produce alongside Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger.

It has been reported that Cooper and Spielberg were in talks since the pandemic and used all that time to figure out how to handle the character. The two had previously been trying for years to team up for a project. Spielberg was at one point attached to direct "American Sniper", but ultimately had to step down and the film ended up being directed by Clint Eastwood. The filmmaker was also close to directing Cooper's "Maestro", but after seeing "A Star is Born" he decided the actor should also direct the project.

Cooper is currently in post-production on "Maestro", which he also co-wrote, directed, produced and stars in. The film will be released in 2023 on Netflix.

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Saoirse Ronan to Star in Steve McQueen's WWII Movie BLITZ

Four-time Oscar-nominated "Lady Bird" and "Little Women" actress Saoirse Ronan has signed on to star in Apple's World War II epic "Blitz", which is written, produced and directed by Steve McQueen ("12 Years a Slave", "Shame"). Apple beat the competition for rights to the film in June.

The film will tell the stories of a group of Londoners during the aerial bombing of the British capital during the war. Production is expected to begin later this year. Although her role has not been reveled, Ronan will star alongside an "unknown newcomer" that has yet to be revealed.

McQueen's production banner Lammas Park is producing alongside Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner of Working Title Films, and Arnon Milchan, Yariv Milchan and Michael Schaefer from New Regency, with independent producer Anita Overland. "Blitz" was developed and packaged by New Regency under McQueen's first-look deal. McQueen and New Regency previously worked together on the Best Picture Oscar winner "12 Years a Slave".

Ronan recently finished work on the Garth Davis movie "Foe", in which she stars opposite Paul Mescal, and is also set to star in the Scottish drama "The Outrun".

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New on Blu-ray: LE MANS (1971) Starring Steve McQueen

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Product Description: Forty-five international racing stars join Steve McQueen in the gritty, nerve-shattering re-creation of the toughest car race on earth - Le Mans. Returning to France to compete a year after he's been injured , an American driver (McQueen) finds himself drawn to the widow of a racer who was killed in the same accident. Filmed on location in France, the film's spellbinding cinematography provides a dazzling look at the world's most extraordinary cars and the unique personalities of the people drawn to the race car circuit. Steve McQueen, himself a championship racer, did most of his own driving on the harrowing 8.5 mile Le Mans course - often at speeds exceeding 200 miles per hour.

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DVD & Blu-ray: THE GREAT ESCAPE (1963) - Criterion

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Product Description: One of the most exciting adventure tales ever told, this action epic recounts the planning, execution, and aftermath of a daring true-life escape from a German prisoner-of-war camp during World War II, in which 250 men attempted to tunnel their way to freedom. In the role that cemented his superstar status, Steve McQueen plays the motorcycle-racing daredevil who sets out to foil the Nazis, alongside an all-star cast that also includes Charles Bronson, James Coburn, James Garner, and Donald Pleasence.

The expert direction of John Sturges, eminently hummable Elmer Bernstein score, and rip-roaring stunts come together in what may just be the most spectacularly entertaining prison-break movie of all time, a rousing ode to the determination, camaraderie, and courage of everyday heroes.

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New on DVD and Blu-ray: WIDOWS (2018) Starring Viola Davis

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Product Description: From Academy Award®-winning director Steve McQueen ("12 Years a Slave") and co-writer and bestselling author Gillian Flynn ("Gone Girl") comes a blistering, modern-day thriller set against the backdrop of crime, passion and corruption. "Widows" is the story of four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities. Set in contemporary Chicago, amid a time of turmoil, tensions build when Veronica (Oscar® winner Viola Davis), Linda (Michelle Rodriguez), Alice (Elizabeth Debicki) and Belle (Cynthia Erivo) take their fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms. "Widows" also stars Liam Neeson, Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall, Daniel Kaluuya, Lukas Haas and Brian Tyree Henry.

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WIDOWS (2018) - Trailers, TV Spots, Clips, Featurettes, Images and Posters

"Widows" is a crime drama directed by Steve McQueen from a screenplay written by McQueen and "Gone Girl" bestselling author Gillian Flynn based on the 1983 ITV series of the same name.

Set in contemporary Chicago, the film follows four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities, who take fate into their own hands, and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.

The ensemble cast features Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Colin Farrell, Brian Tyree Henry, Daniel Kaluuya, Jacki Weaver, Carrie Coon, Robert Duvall and Liam Neeson.

"Widows" premiered at this year's Toronto International Film Festival where it was nominated for the People's Choice Award (Gala Presentations), and it was released in theaters on November 16, 2018. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics and pundits are expecting a $17 million debut at the box-office from 2,803 theaters.

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New on Blu-ray: PAPILLON (1973) Starring Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman

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Product Description: They called him Papillon, meaning butterfly. If only he had wings to go with the name. Unable to fly, Henri Charriere virtually willed himself free. He persisted until he did the impossible: escape Devil’s Island. Based on Charriere’s bestseller and shot in Spain and Jamaica, Franklin J. Schaffner’s film of Papillon united two stars at key career junctures. After a decade of fine work in The Great Escape, The Sand Pebbles and Bullitt, Steve McQueen found in Charriere another ideal tough-guy role. Coming off The Graduate, Midnight Cowboy and Little Big Man, Dustin Hoffman again distinguished himself as Dega, Charriere’s scruffy friend.

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Classic Movies: THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR (1968) - 50th Anniversary Edition

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Product Description: Brand New 4K Restoration! 'Every crime has a personality, something like the mind that planned it,' says Vicki Anderson (Faye Dunaway, Network, Chinatown), the sleek insurance investigator trying to figure out the intellect behind a bank robbery so stunning, it has Boston's finest completely baffled. Sophisticated, handsome Thomas Crown (Steve McQueen, The Getaway, Bullitt) has only one worry--what persona he will take on tomorrow. But when the genius rogue pulls off a crime-of-the-century bank heist and finds himself pitted against a nemesis as powerful as he is, his devil-may-care attitude hurls him into an edge-of-your-seat game of intrigue and suspense. The Thomas Crown Affair has all the dazzling personality of the intriguing crime it portrays. The great Norman Jewison (In the Heat of the Night, Rollerball) directed this classic sexy thriller featuring top-notch cinematography by Haskell Wexler (The Conversation) and score by Michel Legrand (Summer of 42).

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DVD & Blu-Ray: 12 YEARS A SLAVE (Best Picture Oscar Winner 2014)

Product Description: In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man living in upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.

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2014 Independent Spirit Awards Winners Announced

The Independent Spirit Awards announced the winners and it was no surprise to anyone that "12 Years a Slave" was the big winner. The drama won five awards, including Best Feature, Director (Steve McQueen), Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong'o) and Best Screenplay (John Ridley). Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto were rewarded for their performances in "Dallas Buyers Club", and Cate Blanchett took home the trophy for Best Female Lead.

Here is the full list of winners:

Best Feature
"12 Years a Slave"

Best Director
Steve McQueen, "12 Years a Slave"

Best First Feature
"Fruitvale Station"

Best Screenplay
"12 Years a Slave"

Best First Screenplay
"Nebraska"

Best Female Lead
Cate Blanchett, "Blue Jasmine"

Best Male Lead
Matthew McConaughey, "Dallas Buyers Club"

Best Supporting Female
Lupita Nyong'o, "12 Years a Slave"

Best Supporting Male
Jared Leto, "Dallas Buyers Club"

Best Cinematography
"12 Years a Slave"

Best Editing
"Short Term 12"

Best Documentary
"20 Feet from Stardom"

Best International Film
"Blue is the Warmest Color"

Robert Altman Award
"Mud"

John Cassavetes Award
"This is Martin Bonner"

Piaget Producers Award
Toby Halbrooks & James M. Johnston

Someone to Watch Award
Shaka King, "Newlyweeds"

Truer Than Fiction Award
Jason Osder, "Let the Fire Burn"

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2014 Golden Globes Winners Announced

The 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards winners have been announced. The competition was rough and with so many good movies among the nominees, it's no surprise that the awards themselves were distributed somewhat evenly among the major contenders. "12 Years A Slave" won for Best Drama, while "American Hustle" won the Best Comedy award. The latter also took home awards for Amy Adams and Jennifer Lawrence. Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto won awards for their performances in "Dallas Buyers Club". Cate Blanchett won Best Actress (Drama) for her role in Woody Allen's "Blue Jasmine" and Leonardo DiCaprio's performance in "The Wolf of Wall Street" was rewarded in the Best Actor (Musical/Comedy) category.

In the television categories, it was the big year for "Breaking Bad", which finally won the Golden Globes for Best Series (Drama) and Best Actor (Bryan Cranston). Cranston was nominated four years in a row. "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" won for Best TV Series (Comedy). Steven Soderbergh's "Behind the Candelabra" won two awards for Best Mini-Series and Best Actor in a Mini-Series (Michael Douglas).

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2014 BAFTA Nominations Announced

The nominations for the 2014 BAFTA Awards have been announced. This year's top contenders at the British awards are Alfonso Cuaron's "Gravity" with 11 nominations, followed by Steve McQueen's drama "12 Years a Slave" and David O. Russell's "American Hustle" with 10 nods each, and Paul Greengrass' "Captain Phillips" with 9 noms.

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2014 Directors Guild Nominations Announced

The nominations for the 2014 Directors Guild Award have been announced, and once again, there are no major surprises. Of course, as was the case with the other Guild Awards, Joel and Ethan Coen were not nominated for "Inside Llewyn Davis". Other snubs include Spike Jonze for "Her" and Alexander Payne for "Nebraska", but that doesn't mean that they are completely out of the Oscars race. As history has proved repeatedly, the DGA Awards don't always line up perfectly with the Academy Award nominations. Here are the nominees:

2014 Directors Guild Awards:

Alfonso Cuaron for Gravity
Paul Greengrass for Captain Phillips
Steve McQueen for 12 Years a Slave
David O. Russell for American Hustle
Martin Scorsese for The Wolf of Wall Street

The 2014 DGA Award will be presented on January 25th.

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2014 Independent Spirit Awards Nominations Announced

The nominations for the 2014 Independent Spirit Awards have been announced. The main contenders include Steve McQueen's drama "12 Years a Slave" which has earned seven nominations, followed by Alexander Payne's "Nebraska" with six nods and the lost-at-sea drama "All is Lost" starring Robert Redford, with four noms. The Coen Brothers' "Inside Llewyn Davis" was nominated for Best Feature, Best Male Lead (Oscar Isaac) and Best Cinematography. Joseph Gordon-Levitt was nominated for Best First Screenplay for his work on "Don Jon".

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New on DVD & Blu-Ray : SHAME (2011)

Synopsis: Brandon (Michael Fassbender) is a New Yorker who shuns intimacy with women but feeds his desires with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his wayward younger sister (Carey Mulligan) moves into his apartment stirring memories of their shared painful past, Brandon's insular life spirals out of control.