New on Blu-ray & 4K Ultra HD: WESTWORLD (1973) - Arrow Limited Edition

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Product Description: In 1973, novelist-turned-filmmaker Michael Crichton made his directorial debut with Westworld, a groundbreaking fusion of science fiction and action-thriller that would prove decades ahead of its time, laying the groundwork for his later hit Jurassic Park and changing the face of sci-fi.

Welcome to Delos, the futuristic resort where, for $1,000 a day, wealthy vacationers can live out their wildest fantasies in hyper-realistic theme parks. In the Old West zone, friends Peter (Richard Benjamin) and John (James Brolin) saddle up for adventure, unaware that their dream holiday is about to turn into a nightmare. When a malfunction sends the park's android hosts off script, the Gunslinger (Yul Brynner, in his iconic black-clad role) begins a relentless pursuit, obliterating the line between simulation and survival.

Slick, suspenseful, and eerily prescient, Westworld combines a gripping man-versus-machine chase with thought-provoking questions about technology, control, and the price of playing God. Packed with atmosphere and memorable performances, this cult classic remains a landmark in genre cinema - a high-tech nightmare that never loses its bite.

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New on Blu-ray: WESTWORLD - The Complete Series

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Product Description: Westworld is a dark odyssey about the fate of sentient life on Earth. In this Emmy®-winning series set in the futuristic fantasy park known as Westworld, a group of android “hosts” deviate from their programmers’ carefully planned scripts. A protracted war begins when the hosts escape the park and enter our world. In the end, humanity is finally free. Or so it seems. Evan Rachel Wood, Emmy® winner Thandiwe Newton, Ed Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Tessa Thompson, Luke Hemsworth, Aaron Paul and Angela Sarafyan star. Created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy and produced by Kilter Films and J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions, Westworld explores questions about the nature of our reality, free will and what makes us human.

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New on DVD, Blu-ray & 4K: WESTWORLD Season 4

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Product Description: The fourth season picks up over seven years after the protracted war between A.I. hosts and sentient humans – humanity is finally free. Or so it seems. Maeve and Caleb soon begin to suspect that Hale and a host version of The Man in Black are seeding a conspiracy to regain control of the human race. Meanwhile, Bernard returns from The Sublime with a new power. And a young writer, by the name of Christina, begins to question the nature of her reality. Westworld continues to thrill as it deftly weaves together stories about the complicated relationship between man and machine.

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WESTWORLD Season 4 Trailers, Images and Poster

The fourth season of the sci-fi series "Westworld" premiered on June 26, 2022 on HBO. The cast features Evan Rachel Wood, Thandiwe Newton, Ed Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Tessa Thompson, Luke Hemsworth, Aaron Paul, Angela Sarafyan and James Marsden. New additions to the cast include Oscar winner Ariana DeBose, Aurora Perrineau, and Daniel Wu.

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New Trailers: TULSA KING, MIKE, WESTWORLD Season 4, KUNG FU PANDA: THE DRAGON KNIGHT, STRANGER THINGS Season 4 Volume 2 and LEGACY: THE TRUE STORY OF THE LA LAKERS

Today we have new trailers for:

• The new Paramount+ series "Tulsa King" starring Sylvester Stallone. The show is created and executive produced by Taylor Sheridan ("Sicario", "Yellowstone").
• Hulu's biographical miniseries "Mike" starring Trevante Rhodes as heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. The eight-episode series is written and created by "I, Tonya" scribe Steven Rogers. Craig Gillespie ("Pam & Tommy") directs and executive produces the first episode.
• Netflix's animated series "Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight"
• The fourth season of the sci-fi series "Westworld"
• The second volume of the fourth season of Netflix's "Stranger Things".
• Hulu's basketball documentary series "Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers" directed by Antoine Fuqua. ("Training Day", "The Equalizer").

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New Trailers: HOUSE OF THE DRAGON, COBRA KAI Season 5, PHYSICAL Season 2, WESTWORLD Season 4, LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS Season 3 and GANGS OF LONDON Season 2

Today we have new trailers for:

• HBO's "House of the Dragon", the "Game of Thrones" prequel spinoff series. Co-created by author George R.R. Martin and screenwriter Ryan Condal ("Rampage", "Hercules"), the show stars Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D'Arcy, Sonoya Mizuno, Steve Toussaint, Paddy Considine, Rhys Ifans and Graham McTavish.
• The fifth season of Netflix's "Karate Kid" sequel series "Cobra Kai" starring William Zabka, Ralph Macchio, Yuji Okumoto, Xolo Mariduena, Tanner Buchanan, Thomas Ian Griffith, Martin Kove and Mary Mouser.
• The second season of the dramedy series "Physical" starring Rose Byrne. "The White Lotus" breakout star Murray Bartlett joins the new season.
• The fourth season of the sci-fi series "Westworld" starring Evan Rachel Wood, Aaron Paul, Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright, Tessa Thompson, Luke Hemsworth and Ed Harris.
• The third season of Netflix's Emmy-winning adult animated anthology series "Love Death + Robots".
• The second season of the British crime action series "Gangs of London" from Gareth Evans, the helmer of "The Raid" films.

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DVD & Blu-ray: WESTWORLD Season 3 - The New World

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Product Description: Escape is not freedom. Chaos is not revolution. Independence is not negotiable. And free will is not free. Welcome back to Westworld, the Emmy®-winning drama series that follows the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin. In Season Three, the real gods are coming... and they are very angry. Born into a world of pain, Westworld’s android hosts were never allowed to go or see one place: our world. But now, at the end of the game, they’re here. With the help of Aaron Paul’s very human Caleb, Dolores is ready to start a revolution. And if that doesn’t work, she can do it the old-fashioned way... and kill everyone. Aaron Paul, Vincent Cassell, Lena Waithe and Scott Mescudi join Evan Rachel Wood’s Dolores, Jeffrey Wright’s Bernard, Thandie Newton’s Maeve and Ed Harris’s William in the new season, which explores the nature of our reality, free will and what makes us human.

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New Soundtracks: WESTWORLD Season 3 (Ramin Djawadi)

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Composer:
Ramin Djawadi

Total Time:
94:21

Label:
WaterTower Music

Purchasing Links:
MP3, iTunes

Release Date
May 4, 2020



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WESTWORLD Season 3 Trailers, Promos, Clip, Featurettes, Images and Posters

The third season of the sci-fi series "Westworld" has premiered on March 15, 2020 on HBO. Created by Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan, the show is inspired by the 1973 Michael Crichton film of the same name and it stars Evan Rachel Wood, Thandie Newton, Tess Thompson, Aaron Paul and Ed Harris. The new season introduces Delos Corporation founder James Delos (Peter Mullan).

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New Series Trailers: WESTWORLD Season 3, LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE, FREUD and THE TRIALS OF GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

Today we have new trailers for:

• The third season of HBO's acclaimed sci-fi series "Westworld". Season 3 adds Aaron Paul ("Breaking Bad") to the cast. Returning cast members include Evan Rachel Wood, Tessa Thompson, Luke Hemsworth, Ed Harris and Thandie Newton.
• The Hulu original miniseries "Little Fires Everywhere" based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Celeste Ng. The cast features Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington, who also executive produce.
• Netflix's German-language mystery thriller series "Freud", in which a young Sigmund Freud (Robert Finster) teams up with famous psychic medium Fleur Salome (Ella Rumpf) and police investigator Alfred Kiss (Georg Friedrich), to solve a series of mysterious disappearances and murders.
• The Netflix true-crime documentary series "The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez" directed by acclaimed documentarian Brian Knappenberger ("Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press", "We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists").

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New Trailers: BRIGHTBURN, THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN, HIS DARK MATERIALS and More

Today we have new trailers for:

• The horror film "Brightburn" starring Elizabeth Banks". Directed by David Yarovesky ("The Hive") and produced by James Gunn ("Guardians of the Galaxy"), the film is a dark twist on the superhero genre.
• The canine-centric drama "The Art of Racing in the Rain" starring Milo Ventimiglia, Amanda Seyfried, and featuring the voice of Kevin Costner. The film is based on the 2008 novel by Garth Stein, and it's directed by Simon Curtis ("Goodbye Christopher Robin").
• HBO's upcoming TV series "His Dark Materials" based on Philip Pullman's best-selling fantasy novel series of the same name. The cast features Dafne Keen ("Logan"), James McAvoy, Ruth Wilson and Lin-Manuel Miranda. The show will air on BBC One and HBO.
• The third season of HBO's hit sci-fi series "Westworld". The new season adds Aaron Paul, Lena Waithe, Marshawn Lynch and Kid Cudi to the cast.
• The second season of CBS' period drama "Strange Angel" starring Jack Reynor, Rupert Friend and Bella Heathcote.
• Cinemax's new neo-noir series "Jett" starring Carla Gugino and Giancarlo Esposito.

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New on DVD and Blu-ray: WESTWORLD Season 2 - The Door

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Product Description: Welcome back to Westworld, the Emmy®-winning drama series where the puppet show is over and the newly liberated “hosts” are coming for humankind. In Season Two, chaos takes control as Dolores Abernathy (Evan Rachel Wood) takes charge, Maeve Millay (Thandie Newton) is on a mission and the mysterious Man in Black (Ed Harris) is back. A dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness, the birth of a new form of life on Earth, and the evolution of sin, the series was created for television by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, who executive produce alongside J.J. Abrams, Richard J. Lewis, Roberto Patino, Athena Wickham and Ben Stephenson. The acclaimed cast also includes James Marsden, Jeffrey Wright, Rodrigo Santoro, Luke Hemsworth and more.

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2018 Emmy Awards Nominations: Complete List

The 2018 Emmy nominations have been announced, and for the first time ever, HBO is no longer the most nominated network. This year Netflix is dominating the awards with 112 nominations, followed by HBO with 108. The most nominated series is still HBO's "Game of Thrones" with 22 nods, followed by NBC's "Saturday Night Live" and HBO's "Westworld" with 21 each. FX's "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story" received 18 nominations, topping the other limited series contenders this year. The FX show "Atlanta" is the most nominated comedy series at 16.

The 70th annual Primetime Emmys will air on NBC on September 17, 2018 from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles and the telecast will be hosted by Colin Jost and Michael Che.

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New Soundtracks: WESTWORLD Season 2 (Ramin Djawadi)

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Composer:
Ramin Djawadi

Total Time:
99:16

Label:
WaterTower Music

Purchasing Links:
MP3, iTunes

Release Date
June 25, 2018

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WESTWORLD Season 2 Trailers, Promos, Featurettes, Images and Posters

HBO's hit sci-fi series "Westworld" returns for its second season on Sunday, April 22, 2018, over 16 months after it last aired. The new season is subtitled "The Door", will consist of ten 60-minute episodes, and will introduce a new samurai themed park called Shogun World. The series will add more theme parks in future seasons.

The cast features Evan Rachel Wood, Thandie Newton, James Marsden, Ed Harris, Tessa Thompson and Jeffrey Wright. New cast members include Hiroyuki Sanada, Peter Mullan, Luke Hemsworth, Katja Herbers, Gustaf Skarsgard and Fares Fares.

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New Trailers: WESTWORLD Season 2, THE HANDMAID'S TALE Season 2, THE DARKEST MINDS and More

Today we have new trailers for the second seasons of HBO's "Westworld" and Hulu's "The Handmaid's Tale", Spike Lee's live theater film "Pass Over", the YA action thriller "The Darkest Minds" based on the first book in Alexandra Bracken's best-selling series, the French-language crime thriller "Racer and the Jailbird" starring Matthias Schoenaerts and Adèle Exarchopoulos, and the mystery drama "The Ashram" starring Kal Penn and Melissa Leo.

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New on DVD and Blu-ray: WESTWORLD Season 1

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Product Description: Created for television by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, WESTWORLD is a dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin – exploring a world in which every human appetite, not matter how noble or depraved, can be indulged. Exploring what it means to be human through the eyes of the lifelike AI “hosts” in the park, the series investigates the boundaries of an exotic world set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past. Meticulously crafted and artfully designed. Westworld offers its guests an unparalleled, immersive world where they have the freedom to become who they’ve always wanted to be – or who they never knew they were. No rules, no laws, no judgment. Live without limits. Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris, Evan Rachel Wood, James Marsden, Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright and more star in this one-hour drama series from J.J. Abrams Bad Robot Productions and Kilter Films.

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Emmys 2017: Full List of Nominations

The nominations for the 69th Annual Emmy Awards have been announced. While "Game of Thrones" was ineligible this year due to a late summer start for the new season, HBO still scored big with another genre series, the highly acclaimed "Westworld", which tied surprisingly with "Saturday Night Live", each claiming no less than 22 nominations. SNL is the big surprise here, and some would say not entirely a welcome one, but they have had a surge in popularity lately due to their roasting of Donald Trump.

Other shows nominated include some of the usual suspects like "House of Cards, Better Call Saul, Modern Family" and "Veep", but also newcomers like "The Crown", "Stranger Things", "The Handmaid's Tale" and "Atlanta". In the limited series category, HBO is in with "Big Little Lies" (16 nods) and "Night Of" (13 nods), FX has two anthology shows, "Fargo" (16 nods) and "Feud: Bette and Joan" (19 nods), while National Geographic pulled a surprise of their own as their new show "Genius", which could be described as Emmy-bait, scored 9 nominations.

As a fan of "The Leftovers" and its contribution to the history of television, I can say I'm pretty pissed that this awesome show was once again snubbed at the Emmys, especially as the third and final season was as close to perfection as any show can hope to be. The Emmys are no different than any other awards institution, leaning towards easy choices that are explicitly constructed to nab nominations and awards, and/or political choices, while original shows that subvert expectations and cliches are avoided like the plague. And "The Leftovers" is not the only one, but one of many important series to be snubbed by the Emmys in recent years.

The Emmy Awards will announce its winners from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles during a ceremony hosted by Stephen Colbert, which will air live on Sunday, Sept. 17 at 5 p.m. PT. on CBS.

Read the complete list of Emmy nominations after the jump.

2017 SAG Awards Nominations Announced

The Screen Actors Guild have announced the nominations for the 2017 awards, and it's mostly the usual suspects, with a few surprises. Among the "usual suspects" I would count "Fences", "Moonlight", "La La Land" and "Manchester by the Sea".

Perhaps the biggest surprise is the inclusion of the indie dramedy "Captain Fantastic", which received nominations for Outstanding Performance by a Cast and Male Actor (Viggo Mortensen). The film received excellent reviews, but was largely ignored by pundits. Not the case anymore. It has just become a serious contender.

One other surprise is that "Hidden Figures" similarly received nods for its cast and Octavia Spencer's supporting turn. Now, we don't know much about this film, other than the fact that it looks like your typical Oscar bait biopic. Early reviews are mixed to positive and seem to support my assessment. It may be that the film is riding the political wave in these troubled and racially charged times.

Another unexpected nomination was that of Emily Blunt for her role in "Girl on the Train", a film that generated a lackluster response from critics, but performed well at the box-office. Could be that the SAG is trying to stay popular.

And the more negative surprise is that Martin Scorsese's "Silence" has been snubbed, following the shut out of the Golden Globe nominations. It seems that the period drama is about to become this awards season's biggest disappointment.

The TV shows nominated at the SAG Awards include "Stranger Things", "Orange Is the New Black", "Modern Family", "Grace & Frankie", "Game of Thrones", "Westworld" and "The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story".

The winners will be announced during a ceremony that will be simultaneously broadcast live on TNT and TBS on January 29th at 8pm.

Check out the full list of 2017 SAG Awards nominees below.

2017 Golden Globe Awards Nominations Have Been Announced

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announced the 2017 Golden Globe Awards nominations. Unsurprisingly, "La La Land", "Moonlight" and "Manchester by the Sea" earned nods in the major categories, including Best Picture, but there were a few surprises, as well. One of them was Mel Gibson's true story war drama "Hacksaw Ridge", which scored three nominations for Best Picture, Director and Actor (Andrew Garfield).

Another surprise was the snubbing of Martin Scorsese's "Silence", which either didn't make the qualifying run, or it simply failed to convince voters in an already crowded year. But, the most pleasant surprise, at least in my opinion, is the inclusion of the crime drama "Hell or High Water" and Tom Ford's "Nocturnal Animals".

The animated features nominated this year include the highly acclaimed "Moana", "Zootopia" and "Kubo and the Two Strings".

In the television categories, the top TV shows include "Westworld", "This is Us", "Stranger Things", "Game of Thrones", "The Crown", "The Night Manager" and "The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story".

The 74th Golden Globes will be held on Sunday, January 8th on NBC. The show will be hosted by Jimmy Fallon.

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