DISNEY ANNOUNCES "NEW TO BLU" 2012 SUMMER LINE-UP

Official Artwork for Romy and Michele's High School Reunion - 15th Anniversary Edition

Disney has just announced a whole whack of Blu-ray releases to surface this Summer and there's actually a few exciting ones in the mix, including my personal Faves - Romy and Michele's High School Reunion and Toronto-shot Adventures in Babysitting!  John Cusack Fans also will be thrilled that High Fidelity and Grosse Point Blank finally will see a Blu-ray release too.  Epic.

Check out the list below to see what might interest you:

HOME ON THE RANGE - July 3

THE HORSE WHISPERER - July 3

PHENOMENON - July 3

STEP UP - July 3

TREASURE PLANET - July 3

UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN - July 3

ROMY AND MICHELE'S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION 15th Anniversary Edition - August 7

ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING 25th Anniversary Edition - August 7

GROSSE POINT BLANK 15th Anniversary Edition - August 7

HIGH FIDELITY - August 7

THE PREACHER'S WIFE - August 7

ARACHNOPHOBIA - September 4

COLD CREEK MANOR - September 4

THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE 20th Anniversary Edition - September 4

HOCUS POCUS - September 4

GHOSTS OF THE ABYSS - September 11

(Photo credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Canada)

NEW TRAILER: "HOPE SPRINGS" STARRING MERYL STREEP, STEVE CARELL & TOMMY LEE JONES

Official Artwork for Hope Springs

Meryl Streep, Goddess of Cinema. Check out this brand new Trailer from her new Romantic Dramedy Hope Springs, in theatres August 10, 2012.

Hope Springs sees Streep and Tommy Lee Jones starring as a married Couple of 30 years, going through an intense weekend of Marriage Counselling with Steve Carell to decide the fate of their Marriage. I think that's Elisabeth Shue there in-the-mix too! Best Cast.

Watch the Trailer below:

ABIGAIL BRESLIN AT TIFF WITH JANIE JONES

Abigail Breslin at Janie Jones After Party

David M. Rosenthal premiered his latest work Janie Jones tonight at Roy Thomson Hall as a Gala presentation. The film starring Abigail Breslin, is about a daughter of a Groupie mother who locates her biological Rock Star father to tell him that she is his daughter. The film also stars Elisabeth Shue who seems poised for a career revival and I caught Breslin on the Red Carpet of its After Party at Lobby tonight where she arrived with a can of Diet Coke in-hand.

(Photo credit: Mr. Will-W.)

PIRANHA 3D REVIEW

To make a bad movie with the intention of making a good one happens often. To make a good movie with the intention of making a bad one - now, that's a rarity. French Director Alexandre Aja, best known for cult classic High Tension is back with Piranha 3D - the latest in a classic B-Movie franchise which dates back to the late '70s. Now with a budget courtesy of The Weinstein Co. and 3-D technology, the story gets updated for this generation of Movie-goers.

The College Kids head to Lake Victoria for Spring Break and all is a big party until some geographic movement unleashes hoards of ancient Killer Piranhas out of nowhere. Sheriff Julie Forester, played by a dearly-missed Elizabeth Shue, is in charge of maintaining order among the festivities and assigns her son Jake (Steven R. McQueen) the task of baby-sitting his two younger siblings while she is on assignment. Jerry O'Connell plays Derrick Jones, the sleazy mogul behind a Girls Gone Wild-like production company, recruiting a naive Jake to assist in scouting locations around the Lake to film his curvacious models, including Playboy Playmate Kelly Brook.

Kelly (Gossip Girl's Jessica Szohr) has feelings for Jake and decides to go aboard Derrick's Boat for some wild times on the Lake.  Jake's two unsupervised younger siblings however get themselves into trouble, heading out to the water. All the while, the College Kids are out on the water and before long, the fun comes to a full halt as the Killer Piranhas crash the party - disaster strikes and quite literally, Lake Victoria becomes a blood bath. People get mauled to death, limbs get eaten off, sexual organs all afloat.  And oh yes, the new King of Horror Eli Roth and Richard Dreyfus of Jaws, which the film pays homage to, make  cameos as well. And did I forget to mention though that somewhere amidst all the gore, you might actually find yourself laughing at the over-the-top absurdity of it all?

CRITICS AGREE PIRANHA 3D IS DELICIOUS

Believe it or not, this campy mess known as Alexandre Aja's Piranha 3D is getting amazingly positive reviews.  Upon perusing Rotten Tomatoes today, it appears Critics agree that this is a bit of a Masterpiece at an 85% rating, making it one of the year's best-reviewed films.

Perfect.  It's about time our beloved The Weinstein Co., Elisabeth Shue and Jerry O'Connell, the latter who gets his Manhood bitten off by the Vicious Fishes, get a break!  I just may check this one out as it is now in theatres.  Check this weekend for a review.  V. Curious!