Dutch FilmWorks have presented us their releases for February.
ESCAPE PLAN and HET VONNIS are the movies you can find.
ESCAPE PLAN (released on 4th February)
The newest action movie that finally unites Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Synopsis:
When a structural-security authority finds himself set up and incarcerated in the world's most secret and secure prison, he has to use his skills to escape with help from the inside.
Click below to see the trailer.
HET VONNIS (released on 25th February-Flanders only)
The movie in where Jan Verheyen proved that he is one of the best directors of Flanders, Belgium. A picture that shows what can happen if justice forgets the human aspect.
This courtroomdrama features topperformances by Koen De Bouw, Johan Leysen, Wouter Hendrickx, Veerle Baetens and Jo De Meyere.
Dutch FilmWorks also presents two series in February
GOMORRAH CONNECTION (released 25th February), a series about the Italian mob featuring Stefano Accorsi, Giuseppe Zeno and Federico Torre.
Finally they have O’ HANLONS HELDEN-SEASON 2 out (released 25th February), the documentary featuring Redmond O’Hanlon.
DEPECHE MODE, one of true godfathers of electronic (pop) music, will play in the Antwerp Sportpaleis on Saturday 25.01, but did you know it's almost exactly 30 years ago that Depeche Mode played, during their 'Construction Time Again tour', in Trix (back then called Hof Ter Lo)?
Check out the amazing set-list Depeche Mode played on that historical night December 5th, 1983 here!
And that this same venue, Trix (former Hof Ter Lo) is also the home base of the renowned BIMFEST / BodyBeats organization for more than 13 years now?
Well, this and the fact that the Trix is located only 1500 meters from the Sportpaleis were DEPECHE MODE will play same night are more then reasons enough for BodyBeats to host a special DEPECHE MODE AFTER SHOW PARTY in the exact same venue Depeche Mode played way back in 1983.
The perfect opportunity for all Depeche Mode fans & party people to party into the night on good danceable tunes going from Synth-Pop/Minimal/New-wave/Electro/EBM and much more alternative sounds spun by DJ BORG!
Of course a (un) healthy dose of DM songs will be played to comfort those who had to miss out on the DM gig and to give those who did... goosebumps again!
Check out the facebook event en the link below!
Warner Home Video Benelux informs us that the fourth (and last) season from Treme will be released on 19th February.
Synopsis:
Life after Hurricane Katrina as the residents of New Orleans try to rebuild their lives, their homes and their unique culture in the aftermath of one of the worst natural disasters in the USA.
Click below to see the extended trailer.
After touring non-stop in support of his last album ‘Zeros’ on Captured Tracks, Luis Vasquez relocated to Venice, Italy, where he is working on the new Soft Moon record.
Meanwhile he’s writing new songs and self-releasing a 2-track single called “Feel”, which will be available on 7" vinyl during the upcoming European tour with Depeche Mode.
Limited to 1,000 copies.
Very limited indeed, only available in better recordstores like Wool-E Shop for instance!
Arrow Films’ Arrow Academy label is pleased to announce the release of The Killers, coming to Blu-ray for the first time in the UK on 24th February. One of the first post-noir movies, The Killers is a sizzling sun-drenched thriller packed with shadows where the darkness at the heart of its protagonists’ souls is allowed to rot in the heat of the day. Probably best known as the film which was originally intended to be the first TV movie, but pulled by broadcasters due to what was seen as overtly graphic violence, The Killers, most importantly, is the film which established Lee Marvin: achingly cool, unnervingly relaxed and physically daunting.
This feature-packed disc will be released as a deluxe Blu-ray featuring original and newly commissioned artwork, an archive interview with director Don Siegel, new and exclusive interviews with Dwayne Epstein, author of 'Lee Marvin: Point Blank' and Marc Eliot, author of 'Ronald Reagan: The Hollywood Years', alongside an exclusive collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Mike Sutton, extracts from Don Siegel’s autobiography and contemporary reviews.
Here for the first time on Blu-ray, Arrow Academy is proud to release the film in both the alternate widescreen framing (1.85:1) and the more commonly seen 1.33:1/4:3 version. The Killers was originally commissioned as the first American TV movie, though it was intended from the outset to be released in European cinemas. However, following the JFK assassination, NBC became nervous about the film's subject matter, and the film debuted in American cinemas instead. But because of the original plans, previous video releases have treated The Killers as a TV movie and framed it at the then-universal TV shape of 1.33:1/4:3.
Synopsis
There is more than one way to kill a man...
"I gotta find out what makes a man decide not to run. Why all of a sudden he'd rather die."
So muses hitman Charlie (Lee Marvin) after his high-priced victim Johnny North (John Cassavetes) gives in without a fight. Obsessed with the answer, Charlie and his hot-headed associate Lee (Clu Gulager) track down Johnny's associates, and uncover a complex web of crime and deceit involving his femme fatale girlfriend Sheila (Angie Dickinson) and ruthless mob boss Jack Browning (Ronald Reagan in his last screen role).
Loosely inspired by the Ernest Hemingway story, and directed by Don Siegel (whose many other taut, efficient thrillers include Dirty Harry and the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers), The Killers was commissioned as the very first 'TV movie', but was given a cinema release because of its violence - although a cast like that really belonged on the big screen in the first place.
This super-deluxe package will be full of special features and bonus material including:
· High Definition digital transfer of the film by Universal Pictures, presented in alternative “television” and “cinema” aspect ratios
· Original uncompressed 2.0 mono PCM audio
· Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired
· Reagan Kills: interview with New York Times bestselling writer Marc Eliot, author of 'Ronald Reagan: The Hollywood Years'
· Screen Killer: interview with Dwayne Epstein, author of 'Lee Marvin: Point Blank'
· Archive interview with Don Siegel (1984) from the French television series 'Cinéma Cinémas'.
· Gallery of rare behind-the-scenes images
· Reversible sleeve featuring the original poster and newly commissioned artwork by Nathanael Marsh
· Booklet featuring new writing on the film by Mike Sutton, extracts from Don Siegel’s autobiography and contemporary reviews, illustrated with original lobby cards
