„Ashes to ashes and dust to dust...“: the new single „Asche zu Asche“ (strictly limited edtion on Digipak-MCD & on lavish hand-numbered picture vinyl) sees Berlin's Dark Pop hit-machine Blutengel delivering a gripping ode to transience that is explicitly hearkening back to the dark side of Electro that dominated their early releases, thus providing their long-time fans with an extra-special treat.

Riding on a wave of powerful electronic beats, dark and slightly distorted vocals and the exquisite fusion of club sounds, a sinister atmosphere and an anthemic melody, the band of charismatic singer and musician Chris Pohl pays tribute to its own roots with a massive floor filler that reinvokes the feeling of the early days with a modernized reinvention. Serving as an appetizer for the upcoming new Blutengel-album “Omen” (scheduled for release in February 2015), the new single is 100% classic Blutengel-club-fare, but graced by the fine production standards that we have come to expect from the band in recent years. A seamless fusion of the past and the present, “Asche zu Asche” is the ideal release to kick off the celebrations for the seminal group's 15th anniversary. With the emotional and melodic “Insensitive World”, the group has provided a killer b-side exclusive to this release and the title track will be included in a single-edit plus 2 searing bass-heavy remixes.

This spectacular homage to the group's early days will not only appeal to diehard Blutengel-fans but is also a perfect introduction to the dark side if club culture for the uninitiated. Dance with your darkness … with Blutengel!

The currently brightest new star in the Melodic-Electro-genre returns: CHROM's latest single “Regret & Testify” is an addictive floor filler that culminates in an ultra-catchy anthemic chorus.

There are few bands that have managed to climb to the top segment of the Electro-scene as quickly and as enduringly as CHROM. The new single “Regret & Testify” is a picture-perfect example why. Built on a massive foundation of club-compatible beats and pounding low end, the title song builds up the pressure while singer Christian Marquis is working his magnificent voice up from a sinister and slightly dark verse with menacing undertones to a powerhouse of an anthem.

As a perfect fusion of the harder Dark Electro variety with Future- and Synth-Pop, this club burner will effortlessly get fans of all three camps excited while bringing together sing-along-qualities and potent dance-floor-prowess. Limited to 555 copies in hand-numbered Digipaks, this single offers the title song in a regular- and a beefed-up extended version, as well as three exclusive and bass-laden remixes from Too Dead To Die, Frozen Plasma and Rob Dust. CHROM are also dishing up the exclusive b-side “Rage Against The World” that features the same sort of addictive floor-filling qualities. “Regret & Testify” is an impressive battle cry that will leave you yearning for more – the perfect teaser for the upcoming album!

It’s a Full Moon Party and Everyone is Invited!

CULT SCI-FI CLASSIC TRANCERS TIME TRAVELS ONTO BRITISH BLU RAY!

AN EIGHTIES FAVOURITE IS FINALLY HERE – WITH A HEROIC HI-DEF TRANSFER!

The legendary Charles Band has crafted a slew of certified genre classics - from the original RE-ANIMATOR (1985), which helped to launch the producer’s celebrated Empire Pictures, to the likes of PUPPET MASTER (1989) and CASTLE FREAK (1995). However, few of Band’s cinematic achievements are as beloved as his genre-jousting interplanetary gem TRANCERS – starring the iconic Tim Thomerson (NEAR DARK) in his trademark role of Jack Deth. A curious, carnage-packed cross between THE TERMINATOR (1984) and NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968), TRANCERS is widely accepted to be one of the finest sci-fi themed films of its decade. 

A futuristic law-enforcer, Jack Deth has the unenviable task of tracking down a psychic-psycho who is turning unassuming residents of 1980’s Los Angeles into his zombie servants (and watch out for a clever homage to David Cronenberg’s RABID with the appearance of an ‘infected’ Santa Claus!). Travelling back to 1985, from the year 2247, Deth inhabits the body of an old ancestor - a silver-haired California journalist called Phil Dethton. Coming to terms with the late 20th century proves to be a struggle for Deth but, thankfully, he has a beautiful blonde girlfriend to keep him occupied (played by Academy Award winner Helen Hunt) and an army of antagonists to exterminate! Directed by Band himself, TRANCERS led to five sequels, defined the video rental era and established Hunt as an A-list actress in waiting. 

Long-awaited by fans of 88 Films, a company with a proven dedication to Band’s filmic franchises (including UK BluRay premieres of the PUPPET MASTER and SUBSPECIES series), TRANCERS arrives with a glorious new HD master straight from the original camera negative. As such, this galaxy-grappling great has never looked better – and arrives on British shelves with some suitably out-of-this-world extra features. Perhaps most curious, for fans of Jack Deth’s numerous jaunts, is the inclusion of TRANCERS: CITY OF LOST ANGELS – the lost half hour follow-up that Band directed in 1988, three years before his ‘official’ TRANCERS II (1991). Produced as part of an abandoned anthology film (entitled PULSE POUNDERS) both Tim Thomerson and Helen Hunt return for CITY OF LOST ANGELS – making its inclusion on the 88 Films release of TRANCERS all the more rewarding. Also known as TRANCERS 1.5 – such a remarkable oddity is sure to further delight fans of Full Moon Entertainment.

The full specs for TRANCERS, which arrives on November 24th, are listed below:

• Newly transferred and restored in HD from the Original Camera Negative

• Newly Created 5.1 DTS-HD MA 5.1 Surround Sound Remix

• Original DTS-HD MA Stereo Soundtrack Option

• Trancers: City of Lost Angels (Pulse Pounders Episode believe lost for 25 years and now finally restored and completed)

• Flashback Weekend Trancers: City of Lost Angels Premiere Documentary

• Cybercrime: The Making Of Trancers Documentary. Featuring Director Charles Band, Jack Deth actor Tim Thomerson and writers Danny Bilson and Paul de Meo 

• Feature length Audio Commentary by Director Charles Band and star Tim Thomerson

• Rare Archive interviews with Tim Thomerson, Megan Ward and Helen Hunt

• High Definition Stills Gallery

• Trailers for Trancers 1-5

• 88 Trailer Reel

• Booklet Notes by Dr. Calum Waddell

• Newly commissioned artwork by Rick Melton

• Reversible Sleeve Incorporating Original Artwork

Nothing seems to stop Clint Eastwood. His latest movie is American Sniper featuring Bradley Cooper. Watch the trailer and you know enough!

Plot Summary:

From director Clint Eastwood comes “American Sniper,” starring Bradley Cooper as Chris Kyle, the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history. But there was much more to him than his skill as a sharpshooter. 

U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle is sent to Iraq with only one mission: to protect his brothers-in-arms. His pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and, as stories of his courageous exploits spread, he earns the nickname “Legend.” However, his reputation is also growing behind enemy lines, putting a price on his head and making him a prime target of insurgents. He is also facing a different kind of battle on the home front: striving to be a good husband and father from halfway around the world. 

Despite the danger, as well as the toll on his family at home, Chris serves through four harrowing tours of duty in Iraq, personifying the SEAL creed to “leave no man behind.” But upon returning to his wife, Taya Renae Kyle (Sienna Miller), and kids, Chris finds that it is the war he can’t leave behind.

Release Date: December 25, 2014 

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures 

Director: Clint Eastwood 

Screenwriter: Jason Dean Hall 

Starring: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller 

Genre: Drama

The one-hour HBO drama series created by Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network) and executive produced by Sorkin, Scott Rudin, and Alan Poul is back for a second season.

Smart, topical, thought-provoking, and highly entertaining, The Newsroom takes a behind-the-scenes look at a high-rated cable-news program at the fictional Atlantis Cable News (ACN) Network, focusing on the on- and off-camera lives of its acerbic anchor (Jeff Daniels), executive producer (Emily Mortimer), their newsroom staff (John Gallagher, Jr., Alison Pill, Thomas Sadoski, Olivia Munn, Dev Patel, and others), news-division boss (Sam Waterston), and parent-company CEO (Jane Fonda). Season 2 takes place over a five-day period leading up to Election Day 2012, and encompasses numerous flashbacks to earlier events from 2011 and 2012.

One of the season's major story arcs involves a wrongful-termination lawsuit made by a staff member alleged to have doctored a report about a suspicious U.S. drone strike. As details about the suit's origin and aftermath emerge, The Newsroom team continues its quixotic mission to "do the news well" in the face of corporate and commercial obstacles, and their personal entanglements.

The second season features a story arc in which the News Night team has reported, and been forced to retract, a false news story about the United States Marine Corps using sarin gas during the war in Afghanistan in 2009.[57] This story is based on a real-life news scandal from 1998, in which CNN and TIME were both criticized for reporting a dubious and unreliably sourced story that the United States had used sarin during the Operation Tailwind excursion in the Vietnam War.[57]

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