BEYOND THE MARQUEE

CONTEST: Win Composer Mark Mancina’s Disney PLANES Soundtrack and More Fun Stuff!

August 16th, 2013

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Win the Disney PLANES Soundtrack

If you missed it last weekend, then set course to take the family to the movies to see Disney’s Planes, the 3D computer-animated adventure sports-comedy film produced by DisneyToon Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It’s about Dusty, a cropdusting plane who dreams of competing in a famous aerial race. The problem? He is hopelessly afraid of heights. With the support of his mentor Skipper and a host of new friends, Dusty sets off to make his dreams come true. This spin-off of Pixar’s CARS franchise is the first film in a planned Planes trilogy and is now in theaters in the Disney Digital 3D and RealD 3D formats.

Of course, the best news is since it’s FREE STUFF FRIDAY, we have the original score from the film from Mark Mancina and our friends at Walt Disney Records (along with some other fun movie swag), to giveaway to one lucky Beyond the Marquee reader. Click ahead for contest details and a full track listing for the CD.

Beyond the Marquee’s “Water Cooler Movie Review” – KICK ASS 2 (Kicks Butt, But Falls Short)

August 16th, 2013

Lady Kiwi

Kick Ass 2

Hit Girl hits theatres with a vengeance in Kick Ass 2. Tough little Chloë Grace Moretz revives her breakout role as Hit Girl. She’s all grown up and still packs quite a punch. Kiwi Lady is back to give you the highs and lows of this hard hitting sequel we’ve waited 3 years for. I found the first movie fresh, fun and exciting. Does this one live up to the hype? Read more…

Disney’s MARY POPPINS 50th Anniversary Edition on Blu-ray Arrives December 10th, 2013

August 15th, 2013

Julia Miranda

Just in time for the theatrical release of Walt Disney Studios’ SAVING MR. BANKS, (the true story behind the 19-year struggle to make the movie, “Mary Poppins”), the Disney Vault will be releasing the 50th Anniversary Edition of the beloved classic, “Mary Poppins,” on Blu-ray Combo Pack & HD Digital on December 10th! Enjoy a spoonful of all-new digital restoration in this musical number that’ll make you want to tap your feet! Bonus features include singing “Mary-OKE” with the award-winning music from the film! Click ahead for details!

Venture Into the Doctor’s TARDIS Thanks to the Technology of Google Maps!

August 14th, 2013

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Interior of the TARDIS – Google Maps

Over the years Google Maps has offered not just amazing satellite views of places in the Earth we’d never seen from the heavesn, but also some amazing gems of in-the-moment activities on the ground when the Google Map camera made its rounds. But now…clearly someone at Google has taken their love for Doctor Who and incorporated it into an Easter Egg within a Google Map location! If you’ve ever dreamed of stepping inside of the Doctor’s TARDIS, well guess what, today, dreams come true…virtually at least. In Greater London, on a street called Earl’s Court Road, is an honest to goodness big blue Police Call Box, the inspiration 50 years ago for “the Doctor’s” TARDIS. Well now a simple click allows you passage not just into the time-lord’s spaceship, but a chance to explore around it (well at least the main control room of the current Doctor Who TARDIS) Feel free to peek around, get close ups of the control panel by zooming in, look up and down and be seamlessly enveloped inside the actual practical set. Block off the next 30 minutes once you read ahead and follow the directions we’ve provided below…Geronimo!!!

A Preview of Fall TV’s New Shows and Old Favorites

August 14th, 2013

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The road to Fall TV shows await you…

Here at Beyond the Marquee we believe that leaves changing colors and the start of the football season aren’t the only things to look forward to when Autumn arrives. It also marks the return of your favorite TV shows and the debut of promising new ones. We have our lists of one’s we’re anticipating watching and reviewing, how about you? Here’s a sneak peek of the series we think you’ll be as hooked on and hopefully love as well, coming this Fall.

CONTEST: Win A Copy of ELYSIUM: The Art of The Film from TITAN BOOKS (Plus Read Our Review!)

August 14th, 2013

David Chase

ELYSIUM: The Art of The Film from TITAN BOOKS

The number one movie last weekend was none other than Neill Blomkamp’s; Elysium starring Matt Damon and Jodie Foster and now Beyond the Marquee‘s offering you a chance to win a copy of Elysium: The Art of the Film. Go behind-the-scenes at the sci-fi epic, featuring stunning production art, photos, commentary from the cast & crew and a foreword by Neill Blomkamp, the director of the acclaimed District 9. Our good friends at Titan Books have once again stepped up to the plate and offered up one of their amazing “Art of” books for us to giveaway and this one folks DOES NOT DISAPPOINT!!! Whether you’re a fan of the film or have yet to see it, read ahead for our review and enter the contest to win one for yourself!

ABC’s “ONCE UPON A TIME”: The Complete Second Season on Blu-ray and DVD TODAY!

August 13th, 2013

David Chase

ABC’s “Once Upon a Time” Season 2

If you’re a fan like we are here at Beyond the Marquee of ABC’s “Once Upon a Time” then head out today and relive every thrilling moment of the fairy tale-inspired series today as it magically arrives onto Blu-ray/DVD. If you missed any of Season 2, here’s a brief update: the curse is broken, magic has arrived, and there’s no telling what – or who – will be unleashed! Now the exiled fairy tale characters must grapple with a flood of awakened memories as they come to grips with their new “reality.” Old loyalties will be tested, new heroes will emerge, and vengeful villains will wreak havoc. Amidst the backdrop of previously unexplored lands and a newly magical Storybrooke, love and sacrifice will set the stage for the ultimate battle between good and evil. Ohhhh, it’s so good…it’s really ABC’s new LOST, that weekly drama with just the right touch of mystery, mayhem and magic. Click ahead to read some of the details of what’s on the Blu-ray disc, we got an advance copy and spent the weekend scanning thru it and were pleasantly surprised, we think you will be too!