BEYOND THE MARQUEE

FREE STUFF FRIDAY CONTEST: Win Strawberry Shortcake: The Berry Big Help on DVD

February 7th, 2014

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Strawberry Shortcake: The Berry Big Help DVD is released February 18, 2013

Valentine’s Day is next week and kids deserve to get some fun gifts too, so what better than a new DVD of three delightful Strawberry Shortcake episodes? It’s Strawberry to the rescue in “Babysitter Blues” when the princess asks her to look after a very special Baby Berrykin. Orange and Lemon take on the role of “Fashion Elves” in “A Stitch of Time” to help Raspberry with her fashion design dreams. And there’s no place like home when Orange adopts a bitty fish that turns out to be a homesick tadpole. Join in the sparkly fun as the girls learn that lending a helping hand can be a berry big deal indeed! Strawberry Shortcake: The Berry Big Help DVD is released February 18, 2013 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and Beyond the Marquee readers have a chance this weekend to win it, before you can buy it! Just click ahead to enter the Free Stuff Friday contest and good luck!

MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. Episode 13: T.R.A.C.K.S. (T.V. review — redacted)

February 7th, 2014

Steven D'Arcangelo

What follows is a classified document critical of this week’s new S.H.I.E.L.D. episode. For reasons of national security, several information-sensitive passages have been redacted at the request of Director Fury.

Rumors that this was a cover-up perpetrated by the reviewer in order to “get out of” having to write a full, cohesive review cannot be denied nor confirmed at present time. Nor can the fact that said reviewer lacked writing time due to “forgetting” about the new episode until 3 days after it had aired. Rest assured, however, that the reviewer in question has been detained and transported to a top secret location for psychological reconditioning and/or replacement by an L.M.D.

You may now proceed with perusal of said document, but do so at your own risk for S.H.I.E.L.D. has eyes and ears… everywhere.

“Monuments Men” A Battle for Art (Film Review)

February 6th, 2014

John Delia

If you are looking for a big action film from this weekend’s Monuments Men, it’s not. More of a historical recreation of true events, the movie tries very hard to open a window to an important part of WWII history, but barely achieves it. Loading the movie with familiar faces of top actors, director George Clooney makes his film more of a docudrama than an entertaining action film. If you are looking for a lot of excitement, it’s all in the trailer. Beyond that, get on the bus for a tour of Europe complete with 1940’s soldiers in uniform and fine art lectures.

TRAILER TUESDAY: Muppets Most Wanted, Noah, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Spiderman 2, Enemy, Under the Skin, Need for Speed and MORE!

February 4th, 2014

Beyond the Marquee

Check out this Early Post Super-Bowl Edition of Trailer Tuesday

In this Post Super-Bowl Edition of TRAILER TUESDAY, we’ve not only included all the most-talked about Movie Ads for upcoming films this year shown during Sunday’s big game, but we’ve also got the latest trailers for the hottest films that have debuted in the past week.

Remember you can always drop by Beyond the Marquee on TRAILER TUESDAY and we’ll load you up with what you need … whether it’s the latest Hollywood blockbuster movie or mind-provoking independent film, we always have a fun mix of the best of what’s to come. So click ahead to check out this week’s trailers …

All Your Favorite 80’s Movie & TV Icons Make a Cameo in New Radio Shack Commercial

February 3rd, 2014

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The 80’s called … they want their store back. 80’s celebrities invade a RadioShack to take back their old stuff and make room for the RadioShack of the future. If you missed this commercial during yesterday’s Super Bowl, check it out here. A wonderful grouping of some of your favorite 80’s stars from TV and Film including ALF, Cliff Clavin, Kid ‘N Play, the California Raisins, Slim Goodbody, Bubo the Owl, Teen Wolf, Chucky, Hulk Hogan, Erik Estrada, Jason Voorhees, Sgt. Slaughter and more, show up to gut out a dated Radio Shack. The stores are notable for still leaving consumers with a strong impression of the 1980’s and Radio Shack corporate is now re-branding toward a modern day, sleeker look and new technologies.

Click ahead for a cool behind-the-scenes piece on this commercial, plus some additional spots with some of the stars learning about the up-to-date technology you can currently find in Radio Shack. We just want to know, where were the Gremlins!?!?

Beyond the Marquee: The Web-Series (Episode 59): Bob Gale’s RETRIBUTION HIGH

January 31st, 2014

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If you’ve ever been bullied and wished the worst on your tormentors, then the latest novel by “Back to the Future” co-creator/writer/producer Bob Gale is exactly you’ve been waiting for. Retribution High combines elements of “Carrie” and the “Friday the 13th” movies with Clint Eastwood’s “High Plains Drifter” and puts them into a contemporary high school setting, with some “Tales From The Crypt” sprinkled in as well.

For this interview, we sent Beyond the Marquee’s own AJ Locascio (the voice of Marty McFly in the popular Telltale Video Game version of Back to the Future ) as he seemed like the perfect host to sit down with Bob to discuss his new book. But be forewarned … as Gale explains to our audience in the above video … Retribution High is dark, twisted, violent, nasty and harsh. It’s not politically correct. It’s not for everybody. And it’s not family entertainment. It’s a high school horror tale in which the bad kids get what they really deserve. If you’re interested in picking up a copy of Retribution High for yourself, click ahead for ordering details.

CONTEST: Win an Anchor Bay Promo Pack from the Starz Original Mini-Series “THE WHITE QUEEN”

January 31st, 2014

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The White Queen on Blu-ray

On February 4th, Anchor Bay Entertainment releases the acclaimed Starz Original mini-series “THE WHITE QUEEN” on a three-disc Blu-ray™ with Digital HD Ultraviolet™ and DVD set. Based on Philippa Gregory’s series of best-selling novels, “THE WHITE QUEEN” is a vivid re-telling of the classic War of the Roses family feud (York vs. Lancaster) from the viewpoint of the women involved. The set contains all 10 gorgeous episodes of the drama, plus a bountiful supply of bonus features.

And now in celebration of this release, our good friends at Anchor Bay Entertainment are offering up for FREE STUFF FRIDAYS on Beyond the Marquee, a royal prize pack full of cool promotional goodies including the highly anticipated Blu-ray, a T-shirt and the novel by Philippa Gregory. For your chance to win, click ahead and answer the trivia question below, Good Luck!