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DÉJÀ VU IN BLU AT JB!
06 JULY 2015 JB Hi-Fi
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Due out on July 15, the celebrated comedy
from the late Harold Ramis stars Murray
as an obnoxious weatherman who gets
trapped in nightmarish time warp while on
assignment in a sleepy small town. Every
morning he wakes up, it’s Groundhog Day!
Murray also has a memorable supporting
role in another JB Blu-ray exclusive out on
July 15: the 1982 comedy Tootsie, which stars
Dustin Hoffman as a struggling actor who
disguises himself as a woman to land a role
on a soap opera. Murray plays his playwright
roommate, while Jessica Lange earned
a best supporting actress Oscar as one
of his show co-stars.
Another must-have Blu-ray classic out this
month through JB is Rob Reiner’s touching
coming-of-age drama Stand By Me (1986).
Based on a Stephen King novella, the film
follows four young boys – River Phoenix,
Will Wheaton, Corey Feldman and an almost
unrecognisable Jerry O’Connell – who set out
to find the body of a kid hit by a train.
JB Hi-Fi’s July collection of Blu-ray
exclusives is completed by the cult comedy
Joe Dirt (2001), starring David Spade in the
title role and featuring Christopher Walken,
Jaime Pressly and Kid Rock. The timing
couldn’t be better, with most of the original
cast having recently reunited for a sequel
Joe Dirt: Beautiful Loser, which is set for
release in the US this month.
Comedy classics Groundhog Day and Tootsie exclusively on Blu-ray at JB Hi-Fi.
Anna Kendrick just can’t get enough of music
movies. Hot on the heels of Into The Woods,
this month sees the DVD and Blu-ray release
of Off-Broadway hit The Last Five Years, a
bittersweet musical deconstruction of a love
affair. And that will be followed in August by
the return of Kendrick, Rebel Wilson and the
rest of the Bellas in the smash hit Pitch Perfect
2; she also confirmed last month that a third
movie is due in 2017.
The Last Five Years is due out on July 9
MORE DISNEY LIVE ACTION CLASSICS LAST LED ZEP REISSUES
Jimmy Page is wrapping up his deluxe
reissue programme for Led Zeppelin’s
studio catalogue, with the last three sets
due on July 31.
As with the previous sets, the rock
gods’ final studio albums Presence (1976),
In Through The Out Door (1979) and the
posthumous Coda (1982) will be available in
a variety of CD and vinyl configurations, and
will include a wealth of previously unreleased
material. Coda may turn out to be the jewel
in the crown, despite the fact that it was
made up of previously unreleased recordings.
For its deluxe reissue, Page has assembled
another two discs worth of rarities including a
frenetic blues jam entitled Suga Mama from
1968 and tracks from sessions the Led Zep
guitarist and singer Robert Plant recorded in
1972 in India with the Bombay Orchestra.
Groundhog Day
W alt Disney looks as if it is
sticking with its strategy
of re-making its animated
blockbusters, with the news that the
studio has a sequel to Maleficent
in development.
Although there has been
no official announcements,
the US trades report that a
Maleficent 2 is on the cards
and Angelina Jolie is
likely to reprise her role.
The success of the first
Sleeping Beauty reboot
and Cinderella has seen
Disney greenlight a number
of other live action remakes,
with The Jungle Book (2016) and
Beauty and The Beast (2017) set to
be followed by the likes of Mulan,
Winnie The Pooh and Pinocchio.
Ironically, the one reboot we are
unlikely to see for some time is the
animated movie which started it all,
the 1937 classic Snow White and
The Seven Dwarfs; that’s probably
because there have already
been two recent reboots,
Mirror Mirror and Snow
White and the Huntsman.
However, the good news is
that the ground-breaking
original is reissued this
month on Blu-ray.
EVERETT NEW NEMESIS
FOR MUSKETEERS
Rupert Everett has signed on as
the villain for the third season of
the BBC hit The Musketeers.
Peter Capaldi played the
show’s original bad guy Cardinal
Richelieu in the first series, but
his subsequent Doctor Who
commitments meant that Marc
Warren took over the mantle
as Comte de Rochefort for the
second series, which is out this
month on DVD.
Now it’s the turn of Everett
– most recently seen as King
George in A Royal Night Out
– who will play Marquis de
Feron, the corrupt Governor of
Paris and illegitimate brother
to Louis XIII. “I’m very excited
to be joining the cast of The
Musketeers for the new series,”
says Everett. “I love the show
and am really looking forward to
working with the team.”
Shooting is currently
underway, but screening dates
are still to be announced.
The Musketeers: Series
Two is due out on July 22