By visiting the colorful
Land of the Dead on «El Dia de los Muertos,» the fall celebration called «The Day of the Dead.»
Then, thanks to a really - pushing - it thin premise, Miguel ends up in
the Land of the Dead on Día de los Muertos, where he pursues Ernesto, who he now believes to be his banished great - great - grandfather.
For reasons that are not altogether clear, Miguel is transported to
the Land of the Dead on — coincidentally — the annual Day of the Dead, where he must learn a few lessons about pride and the importance of memory before he's able to return back to the nest.
On a similar note, our friends at Scream Factory have set The Poughkeepsie Tapes for release on Blu - ray / DVD Combo on 10/10, followed by George Romero's
Land of the Dead on Blu - ray only on 10/24.
On this epic solitaire adventure, help Manuel collect unique items along his journey and meet friends and foes in
the land of the dead on his quest to reunite with his beloved lost love, Maria.
Not exact matches
What conceit and self righteousness to think for a moment that any
of you are someone who is being looked after or has the ability to move
on to an after life with this conjoured up image
of some humanoid that will ascene you to some kind
of «Happy
Land» when you are more likely
dead forever and dried up turning into bug invested happy meals or just plan old dust if your sealed or cremated..
* If a person dies
on a ship and if there is no fear
of the decay
of the
dead body and if there is no problem in retaining it for sometime
on the ship, it should be kept
on it and buried in the ground after reaching the
land.
And when his wife died he went down alive into the
land of the
dead and made music before the King of the Dead till even he had compassion and gave him back his wife, on condition that he led her up out of that land without once looking back to see her until they came into the li
dead and made music before the King
of the
Dead till even he had compassion and gave him back his wife, on condition that he led her up out of that land without once looking back to see her until they came into the li
Dead till even he had compassion and gave him back his wife,
on condition that he led her up out
of that
land without once looking back to see her until they came into the light.
Some unknown writer, commenting
on the gloomy
land of the
dead, mentioned as one
of its most terrifying aspects that it had no order.
Then in early October, as they plowed into the frigid waters
of Long Island Sound, they found disastrous proof
of the rumors: pot after pot
of dead lobsters, and others so weak they died a day or two after arriving
on land.
Then they divided the baby plants into groups, placing
dead leaves from healthy cacao plants in one set
of pots, mixed leaves from the forest floor in another set and no leaves in the third set, giving different sets
of microbes the first chance to
land on and colonize the «virgin» leaves
of the young plants.
Strumming away
on Ernesto's guitar transports Miguel to the
Land of the
Dead, along with a floppy stray dog whose presence feels more like a matter
of obligation — sidekick, check — than a product
of Pixar's vaunted story - building process.
Four foot - long canisters fall out
of the sky and crash -
land in four locations: A silverback gorilla approaches a canister that sprays gas
on him, he rushes away and is found with a
dead bear with blood across its shoulders (we hear he snapped its neck and we see bloody slashes
on his chest in the formation
of a bear claw).
Not exactly top - tier Pixar, Coco follows Anthony Gonzalez's Miguel as he enters the
Land of the
Dead and embarks
on a quest to track down his great - great - grandfather.
Miguel is drawn with the plump cheeks and beady eyes that render so many animated humans overly doll - like, but the many skeletons in Coco are fabulously kooky and the
land of the
dead is something to behold, a twinkling metropolis
of hillside barrios and houses
on stilts reached by dangling gondolas.
There is so much to love here, from the US Customs - type method that is used to determine who is permitted to leave the
Land of the
Dead, to the story's cautionary tale
on the price
of fame.
Land of our Ancestors: (6:19) Focuses
on all the different ways Coco «s animators set about enlivening a story about the Day
of the
Dead.
There are clever pop - cultural nuggets scattered throughout: a Mac Plus that is condemned as a «devil box» and smashed with a shoe; a gatehouse between the
lands of the living and the
dead that bears a distinct resemblance to the entrance to Disneyland; a hilariously avant - garde stage show put
on by a deceased Frida Kahlo.
This debut feature from writer - director David Veloz, based
on a 1995 autobiography, starkly retells Stahl's rise and fall in LA - LA -
land over the course
of a multi-day shack - up with ex-addict Kitty (E.R.'s Maria Bello), a sucker for rehab patients who coaxes him away from a
dead - end job (in, appropriately, Phoenix) in favor
of sex (initially as frigid as the frozen chicken he was hacking at only hours earlier at his fast - food outpost) and conversation.
Up to this point the Day
of the
Dead was just a background theme but
on arrival in the
land of remembered its a full
on mardi gras
of colourfully epic proportions.
The game is
Land of the
Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green for the Xbox, which tries to make its own mark
on the first person shooter genre.
Featuring enough self - satisfaction to power Ed Begley, Jr.'s enviro - car for a century, Promised
Land is the kind
of movie that suggests everything Conservatives believe about Lefties being tree - hugging, privileged morons is pretty
dead on the mark.
One is tempted to read it as a metaphor
on immigration — albeit the difficult border crossing it depicts is between the
lands of the living and the
dead.
Of course, if you've seen the Guillermo Del Toro - produced The Book of Life, Coco won't look quite so spectacular, but if you haven't, Coco's take on the afterlife is a neon cornucopia of never - ending spectacle, from the tram system that carts skeletons about, to an EXCELLENT bit with Frida Kahlo, to the fanciful alebrijes, the spirit animals that roam the Land of the Dea
Of course, if you've seen the Guillermo Del Toro - produced The Book
of Life, Coco won't look quite so spectacular, but if you haven't, Coco's take on the afterlife is a neon cornucopia of never - ending spectacle, from the tram system that carts skeletons about, to an EXCELLENT bit with Frida Kahlo, to the fanciful alebrijes, the spirit animals that roam the Land of the Dea
of Life, Coco won't look quite so spectacular, but if you haven't, Coco's take
on the afterlife is a neon cornucopia
of never - ending spectacle, from the tram system that carts skeletons about, to an EXCELLENT bit with Frida Kahlo, to the fanciful alebrijes, the spirit animals that roam the Land of the Dea
of never - ending spectacle, from the tram system that carts skeletons about, to an EXCELLENT bit with Frida Kahlo, to the fanciful alebrijes, the spirit animals that roam the
Land of the Dea
of the
Dead.
The latest trailer for
Dead Rising 4 packs a sleigh - full
of zombie carnage that's sure to
land you
on Santa's Naughty List this year.
What: Pixar's Día de los Muertos movie follows a 12 - year - old boy, Miguel,
on a musical adventure into the
Land of the
Dead.
The opening sequence
of Dead Men Tell No Tales finds young Henry (Lewis McGowan) rowing out to sea, tying a bag
of rocks to his leg and plunging into the sea — where he
lands on the deck
of the sunken Flying Dutchman and we learn that he is the son
of Will Turner (Orlando Bloom).
On Día de los Muertos (the Day
of the
Dead), where photos are placed at an altar so those who have left the
Land of the Living can cross over and see their loved ones for the holiday, Miguel sneaks into the tomb
of the legendary Ernesto de la Cruz and gets transported to the
Land of the
Dead.
Pixar has released details
on the all - Latino voice cast
of Coco, including Edward James Olmos, Benjamin Bratt, Cheech Marin, Gael García Bernal, Alanna Ubach, Selene Luna, Alfonso Arau, Herbert Siguenza, Octavio Solis, Gabriel Iglesias, and Blanca Araceli as residents
of The
Land of the
Dead.
On Disc Two, which contains the unrated version
of the film, there's an audio commentary with zombie performers Matt Blazi, Glena Chao, Michael Felsher, and Rob Mayr; another audio commentary with George A. Romero, producer Peter Grunwald, and editor Michael Doherty; the When Shaun Met George with Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright featurette; the Bringing the
Dead to Life featurette; a Scenes
of Carnage montage; Zombie Effects: From Green Screen to Finished Scene; the oddball Scream Tests: Zombie Casting Call CGI test; Bringing the Storyboards to Life split - screen comparison; the Undead Again: The Making
of Land of the
Dead featurette; and A Day with the Living
Dead featurette.
We've added 14 more classic Blu - ray reviews from the original Bits website into the new review database here, including Adam Jahnke's thoughts
on Gamer, The Thing (1982), The Nightmare Before Christmas,
Land of the
Dead, Scream 4, Mimic, The Final Destination 3D, The Last Circus, Whip It, Halloween II: 30th Anniversary Edition, The New York Ripper, The Prowler, Splice and Frozen (2010).
On Disc One, which contains the theatrical version of the film, there's Cholo's Reckoning, an interview with actor John Leguizamo; Charlie's Story, an interview with actor Robert Joy; The Pillsbury Factor, an interview with actor Pedro Miguel Arce; Four of the Apocalypse: The Zombies of Land of the Dead, interviews with actors Eugene Clark, Jennifer Baxter, Boyd Banks, and Jasmin Geljo; the Dream of the Dead IFC TV special with optional audio commentary by director Roy Frumkes; deleted footage from Dream of the Dead; a set of deleted scenes (titled The Remaining Bits on previous releases); the film's theatrical trailer; and a photo gallery with 111 image
On Disc One, which contains the theatrical version
of the film, there's Cholo's Reckoning, an interview with actor John Leguizamo; Charlie's Story, an interview with actor Robert Joy; The Pillsbury Factor, an interview with actor Pedro Miguel Arce; Four
of the Apocalypse: The Zombies
of Land of the
Dead, interviews with actors Eugene Clark, Jennifer Baxter, Boyd Banks, and Jasmin Geljo; the Dream
of the
Dead IFC TV special with optional audio commentary by director Roy Frumkes; deleted footage from Dream
of the
Dead; a set
of deleted scenes (titled The Remaining Bits
on previous releases); the film's theatrical trailer; and a photo gallery with 111 image
on previous releases); the film's theatrical trailer; and a photo gallery with 111 images.
Tim has offered his thoughts
on George Romero's
Land of the
Dead from Scream Factory, Penelope Spheeris» Dudes from Shout!
The Book
of Life is a film based
on the images and stories about the Day
of the
Dead, and features a man, recently deceased, who hopes to journey back to the
land of the living to be with the woman he loves.
A neon - fringed odyssey through the
Land of the
Dead sets Miguel, his beloved Xolo dog and a trickster spirit named Hector (Gael Garcia Bernal)
on the path up the boy's family tree, where further magical secrets hide.
Taking
on the role
of Juan, the
land is taken over by the
land of the
dead, with multiple villains emerging from the separate realm to rule over the living world.
Folks who pass
on to this
Land of the
Dead need not despair, as their happiness continues in the afterlife — for as long as they are remembered by the living.
In so doing, he finds himself magically transported to the
Land of the
Dead, where he comes into contact with various relatives he recognizes from pictures on his family's ofrenda (an altar where offerings are placed) as well as down on his luck dead man Hector (voice of Gael García Bernal) and finally, Cruz himself, voiced by Benjamin Br
Dead, where he comes into contact with various relatives he recognizes from pictures
on his family's ofrenda (an altar where offerings are placed) as well as down
on his luck
dead man Hector (voice of Gael García Bernal) and finally, Cruz himself, voiced by Benjamin Br
dead man Hector (voice
of Gael García Bernal) and finally, Cruz himself, voiced by Benjamin Bratt.
The movie will be directed by Matt Birman, who previously worked second unit
on Land of the
Dead, Diary
of the
Dead and Survival
of the
Dead.
So he secretly enters a music competition
on the Day
of the
Dead, tries to borrow his great - great - grandfather's guitar from his elaborate tomb... and ends up in the
Land of the
Dead himself.
Yesterday, it was brought to our attention that the mighty Scream Factory were bringing George A. Romero's
Land of the
Dead to Blu - Ray
on October 24th, and the company just revealed that they will also release director Zack Snyder's fantastic 2004 remake
of Dawn
of the
Dead on a Collector's Edition Blu - Ray!
Earning the DGA's inaugural award for best animated feature was «Coco,» the Disney flick about young musician Miguel who sets off
on a quest in the
Land of the
Dead to find his great - grandfather.
Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family's ancestral ban
on music, enters the
Land of the
Dead to work out the mystery.
Road
of the
Dead is co-written by Romero and is set to be directed by Birman, who worked beside Romero as a second unit director
on Land of the
Dead, Diary
of the
Dead, and Survival
of the
Dead.
Coco, sees aspiring musician Miguel (voice
of newcomer Anthony Gonzalez) teams up with charming trickster Hector (voice
of Gael García Bernal)
on an extraordinary journey through the
Land of the
Dead.
Pixar's latest film Coco, based
on the Mexican holiday
of Día de Muertos, followed a young boy named Miguel who, while pursuing his dream
of becoming a musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz, finds himself in the
Land of the
Dead, where he will unlock a family secret and learn the meaning behind this celebration.
On film, he's enjoyed fruitful collaborations with Jean - Pierre Jeunet (The City
Of Lost Children, Alien: Resurrection) and Guillermo del Toro (Cronos, Blade II, the Hellboy films) and kept company with genre eccentrics like Larry Fessenden (The Last Winter) and Glenn McQuaid (I Sell The Dead), as well as landing the role of Elvis in Don Coscarelli's long - rumored Bubba Nosferat
Of Lost Children, Alien: Resurrection) and Guillermo del Toro (Cronos, Blade II, the Hellboy films) and kept company with genre eccentrics like Larry Fessenden (The Last Winter) and Glenn McQuaid (I Sell The
Dead), as well as
landing the role
of Elvis in Don Coscarelli's long - rumored Bubba Nosferat
of Elvis in Don Coscarelli's long - rumored Bubba Nosferatu.
Universal's last few Blu - rays haven't been quite up to snuff (with many DVD bonus features getting scrapped from the HD versions), but the single - disc release
of «
Land of the
Dead» gets things back
on track.
In Pixar's latest, aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family's ancestral ban
on music, enters the
Land of the
Dead to work out the mystery.
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landing June 15 NBA Jam drives the lane in October Quick Hit scores NFL license MotorStorm Apocalypse revs up PS3 next year Dreamcast to be reborn
on XBL, PSN Mortal Kombat set for 360, PS3 in 2011 «Real» keyboard, guitars debut in Rock Band 3 Space Invaders, Necromachina lead Square Enix digital lineup Bad Company 2 Onslaught begins June 22 Rock Band 3 peripherals priced, bundled Fraction
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