This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: September 1, 2009

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Action, Biopics, Drama, Foreign, Foreign Language, Period, Sports, Thrillers, Home Entertainment, Lists,

Here are some of the DVD and Blu-ray options available this Tuesday:

• Braveheart: Blu-ray
• Bring It On: Fight to the Finish: DVD, Blu-ray
• The Girl Next Door: Blu-ray
• Gladiator: Blu-ray
• High Crimes: Blu-ray
• M*A*S*H: Blu-ray
• Monster: Blu-ray
• Sin Nombre: DVD
• State of Play: DVD, Blu-ray
• Sugar: DVD, Blu-ray
• Tennessee: DVD

Make sure to also check out the TV-on-DVD options for this week.

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Entourage’s Kevin Dillon To Star in ‘300’ Spoof

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Period, Satire, Comedy, Casting,

Call it a humorous example of life imitating art.  HBO star Kevin Dillon has just landed a big screen role in National Lampoon’s 301: The Legend of Awesomest Maximus Wallace Leonidas.  The comedy will spoof a myriad of testosterone-laden movies including 300, Troy, Braveheart and Gladiator.

Fans of Entourage know that Dillon’s character (struggling actor Johnny Chase) rose to fame in the short-lived series, ‘Viking Quest’.  (The tagline for the fake series being:  “From the past… comes a warrior of the future.”)  Now in 301, Dillon will get to add his special twist to the Spartan general role.

I’m really hoping the producers of Entourage can somehow find a way to tie in Dillon’s real life role into their show.  The fans of Viking Quest would want them to do it for Johnny.

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