On DVD and Blu-ray Today: Johnny English Reborn

Available now on DVD and Blu-ray is Johnny English Reborn starring Rowan Atkinson, Rosamund Pike, Dominic West, and Gillian Anderson.  

Title: Johnny English Reborn (IMDb)
Starring: Rowan Atkinson
Released: 28th February 2012
SRP: $29.98 (DVD)

Further Details:
Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced DVD ($29.98) and Blu-ray/DVD Combo ($34.98) releases of Johnny English Reborn for February 28th. Extras on the DVD release will include a commentary with Director Oliver Parker and Screenwriter Hamish McColl, deleted and extended scenes with director intros, a gag reel, and a featurette ("The Wheelchair Chase"). The Blu-ray release will include all that, plus additional featurettes ("The English Files: The Making of Johnny English Reborn", "Working With Rowan", "Gadgets", "English in Hong Kong").

See official package artwork below...

(Source: DVD Active)

Johnny English Reborn Storyline (via Universal Pictures in IMDB)

Rowan Atkinson returns to the role of the accidental secret agent who doesn't know fear or danger in the comedy spy-thriller Johnny English Reborn. In his latest adventure, the most unlikely intelligence officer in Her Majesty's Secret Service must stop a group of international assassins before they eliminate a world leader and cause global chaos. In the years since MI-7's top spy vanished off the grid, he has been honing his unique skills in a remote region of Asia. But when his agency superiors learn of an attempt against the Chinese premier's life, they must hunt down the highly unorthodox agent. Now that the world needs him once again, Johnny English is back in action. With one shot at redemption, he must employ the latest in hi-tech gadgets to unravel a web of conspiracy that runs throughout the KGB, CIA and even MI-7. With mere days until a heads of state conference...

DVD and Blu-ray Release dates for Drive, The Big Year, London Boulevard, J.Edgar, Johnny English Reborn, and The Three Musketeers 3D!

 The US DVD and Blu-ray release dates for all the following recently released (in theaters) films starring such as Carey Mulligan (Drive), Rosamund Pike (The Big Year and Johnny English Reborn), Keira Knightley (London Boulevard), Judi Dench (J. Edgar), and Matthew Macfadyen (The Three Musketeers 3D) have all been announced recently with release dates starting at the end of this month through March. I thought instead of posting all of them separately, I'll just post all of them here all in one post (as all the DVD and Blu-ray info all came from the same source: DVD Active)...might as well.

Check out and mark your calendar for the following DVD and Blu-ray release dates of the aforementioned films below....


Title: Drive (IMDb)
Starring: Ryan Gosling
Released: 31st January 2012
SRP: Prices TBC

Further Details:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced DVD and Blu-ray releases of Drive which stars Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, and Bryan Cranston. Each will be available to own from January 31st. The only extra material will be featurettes ("Drive Without A Driver: Entretien Avec Nicolas Winding Refn", "I Drive", "Under The Hood", "Driver and Irene", "Cut To The Chase").

See DVD and Blu-ray artwork below...

(Source: DVD Active)

Title: The Big Year
Starring: Steve Martin
Released: 31st January 2012
SRP: Prices TBC

Further Details:
Fox Home Entertainment has announced DVD and Blu-ray releases of The Big Year which stars Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson. Each will be available to own from January 31st. As far as we know, no extra material will be included on the DVD relase of the film. The Blu-ray release will include theatrical and extended editions of the film, over 40 minutes of deleted scenes and the featurette “The Big Migration.” Attached is the first look at the Blu-ray package artwork below:

(Source: DVD Active)

Title: London Boulevard (IMDb)
Starring: Keira Knightley
Released: 21st February 2012
SRP: $30.99 (DVD)

Further Details:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced DVD ($30.99) and Blu-ray ($35.99) releases of London Boulevard which stars Keira Knightley, Colin Farrell, Ray Winstone, David Thewlis, and Anna Friel. Each will be available to own from February 21st. The only extra material will be a Making of London Boulevard featurette. The package artwork is attached below:

 (Source: DVD Active) 

Title: J. Edgar (IMDb)
Starring: Leonardo Dicaprio
Released: 21st February 2012
SRP: $28.98 (DVD)

Further Details:
Warner Home Video has announced DVD ($28.98) and Blu-ray/DVD Combo ($35.99) releases of J. Edgar which stars Leonardo Dicaprio, Naomi Watts, Armie Hammer, Josh Lucas, and Judi Dench. Each will be available to own from February 21st. As far as we know, the only extra material will be an UltraViolet digital copy of the film on the Blu-ray release. Artwork is attached:

(Source: DVD Active)

Title: Johnny English Reborn (IMDb)
Starring: Rowan Atkinson
Released: 28th February 2012
SRP: $29.98 (DVD)

Further Details:
Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced DVD ($29.98) and Blu-ray/DVD Combo ($34.98) releases of Johnny English Reborn for February 28th. Extras on the DVD release will include a commentary with Director Oliver Parker and Screenwriter Hamish McColl, deleted and extended scenes with director intros, a gag reel, and a featurette ("The Wheelchair Chase"). The Blu-ray release will include all that, plus additional featurettes ("The English Files: The Making of Johnny English Reborn", "Working With Rowan", "Gadgets", "English in Hong Kong"). [Updated 1/31/12]: See official package artwork below.

Source: DVD Active

Title: The Three Musketeers (IMDb)
Starring: Matthew Macfadyen
Released: 13th March 2012
SRP: $26.99 (DVD)

Further Details:
Summit Entertainment has announced DVD ($26.99), 2D Blu-ray ($30.49), and 3D Blu-ray ($34.99) releases of The Three Musketeers for March 13th. Extras will include an audio commentary with director Paul W.S. Anderson, deleted and extended scenes, featurettes ("Cast and Crew Stories", "17th Century Action"), and more. Attached below is a trade advertisement with some early artwork below:

 (Source: DVD Active)

Film Reviews: Johnny English Reborn and The Big Year

I saw Johnny English Reborn and The Big Year recently and both had Rosamund Pike co-starring in supporting roles as Kate Sumner, a Behavioral Psychologist  (in Johnny English Reborn) and Jessica, a housewife (in The Big Year).

Rosamund Pike had 4 films (interestingly, I've seen all 4 of them!) released in theaters this year including these two. The other two were indie films: Barney's Version, which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Make-Up and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in Comedy/Musical for Paul Giamatti, while Rosamund earn critical rave reviews for her supporting role as the title character's third wife and true love Miriam Grant Panofsky. I've seen this movie (and own it on Blu-ray/DVD) and loved it. Rosamund was brilliant in this film. Great movie! The other film was Burning Palms (with a big ensemble cast and told in 5 different stories that will mess you up for life...or so it says...according to the film's tagline), which was in brief and limited theatrical release. RP played the role Dedra opposite Dylan McDermott. She appeared in the first of the 5 stories told in the film (which I've seen on instant-watch on Netflix recently as well), the story was about according in this brief synopsis (via IMDB): In Santa Monica, a woman (Dedra) becomes alarmingly concerned over her fiancé's unnaturally close relationship with his teenage daughter. The movie was ok, I only watched the first story were RP was featured. She did pretty good on her part, but was disappointed on how her character ended up at the end, but of course, it's an unusual film, so what did I expect? lol...RP played 4 different yet interesting roles/characters in these 4 different films. I must say, my top favorite would be her big supporting role/character in Barney's Version. Besides these 4 films, she also starred in a TV miniseries:Women in Love that aired last March. I haven't seen it yet, as it only aired in the UK's BBC channel. I wonder if PBS Masterpiece Classic will air it next year in their fall 2012 season...Hmm, we shall see, probably not...otherwise, I won't see it unless it's released on DVD here in the U.S. or if it's streaming on Netflix or if someone uploaded it on YouTube.

Anyway, back to Johnny English Reborn and The Big Year, I wrote my own movie reviews of these films in my other blog, In The Mood For Movies Blog. I'll add my The Three Musketeers film review very soon. For now, read my reviews of these two films! Though, here's a lil' warning, they're both spoilerish, so don't scroll down any further, if you don't want to be spoiled. If you've seen both movies though, then, ignore the spoiler warning and read my reviews below!

But first, here are two new never-before-seen Johnny English Reborn promo stills featuring Rosamund Pike...

(source: The Fashion Spot)

Film Review: Johnny English Reborn

Johnny English Reborn (2011)
starring Rowan Atkinson, Rosamund Pike, Gillian Anderson, and Dominic West

Watch the trailer for Johnny English Reborn

(source: trailers)

[Warning! ... for those who haven't seen this movie and don't want to be spoiled...]

Brief synopis (via IMDB):
Rowan Atkinson returns to the role of the accidental secret agent who doesn't know fear or danger in the comedy spy-thriller Johnny English Reborn.

I saw this movie with my mother and we thought it was hilarious. We loved and enjoyed watching this film. It had plenty of laughs and action to keep you watching and entertained from beginning to end.

Rowan Atkinson is back and is as clumsy (and hilarious) as ever as the bumbling MI-7 agent Johnny English in this fun and hilarious sequel to the 2003 Johnny English film. I thought this film was so much better and was a lot more funnier than the first one. There were a lot of funny and action scenes to keep you watching as there were combinations of James Bond and Bourne films parodies in this film mix with plenty of action and comedy. I was pleasantly surprised at how much I really enjoyed watching Rowan Atkinson more in this film than the first one. There were several funny scenes that made us laughed a lot like when Johnny was in the shrinking/going up chair scene (with funny lines: "He's the Prime Minister...yeah, you wish." and "give me 24 hours." ....it made us laugh so hard, lol), the Tibet/Monk scenes (English was hilarious whenever he loses focus or concentration to the task he was doing, haha!), the scene where he chewed the gum and his voice changed, lol. Whenever he hears "Mozambique," he makes a funny face and one of his eyes twitches...lol...

As for the supporting cast, Rosamund Pike as Kate Sumner, a behavioral Psychologist and love interest to Johnny English was pretty good in her supporting role and she was a nice addition to the whole new cast of JER. It was very good to hear her British accent again (I was getting used to hearing her American accent in her other films that I've seen, which were just released recently/this year such as The Big Year, Burning Palms, and Barney's Version). Gillian Anderson (Pegasus, I think that was her name if I remember right, as that's what they call her, lol) was good here too as the new MI-7 boss of English. Daniel Kaluuya as agent Tucker was funny in some scenes with English especially the helicopter scene. Read my full Film Review: Johnny English Reborn here!

And another film review...

Film Review: The Big Year

 The Big Year (2011)
starring Jack Black, Owen Wilson, Steve Martin, Rosamund Pike,
Rashida Jones, Angelica Huston, JoBeth Williams, Brian Dennehy, and Diane Wiest

Watch the trailer for The Big Year

(source: Watchanapple2011)

 
[Warning! ... for those who haven't seen this movie and don't want to be spoiled...]

   

I saw The Big Year and guess what? I actually quite enjoyed watching it. Though I expected it to be really funny with the big trio lead stars of Owen Wilson, Jack Black, and Steve Martin, but it was only kind of funny and more of a dramatic kind of film with a nice story and interesting ensemble cast to go with it, which I didn't mind in the least. It was still a very good movie about "bird watching" which I didn't know (and never heard of until I've heard this movie was being made and Rosamund Pike was cast, the main reason along with the trio actors aforementioned, which I was actually interested and went to see this movie) as a sport for those bird lovers. The title of this film now made sense after seeing this movie. While it lacks a lot of humor I expected to see in this film especially with the trio of Wilson, Black, and Martin, it still had its funny and a few LOL moments here and there that made me laugh. The movie though was still a very good "bird-watching" as a sport film, which is interestingly, different than your typical sporting genre movies. This one's not really a sport movie, but about three avid bird watchers who compete to spot the rarest birds in North America at a prestigious annual event (brief description via IMDB).

I was pleasantly surprised that this movie was not a comedy, but rather a little mix of comedy and a little more on the drama, but mostlyit's a movie with heart and moral lesson.

Love that this movie also focused on other supporting characters connected to the main 3 characters. Rosamund Pike, who played Jessica, Kenny's neglected wife, was pretty good in her supporting role and scenes. She actually appeared more here than I expected (especially with a big ensemble cast like this film). I felt for her character though. Poor Jess, all she wanted was to start a family with her husband and all her husband seemed to care about was doing another "big year." He does not deserved her, but she still loved him. Interesting, her character's side story has been shown a lil' more in connection to Kenny, but towards the end, they didn't show her at all or what she was up to. That was a letdown for her character, but I'm guessing she probably ended up with that handsome looking guy who did the renovations to hers and Kenny's house. I wouldn't be surprised if she did. He's a hottie and is always around when Kenny was not, lol. Read my full Film Review: The Big Year here!

In Theaters Today: Johnny English Reborn

In theaters today, Johnny English Reborn starring Rowan Atkinson, Rosamund Pike, Dominic West, and Gillian Anderson. It's already an international hit, opening at #1 in the UK and Germany! Now showing in wide release in theaters near you! See more JER release dates around the world here! Go see RP in this movie!

International Box-Office Results and Articles for JER (via Box Office Mojo):
Around-the-World Roundup: 'Real Steel' Repeats

Even without any major openings, Johnny English Reborn was off just 18 percent to $17.2 million. It held first place in the U.K. and Germany with $5 million and $2.6 million, respectively. The movie has so far made $85.1 million overseas, and distributor Universal reports that it is outperforming the first Johnny English ($133 million). Johnny English Reborn opens in the U.S., France and Mexico next weekend. 

Around-the-World Roundup: 'Real Steel,' 'Johnny English' in Close Fight

Johnny English Reborn had its best weekend yet with $21.1 million from 32 territories. It had a great $7.7 million first place debut in the U.K., which is star Rowan Atkinson's best opening ever there. It also mustered a solid $3.4 million first place start in Germany. The spy spoof sequel has already earned $61.1 million and is set to open in nine more territories next weekend ahead of its U.S. debut on Oct. 21.

Johnny English Reborn Storyline (via Universal Pictures in IMDB)

Rowan Atkinson returns to the role of the accidental secret agent who doesn't know fear or danger in the comedy spy-thriller Johnny English Reborn. In his latest adventure, the most unlikely intelligence officer in Her Majesty's Secret Service must stop a group of international assassins before they eliminate a world leader and cause global chaos. In the years since MI-7's top spy vanished off the grid, he has been honing his unique skills in a remote region of Asia. But when his agency superiors learn of an attempt against the Chinese premier's life, they must hunt down the highly unorthodox agent. Now that the world needs him once again, Johnny English is back in action. With one shot at redemption, he must employ the latest in hi-tech gadgets to unravel a web of conspiracy that runs throughout the KGB, CIA and even MI-7. With mere days until a heads of state conference...

Johnny English Reborn production stills
featuring Rosamund Pike as Kate Sumner

(source: Photo by Giles Keyte – © 2011 Universal Studios via IMDB

  | Rosamund Pike Online)

Johnny English Reborn Wallpaper 

featuring Rosamund Pike as Kate Sumner
(click image to enlarge!)

 Download more JER wallpapers here! (#5 is RP!)

Trailer section screen capture

 (Source: Working Title/Universal Pictures | Johnny English Reborn - official website)
 
Watch the trailer for Johnny English Reborn

(source: universalpicturesuk) 

   Also, watch the Johnny English Reborn - Official Featurette [HD]

   and the First Trailer!  

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• Photos: Rosamund Pike at 'Johnny English Reborn' world premiere in Sydney, Australia
• Johnny English Reborn website officially launched, with new U.S. release date, and a wallpaper featuring Rosamund Pike 
• Watch trailer #2 for 'Johnny English Reborn' starring Rowan Atkinson and Rosamund Pike 
• Johnny English Reborn production stills featuring Rosamund Pike 
• Watch the first trailer for 'Johnny English Reborn' starring Rowan Atkinson and Rosamund Pike 
• Casting News: Rosamund Pike to star in Johnny English 2

Watch a 'Johnny English Reborn' featurette and a new still of Rosamund Pike

Here's an adorable new production still of Rosamund Pike holding a cat from Johnny English Reborn, which she co-stars with Rowan Atkinson, Dominic West, and Gillian Anderson.

Johnny English Reborn is already showing overseas and is an international box office hit in over 40 countries (according to Box Office Mojo) with over $85 million gross topping both The UK and German box-office charts. It is finally opening tomorrow here in U.S. theaters!

Check out and watch a Johnny English Reborn Featurette video as well as screen captures of RP from the featurette below...

Johhny English Reborn still
featuring Rosamund Pike as Kate Sumner

 (source: Photo by Giles Keyte – © 2011 Universal Studios via IMDB)  

Johnny English Reborn Featurette

(source: trailers)

Johnny English Reborn Featurette screen captures
featuring Rosamund Pike