Kn0wing (Knowing) and Push coming to Blu-ray on 7/7/2009

[BluOgre]

According to Summit they are releasing these two July 7th. Intresting that they would release Knowing during July.......big stuidos always stay away from July with big titles because it's a slow sales month. I guess this small stuido is going to learn the hard way.


Preorder Link
its actually kn0wing but I figured it would get lost in the search

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Nicolas Cage stars in this largely unsatisfying science-fiction tale that begins as a taut and spooky story concerning psychic legacies and ends up falling back on Steven Spielberg's old, cosmic playbook for default explanations about weird phenomena. Cage stars as astrophysicist and widower John Koestler, whose young son attends a school where a 50-year-old time capsule is dug up and opened. Koestler's son, Caleb (Chandler Canterbury), is given an envelope from the capsule containing a sheet of paper inscribed with seemingly-random numbers. Koestler interprets groupings of the numbers as prophesies (made in 1959) of disasters leading up to a globally catastrophic event late in 2009. Moreover, some of the later tragedies involve him or members of his family, suggesting the paper was meant to fall into his and Caleb's hands. That’s not the only freaky thing drawing father and son in a direction they really don't want to go. Among other things, a quartet of mute strangers keeps showing up with a powerful interest in Caleb's whereabouts, and the daughter and granddaughter of the little girl who originally scribbled those numbers in 1959 are under the shadow of a separate prediction of doom. Everything goes swimmingly until it's time for director Alex Proyas (The Crow) to begin tying up all the strings, and cliches start falling like rain. On the plus side, Knowing includes a couple of breathtaking scenes of calamity, the most horrifying (and realistic) of which is a jet crash the likes of which has never been committed to film. --Tom Keogh

Product Description
A college professor (Nicolas Cage) opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son s elementary school. In it are some chilling accurate predictions of disasters... when, where, and how many will die. Most of these events must uncover the details of the next disasters in hopes of preventing them. If he fails, who knows how many will die?

Special Features to include:
Two behind the scenes featurettes
Director's Commentary
121 mins runtime


Pre-Order Link
Blu-ray.com Catalog
This title will be released on July 7, 2009.

Amazon.com
Complicated to the point of viewer exhaustion, Push is a hard-to-follow and often silly work of science fiction about refugees from a secret U.S. government program simply referred to as "the Division." Dakota Fanning and Chris Evans play the children of psychically gifted parents victimized by the Division. (She's a seer, he's got mild telekinetic abilities.) Neither wants to end up forced to cooperate with Djimon Hounsou's determined operator trying to create the ultra-"pusher," i.e., a subject so gifted they can work major miracles with their mind. The odd thing is that the story is set in China, where gang action and general exotica have a way of obscuring the story proper. Things get a little more interesting when the odd pairing of Fanning and Evans is joined by a few other interesting actors (Ming Na, Cliff Curtis, Camille Belle) playing ex-Division types with psychic abilities. For a while, an "X-Men"-like vibe starts to build, but then quickly dissipates in a script practically drunk on upending audience expectations every few minutes. Nearly two hours long, Push wears down one's tolerance pretty quickly, yet manages to leave one feeling as if the story is unfinished by end credits. --Tom Keogh

[Gamma_Winstead]

Originally Posted by BluOgre

According to Summit they are releasing these two July 7th. Intresting that they would release Knowing during July.......big stuidos always stay away from July with big titles because it's a slow sales month. I guess this small stuido is going to learn the hard way.

maybe they want to change that? idk. Will buy Knowing and rent Push.

[deadhatetheliving]

Originally Posted by BluOgre

According to Summit they are releasing these two July 7th. Intresting that they would release Knowing during July.......big stuidos always stay away from July with big titles because it's a slow sales month. I guess this small stuido is going to learn the hard way.

This looks just as bad as The Wicker Man is. (The one with Cage)

[iori]

I will netflix Push.

[tbizzle]

Originally Posted by deadhatetheliving

This looks just as bad as The Wicker Man is. (The one with Cage)

Well Roger Ebert gave it 4 stars, so there's your answer on how bad it is

I liked the movie, but there was a lot of cheezy hollywood crap in it. Still a pretty decent movie though, one of Nic Cage's better ones recently

[atomik kinder]

Originally Posted by BluOgre

According to Summit they are releasing these two July 7th. Intresting that they would release Knowing during July.......big stuidos always stay away from July with big titles because it's a slow sales month. I guess this small stuido is going to learn the hard way.

Wasn't 300 released on Blu-ray and DVD in July?

[krazyclown]

might get push

[owa]

Thanks for the info. I'll definitely get Knowing but I need to read up on Push to see what kind of movie it is.

[deadhatetheliving]

Originally Posted by tbizzle

Well Roger Ebert gave it 4 stars, so there's your answer on how bad it is

I liked the movie, but there was a lot of cheezy hollywood crap in it. Still a pretty decent movie though, one of Nic Cage's better ones recently

Don't trust that old hag but still surprised he gave a Rob Zombie movie 2 thumbs up.

[owa]

Actually, just reading about Push, it seems pretty interesting so I'll probably get it as well.

[Darth Anakin]

First day buys both of these so my spending in July just went up a bit.

[Grimshaw23]

I thought Push is getting a June release. It's strange because Canada is getting it on June 9th(Amazon.ca). Doesn't the US always get movies earlier or at least same day as Canada?

[cvm]

Which was better Push or Knowing?

[Darth Anakin]

Push was a very weird movie, kind of like Heroes. Knowing was the best sci-fi movie I've seen since Revenge of the Sith.

[LEHD]

I want to get Push and Knowing, but I hate the ending of the movie it ruined it!

[dvd_mazter]

I enjoyed Push so I'll probably pick it although I doubt the PQ will be crazy good, very grainy movie.

I'll rent Knowing only because I like the director but the trailers just didn't look all that good to me.

[Jumpman]

Knowing...excellent, excellent film that I hope finds an audience on home video. Don't be scared off by Nic Cage.

[NoQuestion]

I saw Knowing in the theater and it was good, I will pick it up. Never got to see Push in theaters, I will pick it up anyways. Both Day 1

[Red Ray]

Knowing is a great film and for those that have seen it in the theater can vouch for this. The sound will be AMAZING on blu-ray!

[iori]

Push will be day 1 for me.