Kings Of The Ring…
Momentum is, as we’ve oft noted here and on our weekly newsletter, the company is one of the leading lights in its field when it comes to the DTV sector. The company’s latest entry into this increasingly busy arena is House Of The Rising Sun. It comes with all the right credentials – it’s strong, [...]
Click here for more >House Rules For WWE Stars
Whither the action hero? With Jason Statham dominating the marketplace and the likes of Steven Seagal and Van Damme still appearing, albeit in fewer films than they were making during their heyday (although, it must be noted, the latter’s latest, Dragon Eyes, is a doozy), where are the next generation of action heroes? And where [...]
Click here for more >An Annual Event
To say that the WWE runs a to an annual calendar is something of an understatement. Wrestling fans know the formula and dates almost off by heart; Clear Vision builds it’s release schedule around them and anyone who’s been in the industry, especially retail, for more than a few months will have a fairly good [...]
Click here for more >PG Tips
It’s now well over a year since the WWE stated its intention to turn into a PG-friendly organisation, one that has aimed for a younger audience, with content more accommodating to families and, in particular, pre-teen children. Most from the organisation acknowledged that it wouldn’t be an overnight, or more swift transition, rather it would [...]
Click here for more >Triple Threat
Last weekend’s Wrestlemania, the biggest event on the WWE’s calendar, was as full of razzmatazz as ever, but the show is a markedly different beast from what it was, say, five years ago. Gone are the blood-filled spectaculars of bygone years – the last bout would invariably feature a gory finale – as the WWE [...]
Click here for more >You Can See This…
We at The Raygun are obviously big fans of HMV’s My Inspiration advertising campaign – so much so we’ve used it as the, ahem, inspiration for the regular feature on our website. And we love the razzmatazz and visceral excitement, as well as the soap opera-style storylines of the ever-wonderful WWE. So it was obvious [...]
Click here for more >A Stone Cold Video Favourite…
The route from the world of wrestling to films, and eventually home entertainment, is a well trodden one. It stretches back to legendary figures such as Andre The Giant, who appeared in The Princess Bride some three decades ago and has most recently been exemplified by the likes of Hulk Hogan and The Rock, now [...]
Click here for more >Mania On Oxford Street
There was something about this Wrestlemania banner, erected outside HMV’s flagship Oxford Street store that really caught our eye as we were strolling through the West End on, ahem, store visits between meetings the other week. We’re not even sure if we’d noticed this site for banners before, or may be we were always in [...]
Click here for more >The Mania Continues…
Wrestling fans will this week be wading through some eight hours’ worth (a figure that breaks the 10 hour barrier when it comes to Blu-ray) of material that makes up Silver Vision’s annual blockbuster release, one of the biggest dates on its calendar. We’ve posted up the US trailer for the film below, which gives [...]
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