Today's New Releases On The Pirate Bay

The DVD screener for Philomena has finally become available.  So, by my count, the screeners for all Best Picture Oscar nominees are on The Pirate Bay.

That's pretty much it.  It's been a slow week.  Hoping to see Anchorman 2 out soon.

Remember, Don't Try Any Of That Gay Shit At The Olympics...

So says this guy:

Today's New Releases On The Pirate Bay

Good afternoon, everyone all four of you.

Today, we have the awards screener of Nebraska making its appearance on the site for the first time.  It's been getting a lot of great buzz, and I'm assuming will be will worth your time.

You also have the Marvel "one shot", All Hail the King, which is scheduled to appear on the new Thor DVD, as well as a lovely tribute package honoring the late Philip Seymour Hoffman.  It's a bundle of 31 films featuring some of his best performances.  It's a hefty download (31 gb), but would make a nice addition to your collection.

Today's New Releases On The Pirate Bay

It's Thor's-day!!!

Other than that, it's nothing but crap.

You have the laughable Homefront, starring Jason Statham, Winona Rider, and James Franco.  It's a movie that USA Today said "what "Breaking Bad" may have resembled had Sylvester Stallone written the TV show."

You also have the advance copy of the direct-to-DVD-Robocop-ripoff Android Cop, starring Michael Jai White.  Remember him?  Me either.

How Many Days Does Bill Murray Relive In 'Groundhog Day'? The Answer Will Surprise You.

Every year on February 2nd, TBS shows the movie 'Groundhog Day' umpteen million times.  You know you watch it every year.  I usually see it on TV a couple of times a year.  Inevitably, the question pops up in my mind, at least once, "I wonder how long Bill Murray kept repeating that same day over and over again".

Well, wonder no more.  Years ago, when director Harold Ramis recorded the commentary for the 'Groundhog Day' DVD, he estimated that Phil Connors "spent about 10 years trapped in his own little corner of Hell".  Later, in June of 2009, a blogger took the time to dissect the film, and came up with the estimate that Bill Murray relived that single day in Punxsatawney 3176 times.  That breaks down to 8 years, 8 months, and 16 days.

Ramis read the blog post, and responded in an interview, disagreeing with both the blogger and his own earlier estimate:

"I think the 10-year estimate is too short. It takes at least 10 years to get good at anything, and allotting for the down time and misguided years he spent, it had to be more like 30 or 40 years… People [like the blogger] have way too much time on their hands. They could be learning to play the piano or speak French or sculpt." 

The issue seemed to have been settled.  Then came an article in February 2011, by Simon Gallagher of the blog obsessedwithfilm.com.  He poured over the film time and time again.  It turned a light-hearted movie into an arduous task:

"For anyone who wants to check all of this, I really don’t suggest watching Groundhog Day in this manner. It’s not the best way to enjoy what is essentially a light-hearted comedy whose metaphysical concerns are supposed to be enjoyed in fun, and not worked out mathematically. Normal people should be happy to just watch, and accept that Phil Connors is stuck repeating his one day endlessly over and over until he finds himself- but then, I don’t think I’m normal."

After taking into consideration scene changes, lines of dialogue, and skills that Phil had taught himself over the course of the movie, Simon had determined that Phil Connors had actually been stuck in a perpetual day of repetition for 12,403 days.  Taking into consideration for leap years, and you have 33 years, 358 days.

In a way, knowing that doesn't make the movie funny anymore.

As I was finishing this post, this song popped up on my Pandora.  Ha ha ha.....

Today's New Releases On The Pirate Bay

The last week or so has been crap for downloading.  Mostly straight-to-DVD or made-for-TV movies.  Honestly, if they were worth your time to download, you would have already recorded it on your DVR.

Looks like a better HD copy of Ender's Game is available this morning, as well as the DVD copies of The Counselor and Free Birds.  The Counselor received horrible reviews.  Many critics put it on their Worst of 2013 list.  But, it's from the writer of No Country for Old Men, directed by Ridley Scott, and has a pretty great cast.  Might be worth your time.

Now, Free Birds on the other hand.....

New Releases On The Pirate Bay

CATCHING FIRE!!  CATCHING FIRE!!!!  HOLY SHIT!!  CATCHING FIRE!!!

Today's New Releases On The Pirate Bay

With the exception of 'Nebraska' and 'Philomena', all Best Picture Oscar nominees have been leaked online.  I'm sure that they'll be available within the next couple of days.  In the meantime, it appears that the screener for 'Inside Llewyn Davis' has popped up, as well as the made-for-TV DVD of 'Bonnie & Clyde' that originally aired on The History Channel.  It's worth checking out.  Has a 6.4 rating on IMDB.  I'm sure it pales to the original, but can't be all that bad.

From what I can tell, it looks like an HD copy of 'Ender's Game' is now up to download, but it has hardcoded Korean subtitles.  If you're desperate to see it, it's worth trying.  Otherwise, you may just want to wait a couple of weeks, and the Blu-Ray copy will be available.

Today's New Releases On The Pirate Bay

'Instructions Not Included' and 'Metallica Through the Never'.....

Nothing too spectacular.

Today's New Releases On The Pirate Bay.

There are a shitload of Hindi movies that have been uploaded this morning.  If that's your thing, knock yourself out.

Otherwise, there are a couple of movies that I haven't heard of, but look pretty decent. One is 'Cold Comes the Night'.  It's a thriller starring Bryan Cranston as a Russian mob boss or killer.  It has some potential.  Getting a pretty strong review on IMDB.

You also have a comedy called 'In a World', about a female voice over actress trying to get work recording movie trailers.  Looks pretty funny.  Has a number of comedians in it that you don't know the name of, but you see a lot of on television.  It's worth a shot.

I imagine the Thor sequel should become available in the next few days.  Fingers crossed.

Today's New Releases On The Pirate Bay

Hello everyone.

Today, it looks like we have the DVD screener for 'The Book Thief', along with the DVDs of 'Last Vegas' and 'The Fifth Estate'.  There are also Hi-Def copies of 'Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2' and (supposedly) a 720p copy of 'Frozen' available, as well.  No complaints here.

Today's New Releases On The Pirate Bay

It's a great day to be a pirate!

Overnight, the DVD screeners for 'The Wolf of Wall Street' and 'her' became available.  These two movies are at the top of every critics list of the best movies of 2013, and both fall within the top 25 of IMDB's highest rated movies of all time.

The Sylvester Stallone/Robert De Niro comedy 'Grudge Match' is also available to download.  It's listed as an "HD rip", and seems to have hard-coded Chinese subtitles.  It seems to be getting some decent reviews, so take that as you may.

Also, within the last half hour or so, 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty' DVD screener has popped up on the site.  There aren't very many seeders yet, so you may want to wait on downloading this one for a few hours.  Otherwise, it will probably take you all day to download.

Leave a comment, and let me know how the video quality is.

Today's New Releases On The Pirate Bay

A couple of noteworthy movies have been uploaded overnight.

First, are the awards screeners for 'Frozen' and 'August: Osage County'.  'August: Osage County' is on this year's short list for Best Picture nominees, with Meryl Streep likely to get another Best Actress nomination.  And, everyone that has seen 'Frozen' is acting like it's the greatest thing Disney has ever put out.  I haven't had a chance to see either, yet.

Typically with DVD screeners, the video quality isn't going to be hi-def. Many times, you'll see a watermark from the studio on the screen.  And, a copy in 720p or 1080p won't be available for some time.  But, it's a nice option if you've really been wanting to see a film.

Also released overnight were "HD Rips" of 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2' and 'Escape Plan'.  "HD Rips" generally aren't HD quality.  More often than not, they're pay-per-view rips from the Internet.  Lately, a lot of them have either Chinese or Korean subtitles. I guess the Chinese get movies much sooner than those in the U.S.

Happy downloading.

New Daily (As Necessary) Post

January is the best time of year if you download movies.  Just within the last week, the DVD and Blu-ray copies of 'Carrie', 'The Spectacular Now', 'Bad Grandpa', 'Enough Said', 'You're Next', and 'About Time' have become available to download.  And, with awards season upon us, the screener copies of 'American Hustle', 'The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug', '12 Years a Slave', 'All is Lost', 'Lone Survivor', 'The Act of Killing', 'Blue Jasmine', and 'The Dallas Buyer's Club' have become available in recent days.

Starting today, I will be posting a daily article (or as need be) listing new releases on The Pirate Bay.  I haven't decided yet whether or not to link to the actual download.  It would probably be in my best interest if I didn't (for liability's sake). Most of the files that become available are for straight-to-DVD titles that most people wouldn't have interest in to begin with.  But, especially for the next two to three months, you can count on some great titles to become available.  For instance, 'Lone Survivor' currently has a 7.6 rating on IMDB.  It isn't scheduled for wide release until this Friday.  The DVD screener became available over the weekend.

Remember, only download from trusted sources.  If you are downloading from TPB, you can generally trust files uploaded by users with a green or purple skull and crossbones.  I've never had an issue with anything uploaded by TVTeam, Juggs, or Vify.  You are always at risk by downloading a file from someone you don't know.  But, there are users on the site that have built for themselves a reputation of consistently uploading safe files of good quality.  If in doubt, read the comments.  If there is anything fishy about it, whether it be of worse quality than what it's claiming or not what it says, other users will point it out quickly.

Blind Link Of The Day

Very NSFW.  But, I promise you, you won't regret it.  It's one of the most interesting things you will ever read.

Click here.