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The Devils 4K Blu-ray
Posted November 10, 2026 07:54 PM by Webmaster
Warner Bros. Clockwork will release on a Collector's Edition combo pack of Ken Russell's The Devils (1971), starring Oliver Reed, Vanessa Redgrave, Dudley Sutton, Max Adrian, and Gemma Jones. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on April 20.
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Heart of the Beast 4K Blu-ray
Posted November 9, 2026 06:57 PM by Webmaster
Paramount Home Media Distribution will release a 4K Blu-ray/Blu-ray combo pack of David Ayer's Heart of the Beast (2026), starring Brad Pitt, J.K. Simmons, Uber, Anna Lambe, and Justin Melnick. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on January 26.
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Blu-ray Sales: October 25-31: Masters of the Universe Not Frightened by Frankenstein
Posted November 9, 2026 03:22 PM by Sean Greenwood
For the week that ended on October 31st, Alliance Entertainment's Masters of the Universe (2026) remained atop the Blu-ray-only, overall packaged media and 4K UHD charts in its second week, fending off the Criterion Collection's new release of Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein (2025), which took second place. Third place on all charts went to The Frighteners, which was released on remastered Blu-ray and 4K UHD by Arrow Video this week.
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This Week on Blu-ray: November 9-15
Posted November 8, 2026 07:48 PM by Sean Greenwood
For the week of November 9th, the Criterion Collection will release Blue Heron on Blu-ray, as well as Shoot the Piano Player and Marie Antoinette (2006) on Blu-ray and 4K UHD. Other new releases include The Apothecary Diaries: Season 2 from Crunchyroll, Call of the Night: Season 2 from Sentai Filmworks and Mad Bills to Pay from Oscilloscope Laboratories. Catalog titles include Blu-rays for Lock Up: Season 1, Volume 1 from ClassicFlix and Miranda from Cult Films, as well as 4K UHD releases for Planet of the Vampires from Radiance Films, Above the Law from Toy Robot Video, Four Rooms from Kino Lorber, Con Air from Walt Disney Home Entertainment, Memoirs of a Geisha from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, The Lovely Bones from Paramount Home Media Distribution and Paddington from Lionsgate Home Entertainment.
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The Big Combo 4K Blu-ray
Posted November 6, 2026 05:54 AM by Webmaster
Ignite Films will issue standard 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray editions of Joseph H. Lewis' classic film noir The Big Combo (1955), starring Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy, Jean Wallace, and Robert Middleton. The two releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on December 15.
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Resident Evil (2026) 4K Blu-ray
Posted November 3, 2026 06:31 PM by Webmaster
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release on 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray Zach Cregger's Resident Evil (2026), starring Austin Abrams, Zach Cherry, Kali Reis, Paul Walter Hauser, and Will Merrick. The two releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on December 29.
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Big Jake 55th Anniversary 4K Blu-ray
Posted November 3, 2026 06:30 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber have detailed their upcoming 4K Blu-ray release of George Sherman's Big Jake (1971), starring John Wayne, Richard Boone, Patrick Wayne, Christopher Mitchum, and Bruce Cabot. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on January 19th.
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El Dorado 4K Blu-ray
Posted November 2, 2026 08:31 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber have dated and detailed their upcoming 4K Blu-ray release of Howard Hawks' El Dorado (1966), starring John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Charlene Holt, and Paul Fix. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on January 26.
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St. Louis Cardinals Official 2011 World Series Film Blu-ray
Posted November 16, 2011 11:41 AM by Josh Katz
Next month, A&E Networks Home Entertainment will bring the St. Louis Cardinals Official 2011 World Series Film to Blu-ray. Actor Jon Hamm (Mad Men) narrates this retrospective documentary on the Cardinals' 2011 championship run against the Texas Rangers. Full of exclusive interviews and game highlights, the St. Louis Cardinals Official 2011 World Series Film streets on December 6th.
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Criterion Blu-ray in February: Marker, Gosha, Dunham, Fassbinder, Preminger, Malle
Posted November 15, 2011 04:45 PM by Josh Katz
The Criterion Collection has posted their full roster of Blu-ray releases for February 2012. Titles include Chris Marker's La Jetée & Sans Soleil, Hideo Gosha's Three Outlaw Samurai, Lena Dunham's Tiny Furniture, Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire, Otto Preminger's Anatomy of a Murder, and Louis Malle's Vanya on 42nd Street.
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Super 8 "Hide and Tweet" Contest
Posted November 15, 2011 01:38 PM by Josh Katz
In anticipation of Super 8's November 22nd street date, Paramount Home Entertainment has started a special "Hide and Tweet" contest. Using the film's @Super8Movie Twitter account and Super8Tweet.com, fans can locate advance copies of the film as well as special mystery prizes.
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Wings Blu-ray (Updated)
Posted November 15, 2011 12:52 PM by Webmaster
In an early announcement to retailers, Paramount Pictures has revealed that it will release on Blu-ray William A. Wellman's Wings (1927), starring Clara Bow, Richard Arlen, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, and Gary Cooper. Wings was the first film, and the only silent film, to win an Academy Award for Best Picture. Street date is January 24th.
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Image Entertainment Reports Increase in Revenues, Better Blu-ray Sales
Posted November 15, 2011 06:08 AM by Webmaster
Independent distributors Image Entertainment reported 12.7% increase of revenues for the second-quarter (ended Sept. 30). Disc (Blu-ray and DVD) revenues in particular increased 8.7% to $17.0 million, from $15.7 million. According to the company, gross profit margins were also up 22.1%, compared to 17.0% for the three months ended September 30, 2010, driven by strong sales of Blu-ray catalog product.
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Dead Heads Blu-ray
Posted November 14, 2011 04:40 PM by Webmaster
Independent British distributors G2 Pictures will release on Blu-ray Brett Pierce and Drew T. Pierce's horror comedy Dead Heads (2011), starring Michael McKiddy, Ross Kidder, Markus Taylor, and Thomas Galasso. Technical specs and special features for this release are unknown at the moment, but the release date set by the distributors is January 2.
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Resistance Blu-ray
Posted November 14, 2011 04:15 PM by Webmaster
Independent British distributors Metrodome Video will release on Blu-ray Amit Gupta's Resistance (2011), starring Andrea Riseborough, Tom Wlaschiha and Michael Sheen. Based on Welsh writer Owen Sheers' novel, the film offers an alternative look at WW2 in which the D-Day landings have failed and Germany has invaded Britain. Street date is March 19th.
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Rolling Thunder Blu-ray
Posted November 14, 2011 03:52 PM by Webmaster
The UK branch of Studio Canal (formerly Optimum Home Entertainment) has officially announced that it will release a Double Play edition of John Flynn's Rolling Thunder (1977), starring William Devane, Tommy Lee Jones, and Linda Haynes. The release will hit retail shelves on January 30th.
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This Week on Blu-ray: November 15-21
Posted November 14, 2011 03:21 PM by Josh Dreuth
If all gangs were as passive aggressive as the Sharks and the Jets, what a wonderful world this could be. While today's Blu-ray release of West Side Story is laughable in comparison to the violent reality of gang life today, it does represent one of the most memorable versions Romeo & Juliet ever created. As a winner of 10 Academy Awards – including Best Picture....
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Exclusive Giveaway: Mysterious Island
Posted November 14, 2011 02:44 PM by Jeffrey Kauffman
Blu-ray.com and Twilight Time are offering two Blu-ray.com members the opportunity to win a copy of Mysterious Island, the 1961 Cy Endfield film which featured spectacular special effects by the iconic Ray Harryhausen. Mysterious Island streeted on November 8 and is available exclusively at Screen Archives.
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Official Trailer for The Hunger Games
Posted November 14, 2011 01:45 PM by Josh Katz
Lionsgate has released the official trailer for The Hunger Games. Directed by Gary Ross (Seabiscuit), this adaptation of author Suzanne Collins' popular science-fiction novel focuses on the post-apocalyptic remnants of the United States as well as the Hunger Games, an event that pits young adults against one another in a fight to the death. The Hunger Games' U.S. release date is scheduled for March 23rd, 2012.
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Unforgiven: 20th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray
Posted November 14, 2011 10:04 AM by Josh Katz
Next year, Warner Home Entertainment will bring Unforgiven: 20th Anniversary Edition to Blu-ray. The winner of four Oscars, including Best Picture, actor/director Clint Eastwood's revisionist Western centers on a former outlaw (Eastwood, Gran Torino) returning to his murderous ways when he pursues the bounty set on a corrupt sheriff's (Gene Hackman, Superman: The Movie) hired hands. This 20th Anniversary Edition streets on February 21st, 2012.
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Fort Apache Blu-ray
Posted November 14, 2011 08:45 AM by Josh Katz
Next February, Warner Home Entertainment will release Fort Apache on Blu-ray. Directed by John Ford (The Searchers), this first entry in Ford's unofficial "Cavalry Trilogy" stars John Wayne (Rio Bravo) and Henry Fonda (Once Upon a Time in the West) as two cavalry officers at odds with one another over what they each perceive to be proper treatment of the Apache tribe. Fort Apache streets on February 21st, 2012.
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The Adventures of Milo and Otis Blu-ray
Posted November 14, 2011 08:20 AM by Josh Katz
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release The Adventures of Milo and Otis on Blu-ray in January. Narrated by Dudley Moore (Arthur), this beloved children's film follows a cat named Milo and a dog named Otis as they trek through the Japanese wilderness. The Adventures of Milo and Otis is expected to street on January 24th, 2012.
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Stripes Blu-ray
Posted November 14, 2011 08:08 AM by Josh Katz
Next year, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will bring Stripes to Blu-ray. The sophomore collaboration between actor Bill Murray (Lost in Translation) and director Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters) focuses on a slacker (Murray) who enlists in the military as a means of meeting women and finding direction - in that order. Previously available as a Best Buy exclusive, Stripes expands its release schedule on January 24th, 2012.
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Restless Blu-ray (Updated)
Posted November 14, 2011 08:04 AM by Webmaster
In an early announcement to retailers, Sony Pictures has revealed that it will release on Blu-ray acclaimed director Gus Van Sant's Restless (2011), starring Mia Wasikowska, Henry Hopper, and Ryo Kase. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year. Street date is January 24th.
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Gold Box Blu-ray Deal of the Day: Firefly (Expired)
Posted November 13, 2011 10:35 AM by Josh Katz
Amazon's Blu-ray Gold Box Deal of the Day affects Firefly: The Complete Series. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment's three-disc set collects all fourteen episodes from creator Joss Whedon's short-lived Western/sci-fi hybrid. Through today only, Amazon is offering the Blu-ray package for $18.99 (a 79% markdown from its SRP of $89.99).
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Amazon Blu-ray Deal of the Week: Braveheart/Gladiator Double Feature
Posted November 13, 2011 09:51 AM by Josh Katz
Amazon's Blu-ray Deal of the Week affects Paramount's Braveheart / Gladiator double-feature Blu-ray package. The collection bundles together both Mel Gibson and Ridley Scott's Academy Award-winning historical epics alongside a wide assortment of bonus supplements. Through November 19th, Amazon is offering the set for $13.99 (a 48% discount from its MSRP of $26.98).
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Ca$h Blu-ray
Posted November 12, 2011 09:11 PM by Webmaster
Independent UK distributors Metrodome Video will release on Blu-ray Eric Besnard's (In Gold We Trust) Ca$h (2008), starring Jean Reno (Leon: The Professional), Jean Dujardin (The Artist), Valeria Golino (Rain Man), and Alice Taglioni (The Valet). The preliminary release set by the distributors is February 6th.
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Drive Blu-ray (Updated)
Posted November 12, 2011 07:46 PM by Webmaster
In an early announcement to retailers, Sony Pictures has revealed that it will release on Blu-ray Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn's (Bronson, Valhalla Rising) Drive (2010), starring Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan. Earlier this year, the film, which was distributed theatrically in the U.S. by FilmDistrict Pictures, won Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival. Street date is January 31.
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Poetry UK Blu-ray Detailed
Posted November 12, 2011 07:09 PM by Webmaster
Independent British distributors Arrow Films have officially announced that they will release on Blu-ray Korean director Lee Chang-dong's Shi a.k.a Poetry (2010), starring Yun Jung-hee and Lee David. Last year, the film won Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival. Street date is November 28th.
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Academy Award Winners on Lionsgate Blu-rays (Updated)
Posted November 12, 2011 07:08 PM by Josh Katz
In an early retail announcement, Lionsgate Home Entertainment has revealed plans to release the following Miramax catalog titles on Blu-ray: The Piano, The English Patient, Shakespeare in Love, Frida, and Cold Mountain. The five highly acclaimed films are all Academy Award winners and are expected to to street on January 31st, 2012.
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Midsomer Murders: Set 19 Blu-ray
Posted November 12, 2011 09:23 AM by Josh Katz
Acorn Media will release Midsomer Murders: Set 19 on Blu-ray next February. The Blu-ray package of this popular television program stars John Nettles (Bergerac) and Jason Hughes (Killing Me Softly) as two detectives investigating the seedy underbelly of quaint Midsomer County. Midsomer Murders: Set 19 streets on February 28th, 2012.
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50/50 Blu-ray and $5 Promotion
Posted November 12, 2011 09:07 AM by Josh Katz
Next year, Summit Entertainment will bring 50/50 to Blu-ray. Director Jonathan Levine's dramedy focuses on a young man (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Inception) diagnosed with cancer. In addition, Amazon is offering a special $5 coupon to be used towards 50/50 pre-orders. 50/50 is expected to street on January 24th, 2012.
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Exclusive Giveaway: Super 8
Posted November 11, 2011 04:10 PM by Webmaster
Blu-ray.com and Paramount Home Entertainment are offering three Blu-ray.com members the opportunity to win a copy of Super 8, directed by J.J. Abrams and produced by Steven Spielberg. Super 8 arrives on Blu-ray on November 22nd.
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Disney's Lady and the Tramp Diamond Editions Available on February 7. Cinderella for Fall 2012
Posted November 11, 2011 02:36 PM by Webmaster
Diamond Editions of Disney's 1955 Lady and the Tramp are available now for pre-order on Amazon for February 7, 2012. Lady and the Tramp, Disney's first widescreen CinemaScope animated feature, is being released in a 3-disc Combo Pack Diamond Edition, a 2-disc Diamond Edition, and in DVD packaging, while the Diamond Edition of Cinderella (1950) has been announced for the Fall of 2012.
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Poirot: Series 1 & 2 Blu-rays
Posted November 10, 2011 07:48 PM by Josh Katz
Next year, Acorn Media will bring Series 1 and 2 of Poirot to Blu-ray. The popular television adaptation of Agatha Christie's mystery novels stars David Suchet (The Bank Job) as beloved Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot. These series sets present the program not just in HD, but in their original UK broadcast order. Poirot: Series 1 and Poirot: Series 2 street on January 31st, 2012.
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There Be Dragons Blu-ray
Posted November 10, 2011 06:22 PM by Webmaster
Independent British distributors G2 Pictures have revealed preliminary plans to release on Blu-ray director Roland Joffé's (The Killing Fields, The Mission) There Be Dragons (2011), starring Charlie Cox, Wes Bentley, Dougray Scott, Unax Ugalde, and Olga Kurylenko. The preliminary street date set by the distributors is February 6th.
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Official Trailer for Safe House
Posted November 10, 2011 06:12 PM by Josh Katz
Universal Pictures has released the official trailer for Safe House. Directed by Daniel Espinosa, the action-thriller stars Ryan Reynolds (Adventureland) as a rookie CIA agent forced to protect rogue operative Tobin Frost (Denzel Washington, Unstoppable) after gunmen threaten the security of Frost's CIA-mandated safe house. Safe House's U.S. release date is scheduled for February 10th, 2012.
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Swamp Water Blu-ray
Posted November 10, 2011 05:41 PM by Webmaster
Specialty label Twilight Time has revealed that it is planning to release on Blu-ray Jean Renoir's Swamp Time (1941), starring Walter Brennan, Walter Huston, Anne Baxter, and Dana Andrews. The exact technical specs and supplemental features to be included on this release are unknown at the moment, but the Blu-ray is expected to be available for purchase in February.