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Dracula (1958) 4K Blu-ray
Posted September 2, 2026 09:18 PM by Webmaster
Warner Archive, in association with Hammer Films, is preparing 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray releases of Terence Fisher's Dracula (1958), starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling, and Carol Marsh. The releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on October 27.
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One Night Only Collector's Edition 4K Blu-ray
Posted September 1, 2026 10:18 PM by Webmaster
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has officially announced that it will release on 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray Will Gluck's romantic dramedy One Night Only (2026), starring Monica Barbaro, Callum Turner, Bobby Cannavale, Molly Ringwald, and LeVar Burton. The two releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on October 20.
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Gwendoline Limited Edition 4K Blu-ray
Posted August 31, 2026 09:16 PM by Webmaster
Severin Films has dated and detailed its upcoming Limited Edition 4K Blu-ray release of Just Jaeckin's Gwendoline (1984), starring Tawny Kitaen, Brent Huff, Zabou Breitman, Bernadette Lafont, and Jean Rougerie. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on November 24.
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This Week on Blu-ray: August 31-September 6
Posted August 31, 2026 08:24 AM by Sean Greenwood
For the week of August 31st, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release 28 Days Later on 4K UHD. New releases include the anime series Black Butler: Emerald Witch Arc (2025) from Crunchyroll and Dry Leaf from Cinema Guild. Catalog titles on Blu-ray include Ten Women in Black and The Magnificent Cuckold from Radiance Films, while catalog titles on 4K UHD include The Hot Spot from Radiance and Tekkonkinkreet from Shout Factory and GKIDS.
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Scream Factory and Shout Factory Announce November Releases
Posted August 31, 2026 06:08 AM by Webmaster
Scream Factory and Shout Factory have announced their November batch of releases. They are: The Chow Yun-Fat Collection Volume One, The Family Man (2000), Women in Prison Collection (1971-1985), and The Transformers: The Movie (1986).
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Live-Action Gantz Blu-ray
Posted May 11, 2011 10:44 PM by Webmaster
Warner Home Video is bringing Gantz, the successful live-action Japanese adaptation of Hiroya Oku's manga series, to Blu-ray on August 30th. Ranked #1 at the Japanese box office for four consecutive weeks, Gantz tells the action-packed tale of two teens who attempt to save a man from an oncoming train, only to wake up in a strange apartment dominated by a mysterious black sphere. Tasked with hunting down aliens, they're soon given advanced weaponry and returned to Earth.
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The Blues Brothers Blu-ray
Posted May 11, 2011 03:57 PM by Webmaster
Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced the Blu-ray release of director John Landis' The Blues Brothers. The 1980 comedy stars John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as rythym-n-blues brothers Jake and Elwood Blues, ordinary men charged with "a mission from God" to save an orphanage from foreclosure. The Blu-ray edition will arrive on July 26th, includes both theatrical and extended versions of the film, and offers a number of special features.
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National Lampoon's Animal House Blu-ray
Posted May 11, 2011 03:57 PM by Webmaster
Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced the Blu-ray release of National Lampoon's Animal House for July 26th. John Landis' classic comedy pits a college fraternity of troublemakers against a cantankerous dean, and stars John Belushi, Tim Matheson, John Vernon, Verna Bloom, Thomas Hulce, Karen Allen and Donald Sutherland. The Blu-ray edition is set to include several extras, among them an original documentary and a mockumentary featuring the original cast.
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Supernatural: The Anime Series Blu-ray Details and Trailer
Posted May 11, 2011 03:54 PM by Webmaster
Warner Home Video has unveiled additional details and an exclusive new trailer for the upcoming Blu-ray release of Supernatural: The Anime Series. Produced by Madhouse Studios and directed by Shigeyuki Miya and Atsuko Ishizuka, Supernatural's first foray into anime features 22 episodes, the participation of series stars Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles, and a nasty stable of things that go bump in the night. The 2-disc Blu-ray release is scheduled to arrive on July 26th.
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Pink Floyd Blu-ray Coming Up
Posted May 11, 2011 03:16 PM by Webmaster
Legendary band Pink Floyd has recently signed an agreement with EMI Music which will allow the development and production of multi-platform packages on a variety of different formats, including Blu-ray, containing material which the band has recorded during the years. According to an official announcement released by EMI Muisic, "The releases, under the banner Why Pink Floyd…?, are designed to appeal to a wide cross section of their fans, with music to excite first time listeners, while super-deluxe box sets will cater to dedicated fans, allowing them to immerse themselves in multi-disc sets, containing alternate takes, unreleased tracks, restored live concert screen films and a live recording of the legendary 'The Dark Side Of The Moon' performance at Wembley in 1974."
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Spy Kids, Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams and Spy Kids 3: Game Over Announced
Posted May 11, 2011 01:25 PM by Webmaster
Just in time for the new theatrical film Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World releasing in 3-D nationwide on August 19, 2011, Lionsgate will debut the three Miramax films that started it all on Blu-ray Disc - Spy Kids, Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams and Spy Kids 3: Game Over - on August 2.
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Special Prices on Alien Series Blu-rays at Amazon (Expired)
Posted May 11, 2011 11:25 AM by Josh Katz
For a limited time, the individual Blu-ray releases of Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment's Alien series are available for $14.99 each. Titles include Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, and Alien: Resurrection; fans of the Alien Vs. Predator movies need look elsewhere as this promotion does not cover the two films in that series.
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Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe Blu-ray Detailed
Posted May 11, 2011 08:41 AM by Webmaster
Fox Home Entertainment has detailed the Blu-ray release of Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe, a feature-length adventure that follows Sam Axe (Bruce Campbell) into the jungles of South America on his final mission as a Navy Seal. The Blu-ray edition, due on July 26th, will include an extended cut of the movie and a number of special features.
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Brighton Rock Blu-ray Announced
Posted May 11, 2011 08:04 AM by Sean Greenwood
Optimum Home Entertainment have announced the release of Rowan Joffe's Brighton Rock (2010) in the UK on June 20th. Based on the classic novel by Graham Greene, the film, set in 1964, tells the story of Pinkie, a young man armed with a razor blade and a death wish.
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Hell's Kitchen: Season 5 Uncut: Raw and Uncensored Blu-ray
Posted May 11, 2011 07:55 AM by Webmaster
First Look Studios has revealed details about the uncut, uncensored Blu-ray release of Hell's Kitchen: Season 5. The first season of Hell's Kitchen shot in HD, the television series' fifth US outing finds chef Gordon Ramsey at his fiercest as he tries to choose a chef worthy of a $250,000 prize and a job as a sous chef at the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa in Atlantic City. Season 5 will be spread across four Blu-ray discs and will arrive on August 2nd.
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Sony Pictures Catalog Titles Sale, From $5.99 (Updated)
Posted May 11, 2011 05:00 AM by Webmaster
Online retailer Amazon is currently running yet another sale on various Sony Pictures catalog titles priced at $5.99 and $6.99. The sale includes films by Alan J. Pakula, Luc Besson, Justin Chadwick, John Boorman, Doug Liman, Renny Harlin, and Steven Zaillian among others. Amazon has not specified how long the sale will last.
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Cold Fish Heading to Blu-ray
Posted May 10, 2011 11:44 PM by Webmaster
Independent British distributors Third Window Films have revealed that they are preparing a Blu-ray release of Shion Sono's black comedy Cold Fish (2010), which is loosely based on the true story of one of Japan's most prolific serial killers. Last year, the film was screened at a number of film festivals, including the Venice Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival. Street date is June 27th.
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Vote for Upcoming Blu-ray Deal of the Day at Amazon
Posted May 10, 2011 11:21 PM by Webmaster
Online retailer Amazon.com is holding a poll for an upcoming Blu-ray Deal of the Day, to be part of its next "High-Def Week" (from June 13-17). The poll currently offers three box set choices: The National Parks: America's Best Idea, the Star Trek: Original Motion Picture Collection, and the Toy Story Trilogy.
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High Blu-ray Announced
Posted May 10, 2011 08:45 PM by Sean Greenwood
Universal Studios Home Entertainment has revealed that it plans to bring Amy Heckerling's Fast Times at Ridgemont High to Blu-ray on August 9th. The film was previously released on the now defunct HD DVD format in 2008, and is part of a series of catalog titles that the studio was rumored to be preparing for the HD format switch.
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Dazed and Confused Blu-ray Announced
Posted May 10, 2011 08:30 PM by Sean Greenwood
Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused for a planned release on August 9th. The film was previously released on the now defunct HD DVD format in 2008, and is part of a series of catalog titles that the studio was rumored to be preparing for the HD format switch.
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The Straight Line Blu-ray Coming Up
Posted May 10, 2011 06:57 PM by Webmaster
French distributors Gaumont have revealed that they will release on Blu-ray acclaimed director Régis Wargnier's La ligne droite a.k.a The Straight Line (2011), starring Rachida Brakni (Chaos, Secret Defense) and Cyril Descours (Paris, Je T'Aime, French for Beginners). The film offers a fascinating look into the world of legally blind professional runners. Street date is July 5.
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Marvel Knights Animation Exclusively at Best Buy
Posted May 10, 2011 06:12 PM by Webmaster
On June 14th, independent distributors Shout Factory will release on Blu-ray two Marvel Knights Animation Super Hero adventures: Spider-Woman: Agent of S.W.O.R.D and IRON MAN: Extremis. This Blu-ray release will be sold exclusively at Best Buy and BestBuy.com.
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This Week on Blu-ray - May 10-16
Posted May 10, 2011 09:20 AM by Josh Dreuth
The formula for the classic romantic comedy consists of a few scenes that tell a heart felt story of love lost and then won again, intercut with hilarious circumstances that heighten the overall romance. For today's Blu-ray release of No Strings Attached that producers would remove the romance from the romantic comedy and replace with lust.
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Exclusive Giveaway: The Rite
Posted May 10, 2011 02:40 AM by Webmaster
Blu-ray.com, in conjunction with Warner Home Video, is giving three Blu-ray.com members an opportunity to win a Blu-ray copy of director Mikael Håfström's The Rite, starring Anthony Hopkins (Silence of the Lambs), Colin O'Donoghue (The Tudors) and Alice Braga (Predators). The contest is open to all members of Blu-ray.com (membership is free).
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Weekend Box Office: "Thor" Proves Himself Mighty
Posted May 9, 2011 11:36 PM by Drew Taylor
After a spectacular opening overseas, the Paramount/Marvel/Disney juggernaut Thor, a trippy mixture of Norse mythology and comic book bombast, was unleashed on North American audiences and did well. Although, it should be said, the haul wasn't probably as godly as the powers-that-be wanted it to be.
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Disney Details Fox and the Hound 2-Movie Collection
Posted May 9, 2011 11:30 PM by Webmaster
Walt Disney Home Entertainment has detailed the upcoming release of The Fox and the Hound and The Fox and the Hound 2, due on August 9th. The 3-disc Combo Pack will include a single BD-50 disc housing both films, a standard DVD copy of the original classic and a seperate standard DVD copy of its direct-to-video sequel. The set's supplemental package will also offer featurettes, sing-a-longs, music videos and more.
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Breakfast at Tiffany's Blu-ray Coming Up
Posted May 9, 2011 06:17 PM by Webmaster
In an early announcement to retailers, Paramount Home Entertainment have revealed that they will release Blake Edwards' Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), starring Audrey Hepburn (Charade, My Fair Lady), George Peppard (How the West Was Won, The Blue Max), and Patricia Neal (The Day the Earth Stood Still, A Face in the Crowd). According to retail giant Walmart, Breakfast at Tiffany's will arrive on Blu-ray on August 23.
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Apocalypse Now Detailed
Posted May 9, 2011 05:14 PM by Webmaster
British distributors Optimum Home Entertainment have detailed the upcoming 3-Disc Full Disclosure Edition of Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now. The release will include Apocalypse Now and Apocalypse Now Redux with more than nine hours of bonus material including new interviews with on-screen and behind-the-scenes talent, as well as the acclaimed making-of feature documentary Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse.
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UK Distributor Trinity Films Launches New Label
Posted May 9, 2011 04:26 PM by Webmaster
Independent British distributors Trinity Films announced today the creation of their new label Trinity X, which launches with the UK release of Simon Rumley's acclaimed psycho-sexual chiller Red White & Blue (SDVD only), starring Noah Taylor, Amanda Fuller and Marc Senter.
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Radley Metzger Box Set Announced
Posted May 9, 2011 03:55 PM by Sean Greenwood
Independent distributors Cult Epics have announced that they will release a box set of three films from director Radley Metzger on August 30th. Radley Metzger's Erotica Psychedelica is set to contain Camille 2000, The Lickerish Quartet and Score.
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BFI to re-issue Salò in a Dual Format Edition
Posted May 9, 2011 03:44 PM by Webmaster
The BFI has announced that its best-selling title Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom, previously released in separate Blu-ray and DVD formats, will be released in a Dual Format Edition (DVD and Blu-ray discs in one box) on 23 May. The new DFE release will be a three-disc set containing one Blu-ray and two DVD discs.
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Heaven & Hell: Radio City Music Hall Live Detailed
Posted May 9, 2011 03:33 PM by Webmaster
It had been 15 years since the legendary lineup of vocalist extraordinaire Ronnie James Dio, guitar hero Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Vinny Appice played on a stage together as Heaven & Hell. Their celebratory return took place March 30, 2007 on one of the greatest stages in the world: New York's City's Radio City Music Hall.
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Armed and Dangerous & Hush Blu-rays
Posted May 9, 2011 03:28 PM by Webmaster
Image Entertainment is bringing two catalog titles to the market on August 17th: Armed and Dangerous, the fan-favorite action-comedy from screenwriter Harold Ramis starring the late John Candy, Eugene Levy and Meg Ryan, and Hush, the 1998 thriller from director Jonathan Darby starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Jessica Lange. Amazon has priced both releases at $12.49.
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Lincoln Lawyer Blu-ray
Posted May 9, 2011 01:19 PM by Webmaster
Lionsgate will release The Lincoln Lawyer on July 12th in a Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy combo pack. Based on the bestselling novel by Michael Connelly, the crime thriller follows a charismatic attorney (Matthew McConaughey) who operates out of the back of his Lincoln Continental. The film also stars Marisa Tomei, William H. Macy, Ryan Phillippe, Josh Lucas and Bryan Cranston.
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Rango Blu-ray
Posted May 9, 2011 12:23 PM by Webmaster
Paramount Home Entertainment has announced the Blu-ray release of Rango, the Industrial Light & Magic computer-animated film from director Gore Verbinski (The Pirates of the Caribbean) that earned more than $230 million at the worldwide box office earlier this year. Johnny Depp voices Rango, a chameleon who dreams of being a fearless hero and gets the opportunity to do just that when he inadvertently becomes the sheriff of a lawless desert town in the Wild West. Rango is set to arrive on July 12th with a number of special features (including both the theatrical and extended cuts of the film) via a Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy combo pack.