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Warner Archive Announces December Releases
Posted November 11, 2026 08:43 PM by Webmaster
Warner Archive has announced its December batch of releases. They are: Decoy (1946), The Informer (1935), Till the Clouds Roll By (1946), The Big Store (1941), Tea for Two (1950), Test Pilot (1938), Little Nellie Kelly (1940), The Abbott and Costello Cartoons: The Complete Collection (1967-1968), The Bounty Hunter (1954), and The Mask of Dimitrios (1944).
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Severin: Three New Russ Meyer Films Heading to 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray
Posted November 10, 2026 10:46 PM by Webmaster
Severin Films has revealed that it will release three newly restored Russ Meyer films on 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray. They are: Common Law Cabin (1967), and Cherry, Harry & Raquel! (1969), Blacksnake (1973). All three releases are scheduled to arrive on the market in late February 2027.
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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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United 93 Blu-ray (Updated)
Posted May 31, 2011 04:02 PM by Josh Katz
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has announced the Blu-ray release of Paul Greengrass' Academy Award-nominated United 93. A verite look at the 9/11 tragedy, told primarily through the perspective of the doomed United Flight 93 passengers, the film will street on September 6th, 2011. Universal has not released further information on the disc, so no word as to whether or not it will retain the same specs and features as the 2-disc DVD edition.
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Super Blu-ray
Posted May 31, 2011 03:43 PM by Josh Katz
From James Gunn (Slither) and IFC Films comes the Blu-ray release of Super, an ultraviolent satire of superhero culture starring Rainn Wilson ("The Office") as a loser who creates a superhero persona as a means of lashing out against his life's daily inequities. The film co-stars Kevin Bacon (Stir of Echoes) and Ellen Page (Juno) as Wilson's sidekick, "Boltie." Super streets on August 9th, 2011.
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Amazon Blu-ray Sale: Buy 2, Get a $5 Coupon
Posted May 31, 2011 01:32 PM by Josh Katz
Amazon.com has a special sale on Blu-rays from a variety of different studios. Choose any two titles from their list of sixty-six Blu-rays (including films from directors like Tim Burton, Sam Raimi, Sean Penn, George Romero, Robert Zemeckis, Tony Scott, the Coen Brothers, and Judd Apatow), and you will receive a $5 code for use towards your next Amazon DVD or Blu-ray purchase. Sale runs through June 20th.
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The Eagle Blu-ray
Posted May 31, 2011 08:20 AM by Josh Katz
Universal Studios Home Entertainment will release The Eagle on Blu-ray during Summer 2011. This swords-and-sandals epic, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland, State of Play), follows a Roman centurion and his slave as they embark on a treacherous quest to recover a military standard. The Eagle streets on June 21st.
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This Week on Blu-ray - May 31-June 6
Posted May 31, 2011 07:30 AM by Josh Dreuth
In preparation for the upcoming premiere of its fourth season, HBO is releasing True Blood: The Complete Third Season on Blu-ray today. The show, which is the most watch series on the premium channel since The Sopranos, continues to amass new viewers with every new season. For those fans looking to relive the previous season before the new shows begin, this is your chance to own the show.
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Midnight in Paris Blu-ray Coming Up
Posted May 31, 2011 01:51 AM by Webmaster
French distributors TF1 Video have revealed that they are preparing a Blu-ray release of Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris (2011), starring Owen Wilson (The Darjeeling Limited), Rachel McAdams (Sherlock Holmes), and Kurt Fuller (The Pursuit of Happyness). The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this month.
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Official Titles and Dates of Two Hobbit Movies Announced
Posted May 30, 2011 06:10 PM by Nayan Ashra
New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Pictures and MGM have announced the titles and dates of the two new Hobbit movies. The first movie "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" releases on December 14th 2012, while the second, "The Hobbit: There and Back Again" is out a year later on December 13th 2013.
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Selected Blue Underground Blu-rays on Sale at Amazon (Updated)
Posted May 29, 2011 02:09 PM by Josh Katz
Currently, Amazon.com is offering a number of Blu-rays from Blue Underground at discounted prices. The sale covers a wide range of genres under the Blue Underground label, and markdowns vary from title-to-title; the percent-off ranges between 20% and 52%, depending on the Blu-ray selected. No word on how long this sale will last, so act now.
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Amazon Blu-ray Deal of the Week: James Bond Blu-ray Collections, Vol. 1, 2, or 3 (Expired)
Posted May 29, 2011 07:40 AM by Josh Katz
Through June 4th, Amazon is selling Volumes 1, 2, and 3 of the James Bond Blu-ray boxsets for $24.99 each. This 64% reduction is not the lowest retail markdown for which Amazon has offered the three collections - their lowest price point was $24.49 - but it is markedly cheaper than the $45.99 price Amazon sold these sets for yesterday.
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Exclusive Giveaway: Sanctum
Posted May 28, 2011 11:24 PM by Webmaster
Blu-ray.com and Universal Studios Home Entertainment are offering ten lucky Blu-ray.com members the opportunity to win a copy of director Alister Grierson and producer James Cameron's Sanctum, starring Rhys Wakefield, Richard Roxburgh, Ioan Gruffudd, Alice Parkinson and Daniel Wyllie. The contest is open to all Blu-ray.com members (membership is free). Sanctum arrives in 2D and 3D on June 7th.
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Exclusive Giveaway: Eight June 7th MGM Titles
Posted May 27, 2011 11:28 PM by Webmaster
Blu-ray.com and MGM Home Entertainment are offering sixteen lucky Blu-ray.com members the opportunity to win their choice of one of eight June 7th MGM releases: Hair, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, The Long Riders, Vera Cruz, Original Sin, Death at a Funeral, New York, New York and Posse. Two copies of each film are up for grabs and there are sixteen prizes in all.
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Destroy All Monsters/Godzilla vs. Megalon Blu-rays Announced
Posted May 27, 2011 09:04 PM by Josh Katz
Media Blasters released news today of their upcoming Destroy All Monsters and Godzilla vs. Megalon Blu-rays. No further details are known about special features or what versions of the films will be included on the Blu-rays, and while the release date is still unknown for Godzilla vs. Megalon, Destroy All Monsters is rumored to arrive in October.
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Purple Noon and Arizona Dream Blu-rays in September
Posted May 27, 2011 05:34 PM by Webmaster
British distributors Optimum Home Entertainment have revealed that they will release on Blu-ray René Clément's Plein soleil a.k.a Purple Noon (1960) and Emir Kusturica's Arizona Dream (1993). We have also been able to confirm that both titles will appear via the Studio Canal Collection. Street date is September 5th.
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In a Glass Cage Blu-ray in the Works
Posted May 27, 2011 05:07 PM by Webmaster
Independent U.S. distributors Cult Epics have revealed that they are preparing a Blu-ray release of Agustí Villaronga's highly controversial Tras el cristal a.k.a In a Glass Cage (1987), starring Günter Meisner, David Sust, Marisa Paredes, and Gisèle Echevarría. The Blu-ray will be out in October.
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Hall Pass Blu-ray for the UK in July
Posted May 27, 2011 04:54 PM by Webmaster
One week. No Rules. From the directors of There's Something About Mary, Hall Pass arrives onto Blu-ray on Monday 4th July from Warner Home Video UK. Find out what happens when two men are granted one week of freedom to indulge in their wildest fantasies in this heartfelt and raucously funny film.
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The Silent House Blu-ray in August
Posted May 27, 2011 04:38 PM by Webmaster
Directed by Gustavo Hernández and based on a true story that is alleged to have happened in a small village in Uruguay in the 1940s, The Silent House is a remarkably refreshing journey into terror and unlike anything horror fans will have encountered before - so much so that it's already been snapped up by Hollywood for a remake.
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50% Off True Grit Blu-ray at Amazon.com (Expired)
Posted May 27, 2011 12:36 PM by Josh Katz
For a limited time, Amazon.com is offering the Blu-ray Combo Pack of Joel and Ethan Coen's True Grit for 54% off its $39.99 MSRP. Amazon's new pre-order price of $18.49 now almost matches Best Buy's $18.00 True Grit sale. No word on how long Amazon will maintain this reduced deal, so act soon before the price increases (Amazon previously sold the Blu-ray for $24.99).
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The Lion King Blu-ray: 2D, 3D, & Trilogy-pack, plus $8 Off Coupon (Updated)
Posted May 27, 2011 12:46 AM by Webmaster
3D Diamond Editions of Disney's The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast are available for pre-order on Amazon. The Lion King will come in a 2D Blu-ray Combo Pack Diamond Edition, a 4-disc 3D Diamond Edition, and an 8-disc trilogy edition that includes The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride and The Lion King 1½.
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A Little Bit of Heaven Blu-ray
Posted May 26, 2011 11:51 PM by Webmaster
Entertainment in Video are set to release Nicole Kassell's romantic comedy A Little Bit of Heaven (2011), starring Kate Hudson (Almost Famous), Gael García Bernal (Amores Perros), Peter Dinklage (Death at a Funeral), and Kathy Bates (Misery). Street date is June 27th.
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The Lincoln Lawyer Detailed
Posted May 26, 2011 11:33 PM by Webmaster
British distributors Entertainment in Video have announced that they will release on Blu-ray Brad Furman's The Lincoln Lawyer (2011), starring Matthew McConaughey (A Time to Kill), Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler), Ryan Phillippe (Cruel Intentions), and William H. Macy (The Cooler). Street date is July 25th.
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The Conquest Blu-ray in September
Posted May 26, 2011 11:06 PM by Webmaster
On September 20th, French distributors Gaumont will release Xavier Durringer's La conquête a.k.a. The Conquest (2011), starring Denis Podalydès (Une affaire d'état), Florence Pernel (Trois couleurs: Bleu), Bernard Le Coq (Caché), and Samuel Labarthe (Les égarés). Earlier this month, the film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
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The Ballad of Narayama Blu-ray in the Works
Posted May 26, 2011 10:39 PM by Webmaster
British distributors Eureka Entertainment have revealed that they are preparing a Dual Format Edition of acclaimed Japanese director Shôhei Imamura's The Ballad of Narayama (1983), starring Ken Ogata (Vengeance is Mine), Sumiko Sakamoto (The Pornographers), and Tonpei Hidari (Oar). The exact release date, special features, and region coding status for this release are yet to be determined.
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House M.D.: Season Seven Blu-ray
Posted May 26, 2011 05:55 PM by Josh Katz
From Universal Home Entertainment, all 23 episodes of "House M.D.: Season Seven" will make their Blu-ray debut on August 30th, 2011. Starring two-time Golden Globe-winner Hugh Laurie (Monsters Vs. Aliens), "House" follows Dr. Gregory House and his team at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital as they work to solve some of the medical community's toughest cases. This five-disc Blu-ray set contains over three hours of bonus features.
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Sony Ship 14.3m PS3s, 5.6m Blu-ray Players and Recorders
Posted May 26, 2011 05:24 AM by Nayan Ashra
Sony have posted the details of their financial year ending March 31st 2011 which shows they have missed their target for PS3s and Blu-ray players by 700,000 and 400,000 respectively. Sony as a whole lost $3.2 billion for the year due to a one off accounting charge of $4.4 billion.
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Blu-ray Sales, May 16 -22: The Mechanic is No. 1
Posted May 25, 2011 09:26 PM by Tony Sanchez
In its initial week of release The Mechanic bowed on top of the Blu-ray sales chart with a solid 47% of total package media sales coming from the HD format. Mechanic, a box office disappointment with a domestic total of just under $30 million, managed to displace four time Blu-ray weekly sales champ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 from the top sales spot .
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The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec Blu-ray
Posted May 25, 2011 04:57 PM by Webmaster
British distributors Optimum Home Entertainment will release on Blu-ray Luc Besson's The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010), starring Louise Bourgoin, Mathieu Amalric, Gilles Lellouche, and Jean-Paul Rouve. The film will be available in a Regular Edition and Limited Collectors Edition (Blu-ray/DVD). Street date is August 5.
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Angels of Evil Blu-ray in October
Posted May 25, 2011 04:37 PM by Webmaster
Independent distributors Artificial Eye will release on Blu-ray Michele Placido's Vallanzasca - Gli Angeli Del Male a.k.a Angels of Evil (2010), starring Kim Rossi Stuart, Moritz Bleibtreu, Paz Vega, and Filippo Timi. Street date is October 3.
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Dexter: The Fifth Season Blu-ray
Posted May 25, 2011 03:30 PM by Josh Katz
On August 16th, 2011, Paramount and Showtime Entertainment will release Dexter: The Fifth Season on Blu-ray. The fifth season finds its titular serial killer slayer (Michael C. Hall, Gamer) coping with the tragic ramifications of the Season 4 finale while adjusting to two new figures (Jonny Lee Miller, Trainspotting, and Julia Stiles, The Omen) who take on increased importance in his murderous doings.
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Prom and Bambi II $8 Off Coupons
Posted May 25, 2011 03:08 PM by Nayan Ashra
Amazon has a new promotion up with $8 off coupons when you pre-order Disney's Prom or Bambi II Blu-ray + DVD combo releases. Both titles are up for pre-order and are set to release this summer.
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Winter in Wartime Blu-ray
Posted May 25, 2011 03:00 PM by Josh Katz
The Dutch box office hit Winter in Wartime arrives on Blu-ray this summer. An adaptation of the popular novel, Winter in Wartime deals with a young man's coming-of-age during the end of World War II. Since its release in 2008, the film was the Netherlands' selection for Best Foreign Film at the 2009 Academy Awards. Its Blu-ray/DVD combo pack will street on July 26th, 2011.