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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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NHL Stanley Cup Champions 2011 Announced on Blu-ray
Posted March 23, 2011 05:34 AM by Juan Calonge
Warner Home Video has announced NHL Stanley Cup Champions 2011 for Blu-ray release on July 19. This BD will feature highlights from the regular season, playoffs and the final series. On the same date, a two-disc pack including NHL Stanley Cup Champions 2011 and Chicago Blackhawks: NHL Stanley Cup 2010 Champions will also be released.
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Riddick Box Set Blu-ray Has Dark Fury - on DVD
Posted March 22, 2011 10:07 AM by Juan Calonge
Today is the release date of Riddick Collection. This three-disc box set includes Pitch Black: Unrated Director's Cut, The Chronicles of Riddick: Unrated Director's Cut and the Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury animated movie voiced by Vin Diesel. However, the latter has been proved to be DVD only.
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This Week on Blu-ray - March 22-28
Posted March 22, 2011 07:23 AM by Josh Dreuth
At the recent Golden Globes award show, host Ricky Gervais now famously took a few cheap shots at some high profile films, including The Tourist, which is out today on Blu-ray. Typically, putting Hollywood's top actor and actress in a film together should result in instant gold, which tells you just how bad the rest of the pieces must have been for it to earn a 20% rating on RottenTomatoes. As this weeks most popular title, the film does have its fans, but those thinking about a blind buy might want to think again.
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Waiting for Forever Blu-ray Announced
Posted March 22, 2011 05:31 AM by Juan Calonge
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has announced Waiting for Forever for Blu-ray release on May 3, just in time for Mother's Day. This romantic drama stars Tom Sturridge as a street performer with a lifelong affection for a beautiful young actress (Rachel Bilson). It had a limited theatrical release in February.
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Two More Westerns on Blu-ray Coming Up, Only at Walmart
Posted March 22, 2011 04:45 AM by Juan Calonge
According to information from Walmart, the retail giant will exclusively offer two movies from the western genre (one of them from the Aussie variety) on Blu-ray on May 24, both from the MGM/UA library: The Big Country (William Wyler, 1958), starring Gregory Peck, and Quigley Down Under (Simon Winder, 1990), starring Tom Selleck.
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Miramax Names Mitzi Reaugh SVP, Strategy and Business Development
Posted March 22, 2011 03:30 AM by Juan Calonge
Miramax yesterday announced that Mitzi Reaugh has been appointed Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, effective immediately. Reaugh will lead Miramax's business development efforts across the company, including digital initiatives, international opportunities and business extensions. She will report to Steve Schoch, Miramax's CFO.
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Green Lantern: Emerald Knights Blu-ray Announced
Posted March 22, 2011 02:59 AM by Juan Calonge
Warner Home Video has announced Green Lantern: Emerald Knights for Blu-ray release on June 7, on a BD/DVD combo pack. This anthology of six tales showing Hal Jordan and the Green Lanterns policing the galaxy a la "Gotham Knights" is timed to coincide with the theatrical release of the Green Lantern movie, starring Ryan Reynolds.
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Dementia 13, Poor Pretty Eddie Blu-ray Announced
Posted March 22, 2011 02:44 AM by Juan Calonge
Film Chest and Virgil Films & Entertainment have announced two deep-catalog movies for Blu-ray release on April 26: Dementia 13 and Poor Pretty Eddie. Both will be presented in BD/DVD combo packs, restored "from original 35mm elements." List price has been set at $15.99 for Dementia 13 and $19.99 for Poor Pretty Eddie.
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Undertow Blu-ray Announced
Posted March 21, 2011 12:49 PM by Juan Calonge
Wolfe Video has announced Undertow (Contracorriente) for Blu-ray release on June 1. This Spanish-language movie is an unusual ghost story about a married fisherman's struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover within his town's rigid traditions. Undertow played over 100 film festivals and won 39 awards, including Sundance's World Cinema Audience Award. It was Peru 's submission to the Academy Awards for best Foreign Film, but it didn't make the nominations short list.
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Drive Angry 2D and 3D Blu-ray Announced
Posted March 21, 2011 11:40 AM by Juan Calonge
Summit Entertainment has officially announced that on May 31 it will release Drive Angry on Blu-ray, in two editions, 2D and 3D. Thus, this is Summit's first release using the Blu-ray 3D specification. This action movie, starring Nicolas Cage and Amber Heard, was shot natively in 3D, not converted. Stereoscopy notwithstanding, the movie flopped, drawing only $10 million at the box office.
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Extended Lord of the Rings Blu-ray Officially Announced
Posted March 21, 2011 10:03 AM by Juan Calonge
Confirming earlier reports, Warner Home Video has officially announced the Blu-ray release of the extended version of The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy for June 28. This three-movie collection will be presented in a 15-disc set (6 BDs, 9 DVDs), packaged in multi-disc elite packaging inside a premium rigid slipcase, with an SRP of $119.98. Each movie will be split across two discs. Audio will be 6.1 DTS-HD Master Audio. The Fellowship of the Ring has been remastered from the original 2k digital files.
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No Strings Attached Blu-ray Announced
Posted March 21, 2011 09:23 AM by Juan Calonge
Paramount Home Entertainment has announced No Strings Attached for Blu-ray release on May 10, on a BD/DVD combo pack. Academy Award winner Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher star in this R-rated romantic comedy, directed by Ivan Reitman, that gives "a sharp and funny view of modern-day relationships," or more specifically, sex friends.
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Paramount Announces Western Blu-ray Wave, Including Once Upon a Time in the West
Posted March 21, 2011 04:53 AM by Juan Calonge
Paramount Home Entertainment has announced no fewer than four western movies from its late-60s and early-70s catalog for Blu-ray release on May 31, in time for Father's Day: Big Jake (George Sherman, 1971), A Man Called Horse (Elliot Silverstein, 1970), Once Upon a Time in the West (Sergio Leone, 1968) and Rio Lobo (Howard Hawks, 1970).
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The Mechanic Blu-ray Announced
Posted March 21, 2011 03:09 AM by Juan Calonge
Sony Pictures Home Entertainmenth has announced The Mechanic for Blu-ray release on May 17. This crime thriller, a remake of a 1972 movie of the same title, stars Jason Statham as an elite assassin whose next, self-imposed assignment is to eliminate those who killed his friend and mentor.
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Daydream Nation Blu-ray Announced
Posted March 21, 2011 02:58 AM by Juan Calonge
Anchor Bay Home Entertainment has announced Daydream Nation for Blu-ray release on May 17. This independent teenage movie, dubbed by Variety as "Juno reimagined by David Lynch or a funnier Donnie Darko," premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and will have a very limited theatrical release on May 6.
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Apocalypse Now Back to UK Cinemas Ahead of Blu-ray
Posted March 21, 2011 02:56 AM by Juan Calonge
Optimum Releasing has announced that it will release Francis Ford Coppola's acclaimed war movie Apocalypse Now in UK cinemas for a limited run of a week, starting May 27, featuring the director-approved restoration of the film. The Blu-ray will come out, in a three-disc collector's edition, on June 13.
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Two Flipside Blu-ray Titles from BFI in April
Posted March 21, 2011 02:54 AM by Juan Calonge
BFI Video has announced two more titles as part of its Flipside label, presenting two rare and little seen films that explore changing attitudes towards sex and gender equality in 1960s Britain: Lunch Hour (James Hill, 1962) and Joanna (Mike Sarne, 1968). Both will come out on April 25, in dual-format BD/DVD editions.
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Deal of the Week: Mel Brooks Collection $46.99
Posted March 20, 2011 05:37 AM by Juan Calonge
This week, Amazon is offering The Mel Brooks Collection, composed of Blazing Saddles, High Anxiety, History of the World: Part I, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Silent Movie, Spaceballs, To Be or Not to Be, Twelve Chairs and Young Frankenstein, for $46.99 (53% off MSRP, or a little over $5 per movie). The price tracker shows that this is the cheaper this nine-movie box set has been. This offer is valid through March 26.
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Confessions Blu-ray Announced in the UK
Posted March 19, 2011 07:23 AM by Juan Calonge
Third Window Films has announced that on April 25 it will release Confessions (Kokuhaku). Following the critical acclaim of his previous features, Kamikaze Girls and Memories of Matsuko, genre-busting auteur Tetsuya Nakashima now reins in his impulse to create surreal candy-colored worlds full of chaos and confusion and opts instead for an intense drama throbbing with dark emotions and powered by a savage central performance.
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The Tempest Blu-ray Announced
Posted March 18, 2011 04:09 PM by Juan Calonge
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has announced The Tempest for Blu-ray release on September. This modern retelling of William Shakespeare's last play is directed by Julie Taymor and stars Helen Mirren, Russell Brand and Alfred Molina. It premiered in Venice and received a limited theatrical release in December 2010.
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Rumor: Kubrick's The Killing Blu-ray Coming Up
Posted March 18, 2011 04:48 AM by Juan Calonge
The Criterion Collection's monthly newsletter includes an illustration hinting at an upcoming, unannounced title. This time it features a poodle running with a cloud of banknotes swirling around it. Film buffs have been quick to point out that it is a reference to the withering finale of Stanley Kubrick's The Killing, which would be hence slated for a Blu-ray release in the near future.
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Four Miramax Movies Coming up on Blu-ray
Posted March 18, 2011 03:06 AM by Juan Calonge
Early retailer information indicates that, on May 3, Echo Bridge Entertainment will release on Blu-ray four movies from the Miramax/Dimension catalog: The Crow: City of Angels, From Dusk Till Dawn, Halloween H2O and The Yards. No release details are available at the moment.
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Robot Chicken: Star Wars III Blu-ray Announced
Posted March 17, 2011 05:29 AM by Juan Calonge
Robot Chicken makes it to high-definition disc! Warner Home Video has announced Robot Chicken: Star Wars III for Blu-ray release on July 12. This title "brazenly combines" the satirical sensibilities of Seth Green and Matthew Senreich's stop-motion comedy (featured on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim) with the Star Wars universe – among them, its creator himself, George Lucas. It will carry a list price of $19.89.
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Criterion's Three Reasons Trailer: The Red Shoes
Posted March 17, 2011 03:18 AM by Juan Calonge
The Criterion Collection has created a new "Three Reasons" trailer, this time for a title already available: The Red Shoes, released by the studio in July 2010. This trailer expresses three reasons why, in Criterion's opinion, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's Technicolor tragic ode to dance and the performing arts is a must-see.
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Blu-ray Sales, March 7-13: Bambi Beats Jackass (Update)
Posted March 17, 2011 03:02 AM by Juan Calonge
For the second week, Bambi was the top-selling title on Blu-ray, according to data from Nielsen VideoScan for the week ended March 13. Jackass 3 movie got 40% of its total disc sales from Blu-ray and was the top-selling in overall packaged media, but only second for Blu-ray. The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season performed strongly, coming in at third place. Update: Blu-ray sales percentages added.
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Lord of the Rings Extended Blu-ray Details, Possible Street Date
Posted March 16, 2011 05:44 AM by Juan Calonge
The highly-anticipated Blu-ray release of the extended edition of The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy doesn't have an official announcement yet, but retailers are revealing further release details, including special features and number of discs. Also, according to Canadian retailer Futureshop, it will come out on June 28.
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Clips from The Switch Blu-ray
Posted March 16, 2011 05:03 AM by Juan Calonge
Lionsgate Home Entertainment has made available several clips from the Blu-ray release of the comedy The Switch, starring Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman, which streeted yesterday. They include a blooper reel, a deleted scene, an interview, and a clip of the film.
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The Doors Anniversary Blu-ray Announced in the UK
Posted March 16, 2011 05:00 AM by Juan Calonge
Optimum Home Entertainment has announced that it will release Oliver Stone's The Doors on a Blu-ray in the UK on April 18. The "newly restored" 20th Anniversary Blu-ray will include a new documentary titled Back to the Roots, featuring interviews with Kyle McLachlan and Oliver Stone, as well as Jim Morrison: A Poet in Paris.
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Hereafter Blu-ray to Benefit Japan Earthquake Relief
Posted March 16, 2011 03:09 AM by Juan Calonge
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group has announced that part of the proceeds from sales of the Blu-ray and DVD of Hereafter (which streeted yesterday) will go towards relief efforts in earthquake-stricken Japan. The amount of the donation has not been disclosed, but is reported to be in the vicinity of $1 million.
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This Week on Blu-ray - March 15-21
Posted March 15, 2011 07:06 PM by Josh Dreuth
Depending on who you ask, the sport of boxing is either on the brink of a spectacular comeback in popularity, or stuck in a downward spiral towards an era where mixed martial arts dominated the fighting scene. Regardless, one thing has remained constant through the recent turmoil – people love boxing themed films. Whether its Million Dollar Baby, Cinderella Man, or today's Blu-ray release of the Oscar-winning film The Fighter, people line up to watch the "sweet science".