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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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Madagascar BBC Documentary Announced on Blu-ray
Posted February 23, 2011 05:05 AM by Juan Calonge
BBC Video, in conjunction with Warner Home Video, has announced Madagascar for Blu-ray release on June 7. This nature documentary, narrated by Sir David Attenborough (not to be mistaken with the animated movies) profiles the variety of different species that live on the island of Madagascar.
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Somewhere Blu-ray Announced
Posted February 23, 2011 04:55 AM by Juan Calonge
Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced Somewhere for Blu-ray release on April 19. This independent drama, directed by Sofia Coppola and starring Stephen Dorff and Elle Fanning, won the Golden Lion at the 2010 Venice Film Festival. It grossed $1.7 million at the box office.
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Supernatural Season 2 Blu-ray Announced
Posted February 23, 2011 04:44 AM by Juan Calonge
Warner Home Video has announced Supernatural: The Complete Second Season for Blu-ray release on June 14. This was the only season of this TV series still without a BD release (Season One had been released in June 2010). The Blu-ray edition of this season set will feature a new exclusive feature: an interactive road map complete with new interviews and insights into the show.
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Ultimate Blu-ray Editions for Harry Potter 5 & 6
Posted February 23, 2011 04:36 AM by Juan Calonge
Warner Home Video has announced Ultimate Editions for the fifth and sixth installments of the Harry Potter saga: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, with a street date of June 14. These two releases will include parts 5 and 6 of the extended documentary Creating the World of Harry Potter, titled respectively Evolution and Magical Effects.
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Buy Megamind and Another Blu-ray at Amazon, Get $10 Gift Card
Posted February 22, 2011 06:09 AM by Juan Calonge
For a limited time, if you order the Megamind Blu-ray/DVD combo along with a qualifying BD from Dreamworks Animation and Paramount, you can receive a $10 gift card free of charge. Add the three items to your cart and the discount will be reflected at checkout. This promotion expires on February 25.
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Muay Thai Giant Blu-ray Announced
Posted February 22, 2011 05:50 AM by Juan Calonge
Magnolia Home Entertainment has announced Muay Thai Giant (Somtum) for Blu-ray release on April 26. This action comedy from Thailand centers around a gentle 7-foot-tall man who, whenever he eats spicy somtum, has a physical reaction that sends him into a martial-arts frenzy.
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Chawz Blu-ray Announced
Posted February 22, 2011 05:38 AM by Juan Calonge
Magnolia Home Entertainment has announced Chawz for Blu-ray release on April 26. This Korean horror/comedy monster movie centers around a giant, vicious boar terrorizing an idyllic countryside. The BD will feature both the original audio and an English dub track.
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This Week on Blu-ray - February 22-28
Posted February 21, 2011 10:37 AM by Josh Dreuth
Yes, Due Date is directed by Todd Philips, the same guy who directed the laughfest that is The Hangover. And yes, it stars Zach Galifianakis, who also starred in The Hangover - but that is where the similarities end. Much as Apatow's Funny People turned off as many fans as it created, today's Blu-ray release of Due Date will likely have the same effect – fan's looking for The Hangover 2 are advised to wait a few more months, but those open to a new comedy experience will sure to be entertained.
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Ip Man 2 Announced on Blu-ray
Posted February 21, 2011 05:19 AM by Juan Calonge
Well Go USA has announced Ip Man 2 for Blu-ray release on April 19, in a single-disc standard edition and a 2-disc special edition. In this martial arts movie, Hong Kong film star Donnie Yen reprises his role as Ip Man in this semi-autobiographical sequel following the adventures of the grandmaster of Wing Chun.
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Blu-ray Deal of the Week: Dr. Who Complete Specials $25.99
Posted February 21, 2011 04:58 AM by Juan Calonge
This week, Amazon is offering Doctor Who: The Complete Specials for $25.99 (57% off MSRP). The price tracker shows that is the lowest that this five-disc set has been since its release a year ago. This offer is valid through February 25.
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Panasonic: Studios Offer Us the Exclusive 3D Blu-ray Deals
Posted February 18, 2011 11:08 AM by Juan Calonge
Speaking to UK home cinema magazine Home Cinema Choice, Masayuki Kozuka, head of R&D for Panasonic's Media and Content Alliance, revealed that Panasonic didn't go to studios asking for titles to bundle exclusively with their 3D TVs, but rather the other way round. "Studios come to us and ask if we want to take exclusive deals," said Kozuka, who added that the Avatar 3D Blu-ray was a "one-off" and that Panasonic isn't looking for more exclusive bundles.
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Cars Spin-off Planes on Blu-ray in 2013
Posted February 18, 2011 06:21 AM by Juan Calonge
Walt Disney Studios has announced Planes, a full-length CG animated comedy action adventure movie set high above the world of Cars. This direct-to-video movie (produced by DisneyToon Studios, not Pixar) centers around Dusty, a small town dreamer who longs to enter the most epic around-the-world air race despite his fear of heights. It will arrive on Blu-ray in spring 2013.
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Casablanca, Lethal Weapon Blu-ray to Be Pulled from Shelves
Posted February 18, 2011 04:27 AM by Juan Calonge
Warner Home Video has announced a moratorium initiative starting March 28 for Casablanca and all four films in the Lethal Weapon series (of which only Lethal Weapon and Lethal Weapon 2 have been released on Blu-ray in the US). They will be re-released in 2012 in special anniversary editions, which will include "stunning remasterings, spectacular Blu-ray debuts, new special features, Ultimate Collectors Editions and more."
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Kubrick Limited Collection Blu-ray Details Emerge
Posted February 18, 2011 04:04 AM by Juan Calonge
The Digital Bits has posted additional information regarding the upcoming Stanley Kubrick Limited Edition Collection, slated for Blu-ray release on May 31. The video transfers and AV specs for the titles already available (including A Clockwork Orange) will be exactly the same as for the existing BD releases. As for the new titles, they will both come with DTS-HD Master Audio tracks (mono for Lolita and 5.1 for Barry Lyndon).
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Echo Bridge Gets Slice of Miramax Blu-ray Catalog Pie
Posted February 18, 2011 03:23 AM by Juan Calonge
Echo Bridge Entertainment – the studio that brought you Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus – and Miramax have announced that they have entered into a domestic distribution deal, under which Echo Bridge will distribute 251 titles from the Miramax film library via DVD and Blu-ray to retailers around the country "utilizing Echo Bridge's unique merchandising and distribution techniques."
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Rush Moving Pictures Audio Blu-ray in April
Posted February 17, 2011 10:38 AM by Juan Calonge
The Rush multi-platinum classic album Moving Pictures is slated for Blu-ray release on April 5 on an audio BD/DVD set. It has been remixed into 5.1 audio by Canadian producer/engineer Richard Chycki, who had sat behind the mixing desk for Rush's Snakes & Arrows. Chycki has stated that his goal was "to pay serious homage to the production of the era."
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Borders Files for Chapter 11, Will Close 200 Stores
Posted February 17, 2011 08:14 AM by Juan Calonge
Yesterday, Borders Group Inc. filed for Chapter 11 protection and announced that it will close around 200 stores out of the 659 it currently has nationwide by the end of April. At the moment there is no information on liquidation sales. The company has received $505 million in financing for restructuring.
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Four Imax 3D Blu-ray Titles from Image in March
Posted February 17, 2011 04:04 AM by Juan Calonge
Image has announced four Imax 3D titles for Blu-ray release in March, three of them part of its agreement with Big Picture Digital Productions. On March 1, the studio will release Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia and The Ultimate Wave: Tahiti. Then, on March 29, two other titles will hit store shelves: Mummies: Secret of the Pharaohs and Ultimate G's: Zac s Flying Dream (starring an 11-year-old Michael Cera). List price is $24.98 for each. All of them are 2D compatible.
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Blu-ray Sales, Feb. 7-13: Paranormal Activity 2 Is #1
Posted February 17, 2011 03:04 AM by Juan Calonge
Paranormal Activity 2 was the top-selling title on Blu-ray during the week ended February 13, according to Nielsen VideoScan. Tyler Perry's For Colored Girls, which was #1 in packaged media overall, only managed fourth place in hidef. The title with the biggest BD percentage was Ong Bak 3: The Final Battle, with 41% of its total disc sales coming from the BD version.
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Lady and the Tramp, Fox and the Hound Blu-ray Coming Up
Posted February 16, 2011 03:13 PM by Juan Calonge
The upcoming Diamond Blu-ray edition of Bambi includes an insert offering new information regarding upcoming titles from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. After The Lion King in fall 2011, the next Diamond title will be Lady and the Tramp in spring 2012. The studio will also release The Fox and the Hound and The Fox and the Hound II as a non-Diamond double-feature BD in September 2011.
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Panasonic Launches Blu-ray Recorders with 3D in the UK
Posted February 16, 2011 08:17 AM by Juan Calonge
Panasonic announced the introduction of two new 3D compatible DIGA Blu-ray Disc recorders, models DMR-BWT800 and BWT700, available only in the UK. Both feature twin HD terrestrial tuners, which enable customers to record digital broadcasts in full-HD quality. They can convert 2D Blu-ray or 2D DVD into 3D images, as well as convert a normal 2D digital broadcast TV program into 3D in combination with a 3D TV and 3D glasses. Hard drive capacity is 500GB for the BWT800 and 250GB for the BWT700.
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Little Fockers Blu-ray Announced
Posted February 16, 2011 07:51 AM by Juan Calonge
Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced Little Fockers for Blu-ray release on April 5, in a BD/DVD/Digital Copy combo pack (BD and DVD in separate discs). This third entry of the Fockers series (after Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers) earned $147 million at the box office. The Blu-ray will provide access to a free movie via streaming video.
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The Cove, Rules of Attraction, Still Waiting Blu-ray Go Wide
Posted February 16, 2011 05:19 AM by Juan Calonge
Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced the general Blu-ray release of The Cove, The Rules of Attraction and Still Waiting... for April 5. These three titles had been released on February 1 exclusively at Best Buy.
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The Cincinnati Kid, Point Break Blu-ray Announced
Posted February 16, 2011 03:39 AM by Juan Calonge
Warner Home Video has announced two catalog titles for Blu-ray release on June 14: The Cincinnati Kid (Norman Jewison, 1965) and Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991). The latter had previously been released on Blu-ray by 20th Century Fox in 2008. That BD is now out of print.
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And Soon the Darkness UK Blu-ray Announced
Posted February 16, 2011 03:06 AM by Juan Calonge
Optimum Home Entertainment has announced And Soon the Darkness for Blu-ray release in the UK on March 7. This thriller, starring Amber Heard and Odette Yustman as two American girls who embark on an ill-fated bike tour through a remote part of Argentina's countryside, is a remake of a 1970 British movie of the same title, directed by Robert Fuest.
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Blu-ray Puts Image in the Black
Posted February 15, 2011 10:40 AM by Juan Calonge
In its results for the quarter ended December 31, Image Entertainment reported that sales of Blu-ray titles increased 85% to $5.7 million, compared to $3.1 million last year. Partly thanks to that, the studio reported net income of nearly $1.4 million compared to a loss of $2 million during the previous-year period.
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This Week on Blu-ray - February 15-21
Posted February 15, 2011 09:02 AM by Josh Dreuth
It is not uncommon for directors to have favorite actors, but it is a bit unique for a director to use the same lead actor three films in a row. Of course, that is exactly what director Tony Scott has pulled off with his favorite actor Denzel Washington for their most recent collaboration Unstoppable, which is out today on Blu-ray. For those who are fans of the duo, you'll be upset to hear that Scott's next film, Emma's War, doesn't appear to have a role with Denzel in mind.
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$5 Coupon for Rain Man Blu-ray
Posted February 15, 2011 05:30 AM by Juan Calonge
Coupons.com has a printable coupon good towards the purchase of the Rain Man Blu-ray, which streets today. To access it, go to the Coupons.com website, click on the "Entertainment" tab and the coupon will show up on the coupon display area, on the second page. You will need special coupon printing software installed.
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Third Narnia Movie Announced on Blu-ray in the UK
Posted February 15, 2011 05:23 AM by Juan Calonge
The UK branch of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has announced The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader for Blu-ray release on April 18, in a "Triple Play" BD/DVD/Digital Copy combo pack. Although it was shown theatrically in (converted) 3D, no 3D Blu-ray has been announced in the UK either.
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A Clockwork Orange Anniversary Edition Blu-ray, Kubrick Limited Collection
Posted February 15, 2011 04:32 AM by Juan Calonge
Warner Home Video has officially announced A Clockwork Orange: 40th Anniversary Edition for Blu-ray release on May 31, in a two-disc Digibook edition with new additional content. On the same date, the studio will also release the nine-movie, ten-disc Stanley Kubrick Limited Edition Collection, including Spartacus, Lolita (new to Blu-ray), Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon (new to Blu-ray), The Shining, Full Metal Jacket and Eyes Wide Shut.