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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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Step Up 3 Announced on Blu-ray and 3D Blu-ray
Posted October 26, 2010 03:14 AM by Juan Calonge
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has announced Step Up 3 for Blu-ray release on December 21. This third installment in the Step Up franchise, the first dance film shot entirely in 3D, centers on a pair of gritty street dance squads facing off in the World Jam, a high-stakes showdown that is the hip-hop Olympics. It will come out in a BD/DVD edition and a three-disc 2D BD/3D BD/DVD/Digital Copy.
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The A-Team Blu-ray Announced
Posted October 26, 2010 02:59 AM by Juan Calonge
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has announced The A-Team for Blu-ray release on December 14, in a BD/Digital Copy combo, featuring the theatrical cut and an exclusive "explosive extended cut." This movie adaptation of the 1980s TV series stars Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, Sharlto Copley and Jessica Biel.
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Lightning Deal: Children of the Corn/Hellraiser/Halloween Blu-ray $27.99 (Expired)
Posted October 25, 2010 01:05 PM by Juan Calonge
Amazon has an interesting BD-related "lightning deal" going on now: for a very limited time, you can buy the Classic Horror Bundle (comprised of <Children of the Corn, Hellraiser and Halloween) for only $27.99 (53% off MSRP). This offer expires today at 2 p.m. PDT, or when stock runs out. Update: deal expired.
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Robert Rodriguez’s Mexico Trilogy Coming Up on Blu-ray
Posted October 25, 2010 10:39 AM by Juan Calonge
An early announcement to retailers indicates that, on January 2011, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release the "Mexico Trilogy" directed by Robert Rodriguez, comprised of El Mariachi, Desperado and Once Upon a Time in Mexico. Somewhat confusingly, these three movies will reportedly be released neither individually nor as a trilogy box set: the first two will be released as a single-disc double feature on January 11, and the third will come out separately and a week earlier.
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The Year of Getting to Know Us Blu-ray Announced
Posted October 25, 2010 10:14 AM by Juan Calonge
E One Entertainment has announced The Year of Getting to Know Us for Blu-ray release on December 7. This independent drama, starring comedian Jimmy Fallon, Sharon Stone, Tom Arnold and Lucy Liu, premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, but failed to get a theatrical release.
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Michael Jackson’s This Is It on 3D-Enhanced Blu-ray
Posted October 25, 2010 04:46 AM by Juan Calonge
Michael Jackson's This is It has been re-released in an "Enhanced 3D Blu-ray" in France and the UK, exclusively for buyers of a Sony 3D TV or 3D Blu-ray player. It will include the 3D segments originally intended for the concert experience, including vignettes for "Thriller," "Smooth Criminal" and "Earth Song." However, as the songs are only partly in 3D, a signal will pop up on screen to indicate when viewers should put on or take off their 3D glasses.
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Ishtar Blu-ray Announced
Posted October 25, 2010 03:50 AM by Juan Calonge
Eat sand, Lawrence; back to your cab, Travis - Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced Ishtar for Blu-ray release on January 4, 2011. This 1987 comedy starring Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty went down in film history books as a very expensive critical and commercial failure. It had never even been released on DVD.
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Ticking Clock Blu-ray Announced
Posted October 25, 2010 03:33 AM by Juan Calonge
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced Ticking Clock for Blu-ray release on January 4, 2011. This action thriller stars Cuba Gooding, Jr. as an investigative crime reporter who must stop a brutal serial killer before time runs out. Like other recent thrillers from the studio (such as Unthinkable or The Experiment), it didn't get a theatrical release.
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Official FIFA World Cup Film in 3D Blu-ray Announced
Posted October 24, 2010 05:18 AM by Juan Calonge
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has officially announced The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Film in 3D for release on November 16. This 3D Blu-ray will offer the highlights of the 2010 football (aka soccer) World Cup, held in South Africa and won by Spain in a first for this country team. Video is presented in 720p AVC-MVC, with English and German DTS-HD Master Audio soundtracks. Runtime is a mere 64 minutes. Note that, unlike most other 3D BDs, this disc will only play in 3D. It is labeled as region ABC.
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Blu-ray Boxed Set of the Week: Zombie Bundle for $27.99
Posted October 24, 2010 04:51 AM by Juan Calonge
Amazon's current Blu-ray Boxed Set of the Week is for the Blu-ray Zombie Bundle, comprised of George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead, and Sam Raimi's Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn. This three-movie set can now be had for only $27.99 (53% off MSRP, or just over $9 per movie). This offer is valid through October 30.
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Alien Blu-ray Packaging Detailed
Posted October 22, 2010 04:01 PM by Juan Calonge
One of the hottest catalog titles of the Blu-ray arena this year, the four-movie Alien Anthology, is mere days away from hitting store shelves. Enthusiasts are eager to know what's in the box. Blu-ray.com is here to show you the pictures, thanks to staff reviewer Casey Broadwater.
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Blu-ray.com Interview: Blue Mountain State's Darin Brooks
Posted October 22, 2010 04:51 AM by Juan Calonge
Darin Brooks is a young actor gaining some notoriety for his starring role in the raucous Spike TV comedy Blue Mountain State. An Emmy winner for his role on Days of Our Lives, Darin took some time out of his busy schedule to sit down for an interview with Blu-ray.com staff reviewer Jeffrey Kauffman.
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DEG: $1 Billion in Blu-ray Sales in Q1-Q3, up 80% Year-on-year
Posted October 22, 2010 03:14 AM by Juan Calonge
According to figures released yesterday by DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group, consumer purchases of Blu-ray Disc software reached $1 billion by September 30. Sales increased 80% over the same period of 2009. Hardware sales also continued to climb, with over 3 million standalone BD players sold in the first nine months of the year- a YoY increase of 104%. This brings the total installed base of Blu-ray playback devices in the U.S. to 21.1 million units.
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Cameron: Avatar CE Blu-ray Is Last Version - Save for 3D
Posted October 21, 2010 06:27 AM by Juan Calonge
During a press day to promote Avatar: Extended Collector's Edition, James Cameron reassured fans wary of an Avatar triple dip by saying: "There's only one more play, maybe one, two years out, and that's 3D [Blu-ray]." No comment was given on the reported Panasonic-exclusive 3D BD release of the movie.
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Battle Royale Limited Edition Blu-ray Detailed
Posted October 21, 2010 04:39 AM by Juan Calonge
Arrow Video has officially announced and detailed the Blu-ray edition of Battle Royale, set for UK release on November 29. As previously reported, it will consist of three discs, with both the theatrical and the director's cut (both in 1080p). As previously reported, it will initially come out in limited-edition, numbered packaging with certificate and exclusive special features.
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Blu-ray Sales, October 11-17: Dragon Flies to the Top (Update)
Posted October 21, 2010 03:11 AM by Juan Calonge
How to Train Your Dragon was the top-selling title on Blu-ray during the week ended October 17, according to data from Nielsen VideoScan. The two top titles for the previous week (Beauty and the Beast and Iron Man 2) slipped to second and third place, respectively. Jonah Hex only made it to number 5. Update: sales charts and figures added.
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Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings Blu-ray Announced
Posted October 21, 2010 03:02 AM by Juan Calonge
Manga Home Entertainment has announced Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings, The Complete Series for Blu-ray release in the UK on November 8. This TV anime adaptation of the hit Capcom video game series is produced by Production I.G. and directed by Itsuro Kawasaki. It's released on a two-disc set featuring all 13 episodes of the show's first season.
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The Incredibles Blu-ray in Spring 2011
Posted October 20, 2010 03:16 PM by Juan Calonge
The upcoming Blu-ray edition of Toy Story 3 includes a flyer announcing that another Pixar production, The Incredibles, will be released on Blu-ray in the spring of 2011, in a BD/DVD/Digital Copy combo pack. The Toy Story 3 disc also features a trailer for The Incredibles. Other release details are still unknown.
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Ray Announced on BD
Posted October 20, 2010 07:50 AM by Juan Calonge
Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced Ray for Blu-ray release on February 1, 2011. This Ray Charles biopic won two Academy Awards in 2005, including Best Actor for Jamie Foxx. It had been released in 2006 in the defunct HD DVD format. The BD adds lossless audio and a new U-Control track.
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Cinram Expands Blu-ray Production in Germany
Posted October 20, 2010 06:46 AM by Juan Calonge
Cinram GmbH has announced the installation of a third Blu-ray replication line in its plant in Aachen, Germany. After this line is operational (which is expected for the end of October), production capacity will increase to 45,000 BDs per day. The replication line is manufactured by Singulus and involved an investment of about 1.5 million euros. It will be used to manufacture BDs for 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, among other clients.
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Mozart 3D Blu-ray from AIX Records
Posted October 20, 2010 05:33 AM by Juan Calonge
AIX Records has announced its next music album on 3D Blu-ray for late October, which will also be the world's first classical music release on 3D BD: Mozart: Clarinet Quintet, K.581 / Horn Quintet, K.407 / String Quartet, K.169, performed by The Old City String Quartet, winner of the Fischoff Chamber Music Prize Gold Medal for 2010. It can be preordered only from the AIX Records site.
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How the West Was Won Gets Non-Digibook, Single-disc Blu-ray
Posted October 20, 2010 03:55 AM by Juan Calonge
Warner Home Video has announced that, on January 4, 2011, it will re-release How the West Was Won on Blu-ray in standard packaging. This Cinerama-shot Western had been released in 2008, in a two-disc DigiBook edition. However, this re-release has only one disc and hence misses out on the alternate "SmileBox" presentation included in the DigiBook.
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Romance Blu-ray Wave from Fox in January
Posted October 19, 2010 01:20 PM by Juan Calonge
An early announcement to retailers indicates that 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment will release three romantic movies from its catalog on Blu-ray on January 4, 2011, in time for Valentine's Day: Ever After, starring Drew Barrymore and Dougray Scott; Hope Floats, starring Sandra Bullock and Harry Connick Jr.; and A Walk In The Clouds, starring Keanu Reeves and Aitana Sánchez-Gijón.
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Save $10 on Fantasia Movie Collection and Sorcerer's Apprentice Blu-ray (Update)
Posted October 19, 2010 11:37 AM by Juan Calonge
Best Buy and Amazon are offering a $10 discount if you preorder the Fantasia/Fantasia 2000 2 Movie Collection along with The Sorcerer's Apprentice (either the BD/DVD edition or the BD/DVD/Digital Copy combo pack). Items may ship separately; two titles per order. This offer is valid online only, and may not be used in combination with other offers.
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This Week on Blu-ray - October 19-25
Posted October 19, 2010 08:15 AM by Josh Dreuth
The original Predator is considered one of the best action films to come out during the 80's, and arguably one of the best Schwarzenegger films of all time. For the Predators reboot, the alien hunters have taken the humans away from their own planet, introducing them to a new battleground, and a new war. The Blu-ray release – which is out today – contains tons of exclusive bonus material as well as a digital copy to bring the battle to your mobile device.
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Merantau Blu-ray Announced
Posted October 19, 2010 04:17 AM by Juan Calonge
Magnolia Home Entertainment has announced the Indonesian martial arts film Merantau (also known as Merantau Warrior) for Blu-ray release on December 28. The title refers to a traditional rite of passage in which a young man must leave his family's home to make it on his own. The BD will include both the original Indonesian soundtrack and an English dub track.
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The Karate Kid 2010 Blu-ray Announced in the UK
Posted October 19, 2010 03:03 AM by Juan Calonge
The UK branch of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced The Karate Kid for Blu-ray release on November 15, in a "Double Play" BD/DVD Combi Pack. The action-packed, feel-good family film about how perseverance leads to triumph features rising star Jaden Smith, martial arts legend Jackie Chan and Academy Award nominee Taraji P. Henson.
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Salt Blu-ray Announced
Posted October 18, 2010 04:10 AM by Juan Calonge
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced Salt for Blu-ray release on December 21, in a Deluxe unrated edition. This spy/action thriller was initially penned with Tom Cruise in mind, but when the actor declined, it was rewritten to make Angelina Jolie the star. The bet paid off as Salt grossed nearly $118 million in theaters this summer. Three versions of the movie will be presented in the BD: theatrical, unrated and unrated extended.
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Cyrus Blu-ray Announced
Posted October 18, 2010 03:33 AM by Juan Calonge
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has announced Cyrus for Blu-ray release on December 14. When it opened in theaters, this independent R-rated comedy, starring John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill and Marisa Tomei, carried the provocative tagline, "Seriously, don't f*** his mom" - which for the benefit of the virgin eyes of Walmart shoppers, has now been bowdlerized to "Seriously, stay off his mom."
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Blu-ray Boxed Set of the Week: Ice Age Triple Pack $36.99
Posted October 17, 2010 05:19 AM by Juan Calonge
Amazon's current Blu-ray Boxed Set of the Week is for the three movie set Ice Age Triple Pack (comprised of Ice Age, Ice Age: The Meltdown and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs), which can now be had for only $36.99 (72% off MSRP, or just over $12 per movie). The price tracker shows that this is the lowest this compilation has been. This offer is valid through October 23.