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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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Piranha 3D Announced on 2D and 3D Blu-ray
Posted November 2, 2010 04:47 AM by Juan Calonge
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that, on January 11, 2011, it will release Piranha on Blu-ray, in two editions: a 2D Blu-ray and a 3D Blu-ray which also includes the 2D version but reportedly misses out on some special features. This Weinstein Company production, directed by Alexandre Aja, features "buckets of blood, gratuitous nudity and can't-miss cameos by Hollywood legends Richard Dreyfuss and Christopher Lloyd, plus horror maestro Eli Roth."
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Deal of the Day: Modern Family Season 1 Blu-ray $23.99
Posted November 2, 2010 04:23 AM by Juan Calonge
This Tuesday, Amazon has an interesting Blu-ray related deal of the day: up to midnight PST, you can order Modern Family: The Complete First Season for only $23.99 (60% off). The price history shows that this is the cheapest it has been. Note also that if you order Modern Family together with Glee: The Complete First Season, you will get an additional $10 off, for a total of $55.98 for both season sets.
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Blu-ray Honored with Emmy Award for Technology and Engineering
Posted November 1, 2010 12:41 PM by Juan Calonge
Panasonic Corporation, Royal Philips Electronics, Sony Corporation, and TDK Corporation will be honored with the 62nd annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Award during the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) for their contributions to the Blue Laser Optical Systems for Consumer Playback which was announced by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) on October 25. The development of the blue laser optical systems was fundamental for the distribution and recording of full HD content on optical discs at consumer-price levels.
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Desperado / El Mariachi, Once Upon a Time in Mexico Blu-ray Announced
Posted November 1, 2010 12:04 PM by Juan Calonge
Confirming earlier retailer information, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has officially announced the Blu-ray release of Desperado / El Mariachi (on a single-disc double feature edition) and Once Upon a Time in Mexico. Both have a final street date of January 4, 2011, with an MSRP of $19.95 each.
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Resident Evil: Afterlife Announced on Regular and 3D Blu-ray
Posted November 1, 2010 09:07 AM by Juan Calonge
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that, on December 28, it will release Resident Evil: Afterlife on Blu-ray, in two editions: a 2D Blu-ray and a 3D Blu-ray (which also includes the 2D version). Note that, unlike most other live-action 3D movies, the latest installment in the Resident Evil franchise was shot natively in 3D, using the same Cameron/Pace cameras used for Avatar.
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Consumer Reports Tests 3D TVs, Favors Plasmas
Posted November 1, 2010 07:34 AM by Juan Calonge
For its annual December electronics issue, Consumer Reports evaluated 14 3D TV models, in its first-ever ranking of 3D performance. Using exclusive 3D test patterns developed in-house, as well as 3D Blu-ray movies and recorded 3D sports broadcasts, the magazine's engineers found that plasma TVs are better at displaying 3D images than LCD sets, primarily because they exhibit less ghosting (technically termed "crosstalk"), or double images that appear even when wearing 3D glasses.
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Brits to Go into High-def Hibernation
Posted November 1, 2010 05:48 AM by Juan Calonge
As winter approaches, Britons increasingly shun going out in favor of nights at home with their top-end technology, according to new research by the British Video Association (BVA). 73% of the British public now spends between one and six hours a day staying in to enjoy home entertainment - leaving almost no time for a quick trip down the local pub. The top reason among those who have invested in home cinema in the last two years is to enjoy recent advances in sound and picture quality (27%), but one in ten (10%) say they did so because it's cheaper than going out.
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Twelve Announced on Blu-ray
Posted November 1, 2010 05:32 AM by Juan Calonge
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has announced Twelve for Blu-ray release on December 28. This drama, directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Gossip Girl's Chace Crawford, premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festiva, and had a limited theatrical release in Augustl. It tells a lurid story of drug addiction, violence, and sex among the young Manhattan elite.
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Buy Panasonic 3D TV, Get Free 3D BD Player, Glasses, Movies
Posted November 1, 2010 04:53 AM by Juan Calonge
For a limited time, when you purchase a Panasonic TC-P50GT25 or TC-P42GT25 Panasonic 3D Plasma HDTV, you will also get a free Panasonic DMP-BDT100 3D-compatible Blu-ray Disc player and a 3D Starter Kit, including two pairs of 3D glasses and the 3D movies Coraline and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. This offer is good through 11:59 p.m. PST on November 27, 2010, while supplies last.
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Twilight Zone Season 3 Blu-ray Announced
Posted November 1, 2010 04:20 AM by Juan Calonge
Image Entertainment continues releasing Twilight Zone season sets on Blu-ray at a brisk pace. Now it has announced The Twilight Zone: Season 3 with a street date of February 15, 2011. This five-disc set will include all 37 episodes of the third season of Rod Serling's classic, groundbreaking series, along with hours of new and exclusive bonus features not available anywhere else.
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Criterion Blu-ray Sale at Barnes & Noble
Posted November 1, 2010 03:55 AM by Juan Calonge
Starting today, Barnes and Noble is having a Criterion Collection sale, offering a 50% off MSRP all Blu-ray titles from this prestige label – including some preorders. This offer is valid both online and in-store. Additionally, there are several member and non-member coupons to further sweeten the deal. This promotion runs until November 21.
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Disney Offering $8 Coupon for Toy Story 3 Blu-ray
Posted November 1, 2010 03:46 AM by Juan Calonge
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has a printable $8 off coupon good for the purchase of the Toy Story 3 Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy combo pack. To print it, go to the dedicated coupon page on the Disney Movie Rewards Site and click on the "Click here to print your coupon" button; you will need to have the dedicated coupon printer software installed. This coupon is redeemable at participating retailers in the US and Canada, and expires on November 8.
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Blue Underground Boss Announces Upcoming Blu-ray Titles
Posted October 31, 2010 05:43 PM by Juan Calonge
In an interview with AVManiacs.com/The Cinefiles, William Lustig, president of Blue Underground and director of Maniac and Vigilante, revealed some titles coming up on Blu-ray from the independent label. They include Lucio Fulci's Zombie and House by the Cemetery, and three Dario Argento Films: Cat O'Nine Tails, Inferno and Deep Red.
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Lionsgate Blu-ray Sale at Best Buy
Posted October 31, 2010 05:01 PM by Juan Calonge
This week, thirty Blu-ray titles from Lionsgate Home Entertainment are available at Best Buy at a discount of over 60% off list price, with prices from $7.99 to $12.99. Discounted titles include recent day-and-date movies such as Kick-Ass and Daybreakers. The titles are available online and in stores, but store pickup is not available when ordering online. Those prices are valid through November 6.
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Blu-ray Boxed Set of the Week: Robocop Trilogy for $25
Posted October 31, 2010 04:40 AM by Juan Calonge
Amazon's current Blu-ray Boxed Set of the Week is for the Robocop Trilogy, which can now be had for $25.00 (58% off, or a little over $8 per movie). Note that parts 2 and 3 of this trilogy are only available on this three-movie set, while Robocop had been released separately in 2007. This offer is valid through November 6.
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Classic Alice in Wonderland Blu-ray Coming Up
Posted October 30, 2010 02:38 PM by Juan Calonge
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has announced that it will release the 1951 animated movie Alice in Wonderland on a 60th-anniversary Blu-ray edition on February 1, 2011, barely a year after the third DVD release of this classic. It will feature a new BonusView viewing mode to discover references to the original Lewis Carroll classic.
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New Features: Recommendations and Improved Collection Functions
Posted October 30, 2010 08:55 AM by Webmaster
The Blu-ray.com team is happy to announce another site upgrade. This time we have added a recommendation feature and improved several collection functions. The recommendation feature works by analyzing your collection and your taste in movies and then suggests titles that are likely to suit your taste. The collection search has been upgraded, a statistics page about your collection has been added, a collection matcher has been added which finds other members with similar collections as yours. You can now also see how many members that have a specific title in their collection on each movie page.
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Buy Alien Anthology and The Last of the Mohicans Blu-ray, Save $20
Posted October 29, 2010 05:57 AM by Juan Calonge
Amazon is having a special promotion linked to two Blu-ray catalog releases from Fox: if you buy Alien Anthology together with The Last of the Mohicans, you will save $20. The discount will be applied at checkout. There is no information regarding how long this promotion will run.
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BFI Announces Two Jacques Tati Films on Blu-ray
Posted October 29, 2010 04:12 AM by Juan Calonge
BFI Video has announced that on November 29 it will release two movies starring and directed by Jacques Tati: Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot and Playtime. Both will come out in dual-format, two-disc BD/DVD packs. The films have been lovingly remastered in high definition and the extras on each release includes never-before released alternative versions of the films, amongst which is the rarely seen original 1953 theatrical version of Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot.
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The Last Exorcism Blu-ray Announced
Posted October 29, 2010 03:48 AM by Juan Calonge
Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced The Last Exorcism for Blu-ray release on January 4, 2011, on a BD/DVD/Digital Copy combo pack. This mockumentary centers around a charismatic preacher who expects to perform a routine "exorcism" on a disturbed religious fanatic but instead encounters a true evil far beyond his wildest imagination.
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MPI Signs Blu-ray Distribution Deal with Severin
Posted October 29, 2010 03:31 AM by Juan Calonge
MPI Media Group has obtained the North American home-entertainment rights to the catalog of independent label Severin Films. As many as a dozen releases are expected a year under the deal (although not all may come out in high definition). One of the first Blu-ray titles under the agreement is Alejandro Jodorowsky's Santa Sangre, previously unavailable on disc in the US and scheduled for release on January 25, 2011.
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Lightning Deal: The Crazies, Pandorum & New Daughter Blu-ray $40.99 (Expired)
Posted October 28, 2010 01:02 PM by Juan Calonge
Amazon has an interesting BD-related "lightning deal" going on now: for a very limited time, you can buy the three-movie set Thrills and Chills Horror Blu-ray Bundle (comprised of The Crazies, Pandorum and The New Daughter) for only $40.99 (59% off MSRP). This offer expires today at 2 p.m. PDT, or when stock runs out.
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Deal Alert: Apocalypse Now Blu-ray $17.99 (Update: Deal Dead)
Posted October 28, 2010 11:43 AM by Juan Calonge
Amazon has just reduced the price of Apocalypse Now: Two-disc special edition to $17.99 (55% off MSRP). The price tracker shows that this is the lowest this release has ever been. As of this writing, the three-disc Full-disclosure edition stays unchanged at $41.99. Update: back to $26.99
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Panasonic’s Exclusive Avatar 3D Blu-ray Offer Detailed
Posted October 28, 2010 05:47 AM by Juan Calonge
First details have surfaced regarding the terms for the Panasonic promotion offering a 3D Blu-ray version of James Cameron's Avatar. As previously reported, this 3D BD will be exclusively available starting December 1, as part of a bonus Panasonic 3D Ultimate Pack, to new buyers of any Panasonic Full HD 3D TV. Other buyers of Panasonic 3D TVs also qualify to receive the Avatar 3D Blu-ray.
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Warner’s DVD2Blu Program Expands: Now Any DVD Qualifies
Posted October 28, 2010 04:46 AM by Juan Calonge
Warner Home Video has massively improved its DVD2Blu program, which previously allowed owners of Warner DVDs to trade them in for their Blu-ray upgrades for a reduced price. For a limited time, you can swap any DVD (not necessarily even from Warner) for a new WB Blu-ray for as low as $4.95 (or $14.95 for TV seasons), with free shipping on orders over $35.
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Blu-ray Sales, October 18-24: Dragon Slays Predators (Update)
Posted October 28, 2010 04:11 AM by Juan Calonge
In its second week, How to Train Your Dragon was again the top-selling title on Blu-ray, moving about 18% more copies than runner-up Predators, according to Nielsen VideoScan. The new reboot of the Predator franchise got a respectable 42% of its sales from the BD edition. Another big seller was The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which entered at number 5. Update: charts and figures added.
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Little Big Soldier Blu-ray Announced
Posted October 28, 2010 03:57 AM by Juan Calonge
Showbox Home Entertainment has officially announced Little Big Soldier ( Da bing xiao jiang) for Blu-ray release on November 8. This action comedy, starring Jackie Chan and Wang Leehom, is based on a short story by Chan himself. The BD will be region free.
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The Secret of Kells UK Blu-ray Announced
Posted October 28, 2010 03:46 AM by Juan Calonge
Optimum Home Entertainment has officially announced The Secret of Kells for Blu-ray release on November 1. From the producers of Kirikou and Triplets of Belleville, this animated movie, set in 9th-century Ireland, was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 82nd Academy Awards.
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Peeping Tom 50th Anniversary Blu-ray Announced
Posted October 28, 2010 03:36 AM by Juan Calonge
Optimum Home Entertainment has announced the Blu-ray release of Michael Powell's controversial 1960 film Peeping Tom, digitally restored, for November 22. Additionally, this film will also be shown in UK cinemas on November 19, in celebration of its 50th anniversary. The BD is labeled as region B.
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Phil Collins Going Back Live Blu-ray Announced
Posted October 28, 2010 03:20 AM by Juan Calonge
Eagle Rock Entertainment has officially announced Phil Collins: Going Back - Live At Roseland Ballroom, NYC for Blu-ray release on November 2. On a hot summer night at New York's famed Roseland Ballroom, Phil Collins treated the packed house to a revue of his favorite soul and Motown tunes. Backed by an 18-piece band, Collins recreated the songs he cherishes, like "Dancing In The Street," "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone," and "My Girl."