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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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BB Deal of the Day: National Parks Blu-ray for $39.99
Posted October 5, 2010 11:40 AM by Juan Calonge
Best Buy has an interesting BD-related deal of the day going on now. Today only, you can buy Ken Burns' The National Parks: America's Best Idea for only $39.99 (69% off MSRP). This six-disc documentary box set is currently $72.99 at Amazon, and its price history shows it's never been below $54.49 - except during a similar BB deal of the day last June.
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WB Cancels My Dog Skip Blu-ray, Delays Ocean’s 11
Posted October 5, 2010 10:51 AM by Juan Calonge
Warner Home Video has withdrawn My Dog Skip from its Blu-ray release schedule. The studio has not given a new release date, or any reason for the cancellation of this family movie, initially announced for October 19. In other date change news, Ocean's 11, initially slated for today, has been pushed back a month, to November 9.
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WB Announces 10, Pleasantville, You’ve Got Mail Blu-ray
Posted October 5, 2010 04:57 AM by Juan Calonge
Warner Home Video has announced three "romantic film favorites" (with varying degrees of romanticism) for release on Blu-ray on February 1, just in time for Valentine's Day: 10 (Blake Edwards, 1979), Pleasantville (Gary Ross, 1998) and You've Got Mail (Nora Ephron, 1998). Like Warner recently announced, list price is only $19.98. You've Got Mail will come bundled with a DVD copy of The Shop Around the Corner, the 1940 Ernst Lubitsch film upon which it is based.
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Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 Announced on Blu-ray
Posted October 5, 2010 04:34 AM by Juan Calonge
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has announced Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 for Blu-ray release on February 1, 2011, in a BD/DVD combo pack. In this direct-to-video sequel to Beverly Hills Chihuahua, talking Chihuahuas are back in a comedy that's "a pack of outrageous fun for the whole family," featuring again the voice of George Lopez.
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Fairbanks’ Black Pirate Blu-ray Coming Up
Posted October 5, 2010 03:51 AM by Juan Calonge
On December 14, Kino Video will release The Black Pirate. This 1926 swashbuckling adventure movie, starring Douglas Fairbanks, was shot on two-strip Technicolor (rather than the more advanced and lush three-strip process that came later). It will be presented with two music tracks: the original 1926 orchestral score by Mortimer Wilson, conducted by Robert Israel; and a BD-exclusive organ score by Lee Erwin.
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Avatar Extended Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Announced (Update)
Posted October 5, 2010 03:28 AM by Juan Calonge
20th Century Fox Entertainment has officially announced Avatar: Extended Collector's Edition for Blu-ray release on November 16 in North America (and internationally from November 15). As previously reported, this edition will consist of three discs and contain three versions of the film, including an all-new extended cut, as well as hours of never-before seen material including over 45 minutes of deleted scenes. Update: trailers added.
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Expendables Blu-ray Coming Up
Posted October 5, 2010 02:59 AM by Juan Calonge
Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced The Expendables for Blu-ray release on November 23, in a BD/DVD/Digital Copy combo pack. For this film in the vein of the action movies of the 1980s and early 1990s, director/co-writer/star Sylvester Stallone gathered a remarkable cast including Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren and Mickey Rourke as a group of mercenaries with the mission of overthrowing a Latin American dictator.
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Standalone Blu-ray Player Sales to Top 24m Units in 2010
Posted October 4, 2010 08:28 AM by Juan Calonge
Sales of Blu-ray players, excluding PS3, are expected to total nearly 24m units this year in the US, Europe and Japan, according to a new report from Futuresource Consulting. At least 10% of all Blu-ray devices shipped this year are expected to offer 3D playback, rising to more than 25% in 2011. By 2014, nearly 40% of homes across those three key regions will own a 3D Blu-ray player, recorder or home theater.
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Metallica/Slayer/Megadeth/Anthrax Live Blu-ray Coming Up
Posted October 4, 2010 07:11 AM by Juan Calonge
The Big 4: Live from Sofia, Bulgaria, the eagerly-awaited live Blu-ray from the "Big Four" of thrash metal (Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax), will finally come out on November 2, according to retailer information. This two BD set will showcase the concert bands held on June 22 in Sofia, Bulgaria: two hours of Metallica, and one hour each of Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax.
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Flipped Blu-ray Announced
Posted October 4, 2010 05:15 AM by Juan Calonge
Warner Home Video has announced Flipped for Blu-ray release on November 23, in a BD/DVD/Digital Copy combo pack. This family movie about opposites who attract is directed by Rob Reiner and based on the novel of the same title by Wendelin Van Draanen.
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Disney Offering $10 Coupon for Beauty and the Beast Blu-ray
Posted October 4, 2010 04:02 AM by Juan Calonge
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has a printable $10 off coupon good for the purchase of the Diamond Edition Blu-ray/DVD combo of Beauty and the Beast during its first week in stores. To print it, go to the dedicated coupon page on the Disney Movie Rewars Site and click on the "Click here to print your coupon" button; you will need to have the dedicated coupon printer software installed.
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Micmacs Blu-ray Announced
Posted October 4, 2010 03:56 AM by Juan Calonge
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced Micmacs (Micmacs à tire-larigot) for Blu-ray release on December 14. In his latest film, Amélie director Jean-Pierre Jeunet brings his trademark style and whimsy back to the screen with a satire about the arms trade. It will be presented in French 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, with English subtitles.
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Eat Pray Love Announced on Blu-ray
Posted October 4, 2010 03:40 AM by Juan Calonge
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced Eat Pray Love for Blu-ray release on November 23. This movie, based on a best-selling memoir by Elizabeth Gilbert, stars Julia Roberts as a woman who leaves New York and embarks on a yearlong journey of self-discovery. It will be presented in an extended director's cut, as well as in its theatrical version.
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Deal of the Day: Gone with the Wind UCE Blu-ray $36.99 (Expired)
Posted October 3, 2010 04:54 AM by Juan Calonge
This Sunday, Amazon has an interesting Blu-ray related deal of the day: up to midnight PST, you can order Gone with the Wind on Blu-ray for only $36.99 (56% off MSRP). The price history for the BD edition of this all-time classic shows that this is the cheapest it has been. Update: deal expired.
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Blu-ray Boxed Set of the Week: The Omen Collection $23.99 (Expired)
Posted October 3, 2010 04:50 AM by Juan Calonge
Amazon's current Blu-ray Boxed Set of the Week is for the four-movie set The Omen Collection (comprised of The Omen, Damien: Omen II, The Final Conflict and The Omen 666), which which can now be had for only $23.99 (60% off MSRP, or about $6 per movie). The price tracker shows that this is the lowest this compilation has been. This offer is valid through October 9.
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Neil Young’s Le Noise on YouTube Now; on Blu-ray in November
Posted October 1, 2010 07:42 AM by Juan Calonge
On November, Reprise Records will release Le Noise Film, a 39-minute black-and-white film of eight live-in-studio performances of the eight songs that appear on Neil Young's brand-new album Le Noise. It can already be previewed on YouTube. The performances, shot by filmmaker Adam CK Vollick, feature Young on acoustic and electric guitars at the home studio of producer Daniel Lanois in Silverlake, CA, where Young and Lanois recorded the album.
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Deal Alert: Iron Man 2 Blu-ray Combo $19.99
Posted October 1, 2010 04:06 AM by Juan Calonge
Amazon has slashed the price of the Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy combo pack of Iron Man 2 to $19.99 (50% off MSRP), probably as a preemptive action before a similar price goes live at Best Buy this weekend as advertised on the retailer's weekly ad. There is no information as to how long this price will last.
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Make Way for Tomorrow Blu-ray Announced
Posted October 1, 2010 03:07 AM by Juan Calonge
Eureka Entertainment has officially announced Make Way for Tomorrow for Blu-ray release in the UK on October 25, as part of its Masters of Cinema collection. This 1937 Depression drama, directed by Leo McCarey, was described by Orson Welles as "the saddest movie ever made." It was only recently released in the US by Criterion, albeit on standard definition disc only.
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Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack for Dreamworks Animation Movies
Posted September 30, 2010 10:21 AM by Juan Calonge
On November 30, Paramount Home Entertainment will re-release four titles from Dreamworks Animation as two-disc Blu-ray/DVD combos: Bee Movie, Madagascar, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa and Monsters vs. Aliens (the latter two had been previously released as retailer-exclusive combos). Disc details are unchanged from the existing single-format releases.
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Rumor: James Cameron Working on Abyss Blu-ray
Posted September 30, 2010 05:45 AM by Juan Calonge
The Digital Bits is reporting that, according to "multiple independent sources, including reliable industry insiders," James Cameron has been (or is about to begin) working on a new high-def transfer and master of The Abyss, presumably with the aim of releasing it on Blu-ray. The Bits also says that one of its readers recently asked Cameron specifically about this title, and the Canadian filmmaker replied that he was about to start work on a new transfer "using the same process he did with the Aliens Blu-ray."
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Deal of the Day: IMAX Oceans Collection $34.99 (Expired)
Posted September 30, 2010 03:33 AM by Juan Calonge
This Thursday, Amazon has an interesting Blu-ray related deal of the day: up to midnight PST, you can order the IMAX movie bundle IMAX: Oceans Collection (comprised of The Living Sea, Coral Reef Adventure, Volcanoes of the Deep Sea and Dolphins) on Blu-ray for only $34.99 (65% off MSRP, or under $9 per IMAX documentary). The price history for the BD edition of this all-time classic shows that this is the cheapest it has been. Update: deal expired.
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Blu-ray Players Now in 17% of US Households
Posted September 30, 2010 03:20 AM by Juan Calonge
The number of US households with at least one Blu-ray Disc player (standalone or PS3) has doubled since 2008, reaching 17% in July, according to a new report drafted by market study company Centris. More than 25% OF HDTV households own a Blu-ray player, up from 15% two years ago. Standalone players have also caught up with the PlayStation 3: the percentage of households that watch discs on a Blu-ray player and on the PS3 is 45% and 47%, respectively.
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Blu-ray Sales, September 20-26: Robin Hood Steals Gold from Prince (Update 2)
Posted September 30, 2010 02:57 AM by Juan Calonge
Robin Hood was the top-selling Blu-ray title during the week ended September 26, according to Nielsen VideoScan. Disney's latest direct-to-video feature, Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue, was second. The previous week's number one, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, dropped to third place. Update: charts added. Update 2: sales figures added.
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Vizio 3D Blu-ray Player with Wireless Coming up
Posted September 29, 2010 01:31 PM by Juan Calonge
According to FCC filings, Vizio is set to release a Blu-ray player compatible with the Blu-ray 3D format. It will carry model number VBR333 and, like the other Vizio BD players announced earlier in the year, it will also have wireless connectivity. Other details (including pricing and availability) are still to be determined.
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Six Sony Blu-ray Titles Shift to Image
Posted September 29, 2010 09:53 AM by Juan Calonge
On December 7, Image Entertainment will re-release half a dozen movies previously released on Blu-ray by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment: About Last Night..., The Big Hit, Closer, The Deep, Half past Dead and St. Elmo's Fire. Special features in most titles differ from those in the now out-of-print BDs from SPHE. In all likelihood, this is part of a partnership agreement both companies recently entered into.
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Quiet Days in Clichy Blu-ray Announced
Posted September 29, 2010 07:06 AM by Juan Calonge
Blue Underground has announced the erotic comedy/drama Quiet Days in Clichy for Blu-ray release on January 25, 2011. This adaptation of the Henry Miller novel, directed in 1970 by Jens Jorgen Thorsen, was seized by the US government on charges of obscenity. It was ultimately cleared in Federal Court, but the film mysteriously disappeared shortly after its release. Now more than 40 years later, this adults-only classic can be seen in a new high-definition transfer, completely uncut and uncensored, and featuring the original hit soundtrack by rock legend Country Joe McDonald.
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Avatar Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Bonus Features Surface
Posted September 29, 2010 06:35 AM by Juan Calonge
The Collector's Edition of James Cameron's Avatar, expected for November 16, hasn't been formally announced yet, but information about its substantial content is already appearing on the web. This three-disc edition will include over an hour of deleted scenes, a 2-hour-plus documentary and over four hours of other special features.
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Battlestar Galactica Razor and Season 4 Blu-ray Coming Up
Posted September 29, 2010 03:31 AM by Juan Calonge
Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced two BSG titles for Blu-ray release: Battlestar Galactica: Razor for December 28 and Battlestar Galactica: Season Four for a week later. Disc contents will be the same as for the relevant discs on Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Series, already available.
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Backdraft, Lost in Translation Blu-ray Announced
Posted September 29, 2010 03:20 AM by Juan Calonge
Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced two movies from its catalog for Blu-ray release on January 4, 2011: Backdraft: Anniversary Edition and Lost in Translation. The latter had been previously slated for December 7 by some retailers and is probably rescheduled to coincide with the theatrical release of Sofia Coppola's Somewhere, winner of the Golden Lion at Venice.
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The Color Purple, Malcolm X Blu-ray Announced
Posted September 28, 2010 04:12 PM by Juan Calonge
Warner Home Video has announced two critically-acclaimed dramas for Blu-ray release on January 25, 2011: The Color Purple (Steven Spielberg, 1985) and Malcolm X (Spike Lee, 1992). Both will be presented in DigiBook packaging. Technical specifications and special features will be detailed later.