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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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9th Company Announced on Blu-ray
Posted June 11, 2010 04:40 AM by Juan Calonge
Well Go USA has announced the release of the Russian war movie 9th Company (9 Rota) on Standard and Collector's Edition Blu-ray on August 31. This film (winner of the Best Picture award from the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts) tracks a year in the lives of a group of young Soviet soldiers drafted to serve in Afghanistan during the final stage of the conflict.
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Picnic at Hanging Rock Blu-ray Announced
Posted June 11, 2010 04:22 AM by Juan Calonge
Second Sight Films has announced the Blu-ray release of Picnic at Hanging Rock in the UK for July 26. This acclaimed Australian film, directed by Peter Weir in 1975, will be presented in its 107-minute director's cut (one of the rare instances in film history where a director's cut is shorter than the theatrical cut).
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Jane’s Addiction Live Blu-ray in August
Posted June 11, 2010 03:58 AM by Juan Calonge
Eagle Rock Entertainment has announced the Blu-ray release on August 30 of Jane's Addiction: Live Voodoo, the first ever Jane's Addiction live visual release. Filmed live on Halloween night 2009 at Voodoo Experience in New Orleans, Live Voodoo sees the reunion of the classic Jane's Addiction line-up of Perry Farrell (vocals), Stephen Perkins (drums), Eric Avery (bass) and Dave Navarro (guitar).
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Disneynature’s Oceans and Crimson Wing on Blu-ray
Posted June 11, 2010 03:19 AM by Juan Calonge
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has announced the release of two documentaries for Blu-ray release within its Disneynature label: Oceans and The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos. Both will be available as Blu-ray/DVD combo packs on October 19. For every purchase of Oceans during release week, Disneynature will make a contribution to help protect coral reefs.
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Date Night Blu-ray Announced
Posted June 10, 2010 04:41 AM by Juan Calonge
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has announced Date Night for release on August 10. The Blu-ray edition of this action comedy, starring Steve Carell and Tinay Fey, will feature an all-new extended version of the film with "never-before-seen hilarious footage." A digital copy will also be included.
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The Joneses Announced on Blu-ray
Posted June 10, 2010 04:35 AM by Juan Calonge
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has announced The Joneses for release on Blu-ray on August 10. This comedy starring David Duchovny and Demi Moore only got a limited theatrical release in April and, despite overall positive reviews, grossed under $1.5 million at the box office.
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Two Sony Blu-ray Players Get 3D Support
Posted June 10, 2010 03:55 AM by Juan Calonge
Sony Electronics has made available a new firmware version for Blu-ray player models BDP-S470 and BDP-S570. Improvements added with this new firmware prominently include include "support for 3D content." The addition of this feature is timed to coincide with the launch of Sony's 3D HDTVs and its first 3D Blu-ray, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 3D Blu-ray Announced
Posted June 10, 2010 03:30 AM by Juan Calonge
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced the release of the first Blu-ray 3D title to be sold individually in the US: the CG animated adventure Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. It will be available "at select retailers" from June 22 (yes, less than two weeks from now), timed with the upcoming launch of Sony Electronics' 3D capable HDTVs and Blu-ray players.
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Blu-ray Sales, May 31-June 6: Alice Goes Big (Update)
Posted June 10, 2010 03:07 AM by Juan Calonge
Tim Burton's reimagining of Alice in Wonderland was the top-selling title on Blu-ray during the week ended June 6, according to Nielsen VideoScan. Alice outsold runner-up The Wolfman by more than five to one, and got a remarkable 37% of its total sales from Blu-ray (although the highest BD market share was for the BBC documentary Life, with a whopping 54%). Update: sales figures added.
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August Blu-ray Wave from Universal Germany
Posted June 9, 2010 10:31 AM by Juan Calonge
The Germany branch of Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced no fewer than 14 titles for release on Blu-ray on August 5 between new releases and catalog titles, many of them still unannounced in the US, including The Break-Up, Dante's Peak, Eye See You (also known as D-Tox), The Game, The Interpreter, Scent of a Woman and Sleepers.
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This Week on Blu-ray, June 7-13
Posted June 9, 2010 10:10 AM by Juan Calonge
Writer Dennis Lehane should be satisfied about the movie adaptations of his novels. After Clint Eastwood's acclaimed Mystic River and the underrated Gone Baby Gone, now Martin Scorsese took it upon himself to bring the "odd and alluring" Shutter Island to the screen, and it too was a commercial and critical hit.
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New Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Album on Audio Blu-ray (Update: Listen Link)
Posted June 9, 2010 08:00 AM by Juan Calonge
The latest album by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Mojo, will be released on June 29 on audio Blu-ray, two weeks after the CD. The BD will contain all 15 tracks from Mojo in high-resolution stereo LPCM (at 24 bits and 48kHz), and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround. It is an audio-only disc, with basic navigation and song information displayed on screen; a screensaver switches to non-static images of the cover art 30 seconds after each song begins. Update: listening option added.
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Mercury Rising, Unleashed Announced on Blu-ray
Posted June 9, 2010 05:46 AM by Juan Calonge
Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced two catalog titles for release on Blu-ray on September 14: Mercury Rising and Unleashed (also known as Danny the Dog). Both will come out on single-sided BD50 discs. Unleashed will include both the R-rated and the unrated cuts (unlike the 2006 release on the defunct HD DVD format).
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Polanski’s Ghost Writer on Blu-ray/DVD Flipper
Posted June 9, 2010 05:29 AM by Juan Calonge
Summit Entertainment has announced that it will release the Roman Polanski-directed thriller The Ghost Writer on August 3, on a "single-disc DVD/Blu-ray combo." This is the first time a new release is coming out on this two-sided, two-format disc presentation.
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Warner Announces Three More Blu-ray Double Features
Posted June 9, 2010 04:24 AM by Juan Calonge
Warner Home Video has announced three double-feature Blu-ray titles for release on September 14. Two of them belong squarely in the family genre: A Cinderella Story / Another Cinderella Story and Shiloh / Saving Shiloh (for some reason, Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season got skipped over). The third one is somewhat more action-oriented: the Van Damme double feature Bloodsport / Timecop.
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Criterion Reports Walkabout Blu-ray Playback Problem
Posted June 9, 2010 03:50 AM by Juan Calonge
The Criterion Collection has posted a note on its website informing that they have been alerted to a manufacturing problem with the Blu-ray edition of Nicolas Roeg's Walkabout, which affects playback on "a limited number of players." Replacement copies will be made available soon.
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Sony Details 3D Blu-ray Plans
Posted June 8, 2010 08:01 AM by Juan Calonge
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment confirmed that it will be bringing the first Blu-ray 3D SKU to market "early this summer" with Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 3D. The first day-and-date Blu-ray 3D release from the studio will be Resident Evil: Afterlife (which opens theatrically in the US in September).
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White Collar Season 1 Blu-ray Announced
Posted June 8, 2010 05:50 AM by Juan Calonge
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has officially announced White Collar: The Complete First Season for release on Blu-ray on July 13 – the same day that Season Two premieres on USA Network. The 14 episodes of the first season will be presented in three Blu-ray discs.
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The Secret of Kells Blu-ray in October
Posted June 8, 2010 05:23 AM by Juan Calonge
The animated feature The Secret of Kells will be released on Blu-ray on October 5, in a BD/DVD combo pack. Set in medieval Ireland, this film received praise (and a surprise Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature) because of its unconventional look, inspired in art from the Early Middle Ages.
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Evil Dead Blu-ray Announced
Posted June 8, 2010 05:06 AM by Juan Calonge
Anchor Bay Entertainment has officially announced the 1981 horror movie The Evil Dead for Blu-ray release on August 31, in a brand-new hi-def transfer, supervised and approved by director Sam Raimi, and featuring an all-new audio commentary with Raimi, Robert Tapert and Bruce Campbell.
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Blu-ray.com Expands into Home Theater and PS3
Posted June 7, 2010 03:10 PM by Webmaster
The Blu-ray.com team is happy to announce the largest update in the site's history. Among many things, we have added a wide range of different home theater sections and we have decided to open up our databases. This means that you as a member will be able to submit movies and hardware, as well as updating existing movies and hardware.
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The Goonies UCE Blu-ray Announced
Posted June 7, 2010 11:52 AM by Juan Calonge
The eagerly-awaited 1985 adventure movie The Goonies will finally be released on November 2 in a 25th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition Blu-ray, with a wealth of memorabilia, including a new board game, collectible storyboard prints, a 1985 souvenir magazine with behind-the-scenes stories about the actual filming in Astoria, Oregon, and a reprint of a 2009 article with updates of the entire cast, as well as producer Steven Spielberg and director Richard Donner.
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Kick-Ass Announced on Blu-ray
Posted June 7, 2010 10:20 AM by Juan Calonge
Lionsgate Home Entertainment has set an August 3 release date for the Blu-ray edition of Kick-Ass, the action movie about do-it-yourself superheroes based on the comic written by Mark Millar and John S. Romita Jr. This Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy pack will exclusively feature a making-of documentary, and a feature-length Ass-Kicking BonusView mode.
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Twilight Zone Season 1 Blu-ray in September
Posted June 7, 2010 05:30 AM by Juan Calonge
Image Entertainment has officially announced The Twilight Zone: Season 1 for release on Blu-ray on September 14. This five-disc set will include the 36 episodes from the first season (aired in 1959-1960) of this classic TV series, presented in its original 1.33:1 aspect ratio, with uncompressed mono sound.
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Toshiba Announces First Laptop with Blu-ray 3D
Posted June 7, 2010 05:12 AM by Juan Calonge
Toshiba Corporation today announced the introduction of the notebook PC model dynabook TX/98MBL, the industry's first laptop to feature playback of 3D content in the Blu-ray 3D format, using active-shutter glasses. It will be available from the end of July in the Japanese market. No price has been announced yet.
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Original Ocean's 11 Announced on Blu-ray
Posted June 7, 2010 04:47 AM by Juan Calonge
Warner Home Video has announced Ocean's 11: 50th Anniversary Edition for release on Blu-ray on October 5. This is the original 1960 heist movie, starring Frank Sinatra and its "rat-pack" off-screen pals Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop and more, who scheme to rob five Las Vegas casinos.
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Cemetery Junction Announced on Blu-ray
Posted June 7, 2010 04:29 AM by Juan Calonge
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced Cemetery Junction for release on Blu-ray on August 17. This coming-of-age comedy/drama, set in 1970s England, is written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. It didn't get a theatrical release in the US.
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High-def Week at Amazon
Posted June 7, 2010 03:14 AM by Juan Calonge
June 7 to June 11 is Amazon's "High-def Week", featuring various special hardware and software limited offers of the "deal of the day" and "lightning deal" variety– some of which will definitely be Blu-ray related. As previously reported, the retailer invited its customers to vote for their candidate to Deal of the Day among five diverse Blu-ray box sets and collections.
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The Pacific Blu-ray Date and Extras Revealed
Posted June 4, 2010 03:07 PM by Juan Calonge
HBO Home Entertainment, in conjunction with Warner Home Video, will release The Pacific on Blu-ray on November 2. This 10-part WWII miniseries will be presented in six discs, with a DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack, and will contain two exclusive interactive companion features that maximize the use of Blu-ray technology and provide a superior viewing experience.
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Heroes Season 4 Blu-ray Announced
Posted June 4, 2010 06:32 AM by Juan Calonge
Universal Studios Home Entertainment has officially announced Heroes: Season 4 for release on blu-ray on August 3. The final volume of this groundbreaking TV series, titled Redemption, will come out in a four-discs set with hours of special features, many of them exclusive to Blu-ray.