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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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Onkyo Announces Two 3D-compatible AV Receivers
Posted June 30, 2010 05:51 AM by Juan Calonge
Onkyo has announced two new high-end, 3D-compatible network A/V receivers with HDMI 1.4a, models TX-NR5008 and TX-NR3008. Both receivers support network audio streaming, various multi-room set-ups, and iPhone/iPod playback over USB. Both have achieved THX Ultra2 Plus certification. They will be available in August. List prices are $2,099 for the TX-NR3008 and $2,699 for the TX-NR5008.
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Force of Five Blu-ray announced
Posted June 30, 2010 05:24 AM by Juan Calonge
Cine Asia has announced Force of Five (5 huajai hero) for release on Blu-ray in the UK on July 5. This "jaw-dropping action-adventure packed with non-stop Muay Thai martial arts mayhem" was also recently released in the US under the title Power Kids - although, unlike the Magnolia release, this won't include an English dub, only Thai in DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and Dolby Digital 2.0.
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This Week on Blu-ray, June 28-July 4
Posted June 29, 2010 09:53 AM by Josh Dreuth
Film adaptations of popular children's novels are often risky business for Hollywood studios – for every Harry Potter, there is an Eragon. Even the insanely popular The Chronicles of Narnia was subject to a studio switch and budget slash in order to keep hope alive. Today, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief is released on Blu-ray, a title that (after received mixed reviews and mediocre box office take) seems to be teetering between receiving a sequel and being abandoned by the studio. For fans, this Blu-ray release may be the only way to get the next book in the series adapted for the silver screen.
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Horror Blu-ray Wave from Vivendi Announced
Posted June 29, 2010 05:47 AM by Juan Calonge
Vivendi Visual Entertainment has announced four horror movies from the Weinstein/Dimension library for release on Blu-ray in the lead-up to the Halloween horror viewing season. The studio will release Pulse on September 7, Feast on September 14, Prey on September 28 and Black Christmas (the 2006 remake) on October 19. Edition details and special features have not been detailed.
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Triage Announced on Blu-ray
Posted June 29, 2010 05:21 AM by Juan Calonge
National Entertainment Media has announced Triage for release on Blu-ray on August 10. This drama about a battle-scarred war photographer, starring Colin Farrell, Paz Vega and Christopher Lee, was featured at several film festivals during 2009 but never had a theatrical release in the US.
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Home Announced on Blu-ray
Posted June 29, 2010 05:05 AM by Juan Calonge
Kino Video has announced Home for release on Blu-ray on July 27. This Swiss-produced drama, starring Isabelle Huppert, tells the story of a family cut off from the world by the construction of a new road. Not to be mistaken with the documentary HOME.
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Why Did I Get Married Too Blu-ray Announced
Posted June 29, 2010 04:41 AM by Juan Calonge
Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too? for August 31. This comedy-drama sequel, written, co-produced, starring and directed by Tyler Perry, was poorly reviewed, but went on to earn a respectable $60 million at the box office - $5m more than the first Married movie (unreleased on Blu-ray).
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Maniac Blu-ray in Time for Halloween
Posted June 29, 2010 04:25 AM by Juan Calonge
Blue Underground has announced Maniac for release on a two-disc special edition Blu-ray on October 26. Directed by William Lustig and featuring landmark gore effects by Tom Savini, this relentlessly shocking and disturbing film was originally censored all over the world due to its graphic violence. Blue Underground presents it in a new 2K transfer from the original uncut and uncensored negative, with hours of brand new extras.
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Fox Launches Live Extras with Percy Jackson Blu-ray
Posted June 29, 2010 03:42 AM by Juan Calonge
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will expand its use of BD-Live with the Live Extras program, with the release of Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, which streets today. Consumers that purchase the disc will be able to access exclusive never-before-seen clips via their network connected Blu-ray player and BD-Live. Other recent new releases from the studio will also get Live Extras.
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Duo of Bogart Classics Announced on Blu-ray
Posted June 28, 2010 09:56 AM by Juan Calonge
Warner Home Video has announced two classic movies starring Humphrey Bogart and directed by John Huston for release on Blu-ray on October 5: the 1941 detective story The Maltese Falcon, based on a novel by Dashiell Hammett, and the 1947 anti-heroic adventure The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
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Public Voting Open for 2010 HD Awards
Posted June 28, 2010 09:35 AM by Juan Calonge
Home Media Magazine has presented the Third Annual High-Def Awards, which is now open to consumer voting through July 30. Nominees in nine categories have been selected among all titles released during 2009 on Blu-ray by a panel of judges, based on the complete treatment, including program content, bonus materials, packaging, and picture and audio quality.
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Back to the Future Trilogy Blu-ray Officially Announced
Posted June 28, 2010 08:30 AM by Juan Calonge
July 3, 1985 was the premiere of Robert Zemeckis's hugely successful Back to the Future. Today, almost twenty-five years later, Universal Studios Home Entertainment has officially announced the Blu-ray release of Back to the Future: 25th Anniversary Trilogy for October 26, confirming early information from European retailers. This edition will be newly-restored and offer more than two hours of new bonus features.
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Deal Alert: Kino Blu-ray Titles for $9.99
Posted June 28, 2010 04:53 AM by Juan Calonge
Best Buy is having a "Stars & Stripes sale", which started Sunday and ends today. It prominently features several Blu-ray titles from the independent studio Kino Video at $9.99 (61% off MSRP), much lower than any previous prices at this or other retailers. This offer is valid online only, and store pickup is not available.
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Tommy, In Cold Blood Announced on Blu-ray
Posted June 28, 2010 03:42 AM by Juan Calonge
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced two catalog titles for release on Blu-ray on September 7: The Who's rock opera Tommy; and the 1967 crime movie In Cold Blood, based on Truman Capote's world-famous non-fiction novel and previously available only as part of a double feature with the biopic Capote.
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Anchor Bay Takes Hatchet to Blu-ray (Update)
Posted June 26, 2010 03:25 AM by Juan Calonge
Anchor Bay Entertainment is set to release Hatchet on Blu-ray on September 7. This 2006 slasher film will be presented in an unrated director's cut. A new audio commentary has been recorded for this Blu-ray, featuring director Adam Green and actor Kane Hodder. Update: full bonus features listed.
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Twilight Zone Season 1 Blu-ray Detailed
Posted June 25, 2010 10:42 AM by Juan Calonge
Image Entertainment has revealed the release details for The Twilight Zone: Season 1, slated for Blu-ray release on September 14. This edition has been mastered from new 1080p film transfers using the original camera negatives and magnetic soundtracks (rather than recycling the HD masters they already had on hand from the 2004 Definitive DVD Collection). Special features will include all the content from the Definitive Collection, plus new commentaries, interviews, isolated scores and more.
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BDA Approves 100/128GB BDXL Disc Specs
Posted June 25, 2010 09:45 AM by Juan Calonge
Today, the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) announced the finalization and release of the specifications for BDXL, the new multi-layer recordable Blu-ray Disc format with up to 128GB of capacity. It is targeted primarily at commercial segments such as broadcasting, medical and document imaging enterprises with significant archiving needs. BDXL will be offered as write-once and rewritable 100GB (triple-layer) discs, and write-once 128GB (quadruple-layer) discs.
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Del Toro's Cronos Criterion Blu-ray Coming Soon
Posted June 25, 2010 05:45 AM by Juan Calonge
Yesterday, director Guillermo del Toro attended the 36th Annual Saturn Awards and gave a 20-minute impromptu interview backstage. After the interview finished, Del Toro revealed off-camera to Collider's Steve Weintraub that the Criterion Collection is going to release a Blu-ray of his feature debut, Cronos.
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Live Web Chat with Percy Jackson Star
Posted June 25, 2010 03:36 AM by Juan Calonge
To tie in with the Blu-ray release of Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, which comes out on June 29 in the US and July 5 in the UK, young actor Logan Lerman (who plays Percy) will be participating in an hour-long web chat in a Percy Jackson-themed room at the Habbo social networking site, on Friday July 2nd, at 11 a.m. EDT (4 p.m. UK time).
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Scott's 1492 Blu-ray Coming Up
Posted June 24, 2010 11:20 AM by Juan Calonge
More Sir Ridley news from France: according to information from French retailers, the SPHE/TF1 home video joint venture will release the Christopher Columbus biopic 1492: Conquest of Paradise on Blu-ray on October 6 (the same day as the Alien Anthology and one week before Robin Hood). There are no edition details available at this time.
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Alien Anthology Blu-ray in Early October in France (Update)
Posted June 24, 2010 08:23 AM by Juan Calonge
French site Planete HD is reporting that the local branch of Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has announced that one of the most eagerly awaited catalog releases of this fall, the Alien Anthology, will be released there on Blu-ray on October 6. Note that the release date in other territories may differ. Update: preorder for two editions up.
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Megadeth Live Blu-ray Announced
Posted June 24, 2010 05:42 AM by Juan Calonge
On September 7, Shout! Factory will release Megadeth: Rust in Peace Live, recorded on March 31 at the Hollywood Palladium, on the final night of Megadeth's historic month-long Rust In Peace 20th anniversary tour. This Blu-ray will feature all tracks from that album, including all-time classics "Holy Wars...The Punishment Due" and "Hangar 18," as well as fan favorites from various other Megadeth releases such as "Symphony For Destruction," "Peace Sells," and "Skin O' My Teeth."
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Blu-ray Sales, June 14-20: Eli Has a Best-seller
Posted June 24, 2010 03:04 AM by Juan Calonge
The post-apocalyptic movie The Book of Eli was the top-selling title on Blu-ray during the week ended June 20, according to Nielsen VideoScan. The Book of Eli got 35% of its total disc sales from the BD version. Avatar bounced back to second place, while last week's top-selling title, Alice in Wonderland, dropped to third place.
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Big Bang Theory Season 3 Blu-ray Announced
Posted June 23, 2010 08:46 AM by Juan Calonge
For the first time, Warner Home Video is giving a Blu-ray release to a half-hour sitcom, with the announcement of The Big Bang Theory: The Complete Third Season, with a street date of September 14. This two-disc set will include the 23 episodes of season 3 of this successful CBS-aired comedy series about "eggheads and their hottie neighbor."
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Woodstock No-frills Blu-ray Announced
Posted June 23, 2010 04:30 AM by Juan Calonge
Warner Home Video has announced that, on August 3, it will release Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music (40th Anniversary Edition). This Blu-ray edition, previously available only at Wal-Mart, includes the two discs from the Ultimate Collector's Edition, but without the collectibles. List price has been set at an attractive $24.98.
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Lord of the Rings Movies Get Separate Blu-ray Editions
Posted June 23, 2010 04:05 AM by Juan Calonge
Warner Home Video, in conjunction with New Line Home Entertainment, has announced that, on September 14, it will release on Blu-ray the three The Lord of the Ring movies separately: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King. Disc contents are the same as in The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy, except that no digital copies are included.
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Human Target Season 1 Blu-ray Announced
Posted June 23, 2010 03:23 AM by Juan Calonge
Warner Home Video has announced Human Target: The Complete First Season for release on Blu-ray on September 21. This two-disc set will include the 12 episodes that comprise the first season of this action/thriller series, based on a DC Comics series and graphic novel.
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Pandora and the Flying Dutchman Blu-ray Announced
Posted June 23, 2010 02:59 AM by Juan Calonge
Park Circus has announced the "deliriously romantic and contemporary" 1951 movie Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, by maverick filmmaker Albert Lewin, for release on Blu-ray on August 9, in a BD/DVD dual-format 2-disc edition. Working from a nitrate separation positive and other sources, George Eastman House has supervised a painstaking 35mm restoration of the film, bringing back the rich palette of deep, sensuous Technicolor hues utilized by renowned cinematographer Jack Cardiff.
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Three New Blu-ray Players from Vizio
Posted June 22, 2010 11:26 AM by Juan Calonge
Vizio announced today three wireless Blu-ray players (model numbers VBR210, VBR220 and VBR231) with Internet Apps, capable of streaming content from online services such as VUDU, Netflix and Pandora. The players also deliver access to other well-known online services, such as the Associated Press. All of them also support Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus and DTS-HD audio formats, and include a USB port for JPEG and MP3 playback.
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Deluxe Surpasses 100 Million BD-Live Connections
Posted June 22, 2010 09:18 AM by Juan Calonge
Deluxe Digital Studios announced today that it has registered over 100 million BD-Live disc inserts and forecasts this number to nearly double by the end of 2010. The actual BD-Live usage data shows 60% was from North America, 35% from Europe, and 5% from the rest of the world.