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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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Deal of the Day: Celebrity-Themed Blu-ray Bundles for $29.99
Posted April 28, 2010 03:21 AM by Juan Calonge
Today, Amazon has an interesting BD-related deal of the day: until midnight PDT, you can save on five Blu-ray three-movie bundles featuring Denzel Washington, Ben Stiller, Bruce Willis, Gene Hackman, and Keanu Reeves, all from 20th Century Fox and/or MGM, and available today for only $29.99 (57% to 63% off MSRP), or about $10 per movie.
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44 Inch Chest Blu-ray Announced in the UK
Posted April 28, 2010 03:10 AM by Juan Calonge
Momentum Pictures has announced the UK Blu-ray launch of 44 Inch Chest for May 10. 44 Inch Chest is a crime/revenge thriller from the writers of Sexy Beast, starring Ray Winstone and an all-star British cast, including John Hurt, Ian McShane, Tom Wilkinson, Stephen Dillane and Joanne Whalley.
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The Dam Busters Special Edition Blu-ray Announced
Posted April 28, 2010 03:01 AM by Juan Calonge
Optimum Home Entertainment has announced The Dam Busters in a digitally-restored special edition for June 14. The BD will also include a new, 56-minute documentary based around interviews with the last remaining survivors of the RAF squadron charged with taking out the impenetrable Ruhr river dams of Germany with an ingeniously designed bouncing bomb.
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Twilight Saga: Eclipse UK Poster and Trailer
Posted April 28, 2010 02:47 AM by Webmaster
E1 Entertainment have presented the official UK trailer for Twilight Saga: Eclipse, which hits cinemas this July. The film stars Robert Pattinson as vampire-with-a-conscience Edward Cullen, Taylor Lautner as part-human-part-werewolf Jacob Black, and winner of the BAFTA rising star award Kristen Stewart as their mortal love interest Bella.
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Green Zone Announced on Blu-ray
Posted April 27, 2010 08:51 AM by Juan Calonge
Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced Green Zone on Blu-ray for June 29. This action thriller is directed by Paul Greengrass and stars Matt Damon as a rogue US Army officer who must hunt through covert and faulty intelligence hidden on foreign soil before war escalates in an unstable region. Street date has been set for June 29. It will be presented in a single-sided BD50. For a limited time, the Blu-ray edition will also offer a digital copy of the film.
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Deluxe Streams Over 8 Million Trailers Using BD-Live “Pre-Roll Technology”
Posted April 27, 2010 08:15 AM by Juan Calonge
Deluxe Digital Studios Inc. announced today that it has served over 8 million movie trailers to Blu-ray consumers through its BD-Live Trailer Pre-Roll technology and expects the total number to surpass 25 million by the end of 2010. Deluxe had launched its BD-Live Trailer Pre-Roll technology in late 2009 to enable studio marketing divisions to dynamically and seamlessly serve new trailers and other promotional content directly to their Internet-connected Blu-ray consumers.
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Denon Announces Two 3D-Ready Blu-ray Players
Posted April 27, 2010 07:54 AM by Juan Calonge
Denon Electronics has announced two new 3D-Ready Universal Blu-ray players to its lineup: the DBP-1611UD (SRP $399, available June) and the DBP-2011UDCI (SRP $799, available August). Full 3D capability will be added in the fall through a firmware update. Both players support BD-Live (with 1 GB of onboard memory), DVD-Audio and SACD, and Netflix and YouTube streaming, and are DLNA 1.5-certified.
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Black Sabbath’s Paranoid (Classic Albums) on Blu-ray
Posted April 27, 2010 05:58 AM by Juan Calonge
Honoring the 40th anniversary of the Black Sabbath album Black Sabbath: Paranoid, Eagle Rock Entertainment has announced it as part of its Classic Albums collection, and for the first time also on Blu-ray, with a street date of June 29. For this documentary, original members Ozzy Osbourne (vocals), Tony Iommi (guitar), Geezer Butler (bass), and Bill Ward (drummer), along with their original engineer, deliver the story behind Paranoid.
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Eureka non-MoC Blu-ray Special Offer
Posted April 27, 2010 05:30 AM by Juan Calonge
Eureka Entertainment has added some last-minute offers to its April offers page. Most of them involve DVD, but there is also a Blu-ray pack bringing together the studio's first four Blu-rays not released under the Masters of Cinema series: Sunday matinee titles The Black Shield of Falworth and Prince Valiant, American indie hit Junebug and Australian cult sensation Bad Boy Bubby.
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The Crazies Remake Announced on Blu-ray
Posted April 27, 2010 03:40 AM by Juan Calonge
Anchor Bay Entertainment has announced The Crazies for release on Blu-ray on June 29. This horror/scifi movie is a remake of the 1973 movie of the same title (also available on Blu-ray from Blue Underground). It opened to positive critical reception and grossed nearly $39 million at the box office.
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Buy True Blood Season 2 Blu-ray, Get Free Bottle of TruBlood
Posted April 27, 2010 03:20 AM by Juan Calonge
UK retailer HMV is offering "fang bangers" the opportunity to claim a free bottle of the coveted official TruBlood drink with every purchase of True Blood: The Complete Second Season, only at three of its outlets in West End London. TruBlood is a real blood-orange carbonated beverage and an exact replica of the bottle used in the show. The bottle design has a rich red stain and raised lettering making it a real collector's item.
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Newsmakers Announced on Blu-ray
Posted April 27, 2010 03:04 AM by Juan Calonge
Showbox Home Entertainment has announced Newsmakers (Goryachie novosti) for release on Blu-ray on May 3. This crime movie is a Russian-language remake of Johnnie To's celebrated Hong Kong action/thriller Breaking News, directed by Swedish filmmaker Anders Banke (director of the award-winning vampire movie Frostbite).
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G.I. Joe Animated Movie Announced on Blu-ray
Posted April 27, 2010 02:48 AM by Juan Calonge
Shout! Factory, in collaboration with Hasbro, Inc., has announced the original animated 1987 movie G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, The Movie for release on a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack on July 27. This release is the final installment to complete G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero – The Complete Series (released last year, on DVD only). The Special Collectors Edition edition will offers viewers an exclusive option of viewing the animated movie presentation in widescreen.
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StudioCanal Blu-ray Titles in September
Posted April 26, 2010 03:23 PM by Juan Calonge
On its Facebook page, Optimum Home Entertainment has revealed that it will release six titles on Blu-ray in September as part of the StudioCanal Collection: Le cercle rouge (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1970); Delicatessen (Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, 1991), The Graduate (Mike Nichols, 1967), Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001), The Pianist (Roman Polanski, 2002) and The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949).
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Target: Buy Avatar and Blu-ray Player, Get $20 Gift Card
Posted April 26, 2010 02:01 PM by Juan Calonge
The Target weekly ad features a Blu-ray special offer linked to the recent release of Avatar: if you buy the Sony BDP-S360 Blu-ray player (priced at $124.99) together with the Avatar Blu-ray from that retailer, you will receive a $20 gift card instantly. This offer is valid through May 1.
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Webchat with Avatar’s Stephen Lang
Posted April 26, 2010 08:30 AM by Juan Calonge
As part of the UK Blu-ray launch of Avatar, cinema magazine Empire is holding a Webchat with actor Stephen Lang starting now. It's your chance to pose questions on everything from James Cameron's epic (and its planned sequel) to Lang's roles in The Men Who Stare at Goats and Public Enemies to his upcoming turn in Conan.
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Avatar UK Blu-ray Launched at London’s HMV
Posted April 26, 2010 06:35 AM by Juan Calonge
Avatar has been released in the UK today, after enjoying an official launch event at HMV Oxford St yesterday, where Stephen Lang (Colonel Miles Quaritch) signed copies of the film and was on hand for a Q&A. HMV's flagship store at 150 Oxford Street, London, was transformed into Pandora to host the official UK launch of the biggest film of all time- Avatar on DVD and Blu-ray.
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Sanctuary Seasons 1 and 2 Announced on Blu-ray
Posted April 26, 2010 06:04 AM by Juan Calonge
E1 Entertainment has announced the Blu-ray release of Sanctuary: The Complete First Season and Sanctuary: The Complete Second Season for release on Blu-ray on June 15. This supernatural-themed TV series, which began life online as a webisode miniseries and subsequently expanded and aired on Syfy, is groundbreaking in that it is shot using the RED camera and almost entirely on green-screen.
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Jason and the Argonauts Blu-ray Announced
Posted April 26, 2010 05:36 AM by Juan Calonge
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has set July 6 as the Blu-ray release date for the 1963 mythological action/adventure movie Jason and the Argonauts, featuring visual effects by Ray Harryhausen, including a famous fight sequence between live-action warriors and a small army of stop-motion-animated skeletons.
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The Last Station Announced on Blu-ray
Posted April 26, 2010 05:33 AM by Juan Calonge
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced The Last Station for release on Blu-ray on June 22. This film recounts the final year in the life of the great Russian writer, Leo Tolstoy. It stars Christopher Plummer as Tolstoy and Helen Mirren as his wife Sofya Tolstaya – both of whom received nominations for the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards.
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The Eclipse Announced on Blu-ray
Posted April 26, 2010 04:45 AM by Juan Calonge
Magnolia Home Entertainment has announced The Eclipse for release on Blu-ray on June 29. This supernatural drama set in Ireland, starring Ciarán Hinds (Rome's Julius Caesar), premiered at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival and only got a limited theatrical release in March 2010.
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The Warlords Announced on Blu-ray
Posted April 26, 2010 04:10 AM by Juan Calonge
Magnolia Home Entertainment has announced the epic war movie The Warlords (Tau ming chong) for release on Blu-ray on June 29. This 2007 Hong Kong production, despite its production budget and cast (starring Jet Li, Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro) only saw a very limited theatrical release on April 2.
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Avatar Already Top-selling Blu-ray Ever
Posted April 26, 2010 03:39 AM by Juan Calonge
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has announced that the Blu-ray edition of James Cameron's Avatar had sold 2.7 million units by Sunday afternoon, thus surpassing in four days the lifetime sales of the previous top-selling Blu-ray, The Dark Knight, which took over a year to sell 2.5 million units. Overall, Avatar has sold 6.7 million copies on packaged media.
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Eagle Rock May-August Blu-ray Slate Revealed
Posted April 26, 2010 03:18 AM by Juan Calonge
Eagle Rock Entertainment has announced its Blu-ray slate for May-August 2010, including upcoming releases from Black Sabbath, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Michael Bolton, The Moody Blues, Tom Petty, The Shadows, and Tupac, as well as a documentary movie on The Doors.
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Complete Metropolis Theatrical Rerelease and Trailer
Posted April 25, 2010 06:25 AM by Juan Calonge
As previously reported, Kino International's Metropolis website has gone online, revealing first details of the theatrical rerelease and Blu-ray edition of The Complete Metropolis, with 25 minutes of added footage. The film is getting its American premiere tonight at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Los Angeles, as part of the TCM Classic Film Festival, accompanied by the Alloy Orchestra.
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Name Oppo Smartphone, Win a Blu-ray Player
Posted April 24, 2010 05:11 AM by Juan Calonge
Oppo Digital is looking for a name for its "potential" upcoming Android smartphone, first details of which surfaced in late 2009. Now the company has announced that it needs "a unique name and 5 absolute features" for the product, and has opened a special page for submissions. If Oppo releases the Smartphone and chooses your suggested name, you will be rewarded with this brand's latest Blu-ray player and smartphone.
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BFI Announces Two Flipside Titles
Posted April 24, 2010 04:55 AM by Juan Calonge
BFI Video has announced two titles for release on Blu-ray on May 17 as part of its Flipside series: the "unjustly overlooked Swinging Sixties gem" The Pleasure Girls (Gerry O'Hara, 1965), starring Francesca Annis, Ian McShane and Klaus Kinski, and the controversial The Party's Over (Guy Hamilton 1963-1965), in an uncensored pre-release cut. Both titles will be available as Dual Format Editions, containing the Blu-ray and DVD versions of the films and the extras (on two discs).
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Deal Alert: The African Queen Blu-ray for $15 (Expired)
Posted April 23, 2010 06:43 AM by Juan Calonge
Best Buy has an interesting BD-related deal of the day going on now. Today only, you can buy the Blu-ray of the classic John Huston adventure movie The African Queen for only $15.00 (62% off MSRP). This offer is available for in-store pickup and online, and expires today at midnight.
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BVA Holds 30th Anniversary Awards Ceremony
Posted April 23, 2010 05:56 AM by Juan Calonge
The British Video Association, the trade organisation which represents the most important audiovisual sector in the UK, honored the cream of home entertainment last night at the 30th Anniversary Awards ceremony in London. The event, which attracted more than 1,000 guests, recognised the outstanding creative and commercial achievements of companies whose performances and results throughout 2009 made them stand out within the hugely competitive home entertainment market place.
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Buy Avatar and Panasonic Blu-ray Gear, Get $25 Rebate
Posted April 23, 2010 05:26 AM by Juan Calonge
Panasonic has announced an exclusive agreement with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment on a promotion celebrating the release of James Cameron's epic movie, Avatar. This will offer consumers a $25.00 rebate with the purchase of a 2010 Panasonic Blu-ray Disc player or entertainment system as well as Avatar on Blu-ray Disc.