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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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Free 3D Blu-ray Starter Kit with Samsung TV
Posted March 22, 2010 06:34 AM by Juan Calonge
Best Buy is offering a special promotion on a Samsung 3D-ready package. If you order a Samsung 55-inch LED Full-HD 3D-ready TV, together with the BD-C6900 Blu-ray player, and two pairs of active 3D glasses, you get a discount of $780 and free shipping, effectively giving you 3D functionality for free.
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Coupons and Movie Money with Toy Story 1 & 2 on Blu-ray
Posted March 22, 2010 05:38 AM by Juan Calonge
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has printable $5 off coupons good for the purchase of the Toy Story or Toy Story 2 Blu-ray/DVD combo packs during their first week in stores. This coupon is redeemable at participating retailers. Additionally, Disney is offering vouchers good for $8.50 towards Toy Story 3 in the theater to buyers of any of the two first movies on Blu-ray.
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Wild Things Foursome Blu-ray Announced
Posted March 22, 2010 04:53 AM by Juan Calonge
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced Wild Things: Foursome, the next film in the Wild Things series, which will be released direct to unrated Blu-ray on June 1, with more seduction, greed and double-crossing. No technical specifications or special features have been announced at this point.
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Bad Boys Blu-ray Announced
Posted March 22, 2010 04:44 AM by Juan Calonge
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced Bad Boys for Blu-ray release on June 1. In this Michael Bay film, two Miami cops (Will Smith and Martin Lawrence) are two loose cannons who tear up the Sunshine State in search of stolen drugs. There is no information about a BD release of Bad Boys II at this time.
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The White Ribbon Announced on Blu-ray
Posted March 22, 2010 04:39 AM by Juan Calonge
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that it will release The White Ribbon (Das weisse Band, eine deutsche Kindergeschichte) on Blu-ray on June 29. This movie, directed by Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke, won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2009, and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards.
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The Road Announced on Blu-ray
Posted March 22, 2010 04:30 AM by Juan Calonge
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced the Blu-ray release of the Weinstein Company production The Road on May 25. This post-apocalyptic tale, based on a novel by Cormac McCarthy, earned wide critical acclaim, especially regarding the performance of Viggo Mortensen, who was expected to get a Best Actor Oscar nomination. He did not.
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Edge of Darkness Blu-ray Announced
Posted March 20, 2010 05:31 AM by Juan Calonge
Warner Home Video has announced Edge of Darkness for release on Blu-ray on May 11, in a BD/DVD/Digital Copy combo pack. This crime thriller, an adaptation of a 1985 BBC mini-series (also directed by Martin Campbell), marked Mel Gibson's return in front of the cameras, as he hadn't starred in a movie since 2002.
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First Look at New BSG Blu-ray Packaging
Posted March 19, 2010 12:27 PM by Juan Calonge
The Digital Bits has received the new packaging for Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Series Box Set and initial reaction is positive. The packaging consists of a metallic-looking outer slipcase holding four cardboard and plastic Digipak-style cases (one for each season) plus the existing BD case packaging for The Plan.
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Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue Blu-ray in September
Posted March 19, 2010 09:39 AM by Juan Calonge
Parents rejoice! Peter Pan's erstwhile sidekick has branched out to become a bona fide DTV franchise for Disney, with the help of her "Disney Fairies" clique. The studio that brought you Tinker Bell in 2008 and Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure in 2009 has announced that "the world's favorite fairy" will be spreading her mirth and magic for audiences of all ages on September 21, as the worlds of fairies and humans meet for the first time in the new CG feature movie, Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue.
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Rumor: Tron Blu-ray in November, Lion King in Fall 2011
Posted March 19, 2010 06:33 AM by Juan Calonge
The Digital Bits is reporting that Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment plans to release the 1982 science-fiction film Tron in November, a month ahead of the theatrical release of its sequel Tron Legacy. It also revealed that the studio will release The Lion King on BD in October 2011.
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Supernatural Season 1 Blu-ray Announced
Posted March 19, 2010 05:11 AM by Juan Calonge
Warner Home Video has announced Supernatural: The Complete First Season for release on Blu-ray on June 15. This Blu-ray edition will include over two hours of new features not included in the DVD set. No announcement has been made regarding the second season of this series, which after this release will be the only one still without a high-def edition.
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How the Earth Changed History Blu-ray Announced
Posted March 19, 2010 04:50 AM by Juan Calonge
Warner Home Video has announced the BBC/National Geographic co-production How the Earth Changed History for release in a two-disc Blu-ray set on July 6. This documentary series, from the team behind Earth: The Biography, reveals the epic tale of how the forces of the earth have shaped human civilization.
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Book of Eli Blu-ray Announced
Posted March 19, 2010 04:37 AM by Juan Calonge
Warner Home Video has announced The Book of Eli for release on a Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy Combo Pack on June 15. This post-apocalyptic movie starring Denzel Washington opened theatrically in January 15 and earned a total of about $94 million at the box office. The BD will exclusively include Warner's now-famous picture-in-picture Maximum Movie Mode.
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Gladiator Anniversary Blu-ray Delayed
Posted March 18, 2010 05:25 AM by Juan Calonge
Just a week after announcing Gladiator: 10th Anniversary Edition , the Germany branch of Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced that this Blu-ray release has been postponed. The studio has not given a new date, or any reasons for the delay, although it's been speculated that it might have been moved to the fall, to tie in with the home video release of Robin Hood.
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Blu-ray Sales, March 8-14: Boondock Saints Blessed (Update)
Posted March 18, 2010 04:56 AM by Juan Calonge
Undoubtedly thanks to the cult following of The Boondock Saints, its sequel The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day was the top-selling title on Blu-ray during the week ended March 14, according to Nielsen VideoScan First Alert, narrowly beating 2012 in its second week. The first Saints movie also reentered the charts at number 10. Update: overall sales figures added.
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NFL New Orleans Saints Road to Super Bowl Blu-ray Announced
Posted March 18, 2010 04:02 AM by Juan Calonge
Warner Home Video has announced Saints Road to XLIV: Post-season Collector's Edition on a four-disc Blu-ray set, with a release date of June 1. Now you can relive the New Orleans Saints' remarkable NFL championship run with the original network broadcasts of four games, from their exciting week 13 overtime win in Washington to their post-season run.
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Invictus Blu-ray Announced
Posted March 17, 2010 04:25 PM by Juan Calonge
Warner Home Video has announced the release of the latest movie directed by Clint Eastwood, Invictus, which will street on May 18 in a Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy combo edition. This movie, starring Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela, tells the inspiring true story of how the South African rugby team united the nation shortly after the disappearance of the apartheid regime.
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The Pacific Blu-ray Not as Soon as Expected
Posted March 17, 2010 02:22 PM by Juan Calonge
After information recently posted regarding an upcoming Blu-ray release of the HBO miniseries The Pacific, the studio has requested the removal of the video mentioning that the miniseries would be released on disc in time for Father's Day. HBO also clarifies that, while an exact release date has not been announced, it will not come out "any earlier than the second half of the year."
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CyberLink Launches PowerDVD 10
Posted March 17, 2010 10:25 AM by Juan Calonge
CyberLink Corp. today released CyberLink PowerDVD 10. Enabling Full HD and 3D Blu-ray playback, CyberLink PowerDVD 10 features TrueTheater 3D technology, upgrading the movie experience with 3D movie playback for DVD discs and video files. Meanwhile, the improved version of TrueTheater HD, optimized for the latest CPU/GPU acceleration technologies, enables the upscaling of both DVD movies and video files to HD. A "Mark II" update is scheduled for release this summer which will add Blu-ray 3D playback and 2D-to-3D video file conversion to their software.
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Singulus to Add Jobs as Blu-ray Orders Increase
Posted March 17, 2010 09:52 AM by Juan Calonge
Singulus Technologies AG, the world's biggest maker of machines to produce Blu-ray optical discs, will stop working short hours at the end of the month and will add employees in the third quarter, as it plans to sell as many as 35 Blu-ray replication lines this year. "One can talk clearly of a turnaround and we are confident that it will be long-lasting," said Roland Lacher, Singulus CEO.
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Video: Restoring The African Queen
Posted March 17, 2010 09:33 AM by Juan Calonge
An exclusive eight-minute video was posted today at MovieWeb offering a fascinating look at the many challenges faced for the restoration of John Huston's The African Queen, which will finally come out on Blu-ray next Tuesday. Paramount's ambition with this restoration program has been to be regarded as one of the industry's best.
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Image Acquires Handmade Library for Blu-ray
Posted March 17, 2010 08:44 AM by Juan Calonge
Image Entertainment, Inc. announced today the licensing of the Handmade Films library, featuring over 30 titles including such classics as Time Bandits, The Long Good Friday, the Oscar-nominated Mona Lisa, A Private Function, Withnail and I and How To Get Ahead In Advertising. The announcement was made by Ted Green, Image Chairman and CEO. No Blu-ray release schedule for the library was given at this time.
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Vengeance Trilogy Blu-ray Details Expanded (Update)
Posted March 17, 2010 05:47 AM by Juan Calonge
Final details have been revealed regarding Palisades Tartan's Blu-ray release of Park Chan-Wook's Vengeance Trilogy, comprised of Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy and Lady Vengeance, which as previously reported, released on March 16 as a Best Buy exclusive until June. Contrary to initial information, this finally is a four-disc set (3 BDs and one DVD), loaded with special features. A major improvement for Oldboy from the 2007 release is the inclusion of the three-hour video diary "The Autobiography of Oldboy".
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Happy Together, The Sun on Blu-ray in June
Posted March 17, 2010 05:41 AM by Juan Calonge
An early announcement to retailers indicates that Kino Video will release two titles in June: Happy Together (Cheun gwong tsa sit, Wong Kar-wai, 1997) on June 1, and The Sun (Solntse, Aleksandr Sokurov, 2005) on June 8. There is no information regarding audio/video specifications or special features.
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Darkman and Flash Gordon Announced on Blu-ray
Posted March 17, 2010 05:29 AM by Juan Calonge
Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced that it will release two catalog titles on Blu-ray on June 15, both of which belong decidedly in the "guilty pleasure" category: Sam Raimi's Darkman, starring Liam Neeson, and the 1980 space-opera Flash Gordon, adapted from the classic 1930s comic strip and serials. Both will be presented in non-flipper, single-sided discs.
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Criterion Adds Kiarostami and Troell to June Blu-ray Slate
Posted March 17, 2010 04:54 AM by Juan Calonge
The Criterion Collection has added two more titles to its June Blu-ray slate, which will join the three movies recently announced . The studio will release Close-up (Nema-ye Nazdik, Abbas Kiarostami, 1990) on June 22 and Everlasting Moments (Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick, Jan Troell, 2008) on June 29.
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Avatar Blu-ray Detailed, Gets 1.78:1 Video
Posted March 17, 2010 04:11 AM by Juan Calonge
Release details have begun to surface regarding the upcoming Blu-ray edition of Avatar, which was announced yesterday. Not regarding the special features (as there will be none), but the audio and video presentation. An interesting development is that the feature aspect ratio of this edition will be 1.78:1, as seen in most 3D theatrical projections.
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Today on Blu-ray - March 16th
Posted March 16, 2010 09:43 AM by Josh Dreuth
When Disney purchased Pixar Animation Studios in 2006, one of the most influential factors behind the acquisition, besides acquiring the top computer animation studios in the world, was that John Lasseter, one of the powerhouses behind the rise of Pixar, would be put in charge of Disney's downtrodden animation studio. A fan of hand-drawn animation, Lasseter's return was sign of Disney's willingness to reinvigorate the dying art that the studio had all but destroyed only a few years earlier. His first project as Chief Creative Officer (CCO) was The Princess and the Frog - which is out today on Blu-ray - a film which sees the return of the studio to its animation and storytelling roots.
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Avatar UK Blu-ray Releases Detailed
Posted March 16, 2010 07:04 AM by Juan Calonge
Now that Avatar has been officially announced worldwide, British retailers have reposted the preorder pages and pictures for the local Blu-ray releases of the movie that got prematurely leaked earlier. Apart from a regular release , the UK will get a limited-edition SteelBook, only available from online retailers, with four lenticular artcards and the companion Activist Survival Guide.
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Caddyshack Blu-ray Announced for June
Posted March 16, 2010 04:43 AM by Juan Calonge
Warner Home Video has announced Caddyshack for release on Blu-ray on June 8. The Blu-ray edition of Harold Ramis's directing debut will include the feature-length documentary, Caddyshack: The Inside Story, with the movie's cast and creators. Caddyshack was one of the three catalog titles that WHV had put in the vault last year in anticipation of a Blu-ray release.