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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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Universal Announces Four Catalog Films on Blu-ray
Posted February 4, 2010 04:06 AM by Juan Calonge
Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced that it will release four titles from its catalog (two of them new to high-definition disc) on Blu-ray on April 27: Dune, The Jackal, Out of Africa and Traffic. With the exception of Dune, they will be released in the now-familiar "flipper" DVD/BD two-sided combo disc.
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Gangs of New York Blu-ray Gets Video Overhaul
Posted February 3, 2010 03:17 PM by Juan Calonge
Quietly, without any official announcement or even a press release, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released yesterday a remastered Blu-ray edition of the Martin Scorsese movie Gangs of New York. Pending a full analysis, blu-ray.com reviewer Kenneth Brown confirms that this edition offers a "substantial improvement" in video quality over the 2008 release.
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Murdoch: Avatar Blu-ray Release by June
Posted February 3, 2010 05:58 AM by Juan Calonge
At a News Corp. earnings call, CEO Rupert Murdoch said yesterday that James Cameron's sci-fi megablockbuster Avatar will be released on Blu-ray during the company's fiscal year, which ends June 30. However, the studio is in no hurry to put the movie on store shelves just yet. “We're not going to yank it out of theaters if it is doing $30 million a weekend,” News Corp. president Chase Carey said.
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Michael Bolton Live Blu-ray Announced
Posted February 3, 2010 05:19 AM by Juan Calonge
Eagle Rock Entertainment has announced Michael Bolton: Live at the Royal Albert Hall for release on Blu-ray on May 4 (after airing on PBS in March), tying in with the release of Bolton's new CD, One World One Love. This concert was recorded at the famed London venue in October 2009, and offers an array of tunes, spanning Michael Bolton's 25-year career.
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Pierrot le fou Criterion Blu-ray Going Out of Print
Posted February 2, 2010 11:51 AM by Juan Calonge
The Criterion Collection has sent an email to its customers informing them that "a large group of titles from StudioCanal" will be out of print at the end of March, and among them the Blu-ray of Jean-Luc Godard's Pierrot le fou, which will suffer the same fate as The Third Man. Once it goes out of print, this title is expected to become increasingly hard to find.
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Apollo 13 Blu-ray Blasts Off in April
Posted February 2, 2010 09:53 AM by Juan Calonge
Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced Apollo 13 for release on Blu-ray on April 13, just two days after the 40th anniversary of the launch of the NASA mission that nearly ended in disaster when an oxygen tank in the spaceship ruptured two hundred. This Blu-ray will exclusively include a U-Control track with a wealth of history and technology information. It will come in a non-flipper BD50 disc.
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The 82nd Oscars and Blu-ray: Nominations
Posted February 2, 2010 09:13 AM by Juan Calonge
Today, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 82nd Academy Awards. The Oscar race is led by James Cameron's Avatar and Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker, with nine nominations each. This year, ten movies fight for the best picture award, four of which are already out on Blu-ray and five others will be soon.
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Today on Blu-ray - February 2nd
Posted February 2, 2010 08:20 AM by Josh Dreuth
Zombies are the speed bumps of the horror world. Inherently evil by design, they pose little more than an annoyance when only one is involved. But as they multiply, the danger increases exponentially (try managing a parking lot full of speed bumps without losing your sanity). The works of zombie guru George A. Romero are nothing short of legendary, but recent zombie spoofs, including today's Blu-ray release of Zombieland have proven to be just as (if not more) entertaining.
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Warner Ends Blu-ray Replication Deal with Cinram, Goes with Technicolor
Posted February 2, 2010 03:10 AM by Juan Calonge
Warner Home Video has notified replication company Cinram that it has exercised an option to terminate its service agreements on July 31, 2010. The notice covers all Cinram entities globally and will directly impact operations in North America, Mexico, UK, France, Germany and Spain. This is a serious blow for Cinram: in 2009, WHV revenues represented approximately 28% of the total consolidated revenues of the replication company. Update: Warner alliance with Technicolor announced.
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Walmart Selling Pioneer Blu-ray Player for $108
Posted February 1, 2010 04:32 PM by Juan Calonge
Retail giant Wal-Mart is offering the Pioneer BDP-120 Blu-ray player for only $108 plus shipping, labeled as "rollback". Unlike other recent Blu-ray players on special sale, such as the Sylvania player in last Friday's Amazon Deal of the Day, the BDP-120 supports BonusView and BD-Live.
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GoodFellas 20th Anniversary Blu-ray Recycles 3-Year-Old Disc
Posted February 1, 2010 03:10 PM by Juan Calonge
Ever since Warner Home Video announced GoodFellas: 20th Anniversary Edition, many enthusiasts expressed their hope that WHV would use this opportunity to improve the audio or the video presentation of this major Martin Scorsese movie. However, site reviewer Kenneth Brown has taken a preliminary look at the 20th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray and, pending a full review, informs that the movie disc is identical to the GoodFellas Blu-ray released in early 2007.
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Old Dogs Blu-ray Announced and Detailed
Posted February 1, 2010 02:14 PM by Juan Calonge
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has revealed the release details for Old Dogs, which is coming out on Blu-ray on on March 9. This comedy starring John Travolta and Robin Williams will be available in two editions: a single-disc BD and a BD/DVD/Digital Copy combo pack.
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Panasonic 3-D Authoring Center Up and Running
Posted February 1, 2010 10:05 AM by Juan Calonge
Panasonic unveiled its "fully operational" Blu-ray 3D Advanced Authoring Center located at Panasonic's R&D facility, Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory. The Advanced Authoring Center was recently upgraded and equipped with the latest 3-D technological innovations, based on standards developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA). It now offers studios and filmmakers image processing, interactive programming, authoring and disc certification services, which are capable of making Blu-ray 3D Discs commercially available as early as Spring 2010.
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Pirate Radio Blu-ray Announced
Posted February 1, 2010 09:07 AM by Juan Calonge
Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced that it will release the British comedy Pirate Radio on Blu-ray on April 13. Note that this BD edition will only feature the U.S cut of the movie, 12 minutes shorter than the original version (titled The Boat That Rocked and released on Blu-ray in the UK in September 2009).
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Battlestar Galactica Series Blu-ray Repackaged, Adds The Plan
Posted February 1, 2010 04:21 AM by Juan Calonge
Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Series for release on April 6. The main change from the July 2009 edition (which is now discontinued) is that this new box set will include Battlestar Galactica: The Plan (released in October 2009). Additionally, it will come in slimmer packaging and the list price is lower.
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Broken Embraces Blu-ray Announced
Posted February 1, 2010 03:36 AM by Juan Calonge
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced Broken Embraces (Los abrazos rotos), the latest movie directed by Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, for Blu-ray release on March 16. Broken Embraces, starring Penélope Cruz, is a complex story of amour fou, jealousy, betrayal, and dark secrets revealed, going back and forth in time, and both behind the camera and in front of it.
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Armagedon and Tombstone on Blu-ray in Spring (Update)
Posted January 31, 2010 03:23 AM by Juan Calonge
Confirming previous rumors, an early announcement to retailers indicates that, on
May 4April 27, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment will release the Michael Bay sci-fi/action movie Armageddon and the western Tombstone on Blu-ray. No information on audio/video specifications or special features is available at this time. Update: date change. -
Lost Season 6 & Complete Collection Blu-ray Dated
Posted January 30, 2010 04:48 AM by Juan Calonge
The sixth season of the TV phenomenon Lost doesn't even premiere until next Tuesday, and it already has a Blu-ray release date. TV Shows on DVD (citing information posted on Ingram Entertainment's VideoETA website) is reporting that, on August 24, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment will release both Lost: The Complete Sixth and Final Season and the mammoth Lost: The Complete Collection, with exclusive bonus content.
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Sherlock Holmes Blu-ray Gets Late March Date
Posted January 29, 2010 05:16 PM by Juan Calonge
Warner Home Video has announced Sherlock Holmes for release on a BD/DVD/Digital Copy combo pack on March 30. This kinetic reimagining of the character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle outraged purists but was a box office hit. The BD will feature the already-familiar "Maximum Movie Mode" with director Guy Ritchie.
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Restored Battleship Potemkin Blu-ray in April
Posted January 29, 2010 03:14 PM by Juan Calonge
Kino Video is set to release the classic of silent cinema Battleship Potemkin, directed by Sergei M. Eisenstein, on April 20. For this 1080p restoration, Kino has joined the Deutsche Kinematek in association with Russia's Goskinofilm, the British Film Institute, Bundesfilm Archive Berlin, and the Munich Film Museum. Dozens of missing shots have been replaced, and all 146-title cards restored to Eisenstein's specifications.
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Lightning Deal: The Who at Kilburn Blu-ray for $12.99 (Sold out)
Posted January 29, 2010 01:04 PM by Juan Calonge
Apart from the Blu-ray player featured in today's Deal of the Day, Amazon has now a BD-related Lightning Deal. For a very limited time, you can order The Who: Kilburn 1977 for only $12.99 (56% off MSRP). The price history for this title shows that it also hit that price briefly in late December 2009. This offer expires today at 2 p.m. PST, or when stock runs out. Update: all discounts have been claimed.
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February Advance Blu-ray Sale at Eureka
Posted January 29, 2010 10:21 AM by Juan Calonge
Eureka Entertainment is offering blu-ray.com readers the opportunity to buy the Masters of Cinema Blu-ray releases due out next month (F.W. Murnau's City Girl and Fritz Lang's M) and they will ship before February 15, well ahead of their official release date. Like in the previous advance sale, the distributor is offering free shipping worldwide.
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The Slammin' Salmon Blu-ray Announced
Posted January 29, 2010 05:37 AM by Juan Calonge
Anchor Bay Entertainment has announced the release on Blu-ray, on April 13, of 'The Slammin' Salmon', the latest work of Broken Lizard, the comedy troupe behind 'Beerfest' and 'Super Troopers. It stars Michael Clarke Duncan as a restaurant owner and ex boxing champ who, indebted to the Japanese mob, challenges his waiters to sell more food in one night than they've ever sold before – or face a pummeling.
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City of the Living Dead, Django on Blu-ray from Blue Underground
Posted January 29, 2010 04:23 AM by Juan Calonge
Blue Underground has announced two movies for release on Blu-ray on May 25: the horror cult movie 'City of the Living Dead', directed by Lucio Fulci, and the spaghetti western 'Django', directed by Sergio Corbucci. Both of them have received new video transfers from the original camera negative.
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Deal of the Day: Sylvania Blu-ray Player for $89.99 (Expired)
Posted January 29, 2010 03:15 AM by Juan Calonge
This Friday, Amazon has a BD-hardware related deal of the day in its Gold Box. Up to midnight PST, you can buy the Sylvania NB530SLX for $89.99, or 55% off MSRP. Note that this model support BonusView (Profile 1.1), but not BD-Live (Profile 2.0), as made obvious by the lack of an Ethernet port. This offer is expired now.
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First 3D Blu-ray Player Up for Preorder
Posted January 28, 2010 04:38 PM by Juan Calonge
Everything with Blu-ray 3D is happening extremely fast. January isn't even over yet and Amazon already has a compatible player up for preorder: the Samsung BD-C6900, announced mere weeks ago at CES. At the time of writing, it appears as "temporarily out of stock", with no fixed availability date. It carries a price tag of $399.99.
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Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music Released on Blu-ray
Posted January 28, 2010 03:59 PM by Juan Calonge
The controversial 1975 Lou Reed album 'Metal Machine Music' (considered as either the ultimate conceptual punk album avant la lettre or a big musical joke) is set for a Blu-ray release in mid-February, to tie in with Reed's upcoming European minitour with a new experimental and improvisational outfit.
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Elvis Commemorative Blu-ray Editions Coming Soon
Posted January 28, 2010 09:46 AM by Juan Calonge
Spanish site ZonaDVD is reporting that Warner Home Video is preparing the Blu-ray release of five movies starring Elvis Presley to celebrate the 75th anniversary of his birth. At the moment there is no information on which specific titles might be included, or if they will be released separately or in a commemorative box set.
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Alone in the Dark II Blu-ray Best Buy Exclusive (Correcting and Replacing)
Posted January 28, 2010 06:24 AM by Juan Calonge
Without any previous announcement, Vivendi Visual Entertainment released 'Alone in the Dark II' on Blu-ray on January 26. This direct-to-video sequel of Uwe Boll's adaptation of the horror video game is an exclusive to
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Over 10% of Netflix Subscribers Pay for Blu-ray Option
Posted January 28, 2010 05:58 AM by Juan Calonge
As a part of the earnings conference call for the fourth quarter of 2009, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings announced: "Now over 10% of our subscribers are Blu-ray enabled." In other words, over 1.2 million Netflix subscribers now pay the $1-$9 Blu-ray access charge over their monthly subscription rate. This represents over 70% growth year-on-year, despite the 20% rate increase during 2009.