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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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Troma's Poultrygeist Blu-ray Gets February Date
Posted November 21, 2009 02:27 PM by Juan Calonge
Indian-possessed zombie chickens seek revenge! Confirming reports from earlier this month, an early announcement to retailers indicates that Troma Team Video will release its first Blu-ray title, 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead' on February 23, 2010. No information on audio/video specifications or special features is available at this time.
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PS3's Blu-ray Functionality Promoted in New Ad
Posted November 21, 2009 05:11 AM by Juan Calonge
A new PlayStation 3 puts BD playback front and center, within the "Dear PlayStation" theme of its new campaign. It features an "unhappy grandchild", complaining that his grandma "won't stop watching Blu-ray movies" on his PS3. A VP for "Blu-ray Superiority" (sic) replies, "for 299 bucks you don't just get a sweet gaming machine, you get the best Blu-ray player around built-in for free."
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Panasonic BD60 Blu-ray Player for $109 at Dell (Sold out)
Posted November 20, 2009 04:00 PM by Juan Calonge
While the Internet is abuzz with leaked Black Friday deals from major retailers, Dell has quietly started a remarkable deal on the Panasonic DMP-BD60, which can be had for $109 plus tax, with free shipping. This is a BD-Live compatible player, which supports streaming from YouTube and Amazon, and decodes DTS-HD Master Audio and Dolby TrueHD. Update: the offer has now ended.
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Lionsgate Brings Four Classic Action Films to Blu-ray
Posted November 20, 2009 03:29 PM by Josh Dreuth
Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced that they will bring the classic action films 'The Running Man', 'Hard Rain', 'Drop Zone', and 'The Phantom' to Blu-ray on February 9th. All four films, which feature performances by such action stars as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Wesley Snipes, will be presented in 1080p AVC video accompanied by 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtracks.
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Lightning Deal: Firefly Blu-ray for $34.99 (Sold out)
Posted November 20, 2009 01:19 PM by Juan Calonge
Amazon has an interesting BD-related "lightning deal" going on now: for a very limited time, you can buy 'Firefly: The Complete Series' for only $34.99 (61% off MSRP). This offer expires today at 2 p.m. PST, or when stock runs out. Update: all available discounts have been claimed now.
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$10 Off Santa Buddies Blu-ray with Coupon
Posted November 20, 2009 07:54 AM by Juan Calonge
Similarly to what was recently offered for 'Up', Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has now a printable $10 off coupon good for the purchase of the 'Santa Buddies' Blu-ray combo pack. This coupon is redeemable at participating retailers, and there are versions available for the US and Canada. This promotion expires on November 29.
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Steep Increase in Blu-ray Demand, More to Come
Posted November 20, 2009 07:35 AM by Juan Calonge
During a Blu-ray-related forum held in Taipei (Taiwan), a BDA executive revealed that sales volumes of BD movie discs in the US, Europe and Japan in January-September 2009 increased 183%, 200% and 180% respectively from the same period in 2008. Global demand is expected to further increase as average BD player price drops from the current $193 to the $77 forecast for 2012.
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The PS3 is Firmware-Upgradeable to 3-D
Posted November 19, 2009 10:36 AM by Juan Calonge
All PS3 units "will be firmware-upgradeable to 3-D", according to gaming site Gamasutra, citing a Sony presentation for investors given on Wednesday, when Sony outlined its strategy for growing its key business. In principle, that involves only games, but reinforces hope for existing PS3s being enabled for 3-D movie watching.
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Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story on BD
Posted November 19, 2009 07:19 AM by Juan Calonge
An early announcement to retailers indicates that Anchor Bay Entertainment will release Michael Moore's latest documentary 'Capitalism: A Love Story' on Blu-ray on December 29, making it the first Moore film on high-definition disc. There is no information on technical specifications or special features at this time.
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Best Buy Deal of the Day: LG BD370 for $130
Posted November 19, 2009 05:00 AM by Juan Calonge
Only today, Best Buy is offering the LG BD370 Blu-ray player with Netflix streaming for $129.99 with free shipping. At the time of writing, this price is about $20 lower than what Amazon is asking for the same item, even though it must be noted that Amazon is also offering three free BD movies with the purchase of this player.
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$30 Worth of VOD, $10 off 20 BDs or 3 Free BDs with Player Purchase
Posted November 19, 2009 04:30 AM by Juan Calonge
During this week, if you buy a compatible Panasonic Blu-ray player (including the Panasonic DMP-BD60, BD80 or even the BD70V BD/VHS combo), Amazon is offering $30 credit of video-on-demand, which you can use by June 30, 2010. Alternately, if you buy a Sony BDP-S360, you get $10 off on up to 20 eligible BD titles. Or you can buy an LG BD370 with three free movies.
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BD Sales: November 9-15 – Pixar Goes Up in Monster Week (Update)
Posted November 19, 2009 04:00 AM by Juan Calonge
Two titles from Pixar Animation Studios and released by Disney were the top sellers in the week ended November 15, according to Nielsen VideoScan. 'Up' was the clear number one. 'Monsters, Inc.' followed, with Blu-ray sales so strong that they propelled the title to number 6 on the overall packaged-media sales chart. Update: top 10 and sales figures added.
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Deal Alert: John Adams Blu-ray for $25 (Update)
Posted November 19, 2009 03:00 AM by Josh Dreuth
Those Blu-ray owners looking to score the HBO miniseries 'John Adams' for a good price on Black Friday now have no reason to wait. Best Buy has put the award-winning series on sale for only $25, which is $55 less than MRSP and $20 less than what Amazon currently lists as the products price. The sale will likely end this week, so those interested in checking out the historic series are advised to act quickly. Update: Amazon has now matched this deal.
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Suspiria Blu-ray Announced in the UK
Posted November 18, 2009 04:53 PM by Juan Calonge
Newly-created label Cine-Excess (under the Brunel University's School of Arts Cult Film Archive, which has recently acquired rights to part of Roger Corman's film catalog), in conjunction with distributor Nouveaux Pictures, has announced the Blu-ray release of Dario Argento's giallo classic 'Suspiria' on January 18, 2010. Audio and video specifications and region coding are not known at this time.
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Universal to Expand BD/DVD Combos to Catalogs
Posted November 18, 2009 11:33 AM by Juan Calonge
Universal Studios Home Entertainment is going to expand the use of BD/DVD combos beyond family titles by re-releasing as combos several of its catalog titles already released on BD. The first titles to be thus rereleased include '8 Mile', 'Dawn of the Dead', 'Doom', 'End of Days', 'Jarhead', 'The Last Starfighter', 'The Rundown', and 'Street Fighter', which will reportedly come out as combos on January 5, 2010.
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Lost City Raiders Coming to Blu-ray in Canada
Posted November 18, 2009 09:02 AM by Josh Dreuth
Morningstar Entertainment has announced that they will bring the Sci-fi film 'Lost City Raiders' to Blu-ray on January 5th in Canada. This made for TV movie starring James Brolin is the second Blu-ray to be released by the company ('A Christmas Carol' was the first). Technical specs and special features have not been announced at this time.
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Norton Ghost 15 Adds Blu-ray Support
Posted November 18, 2009 08:44 AM by Josh Dreuth
The latest version of Symantec's popular PC backup software, Norton Ghost 15, has added recovery media support for both BD-25 and BD-50 discs. Users who upgrade will now be able to back up their Windows 7 based computers onto a Blu-ray disc via an internal or external Blu-ray drive.
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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Tech Specs Announced
Posted November 18, 2009 08:30 AM by Josh Dreuth
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced the technical specs for the upcoming Blu-ray release of 'Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs', which is scheduled to be released on January 5th. For this computer animated feature, video will be presented in 2.35:1 1080p AVC video accompanied by a 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack.
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Park's Vengeance Trilogy in March 2010
Posted November 18, 2009 08:15 AM by Juan Calonge
Palisades Tartan has informed on an email newsletter that it will release Park Chan-wook's "Vengeance Trilogy" (comprised of 'Sympathy for Mr Vengeance', 'Oldboy' and 'Lady Vengeance') on Blu-ray in the US in March 2010. At the moment no edition details are known, but they are likely to mirror those of the UK editions (see blu-ray.com's post of October 26).
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Une Femme Mariee Announced for UK Blu-ray
Posted November 17, 2009 05:31 PM by Josh Dreuth
Eureka Entertainment has announced that they will bring 'Une Femme Mariee' to Blu-ray as part of their "Masters of Cinema" collection on January 25th in the UK. This disc will feature a newly restored 1.37:1 1080p video presentation, improved English subtitles, and accompanied by an 80-page book.
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Sony Announces Bright Star for Blu-ray Release (Update)
Posted November 17, 2009 05:22 PM by Josh Dreuth
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that they will bring 'Bright Star' to Blu-ray on January 19th. Technical specs have not been announced at this time, though you can expect to see a 1080p AVC video presentation accompanied by a 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack. Special features have also not been announced at this time. Update: This release has been canceled.
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Apatow to Make Appearance on Funny or Die
Posted November 17, 2009 03:30 PM by Josh Dreuth
In conjunction with the November 24th Blu-ray release of 'Funny People', director Judd Apatow will make an appearance on comedy website Funny or Die to promote the release. Tomorrow, Wednesday November 18th from 12:30-1:00PM PST, Apatow will answer viewer-submitted questions about the movie and some of the special features that can be found on the forthcoming Blu-ray.
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Sony Adds Netflix to Network Blu-ray Player
Posted November 17, 2009 03:25 PM by Josh Dreuth
Sony Electronics has announced that owners of the Sony N460 Network Blu-ray Player will now be able to stream video content to the player as part of their standard Netflix subscription. Similar to other Netflix-streaming Blu-ray Players, content is delivered over an Internet connection to the player so it can displayed on the viewer's HDTV.
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Marantz Offers $100 Rebate on Blu-ray Players
Posted November 17, 2009 03:02 PM by Josh Dreuth
Marantz has announced that they are offering a $100 mail in rebate on the purchase of either the Marantz BD5004 or BD7004, from now until the end of the year. With the requirement that the player must be purchased from an authorized retailer to qualify, you are unlikely to find these units for less than their MRSP ($549 and $799, respectively), but the rebate is welcome by those looking to purchase the high-end Blu-ray Disc players.
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Lightning Deal: Watchmen Nite Owl Edition $50, GoodFellas $10 (Deal Expired)
Posted November 17, 2009 01:59 PM by Juan Calonge
Amazon has an interesting BD-related "lightning deal" going on now: for a very limited time, you can buy 'Watchmen (Amazon exclusive Nite Owl Edition)' for only $49.99 , and 'GoodFellas' for $9.99. This offer expires at 12 p.m. PST, or when stock runs out. Update: the deal has expired now.
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Today on Blu-ray - November 17th
Posted November 17, 2009 09:43 AM by Josh Dreuth
When George Lucas announced that he would be directing three new Star Wars films, fans young and old built a level of anticipation not seen since the original trilogy first graced theater screens - at least until they met Jar Jar. So when Paramount announced they would revisit Star Trek with Lost co-creator J. J. Abrams at the helm, no one could blame Trekkies for being a tad apprehensive about what direction he would take with their beloved space- based series. The results, however, not only met fan's lofty expectations, but also those of film critics and general moviegoers alike. Thanks to Abram's efforts, Star Trek was both a critical and commercial success and - with today's Blu-ray release - is expected to be a home video success as well.
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Warner Launches DVD2BLU Program
Posted November 17, 2009 09:40 AM by Josh Dreuth
Warner Home Video has announced that they have launched a new program which allows owners trade in their Warner DVD titles for Blu-ray upgrades for as little as $7.95. To take advantage of the program, owners will be required to identify which titles they want to upgrade through the DVD2Blu site, and then mail-in their DVD discs to show proof of ownership. In 4-5 weeks they will receive Blu-ray copies of those same titles.
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Buy Fight Club and Boondock Saints, Save $5
Posted November 17, 2009 06:03 AM by Juan Calonge
For a limited time, if you buy the just-released Blu-ray of 'Fight Club' at Amazon together with the BD of 'The Boondock Saints', you will get an additional $5 off at checkout, making the total $23.48 for the two movies at the time of writing. There is no information regarding when this offer will expire.
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Apocalypse Now Redux German Blu-ray Detailed
Posted November 17, 2009 05:45 AM by Juan Calonge
Universum Film has announced and detailed the Blu-ray release of Francis Ford Coppola's 'Apocalypse Now Redux' for January 29, 2010. The feature will be presented in 1.99:1 1080p video, accompanied by English and German DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio soundtracks. There is no information regarding region encoding.
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Deal Alert: The Prisoner Blu-ray for $34.99 with Coupon
Posted November 17, 2009 04:43 AM by Juan Calonge
The Blu-ray five-disc set of 'The Prisoner: The Complete Series' can be ordered on DeepDiscount for $39.99 (60% off MSRP). Additionally, you can use discount code N4V24RVDNH for an additional $5 off. At the moment the item is listed as temporarily out of stock so buyers will have to exercise patience.