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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 to Bring Baby Mama to Blu-ray
Posted June 25, 2008 08:35 AM by Josh Dreuth
Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced via press materials that they will release the comedy 'Baby Mama' on Blu-ray later this year, day-and-date with the DVD release. The material doesn't go into detail with regards to specs or special features, but we are sure to learn more when the official announcement is released.
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Prison Break: Season 3 Blu-ray Details
Posted June 25, 2008 08:23 AM by Josh Dreuth
Fox Home Entertainment has announced that they will bring 'Prison Break: Season 3' to Blu-ray on August 12th, day-and-date with the DVD release. The third season of the popular television series will come on four BD-50s authored with BD-Java. Video will be presented in AVC and be accompanied by 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio.
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Street Kings Coming to Blu-ray this August
Posted June 24, 2008 02:24 PM by Josh Dreuth
Fox Home Entertainment has announced that they are bringing the Keanu Reeves and Forest Whitaker film 'Street Kings' to Blu-ray on August 19th, day-and-date with the DVD release. The movie will be presented on a BD-50 utilizing BD-Java. Video will be presented as 1080p AVC and accompanied by a 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio soundtrack.
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An American Werewolf in London Coming to Blu-ray
Posted June 24, 2008 10:59 AM by Josh Dreuth
Universal Studios Home Entertainment will be releasing the 1981 horror film 'An American Werewolf in London' on Blu-ray sometime next year, according to writer/director John Landis. He also confirmed that the release would receive a brand new documentary called "Beware the Moon: Remembering an American Werewolf in London'.
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An American in Paris, Gigi Coming to Blu-ray in 2009
Posted June 24, 2008 09:13 AM by Josh Dreuth
Earlier this year, Warner Home Video announced that 'An American in Paris' and 'Gigi' would be released on Blu-ray this year as part of their 85th Anniversary celebration. Fans were heart-broken when both 'An American in Paris: Special Edition' and 'Gigi: 50th Anniversary Special Edition' were announced for DVD release, but not Blu-ray, but Warner has now confirmed that both titles will be coming to Blu-ray in 2009.
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First Look Announces The Breed for Blu-ray
Posted June 24, 2008 08:54 AM by Josh Dreuth
First Look Home Entertainment has announced that they will bring the indie horror film 'The Breed' to Blu-ray on October 21st. No technical specs or special features have been announced for the Blu-ray at this time, though the previous DVD release of this Wes Craven presented film featured a documentary as its sole extra feature.
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Warner Offers Peek at Fall Line-Up
Posted June 24, 2008 08:49 AM by Josh Dreuth
Warner Home Video has revealed a piece of their upcoming Blu-ray releases scheduled for this fall at the Entertainment Merchants Association Conference in Las Vegas. At the event, they confirmed (again) that HBO's ground-breaking WWII series 'Band of Brothers' would be released this fall on Blu-ray.
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Universal Excited About Wanted's Blu-ray Future
Posted June 24, 2008 08:39 AM by Josh Dreuth
At the premiere of the Universal Studios' film 'Wanted', an excited Craig Kornblau, President of Universal Studios Home Entertainment commented, "What 'The Matrix' did for DVD, this could do for Blu-ray." After years of trash-talking Blu-ray, its great to see the studio that once loathed Blu-ray, now getting excited about its potential.
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How the West Was Won Delayed Two Weeks
Posted June 24, 2008 07:57 AM by Josh Dreuth
Warner Home Video has revealed that the upcoming Blu-ray release of 'How the West Was Won' has been delayed two week and is now scheduled to hit store shelves on September 9th, day-and-date with the DVD release. This newly restored and remastered film will be presented in 2.89:1 1080p VC-1 video accompanied by a 5.1 soundtrack.
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Home Media Expo: Blu-ray Titles Revealed
Posted June 24, 2008 07:20 AM by Josh Dreuth
At the Home Media Expo, a few distributors revealed some upcoming titles they have planned for Blu-ray release. Shout! Factory revealed that they would bring the skiing documentary 'Warren Miller: Playground' to Blu-ray on October 14th. Big Vision Entertainment revealed that they would bring the all-female mixed martial arts event 'Fatal Femmes Fighting' to Blu-ray on November 4th.
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Sequels for The Prince & Me Coming to Blu-ray
Posted June 23, 2008 03:49 PM by Josh Dreuth
First Look Studios has announced that they are bringing 'The Prince & Me 2: Royal Wedding' and 'The Prince & Me 3: A Royal Honeymoon' to Blu-ray on October 28th, the later being day-and-date with the DVD release. Both films are direct-to-video sequels to the 2004 film 'The Prince & Me', which was released by Paramount.
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Felon Announced for Blu-ray
Posted June 23, 2008 09:48 AM by Josh Dreuth
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that they will release 'Felon' for Blu-ray on August 12th, day-and-date with the DVD release. Video will be presented in 1.85:1 1080p AVC with a 5.1 English TrueHD soundtrack. The lone announced extra is "The Shark Tank: An Inside Look at Felon" featurette.
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Sony Announces The Counterfeiters for Blu-ray
Posted June 23, 2008 09:40 AM by Josh Dreuth
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that they are bringing the Academy Award-winning foreign film 'The Counterfeiters' to Blu-ray on August 5th, day-and-date with the DVD release. Video will be presented as 1.85:1 1080p AVC and be accompanied by a 5.1 German TrueHD. This release will also be BD-Live Enabled.
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Cirque Du Soleil Coming to Blu-ray
Posted June 23, 2008 09:32 AM by Josh Dreuth
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that they are bringing 'Cirque Du Soleil: Corteo' to Blu-ray on September 2nd. One of the productions of the world famous Cirque Du Soleil company, this Blu-ray will capture all the magic of the performance in stunning high definition. No specs or special features have been announced at this time.
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Pioneer Lowers Blu-ray Drive Prices
Posted June 23, 2008 09:26 AM by Josh Dreuth
Pioneer has recently lowered the price of its BDC-S02BKZ Blu-ray combo drive by over 40% in China. Now priced at approximately $145 USD, Pioneer is hoping that more computer manufacturers will use the drives when building PCs. The expectation is that, as the Olympics near, consumer interest in high definition content will sky-rocket, Blu-ray along with it.
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Sony Plan First Combo Blu-ray Drive
Posted June 23, 2008 09:12 AM by Josh Dreuth
Sony has announced that they will introduce their first Blu-ray combo drive for Taiwan this July. The drive, which is expected to retail for around NT$7000 ($230 USD), will have the ability to both read Blu-ray discs, including Blu-ray movies, as well as burn DVD and CD media. No technical specs have been revealed at this time.
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Paul's Brain Trust - The Blade Runner Screening
Posted June 22, 2008 05:35 PM by Ben Williams
June 14th marked an unforgettable day in Hollywood. Scores of film fans from all over the globe descended on the Warner lot at 2 PM that day for a screening of Ridley Scott's landmark film, Blade Runner. This wasn't any ordinary screening, however, as all the proceeds from the event were going to Paul's Brain Trust, a charity benefitting Paul Prischman. For those of you who haven't seen the notices in the forums or any of the links on other sites, Paul, a DVD producer who worked on the Blade Runner Blu-ray set from last year, was recently diagnosed with brain cancer. The Brain Trust was established to help his family with medical bills and expenses.
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Metropolis Coming to Blu-ray in 2009
Posted June 20, 2008 04:04 PM by Josh Dreuth
Kino International has revealed that they are bringing the 1927 Fritz Lang silent film 'Metropolis' to Blu-ray sometime in 2009. The film, which was painstakingly restored by Kino in 2001, is often credited with starting the Sci-Fi genre. At this point in planning, it is too early to speculate about technical specs, but special features should be similar to the DVD release.
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Faces of Death Coming to Blu-ray
Posted June 20, 2008 08:03 AM by Josh Dreuth
Gorgon Video has announced that they are bringing the legendary gore documentary 'Faces of Death' to Blu-ray on October 7th, day-and-date with the DVD re-release. A brand new high definition transfer was created for this release from extremely rare vault material and will be accompanied by a 5.1 soundtrack.
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NEC Plans for 8X Blu-ray Recording
Posted June 19, 2008 09:47 AM by Josh Dreuth
NEC has announced that they have begun shipping samples of their latest SoC (System on a Chip) for use in Blu-ray Disc applications. The chip, which has been named SCOMBO/UM2A, will support 8X reading and writing of Blu-ray disc media. Other improvements on the chip include a reduction in size of 20% and 33% less power consumption than the previous model.
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Warner Pledges BD-Live for Winter
Posted June 19, 2008 09:27 AM by Josh Dreuth
During the keynote address at the Entertainment Supply Chain Academy conference, Darcy Antonellis, President of Warner Technical Operations noted that the studio would begin utilizing BD-Live features as early as this winter. The yet-to-be-named title would include real-time viewing, library tools, a search engine, a recommendation tool with e-mail reminders, ringtones and wallpapers.
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Rest Stop Films Coming to Blu-ray
Posted June 19, 2008 09:04 AM by Josh Dreuth
Warner Home Video has announced that they are bringing the Raw Feed horror film 'Rest Stop' and its sequel 'Rest Stop: Don't Look Back' to Blu-ray on October 7th, the latter coming day-and-date with the DVD release. Both films will be distributed on BD-25s; video will come as 1080p VC-1 accompanied by a 5.1 Dolby TrueHD soundtrack.
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Bond is Officially Blu
Posted June 18, 2008 08:48 AM by Josh Dreuth
Fox Home Entertainment in conjunction with MGM Home Entertainment have announced that they will bring six classic James Bond films to Blu-ray this fall. All six title - 'Dr. No', 'Die Another Day', 'Live and Let Die', 'For Your Eyes Only', 'From Russia with Love', and 'Thunderball' - are currently planned to hit store shelves on October 21st (October 20th internationally).
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Within Temptation to Release Blu-ray Concert
Posted June 18, 2008 08:47 AM by Josh Dreuth
Rock band Within Temptation is planning to release their concert film 'Black Symphony' for Blu-ray on September 22nd, day-and-date with the DVD release. The concert was filmed with 14 high definition cameras at Rotterdam's Ahoy Arena on February 7, 2008. No technical specs have been announced at this time, but we do know the disc will feature many behind-the-scenes features.
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Forbidden Kingdom Coming to Blu-ray
Posted June 18, 2008 08:35 AM by Josh Dreuth
Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced that they are bringing the Jet Li and Jackie Chan film 'Forbidden Kingdom' to Blu-ray on September 9th, day-and-date with the DVD release. No technical specs have been announced for the release at this time, which will come as a two-disc set.
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Panasonic Introduces 6X BD-R
Posted June 18, 2008 08:27 AM by Josh Dreuth
Panasonic has announced that they have developed the world's first 6X BD-R, which is set to go on sale in Japan next month in both single and dual layer configurations. The new discs allow a maximum transfer speed of 216Mbps, which is 20% more than that of a comparable 16X DVD. This will allow for even faster recording than previously possible.
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Japan Leavies Royalty Fees on Blu-ray
Posted June 18, 2008 08:21 AM by Josh Dreuth
Japan's ministries of Economy, Trade and Industry and Education, Science and Technology have unanimously agreed to levy a private copy royalty fee against all recordable Blu-ray discs and Blu-ray Disc Recorders in Japan. This was enacted in order to compensate copyright holders whose property would likely be copied using Blu-ray technology.
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Sleeping Beauty BD-Live Event
Posted June 16, 2008 09:26 PM by Josh Dreuth
About a week ago, Disney officially unveiled the BD-Live features that they are including with the upcoming Platinum Edition Blu-ray release of 'Sleeping Beauty', due to hit store shelves on October 4th. Luckily, they decided to take their presentation on the road, and today visited Washington, DC in order to show off what they have been working on to those of us stuck on the East Coast.
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Another Cinderella Story Coming to Blu-ray
Posted June 16, 2008 08:03 PM by Josh Dreuth
Warner Home Video has announced that they are bringing the teen drama 'Another Cinderella Story' to Blu-ray on September 16th, day-and-date with the DVD release. The film stars Selena Gomez and Drew Seely from The High School Musical Concert Tour. Video will be presented in 1.78:1 1080p VC-1 accompanied by a Dolby Digital soundtrack.
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The Code Coming to Blu-ray
Posted June 16, 2008 01:35 PM by Josh Dreuth
First Look Studios has announced that they are bringing the Morgan Freeman/Antonio Banderas film 'The Code' to Blu-ray on October 14th, day-and-date with the DVD release. No technical specs or supplemental features have been announced at this time for the film, which has yet to receive a theatrical release date.