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A Visit to Vinegar Syndrome Minneapolis
Posted October 17, 2026 08:21 PM by Brian Orndorf
After opening stores in Bridgeport, Denver, Toronto, and Pittsburgh, Vinegar Syndrome, the titan of cult film restoration and distribution, has arrived in Minneapolis. The company has expanded their shopping options, planting themselves in the Midwest to deliver all the goodies the brand is known for.
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Criterion Announces January Releases
Posted October 16, 2026 06:12 PM by Webmaster
The Criterion Collection has announced its January batch of releases. They are: Deliverance (1972), Midnight Cowboy (1969), Career Girls (1997), Chocolat (1988), Parasite (2019), and Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project, No. 6 (1965-1988).
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 4K Blu-ray
Posted October 15, 2026 07:31 PM by Webmaster
Disney is preparing a 4K Blu-ray release of Andrew Adamson's The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), starring Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, and Tilda Swinton. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on December 15.
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Blu-ray Sales: September 27-October 3: Toy Story 5 Lands on a Forbidden Planet in Second Week
Posted October 15, 2026 07:30 PM by Sean Greenwood
For the week that ended on September 26th, Walt Disney Home Entertainment's Toy Story 5 remained atop the Blu-ray-only and overall packaged media charts in its second week, while Warner Bros. Home Entertainment's Evil Dead Burn remained in second place. Third place on the Blu-ray-only chart went to Forbidden Planet, which was released on remastered Blu-ray and 4K UHD by Arrow Video this week and was the week's top 4K UHD release.
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The Odyssey 4K Blu-ray
Posted October 13, 2026 05:52 PM by Webmaster
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment will release on 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey (2026), starring Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, and Lupita Nyong'o. The two releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on November 17.
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Urban Cowboy 4K Blu-ray
Posted October 13, 2026 06:21 AM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber have dated and detailed their upcoming 4K Blu-ray release of James Bridges' Urban Cowboy (1980), starring John Travolta, Debra Winger, Scott Glenn, Barry Corbin, and James Gammon. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on December 15.
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This Week on Blu-ray: October 12-18
Posted October 11, 2026 09:26 PM by Sean Greenwood
For the week of October 12th, Arrow Video will release The Last Boy Scout on remastered Blu-ray and 4K UHD. Other releases include a new 4K UHD edition of Alliance Entertainment's Project Hail Mary with additional content, a Blu-ray upgrade for Eclipse Series 5: The First Films of Samuel Fuller (1949-1951) as well as a Blu-ray for The Shout from the Criterion Collection, a new Blu-ray edition of The Blair Witch Project from Lionsgate Home Entertainment and 4K UHD upgrades for Rollercoaster (1977) from Kino Lorber, House of 1000 Corpses and Repo! The Genetic Opera from Lionsgate, Hostel and Hostel: Part II from Shout Factory and The Pope's Exorcist from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
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20th Century Studios: Three Classic Die Hard Films Heading to 4K Blu-ray
Posted October 8, 2026 06:23 PM by Webmaster
20th Century Studios Home Entertainment has announced that it will release on 4K Blu-ray three classic Die Hard films: John McTiernan's Die Hard (1988), Renny Harlin's Die Hard 2 (1990), and John McTiernan's Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995). The three releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on December 1.
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Warner Archive Announces November and December Releases
Posted October 5, 2026 09:35 PM by Webmaster
Warner Archive has announced its November and December batch of releases. They are: Doctor Zhivago (1965), Johnny Eager (1941), The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947), The Music Man (1962), Double Wedding (1937), Bachelor Mother (1939), The Devil's Brother (1933), My Favorite Wife (1940), Bombshell (1933), Babes in Arms (1939), The Belle of New York (1952), The Charge at Feather River (1953), and The Yogi Bear Show: The Complete Series (1961).
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Blu-ray Sales: May 16-22: Raya and the Last Dragon is First on the Charts
Posted May 27, 2021 09:46 PM by Sean Greenwood
For the week that ended on May 22nd, Walt Disney Home Entertainment's Raya and the Last Dragon topped both the Blu-ray-only and overall packaged media charts. The first film for Walt Disney Animation Studios since 2018, Raya and the Last Dragon was set for a theatrical release last year, but the pandemic pushed it to March 2021. Nevertheless, it topped the box office in its first three weeks, eventually bringing in over $45 million domestically and over $107 million so far globally.
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Theater of Blood Blu-ray
Posted May 27, 2021 04:53 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber have announced that they are preparing a Blu-ray release of Douglas Hickox's Theater of Blood (1973), starring Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry, Harry Andrews, and Coral Browne. The release will be available for purchase on September 7.
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Via Vision Entertainment Announces August Imprint Releases
Posted May 27, 2021 04:43 AM by Webmaster
Australian label Via Vision Entertainment has announced its next batch of titles from the recently launched Imprint Collection. They are: The Straight Story (1999), Days of Heaven (1978), Drugstore Cowboy (1989), Chinese Box (1997), As Good as It Gets (1997), and Double Jeopardy (1999).
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StudioCanal: Murder by Decree Detailed for Blu-ray
Posted May 27, 2021 12:19 AM by Webmaster
StudioCanal have detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of Bob Clark's Murder by Decree (1979), starring Christopher Plummer, James Mason, Donald Sutherland, Genevičve Bujold, and John Gielgud. The release will be available for purchase on June 28.
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Upcoming Paramount Catalog Releases
Posted May 26, 2021 11:04 PM by Webmaster
Paramount Home Media Distribution will bring four new catalog titles to Blu-ray. They are: Eye for an Eye (1996), Flesh and Bone (1993), Better Luck Tomorrow (2003), and Switchback (1997). The four releases will be available for purchase on June 1.
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Friday the 13th: 8-Movie Collection Blu-ray
Posted May 26, 2021 10:24 PM by Webmaster
Paramount Home Media Distribution has announced that it will release on Blu-ray Friday the 13th: 8-Movie Collection. The release will be available for purchase on August 10.
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Shout Factory: Little Big League Detailed for Blu-ray
Posted May 26, 2021 06:07 PM by Webmaster
Shout Factory has detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of Andrew Scheinman's Little Big League (1994), starring Luke Edwards, Timothy Busfield, John Ashton, Ashley Crow, and Kevin Dunn. The release will be available for purchase on July 21.
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Assault on VA-33 Blu-ray
Posted May 26, 2021 06:01 PM by Webmaster
Paramount Home Media Distribution will release on Blu-ray Christopher Ray's action thriller Assault on VA-33 (2021), starring Sean Patrick Flanery, Mark Dacascos, Michael Jai White, Gina Holden, and Weston Cage Coppola. The release will be available for purchase on June 8.
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Guyana: Cult of the Damned Blu-ray Detailed
Posted May 26, 2021 05:44 PM by Webmaster
Code Red has dated and detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of René Cardona Jr.'s Guyana: Cult of The Damned (1979). The release, which will be distributed by Kino Lorber, will be available for purchase on August 24.
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Blu-ray Sales: May 9-15: Justice Society Plays a Game with The Marksman
Posted May 26, 2021 09:41 AM by Sean Greenwood
For the week that ended on May 15th, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment's Justice Society: World War II topped the Blu-ray sales chart. In second place on the Blu-ray chart is another new release, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment's The Marksman, which topped the overall disc sales chart. Third place went to Lionsgate Home Entertainment's Saw which was just released on 4K UHD Blu-ray.
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Severin Films Announces August Releases
Posted May 25, 2021 04:02 PM by Webmaster
Severin Films has announced that it will add four new titles to its Blu-ray catalog in August. They are: Overboard (1987), The Cannibal Man (1972), No One Heard the Scream (1973), and Eloy de la Iglesia's Quinqui Collection.
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The Tomb of Ligeia Blu-ray
Posted May 25, 2021 03:50 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber will release on Blu-ray Roger Corman's The Tomb of Ligeia (1964), starring Vincent Price, Elizabeth Shepherd, John Westbrook, Derek Francis, and Oliver Johnston. The release will be available for purchase on September 7.
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Nouchka van Brakel Trilogy Blu-ray
Posted May 25, 2021 05:02 AM by Webmaster
Cult Epics has announced that it will release on Blu-ray Nouchka van Brakel Trilogy. The three-disc set will be available for purchase on June 8.
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Scorpion Releasing: The Devil's 8 Detailed for Blu-ray
Posted May 24, 2021 06:45 PM by Webmaster
Scorpion Releasing has detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of Burt Topper's action thriller The Devil's 8 (1969), starring Christopher George, Fabian, Tom Nardini, Ross Hagen, Ron Rifkin, and Robert DoQui. The release, which will be distributed by Kino Lorber, will be available for purchase on August 31.
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Dark Spell Blu-ray
Posted May 24, 2021 06:27 PM by Webmaster
Scream Factory will release on Blu-ray Svyatoslav Podgayevskiy's horror thriller Dark Spell (2021), starring Yana Yenzhayeva, Konstantin Beloshapka, and Igor Khripunov. The release will be available for purchase on July 6.
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Dark Force Entertainment: Stingray Director's Cut Detailed for Blu-ray
Posted May 24, 2021 05:29 PM by Webmaster
Dark Force Entertainment has detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of a never-before-seen Director's Cut of Richard Taylor's crime comedy Stingray (1978), starring Christopher Mitchum, Les Lannom, Bert Hinchman, William Watson, Cliff Emmich, and Sherry Jackson. The release will be available for purchase this summer.
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Severin: Jess Franco's Black Boots, Leather Whip and The House of Lost Women Coming Soon to Blu-ray
Posted May 24, 2021 05:13 PM by Webmaster
Severin Flims has announced that it will add two new Jess Franco films to its Blu-ray catalog. They are: Black Boots, Leather Whip a.k.a. Botas negras, látigo de cuero (1983) and The House of Lost Women a.k.a. Le casa de las mujeres perdidas (1983). The two releases will be available for purchase later this summer.
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Kino: John Woo's Hard Target Heading to 4K Blu-ray
Posted May 24, 2021 05:00 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber have confirmed that they are preparing a 4K Blu-ray release of John Woo's action thriller Hard Target (1993), starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lance Henriksen, Yancy Butler, Wilford Brimley, and Kasi Lemmons. The release is expected to arrive on the market later this year.
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The Transformers: The Movie 4K Blu-ray (UPDATED)
Posted May 24, 2021 03:06 PM by Webmaster
Shout Factory will release on 4K Blu-ray Nelson Shin's The Transformers: The Movie (1986), featuring the voices of Charlie Adler, Judd Nelson, Leonard Nimoy, Eric Idle, Lionel Stander, and Victor Caroli. The release will be available for purchase on September 28.
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Exclusive Giveaway: Anything for Jackson Blu-ray
Posted May 24, 2021 03:06 AM by Webmaster
RLJE Films and Blu-ray.com are offering two lucky members the opportunity to win a Blu-ray copy of Justin G. Dyck's thriller Anything for Jackson (2020), starring Sheila McCarthy, Julian Richings, Konstantina Mantelos, Josh Cruddas, and Yannick Bisson. The release will be available for purchase on June 15.
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This Week on Blu-ray: May 24-30
Posted May 24, 2021 02:18 AM by Sean Greenwood
For the week of May 24th, new releases include Chaos Walking on Blu-ray and 4K UHD from Lionsgate Home Entertainment, as well as Supernatural: The Complete Fifteenth and Final Season on Blu-ray from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Otherwise, it's a huge week for catalog titles, including My Fair Lady and Super 8 from Paramount Home Media Distribution, The Final Countdown from Blue Underground and Django from Arrow Video all on 4K UHD. Finally, several Paramount catalog titles come to Blu-ray.
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Dad's Army: The Movie 50th Anniversary Edition
Posted May 22, 2021 10:02 PM by Webmaster
British label Mediumrare Entertainment will release on Blu-ray Norman Cohen's Dad's Army: The Movie (1971), starring Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie, and James Beck. The release will be available for purchase on June 14.
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Fast Charlie… The Moonbeam Rider Blu-ray
Posted May 22, 2021 09:51 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber have confirmed that they are preparing a Blu-ray release of Steve Carver's comedy Fast Charlie… The Moonbeam Rider (1979), starring David Carradine, Brenda Vaccaro, L.Q. Jones, R.G. Armstrong, Jesse Vint, Terry Kiser, and David Hayward. The release is expected to arrive on the market later this year.
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The Little Rascals Volume 1 Blu-ray - Exclusive Giveaway
Posted May 22, 2021 05:59 PM by Webmaster
Blu-ray.com and ClassicFlix are offering members a chance to win copies of The Little Rascals: The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 1. This initial set of shorts features the first eleven "talkies" the kids made in 1929 and 1930. The Little Rascals: The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 1 is available on Blu-ray June 1.
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Waterloo Special Edition Blu-ray
Posted May 21, 2021 10:22 PM by Webmaster
British label Mediumrare Entertainment will release a Special Edition of Sergey Bondarchuk's film Waterloo (1970), starring Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles, Jack Hawkins, and Virginia McKenna. The release will be available for purchase on June 14.
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Umbrella Entertainment: 4K Restoration of Windrider Coming Soon to Blu-ray
Posted May 21, 2021 06:18 PM by Webmaster
Australian label Umbrella Entertainment has dated and detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of Vincent Monton's Windrider (1986), starring Nicole Kidman, Tom Burlinson, Jill Perryman, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, and Simon Chilvers. The release will be available for purchase on June 2.
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Kino: The Raven, The Comedy of Terrors, and The Last Man on Earth Prepped for Blu-ray
Posted May 21, 2021 06:01 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber will release on Blu-ray The Raven (1963), The Comedy of Terrors (1963), and The Last Man on Earth (1964). The three releases will be available for purchase on August 31.
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Silat Warriors: Deed of Death Blu-ray
Posted May 21, 2021 06:00 PM by Webmaster
Independent distributors Well Go USA will release on Blu-ray Areel Abu Bakar's Silat Warriors: Deed of Death (2019). The release will be available for purchase on July 6.
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The Spongebob 3-Movie Collection Blu-ray
Posted May 21, 2021 05:54 PM by Webmaster
Paramount Home Media Distribution will release on Blu-ray The Spongebob 3-Movie Collection. The three-disc set will be available for purchase on July 13.
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Mondo Macabro: Two Upcoming Titles Detailed
Posted May 21, 2021 05:18 PM by Webmaster
Mondo Macabro has detailed two upcoming Blu-ray releases: Silip: Daughters of Eve (1985) and The Frenchmen's Garden (1978). The two releases will be available for purchase this June.