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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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The Big Combo 4K Blu-ray
Posted November 6, 2026 05:54 AM by Webmaster
Ignite Films will issue standard 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray editions of Joseph H. Lewis' classic film noir The Big Combo (1955), starring Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy, Jean Wallace, and Robert Middleton. The two releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on December 15.
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Resident Evil (2026) 4K Blu-ray
Posted November 3, 2026 06:31 PM by Webmaster
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release on 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray Zach Cregger's Resident Evil (2026), starring Austin Abrams, Zach Cherry, Kali Reis, Paul Walter Hauser, and Will Merrick. The two releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on December 29.
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Big Jake 55th Anniversary 4K Blu-ray
Posted November 3, 2026 06:30 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber have detailed their upcoming 4K Blu-ray release of George Sherman's Big Jake (1971), starring John Wayne, Richard Boone, Patrick Wayne, Christopher Mitchum, and Bruce Cabot. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on January 19th.
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El Dorado 4K Blu-ray
Posted November 2, 2026 08:31 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber have dated and detailed their upcoming 4K Blu-ray release of Howard Hawks' El Dorado (1966), starring John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Charlene Holt, and Paul Fix. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on January 26.
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Blu-ray Sales: October 18:24: Masters of the Universe is Master of the Charts in Debut
Posted November 2, 2026 03:11 PM by Sean Greenwood
For the week that ended on October 24th, Alliance Entertainment's Masters of the Universe (2026) topped the Blu-ray-only, overall packaged media and 4K UHD charts in its debut, while Bleecker Street's Hadestown: The Musical took second place on the Blu-ray-only chart and the Blu-ray version of Alliance's Heated Rivalry: Season 1 (2025) took third place. Other top ten releases include the Blu-ray version of Alliance's Ice Cream Man (2026) and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment's Adventure Time: The Complete Collection (2010–2018). This week also saw the release of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's The Cable Guy and the Criterion Collection's releases of The Silence of the Lambs and The Complete Kubrick (1951-1999), all of which made the top ten 4K UHD releases for the week.
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The Toho Godzilla Collection: Upcoming Blu-ray Releases
Posted March 17, 2014 07:20 PM by Webmaster
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will distribute on the U.S. market four double-feature Blu-ray releases of classic Godzilla films. The upcoming releases will be part of The Toho Godzilla Collection. Street date is May 6th.
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Criterion Announces June Titles
Posted March 17, 2014 05:57 PM by Webmaster
The Criterion Collection has announced six titles for Blu-ray release in June: On June 10th, the studio will release Douglas Sirk's All That Heaven Allows (1955) and Michelangelo Antonioni's L'eclisse (1962). On June 17th, it will release Georges Franju's Judex (1963), Peter Davis' Hearts and Minds (1974), and Peter Weir's Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975). And on June 24th, it will release Richard Lester's A Hard Day's Night (1964).
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A Touch of Sin Blu-ray
Posted March 17, 2014 04:48 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber has officially announced that it will release on Blu-ray acclaimed director Jia Zhangke's (The World) latest film A Touch of Sin (2013), starring Wu Jiang, Vivien Li, and Luo Lanshan. The release will be available for purchase on April 8th.
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Violent Saturday Blu-ray
Posted March 17, 2014 04:21 PM by Webmaster
Independent British distributors Eureka Entertainment have officially announce and detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of Richard Fleischer's Violent Saturday (1955), starring Victor Mature, Richard Egan, Stephen McNally, Virginia Leith, Ernest Borgnine, Sylvia Sidney, Brad Dexter, and Lee Marvin. The release will be available for purchase on April 21.
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Frozen UK Blu-ray Release Detailed
Posted March 17, 2014 03:57 PM by Webmaster
The Walt Disney Company UK has officially announced that it will release on Blu-ray Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee's award winning film Frozen (2013), featuring the voices of Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, and Chris Williams. Frozen will be available for purchase on March 31.
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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Blu-ray
Posted March 17, 2014 02:46 PM by Webmaster
Paramount Home Entertainment has announced the Blu-ray release of director Kenneth Branagh's Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, starring Chris Pine, Keira Knightley, Kevin Costner, Nonso Anozie, Colm Feore and Branagh. The action thriller arrives on Blu-ray on June 10th.
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This Week on Blu-ray: March 18-25
Posted March 16, 2014 10:31 AM by Josh Katz
For the week of March 18th, Sony Home Entertainment is bringing David O. Russell's acclaimed American Hustle to Blu-ray. Other Tuesday titles include Disney's Saving Mr. Banks, the Academy Award-winning Frozen, and the Weinstein Company's Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.
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Amazon Blu-ray Deal of the Week: Star Trek and Selected Bundles (Expired)
Posted March 16, 2014 10:16 AM by Josh Katz
Amazon's Blu-ray Deals of the Week affect selected film bundles and Star Trek: The Next Generation packages. The twenty-two sale items include Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection, a five-film Ice Age set, the first five seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Warner's two Ultimate Gangsters Collections. Through March 22nd, Amazon is offering each Blu-ray for 51% - 72% off its standard MSRP.
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The Birdcage Blu-ray
Posted March 14, 2014 05:17 PM by Webmaster
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer will bring to Blu-ray director Mike Nichols' comedy The Birdcage (1996), starring Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wiest, Calista Flockhart, and Hank Azaria. The release will be available for purchase on June 3rd.
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Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of "Inside Llewyn Davis" Blu-ray
Posted March 14, 2014 04:31 PM by Webmaster
StudioCanal have officially announced that they will release on Blu-ray Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of "Inside Llewyn Davis". The release will be available for purchase online and in stores across the United Kingdom on May 26th.
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Super Mario Bros. Blu-ray
Posted March 14, 2014 04:18 PM by Webmaster
British distributors Second Sight Films have revealed that they are planning to bring to Blu-ray directors Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton's Super Mario Bros. (1993), starring Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, and Samantha Mathis. The release is expected to arrive on the UK market this Summer.
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New Trailer: Get On Up
Posted March 14, 2014 04:07 PM by Webmaster
Universal Pictures UK has released the first official trailer for the James Brown biopic Get On Up (2014). Directed by Tate Taylor and starring Chadwick Boseman, David Andrew Nash, Nelsan Ellis, Viola Davis, and Octavia Spencer, Get On Up is set to open in theaters across the United States on August 1.
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Joy Ride 3: Road Kill Blu-ray
Posted March 14, 2014 03:27 PM by Webmaster
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has officially announced that it will release on Blu-ray Declan O'Brien's (Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings, Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines) Joy Ride 3: Road Kill (2014), starring Kirsten Prout, Dean Armstrong, and Jesse Hutch. The release will be available for purchase on June 17th.
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Stan Lee's Mighty 7: Beginnings Blu-ray
Posted March 14, 2014 01:37 AM by Webmaster
Cinedigm has announced the Blu-ray release of Stan Lee's Mighty 7: Beginnings. The animated superhero adventure features the voice talents of Armie Hammer, Christian Slater, Mayim Bialik, Teri Hatcher, Flea, Darren Criss, Sean Astin, Jim Belushi, Michael Ironside and comicbook legend Stan Lee himself, and arrives via Blu-ray/DVD combo pack on April 15th.
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Ride Along Sequel Gets Official Theatrical Release Date
Posted March 13, 2014 07:45 PM by Webmaster
Universal Studios has announced that Ride Along 2 will arrive in U.S. cinemas on January 15, 2016. Tim Story will direct the sequel, which will be based on a script by Matt Manfredi and Phil Hay. Ice Cube and Kevin Hart will be back as James Payton and Ben Barber.
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Kid Cannabis Official Trailer
Posted March 13, 2014 07:17 PM by Webmaster
Texas-based distributors Well Go USA have released an official trailer for director John Stockwell's new film Kid Cannabis (2014), starring Jonathan Daniel Brown, Kenny Wormald, Ron Perlman, Aaron Yoo, and John C. McGinley. The film is set to open in theaters across the nation on April 18th.
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Gaumont Set to Launch Discoveries Collection
Posted March 13, 2014 06:46 PM by Webmaster
French label Gaumont has confirmed that it will launch a new Blu-ray collection which will promote classic films from different eras. The first ten titles in the Gaumont Discoveries collection will arrive on the French market on June 4. Gaumont has also confirmed that the upcoming titles will arrive with very attractive price tags.
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Ironclad 2: Battle for Blood - Behind the Blood Featurette
Posted March 13, 2014 05:40 PM by Webmaster
The UK branch of Warner Brothers has sent us a new featurette for director Jonathan English's new film Ironclad 2: Battle for Blood (2013), starring Michelle Fairley, Rosie Day, Roxanne McKee, and Twinnie Lee Moore. The film is set to open in cinemas across the country on March 14th.
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Big Bad Wolves Blu-ray
Posted March 13, 2014 05:05 PM by Webmaster
Magnolia Home Entertainment has officially announced that it will release on Blu-ray directors Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado's thriller Big Bad Wolves (2013), starring Lior Ashkenazi, Rotem Keinan, and Tzahi Grad. Hailed by Quentin Tarantino as "The Best Film of the Year", Big Bad Wolves will be available for purchase online and in shops across the nation on April 22.
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Donnie Yen's Special ID Detailed
Posted March 13, 2014 04:59 PM by Webmaster
Texas-based distributors Well Go USA have officially announced and detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of director Clarence Ford's latest film Special ID (2013), starring martial superstar Donnie Yen, Andy On, Jing Tian, Zhang Han-Yu, Frankie Ng, Collin Chow, and Ronald Cheng. The release will be available for purchase online and in stores across the nation on May 13th.
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Saving Mr. Banks UK Blu-ray Detailed
Posted March 13, 2014 04:50 PM by Webmaster
Walt Disney Pictures UK has officially announced and detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of director John Lee Hancock's Saving Mr. Banks (2013), starring Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Annie Rose Buckley, Paul Giamatti, Jason Schwartzman, and Colin Farrel. The release will be available for purchase on March 24th.
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Fox Searchlight Pictures 20th Anniversary Releases
Posted March 13, 2014 04:29 PM by Webmaster
Following 12 Years A Slave's historical Academy Award win for Best Picture, Fox Searchlight Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment announced today a campaign to celebrate Fox Searchlight's 20th Anniversary. The "We Have Your Story" anniversary event will spotlight Fox Searchlight's collection of more than 140 smart, thoughtful and distinctive films including award-winning favorites Beasts of the Southern Wild, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Descendants, The Tree of Life, 127 Hours, Black Swan, Slumdog Millionaire, 500 Days of Summer, Juno, The Last King of Scotland, Once, Little Miss Sunshine, Sideways and Boys Don't Cry, which together won 23 Academy Awards and garnered 90 Academy Award nominations.
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War of the Worlds: Goliath 3D Blu-ray
Posted March 13, 2014 11:39 AM by Webmaster
Anderson Digital and Barking Cow Media Group have announced the Blu-ray release of executive producer Kevin Eastman and director Joe Pearson's War of the Worlds: Goliath. The animated sci-fi action film features the voice talents of Adrian Paul, Adam Baldwin, Mark Sheppard, Peter Wingfield, Elizabeth Gracen, Jim Byrnes, Beau Billingslea, Matt Lescher and James Arnold Taylor, and streets on April 1st.
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Blu-ray Sales, Mar. 3-9: Catching Fire Spreads Over Home Media
Posted March 13, 2014 10:27 AM by Josh Katz
For the week that ended on March 9th, Lionsgate Home Entertainment's The Hunger Games: Catching Fire took the top spot on the Blu-ray-only and overall package media charts. The second in the Hunger Games film franchise, Catching Fire proved a blockbuster success for the studio last year. Alongside solid critical notices, Catching Fire grossed $864 million worldwide on top of its estimated $130 million production budget.
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Leviathan: The Last Defense Blu-ray
Posted March 13, 2014 10:01 AM by Webmaster
Section23 Films and Sentai Filmworks have detailed the Complete Collection Blu-ray release of Leviathan: The Last Defense. Studio Gonzo and director Kenichi Yatani's 13-episode action fantasy anime arrives on Blu-ray on June 10th.
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The Americanization of Emily Blu-ray
Posted March 13, 2014 09:20 AM by Webmaster
Warner Bros. and Warner Archive Collection have quietly released The Americanization of Emily on Blu-ray without a formal announcement. Screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky and director Arthur Hiller's 1964 romantic anti-war satire stars James Garner, Julie Andrews, Melvyn Douglas, James Coburn, Joyce Grenfell and Keenan Wynn, and is available for purchase on Amazon.
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Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell Blu-ray
Posted March 12, 2014 08:36 PM by Webmaster
British distributors Icon Home Entertainment have officially announced and detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of director Terence Fisher's Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell (1973), starring Peter Cushing, Shane Briant, Madeline Smith, David Prowse, Patrick Troughton, and Bernard Lee. The release will be available for purchase on April 28th.
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Sleepaway Camp Blu-ray Detailed
Posted March 12, 2014 08:11 PM by Webmaster
Scream Factory, the horror-thriller offshoot of independent film distributor Shout Factory, has detailed its upcoming Collector's Edition Blu-ray release of Robert Hiltzik's horror thriller Sleepaway Camp (1983), starring Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten, and Karen Fields. The release will be available for purchase on May 13th.
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Kino Lorber Acquires the Zalman King Library
Posted March 12, 2014 04:59 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber announced today that it has entered into an exclusive agreement with the Zalman King Company for the packaged media and digital distribution rights to the Zalman King library which will be marketed under a dedicated Zalman King label.
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Sells 3.9 Million Discs
Posted March 12, 2014 04:37 PM by Webmaster
Lionsgate Films has announced that director Francis Lawrence's blockbuster The Hunger Games: Catching Fire has sold an estimated 3.9 million Blu-ray and DVD units in its first weekend of North American release (week of March 7). Blu-ray sales, in particular, represented 50% of all packaged-media sales. Blu-ray sales of the first Hunger Games film were approximately 35% of all packaged-media sales. According to the studio, digital sales of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire also grew approximately 40%.