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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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Amazon Blu-ray Deal of the Week: Academy Award Winners and Fringe
Posted January 19, 2014 09:11 AM by Josh Katz
Amazon's Blu-ray Deals of the Week affect Warner's Fringe: The Complete Series boxset and five Academy Award winners/nominees from the Weinstein Company, such as The King's Speech and Django Unchained. Through January 25th, Amazon is offering 48% to 58% discounts off these titles' respective MSRPs.
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This Week on Blu-ray: January 21-28
Posted January 19, 2014 08:46 AM by Josh Katz
For the week of January 21st, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment streets Captain Phillips on Blu-ray. Other titles include Blue Jasmine, Warner's The Postman Always Rings Twice, MGM's new RoboCop Blu-ray, Magnolia's Bad Milo release, and Criterion's loaded It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World set.
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Kill Your Darlings Blu-ray
Posted January 17, 2014 10:06 PM by Webmaster
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will bring to Blu-ray John Krokidas' feature-film directorial debut Kill Your Darlings (2013), starring Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Michael C. Hall, Jack Huston, Ben Foster, David Cross, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Elizabeth Olsen. The release will be available for purchase online and in stores across the nation on March 18th.
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Exclusive Giveaway: Rush
Posted January 17, 2014 04:06 PM by Webmaster
Blu-ray.com and Universal Studios Home Entertainment are offering three members the opportunity to win a copy of director Ron Howard's Rush (2013), starring Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Brühl, Olivia Wilde and Alexandra Maria Lara. The film tells the true story of freewheeling English Formula 1 racer James Hunt and his disciplined Austrian opponent Niki Lauda, and arrives on Blu-ray on January 28th.
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Brian Yuzna's Society Detailed
Posted January 17, 2014 03:57 PM by Webmaster
Independent British distributors Second Sight Films have detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of director Brian Yuzna's Society (1989), starring Billy Warlock, Devin DeVasquez, Ben Meyerson, and Evan Richards. The release will be available for purchase online and in shops across the United Kingdom on March 31.
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Alain Guiraudie's Stranger by the Lake Gets UK Release Date
Posted January 17, 2014 03:30 PM by Webmaster
Independent British distributors Peccadillo Pictures have revealed that they are planning to bring to Blu-ray director Alain Guiraudie's L'inconnu du lac a.k.a Stranger by the Lake (2013), starring Pierre Deladonchamps, Christophe Paou, Patrick d'Assumçao, Mathieu Vervisch, and Emmanuel Daumas. The preliminary release date set by the distributors is May 26th.
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Justin Lin to Direct 3D Remake of Shaolin Temple
Posted January 17, 2014 03:16 PM by Webmaster
Perfect Storm Entertainment has confirmed that director Justin Lin will direct a remake of Cheung Yam-Yim's Shaolin Temple (1982). The film, which is expected to be produced in China, will also be shot in 3D.
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Delivery Man Blu-ray
Posted January 17, 2014 02:55 PM by Webmaster
Walt Disney Home Entertainment has announced the Blu-ray release of writer/director Ken Scott's Delivery Man, starring Vince Vaughn, Chris Pratt and Cobie Smulders. A remake of Scott's 2011 French-Canadian comedy Starbuck, Delivery Man streets on March 25th.
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La Dolce Vita Blu-ray
Posted January 17, 2014 02:45 PM by Webmaster
Italian distributors Mustang Entertainment have revealed that they are planning to bring to Blu-ray director Federico Fellini's legendary film La Dolce Vita (1960), starring Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée, Yvonne Furneaux, Magali Noël, Nadia Gray, and Lex Barker. The release will be available for purchase in Italy on March 18th.
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Gravity 2D & 3D Blu-rays (Updated)
Posted January 17, 2014 02:18 PM by Webmaster
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has officially announced the 2D and 3D Blu-ray Combo Pack release of acclaimed filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity, which stars Best Actress Oscar nominee Sandra Bullock, George Clooney and Ed Harris. The visually captivating film has been nominated for ten Academy Awards (among them Best Picture and Best Director), and arrives on Blu-ray on February 25th.
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Blu-ray Sales, Jan. 6-12: Despicable Me 2 Maintains Its Hold
Posted January 16, 2014 10:29 PM by Josh Katz
For the fifth week in a row, Universal Studios' Despicable Me 2 has held the number one spot on both the Blu-ray-only and overall package media charts. This animated comedy, the sequel to Universal's 2010 hit, netted the studio over $918 million in theaters, and it has continued this success on the small-screen.
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Cédric Klapisch's Chinese Puzzle Heading to Blu-ray
Posted January 16, 2014 07:47 PM by Webmaster
StudioCanal have revealed that they are planning to bring to Blu-ray director Cédric Klapisch's latest film Casse-tête chinois a.k.a Chinese Puzzle (2013), starring Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Cécile De France, Kelly Reilly, Sandrine Holt, Flore Bonaventura, and Benoît Jacquot. The preliminary release date set by StudioCanal is April 8th. Chinese Puzzle Heading to Blu-ray
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2014 Oscar Nominations Announced
Posted January 16, 2014 06:57 PM by Webmaster
Earlier today, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its nominations for the 86th Academy Awards. Below is the complete list with the nominations. Also included with this announcement is an official video which was posted by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Youtube.
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Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora
Posted January 16, 2014 06:45 PM by Webmaster
Fiction Factory has completed a new documentary film titled Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora, which will appear on French label Carlotta Films' upcoming Blu-ray release of the legendary director's recently restored Fedora. The Blu-ray release will be available for purchase in France on February 26th.
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First Look at John Pogue's The Quiet Ones
Posted January 16, 2014 06:30 PM by Webmaster
Lionsgate Films and Hammer Film Productions have released the first trailer for John Pogue's The Quiet Ones (2014), starring Jared Harris, Sam Claflin, Olivia Cooke, and Erin Richards. Currently, the film is set to open in cinemas across the United Kingdom on April 11th. The U.S. theatrical release date is April April 25th.
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Duccio Tessari's Death Occurred Last Night Detailed
Posted January 16, 2014 06:10 PM by Webmaster
Raro Video U.S. has detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of Italian director Duccio Tessari's La morte risale a ieri sera a.k.a Death Occurred Last Night (1970), starring Frank Wolff, Raf Vallone, Gabriele Tinti, Gillian Bray, and Eva Renzi. The release will arrive on the U.S. market in March.
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The Bridge: The Complete Season Two Blu-ray
Posted January 16, 2014 05:36 PM by Webmaster
Arrow Films' Nordic Noir label will release on Blu-ray the highly anticipated Blu-ray box set release of The Bridge: The Complete Season Two. The box set will be available for purchase online and in shops across the United Kingdom on February 3rd.
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Scream Factory to Release Antonia Bird's Ravenous
Posted January 16, 2014 05:17 PM by Webmaster
Scream Factory, the horror-thriller offshoot of independent film distributor Shout Factory, has confirmed that it plans to bring to Blu-ray director Antonia Bird's Ravenous (1999), starring Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, David Arquette, Jeffrey Jones, Jeremy Davies, and John Spencer. The release is expected to arrives on the U.S. market in June.
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Wild Beasts Blu-ray
Posted January 16, 2014 05:06 PM by Webmaster
German label Koch Media has officially announced that it will release on Blu-ray director Jamie Babbit's Wild Beasts a.k.a Breaking the Girls (2013), starring Agnes Bruckner, Madeline Zima, and Shawn Ashmore. The release will be available for purchase in Germany on February 20th.
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Phantom of the Paradise Officially Announced
Posted January 16, 2014 04:56 PM by Webmaster
British distributors Arrow Video have officially announced and detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of Brian De Palma's cult comedy Phantom of the Paradise (1974), starring Paul Williams, William Finley, Jessica Harper, George Memmoli, and Gerrit Graham. The release will be available for purchase on February 24th.
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Kino Lorber Acquires Agnieszka Holland's Burning Bush
Posted January 16, 2014 04:42 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber announced today that it has acquired all U.S. rights to Agnieszka Holland's Burning Bush, the acclaimed film about Czech student Jan Palach, who set himself on fire to protest the Soviet clampdown during a period of political openness in Czechoslovakia after World War II.
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Norma Rae 35th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray
Posted January 15, 2014 07:07 PM by Webmaster
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will release on Blu-ray director Martin Ritt's Oscar winning film Norma Rae (1979), starring Sally Field, Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman, Pat Hingle, and Barbara Baxley. The release will be available for purchase on April 1.
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Entertainment One Details Escape Plan
Posted January 15, 2014 06:42 PM by Webmaster
British distributors Entertainment One have officially announced and detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release Blu-ray Swedish director Mikael Hafström's action thriller Escape Plan (2013), starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jim Caviezel, Vinnie Jones, and Sam Neill. The release will be available for purchase in the United Kingdom on March 17th.
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Out of The Furnace Blu-ray
Posted January 15, 2014 06:23 PM by Webmaster
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will release on Blu-ray director Scott Cooper's crime thriller Out of the Furnace (2013), starring Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Zoe Saldana, Woody Harrelson, Sam Shepard, Willem Dafoe, Forest Whitaker, and Dendrie Taylor. The release will be available for purchase online and in stores across the nation on March 11th.
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Berlinale 2014: Complete List of Competition Titles Revealed
Posted January 15, 2014 06:08 PM by Webmaster
The organizers of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival have revealed the complete list of films that will compete for the prestigious Golden Bear Award. Amongst them are Richard Linklater's new film Boyhood, Rachid Bouchareb's Two Men in Town, and Hans Petter Moland's In Order of Disappearance.
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Exclusive Giveaway: Machete Kills
Posted January 15, 2014 05:41 PM by Webmaster
Blu-ray.com and Universal Studios Home Entertainment are offering five members the opportunity to win a copy of director Robert Rodriguez's Machete Kills, starring Danny Trejo, Mel Gibson, Michelle Rodriguez, Sofía Vergara, Charlie Sheen, Alexa Vega, Demian Bichir, Antonio Banderas, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Lady Gaga. The grindhouse action sequel will be available for purchase on January 21st.
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Criterion Announces April Titles
Posted January 15, 2014 05:01 PM by Webmaster
The Criterion Collection has announced five titles for Blu-ray release in April: On April 8th, the studio will re-release François Truffaut's The 400 Blows (1959). On April 15th, it will release Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves (1996). On April 22th, it will release Carl Theodor Dreyer's Master of the House (1925) and Don Siegel's Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954). And on April 29th, it will release Dino Risi's Il Sorpasso (1962).
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Franco Prosperi's Meet Him and Die Detailed
Posted January 15, 2014 04:14 PM by Webmaster
Raro Video has detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of Franco Prosperi's (Last House on the Beach) crime thriller Meet Him and Die a.k.a Pronto ad uccidere (1976), starring Ray Lovelock, Elke Sommer, Martin Balsam, and Ettori Manni. The release will be available for purchase on April 1.
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Muscle Shoals Blu-ray
Posted January 15, 2014 04:00 PM by Webmaster
Magnolia Pictures has officially announced that it will release on Blu-ray director Greg 'Freddy' Camalier's documentary Muscle Shoals (2013). Winner of SXSW Hot Docs Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival, Muscle Shoals will be available for purchase online and in stores across the nation on February 25th.
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Exclusive Giveaway - Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Posted January 15, 2014 10:18 AM by Webmaster
Blu-ray.com and Image Entertainment are offering members the opportunity to win a copy of directors Daniel Farrands and Andrew Kasch's Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy signed by the directors and actress Heather Langenkamp. The four-hour retrospective documentary provides an in-depth dissection of the Nightmare on Elm Street film series, and releases on Blu-ray on January 21st.