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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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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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The Familiar of Zero: Season 1 Blu-ray
Posted January 8, 2014 11:43 AM by Webmaster
Houston-based anime distributor Section23 Films and Sentai Filmworks have detailed the Blu-ray release of The Familiar of Zero: Season 1. Studio J.C.Staff and director Yoshiaki Iwasaki's fantasy-comedy series is based on the Noboru Yamaguchi light novel series of the same name, and streets on April 8th.
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Exclusive Giveaway: The Butler
Posted January 8, 2014 03:38 AM by Webmaster
Blu-ray.com, Anchor Bay Entertainment and The Weinstein Company are offering three members the opportunity to win a copy of Lee Daniels' The Butler, which stars Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, John Cusack, Jane Fonda, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Terrence Howard, Lenny Kravitz, James Marsden, David Oyelowo, Alan Rickman, Liev Schreiber, Robin Williams and Danny Strong. The acclaimed period drama streets on January 14th.
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Dead Shadows Blu-ray
Posted January 7, 2014 06:44 PM by Webmaster
Scream Factory, the horror-thriller offshoot of independent film distributor Shout Factory, has announced that it plans to release on Blu-ray French director David Cholewa's sci-fi thriller Dead Shadows (2012), starring Gilles Barret, Laurie Cholewa, and Margaux Devy. The release is set to arrive on the U.S. market on April 22.
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DEG: Blu-ray Spending Up 5% in 2013
Posted January 7, 2014 06:15 PM by Webmaster
Earlier today, the Digital Entertainment Group (DEG), a Los Angeles-based, industry funded nonprofit corporation that advocates and promotes the many consumer benefits associated with various entertainment products, including both physical and digital media on a variety of platforms, announced that Blu-ray spending rose five percent in 2013.
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Jane Campion to Head Cannes 2014 Jury
Posted January 7, 2014 05:32 PM by Webmaster
Acclaimed New Zealand director Jane Campion will head the jury of the 67th edition of the Cannes Film Festival. Last year, Steven Spielberg was the head of the jury at the prestigious event.
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In Fear Blu-ray
Posted January 7, 2014 05:09 PM by Webmaster
Anchor Bay Home Entertainment will release on Blu-ray Jeremy Lovering's directorial debut In Fear (2013), starring Iain De Caestecker, Alice Englert, and Allen Leech. The release will be available for purchase online and in stores across the nation on March 11th.
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Jewtopia Blu-ray
Posted January 7, 2014 04:58 PM by Webmaster
Cinedigm will release a combo pack edition of director Bryan Fogel's romantic comedy Jewtopia (2012), starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, Rita Wilson, Peter Stormare, Bree Turner, Jon Lovitz, Ivan Sergei, and Crystal Reed. The release will be available for purchase on February 11th.
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Two MGM Classics Heading to Blu-ray
Posted January 7, 2014 04:44 PM by Webmaster
MGM and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment will bring to Blu-ray Norman Jewison's In The Heat of the Night (1967), starring Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, and Lee Grant, and Richard Attenborough's A Chorus Line (1985), starring Michael Douglas, Terrence Mann, Michael Blevins, and Yamil Borges. The two releases will be available for purchase on January 14th.
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Kevin Macdonald's How I Live Now Detailed
Posted January 7, 2014 04:34 PM by Webmaster
Magnolia Home Entertainment has officially announced and detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of acclaimed director Kevin Macdonald's latest film How I live Now (2013), starring Saoirse Ronan, George MacKay, Harley Bird, Tom Holland, and Anna Chancellor. The release will be available for purchase on February 11th.
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Big History Blu-ray
Posted January 7, 2014 04:17 PM by Webmaster
Lionsgate Films will release on Blu-ray H2's epic new miniseries Big History. Narrated by acclaimed actor Bryan Cranston (AMC's Breaking Bad), Big History will be available for purchase online and in stores across the nation on March 11th.
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The Bridges of Madison County Blu-ray
Posted January 7, 2014 03:05 AM by Webmaster
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced the Blu-ray release of director Clint Eastwood's The Bridges of Madison County, starring Eastwood, Meryl Streep, Annie Corley, Victor Slezak and Jim Haynie. The romantic drama makes its Blu-ray debut on May 6th.
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Turning Tide Blu-ray
Posted January 6, 2014 07:48 PM by Webmaster
French label Gaumont will bring to Blu-ray Christophe Offenstein's directorial debut En solitaire a.k.a Turning Tide (2013), starring François Cluzet, Guillaume Canet, Emmanuelle Bercot, Samy Seghir, and Virginie Efira. The release will be available for purchase in France on March 12th.
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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg: 50th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray Detailed
Posted January 6, 2014 06:54 PM by Webmaster
StudioCanal has detailed its 50th Anniversary Blu-ray Edition of Jacques Demy's romantic musical Les Parapluies de Cherbourg a.k.a The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), starring Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Marc Michel, and Anne Vernon. The release will be available for purchase online and in shops across the United Kingdom on February 10th.
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Official U.S. Trailer for The Suspect
Posted January 6, 2014 06:11 PM by Webmaster
Texas-based distributors Well Go USA have released an official U.S. trailer for Korean director Won Shin-Yeon's spy thriller The Suspect (2013), starring Gong Yoo, You Da-In, Jo Sung-Ha, and Jo Jae-Yun. The film is set to open in theaters across the United States on January 10th.
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Exclusive Giveaway: The Killing Fields
Posted January 6, 2014 05:41 PM by Webmaster
Blu-ray.com and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment are offering three members the opportunity to win a copy of director Roland Joffé and writer Bruce Robinson's The Killing Fields, which stars Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor and John Malkovich. The Academy Award-winning drama is based on the true events surrounding the 1975 Khmer Rouge takeover of Cambodia, and makes its Blu-ray debut on January 7th.
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Ridley Scott's The Counselor Detailed (Updated)
Posted January 6, 2014 04:45 PM by Webmaster
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has officially announced that it will release on Blu-ray director Ridley Scott's latest film The Counselor (2013), starring Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem, and Penélope Cruz. The release will be available for purchase on February 11th.
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Louis Malle's Elevator to the Gallows Heading Back to UK Cinemas
Posted January 6, 2014 04:41 PM by Webmaster
The British Film Institute has released a brand new trailer for director Louis Malle's classic film Elevator to the Gallows a.k.a Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958), starring Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Yori Bertin, and Jean Wall. The film will open in select cinemas across the United Kingdom on February 7th.
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Dallas Buyers Club Blu-ray
Posted January 6, 2014 04:36 PM by Webmaster
Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced the Blu-ray release of director Jean-Marc Vallée's Dallas Buyers Club, starring Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Jennifer Garner, Steve Zahn, Denis O'Hare, Dallas Roberts and Kevin Rankin. The biographical drama arrives on Blu-ray on February 4th.
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Killing Kennedy Blu-ray
Posted January 6, 2014 04:27 PM by Webmaster
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has officially announced that it will release on Blu-ray National Geographic's Killing Kennedy. The release will be available for purchase online and in stores across the nation on February 11th.
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Sorcerer (1977) Blu-ray
Posted January 6, 2014 04:17 PM by Webmaster
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has officially announced the Blu-ray release of William Friedkin's Sorcerer, starring Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal and Amidou. The cult suspense thriller that has been largely overlooked since its 1977 release, but has now been acquired and fully restored. The Blu-ray edition streets on April 22nd, and will be packaged as a 40-page Blu-ray DigiBook filled with images from the film and excerpts from the book, "The Friedkin Connection: A Memoir."
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Exclusive Giveaway: The Following
Posted January 6, 2014 08:14 AM by Webmaster
Blu-ray.com and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment are offering three members the opportunity to win a copy of creator Kevin Williamson's The Following: The Complete First Season, starring Kevin Bacon, James Purefoy, Natalie Zea, Shawn Ashmore, Annie Parisse, Nico Tortorella, Adan Canto, Valorie Curry and Maggie Grace. The Fox network psychological thriller arrives on Blu-ray on January 7, 2014.
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Amazon Blu-ray Deal of the Week: RVBX - Ten Years of Red vs. Blue
Posted January 5, 2014 10:02 AM by Josh Katz
Amazon's Blu-ray Gold Box Deal of the Week affects the RVBX: Ten Years of Red vs. Blue set. The Red vs. Blue package includes ten full seasons of the popular comedy web series, which follows the goofy adventures of Red Team and Blue Team, two units inspired by the multiplayer mode in the popular Halo video game franchise. Through January 11th, Amazon is offering Red vs. Blue for $58.99, or 67% off its SRP of $179.95.
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This Week on Blu-ray: January 7-14
Posted January 5, 2014 09:51 AM by Josh Katz
For the week of January 7th, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment streets Season Four of FX's Archer on Blu-ray. Other titles include Lionsgate Home Entertainment's The Wicker Man and Thanks for Sharing, Drafthouse Films' The Act of Killing, and Warner's catalog release of Tequila Sunrise.
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Blu-ray Sales, Dec. 23-29: Despicable Me 2 Stays at the Top of the Charts
Posted January 3, 2014 11:15 PM by Josh Katz
For the week that ended on December 29th, Universal Studios' Despicable Me 2 remained at number one on both the Blu-ray-only and overall package media charts; it has dominated the home media platforms for three weeks now. This animated comedy - the sequel to the 2010 surprise hit - netted Universal a healthy profit last summer. Even after receiving average critical notices, the film grossed over $918 million worldwide.
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Canadian Oscar Entry Gabrielle Heads to Blu-ray
Posted January 3, 2014 06:26 PM by Webmaster
Canadian distributors Entertainment One will bring to Blu-ray director Louise Archambault's latest film, Gabrielle (2013), starring Gabrielle Marion-Rivard, Alexandre Landry, and Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin. The release will be available for purchase on February 11th.
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Thor: The Dark World Blu-ray
Posted January 3, 2014 06:18 PM by Webmaster
Disney's UK branch has officially announced and detailed its upcoming 2D and 3D Blu-ray editions of Alan Taylor's Thor: The Dark World (2013), starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, and Anthony Hopkins. The two editions will be available for purchase on February 24th.
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Sony Pictures Classics Acquires János Szász’s The Notebook
Posted January 3, 2014 06:03 PM by Webmaster
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired the North American distribution rights to director János Szász's The Notebook a.k.a Le grand cahier (2013), starring András Gyémánt, László Gyémánt, Gyöngyvér Bognár, Ulrich Thomsen and Ulrich Matthes. Last year, the film won the prestigious Crystal Globe Award for Best Film at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
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WGA Nominations Revealed
Posted January 3, 2014 05:31 PM by Webmaster
The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE), have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen during 2013. The winners will be announced during simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York City on Saturday, February 1, 2014.
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Scream Factory Details Darkman, Night of the Demons, and Witchboard
Posted January 3, 2014 04:51 PM by Webmaster
Scream Factory, the horror-thriller offshoot of independent film distributor Shout Factory, has detailed its upcoming Blu-ray releases of Sam Raimi's Darkman (1990), and Kevin Tenney's Witchboard (1986) and Night of the Demons (1988). The three releases will be available for purchase in February.
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Exclusive Giveaway: Big Ass Spider!
Posted January 3, 2014 04:00 PM by Webmaster
Blu-ray.com and Epic Pictures Group are offering members the opportunity to win a prize pack featuring a Blu-ray copy of director Mike Mendez's Big Ass Spider!, along with a BAS! T-shirt. The horror-monster-comedy stars Greg Grunberg, Lombardo Boyar and Ray Wise, and streets on January 7th.