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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 Cinema Guild Acquires Locarno Winner What Now? Remind Me
Posted December 18, 2013 01:39 PM by Webmaster
The Cinema Guild announced today the acquisition of all U.S. distribution rights to Joaquim Pinto’s mesmerizing, deeply moving documentary “What Now? Remind Me.” The film received the Jury Prize as well as the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2013 Locarno Film Festival and was an official selection of the 2013 New York Film Festival. “What Now? Remind Me” will open theatrically in 2014.
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Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor Blu-ray
Posted December 18, 2013 12:52 PM by Webmaster
BBC America has announced the Blu-ray release of Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor, the 2013 Christmas Special set to air on BBC America on December 25th. The latest installment in the ongoing 50-year Doctor Who series stars Matt Smith as the Doctor, and comes to Blu-ray on March 4, 2014.
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First Trailer: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Posted December 18, 2013 12:44 PM by Webmaster
20th Century Fox has issued the first trailer for director Matt Reeves' Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, starring Andy Serkis, Gary Oldman, Jason Clarke, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Keri Russell and Judy Greer. The sequel to Rupert Wyatt's Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), and is set to arrive in U.S. theaters on July 11, 2014.
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Atlantis: Season One Blu-ray
Posted December 18, 2013 12:35 PM by Webmaster
BBC Home Entertainment has revealed plans to bring Atlantis: Season One to Blu-ray. The new fantasy-adventure series stars Jack Donnelly, Mark Addy, Robert Emms, Jemima Rooper, Sarah Parish and Juliet Stevenson, and arrives on Blu-ray on March 18, 2014.
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Exclusive Giveaway: Sweetwater
Posted December 18, 2013 04:52 AM by Webmaster
Blu-ray.com and Arc Entertainment are offering three members the opportunity to win a copy of writer/director Logan Miller's Sweetwater. The western revenge thriller stars January Jones, Jason Isaacs, Ed Harris and Jason Aldean, and comes to Blu-ray on December 31st.
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Accel World Set 2 Blu-ray
Posted December 18, 2013 03:09 AM by Webmaster
VIZ Media and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment have announced the 2-disc Blu-ray release of Accel World: Set 2, the next 12 episodes of the Masakazu Obara anime series. Based on the light novel series written by Reki Kawahara and illustrated by HiMA, Accel World: Set 2 streets on March 11, 2014.
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Best Man Holiday Blu-ray
Posted December 18, 2013 02:32 AM by Webmaster
Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced it will release The Best Man Holiday via a Blu-ray/DVD/UltraViolet combo pack in February. The sequel to the 1999 ensemble comedy stars Morris Chestnut, Terrence Howard, Taye Diggs, Nia Long, Sanaa Lathan, Regina Hall, Harold Perrineau, Monica Calhoun and Melissa De Sousa, and arrives on February 11, 2014.
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Sherlock: Season Three Blu-ray
Posted December 18, 2013 02:03 AM by Webmaster
BBC Home Entertainment and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment are bringing Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat's Sherlock: Season Three to Blu-ray early next year, just two weeks after the conclusion of its three-episode broadcast. The series stars Benedict Cumberbatch as the titular detective and Martin Freeman as Watson. Season Three arrives on Blu-ray on February 11, 2014.
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Barbie: The Pearl Princess Blu-ray
Posted December 18, 2013 01:54 AM by Webmaster
Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced the Blu-ray release of Barbie: The Pearl Princess, the next direct-to-video animated film in Mattel's Barbie series. The Blu-ray/DVD/UltraViolet Digital HD combo pack streets on March 11, 2014.
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Exclusive Giveaway: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Posted December 17, 2013 10:59 PM by Webmaster
Blu-ray.com and Paramount Home Entertainment are offering three members the opportunity to win a copy of director Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, starring Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, John Rhys-Davies, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey, Denholm Elliott and Wolf Kahler. The first entry in the Indiana Jones series is now available separately or as part of the Indiana Jones Complete Adventures box set.
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First Look at Eugenio Mira's Grand Piano
Posted December 17, 2013 05:40 PM by Webmaster
Magnolia Pictures and Magnet Releasing have released a brand new trailer for Spanish director Eugenio Mira's thriller Grand Piano (2013), starring Elijah Wood, John Cusack, Tamsin Egerton, Kerry Bish, and Dee Wallace. The film is set to open in theaters across the United States on March 7, 2014.
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Berlinale 2014: Competition Titles Revealed
Posted December 17, 2013 05:14 PM by Webmaster
The organizers of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival have revealed the first seven titles for the Competition program. In addition to the already announced Grand Budapest Hotel and Monuments Men, the Berlinale will introduce new films by acclaimed director Alain Resnais, Claudia Llosa, Yann Demange, Dominik Graf, and Yannis Economides.
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Takeshi Kitano's Beyond Outrage Heading to Blu-ray
Posted December 17, 2013 04:20 PM by Webmaster
Magnolia Pictures has revealed that it plans to bring to Blu-ray Takeshi Kitano's Autoreiji: Biyondo a.k.a Beyond Outrage (2012), starring Takeshi Kitano, Ry Kase, Toshiyuki Nishida, Machiko Ono, and Ken Mitsuishi. The preliminary release date set by the studio is March 11, 2014.
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The Swan Princess: A Royal Family Tale Blu-ray
Posted December 17, 2013 04:10 PM by Webmaster
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release on Blu-ray The Swan Princess: A Royal Family Tale. The release will be available for purchase online and in stores across the nation on February 25th.
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The Rocket
Posted December 17, 2013 03:50 PM by Webmaster
British distributors Eureka Entertainment have announced the UK theatrical release for the multi-award winning The Rocket, Australia's official selection for the Best Foreign Language Film category for the 86th Academy Awards, and debut feature from director Kim Mordaunt about a 'cursed' twin who guides his family to a new life in Laos.
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Cheap Thrills Red Band Trailer
Posted December 17, 2013 03:37 PM by Webmaster
Drafthouse Films has released a brand new red band trailer for director E.L. Katz's black comedy Cheap Thrills (2013), starring Pat Healy, Ethan Embry, Sara Paxton, David Koechner, and Amanda Fuller. The film is set to open in theaters across the United States on March 21, 2014.
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Vikingdom Blu-ray
Posted December 17, 2013 03:26 PM by Webmaster
The UK branch of Universal Studios has officially announced and detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of director Yusry Abd Halim's Vikingdom (2013), starring Dominic Purcell, Craig Fairbrass, Conan Stevens, Natassia Malthe, Jon Foo, and Patrick Murray. The release will be available for purchase on December 26th.
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Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa Blu-ray
Posted December 17, 2013 03:14 PM by Webmaster
Paramount Media Home Distribution has officially announced that it will release on Blu-ray Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa. The release will be available for purchase online and in stores across the nation on January 28th.
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The Year of the Cannibals Blu-ray
Posted December 17, 2013 03:01 PM by Webmaster
Raro Video has officially announced and detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of acclaimed Italian director Liliana Cavani's (The Night Porter) film I Cannibali a.k.a The Year of the Cannibals (1970), starring Pierre Clmenti, Britt Ekland, Tomas Milian, and Delia Boccardo. The release will be available for purchase on January 14th.
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Cutie and the Boxer Blu-ray
Posted December 17, 2013 02:50 PM by Webmaster
Anchor Bay Entertainment and RADiUSTWC announced today the Blu-ray release of the Academy Award shortlisted film Cutie and the Boxer, from director Zachary Heinzerling who was recently awarded The Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award at the prestigious IDA Awards. The release will be available for purchase on February 4th.
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Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo Blu-ray
Posted December 17, 2013 01:21 AM by Webmaster
Walt Disney Home Entertainment is bringing Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo to Blu-ray early next year. The 2004 direct-to-video film features voice actors Jim Cummings as Winnie the Pooh and Tigger, Peter Cullen as Eeyore, and John Fiedler as Piglet. Springtime with Roo arrives on Blu-ray on March 11, 2014.
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Scooby-Doo! Wrestlemania Mystery Blu-ray
Posted December 17, 2013 01:14 AM by Webmaster
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced the Blu-ray release of Scooby-Doo! Wrestlemania Mystery, which features the voice talents of Mike "The Miz" Mizanin, Paul "Triple H" Levesque, Glenn "Kane" Jacobs, Vince McMahon, April Jeanette, George "Brodus Clay" Murdoch, Sin Cara and Anthony "Santino Marella" Carelli. The Scooby-Doo/WWE animated crossover streets on March 25, 2014.
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Criterion Announces March Titles
Posted December 16, 2013 05:09 PM by Webmaster
The Criterion Collection has announced six titles for Blu-ray release in March: On March 11th, the studio will release David Gordon Green's George Washington (2000). On March 18th, it will release Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress (1958), and Errol Morris's A Brief History of Time (1991). And on March 25th, it will release Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor's The Freshman (1925), Ingmar Bergman's Persona (1966), and Paolo Sorrentino's The Great Beauty (2011).
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Next Three Avatar Films to be Made in New Zealand
Posted December 16, 2013 04:49 PM by Webmaster
20th Century Fox and Lightstorm Entertainment will make the next three Avatar films in New Zealand. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed by the two companies and the New Zealand government earlier today also guarantees that a minimum of $414m (NZ$500m) will be spent on the upcoming projects.
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Raro to Release Michelangelo Antonioni's The Vanquished
Posted December 16, 2013 04:08 PM by Webmaster
Independent distributors Raro Video U.S. have revealed that they are planning to release on Blu-ray Michelangelo Antonioni's I Vinti a.k.a The Vanquished (1953), starring Franco Interlenghi, Anna Maria Ferrero, Eduardo Ciannelli, Evi Maltagliati, David Farrar, Patrick Barr, and Peter Reynolds. The release is expected to arrive on the market in May 2014.
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Ice Soldiers Blu-ray
Posted December 16, 2013 03:58 PM by Webmaster
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has officially announced that it will release on Blu-ray director Sturla Gunnarsson's action film Ice Soldiers (2013), starring Dominic Purcell, Adam Beach, Michael Ironside, and Gabriel Hogan. The release will be available for purchase on February 25th.
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On the Job Blu-ray
Posted December 16, 2013 03:40 PM by Webmaster
Texas-based distributors Well Go USA have officially announced that they will release on Blu-ray director Erik Matti's crime thriller On the Job (2013), starring Piolo Pascual, Gerald Anderson, Joel Torre, Joey Marquez, Michael De Mesa, Leo Martinez, Angel Aquino, and Vivian Velez. The release will be available for purchase on February 11th.
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Ender's Game Blu-ray
Posted December 16, 2013 03:21 PM by Webmaster
Summit Entertainment, a Lionsgate company, has officially announced that it will release on Blu-ray director Gavin Hood's (X-Men Origins: Wolverine) latest film Ender's Game (2013), starring Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley, Abigail Breslin, Asa Butterfield, and Hailee Steinfeld. The release will be available for purchase online and in stores across the nation on February 11th.
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Official U.S. Trailer for Badges of Fury
Posted December 16, 2013 03:16 PM by Webmaster
Texas-based distributors Well Go USA have released the official U.S. trailer for Wang Zi Ming's action comedy Badges of Fury (2013), starring Jet Li, Wen Zhang (The Guillotines), Collin Chou (The Matrix Reloaded, Flashpoint), Wu Jing (SPL/Kill Zone), and Liu Shi Shi. Badges of Fury will be release on Blu-ray on January 7th.
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The Wicker Man Blu-ray
Posted December 16, 2013 02:54 PM by Webmaster
Lionsgate Films has officially announced and detailed its upcoming 40th Anniversary Blu-ray edition of director Robin Hardy's classic horror film The Wicker Man (1973), starring Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento, Ingrid Pitt, and Britt Ekland. The release will be available for purchase online and in stores across the country on January 7th.