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Gwendoline Limited Edition 4K Blu-ray
Posted August 31, 2026 09:16 PM by Webmaster
Severin Films has dated and detailed its upcoming Limited Edition 4K Blu-ray release of Just Jaeckin's Gwendoline (1984), starring Tawny Kitaen, Brent Huff, Zabou Breitman, Bernadette Lafont, and Jean Rougerie. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on November 24.
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Blu-ray Sales: August 16-22: Project Hail Mary Grabs Achilles' Heel in Week Two
Posted August 31, 2026 06:34 PM by Sean Greenwood
For the week that ended on August 22nd, Alliance Entertainment's Project Hail Mary topped the Blu-ray-only, overall packaged media and 4K UHD charts for the second week in a row. Second place went to Troy, which was released on remastered Blu-ray and 4K UHD by Arrow Video, while third place on the Blu-ray-only chart went to Universal Pictures Home Entertainment's Obsession (2025).
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This Week on Blu-ray: August 31-September 6
Posted August 31, 2026 08:24 AM by Sean Greenwood
For the week of August 31st, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release 28 Days Later on 4K UHD. New releases include the anime series Black Butler: Emerald Witch Arc (2025) from Crunchyroll and Dry Leaf from Cinema Guild. Catalog titles on Blu-ray include Ten Women in Black and The Magnificent Cuckold from Radiance Films, while catalog titles on 4K UHD include The Hot Spot from Radiance and Tekkonkinkreet from Shout Factory and GKIDS.
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Scream Factory and Shout Factory Announce November Releases
Posted August 31, 2026 06:08 AM by Webmaster
Scream Factory and Shout Factory have announced their November batch of releases. They are: The Chow Yun-Fat Collection Volume One, The Family Man (2000), Women in Prison Collection (1971-1985), and The Transformers: The Movie (1986).
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Ice Cream Man 4K Blu-ray
Posted August 27, 2026 06:26 AM by Webmaster
Alliance Entertainment is preparing 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray releases of Eli Roth's Ice Cream Man (2026), starring Ari Millen, Charlie Zeltzer, Shiloh O'Reilly, Sarah Abbott, and Benjamin Byron Davis. The two releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on October 20.
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The Rock 30th Anniversary 4K Blu-ray
Posted August 20, 2026 05:56 PM by Webmaster
Twentieth Century Studios plans to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Bay's The Rock (1996) with a new combo pack release, which is expected to arrive on the market before the end of the year.
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Official Trailer for Les Miserables
Posted May 30, 2012 06:41 AM by Josh Katz
Universal Studios has just released the first trailer for Les Miserables. Academy Award-winning director Tom Hooper's highly anticipated interpretation of the successful stage musical and Victor Hugo novel stars Hugh Jackman (The Prestige) as Jean Valjean, an ex-convict who breaks parole and changes his identity in order to forge a better life for himself in 1800's France. Les Miserables' scheduled U.S. release date is December 14th.
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Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom Makes History
Posted May 30, 2012 02:53 AM by Webmaster
Focus Features announced that Wes Anderson's latest film, Moonrise Kingdom, starring Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Bruce Willis, and Jason Schwartzman, has recorded the highest per-theatre North American gross ever for a non-animated film. The previous record was held by Bill Condon's
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JCVD's Six Bullets Gets UK Release Date
Posted May 30, 2012 02:37 AM by Webmaster
Studio Canal have revealed that they are preparing for Blu-ray release Ernie Barbarash's Six Bullets (2012), starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Joe Flanigan, Bianca Bree, and Kristopher Van Varenberg (the Belgian action star's son). Exact technical sp
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Rampart UK Blu-ray Detailed
Posted May 30, 2012 01:55 AM by Webmaster
Studio Canal have detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of director Oren Moverman's Rampart (2011), starring Woody Harrelson, Ben Foster and Sigourney Weaver. The release will be available for purchase online and in shops across the United Kingdom on
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Duran Duran: A Diamond In the Mind Blu-ray
Posted May 30, 2012 01:18 AM by Webmaster
Eagle Rock Entertainment have officially announced that they will release on Blu-ray Duran Duran: A Diamond In the Mind. Slated to hit stores on Tuesday, July 10, the show was filmed and recorded at Manchester's MEN Arena in D
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Hitchcock's The Lodger Heading to Blu-ray
Posted May 30, 2012 01:05 AM by Webmaster
Independent British distributors NetworkDVD have revealed that they are planning to release a Dual Format edition of Alfred Hitchcock's The Lodger (1927), starring Ivor Novello, Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, and June. The preliminary release date set
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Exclusive Giveaway: We Need to Talk About Kevin
Posted May 30, 2012 01:01 AM by Webmaster
Blu-ray.com and Oscilloscope Pictures are offering two Blu-ray.com members the opportunity to win a copy of director Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin, starring Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly and Ezra Miller. The devastating drama is currently available on Blu-ray.
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Exclusive Giveaway: John Carter
Posted May 30, 2012 12:58 AM by Webmaster
Blu-ray.com and Walt Disney Home Entertainment are offering three members a chance to win a copy of John Carter, the man-on-Mars epic starring Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Willem Dafoe and Mark Strong. Director Andrew Stanton's adaptation of of "Tarzan" author Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Barsoom" series arrives on June 5th.
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Warner Presidential Comedies on Blu-ray
Posted May 29, 2012 06:22 PM by Josh Katz
In the fall, Warner Home Entertainment will bring two politically-themed comedies to Blu-ray: Rob Reiner and Aaron Sorkin's The American President and Ivan Reitman's Dave. Both The American President and Dave are expected to street on September 25th.
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LOL Blu-ray
Posted May 29, 2012 03:06 PM by Josh Katz
In July, Lionsgate Home Entertainment will bring LOL to Blu-ray. Writer/director Lisa Azuelos' remake of her own 2008 feature Laughing Out Loud, this dramedy stars Miley Cyrus (The Last Song) as a teenage girl trying to escape high school with her dignity intact. LOL is expected to street on July 31st.
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Grimm: Season One Blu-ray
Posted May 29, 2012 02:30 PM by Josh Katz
Universal Studios Home Entertainment will bring Grimm: Season One to Blu-ray in August. This supernatural procedural stars David Giuntoli (Caroline and Jackie) as Nick Burkhardt, a homicide detective in Portland, Oregon, who learns that he is the newest member of the Grimm order; Grimms help maintain harmony between humans and mythical creatures known only through fairy tales. Grimm: Season One streets on August 7th.
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Damsels in Distress Blu-ray
Posted May 29, 2012 02:12 PM by Josh Katz
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will bring Damsels in Distress to Blu-ray in July. The first film from writer/director Whit Stillman (Metropolitan) since 1998's The Last Days of Disco, this whimsical comedy centers around a group of young women at a liberal arts college who try to improve the lives of the people around them. Damsels in Distress is expected to street on July 31st.
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The Walking Dead: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray (Updated)
Posted May 29, 2012 09:58 AM by Josh Katz
Anchor Bay Home Entertainment will bring The Walking Dead: The Complete Second Season to Blu-ray in August. Picking up immediately after the first season's explosive season finale, Season Two finds former police officer Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln, Love Actually) trying to lead a small band of survivors through the perils of the zombie apocalypse. The Walking Dead: The Complete Second Season
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Footnote Blu-ray
Posted May 29, 2012 09:57 AM by Josh Katz
In July, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will bring Footnote to Blu-ray. One of last year's Academy Award nominees for Best Foreign Language Film, this comedy focuses on the intense rivalry between two Talmudic Studies professors who are also father and son. Footnote is expected to street on July 24th.
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Entertainment One Enters Talks to Acquire Alliance Films
Posted May 28, 2012 07:18 PM by Webmaster
Canadian producer and distributor Entertainment One confirmed Monday that it has began negotiations to acquire Alliance Films, Canada's largest indie film distributor. Speculations about Entertainment One's interest in Alliance Films surfaced earlier this month at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Mario Bava and Jess Franco Films Coming Up
Posted May 28, 2012 06:17 PM by Webmaster
The Redemption label has confirmed that it is preparing to release on Blu-ray various films by legendary Italian director Mario Bava. Exact technical specs, region coding status and release dates are yet to be confirmed, but the first titles are expected in September/October 2012.
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Hit and Miss Blu-ray
Posted May 28, 2012 05:20 PM by Webmaster
British distributors Fremantle Home Entertainment have announced that they will release on Blu-ray the first series of Sky Atlantic's TV drama Hit and Miss, starring Chloë Sevigny, Jonas Armstrong, Vincent Regan, and Karla Crome. The release will
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This Week on Blu-ray: May 29-June 5
Posted May 28, 2012 08:43 AM by Josh Katz
Of this week's Blu-ray releases, the sports comedy Goon has an unexpected goal in mind: the film wants to provide viewers with a 21st Century equivalent to the 1977 hockey classic Slap Shot. Like that earlier movie, Goon is enthusiastically profane and bloody, offering a look into the world of hockey enforcers, those players whose sole job it is to aggressively attack members of the other team.
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Michael Haneke's Amour Wins Palme d'Or Award
Posted May 27, 2012 05:22 PM by Webmaster
Earlier today, the Cannes Film Festival jury, headed by Italian director Nanni Moretti, awarded director Michael Haneke the prestigious Palme d'Or for his latest film Amour. The film stars legendary French actors Jean-Louis Trintingnant -
Amazon Blu-ray Deal of the Week: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Expired)
Posted May 27, 2012 08:23 AM by Josh Katz
Amazon's Blu-ray Deal of the Week affects the Academy Award-winning Lord of the Rings Trilogy. The big-screen adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's much-heralded literary creation details the journey of young hobbit Frodo Baggins to keep the Dark Lord Sauron from acquiring the One Ring and ruling all of Middle-Earth.Through June 2nd, Amazon is offering the Blu-ray set for 48.99 (59% off its SRP of $119.98).
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E.T. Blu-ray Promo Trailer
Posted May 26, 2012 01:35 AM by Webmaster
Universal Studios has released a new trailer for the highly anticipated Blu-ray release of Steven Spielberg's E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), starring Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore and Peter Coyote. A preliminary release date is yet to be revealed, but the promo trailer indicates that the release will be out in Fall 2012.
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Exclusive Giveaway: The Aggression Scale
Posted May 26, 2012 01:09 AM by Webmaster
Blu-ray.com and Anchor Bay Films are offering three Blu-ray.com members the opportunity to win a copy of Steven C. Miller's The Aggression Scale, starring Ray Wise, Dana Ashbrook and Derek Mears. The home-invasion thriller arrives on Blu-ray on May 29th.
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Sailor of the King Blu-ray
Posted May 25, 2012 07:24 PM by Webmaster
British distributors Odeon Entertainment have revealed that they are preparing a Blu-ray release of director Roy Boulting's Sailor of the King (1953), starring Jeffrey Hunter, Michael Rennie and Wendy Hiller. Exact technical specs for this release are unknown at the moment, but the preliminary street date set by the distributors is July 16th.
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Artificial Eye Picks Up Holy Motors
Posted May 25, 2012 06:50 PM by Webmaster
British distributors Artificial Eye have picked up the distribution rights for Leos Carax's (Lovers on the Bridge) new film Holy Motors (2012), starring Denis Lavant, Eva Mendes, Kylie Minogue and Michel Piccoli. The film is part of the official selection at the Cannes Film Festival. In France, Holy Motors is handled by Wild Bunch.
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Project X Detailed
Posted May 25, 2012 05:58 PM by Webmaster
The UK branch of Warner Brothers has detailed its upcoming Triple Play Blu-ray release of director Nima Nourizadeh's Project X (2012), starring Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper and Jonathan Daniel Brown. The release will be available for purchase online and in shops across the United Kingdom on July 2.
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More Catalog News From Olive
Posted May 25, 2012 05:02 PM by Webmaster
Independent distributors Olive films have added three more films to their August slate: Mitchell Leisen's Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950), starring Alan Ladd, Wanda Hendrix and Francis Lederer, Leo McCarey's My Son John (1952), starring Robert Walker, Helen Hayes and Van Heflin, and Don Siegel's Private Hell 36(1954), starring Ida Lupino, Steve Cochran and Howard Duff.
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A Bag of Hammers Blu-ray
Posted May 25, 2012 01:37 PM by Josh Katz
Next month, MPI Home Video will bring A Bag of Hammers to Blu-ray. This comedy stars Jason Ritter (Paper Heart) and Jake Sandvig (Easy A) as two aimless friends who form a surprising connection with a single mother (Carrie Preston, Duplicity) and her young son (Chandler Canterbury, Knowing). A Bag of Hammers streets on June 19th.
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Exclusive Giveaway: Gone
Posted May 25, 2012 01:03 AM by Webmaster
Blu-ray.com and Lionsgate Films are offering three Blu-ray.com members the opportunity to win a copy of director Heitor Dhalia's Gone. One grand prize winner will also receive a mini-poster autographed by actress Amanda Seyfried. The suspense thriller arrives on Blu-ray on May 29th.
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Raoul Walsh's Pursued Heading to Blu-ray
Posted May 25, 2012 12:51 AM by Webmaster
Olive Films have revealed that they are preparing for Blu-ray release director Raoul Walsh's Pursued (1947), starring Teresa Wright, Robert Mitchum and Judith Anderson. Exact technical specs and region coding status are unknown at the moment, but the preliminary release date set by the distributors is August 21.
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Carnage Detailed
Posted May 24, 2012 06:38 PM by Webmaster
Studio Canal have detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of director Roman Polanski's Carnage (2011), starring Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, and John C. Reilly. Earlier this year, the film won Little Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival. Street date is June 25th.