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The Devils 4K Blu-ray
Posted November 10, 2026 07:54 PM by Webmaster
Warner Bros. Clockwork will release on a Collector's Edition combo pack of Ken Russell's The Devils (1971), starring Oliver Reed, Vanessa Redgrave, Dudley Sutton, Max Adrian, and Gemma Jones. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on April 20.
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Heart of the Beast 4K Blu-ray
Posted November 9, 2026 06:57 PM by Webmaster
Paramount Home Media Distribution will release a 4K Blu-ray/Blu-ray combo pack of David Ayer's Heart of the Beast (2026), starring Brad Pitt, J.K. Simmons, Uber, Anna Lambe, and Justin Melnick. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on January 26.
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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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More Catalog Titles Coming Up From Olive Films
Posted March 28, 2012 11:35 PM by Webmaster
Independent distributors Olive Films have revealed that they are preparing for Blu-ray release Jack Arnold's The Space Children (1958), starring Michel Ray, Adam Williams and Peggy Webber, and Eugène Lourié's The Colossus of New York (1958), starring John Baragrey, Mala Powers and Otto Kruger. Street date for both films is June 19th.
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The Monk
Posted March 28, 2012 06:12 PM by Webmaster
Metrodome Distribution have released the official UK theatrical trailer for director Dominik Moll's Le moine a.k.a The Monk (2011), starring Vincent Cassel (Dobermann, Brotherhood of the Wolf), Déborah François (Female Agents), Joséphine Japy (Neuilly Yo Mama!), and Sergi López (With a Friend Like Harry). The film will open in theaters across the UK on April 27th.
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This Means War Blu-ray
Posted March 28, 2012 05:43 PM by Josh Katz
In May, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will bring This Means War to Blu-ray. This action-comedy stars Chris Pine (Star Trek) and Tom Hardy (Inception) as two best friends - and deadly CIA operatives - who find their relationship tested when they realize they are both dating the same woman (Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line). This Means War streets on May 22nd.
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Hell On Wheels: The Complete First Season Blu-ray
Posted March 28, 2012 08:16 AM by Josh Katz
In May, E1 Home Entertainment will bring Hell On Wheels: The Complete First Season to Blu-ray. This gritty western series, which premiered last year on the AMC Network, focuses on a former Confederate soldier (Anson Mount, Burning Palms) who starts working on the Union Pacific Railroad as a subterfuge for a far more insidious revenge mission. Hell On Wheels: The Complete First Season streets on May 22nd.
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Cat Run Blu-ray
Posted March 28, 2012 07:55 AM by Josh Katz
This summer, Universal Studios Home Entertainment will bring Cat Run to Blu-ray. Directed by John Stockwell (Into the Blue), this thriller stars Paz Vega (Sex and Lucía) as Catalina Rona, a call girl who gets involved in a bloody government cover-up. Cat Run streets on June 19th.
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Red Scorpion Blu-ray Detailed
Posted March 28, 2012 05:11 AM by Webmaster
Independent U.S. distributors Synapse Films have detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of director Joseph Zito's Red Scorpion (1988), starring action star Dolph Lundgren, M. Emmet Walsh, and Al White. The preliminary release date set by the distributors is June 12th.
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Bela Tarr's The Turin Horse Gets U.S. Release Date
Posted March 28, 2012 04:49 AM by Webmaster
Independent distributors Cinema Guild have revealed that they are planning to release on Blu-ray Hungarian directors Bela Tarr's (Satantango, Werckmeister Harmonies) latest film A Torinói ló a.k.a The Turin Horse (2011). Last year, the film won FIPRESCI Prize and Silver Bear Award at the Berlin International Film Festival. The preliminary release date set by the distributors is July 17th.
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The Fourth State Blu-ray
Posted March 28, 2012 04:34 AM by Webmaster
Independent British distributors G2 Pictures have revealed that they are preparing for Blu-ray release German director Dennis Gansel's The Fourth State a.k.a The Year of the Snake (2012), starring Moritz Bleibtreu (Run Lola Run), Kasia Smutniak (Quiet Chaos), Max Riemelt (Urban Explorer), and Rade Serbedzija (Before the Rain). The preliminary release date set by the distributors is August 27th.
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Six David Lynch Films Heading to the UK
Posted March 27, 2012 07:28 PM by Webmaster
The UK branch of Universal Studios will release six films directed by David Lynch: Eraserhead (1977), Dune (1984), Blue Velvet (1986), Wild at Heart (1990), Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992), and Lost Highway (1997). Street date for all six films is June 4th.
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Eureka Entertainment to Release The Birth of a Nation
Posted March 27, 2012 05:46 PM by Webmaster
Eureka Entertainment announced today the acquisition of rights to a new HD restoration of D. W. Griffith's legendary film The Birth of a Nation (1915). The film will join Eureka's Masters of Cinema Series, and will be released later in the year on Blu-ray for the first time in a dual format (DVD & Blu-ray) edition.
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Twilight Time Blu-rays for May and June
Posted March 27, 2012 09:02 AM by Josh Katz
Twilight Time has revealed their Blu-ray selections for May and June; these titles include the 1959 version of Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Big Heat, As Good as It Gets, and The Wayward Bus. Journey to the Center of the Earth and The Big Heat street on May 8th; the other two Blu-rays street on June 12th.
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Meatballs Blu-ray
Posted March 26, 2012 05:50 PM by Josh Katz
In June, Lionsgate Home Entertainment will bring Meatballs to Blu-ray. Directed by Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters), this classic comedy marks the leading-man debut of Bill Murray (Stripes) as Tripper Harrison, the sardonic head counsellor at the third-rate Camp North Star summer camp. Meatballs is expected to street on June 12th.
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Simply Red: Live At Montreux Blu-ray
Posted March 26, 2012 05:18 PM by Webmaster
Eagle Rock Entertainment have officially announced that they will release on Blu-ray Simply Red: Live At Montreux. This two-hour 18-song soul-drenched set -- recorded while touring for the multi-platinum Home album -- was filmed in 2003. Street date is May 22.
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This Week on Blu-ray: March 27-April 3
Posted March 26, 2012 11:37 AM by Josh Katz
This week, Warner Home Entertainment releases the 70th Anniversary Edition of Casablanca, and every aspect of its design seems carefully calculated to stave off cries of double-dipping; Warner gave the film a new 4K scan, fancy Ultimate Collector's Edition packaging, and over twelve hours of bonus materials, including the 289-minute You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story documentary.
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Breaking Bad: The Complete Fourth Season Blu-ray
Posted March 26, 2012 09:35 AM by Josh Katz
This summer, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will bring Breaking Bad: The Complete Fourth Season to Blu-ray. Three-time Emmy Award-winner Bryan Cranston (Drive) stars in this gritty, darkly comic drama as Walter White, a high-school chemistry teacher who learns he has cancer and starts cooking meth in order to provide for his family before he dies. Breaking Bad: The Complete Fourth Season streets on June 5th.
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Blackthorn Blu-ray
Posted March 26, 2012 06:21 AM by Webmaster
British distributors Chelsea Films have revealed that they are planning to release on Blu-ray Spanish director Mateo Gil's (writer, Open Your Eyes, Agora) Blackthorn (2011), starring Sam Shepard, Eduardo Noriega, and Stephen Rea. Exact technical spec and region coding status for this release are unknown at the moment, but the preliminary release date set by the distributors is June 4th.
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Amazon Blu-ray Deal of the Week: Selected Disney Movie Collections (Expired)
Posted March 25, 2012 08:44 AM by Josh Katz
Amazon's Blu-ray Deal of the Week affects the Lion King Trilogy, Ultimate Toy Box Collection, Pirates of the Caribbean Four-Movie Collection, and Cars: Director's Edition packages. Through March 31st, Amazon is offering the Blu-ray sets for 50% off their standard MSRPs.
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Sade: Bring Me Home - Live 2011
Posted March 24, 2012 01:26 AM by Webmaster
Epic Records/Sony Music have revealed that they are preparing for Blu-ray release Sade: Bring Me Home - Live 2011. Technical specs, tracklisting, and supplemental features to be included on this release are unknown at the moment, but the preliminary release date set by Epic Records/Sony Music is May 22.
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Smokey and the Bandit Blu-ray
Posted March 23, 2012 10:58 PM by Josh Katz
As part of its 100th Anniversary this year, Universal Studios Home Entertainment will offer special re-issues of selected catalog titles, and the Smokey and the Bandit Blu-ray will arrive in the June wave. Burt Reynolds (The Cannonball Run) stars in this action-comedy as a daredevil truck driver who accepts a challenge to transport 400 cases of beer from Texarkana to Atlanta. Smokey and the Bandit streets on June 5th.
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Erin Brockovich Blu-ray
Posted March 23, 2012 10:47 PM by Josh Katz
As part of its 100th Anniversary this year, Universal Studios Home Entertainment will offer special re-issues of selected catalog titles, and the Erin Brockovich Blu-ray will arrive in the June wave. Julia Roberts (Ocean's Eleven) won an Academy Award playing the title character, a single mother who takes a job as a clerk for her lawyer (Albert Finney, Big Fish). Erin Brockovich streets on June 5th.
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David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis Might Be Heading to Cannes
Posted March 23, 2012 08:37 PM by Webmaster
David Cronenberg's (Videodrome) highly anticipated new film Cosmopolis (2012) is apparently going to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival on May 23rd, while on May 31st it will arrive in Portugal. The new Cronenberg film is an adaptation of Don DeLillo's story about Eric Packer, a 28 year-old billionaire dreaming of living in a civilization ahead of this one.
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This Must Be the Place Blu-ray
Posted March 23, 2012 08:11 PM by Webmaster
British distributors Trinity Home Entertainment have revealed that they are planning to release on Blu-ray Italian director Paolo Sorrentino's (The Family Friend, Il Divo) This Must Be The Place (2011), starring Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Harry Dean Stanton, and David Byrne. Last year, the film won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the Cannes Film Festival. Street date is August 27th.
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Disney's Secret of the Wings Blu-ray
Posted March 23, 2012 04:38 PM by Josh Katz
This fall, Walt Disney Home Entertainment will bring Secret of the Wings to Blu-ray. The animated family film follows the continuing adventures of Disney's iconic Tinker Bell character as she travels into the fabled Winter Woods. Secret of the Wings streets on October 23rd.
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The Sting Blu-ray
Posted March 23, 2012 08:57 AM by Josh Katz
As part of its 100th Anniversary, Universal Studios Home Entertainment will offer special Blu-rays of selected catalog titles, and The Sting should arrive in the June wave. Director George Roy Hill's crime comedy reunites Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid stars Robert Redford (Out of Africa) and Paul Newman (The Color of Money) as two con men in 1930s Chicago. The Sting is expected to street on June 5th.
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Blu-ray Sales, Mar. 12-18: Tintin Tops Blu-rays
Posted March 23, 2012 08:55 AM by Josh Katz
During its theatrical run, Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin proved surprisingly unpopular with U.S. audiences; the film grossed under $80 million domestically, a far cry from its near-$300 million international take. However, the animated feature made a strong initial showing on the home media market for the week that ended on March 18th, topping overall Blu-ray sales. Consumers purchased 50% of the title from the HD format.
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Gaumont Secures Funding to Restore Classic Films
Posted March 23, 2012 03:46 AM by Webmaster
French distributors Gaumont have announced that they have secured funding to restore 270 films from their catalog during the next four years. The restorations will have a minimum quality of at least 2K. Amongst the films considered for restoration are such classics as Jean Renoir's Toni (1935), Henri-Georges Clouzot's The Murderer Lives at Number 21 (1942), and Carl Theodor Dreyer's The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928).
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The Battle of Algiers Blu-ray
Posted March 23, 2012 03:27 AM by Webmaster
In an early announcement to retailers, British distributors Argent Films have revealed that they are planning to release on Blu-ray Italian director Gillo Pontecorvo's La battaglia di Algeri a.k.a The Battle of Algiers (1966). The preliminary release date set by the distributors is July 9th.
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Lionsgate Acquires Distribution Rights to Saban's Power Rangers Samurai
Posted March 23, 2012 02:45 AM by Webmaster
Lionsgate announced that it has acquired the North American home entertainment distribution rights to the kids action series Saban's Power Rangers Samurai. Under the multi-year agreement, Lionsgate obtains all DVD and Blu-ray rights, as well as multiple digital rights for the newly revamped Power Rangers television series, Saban's Power Rangers Samurai and Saban's Power Rangers Super Samurai.
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Chariots of Fire Gets UK Release Date
Posted March 23, 2012 02:30 AM by Webmaster
The UK branch of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has revealed that it is planning to release on Blu-ray director Hugh Hudson's Chariots of Fire (1981), starring Nicholas Farrell, Nigel Havers, Ian Charleson, Ben Cross, and Ian Holm. The preliminary release date set by the studio is June 18th.
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War Horse Blu-ray (Updated)
Posted March 22, 2012 03:51 PM by Josh Katz
In April, Walt Disney Home Entertainment will bring War Horse to Blu-ray. Directed by Steven Spielberg (Close Encounters of the Third Kind), this sweeping adaptation of the Michael Morpurgo novel follows a horse named Joey through the hellish and morally ambiguous landscape of World War I. War Horse is expected to street on April 3rd. Updated with special "first look" bonus clip.