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Saving Private Ryan Coming to Blu-ray

Paramount Home Entertainment has announced the Blu-ray release of the war movie Saving Private Ryan, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks, on May 4, just four days before V-E Day. This title will be part of Paramount’s Sapphire Series; audio/video specifications and special features have not been officially listed yet. The title is [...]

Black Dynamite Coming to Blu-ray and DVD December 16th

An outrageous action comedy-spoof following the exploits of an ex-CIA agent (Michael Jai White) and full-time ladies man out to avenge the death of his brother against kung-fu masters, drug-dealing pimps and The Man. Check out some clips below:

Warner Catalog Blu-ray Slate For 2010 Revealed

Warner Brothers has announced the following films will be available on Blu-ray High-Def in 2010, (including two-film “double feature” editions). As we end the month of January, the titles listed below have been given a release date during this year. More films are no doubt forthcoming to Blu-ray and will be officially announced later (see [...]

Fantastic Mr. Fox Will Arrive as Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (January 19, 2010)– Academy Award-winning Hollywood heavyweights George Clooney (“Up In The Air”) and Meryl Streep (“It´s Complicated”) lend their voices to the hilarious, heartwarming and dazzling stop-motion animated adventure from visionary director Wes Anderson (“The Royal Tenebaums”), “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” arriving as a Blu-ray Disc/DVD Combo Pack and on DVD March [...]

The Twilight Saga: New Moon Headed to Blu-ray and DVD March 20

According to Summit Entertainment’s Twitter page, the studio has officially set March 20 as the release date for The Twilight Saga: New Moon. The second movie in this vampire franchise was panned by critics but was a huge box office hit, grossing nearly $100 million more than Twilight. This will be a two-disc special edition. [...]

The African Queen Arriving on DVD and Blu-ray on March 23

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (January 11, 2010) – Filled with adventure, drama, humor and romance, the epic and enduring cinematic classic THE AFRICAN QUEEN will finally make its way home when it debuts on DVD and Blu-ray for the first time ever on March 23, 2010 from Paramount Home Entertainment.  Meticulously restored using state-of-the-art 4K digital technology, [...]

The Last King of Scotland Coming to Blu-ray February 2

LOS ANGELES, CA (December 6, 2009) – The Last King of Scotland comes to Blu-ray on February 2, 2010 from Twentieth Century Fox and MGM Home Entertainment.

Godzilla (1998) Comes to Blu-ray November 10

Rocky: The Undisputed Collection Coming to Blu-ray November 3

THE COMPLETE LEGACY OF THE ULTIMATE UNDERDOG INCLUDES ALL SIX KNOCKOUT FILMS IN BRILLIANT HIGH DEFINITION TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME ROCKY: THE UNDISPUTED COLLECTION

Fight Club on Blu-ray Cover Art

On September 2, we posted the specs of the November 17th release of Fight Club. Today, we got our first look at the box art, and posted it here for you to see.

Sony to Release sex, lies, and videotape on Blu-ray November 17

Culver City, Calif. (September 7, 2009) – Steady your gaze when Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releases the voyeuristic and sexually charged comedy sex, lies and videotape on Blu-ray™ High-Def November 17th, 2009 for the SRP of 24.95. Written and directed by Oscar® winner Steven Soderbergh (Best Director, Traffic, 2001), this film is credited with ushering [...]

It’s a Wonderful Life Coming to Blu-ray November 3, 2009

What is it you want, Mary? What do you want? You want the moon? Just say the word and I’ll throw a lasso around it and pull it down. Hey. That’s a pretty good idea. I’ll give you the moon, Mary. –James Stewart as George Bailey Paramount will release the 1946 holiday classic, It’s a [...]

Gone With the Wind Coming to Blu-ray

Burbank, CA — Winner of 10 Academy Awards® including Best Picture, and still history’s all time domestic box-office champion ($1.5 billion), Gone with the Wind has long been considered the most celebrated motion picture of all time. On November 17, Warner Home Video will honor the romantic epic with a stunningly restored and remastered version, [...]

Blu-ray Review: The Soloist

DreamWorks |2009 | 117 mins | Rated PG-13 Hollywood loves stories involving people with mental or physical handicaps. The list of Oscar winners is littered with actors who played disabled characters: Jane Wyman as a deaf-mute rape victim in Johnny Belinda (1948), Joanne Woodward as a woman who suffers from dissociative identity disorder in The [...]

Blu-ray Review: Obsessed

Sony Pictures | 2009 | 108 mins | Rated PG-13 At first glance, Obsessed seemed like a great opportunity for pop diva Beyoncé Knowles to stretch her acting wings and play something other than, well, a pop diva. We get to see her bare her claws both literally and metaphorically in a fight for her [...]

Blu-ray Review: St. Elmo’s Fire

Sony Pictures | 1985 | 108 mins | Rated R Ah, the “Brat Pack. Those of us who grew up in the eighties remember them well. The term was often used to describe a group of young actors and actresses who frequently appeared together in teen-oriented coming-of-age films of the decade. Popularized by a 1985 [...]

Blu-ray Review: Sling Blade

Disney / Buena Vista | 1996 | 135 mins | Rated R In the 1980′s, Billy Bob Thornton was living in Los Angeles and trying to establish himself as an actor; one night, while working as a waiter at an industry event, he struck up a conversation with the legendary director Billy Wilder (The Apartment, [...]

Blu-ray Review: Echelon Conspiracy

Paramount Pictures | 2009 | 105 mins | Rated PG-13 Throughout the history of film, Hollywood has a history of creating knockoffs. Filmmakers and executives don’t restrict the art of the art of the knockoff to the movies themselves; sometimes they extend the policy to actors. Over the past few years, Shia LaBeouf has become [...]

Blu-ray Review: Race to Witch Mountain

Disney / Buena Vista | 2009 | 98 mins | Rated PG Given Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s popularity as a wrestler and his subsequent success in action films like The Mummy Returns and The Scorpion King, it would have made sense if he wanted to build a career as an action star; instead, by 2007, [...]

Blu-ray Review: Prison Break -The Final Break

20th Century Fox | 2008 | 89 mins | Not rated After four successful seasons, Fox decided to bring the curtain down on Prison Break with a two part series finale. They were originally produced as separate episodes titled “The Old Ball and Chain” and “Free” and later transformed into a standalone feature, titled The [...]