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Netflix adds HDR support for iPhone 8, iPhone X and iPad Pro
Netflix is adding high dynamic range (HDR) support to more mobile devices. A handful of Android handsets are already benefitting from the picture upgrade, including the LG G6, Sony Xperia XZ Premium, and Samsung Galaxy Note 8, among others. Now, thanks to the release of iOS 11, iPhone users suffering from FOMO can get in on the action too. You'll be able to binge watch in Dolby Vision HDR on the newly launched iPhone 8, 8Plus, and the upcoming iPhone X. Along with Apple's new smartphones, iPad Pro (2nd-gen) owners will also receive the bump in picture quality -- that goes for both the 10.5 and 12.9 inch models of the tablet.
Blu-ray releases on March 22nd 2011
Barreling their way to 100 3D titles this week, Hollywood adds Yogi Bear to the list of 3D Blu-ray titles, it is the 7th so far this year so there's a long way to go. With that being our title of the week it shouldn't be that hard to figure out that there isn't much going on in the world of Blu-ray releases this week. In fact the only other title that caught our attention was from Sony, with the classic Stand By Me. Against All Odds (Image) Alien 2: On Earth (Midnight Legacy) Anastasia (Fox) Arthur and The Invisibles 2 & 3 (Fox) Awakenings (Image) Because of Winn-Dixie (Fox) The Bible: In the Beginning... (Fox) Devolved (Severin Films) Dr. Dolittle (Fox) Ernest Goes to Camp / Ernest Goes to Jail (Mill Creek) Firebreather (Cartoon Network) Flicka (Fox) Garfield 1 & 2: Fat Cat Double Pack (Fox) How Do You Know (Sony) Our Hospitality (Kino) Random Hearts (Image) Riddick Collection (Universal) Robots (Fox) The Sandlot (Fox) Scary Movie 4 (Weinstein) Skyline (Universal) Stand by Me (Sony) The Times of Harvey Milk (Criterion) The Tourist (Sony) Vanquisher (Magnolia) The Venture Bros.: The Complete Season 4 (Warner) Yogi Bear 3D (Warner)
Blu-ray releases on March 15th 2011
Home Media fans have been waiting a long time to finally see last year's Academy Award winning titles and the first big one we're looking forward to post-award show is finally here; The Fighter. On the other end of the spectrum, but still gives us good memories of a Summer wasted watching the same movie over and over again on HBO, is BMX Bandits. Another that might be worth a look is one we haven't heard of until just now, but with Matt Daemon in front of the camera and Clint Eastwood behind it, Hereafter should be worthy of two hours of your free time. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (DreamWorks) Battle of the Warriors (Weinstein) BMX Bandits (Severin) The Fighter (Paramount) Extraordinary Birds (PBS) Predators (PBS) Hereafter (Warner) Heroic Age: The Complete Series (Funimation) Sharktopus (Anchor Bay) The Switch (Lions Gate) The True Story of Wrestlemania (WWE) The Losers (Warner) Yi Yi (Criterion)
Blu-ray releases on March 8th 2011
It might be post-Oscar season, when most are anticipating Academy Award winning titles on Blu-ray, like Inside Job, but we can't make the best documentary winner our pick of the week when Jackass 3 is on the list. Sure it is just plain silly and absolutely ridiculous, but what can we say, we enjoy a good laugh. We do want to watch Inside Job, but it isn't even our documentary of the week, as we love football more than we like to learn about the greatest economic crisis of our time -- besides, after you've seen Frontline's Inside the Meltdown, how much more can there be to know? Every Day (Image) Excalibur (Warner) Exit Through the Gift Shop (Oscilloscope Laboratories) Four Lions (Magnolia) Inside Job (Sony) Jackass 3 (Paramount) Jonah: A Veggie Tales Movie (Lionsgate) The Man from Nowhere (Well Go USA) The Miracle Maker: The Story of Jesus (Lionsgate) Morning Glory (Paramount) The Next Three Days (Lionsgate) NFL Super Bowl XLV Champions: Green Bay Packers (Warner) The Reef (Weinstein) The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season (Anchor Bay)
Blu-ray releases on March 1st 2011
We've been looking forward to the first HD release of Disney's classic Bambi and its Second Screen app for some time, but after watching the Academy Awards presentation we've pushed something else to the top of our list. 127 Hours didn't actually win any awards on Sunday night, but it was nominated enough to make us take notice and add it to our queue -- not at the top though. Also of interest this week is two more 3D titles, but we have to admit we only find these two interesting because there aren't enough 3D titles for us to get picky. 127 Hours (Fox) Bambi (Disney) Burlesque (Sony) The Cable Guy (Sony) Daughters of Darkness (Blue Underground) Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia 3D (Image) Faster (Sony) Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould (Lorber) Love & Other Drugs (Fox) A Marine Story (Wolfe) Michael Jordan to the Max (Lionsgate) Out of Sight (Universal) S.W.A.T.: Firefight (Sony) Scooby-Doo!: Curse of the Lake Monster (Warner) The Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D (Image)
Blu-ray releases on February 22nd 2011
If the cover art of a comedy somehow finds a way to mention Old School and The Hangover, you can count us in. Seriously, have there been two funnier movies made in the past 10 years? If so, we sure haven't seen 'em, but we do look forward to the end of the 30 day Netflix delay so we can watch Due Date. Besides the few documentaries that look good, Get Low caught our attention but only because we like Robert Duval and Bill Murray; although we can't ever think of a time we saw them together before now though. Next week is the big release of Bambi and soon after the Academy nominees will start rolling in. Due Date ( (Warner) Fish Tank (Criterion) The Last Unicorn (Lionsgate) Megamind (DreamWorks) Senso (Criterion) Sweet Smell of Success (Criterion) Get Low (Sony) 48 Hrs. (Paramount) Nurse Jackie: Season Two (Liosgate) Killshot (Vivendi) Birdemic: Shock and Terror (Severin) Psych:9 (Lionsgate) How the Earth Was Made: Complete Season 2 (A&E) Nature: Elsa's Legacy: The Born Free Story (PBS) Ghost Month (Good Times) Ice Road Truckers: The Complete Season Four (A&E) Luke & Lucy & The Texas Rangers (Peach Arch) Weeds: Season Six (Lionsgate)
Blu-ray releases on February 15th 2011
The march to the Oscars continue and what better time to take in some 80's classics like Rain Man and Network as well as a few Adam Sandler movies and TV shows from BBC and Image. Not a lot of day and date titles to choose from, but one that looks worth catching is Unstoppable -- obviously not called untaxable for a reason though -- and for no other reason is worth picking up for Android fans. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (DreamWorks) All the President's Men (Warner) Big Daddy (Sony) Chaplin (Lionsgate) Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol (BBC) Dungeons & Dragons: 2 Movie Collection (Warner) Game of Death (Sony) Glorious 39 (E1) Hoodwinked (Weinstein) Kansas City Confidential (Film Chest) Kites (Image) Last Tango in Paris (MGM) Moonstruck (MGM) Mr. Deeds (Sony) Network (Warner) Rain Man (MGM) Stag Night (Lionsgate) The Stranger (Film Chest) Top Gear 14: The Complete Season 14 (BBC) Top Gear 15: The Complete Season 15 (BBC) The Twilight Zone: Season 3 (Image) Unstoppable (Fox) The Web of Death (Well Go) WWE: The John Cena Experience (WWE) You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (Sony)
Blu-ray releases on February 8th 2011
We've been writing this post just about every week for the past four or so years and never have we seen so many titles, with so little we'd like to watch. There are a few classics worth mentioning and although we aren't trying to say this is a classic, we do remember John Candy and his Uncle Buck fondly. Sure, it isn't Planes Trains and Automobiles, but it isn't Canadian Bacon either. We are hoping we're missing something though, and will be paying close attention to the comments where we expect you to tell us exactly what that is. Amarcord (Criterion) Barb Wire (Universal) Beauty & the Briefcase (Image) Five Corners (Image) Flipper (Universal) For Colored Girls (Lionsgate) I Spit on Your Grave (Anchor Bay) It's Kind of a Funny Story (Universal) Life as We Know It (Warner) Middle Men (Paramount) My Soul to Take (Universal) Ong Bak 3: The Final Battle (Magnolia) Paranormal Activity 2 (Paramount) A Private Function (Image) A River Runs Through It (Sony) The River Wild (Universal) Still Walking (Criterion) Tamara Drewe (Sony) Thelma & Louise (MGM) Uncle Buck (Universal) Waist Deep (Universal) Wild Target (Fox) You Again (Touchstone)
Blu-ray releases on February 1st 2011
If you've been waiting for your favorite classic to come to Blu-ray than odds are your wait is up this week. That's right, there are lots of classics from a number of studios to choose from including the very famous Highlander and yet another Disney classic Alice in Wonderland. Another that you might not recognize but have seen other movies influenced by it is An Affair to Remember. 10 (Warner) An Affair to Remember (Fox) Alice in Wonderland (Disney) All About Eve (Fox) Bad Boys (Lionsgate) Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 (Walt Disney) Big Momma's House 1 & 2 (Fox) Boys Don't Cry (Fox) Chain Letter (Image) Conviction (Fox) The Double Life of Veronique (Criterion) Highlander: The 25th Anniversary Collection (Lionsgate) Let Me In (Anchor Bay) Monsters (Magnolia) Never Let Me Go (Fox) Night Catches Us (Magnolia) Pleasantville (Warner) Ray (Universal) The Tillman Story (Sony) Welcome to the Rileys (Sony) A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop (Sony) You've Got Mail (Warner)
Blu-ray releases on January 25th 2011
The biggest title this week also happens to be the one that was probably a Oscar hopeful and had its dreams dashed the same day it hit Blu-ray, Secretariat. While we do continue to wait for those that did get nominated, there are some classic you might've been waiting for like A Beautiful Mind or one of our fav's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Another title we enjoyed, but also saw already, are the Nature ones from PBS. There is even a 3D title, so there, truly something for everyone. A Beautiful Mind (Universal) Broadcast News (Criterion) Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (Magnolia) The Color Purple (Warner) Coraline (Universal) Dead Space: Aftermath (Anchor Bay) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Universal) Fuel (Cinema Libre) The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Music Box) National Geographic: Inside the Milky Way (NatGeo) Nature: Braving Iraq (PBS) Nature: Revealing the Leopard (PBS) Nature: Wolverine - Chasing the Phantom (PBS) Nowhere Boy (Sony) Open Season 3 (Sony) Red Hill (Sony) Saw 3D: The Final Chapter (Lionsgate) Saw: The Final Chapter (Lionsgate) Secretariat (Walt Disney) UFC: Ultimate Knockouts 8 (Anchor Bay) White Wedding (Image) WWE: Raw - The Best Of 2010 (WWE) WWE: Smackdown - The Best Of 2009 (2010 (WWE)
Blu-ray releases on January 18th 2011
Some weeks this post is harder to write up than others, and when there's not a sigle movie we've heard of on the list, it's a pretty tough week. That being said we generally like a good heist movie so Takers takes our pick of the week spot. We have to assume we're missing something worth watching this week though, so please help us out and let us know what it is. Justified: The Complete First Season - Sony Takers - Sony Buried - Lionsgate Animal Kingdom - Sony Death Race 2 - Universal The Naked Kiss - Criterion Shock Corridor - Criterion Lebanon - Sony Nomad: The Warrior - Vivendi Visual Down Terrace - Magnolia Fire on the Amazon - Starz/Anchor Bay Cold Dog Soup - Image Checking Out - Image Mutants - GoodTimes Airline Disaster - Echo Bridge 8213: Gacy House - Echo Bridge Blood on the Highway - Membran
Blu-ray releases on January 11th 2011
While we still wait for the Oscar hopefuls to hit Blu-ray, we might stop and enjoy one of the two 3D titels this week such as the day and date Piranha 3D or The Universe: 7 Wonders of the Solar System. 3D not your thing, well then perhaps you prefer the classics? Good thing for you there are a few to enjoy for the first time all over again in HD, like Dances with Wolves, The Endless Summer, Once Upon a Time in America or even the 30th anniversary of Raging Bull. Alpha and Omega (Lionsgate) Army of Shadows (Criterion) Dances with Wolves (MGM) The Endless Summer (Monterey) Gabriel Iglesias: I'm Not Fat... I'm Fluffy (Comedy Central) The Great Debaters (Weinstein) Kathleen Madigan: Gone Madigan (Image) Lennon NYC (A&E) Nature: A Murder of Crows (PBS) Once Upon a Time in America (Warner) Piranha (Sony) Piranha 3D (Sony) Raging Bull (30th Anniversary Edition) (MGM) Red Dirt Rising (Otter Creek) Rob Roy (MGM) Robinson Crusoe on Mars (Criterion) The Social Network (Sony) Sordid Lives: The Series (Well Go) The Universe: 7 Wonders of the Solar System 3D (A&E) The Universe: The Complete Season Five (A&E)
Blu-ray releases on January 4th 2011
The next few months are famous for being the home media draught season, with almost nothing to look forward to for a long time except the Academy Award hopefuls. But that doesn't mean we aren't looking forward to the ridiculously fun, and empty, Machete. Stop motion fans will be happy to finally get the real 3D version of Coraline this week and Dinner with the Schmucks makes us wonder why Steve Carell is leaving The Office -- hopefully not to make more movies like that. Backdraft (Universal) Catfish (Universal) Coraline 3D (Universal) Dinner for Schmucks (DreamWorks) Hope Floats (Fox) The Last Exorcism (Lionsgate) Machete (Fox) My Dog Skip (Warner) Once Upon a Time in Mexico (Sony)
Blu-ray releases on November 23rd 2010
There isn't something for everyone this week, but there are a few that might interest you. First off, if you'd like to relive the greatest 80's action actors reliving their glory, then you just have to check out The Expendables -- if it's half as good Rambo, we're in for a fun ride. Not your thing? Well maybe you're a huge Tyler Perry fan and you've been waiting to enjoy the collection on Blu-ray, well good news as Madea and her family is coming at ya. If these don't interest you, then Wish IT, Want IT, Have It Eat Pray Love will; us? Well we agree with Bill Maher and Brian on this one. America Lost and Found: The BBS Story (Criterion) The Complete Metropolis (Kino) Countdown to Zero (Magnolia) Deadwood: The Complete Series (HBO) Diary of a Mad Black Woman (Lionsgate) The Disappearance of Alice Creed (Anchor Bay) Eat Pray Love (Sony) The Expendables (Lionsgate) The Family That Preys (Lionsgate) Flipped (Warner) Human Weapon: The Complete Season One (A&E) The Hunting Party (Weinstein) I'm Still Here (Magnolia) Madea Goes to Jail (Lionsgate) Madea's Big Happy Family (Lionsgate) Madea's Family Reunion (Lionsgate) The Nature of Existence (Walking) Other Side of the Game (Navarre) The Pillars of the Earth (Sony) Salon Kitty (Blue Underground) The Search for Santa Paws (Disney) Why Did I Get Married? (Lionsgate)
Blu-ray releases on November 16th 2010
The wait is over and the 3D week is upon us and it isn't all old IMAX movie either. Nope, in fact the studio with the biggest modern collection of 3D movies, Disney, released one of its biggest titles of 2009 with A Christmas Carol. In addition Warner has six 3D movies themselves with one being the Summer blockbuster Clash of the Titans and the other notable being The Polar Express. Before this week Sony had the most 3D movies available to consumers with two, and it doubles that count this week with a World Cup film as well as the first Open Season movie. These nine 3D movies probably won't be the last released this year, but we'd be shocked if we saw this many released on the same day again. Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore - 3D (Warner) A Christmas Carol - 3D (Walt Disney) Clash of the Titans - 3D (Warner) Deep Sea - 3D (Warner) The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Film - 3D (Sony Open Season - 3D (Sony) The Polar Express - 3D (Warner) Space Station 3D - 3D (Warner) Under the Sea - 3D (Warner) 16 Wishes (Image) Ancient Aliens: The Complete Season One (A&E) Avatar - Collector's Edition (Fox) Children of the Corn (Anchor Bay) Crowley (Anchor Bay) Falling Down (Warner) The Last Airbender (Paramount) The Lightkeepers (Image) Lottery Ticket (Warner) Modern Times (Criterion) Mutiny on the Bounty (Warner) Space: 1999: The Complete Season One (A&E) Special Ops (Screen) Spider-Man (Sony) Spider-Man 2 (Sony) Staunton Hill (Anchor Bay) The Tournament (Weinstein) The Twilight Zone: Season 2 (Image) Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (Warner)
Blu-ray releases on November 2nd 2010
If you like Adam Sandler movies -- and if you like to laugh, we're sure you do -- then great news for you as Grown Ups hits Blu-ray this week. If you don't like Adam Sandler than you might like some of the other titles available this week, and while we can't speak for anyone else, we know we haven't heard of any of them. There are a few BBC TV shows in there which should be appreciated by those who still don't get BBC America HD. Overall we're pretty disappointed, maybe next week. 5.K.1 (E1) Antichrist (Criterion) Charlie St. Cloud (Universal) The Chosen One (Allegro) A Christmas Carol (Fox) Damned by Dawn (Image) Doctor Who: The Complete Fifth Series (BBC) ESPN Films 30 For 30: The Two Escobars (ESPN) Grown Ups (Sony) Hunt to Kill (Anchor Bay) Knucklehead (Vivendi) Locked Down (Lionsgate) Metalocalypse: Season Three (Warner) The Nature of Existence (Walking Shadows) Ramona and Beezus (Fox) Robin-B-Hood (Weinstein) Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Universal) Sherlock: Season One (BBC) Superman/Shazam!: The Return Of Black Adam (Warner) Tremors (Universal)
Blu-ray releases on October 26th 2010
Yeah, we know, they don't hold up when you go back and watch them again, but that doesn't mean we don't won't to buy the Back To The Future trilogy on Blu-ray this week and enjoy 'em in HD for the first time all over again. You know you're thinking the same thing, and besides, it isn't like there is much else out there for the HD geek this week to really get excited about -- or are we missing something. Back to the Future: 25th Anniversary Trilogy (Universal) Alien Anthology (Fox) Altitude (Anchor) Dancing Across Borders (First Run) Earth & Space (A&E) Elf (Ultimate Collector's Edition) (New Line) The Girl Who Played with Fire (Music Box Films) House (Criterion) How the Earth Was Made: Complete Season 1 (A&E) Judges (E1) Legend of the Black Scorpion (Dragon Dynasty) Los Angeles Lakers: 2010 NBA Finals Series (Image) Maniac (Blue Underground) National Geographic: Dawn of the Ocean (National Geographic) NFL: Ultimate NFL (Warner) Paths of Glory (Criterion) Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express (Acorn) Santa Claus: The Movie (Lionsgate) Score (Cult Epics) Sex and the City 2 (New Line) Slings & Arrows: The Complete Collection (Acorn) South of the Border (Cinema Libre) Star Wars: The Clone Wars (The Complete Season Two (Warner) Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes (Warner) Winter's Bone (Lionsgate) World War II: 360 (A&E)
Blu-ray releases on October 19th 2010
When we first realized we'd forgot to get this post out on time, we couldn't believe we'd forgotten. But then we saw the lineup, realized how forgettable it was, and everything made perfect sense. There is one big day and date title, but with an IMDB score of 6.7, we doubt we would've missed Predators much. The Criterion Collection is offering up Seventh Samurai, which we hear is great, so if you're in the mood for a classic, try that one. Apocalypse Now (Lionsgate) Assault Girls (Well Go USA) Best of Europe: Beautiful France (Questar) Best of Europe: Belgium & Holland (Questar) The California Kid (Timeless Media) Civil War Battlefields (Timeless Media) Colditz (Timeless Media) The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos (Walt Disney) D-Day (Code Name: Overlord (Timeless Media) Eden of the East: The Complete Series (Funimation) Guadalcanal: The Island of Death (Timeless Media) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Ultimate Edition (Warner) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Ultimate Edition (Warner) Howling Trilogy (The Marsupials III / The Rebirth V / The Freaks VI) (Timeless Media) Mirrors 2 (Fox) Moulin Rouge! (Fox) Night of the Demons (E1) Oceans (Walt Disney) Please Give (Sony) Predators (Fox) Psycho (Universal) The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Fox) Romeo + Juliet (Fox) Seven Samurai (Criterion Collection) The Six Wives of Henry Lefay (E1) Talking to Heaven (Timeless Media) Tears to Tiara: Complete Collection (Section 23) Until the Light Takes Us (Factory 25) Video Games Live: Level 2 (Shout Factory) Wallander: Faceless Killers, The Man Who Smiled, The Fifth Woman (BBC)
Blu-ray releases on October 12th 2010
We're not sure what is up with there being yet another highly rated animated feature but there is. Don't get us wrong, we enjoy watching movies like How to Train Your Dragon as much as the next, but no way any animated film could deserve an IMDB score of 8.3, there's just no way. We do hate to tell you that the 3D version is yet another one that's tied to hardware so unless you want to pick up two pairs of Samsung 3D glasses, you're out of luck on that one for now. How to Train Your Dragon (DreamWorks) 5.K.1 (E1) Arn: The Knight Templar (E1) Bangkok Adrenaline (Image) Callas Forever (Image) The Darjeeling Limited (Criterion) The Magician (Criterion) Deep Blue Sea (Warner) The Hangover (Warner) Jonah Hex (Warner) Lost Boys: The Thirst (Warner) Three Kings (Warner) Dollhouse: Season Two (Fox) I Am Love (Magnolia) S&man (Magnolia) Kevin Hart: I'm a Grown Little Man (Image) Leaves of Grass (First Look) Magic (Dark Sky) Red Dragon (Universal) Sex and Lucia (Palm Pictures) Wolverine and the X-Men: The Complete Series (Lionsgate)
Blu-ray releases on September 28th 2010
That's right, the Fall season has officially begun and brought with it the first Summer blockbuster on Blu-ray, Iron Man 2. If you aren't into that one, there might still be something out there for you this week. One that caught our attention was from the Criterion Collection. The Thin Red Line is a late 90's World War II movie that is supposedly one of the best war flicks, so check it out if you haven't seen it, we know we will be. Iron Man 2 (Paramount) The Thin Red Line (Criterion) Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (Criterion) Airborne Toxic Event: All I Ever Wanted (Island) Babies (Universal) Get Him to the Greek (Universal) Battle 360: Complete Season 1 (A&E) Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (Sony) Frozen (Anchor Bay) Good (E1) The Killer Inside Me (MPI) King Kong (Warner) Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (Warner) Lighthouses of the Pacific Northwest (Blibbet) Nostradamus: 2012 (A&E) Patton 360: The Complete Season 1 (A&E) Prey (Weinstein) The Private Eyes (Hen's Tooth) Rock & Rule (Unearthed Films) Suck (E1)
