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Peacock is already losing movies a day after its full debut
'Fast & Furious' is gone, while 'Jurassic Park' and 'The Matrix' are leaving very soon.
Blu-ray releases on May 26th 2009
All catalogs, all the time this week as we slow down for the summer theater season. Not a big deal if you're a Blu-ray fan as there are plenty of great classics to check out for the first time on Blu-ray. Most notable is that Universal is still playing catch-up and obviously still has a few recent titles that were released on HD DVD, but have still not been released on Blu-ray. Warner has a few classics too, we can't even remember the last time we watched True Romance, but no doubt we're due. Expect much of the same for the next month or so, with a few big TV shows in between. Children of Men (Universal) Cinderella Man (Universal) Field of Dreams (Universal) Seabiscuit (Universal) Spy Game (Universal) Falling Down (Warner) True Romance (Warner) Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (Warner) New in Town (Lionsgate) Powder Blue (Image) The Sky Crawlers (Sony)
HDTV Listings for October 13, 2007
What we're watching: Saturday movie night is back, with Borat on HBO and Children of Men debuting on Cinemax. Our traditional high-def listings continue below.
Universal's HDi extras on Children of Men & Smokin' Aces HD DVDs unveiled
Sure 1080p video and various iterations of surround sound audio are nice, but we've been waiting to see more interactive BD-J and HDi (or is it Advanced Navigation?) features on next gen discs, and Universal is bringing just that with their next two high profile releases. Children of Men hits first on March 27th and will let viewers watch the video billboard ads shown in the film, in their entirety, rather than just the short clips visible in the movie. Smokin' Aces follows on April 17th and features a Google Earth tie-in to show the location of each assassin during the film. VideoBusiness got the heads up from Microsoft's director of HD DVD evangelism, who also noted we expect to see three HD DVD titles featuring internet connectivity this year and that these movies "just scratch the surface". The HD DVD camp will need to do a few things Blu-ray isn't in order to keep pace in the format war, we'll see if extra features prove to be a difference between the two.
