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Blu-ray releases on April 27th 2010
Obviously it is nearly impossible to match the number one Blu-ray release of all time, but that doesn't mean there isn't any worth watching this week. For starters there are three decent day and date releases with The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, It's Complicated and Disgrace. At the same time Universal busted open the catalog with six classics including the sci-fi classic Dune. Disney also has a few catalogs that should be popular with Armageddon and Tombstone. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Sony) It's Complicated (Universal Studios) Dune (Universal Studios) Elizabeth (Universal Studios) Elizabeth: The Golden Age (Universal Studios) The Jackal (Universal Studios) Out of Africa (Universal Studios) Traffic (Universal Studios) Disgrace (Image) Armageddon (Walt Disney) Tombstone (Walt Disney) The Buddha (PBS) District 13: Ultimatum (Magnolia) Five Minutes of Heaven (MPI) Pride and Prejudice (A&E) Ride with the Devil (Criterion Collection)
Blu-ray releases on April 20th 2010
Avatar comes out on Thursday and honestly we could end this post like that. Sure it isn't the most refreshing plot line, but 221k people voted on IMDB, and despite the new movie prejudice, it is ranked number 72 of all time -- which isn't easy to do. Although the 2D presentation of the movie in the theater was 2.35, the Blu-ray disc is 1.78, and no it isn't cropped. We know many out there will post in protest over the apparent double dipping, but we have little doubt that Avatar will rule every chart on every format it's available on. Also this week is a personal favorite, Minority Report, as well as the 80's and 90's Batman series which we have to say really doesn't hold up. Avatar (Fox) Crazy Heart (Fox) Minority Report (DreamWorks) The Lovely Bones (DreamWorks) 44 Inch Chest (Image) The Young Victoria (Sony) Batman & Robin (Warner) Batman (1989) (Warner) Batman Forever (Warner) Batman Returns (Warner) Cheech & Chong's Hey Watch This (Weinstein) Summer Hours (Criterion) Vivre Sa Vie (Criterion) The Telling (Terra) The Basketball Diaries (Palm)
Blu-ray releases for April 13th 2010
We sure can't remember the last time there were only six new HD releases. In fact we'd bet we'd have to go back over two years to find a week this pathetic. the good news is that Universal finally brought Apollo 13 to Blu-ray and New Line has the classic A Nightmare On Elm Street. All the while releases one of the greatest classics of all time with Gone With the Wind. So if the single day and date release of Pirate Radio isn't for you, take the week off to catch up on some classics. Africa's Lost Eden (National Geographic) Apollo 13 (Universal) Gone with the Wind (Warner) A Nightmare On Elm Street (New Line) Pirate Radio (Universal) The Slammin' Salmon (Anchor Bay)
Blu-ray releases for March 30th 2010
The thirty day delay for Netflix and Redbox owners continues with Sherlock Holmes from Warner being the latest victim. There are also a number of mentionable documentaries this week that are of interest like What Darwin Never Knew, Under the Sea and Big Sur - Wild California. Of course none are as big of a deal as next week's Lord of The Rings trilogy, even if it isn't the extended cut versions. Sherlock Holmes (Warner) Under the Sea (Warner) Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (Fox) The Baader Meinhof Complex (MPI) Collateral (DreamWorks) The Diary of Anne Frank (2009) (Well Go USA) An Education (Sony) Housebroken (Image) I Sell the Dead (MPI) The Killer (Dragon Dynasty) Big Sur - Wild California (National Geographic) Vampyres (Blue Underground) What Darwin Never Knew (PBS)
Blu-ray releases for March 23rd 2010
Another week in March of new releases means another Academy Award Winning performances as Sandra Bullock took home the big price for her work in The Blind Side. Great news for those who like to buy, not so much for the renters out there as this is the first big title to be subjective to Warner's 30 day rental embargo. Disney also continues to lay on the goods this month as it brings two of Pixar's bests with Toy Story and Toy Story 2 -- no mention of a 3D release though. The Blind Side (Warner) Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove (Warner) Toy Story (Walt Disney) Toy Story 2 (Walt Disney) The African Queen (Paramount) Brothers (Lionsgate) Mad Men: Season Three (Lionsgate) Days of Heaven (Criterion) Bigger Than Life (Criterion) Yojimbo (Criterion) Sanjuro (Criterion) Fantastic Mr. Fox (Fox) The Men Who Stare at Goats (Anchor) Phantom Punch (Screen Media) Red Cliff (Magnolia) Spring 1941 (Well Go USA)
Blu-ray releases for March 16th 2010
Another pretty good week which features the first hand animated movie in a long time, The Princess and the Frog. A few TV shows that are always welcomed additions as well as some classics like The Wizard of Oz. Nice. The Princess and the Frog (Disney) Armored (Sony) Breaking Bad: The Complete First Season (Sony) Breaking Bad: The Complete Second Season (Sony) Broken Embraces (Sony) Did You Hear About the Morgans? (Sony) Astro Boy (Summit) Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (MPI) Fallen Angels (Kino) The Fourth Kind (Universal) New Moon (Summit) Ninja Assassin (Warner) The Wizard of Oz (Warner) Paris (MPI) South Park: The Complete Thirteenth Season (Paramount) Suicide Girls: Guide To Living (First Look) Unrivaled (Lionsgate) Wonderful World (Magnolia)
Blu-ray releases for March 9th 2010
If you're into great movies then this might be the week you've been waiting for as there are two that were nominated for best picture as well as other Academy Awards. But if Up In the Air and Precious aren't up your alley, then maybe Planet 51 and The Boondock Saints II is. There are also a number of titles out this week that deserve a look and we'd bet there is something for everyone. Up In the Air (Paramount) Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (Lionsgate) The Stoning of Soraya M. (Lionsgate) The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (Sony) Planet 51 (Sony) Capitalism: A Love Story (Anchor Bay) UFC: Best of 2009 (Anchor Bay) Glacier National Park (Image) Hachi: A Dog's Tale (Sony) The Kids are Alright (Universal) NFL Super Bowl XLIV Champions: New Orleans Saints (Warner) Ninja (First Look) Old Dogs (Walt Disney
Blu-ray releases for March 2nd 2010
What can we say when the biggest title of the week only has an IMDB of 6.1? Not much but we will say that there are a few great kids movies and classics this week. Disney has Ponyo, while Warner has Where the Wild Thing Are, but personally we can't wait to see one of our childhood favorites in HD, The NeverEnding Story. 2012 (Sony) The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (Dragon Dynasty) Alice (Lionsgate) Clash of the Titans (Warner) Gentlemen Broncos (Fox) The NeverEnding Story (Warner) Ponyo (Walt Disney) The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (Screen Media) Where the Wild Things Are (Warner) Wild Australia: The Edge (Razor Digital)
Blu-ray releases on February 23rd 2010
What's left to say about this week that we haven't already said so many time before over the past three or four years that we've been doing this weekly post? Yep, that's right, we have ran out of things to say. Some people who know us personally wouldn't believe such a thing could happen, but really, what would you say about The Informant! Or the Box? Exactly. The Informant! (Warner) The Box (Warner) Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (Warner) Cirque Du Freak: the Vampire's Assistant (Universal) Wrong Side of Town (Lionsgate) Nurse Jackie: Season 1 (Lionsgate) The Damned United (Sony) Dead Snow (MPI) Motherhood (E1) Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (Troma Team) Rossini: Il Turco in Italia (Arthaus Musik) Sorority Row (Summit) Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day (Screen Media) The Crazies (Blue)
Blu-ray releases on February 16th 2010
At the top of this week's slate of new Blu-ray releases is Law Abiding Citizen from Anchor Bay. It isn't a hard week to be a the top, but this title does have an IDMB score of 7.3 and is a crime thriller that didn't do too bad at the box office at $73 mil. Law Abiding Citizen (Anchor Bay) Black Dynamite (Sony) Coco Before Chanel (Sony) Cabin Fever (Lionsgate) Contempt (Lionsgate) The Ladykillers (Lionsgate) Ran (Lionsgate) Freeway Killer (Image) GoodFellas (Digibook) (Warner) Halo Legends (Warner) Heroic Age: The Complete Series (Funimation) Claymore: Complete Collection (Funimation) Lola Montes (Criterion Collection) Hunger (Criterion Collection) Revanche (Criterion Collection) Women in Trouble (Screen Media)
Blu-ray releases on January 19th 2010
So yeah it's one of those weeks where honestly we don't know what to tell you. The only good news is that there is at least one solid catalog with Magnolia and you can finally try out those flipper discs for yourself -- yeah we know, that's not that good. We're really not sure what to say to Blu-ray fans, so we'll try the old college football saying with a little twist; maybe next week. Across The Hall (Image) Artie Lange: Jack and Coke (Image) The Bourne Identity (Universal) The Bourne Supremacy (Universal) The Bourne Ultimatum (Universal) Smokin' Aces (Universal) Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball (Universal) Che (Criterion) Death in Love (Screen Media) Gamer (Lionsgate) The Invention of Lying (Warner) Whiteout (Warner) Magnolia (New Line) Pandorum (Anchor Bay) According To Greta (Anchor Bay) Weeds: Season Five (Lionsgate)
Blu-ray releases on January 12th 2010
With all the excitement from the holidays and CES we missed out on brining you the HD Releases. Unfortunately that doesn't equate to there actually be any new titles to get excited about. It's always good to see more catalog titles and TV shows come to Blu-ray though, so here you are. Moon - Sony Last Action Hero - Sony Cliffhanger - Sony Halloween II - Sony Post Grad - Fox The Simpsons: The Complete Twentieth Season - Fox 8 1/2 - Criterion Collection Billy Jack - Image The Brothers Bloom - Summit The Burning Plain - Magnolia The Celestial Railroad - Razor The Last Salt Caravan - Razor Fame - MGM The Hurt Locker - Summit I Can Do Bad All By Myself - Lionsgate In the Loop - MPI
Blu-ray releases on December 22nd 2009
We've seen a lot of big time box office hits this holiday season on Blu-ray, and while some of them were science fiction movies, not many of them have an IMDB score of 8.4 like District 9 does. This is one of those movies we wish we would've caught in the theater and we won't wait any longer to enjoy this one at home in HD. District 9 (Sony) It Might Get Loud (Sony) Family Guy Presents: Something Something Something Dark Side (Fox) (500) Days Of Summer (Fox) All About Steve (Fox) American Pie Presents: The Book Of Love (Universal) Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (Anchor Bay) Extract (Miramax) Staten Island (E1)
Blu-ray releases on December 15th 2009
The busy movie season takes a break off this week in regards to quantity, but not in quality as we have three day and date titles that're on the top 25 box office hits of 2009. The first is the animated G-Force from Disney. The other two are comedies and while we can't personally vouch for Inglourious Basterds, we can tell you that The Hangover if one of the funniest movies we've seen in a long time. G-Force (Walt Disney) The Hangover (Warner) 2009 World Series Highlights (Shout! Factory) Basilisk: The Complete Series (Funimation) HD Moods: Blu Ocean (Topics) Inglourious Basterds (Universal) La Boheme (Kultur) The Mel Brooks Collection (Fox) The Other Man (Image) Samurai Champloo: The Complete Series (Funimation) Star Trek: The Original Series - Season 3 (Paramount) Taking Woodstock (Universal)
Blu-ray releases on December 8th 2009
It feels like just yesterday that Warner released the a Harry Potter movie as a way to decide which HD format it should abandon and now the whole world is Blu and this week Half-Blood Prince hits the shelves and it sure doesn't feel like two years later. In the TV show category, Disney has the 5th season of Lost and although that's one of our favorite shows, we're waiting on the complete collection. The real interesting one this week is Anchor Bay which really opened up the gates with 10 new Blu-ray titles in one week. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Warner) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Ultimate Edition (Warner) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Ultimate Edition (Warner) Julie & Julia (Sony) Lost: The Complete Fifth Season (Walt Disney) Public Enemies (Universal) The Alphabet Killer (Anchor Bay) Behind The Mask: The Rise Of Leslie Vernon (Anchor Bay) Cyclops (Anchor Bay) Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer (Anchor Bay) The Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon (Anchor Bay) Lower Learning (Anchor Bay) Red Mist (Anchor Bay) Sands Of Oblivion (Anchor Bay) Walled In (Anchor Bay) While She Was Out (Anchor Bay) Knut & Friends (Image) UltraMarathon Man (ChannelSources) World's Greatest Dad (Magnolia)
Blu-ray releases on December 1st 2009
The reviews are in and now Terminator Salvation can be enjoyed in the comfort of your own home -- we do wonder why Warner didn't take the opportunity to release the ultimate Terminator collection, but we suppose that'll come later. Warner definitely has the strongest offering of any studio this week with a total of four titles including old favorites like Gremlins and The Green Mile. Also this week are two of our favorite British films with Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, which are both entertaining and hilarious -- although not really comedies. Terminator Salvation (Warner) Ben 10: Alien Swarm (Warner) The Green Mile (Warner) Gremlins (Warner) Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (Universal) Snatch (Sony) A Christmas Tale (Criterion) Deadline (First Look) Death Warrior (Lionsgate) The Mask of Zorro (Sony) Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (Fox) Paper Heart (Anchor Bay) Ride Around the World (Image) Secondhand Lions (New Line) UltraMarathon Man (ChannelSources)
Blu-ray releases on November 24th 2009
Oh how we love the holiday season -- no, not because we just love to argue with our family over a meal, but because it's the best time of the year for movie lovers who would rather watch HD movies at home then to trek out to the theater. And so the season continues with Angels & Demons which is the latest Dan Brown inspired movie. We haven't seen this movie yet, but our eyes were rolling pretty hard when we read the book -- you know, when the main character safely gliding to the ground without a parachute -- so this one isn't exactly at the top of our list. Lionsgate has also opened the flood gates with a large selection of catalog titles. Angels & Demons (Sony) Air America (Lionsgate) Angel Heart (Lionsgate) Cujo (Lionsgate) Frailty (Lionsgate) My Bloody Valentine (Lionsgate) New Police Story (Lionsgate) The Way of the Gun (Lionsgate) Four Christmases (New Line) Santa Buddies (Walt Disney) Shorts (Warner) The Sopranos: The Complete First Season (HBO) Funny People (Universal) Ghost In The Shell 2.0 (Manga) Blood: The Last Vampire (Manga) Gomorrah (Criterion Collection) Ink (Indieblitz) Megafault (Asylum) My Brilliant Career (Blue Underground) Superstar (Facets Video)
Blu-ray releases on November 17th 2009
The biggest blockbuster of the year finally gets to see the light of Blu today and we can all enjoy those weird lighting effects in HD in the comfort of our own home. But also this week, there are a few new shows from Fox and HBO as well as more than one all time classic like Fight Club and The Professional. So in other words, if you don't see something you like this week, you don't like movies or TV shows. Star Trek (Paramount) Bruno (Universal) Chasing Amy (Miramax) Clerks (Miramax) Fight Club (Fox) It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia: A Very Sunny Christmas (Fox) Franklyn (Image) Galaxy Quest (DreamWorks) Gone With The Wind (Warner) Is Anybody There? (Magnolia) Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen (Ideale) Lords of the Street (Phase 4) Moonshot (A&E) My Sister's Keeper (New Line) National Geographic: Darwin's Darkest Hour (National Geographic) The Open Road (Anchor Bay) The Professional (Sony) Sex, Lies, and Videotape (Sony) Rome: The Complete Series (HBO) Scrubs: The Complete Eighth Season (Disney)
Blu-ray releases on November 10th 2009
Big week for Pixar fans as the latest animated feature, Up, is released, along with the Pixar classic Monster, Inc. Warner continues to release catalogs, but with the size of its catalog, it could probably release four a week every week and still never finish. For the most part this is a good week for Blu-ray but we know you are with us when we say that next week is what we're really waiting for as Star Trek was probably the best movie to hit the theaters this year and it hits Blu-ray next Tuesday. Up (Walt Disney) Monsters, Inc. (Walt Disney) The Ugly Truth (Sony) Godzilla (Sony) Heat (Warner) Logan's Run (Warner) Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut (Warner) The Negotiator (Warner) Mamma Mia! (Gift Set) (Universal) Near Dark (Lionsgate) Red Heat (Lionsgate) Spread (Anchor Bay) World's Most Beautiful Sunrises & Sunsets (Digital Enviroments) Ballast (Kino) The Echo (Image) The General (Kino) Kingdoms Of The Coast (Razor) The Line (Maya)
Blu-ray releases on November 3rd 2009
October is over and before you know it Black Friday will be here, and so all the studios are preparing their holiday selection. Although this mostly consists of classics like It's A Wonderful Life, Forrest Gump and others, there are also some okay day and date titles like G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3. Next week Disney makes things much more interesting for animated feature fans though as both Monsters Inc. and UP will be released on Blu-ray for the first time. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (Paramount) Forrest Gump (Paramount) It's A Wonderful Life (Paramount) The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (Sony) Aliens In The Attic (Fox) I Love You, Beth Cooper (Fox) Say Anything... (Fox) Two Girls And A Guy (Fox) The Answer Man (Magnolia) Christmas Vacation (20th Anniversay Edition) (Warner) Star Wars: The Clone Wars (The Complete Season One (Warner) North By Northwest (Warner) Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut (Warner) Command Performance (First Look) Direct Action (First Look) Earth 2100 (MPI) Food, Inc. (Magnolia) Howards End (Criterion Collection) Wings Of Desire (Criterion Collection) Love Actually (Universal) Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs (Image) The Narrows (Image) Not Forgotten (Anchor Bay) Rocky: The Undisputed Collection (MGM) Witchblade: The Complete Series (Funimation)
