Displaying items by tag: Bluray Disc
Criterion’s May slate has Hopper, Altman & Wenders, plus Kill Joys, Point Break & a way to preserve digital data
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All right, we’re kicking things off today with a pair of new Blu-ray Disc reviews. Our own Joe Marchese offers his thoughts on Robert Parrish’s The Wonderful Country (1959) from Kino Lorber’s Studio Classics line. Also, Tim has just posted an epic report in which he savors the pleasures of Scream Factory’s new The Vincent Price Collection III on Blu-ray, which streets today. Do give them both a look. [Read on here…]
- Bluray
- BD
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Bluray Disc
- Criterion May Slate
- Easy Rider
- Tim Salmons
- The Vincent Price Collection III
- Joe Marchese
- The Wonderful Country
- In a Lonely Place
- The Naked Island
- The Player
- Robert Altman
- Wim Wenders
- Wim Wenders: The Road Trilogy
- Alice in the Cities
- Wrong Move
- Kings of the Road
- Kill Joys: Season One
- Point Break
Concussion set for 4K UHD & BD on 3/29, plus new Sony 4K TVs, Big Short, Brooklyn, Deadpool & more
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has just announced that Concussion will be released day and date on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray on 3/29, along with regular Blu-ray, DVD, and digital. The 4K UHD will include 4K resolution, HDR, Dolby Atmos (compatible with 7.1 Dolby TrueHD) and the film and special features on Blu-ray as well. Those Blu-ray features will include 9 deleted scenes, audio commentary with director Peter Landesman, and 2 featurettes (Crafting Concussion and Inside the True Story). You can see the 4K UHD and Blu-ray cover artwork below. [Read on here…]
Orphan Black: Season 4, plus Venom, Chomsky/Cernan docs & new catalog from Kino/Mill Creek
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With the President’s Day holiday going here in the States, there’s not a great deal of announcement news to report on this afternoon. However, we do have a couple interesting odds and ends worth mentioning...
BBC Home Entertainment will release Orphan Black: Season Four on Blu-ray and DVD on 7/12. [Read on here…]
- Bluray
- BD
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Bluray Disc
- Orphan Black: Season Four
- Candy
- film noir
- Venom
- Big House USA
- The Sound and the Fury
- The Trip
- The Boost
- Bandits
- Just Visiting
- Grantchester: Season 2
- Requiem for the American Dream
- Noam Chomsky
- Gene Cernan
- The Last Man on the Moon
- Making the Grade
- City of Women
- Frederico Fellini
- Prefontaine
- Van Damme
- Star Wars: Episode VIII
Fox confirms more elaborate Martian: Special Edition BD on the way at NASA/Fox “Mars 101” event
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First things first today: Our own Jim Hemphill has just posted a new Blu-ray review, this time featuring a look at Alexander Singer’s 1971 western Captain Apache, now available on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber.
In announcement news today, Universal has set Cary Grant: The Vault Collection for DVD only release on 4/19. Here’s a bit about the collection from the studio’s press site: “Featuring 18 films released between 1932 and 1936, the collection showcases the actor as he perfects his comedic timing and stretches his dramatic skills in a variety of roles alongside such Hollywood legends as Marlene Dietrich, Mae West, Sylvia Sidney, Charles Laughton, Gary Cooper, Randolph Scott and Fredric March. Including his feature film debut, This is the Night, as well as several Pre-Code dramas and comedies plus 5 films never before available to own…” We’ll post the complete list of films as soon as the studio provides it. [Read on here…]
- Bluray Disc
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- BD
- Bluray
- The Martian
- Bill Nye the Science Guy
- Adam Savage
- Andy Weir
- Ridley Scott
- The Journey to Mars 101
- The Martian VR Experience
- The Martian: Special Edition
- 20th Century Fox
- NASA
- JPL
- The Planetary Society
- Drew Goddard
- Alien: Covenant
- Kevin Grazier
- Cary Grant: The Vault Collection
- 007: Daniel Craig 4Film Collection
- Little House on the Prairie: Season Nine
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
- Oculus Rift
Ultra HD BD players/discs arriving now, plus 3DTV declared “dead” by IB Times & good Star Wars/Trek news
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First things first today: We’re hearing from readers that Samsung’s UBD‑K8500 UHD Blu-ray player is now starting to appear for sale on retailer shelves – including Best Buy – in at least some places around the country. Additionally, Best Buy employees are suggesting in-store that the first UHD Blu-ray titles will start to become available tomorrow (2/11), probably from Lionsgate but maybe also from Fox.
Meanwhile, I’ve now received word from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment that the studio’s first round of UHD Blu-ray titles, including The Martian, Kingsman, Exodus, and Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, will officially be available starting on Sunday 2/14 at Best Buy stores. Note, however, that it’s possible some stores will begin selling them earlier, or that some stores will not have their stock in yet by then. [Read on here…]
Doris Day & Rock Hudson on BD, plus Blood Bath, Haven, The X-Files & a new View from the Cheat Seats
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We’re kicking things off this afternoon with my review of the BBC’s Sherlock: The Abominable Bride on Blu-ray Disc. Sherlock is an absolutely fantastic series, if you haven’t already picked it up yet. I highly recommend it.
Also here at the site today, we’re pleased to welcome our very own Bud Elder back after a bit of an absence. He’s been a busy fellow these last few months, but he returns today with a new View from the Cheap Seats column featuring some thoughts on Film Noir and recent “B” classics on disc. Don’t miss it. [Read on here…]
- The XFiles: Season 8 BD replacement program
- Bluray Disc
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- BD
- Bluray
- Send Me No Flowers
- Pillow Talk
- Blood Bath
- Haven: The Final Season
- View from the Cheap Seats
- Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
- Bud Elder
- film noir
- Rock Hudson
- Doris Day
- Release Dates & Artwork
- Russell Hammond
- Lover Come Back
- Dementia
- Intruders
- Norm of the North
On the Pleasures of Film Noir & Bud and the “Bs”
I’m trying to remember when I put it all together, when it dawned on me that there were these wonderful movies, shown, at the time, when there were only three local stations and local guys programmed the movies, after the last late show. They were cheap, even I could see that, but there was just something about these black and whites that kept me fascinated and many a long night I would suffer through local commercials just to see either justice done or perverted.
And the titles – Private Hell 36, Shack Out on 101, Kiss the Blood Off My Hands and Five Against the House. And the actors, has-beens and wanna-bes, but they were just terrific. Tom Neal and Ann Savage and Dennis O’Keefe and Preston Foster and Lawrence Tierney. And this was the “B” list. [Read on here...]
Fox’s X-Files: S8 replacement discs shipping, plus Twilight’s May/June slates & my SPECTRE BD review
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Merry Monday. We hope the weekend treated you all well.
Today’s is a quick update, as I was up late last night finishing my review of MGM’s SPECTRE on Blu-ray, which streets tomorrow. So my review of SPECTRE is, in fact, the first thing I wanted to mention here today. I’m a huge Bond fan and have really liked the Daniel Craig era thus far, but with SPECTRE I feel as if EON may have jumped the shark. What would the Bond equivalent be? Jumped the Thames, I suppose. Anyway, do check out the review, see what I mean, and let me know what you think on Facebook and Twitter (via the links above). [Read on here…]
Youth set for 3/1, plus Lou Grant on DVD, Don Verdean, Psycho-Pass: Movie & Edgar Mitchell RIP
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Today’s update is a quick one, starting with a final Pick-Ups Blu-ray review for the week from our own Tim Salmons: Alex Garland’s Ex Machina, now available on Blu-ray Disc from Lionsgate. The film is well worth a look fans of smart, high-concept sci-fi. [Read on here…]
- Tim Salmons
- Bluray Disc
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- BD
- Bluray
- Ex Machina
- Lou Grant: The Complete First Season
- PsychoPass: The Movie
- PsychoPass: Season Two
- Don Verdean
- Youth
- Edgar Mitchell RIP
- The Tribe
- NFL Super Bowl 50 Champions Bluray
- Nighthawks
- Manhunter: Collector's Edition
- MST3K: Volume II
Pick-Ups for the Week of February 1, 2016
Welcome back for a new edition of Pick-Ups!
Thank you for joining me. This week I’m going to tackle a few Blu-ray titles from 2015 that we’ve missed here at the site... and don’t worry, not all of it will be horror. I’ve actually got some good movies that were released last year for you to check out. I thought I’d also let you know that I’m working on a column that’s Lord of the Rings related. I’m not sure when I’ll have that up for you, but hopefully sometime soon. [Read on here...]
- Tim Salmons
- PickUps
- The Digital Bits
- review
- reviews
- Bluray
- Bluray Disc
- DVD
- DVD Disc
- The Walk
- Mulholland Drive
- Mulholland Dr
- Inside Out
- Forbidden Zone
- Deathgasm
- MVD Entertainment Group
- Disney
- Buena Vista Home Entertainment
- TriStar Pictures
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Criterion Collection
- Dark Sky Films
- Ex Machina