Kino Lorber has also set Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay and Computer Chess (both DVD only) for release on 11/5, Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation (DVD only), David Leeds’ western Shoot the Sun Down: Director’s Cut (Blu-ray and DVD) and Barbara (Blu-ray and DVD) for release on 11/12, the Drew Struzan documentary Drew: The Man Behind the Poster (DVD only) for release on 11/19, Applause and Animals (DVD only) for release on 11/26.
Here’s a look at the Blu-ray cover artwork for Nosferatu and Shoot the Sun Down, as well as Paramount’s recently announced Terms of Endearment (available on Blu-ray for the first time on 12/3). All are available for pre-order on Amazon.com by clicking on the covers…
In other release news, we’re hearing that Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release Richard Linklater’s Before Midnight on Blu-ray and DVD on 10/22.
And Shout! and Scream Factory have finally set The Beast Within, Crawlspace and the Darkman: Collector’s Edition for release on Blu-ray on 12/17. Here’s the cover art…
Around The Bits site today, we’ve posted a pair of new Blu-ray Disc reviews – Tim Salmon’s take on Warner’s Cloud Atlas (available now) and Shout! Factory’s Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie – Collector’s Edition (due 9/3). Both are well worth your time, so be sure to check out and enjoy the reviews.
Also I wanted to mention that we’re just a month away from the kickoff of this year’s Hell Plaza Oktoberfest! Throughout the month of October, our very own Dr. Adam Jahnke will turn in new horror-themed Blu-ray and DVD reviews daily, leading up to the big finale on Halloween. It’s a lot of fun every year – one of our most popular features – so be sure to stay tuned for that!
Now then… it seems that I struck a nerve with my rant and review about Paramount’s Star Trek Into Darkness Blu-ray this week. Ain’t it Cool News, Collider, Trek Movie, Den of Geek, Trek Today, JoBlo, Syfy’s Blastr, Bleeding Cool, SlashFilm and many other fine film, Trek and Blu-ray websites all picked up the story and linked back to us (thus the server meltdown here at the site). That’s really awesome and we appreciate it. So thank you guys for the links and for all your kind words. Rest assured, we’re not done – we are definitely going to be following up on this issue in the next few weeks.
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Now then... it’s obviously the long Labor Day weekend here in the States, so we’ll be back on Tuesday better (and faster) than ever. We hope you have a great weekend and we’ll see you then!
- Bill Hunt