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In 1962, Universal would release a filmed version of an all-time bestselling novel by Harper Lee, which won her the Pulitzer Prize. To Kill a Mockingbird has become a favorite among classic film fans. In celebration of the Blu-ray release, join us for a look back at the making of this beloved Academy-Award winner.
Blu-ray.com and Well Go USA are offering three Blu-ray.com members the opportunity to win a copy of Versus star Tak Sakaguchi's wild and wacky Yakuza Weapon, the fourth film from the actor-turned-director. Yakuza Weapon blasts onto Blu-ray on February 7th.
In anticipation of the January 31st Blu-ray release of Texas Killing Fields, Blu-ray.com news reporter Josh Katz interviewed the film's director, Ami Canaan Mann. The daughter of screen auteur Michael Mann (Heat) and a collaborator on such programs as NYPD Blue, Robbery Homicide Division, and Friday Night Lights, Mann discussed the method behind her second theatrical feature.
The world-famous graphic-novel "Le Petit Vingtième" reporter had been absent
from the big screen for half a century and it took no less that Steven Spielberg and Peter
Jackson to finally bring him to modern filmgoers. Now coming soon to your home theater, The
Adventures of Tintin is available for pre-order from Paramount on Amazon.com, on both regular
BD/DVD/DC Combo and 3D Combo editions.
In an early announcement to retailers, British distributors EIV (Entertainment in Video) have revealed that they are planning to release on Blu-ray French director Michel Hazanavicius's highly anticipated period romantic dramedy The Artist (2011), starring Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo and John Goodman. The film is nominated for ten Oscar Awards, including Best Motion Picture of the Year and Best Achievement in Directing.
Well Go USA Entertainment have officially announced that they will release a Blu-ray Combo Pack of Simeon Halligan's Splintered (2010), starring Holly Weston, Sacha Dhawan, and Sadie Pickering. The film will be available for purchase on March 20th.
Blu-ray.com and Paramount Home Entertainment are offering three Blu-ray.com members the opportunity to win one of three Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon prizes. One winner will take home the 7-disc Transformers Limited Edition Collector's Trilogy gift set while two additional winners will walk away with a copy of the 4-disc Limited 3D Edition of Transformers: Dark of the Moon 3D. Both editions arrive on January 31st.
Amazon's Blu-ray Deal of the Week affects selected Twentieth Century Fox/MGM films that have either won or were nominated for Academy Awards. The five sale titles include Raging Bull, Dances with Wolves, The Hannibal Lecter Collection, Black Swan, and 127 Hours. Through February 4th, Amazon is offering each Blu-ray for 60% or 65% off its standard MSRP.
Cult label Blue Underground has revealed that it is planning to release on Blu-ray Italian director Damiano Damiani's El chuncho, quien sabe? a.k.a Bullet for the General (1966), starring Gian Maria Volonté, Klaus Kinski, Martine Beswick, and Lou Castel. The preliminary release date set by the distributors is May 22.
Cult label Blue Underground has revealed that it is planning to release on Blu-ray Italian director Giulio Questi's Se sei vivo spara a.k.a Django, Kill... If You Live, Shoot! (1967), starring Tomas Milian, Ray Lovelock, and Piero Lulli. The preliminary release date set by the label is June 19th.
Independent British distributors Arrow Films will release on Blu-ray director Richard Elfman's Forbidden Zone (1982), starring Hervé Villechaize, Susan Tyrrell, and Gisele Lindley. In 1981, the film was nominated for Saturn Award for Best Low-Budget Film. Street date is May 7th.
Independent British distributors Arrow Films have revealed that they will release a Double Play and SteelBook editions of director Abel Ferrara's King of New York (1990), starring Christopher Walken, David Caruso, Laurence Fishburne, and Wesley Snipes. These releases will be available for purchase online and in shops around the United Kingdom on June 4th.
To cater to our more serious movie collectors who are sensitive about details and to maintain a more complete database, we have
added support (both for Blu-ray and DVD) for slipcover images in addition to the front- and
back cover images. Titles with slipcovers are already flagged in the database, but until now
we didn't store the actual slipcover images.
Next month, Warner Home Entertainment will reissue Ben-Hur on a 50th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray/DVD combo pack. One of the most acclaimed films of all time, this Biblical epic stars Charlton Heston (Planet of the Apes) as the title character, a Jewish nobleman who is enslaved and forced to fight for his life. Previously available as a Best Buy-exclusive, this version of Ben-Hur expands its release schedule on February 7th.
Blu-ray.com and Acorn Media are offering six Blu-ray.com members the opportunity to win a copy of Poirot: Series 1 or Poirot: Series 2, featuring the beloved Belgian detective that appeared in more than 80 Agatha Christie stories. The 2-disc sets arrive on January 31st. Series 3 is set to follow on March 6th.
Independent British distributors Arrow Films have revealed that they will release a Double Play edition of Vittorio De Sica's Miracle in Milan (1951), starring Emma Gramatica, Francesco Golisano, and Paolo Stoppa. Also included on this release is the Italian director's little seen Il Tetto (1956). Street date is March 26th.
Studio Canal have officially announced and detailed their upcoming Double Play edition of Terence Fisher's Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966), starring Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, and Andrew Keir. The film will be available for purchase online and in shops across the United Kingdom on March 5th.
In March, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will bring The Sitter to Blu-ray. Directed by David Gordon Green (Your Highness), this raunchy comedy stars Jonah Hill (Moneyball) as a college-age slacker whose babysitting job takes a dark turn when he and his young charges become the targets of two unstable drug lords (Sam Rockwell, Moon, and J.B. Smoove, Hall Pass). The Sitter is expected to street on March 20th.
In March, Well Go USA will bring Blade of Kings to Blu-ray. Directed by Patrick Leung (second unit director of Red Cliff) and Cory Yuen (The Transporter), this epic action-adventure stars Donnie Yen (Ip Man) and Jackie Chan (Supercop). Blade of Kings streets on March 6th.
French distributors EuropaCorp will release a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack of director Luc Besson's (The Fifth Element, Leon: The Professional) latest film The Lady (2011), starring Michelle Yeoh (Reign of Assassins) and David Thewlis (Mr. Nice). Last year, the film was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. Street date is April 18th.
Independent British distributors Artificial Eye will release on Blu-ray Danish director Gabriel Axel's Babettes gæstebud a.k.a Babette's Feast (1987), starring Stéphane Audran, Bodil Kjer, and Bibi Andersson. In 1987, the film won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the Cannes Film Festival. A year later, it also won Oscar Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Street date is May 28th.
In an early retail announcement, MPI and IFC Home Entertainment have indicated plans to release Into the Abyss: A Tale of Death, A Tale of Life on Blu-ray. Directed by Werner Herzog (Encounters at the End of the World), the documentary uses a homicide case in Conroe, Texas, to examine those in support of the death penalty. The Blu-ray is expected to street on April 10th.
Independent British distributors Artificial Eye have revealed that they are planning to release a box set with five films by legendary Swedish director Ingmar Bergman: It Rains On Our Love (1946), A Ship Bound For India (1947), Sawdust And Tinsel (1953), Dreams (1955), and So Close To Life (1958). Street date is April 23.
As of 7th of June 2010 most of Blu-ray.com is wiki-driven, meaning that regular members
can add and submit updates for movies and hardware. A long requested feature has been
the ability to also add and update cast & crew, so this feature has now finally been added.