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Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal Blu-ray

Tue, 21 May 2013 02:44:30 -0400

Doppelgänger Releasing, the new genre label of Music Box Films, has officially announced the Blu-ray release of writer/director Boris Rodriguez's Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal, starring Danish superstar Thure Lindhardt, Georgina Reilly and Dylan Smith. The horror-comedy and film festival favorite streets on August 6th....

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Exclusive Giveaway: The Numbers Station

Tue, 21 May 2013 02:09:48 -0400

Blu-ray.com and Image Entertainment are offering three members an opportunity to win a Blu-ray copy of director Kasper Barfoed's The Numbers Station, starring John Cusack, Malin Akerman, Liam Cunningham and Lucy Griffiths. The action thriller arrives on Blu-ray on May 28th....

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Midsomer Murders, Set 22 Blu-ray

Tue, 21 May 2013 02:01:06 -0400

Acorn Media has announced the 2-disc Blu-ray release of Midsomer Murders, Set 22, which includes four mysteries from the British television series, based on the books by Caroline Graham. Chief Inspector John Barnaby (Neil Dudgeon) returns to Blu-ray on August 6th....

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Shadow Dancer Blu-ray

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:42:02 -0400

Magnolia Pictures has revealed that it plans to bring to Blu-ray director James Marsh's award winning thriller Shadow Dancer (2012), starring Clive Owen, Andrea Riseborough, and Gillian Anderson. The preliminary release date set by the studio is August 20th....

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Blood Ties Trailer

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:39:09 -0400

French distributors Mars Distribution have released a trailer for Guillaume Canet's (Tell No One, Little White Lies) latest film Blood Ties (2013), starring Clive Owen, Marion Cotillard, James Caan, Billy Crudup, and Mila Kunis. The film, which is based on a script by Canet and James Gray (The Yards), is part of the official selection of this year's Cannes Film Festival....

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Hannibal: Season One Blu-ray

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:01:44 -0400

Lionsgate Films has revealed that it plans to bring to Blu-ray the first season of NBC's TV series Hannibal, starring Mads Mikkelsen (A Royal Affair, Casino Royale), Hugh Dancy (Black Hawk Down), Laurence Fishburne (King of New York, The Matrix), Caroline Dhavernas (Devil), and Lara Jean Chorostecki. The release is expected to arrive on the market later this year....

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First Teaser for Donnie Yen's Iceman

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:20:06 -0400

A new teaser has been released for director Clarence Ford's highly anticipated Iceman a.k.a Bing Feng Xia (2013), starring martial arts superstar Donnie Yen, Simon Yam, and Eva Huang. The film, which is shot in 3D, will have its premiere in Spring 2014....

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Park Chan-wook's Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance to Get a Remake

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:49:03 -0400

Lorenzo di Bonaventura's di Bonaventura Pictures and South Korean juggernaut CJ Entertainment have teamed up with Lotus Entertainment and Silver Reel to produce an English-language remake of acclaimed director Park Chan-wook's bloody thriller Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)....

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Music Box Acquires Michael Kohlhaas

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:11:48 -0400

Independent U.S. distributors Music Box Films have acquired the U.S. and Canadian distribution rights to director Arnaud des Pallières' latest film Michael Kohlhaas (2013), starring Mads Mikkelsen and adapted from the 1811 Heinrich von Kleist classic romantic novel....

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Get Lucky Blu-ray

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:54:19 -0400

The UK branch of Universal Studios will release on Blu-ray director Sacha Bennett's action thriller Get Lucky (2013), starring Luke Treadaway, Emily Atack, Craig Fairbrass, and James Cosmo. The release will be available for purchase on August 26th....

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Sleepwalker Blu-ray

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:36:58 -0400

The British Film Institute has revealed that it is planning to release a Dual Format edition of director Saxon Logan's Sleepwalker (1985), starring Joanna David, Bill Douglas, and Heather Page. The release will arrive on the market later this year....

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Emperor Blu-ray

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:21:12 -0400

Lionsgate Films has officially announced that it will release on Blu-ray director Peter Webber's Emperor (2012), starring Tommy Lee Jones, Matthew Fox, and Eriko Hatsune. The release will be available for purchase online and in stores across the United States on August 13th....

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The Muppet Movie: Nearly 35th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:56:14 -0400

This summer, Walt Disney Home Entertainment is bringing The Muppet Movie to Blu-ray in a special Nearly 35th Anniversary Edition BD/Digital Copy combo pack. The original Muppets feature film stars Kermit and the Gang, Austin Pendleton, Charles Durning, Mel Brooks and Dom DeLuise, and streets on August 13th....

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Exclusive Giveaway: George Gently, Series 5 & Series 2

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:19:01 -0400

Blu-ray.com and Acorn Media are offering four members an opportunity to win a Blu-ray copy of George Gently, Series 5 or Series 2, both of which star Martin Shaw as the British inspector. Both series, along with a Series 1-4 Collection box set, arrive on Blu-ray on May 28th....

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Star Trek Into Darkness Available for Pre-Order

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:05:05 -0400

Paramount Home Entertainment is yet to officially announce that it will release on Blu-ray director J.J. Abrams' Star Trek Into Darkness, but online retailer Amazon already has live pre-orders for three different Blu-ray releases. Star Trek Into Darkness opened in cinemas across the United States on May 17th, 2013....

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Amazon Blu-ray Deal of the Week: Selected Warner/Fox Titles

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:50:49 -0400

Amazon's Blu-ray Deal of the Week affects selected films from Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. The five sale titles include Gods and Generals, Gettysburg, Ice Age, Alvin and the Chipmunks, and Rio. Through May 25th, Amazon is offering each Blu-ray set for 60% - 69% off its standard MSRP....

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Return to Never Land Blu-ray

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:49:20 -0400

Walt Disney Home Entertainment has officially announced the Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy combo pack release of Return to Never Land, the 2002 sequel to the 1953 animated classic, Peter Pan. Follow Wendy Darling's daughter, Jane, to Never Never Land when the film arrives on Blu-ray on August 20th....

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Mood Indigo Blu-ray

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:16:32 -0400

StudioCanal has revealed that it is planning to release on Blu-ray Michel Gondry's latest film, L'écume des jours a.k.a. Mood Indigo (2013), starring Audrey Tautou, Omar Sy and Romain Duris. The preliminary release date set by the studio is August 27th....

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Exclusive Giveaway: Nightfall

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:32:34 -0400

Blu-ray.com and Well Go USA are offering three members a chance to win a copy of Nightfall. This Hong Kong mystery thriller weaves a complex story dealing with a long ago murder which may have a connection to the killing of a major celebrity. Nightfall streets on May 21....

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Tsui Hark and Yuen Wo Ping Team Up for Another Zu Warriors Film

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:53:04 -0400

Veteran Hong Kong director Tsui Hark and acclaimed martial arts choreographer and director Yuen Wo Ping are teaming up for the production of Zu Warriors: Dawn Of Darkness. The film, which will be shot in 3D, will be produced by Tsui Hark and directed by Yuen Wo Ping. The Bona Film Group is financing the project....

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A Place at the Table Blu-ray

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:12:29 -0400

Magnolia Pictures has detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush's documentary A Place at the Table (2012). Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at last year's Sundance Film Festival, A Place at the Table will be available for purchase online and in stores across the United States on June 25th....

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Redemption Films Acquires Five Alain Robbe-Grillet Films

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:01:59 -0400

Redemption Films has announced that it has acquired five films by acclaimed French writer and director Alain Robbe-Grillet: Trans-Europe-Express (1967), The Man Who Lies (1968), Eden and After (1970) and Slow Slidings of Pleasure! (1974). Also included as an extra with Eden and After is the film's alternate version N Take the Dice (1971)....

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The Sword in the Stone: 50th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:48:05 -0400

This summer, Walt Disney Home Entertainment is bringing The Sword in the Stone to Blu-ray in celebration of the film's 50th anniversary. The 1963 animated adaptation of the T. H. White novel of the same name was Walt Disney Animation's 18th feature, and makes its Blu-ray debut on August 6th....

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Sudden Death Blu-ray

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:25:45 -0400

The UK branch of Universal Studios will release on Blu-ray director Peter Hyams' action thriller Sudden Death (1995), starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Powers Boothe, and Raymond J. Barry. The preliminary release date set by the studio is August 5th....

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VCI to Release Rene Clair's And Then There Were None on Blu-ray

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:20:08 -0400

Independent U.S. distributors VCI Home Entertainment will release on Blu-ray French director Rene Clair's And Then There Were None (1945), starring Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston, and Louis Hayward. The release will be available for purchase on July 26th....

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The Past Blu-ray

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:02:01 -0400

France Télévisions Distribution have revealed that they are preparing a Blu-ray release of celebrated Iranian director Asghar Farhadi's latest film, Le Passe a.k.a The Past (2013), starring Bérénice Bejo, Tahar Rahim, and Ali Mosaffa. The preliminary release date set by the studio is September 18th....

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John Woo's Hard Target Gets UK Release Date

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:42:04 -0400

The UK branch of Universal Studios has revealed that it is planning to bring to Blu-ray acclaimed director John Woo's action thriller Hard Target (1993), starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lance Henriksen, and Yancy Butler. The preliminary release date set by the studio is August 5th....

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Redemption to Release Jess Franco's The Awful Dr. Orlof (Updated)

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:29:44 -0400

Redemption Films will bring to Blu-ray director Jess Franco's Gritos en la noche a.k.a The Awful Dr. Orlof (1962), starring Conrado San Martín, Diana Lorys, and Howard Vernon. The preliminary release date set by the studio is August 20th....

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Anthony Asquith's Underground Officially Announced

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:14:28 -0400

The British Firm Institute has officially announced its upcoming Dual Format edition of Anthony Asquith's Underground (1928). Restored by the BFI National Archive and following an acclaimed theatrical release in January, Underground will be available for purchase online and in shops across the United Kingdom on June 17th....

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John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness Heading to Blu-ray

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:00:35 -0400

Scream Factory, the horror-thriller offshoot of independent film distributor Shout Factory, has revealed that it is planning to bring to Blu-ray director John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness (1987), starring Donald Pleasence, Jameson Parker, and Victor Wong. The release is expected to arrive on the market later this year....

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Walt Disney's Robin Hood: 40th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:41:44 -0400

Walt Disney Home Entertainment has officially announced and detailed the 40th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray release of Robin Hood, Walt Disney Animation's 21st animated feature. The classic adventure arrives on August 6th, and will be available via Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy and Blu-ray/DVD combo packs....

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Exclusive Giveaway: Beautiful Creatures

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:32:35 -0400

Blu-ray.com and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment are offering three members an opportunity to win a Blu-ray copy of writer/director Richard LaGravenese's Beautiful Creatures, starring Alden Ehrenreich, Alice Englert, Jeremy Irons, Emma Thompson, Emmy Rossum and Viola Davis. The supernatural romance arrives on Blu-ray on May 21st....

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Recommendations 2.0

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:38:44 -0400

We have made substantial improvements to our collection recommendations feature. It's now giving much better recommendations, it's considerably faster (5-10x), it supports all countries and it's in real-time, meaning that as you add new titles to your collection and refresh the recommendations page it will immediately reflect the newly added titles....

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New Trailer: Pacific Rim

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:01:06 -0400

Warner Bros. Pictures has released a new, action-packed trailer for director Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim, which stars Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi, Ron Perlman, and Diego Klattenhoff. The highly anticipated summer release is set to arrive in U.S. theaters on July 12th....

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The Office: Season Nine Blu-ray

Fri, 17 May 2013 02:13:55 -0400

Shortly before The Office series finale aired on NBC, Universal Studios Home Entertainment announced the Blu-ray release of The Office: Season Nine. Set to arrive on August 13th, the ninth and final season of the hit show stars John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, Rainn Wilson and Ed Helms, among many other series mainstays....

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FUNimation Announces August Blu-ray Slate

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:55:33 -0400

FUNimation is releasing eight anime titles on Blu-ray this August, including Black Lagoon: Roberta's Blood Trail, Haganai: Part 1, Eureka Seven AO: Part 1, Fairy Tail: Part 6, High School DxD: Part 1, Legend of the Legendary Heroes: Complete Series, Guilty Crown: Part 1 and Guilty Crown: Part 2. Each week in August is home to at least one title's high definition release....

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Disney to Launch Reimagined D23 in June

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:36:59 -0400

On June 17th, the Official Disney Fan Club is launching a reimagining of its D23 online hub, providing access to supplemental content that delves deeply into The Walt Disney Company's vault of material, past and present, along with exclusive glimpses of the future. Blu-ray news, previews and other bonuses for upcoming releases will also be available on a regular basis....

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Nature: Great Zebra Exodus Blu-ray

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:24:46 -0400

PBS Distribution has announced the Blu-ray release of the next installment in the Nature series: Great Zebra Exodus, a 60-minute documentary about southern Africa's largest zebra population, found on the Makgadikgadi Pans in Botswana. Great Zebra Exodus arrives on Blu-ray on June 18th....

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CBS Films Releases First Trailer for Last Vegas

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:46:50 -0400

CBS Films has released the first trailer for director Jon Turteltaub's upcoming comedy Last Vegas (2013), starring Robert De Niro, Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman, and Kevin Kline. The film is set to arrive in theaters across the United States on November 1....

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon II Coming Up

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:51:11 -0400

The Weinstein Company announced today that Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon II will begin production in March 2014 in Asia. Acclaimed helmer Yuen Wo Ping is set to direct. Also joining the project will be martial arts superstar Donnie Yen and Michelle Yeoh....

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Inception Media Acquires Strategic Film Partners

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:37:59 -0400

Los Angeles-based Inception Media Group has acquired Strategic Film Partners, a worldwide motion picture and content sales, representation, distribution, finance and production company which has been in operation since 2004. The announcement was made earlier today at Cannes....

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Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac Gets Christmas Release Date

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:21:09 -0400

Zentropa Entertainments and Scandinavian distributor Nordisk Film revealed today that controversial Danish helmer Lars von Trier's latest film, Nymphomaniac, will have its world premiere in Denmark on December 25. In the U.S., Magnolia Pictures is yet to announce an official release date....

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Lionsgate Films to Release Mathieu Kassovitz's Rebellion

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:00:54 -0400

Lionsgate Films UK has officially announced that it will release on Blu-ray acclaimed actor/director Mathieu Kassovitz's (La Haine, Amelie) latest film Rebellion (2011), starring Mathieu Kassovitz, Iabe Lapacas, and Malik Zidi. The release will be available for purchase online and in stores across the United Kingdom on September 2....

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Franck Khalfoun's Maniac Gets UK Release Date

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:47:02 -0400

British distributors Metrodome Video will release on Blu-ray for director Franck Khalfoun's Maniac (2012), starring Elijah Wood, America Olivo, Nora Arnezeder, and Sammi Rotibi. The film, which is a remake of William Lustig's 1980 cult slasher, will be available for purchase on July 1....

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Hannibal: Season One Blu-ray

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:35:23 -0400

StudioCanal have revealed that they are planning to bring to Blu-ray the first season of NBC's TV series Hannibal, starring Mads Mikkelsen (A Royal Affair, Casino Royale), Hugh Dancy (Black Hawk Down), Laurence Fishburne (King of New York, The Matrix), Caroline Dhavernas (Devil), and Lara Jean Chorostecki....

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Olympus Has Fallen Blu-ray

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:26:21 -0400

Lionsgate Films UK will bring to Blu-ray director Antoine Fuqua's action thriller Olympus Has Fallen (2013), starring Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, and Morgan Freeman. The release will be available for purchase online and in shops across the United Kingdom on September 2....

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Save the Date Blu-ray

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:19:12 -0400

IFC Films and MPI Home Video have officially announced that it will release on Blu-ray director Michael Mohan's romantic comedy Save the Dance (2012), starring Lizzy Caplan, Geoffrey Arend, Mark Webber, Alison Brie, and Lauren Nash. The release will be available for purchase online and in stores across the nation on June 11th....

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Francis Ford Coppola's Twixt Gets U.S. Release Date

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:59:55 -0400

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has revealed that it is planning to bring to Blu-ray legendary director Francis Ford Coppola's Twixt (2011), starring Val Kilmer, Bruce Dern, Elle Fanning, and Joanne Whalley. The preliminary release date set by the studio is July 30h....

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Exclusive Giveaway: Side Effects

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:14:37 -0400

Blu-ray.com and Universal Studios Home Entertainment are offering five members an opportunity to win a Blu-ray copy of director Steven Soderbergh's Side Effects, starring Rooney Mara, Jude Law, Channing Tatum and Catherine Zeta Jones. The suspense thriller arrives on Blu-ray on May 21st....

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New Trailer: Disney's Planes

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:00:08 -0400

Walt Disney Pictures has released a new trailer for producer John Lasseter and director Klay Hall's Cars spin-off Planes, this one a montage of animation from the film set to music by composer Mark Mancina. The high-flying computer animated adventure features the voice talents of Dane Cook, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and John Cleese, and is set to arrive in U.S. theaters on August 9th....

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Blu-ray Sales, May 6-12: Jack Reacher Investigates the Top Blu-ray Spot

Thu, 16 May 2013 07:11:21 -0400

For the week that ended on May 12th, Paramount Media Home Distribution's Jack Reacher debuted at number one on the Blu-ray-only media list. Engineered as a new action franchise for star Tom Cruise, the film received more attention as a result of its depictions of gun violence in the wake of the Sandy Hook school shooting, and that controversy limited its box-office appeal....

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Exclusive Giveaway: A Common Man

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:26:41 -0400

Blu-ray.com and Anchor Bay Entertainment are offering three members an opportunity to win a copy of writer/director Chandran Rutnam's A Common Man, starring Ben Kingsley, Ben Cross and Patrick Rutnam. The topical action thriller arrives on Blu-ray on May 21st....

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Three Additional Warner/Paramount Catalog Titles in September

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:51:09 -0400

As part of its distribution deal with Paramount, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is bringing three additional catalog titles to Blu-ray this September: writer/director Bruce Robinson's Jennifer 8, director Phillip Noyce's Sliver, and director Brian De Palma's Snake Eyes. All three thrillers street on September 10th....

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Criterion Announces August Titles

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:36:48 -0400

The Criterion Collection has announced five titles for Blu-ray release in August. On August 6th, the studio will release Max Ophuls' The Earrings of Madame de... (1953). On August 13th, it will release John Frankenheimer's Seconds (1966). On August 20th, it will release Satyajit Ray's The Big City (1963) and Charulata (1964). And on August 27th, it will release Ernst Lubitsch's To Be or Not to Be (1942)....

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The Beatles' Help! Heading to Blu-ray

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:07:59 -0400

Universal Music will release on Blu-ray director Richard Lester's Help! (1965). The Blu-ray release will feature a newly restored version of the film with a 5.1 soundtrack and over an hour of supplemental features. The preliminary release date set by the studio is June 25th....

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This Week on Blu-ray: May 21-28

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:00:30 -0400

For the week of May 21st, Universal Studios Home Entertainment is bringing Side Effects to Blu-ray. Steven Soderbergh has claimed that this feature will be his last theatrical venture - he shot his Liberace docudrama, Behind the Candelabra, for HBO - and if the notoriously prolific director is telling the truth, then he's going out on a high note....

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First Trailer for Riddick

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:37:25 -0400

Universal Studios has released the first official trailer for David Twohy's upcoming science-fiction thriller Riddick (2013), starring Vin Diesel, Karl Urban, and Katee Sackhoff. The film is set open in theaters across the United States on September 6th....

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Rene Clement's The Damned Enters The Cohen Film Collection

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:09:27 -0400

Cohen Media Group has revealed that it is planning to release on Blu-ray acclaimed French director Rene Clement's Les Maudits a.k.a The Damned (1947), starring Marcel Dalio, Henri Vidal, and Florence Marly. The preliminary release date set by the studio is August 13th....

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Brandon Cronenberg's Antiviral Gets U.S. Release Date

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:57:15 -0400

IFC Films and MPI Home Video will bring to Blu-ray Brandon Cronenberg's (son of acclaimed director David Cronenberg) Antiviral (2012), starring starring Caleb Landry Jones, Lisa Berry, and Sarah Gadon. The preliminary release date set by the distributors is August 6th....

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F.W. Murnau's Tabu Officially Announced

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:40:12 -0400

British distributors Eureka Entertainment have officially announced and detailed their upcoming Dual Format edition of F.W. Murnau's Tabu (1931), starring Matahi, Anne Chevalier, and Bill Bambridge. The release will be available for purchase on June 17th....

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How to Survive a Plague Blu-ray

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:31:07 -0400

MPI Home Video has officially announced and detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of David France's award winning documentary How to Survive a Plague. The release will be available for purchase online and in stores across the nation on June 11th....

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Star Trek: The Next Generation, Redemption & Season 4 Blu-rays Detailed

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:18:50 -0400

Paramount and CBS Home Entertainment have officially announced and detailed the Blu-ray releases of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Redemption and Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 4. Both Redemption and the 6-disc season set arrive on Blu-ray on July 30th and feature newly remastered video presentations, a DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 track and a variety of extras....

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Marathon Man Blu-ray

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:12:43 -0400

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced the Blu-ray release of director John Schlesinger's classic 1976 thriller, Marathon Man, starring Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Marthe Keller, Roy Scheider and William Devane. The film is being released on Blu-ray as part of Warner's 2012 distribution deal with Paramount, and streets on September 10th....

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A Band Called Death Blu-ray

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:13:34 -0400

Image Entertainment is bringing directors Mark Christopher Covino and Jeff Howlett's A Band Called Death to Blu-ray on August 13th. The acclaimed music documentary details the emergence of Death, a failed 1970s African American punk trio from Detroit that only gained popularity decades after disbanding....

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The Talented Mr. Ripley Blu-ray

Wed, 15 May 2013 08:31:49 -0400

As part of its distribution deal with Paramount, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced the Blu-ray release of director Anthony Minghella's The Talented Mr. Ripley, which stars Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett and Philip Seymour Hoffman. The psychological period thriller streets on September 10th....

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Exclusive Giveaway: My Neighbor Totoro & Howl's Moving Castle

Tue, 14 May 2013 22:41:45 -0400

Blu-ray.com and Walt Disney Home Entertainment are offering five members the opportunity to win a Studio Ghibli prize pack that includes My Neighbor Totoro and Howl's Moving Castle. Both Hayao Miyazaki animated classics arrive on Blu-ray on May 21st....

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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 3-Minute Promo

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:37:47 -0400

Marvel Television and ABC Studios have released a three-minute promo for executive producer Joss Whedon's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., set to air on Tuesdays this Fall on ABC. The series follows Clark Gregg's Phil Coulson and a team of young S.H.I.E.L.D. agents who investigate strange happenings in a post-Chitauri Invasion world, after the climactic events depicted in The Avengers....

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Alan Clarke's Scum Detailed

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:22:11 -0400

Kino Video have detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of Alan Clarke's Scum (1979), starring Ray Winstone, John Blundell, Mick Ford, and Julian Firth. The release will be available for purchase online and in stores across the United States on June 4th....

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The Demented Blu-ray

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:41:26 -0400

Anchor Bay Home Entertainment will release a combo pack edition of Christopher Roosevelt's horror thriller The Demented (2013), starring Kayla Ewell, Richard Kohnke, and Ashlee Brian. The release will be available for purchase on July 30th....

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As I Lay Dying

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:30:17 -0400

Millennium Films has released a trailer for James Franco's latest project As I Lay Dying (2013), starring James Franco, Logan Marshall-Green, Tim Blake Nelson, Danny McBride, and Richard Jenkins. The film will have its premiere in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival on May 20th....

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Solomon Kane Finally Coming to the U.S.

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:04:55 -0400

Anchor Bay Home Entertainment has officially announced that it will release on Blu-ray Michael J. Bassett's period adventure film Solomon Kane (2009), starring James Purefoy, Max von Sydow, Pete Postlethwaite, and Rachel Hurd-Wood. The release will be available for purchase on July 16th....

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Django, Prepare a Coffin Blu-ray

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:54:47 -0400

British distributors Arrow Video have officially announced that they will bring to Blu-ray Ferdinando Baldi's Preparati la bara a.k.a Django, Prepare a Coffin (1968), starring Terence Hill, Horst Frank, and George Eastman. The release will be available for purchase online and in shops across the United Kingdom on May 27th....

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Nature: Legendary White Stallions Blu-ray

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:30:50 -0400

PBS Distribution has announced its latest Nature Blu-ray release, Legendary White Stallions, which focuses on the white Lipizzaner stallions of Vienna's famed Spanish Riding School. The program will be available on Blu-ray on June 4th....

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Shane Blu-ray Delayed

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:34:41 -0400

Warner Bros. has pushed back the Blu-ray release of Shane, specifically to address consumer concerns about the film's aspect ratio. Acclaimed director George Stevens' classic rendition of the quintessential Western myth will now be presented completely remastered in its original 1.37:1 aspect ratio. Shane streets on August 13th....

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The Borgias: The Complete Third Season Blu-ray

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:30:19 -0400

Paramount Home Entertainment and CBS have announced the Blu-ray release of The Borgias: The Complete Third Season. The Showtime original series stars Jeremy Irons as Pope Alexander VI, head of the Borgia family and manipulator of Renaissance-era Italy's political landscape, and arrives on Blu-ray on August 6th....

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The Brass Teapot Blu-ray

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:16:25 -0400

Magnolia Home Entertainment has detailed the Blu-ray release of director Ramaa Mosley's The Brass Teapot, starring Juno Temple, Michael Angarano, Alexis Bledel, Alia Shawkat and Bobby Moynihan. The dark indie comedy streets on June 18th....

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Exclusive Giveaway: Cloud Atlas

Mon, 13 May 2013 17:42:52 -0400

Blu-ray.com and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment are offering three members a chance to win a copy of filmmakers' Tom Tykwer and Lana and Andy Wachowski's Cloud Atlas, which stars Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Ben Whishaw, James D'Arcy, Hugh Grant, Susan Sarandon and Doona Bae. The film streets on May 14th....

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Belgium's Official Oscar Entry to be Released on Blu-ray

Mon, 13 May 2013 17:14:58 -0400

Independent British distributors Peccadillo Pictures have revealed that they are planning to bring to Blu-ray director Joachim Lafosse's Our Children (2012), starring Niels Arestrup, Tahar Rahim, and Émilie Dequenne. The preliminary release date set by the distributors is September 9th....

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Well Go USA and Tribeca Film Acquire Emanuel and the Truth about Fishes

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:40:58 -0400

Texas-based Well Go USA and Tribeca Film have teamed up and acquired the North American distribution rights to Francesca Gregorini's thriller Emanuel and the Truth about Fishes (2013), starring Jessica Biel, Kaya Scodelario, Frances O'Connor, and Alfred Molina. The distributors plan a late theatrical run for the U.S....

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StudioCanal to Release Michael Winterbottom's The Look of Love

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:54:42 -0400

StudioCanal have revealed that they are planning to release on Blu-ray acclaimed director Michael Winterbottom's latest film, The Look of Love (2013), starring Imogen Poots, Anna Friel, and Tamsin Egerton. The preliminary release date set by the studio is August 19th....

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Grindhouse Releasing Goes Blu

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:40:52 -0400

Independent U.S. distributors Grindhouse Releasing have announced their first two Blu-ray releases: Amos Sefer's An American Hippie in Israel (1972), starring Asher Tzarfati, Shmuel Wolf, and Lily Avidan, and Robert Hartford-Davis's Corruption (1968), starring Peter Cushing, Sue Lloyd, and Noel Trevarthen. The two releases will arrive on the market on September 10th....

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Body Bags Heading to Blu-ray

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:25:03 -0400

Scream Factory, the horror-thriller offshoot of independent film distributor Shout Factory, has announced that it is planning to bring to Blu-ray John Carpenter and Tobe Hooper's horror comedy Body Bags (1993). The release is expected to arrive on the market later this year....

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Jeff Nichols' Mud Gets U.S. Release Date

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:10:59 -0400

Lionsgate Films and Roadside Attractions have revealed that they are planning to bring to Blu-ray director Jeff Nichols' latest film, Mud (2012), starring Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, and Jacob Lofland. The preliminary release date set by the distributors is August 27th....

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Dead Man Down Blu-ray

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:03:21 -0400

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that it will release on a combo pack edition of director Niels Arden Oplev's Dead Man Down (2013), starring Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace, and Terrence Howard. The release will be available for purchase on July 9th....

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Werner Herzog's Aguirre, Wrath of God Heading Back to UK Cinemas

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:52:09 -0400

Newly restored, German director Werner Herzog's classic film Aguirre, Wrath of God, starring starring Klaus Kinski, Ruy Guerra, Allejandro Repulles, and Helena Rojo, is heading back to UK cinemas. The British Film Institute has released a trailer for the new restoration....

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The Place Beyond the Pines Blu-ray

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:43:55 -0400

StudioCanal have revealed that they are planning to bring to Blu-ray Derek Cianfrance's latest film The Place Beyond the Pines, (2012), starring Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, and Ray Liotta. The preliminary release date set by the studio is August 5th....

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Exclusive Giveaway - The Great Escape

Mon, 13 May 2013 13:18:52 -0400

Blu-ray.com and MGM are giving away two copies of The Great Escape, John Sturges' legendary POW prison-break movie, starring Steve McQueen at his most iconic. Blu-ray.com writer Michael Reuben says the the moviewhich made its Blu-ray debut last week"may be the greatest war film ever made without a single battle."...

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Blow Out Officially Announced

Mon, 13 May 2013 06:06:59 -0400

British distributors Arrow Video have officially announced and detailed their upcoming standard and SteelBook Blu-ray editions of Brian De Palma's Blow Out (1981), starring John Travolta, Nancy Allen, and John Lithgow. Using a newly restored high-definition transfer supervised by director De Palma, Blow Out will be available for purchase on May 27th....

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Amazon Blu-ray Deal of the Week: The Bourne Trilogy (Expired)

Sun, 12 May 2013 21:57:46 -0400

Amazon's Blu-ray Deal of the Week affects The Bourne Trilogy. The set bundles together the first three films in Universal Studios' action franchise about Jason Bourne (Matt Damon, True Grit), an amnesiac who slowly uncovers his role in a covert CIA operation. Through May 18th, Amazon is offering the set for a 58% discount from its MSRP of $59.98....

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Exclusive Giveaway: Frankie Go Boom

Sat, 11 May 2013 01:03:28 -0400

Blu-ray.com and Universal Home Entertainment are offering three members a chance to win a copy of writer/director Jordan Roberts' Frankie Go Boom, which stars Charlie Hunnam, Chris O'Dowd, Lizzy Caplan, Chris Noth, Nora Dunn and Ron Perlman. Frankie Go Boom streets on May 14th....

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Once Upon a Time: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray (Updated)

Sat, 11 May 2013 00:37:03 -0400

Walt Disney Home Entertainment has officially announced and detailed the Blu-ray release of Once Upon a Time: The Complete Second Season. The sophomore season of the popular ABC fantasy series stars Jennifer Morrison, Ginnifer Goodwin, Josh Dallas, Lana Parrilla, Emilie de Ravin, Colin O'Donoghue, Meghan Ory and Robert Carlyle, and arrives on Blu-ray on August 13th....

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August: Osage County

Fri, 10 May 2013 18:14:00 -0400

The Weinstein Company has released the first trailer for John Wells' highly anticipated new film August: Osage County (2013), starring Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Juliette Lewis, Ewan McGregor, Sam Shepard, Dermot Mulroney, Abigail Breslin, and Benedict Cumberbatch. The film will open in theaters across the United States on November 8th....

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First Trailer For Alfonso Cuarón's Gravity

Fri, 10 May 2013 18:01:29 -0400

Warner Brothers has released the first trailer for acclaimed Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón's latest film, Gravity (2013), starring Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, and Basher Savage. The film is set to open in theaters across the United States on October 4th....

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Bruce Lee: The Legacy Collection

Fri, 10 May 2013 17:36:14 -0400

Shout Factory will release a deluxe Blu-ray set of Bruce Lee films. This box set includes four of the films that would make Bruce Lee one of the most important martial artists ever to grace the screen. The release will be available for purchase on August 6th....

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Dogwoof Films Goes Blu

Fri, 10 May 2013 17:20:08 -0400

British distributors Dogwoof Films have announced that they are planning to release their first Blu-ray: Jeff Orlowski's award winning documentary film Chasing Ice (2012). The release is expected to arrive on the market on June 10th....

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The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec Blu-ray

Fri, 10 May 2013 16:16:24 -0400

Independent distributors Shout Factory have officially announced that they will release a combo pack edition of director Luc Besson's The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010), starring Louise Bourgoin, Mathieu Amalric, and Gilles Lellouche. The release will be available for purchase on August 13th....

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Blood and Sand Blu-ray

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:59:10 -0400

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has officially announced that it will release on Blu-ray directo Rouben Mamoulian's classic film Blood and Sand (1941), starring Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, and Rita Hayworth. The release will be available for purchase on July 9th....

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Artificial Eye: Claude Miller's Final Film, More Satyajit Ray and Atom Egoyan Films Coming Up

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:45:35 -0400

British distributors Artificial Eye have informed us that they are planning to add four Blu-ray titles to their catalog: French director Claude Miller's final film, Therese Desqueyroux (2012), legendary Indian director Satyajit Ray's Mahanagar (1963) and Nayak (1966), and Canadian director Atom Egoyan's The Sweet Hereafter (1997)....

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Exclusive Giveaway: The Last Stand Prize Packages

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:28:15 -0400

Blu-ray.com and Lionsgate Films are offering four members a chance to win a copy of The Last Stand on Blu-ray, as well as a Last Stand t-shirt (random sizes). Additionally, one grand prize winner will also receive a Last Stand poster signed by Johnny Knoxville, Luis Guzmán, Jaimie Alexander and Rodrigo Santoro. The Last Stand streets May 21....

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Girls: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray

Fri, 10 May 2013 10:32:17 -0400

HBO has detailed the Blu-ray release of Girls: The Complete Second Season, starring creator Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet, Adam Driver and Alex Karpovsky. The second season of the semi-autobiographical comedy series streets on August 13th....

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