A great week for Gangster movies in the Blu-ray Cover Art Gallery for the week of May 20th.

Top title is the latest season of True Blood: The Complete Fifth Season from HBO Home Video.

Warner Home Video has quite a collection of titles this week, including the new movie Beautiful Creatures.

Lots of classic crime titles too, with the Ultimate Gangsters Collection: Classics, along with individual releases for White Heat, The Public Enemy, The Petrified Forest and Little Caesar.

There is also an Ultimate Gangsters Collection: Contemporary edition and a new anniversary edition of National Lampoon’s Vacation.

Great to see Warner re-releasing some of the earlier titles that didn’t get the best initial Blu-ray treatment this month.

Lionsgate Home Entertainment has new titles too with Arnold Schwarzenegger’s The Last Stand and Stand Up Guys out this week.

Jason Statham fans will like his new film Parker from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment this week.

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has a couple of key new Anime titles - My Neighbor Totoro and Howl’s Moving Castle.

Universal Studios Home Entertainment has the Steven Soderbergh movie Side Effects out this week, and the Criterion Collection has Medium Cool this week.

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May 14th 2013 marked the Blu-ray release of the Warner Home Video title Cloud Atlas.

The film is a science fiction drama that was financed by European investors.

The overall budget was over $100M, making Cloud Atlas one of the most expensive independent films of all time.

The screenplay was adapted from the novel by David Mitchell, and the film features plotlines set across six different time periods. Continue reading “Cloud Atlas on Blu-ray Disc Released May 14th, 2013″

May 7th, 2013 marked the release of the first of Lionsgate Home Entertainment’s Blu-ray 3D conversion of a regular 2D movie with Gamer 3D.

Perhaps Gamer was the ideal choice since they considered shooting in 3D from the get go, and also considered conversion for the theatrical release.

However neither were considered commercially viable at the time, and now that it is, Lionsgate has opted to release it for the 3D Home Theater.

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Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has dug into their action comedy catalog for a double feature release of Shanghai Noon and Shanghai Knights, new to Blu-ray on May 7th, 2013.

The films were part of Jackie Chans’ move to Hollywood films, and take the Chinese style Kung Fu movie into a Western movie environment.

Of course Jackie also brings his own brand of humour into these action films as well, along with co-star Owen Wilson.

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The Blu-ray Cover Art Gallery for the week of May 13th features some great new releases, including the epic Wachowski sibling movie Cloud Atlas from Warner Home Video.

Showtime Entertainment has the latest Dexter: The Seventh Season on Blu-ray this week.

The Texas Chainsaw 3D remake is also out this week in the Blu-ray 3D format from Lionsgate Home Entertainment.

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has the first of their ‘Mastered in 4K’ series with extended colour gamut, which includes the classic comedy Ghostbusters, Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man, Scorcese’s Taxi Driver, Da Vinci Code sequel Angels & Demons, the remake of The Karate Kid and crime comedy The Other Guys.

The Criterion Collection has a couple of classic western’s this week, with Jubal and the original 3:10 to Yuma.

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May 7th, 2013 marked the Blu-ray release of the recent Tom Cruise’s action thriller Jack Reacher from Paramount Home Entertainment.

The film is an adaptation of Lee Child’s 2005 best selling novel One Shot, and was renamed for the main character from the story.

While Tom Cruise lacked the stature of the character from the novel, author Lee Child believed that he could make up for it with his screen presence.

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A new 20th Anniversary Blu-ray Edition for The Fugitive has been announced by Warner Home Video, scheduled for a September 3rd, 2013 release.

This 1993 thriller film was based on the 1960s television series of the same name.

The story is about Dr. Richard Kimble, who is wrongfully convicted for his wife’s murder.

Kimble escapes from custody and sets out to prove his innocence and bring those who were responsible to justice.

As a fugitive, he is also pursued relentlessly by a team of U.S. Marshals.

The cast includes an ever popular Harrison Ford in the lead role, along with Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward, Joe Pantoliano, Andreas Katsulas and Jeroen Krabbe.

Tommy Lee Jones won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film.

The Fugitive was directed by Andrew Davis, who was also directed films like Under Siege, The Guardian, Chain Reaction, Above the Law, Collateral Damage, Code of Silence, and A Perfect Murder.

The film was met with stromg reviews, with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 94% and an IMDb score of 7.8/10.

The Fugitive was also a huge success in the cinema, earning $183.9M at the US box office, well in excess of the $44M budget.

Extras will include a new featurette called The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase, which will feature Andrew Davis, Harrison Ford, and Tommy Lee Jones, and the pilot for the television series on the WB.

The retail price is $19.98, or pre-order it from Amazon for $13.99, saving 30%!

Alternatively you can add it to your Blu-rayStats Wishlist.

Extras:

• New Featurette – The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase featuring Andrew Davis, Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones and more
• Introduction by Andrew Davis and Harrison Ford
• Commentary by Andrew Davis and Tommy Lee Jones
• On the Run with the Fugitive Behind-the-Scenes Featurette
• Derailed: Anatomy of a Train Wreck Behind-the-Scenes Featurette
• New to Release – The Fugitive (2000 WB Pilot)
• Theatrical Trailer

Synopsis:

Catch him if you can. The Fugitive is on the run! Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones race through the breathless manhunt movie inspired by the classic TV series. Ford is prison escapee Dr. Richard Kimble, a Chicago surgeon falsely convicted of killing his wife and determined to prove his innocence by leading his pursuers to the one-armed man who committed the crime. Jones (the 1993 Academy Award Golden Globe and Los Angeles Film Critics Award winner as Best Supporting Actor) is Sam Gerard, an unrelenting bloodhound of a U.S. marshal. They are hunted and hunter. And as directed by Andrew Davis (Under Siege), their nonstop chase has one exhilarating speed: all-out.

August 27th, 2013 will mark the arrival of the classic animated movie The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh on Blu-ray from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Blu-ray.

The was originally released in March 1977 and is the 22nd animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series.

The voice cast includes Sterling Holloway, John Fiedler, Junius Matthews, Paul Winchell, Howard Morris, Bruce Reitherman, Jon Walmsley and Timothy Turner.

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh was directed by John Lounsbery and Wolfgang Reitherman, who were behind other films including The Rescuers and The Aristocats.

The film has a very strong critical reception, with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 91% and an IMDb score of 7.6/10.

Planned features for the disc include an 1080p encode presented at 1.66:1 and Disney Enhanced Home Theater audio (probably DTS-HD Master Audio).

The retail price is $36.99, or pre-order it from Amazon for $25.89, saving 30%!

Alternatively you can add it to your Blu-rayStats Wishlist.

Extras:

• Disney Intermission – Press “pause” during the movie and find out what happens! The narrator invites younger viewers to play along with the Hundred Acre Wood friends in a variety of engaging activities.
• Pooh Play-Along – In this bonus feature, the narrator invites viewers to play along with Pooh and his friends.
• 5 “Mini Adventures of Winnie the Pooh” Shorts: “If I Wasn’t So Small,” “Piglet’s Drawings,” “The Expedition,” “Geniuses” & “The Honey Song”
• “A Day for Eeyore” – Classic Animated Short
• “The Story Behind the Masterpiece” – Making of Featurette
• “The Winnie the Pooh Theme Song” – Performed by Carly Simon

Synopsis:

Experience the very first time Tigger “pounces” Pooh; laugh out loud when Pooh’s rumbly tumbly gets him stuck in a hilariously sticky situation… All your favorite Hundred Acre Wood characters come alive in this timeless motion picture overflowing with rich animation, masterful storytelling and unforgettable songs. Stuffed with extraordinary bonus features including the beloved theatrical short film “A Day For Eeyore,” five “Mini Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh” shorts, Disney’s groundbreaking “Intermission” activity and much more, The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh: The Original Classic will make fans of all ages shout “Hip Hip Pooh-Ray!”

A ton of new releases in the Blu-ray Cover Art Gallery for the week of the 6th of May.

Top title is the crime thriller Jack Reacher starring Tom Cruise from Paramount Home Entertainment.

MGM Home Entertainment has the classic war film The Great Escape this week.

Warner Home Video has a huge slate of titles this week, including  Fringe: The Complete Fifth Season the full series collection with Fringe: The Complete Series.

Warner also has a huge collection of Steelbook releases this week for their top titles, including Watchmen, Batman , and Batman Returns, and Paramount titles including Gladiator, Chinatown, and Face/Off.

Warner also has a catalog release for An Officer and a Gentleman.

Fox Home Entertainment has the new release Safe Haven this week, along with catalog titles like The Verdict and One Hour Photo.

Also watch for thriller Mama from Universal Studios Home Entertainment, along with catalog releases In the Name of the Father and Hitchcock movies Shadow of a Doubt and Saboteur this week.

Lionsgate Home Entertainment has their first 3D conversion release with Gamer 3D this week.

Indie releases include Upstream Color from New Video DVD, Goddard’s Band of Outsiders from Criterion Collection.

Echo Bridge Home Entertainment has a wide range of Miramax catalog titles this week too, including The Grifters , The Hoax , Fresh , Heaven , and Steven Soderbergh’s Full Frontal.

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