Heavy Savings on Bladerunner, 3:10 to Yuma, War and I am Legend at Amazon

Posted in Amazon on June 10th, 2008 by Dave

amazon.jpgWe see a few nice specific sale items at Amazon today.

Firstly, if you don’t have I am Legend yet, now is a great time to get it for only $13.95 - saving over 60%.

The savings are even better for 3:10 to Yuma, Blade Runner (Five-Disc Complete Collector’s Edition) and War - all are $14.95, a savings of 63%.

Of course we already a number of titles discounted 57% to $14.95, including 16 Blocks [Blu-ray], 300, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Syriana and The Host.

There are also quite a number of new half off titles, some no doubt left over from the sale that recently ended - so perhaps you last chance to get Flags of Our Fathers, The Italian Job, We Were Soldiers, District B13, To Kill A King at $14.95 - or at 48% off (still $14.95) Alexander, Revisited, Blazing Saddles, Blood Diamond, Bullitt, Deliverance, Dog Day Afternoon, Full Metal Jacket, GoodFellas, Lethal Weapon, The Getaway (1972), The Last Samurai, Training Day and Run Lola Run.

You can see a list of discs with over 45% savings on this pre-filtered Amazon Stats page.

Today’s Releases on Blu-ray Disc - June 10th 2008

Posted in Studios, US Releases on June 10th, 2008 by Dave

jumper.jpgThere were quite a number of interesting releases on Blu-ray Disc today.

The miniseries Broken Trail was released by Sony at the catalog title pricing, complete with Dolby TrueHD on a BD50 disc. Sony also released The Other Boleyn Girl, again on a BD50 with True HD audio. Lastly from Sony - The Professionals was released with a PCM soundtrack, this time on a BD25 disc.

Image Entertainment released Heart: Alive in Seattle with DTS-HD Master Audio.

Fox released Jumper with DTS Master Audio and a Bonus View Picture in Picture feature.

Warner released Natural Born Killers in the special book packaging on a BD50 Disc with Dolby TrueHD audio - sadly this one carries the premium price tag.

Warner also released The Bucket List - this one didn’t fare so well with only a BD25 disc and Dolby Digital audio - of course the premium pricing for a new release remains. This movie made almost $100M at the box office and stars Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman - you would think it deserves better than Dolby Digital audio. Warner needs to know that this level of support is not acceptable!

Magnolia released The Signal - not much info on this one other than it is coded for all regions.

Lions Gate released Witless Protection with 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio on a BD50 disc - sounds like a winning presentation (Warner, pay attention) though perhaps this disc has limited appeal to anyone other than Larry the Cable Guy fans - with a 1.7 at IMDb and 0% at Rotten Tomatoes, it sounds a little dire.

Mantra has released Girls Gone Wild: Hottest Moments Ever, adding to their seemingly never ending supply for this series.

Lastly, Amazon has added a special Blu-ray 12-pack , perhaps to make it easier for that instant collection if you are just starting out. It seems like a pretty decent selection of titles, though it wouldn’t take many that you don’t want to make it a false economy…