Blu-ray Cover Art Gallery for the Week of May 20th, 2013

Posted in Blu-ray, Studios, US Releases on May 21st, 2013 by Dave

TrueBloodTheCompleteFifthSeasonA 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 HeatThe Public EnemyThe 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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Gamer 3D on Blu-ray 3D Released May 7th, 2013

Posted in 3D, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, Commentary on May 19th, 2013 by Dave

Gamer 3D

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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Blu-ray Cover Art Gallery for the Week of May 13th, 2013

Posted in 3D, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, Studios, US Releases on May 15th, 2013 by Dave

CloudAtlasThe 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-ManThe 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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Blu-ray Cover Art Gallery for the Week of May 6th, 2013

Posted in 3D, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, Studios, US Releases on May 9th, 2013 by Dave

JackReacherA 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 GladiatorChinatown, 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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Blu-ray Cover Art Gallery for the Week of April 29th, 2013

Posted in Blu-ray, Studios, US Releases on May 1st, 2013 by Dave

SilverLiningsPlaybookThe last Blu-ray Cover Art Gallery for April 2013 is again a little quiet, before things pick up big time in May.

Top title for the week is Academy Award winning  Silver Linings Playbook from Anchor Bay Entertainment.

Music documentary title History of the Eagles is out this week, and Amazon has a special edition History of the Eagles from Jigsaw Productions.

It is a big Star Trek week too, with Star Trek: The Next Generation – Season Three and Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Best of Both Worlds from Paramount Home Entertainment.

Paramount also has individual releases for original Trek movies, including Star Trek I: The Motion Picture and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.

Seth Rogen’s new movie The Guilt Trip is also new from Paramount Home Entertainment.

Fox Home Entertainment has Broken City this week, while Sony Home Entertainment has Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl.

Look for Baz Luhrmann’s first feature Strictly Ballroom in a catalog release from Lionsgate Home Entertainment.

Warner Home Video has individual releases for Friends: The Complete First Season and Friends: The Complete Second Season this week.

Over to classic cinema, look for Humphey Bogart in The Enforcer and Gary Cooper in Cloak and Dagger this week from Olive Films.

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Blu-ray Cover Art Gallery for the Week of April 8th, 2013

Posted in Blu-ray, Studios, US Releases on April 10th, 2013 by Dave

GabrielIglesiasAlohaFluffyThis week’s Blu-ray Cover Art Gallery looks to be mostly dominated by television releases in a quiet week for movie titles.

Stand up comedy wins out with the Comedy Central title Gabriel Iglesias: Aloha Fluffy.

The Criterion Collection has David Cronenberg’s Naked Lunch this week, along with the Japanese film Gate of Hell.

BBC Home Video has a big selection this week, including the popular Merlin: The Complete Fifth Season and documentary shows The Blue Planet: Seas of LifeOne Life and Great Barrier Reef .

Lionsgate Home Entertainment also has a television release with Boss: Season Two and Image Entertainment has The Dick Van Dyke Show: The Complete First Season.

Watch later in the week for a giveaway of the Japanese comedy horror Deadball from Well Go USA.

Meanwhile Universal Studios Home Entertainment is releasing UltraViolet bundled versions of The Fast and the Furious , Fast & Furious , Fast Five and 2 Fast 2 Furious.

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Blu-ray Cover Art Gallery for the Week of April 1st, 2013

Posted in 3D, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, Studios, US Releases on April 2nd, 2013 by Dave

BibleThe Blu-ray Cover Art Gallery for the week of April Fools Day is a little on the light weight side.

The top titles this week come from Fox Home Entertainment, with the ‘epic miniseries’ The Bible and catalog releases for That Thing You Do! and Hello Dolly!.

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has put together a 6 movie Blu-ray 3D and Blu-ray collection – the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One – Avengers Assembled – that also features a new supplemental disc.

On the indie side, look for John Dies at the End from Magnolia Home Entertainment, British crime movie The Sweeney from Entertainment One and the Japanese horror Tormented 3D in the Blu-ray 3D format from Well Go USA.

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Blu-ray Cover Art Gallery for the Week of March 25th, 2013

Posted in 3D, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, Studios, US Releases on March 27th, 2013 by Dave

LincolnMore Academy Awards winners in the Blu-ray Cover Art Gallery for the week of March 25th 2013.

Top title for the week is Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln from DreamWorks Home Entertainment in a Blu-ray/DVD Combo, though you can also get Lincoln in a 4 disc edition with Digital Copy.

Brad Pitt is a professional enforcer in Killing Them Softly from Anchor Bay Entertainment.

Universal Studios Home Entertainment has individual editions for Jurassic ParkThe Lost World: Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park III this week.

Look for the IMAX title To the Arctic 3D on Blu-ray 3D from Warner Home Video this week, along with The Terminator Anthology and Veep: The Complete First Season from HBO Home Video.

Speaking of television releases, Paramount Home Entertainment has both Star Trek: Enterprise – Season One and The Borgias: The Second Season new to Blu-ray.

On the classic cinema side of things, watch for Chaplin in Monsieur Verdoux and French film A Man Escaped from Criterion Collection, Little Fugitive from Kino Lorber Incorporated and Panic in the Streets from Fox Home Entertainment this week.

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Bond 50 Blu-ray Set More Than Half Off Today at Amazon!

Posted in Amazon Bargains, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, Deals on February 14th, 2013 by Dave

Bond50Top sale titles at Amazon today include Bond 50: The Complete 22 Film CollectionThe Dark Knight RisesPrometheus 3DTitanic 3D, Taken, and Beasts of the Southern Wild.

Skyfall is the top seller at Amazon at the moment, and you can also get a great deal on the Bond 50 Film Collection - only $129.99 right now – saving 57%.

Chris Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises is only $14.99 – saving 58%.

Save 66% off Alien Anthology, currently listed for only $23.99.

Get a great deal on The Sound of Music - only $13.99 right now – saving 60%.

Rocky: The Undisputed Collection is also a great deal for only $22.99, saving 67%.

On the Blu-ray 3D side, both Titanic and Prometheus are only $19.99 right now, saving 60-64%.

Pulp Fiction is under $10 at $7.99, 60% off retail price, while Cool Hand Luke is only $4.99, a full 75% off retail price.

Casablanca: 70th Anniversary and Taken are also under $10 at $9.99, 60-67% off retail.

50/50Dances with WolvesWhen Harry Met SallyRed Dawn and Sin City are all only $7.99 right now.

And the critically acclaimed Beasts of the Southern Wild is a great deal for only $15.99, saving 60%.

Blu-ray Cover Art Gallery for the Week of February 11th, 2013

Posted in 3D, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, Studios, US Releases on February 12th, 2013 by Dave

SkyfallIt is a huge Bond week in the Blu-ray Cover Art Gallery this week.

The new Bond film Skyfall hits Blu-ray this week from MGM Home Entertainment, along with a whole slate of catalog Bond titles.

These include Tomorrow Never DiesDiamonds are ForeverGoldeneyeOctopussyThe Living DaylightsYou Only Live TwiceThe Spy Who Loved Me and On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.

Summit Entertainment has the new release The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and Universal Studios Home Entertainment has The Man with the Iron Fists this week.

Fox Home Entertainment also has a new release with The Sessions, while the key documentary film Bully hits Blu-ray this week from Anchor Bay Entertainment.

On the foreign front, look for the French movie The Kid with a Bike from the Criterion Collection.

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