September is going to be a great month for Blu-ray Disc releases - watch for an article soon highlighting what to expect!

For this week, Warner is kicking it off with a number of new catalogue releases, which interestingly enough are already one sale at over 45% off at Amazon!

Clint Eastwood fans will be happy to see the release of Every Which Way But Loose ($15.45) and The Gauntlet (also $15.45).

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Looks like the UK is getting some new Blu-ray release announcements ahead of the US again.

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is planning to release the Will Smith/Martin Lawrence movie Bad Boys on November 3rd, 2008.

No doubt Michael Bay is thrilled!

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The Universal gangster titles are now available for pre-order.

American Gangster will be released by Universal Home Video on October 14th, 2008. This Ridley Scott film will be presented with both the Theatrical (158mins) and Extended (177mins) versions on the disc.

Retail will be $29.98, only $20.95 at Amazon.

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A few titles previously mentioned are now available for pre-order at Amazon.

Warner Home Video has Casablanca Ultimate Collector’s Edition coming to Blu-ray on December 2nd, 2008. It is great to see that Warner has gone all to such lengths for this classic title.

Retail is set at $64.99, pre-order at Amazon for only $44.95.

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I have a few interesting titles to talk about today, including release dates for some great movies.

Topics Entertainment is releasing Tokyo Moto Show on June 30th, 2008.

Retail will be $14.99, the Amazon price - only $9.95.

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Amazon has a range of nine Lionsgate titles listed today $19.95, representing a savings of 50% off retail.

The titles are Crash, Delta Farce, Employee of the Month, Happily N’Ever After, Lord of War, Saw III, The Condemned, The Descent and Tyler Perry’s Daddy’s Little Girls.

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Lions Gate will be releasing Belly on Blu-ray Disc on August 12th, 2008. To be honest, with a sub-$10M box office take and less than 5/10 on the IMDb, this 1998 movie seems like a strange choice for Blu-ray release.

Hey Lions Gate - if you are going to release stuff that won’t sell volumes on Blu-ray, how about releasing something good!

Retail has been set at $29.99, bargain hunters will find it at Amazon for $26.99.

This week marks the release of my favourite film ever, Diva, on a super special edition DVD. It has been through a number of lackluster releases in the past but this time Lions Gate has released it as part of their Meridian Collection. So what is the problem you ask? I would think it is obvious - where the hell is my Blu-ray version? And a Blu-ray for Red Violin would be nice too while you are at it.

I think it is fair to say that serious movie lovers tend to be on the leading edge of home theater and many are yearning for releases like this on Blu-ray. As part of the ‘Cinema du Look’ movement, this film is visually stunning to say the least. If it is worth doing right, it must surely be worth doing in High Definition! And not Toshiba ‘we can make DVDs look like HD DVD’ HD - real HD.

When we see news that Criterion is going to release on Blu-ray, and that Eureka Entertainment will bring at least one of their Masters of Cinema series to Blu-ray, you would think that Lions Gate, a strong early adopter of Blu-ray, would bring us their Meridian Collection on Blu-ray, alongside their other ‘classic’ releases like Witless Protection and Delta Farce.

So this week the Raspberry award goes to Lions Gate Home Entertainment.

Amazon has listed a new Dirty Dancing Collectors Edition, apparently to be released by Lions Gate on August 12th, 2008. This title was already released just over a year ago, so it is not out of the question that a new version could be coming. The retail price is $19.98, you can pre-order it at Amazon for $13.95.

Platinum Disc has announced some pairings of their movies for release on July 29th, 2008. Firstly Salvage & Mortuary is set at $28.98 retail, pre-order at Amazon for $25.50. Artie Lange’s Beer League & The Big White will also be at Amazon for $25.50.

The girls just keep on going wild - Girls Gone Wild: The Perfect Pair will be released by Mantra Films on August 12th, 2008. The retail price will be $24.95, pre-order at Amazon for $16.95.

Amazon is having another sale with discounts up to 50% off retail.

This one looks to be across many studios including Sony, Lionsgate, Fox and Disney, so if you are looking to catch up on some catalogue titles, check it out…!