Ghostbusters, Man with No Name Trilogy Blu-ray Discounts at Amazon

Posted in Amazon Bargains on August 30th, 2010 by Dave

manwithnonametrilogy.jpgHot Amazon sale titles this week include a set of spaghetti westerns featuring Clint Eastwood and directed by the legendary Sergio Leone.

You can pick up The Man with No Name Trilogy on Blu-ray Disc for only $27.99, less than $10 per movie, and a saving of 60% off the retail price.

The set includes A Fistfull Of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More and The Good, The Bad And The Ugly.

Amazon has also listed new Sony Blu-ray titles for $10 or less, including Ghostbusters, Rudy, Hancock, La Femme Nikita, National Security and Secret Window.

Certainly an excellent opportunity to pick up Ghostbusters at over 65% off!

Fox and MGM Blu-ray Titles Discounted at Amazon

Posted in Amazon Bargains on August 25th, 2010 by Dave

hottubtimemachine.jpgAmazon has added some new promotions featuring recent Fox and MGM Blu-ray releases.

You can currently save over 62% on Hot Tub Time Machine, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Crazy Heart and Our Family Wedding - all only $14.99.

Also you can get Little Miss Sunshine, The Pink Panther or My Life in Ruins for only $9.99, saving over 71%.

Additionally I see that Sony titles We Own the Night and The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep are discounted 74% to $10.

Some great bargains to be had - no doubt all for a limited time.

Blu-ray Cover Art Gallery for the Week of August 2nd, 2010

Posted in Studios, US Releases on August 4th, 2010 by Dave

There are quite a few titles of note in the Blu-ray Cover Art Gallery this week, including the kick ass action film Kick-Ass.

Other Day and Date releases include Heroes: Season 4  and the Sony Pictures foreign language release A Prophet.

There are also a few notable catalog releases, including Sam Mendes directed Road to Perdition, cult classic Piranha, Disney’s animated James and the Giant Peach , eighties classic The Breakfast Club and Elvis documentary movie Elvis on Tour from Warner.

Additionally MGM has a number of their movies being released with DVDs included with titles like Escape from New York, Kalifornia, Bull Durham and Fargo.

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Blu-ray Market Share at 12% for Week Ending July 25th

Posted in Market Share, Studios, US Releases on August 2nd, 2010 by Dave

hmm12.jpgThe Blu-ray market share was 12% - back in double figures after a week under 10% for the week ending July 25th according to Home Media Magazine.

While the revenue was a reasonably healthy $13.67M, this was down over 60% compared to the same week last year.

losers.jpgWarner was on top for the week with The Losers in 1st place, and while it was the top DVD, Kevin Smith’s Cop Out came in a close 2nd on the Blu-ray Chart.

Fox also had a decent week with Blu-ray favourite Avatar in 3rd place and Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief in 4th position.

The Bounty Hunter from Sony Pictures rounded out the top 5, ahead of new Sony release The Runaways in 6th.

2001: A Space Odyssey from Warner was pushed to 11th place by heavy discounting.

Art house titles featured in the top 20 chart, with The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo from Music Box Films in 15th place and Criterion Collection’s new release The Red Shoes in 19th place.

copout.jpgThe top DVD sellers were also strong  Blu-ray sellers. with Cop Out taking 38% market share and The Losers outselling the DVD with 51% of sales on Blu-ray Disc in its first week.

Other top DVD titles were not so hot on Blu-ray, with The Bounty Hunter at 13% and The Runaways with 17% Blu-ray market share.

Avatar had yet another strong week with 43% market share on Blu-ray Disc.

Battlestar Galactica and Gangs of New York Lead Blu-ray Sale Titles at Amazon

Posted in Amazon Bargains on August 1st, 2010 by Dave

bsg_complete.jpgTop sale titles at Amazon this weekend include Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Series, The Hangover, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Remember the Titans.

Top selling bargain right now is a great deal on Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Series - only $132.99 right now - saving 56% off retail.

Close behind is the remastered edition of Gangs of New York, currently listed for only $15.99 saving 60%.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day is still a great deal at only $10.00, and 2001: A Space Odyssey is now further under $10 at only $7.99, a full 72% off retail price.

goodthebadandtheugly.jpgPopular title The Hangover is only $14.99 right now and Remember the Titans is only $11.99, saving 60%.

$10 titles include Mr & Mrs Smith, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, A Clockwork Orange, Logan’s Run, La Femme Nikita, The Thomas Crown Affair and Man On Fire.

All in all a lot of opportunity for great savings this weekend

Blu-ray Market Share in Single Digits for First Time Since February

Posted in Market Share, Studios, US Releases on July 28th, 2010 by Dave

hmm09.jpgThe Blu-ray market share was down at 9% for the week ending July 18th according to Home Media Magazine, in single digits for the first time since February.

The revenue for the week was still in double digits though, with $11.02M taken in for the week.

bountyhunter.jpgNew release The Bounty Hunter from Sony Pictures took 1st place, ahead of Blu-ray favourite Avatar and Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief, both from Fox Home Entertainment.

Hot Tub Time Machine from MGM and Brooklyn’s Finest from Anchor Bay rounded out the top 5.

New release Our Family Wedding from Fox was the second placed DVD, but placed 8th on the Blu-ray chart.

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo from Music Box Films continues to do well for a foreign title in 9th place.

Looking at market share for the top DVD titles it is easy to see how the overall market share is so low.

Top selling DVDs The Bounty Hunter and Our Family Wedding had only 14% and 11% market share respectively.

avatar.jpgPercy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief and Hot Tub Time Machine did considerably better in the 22% -23% range.

Avatar is still doing superbly however, with 43% market share on Blu-ray Disc.

Blu-ray Cover Art Gallery for the Week of July 26th, 2010

Posted in Studios, US Releases on July 27th, 2010 by Dave

After some quiet weeks, there are quite a few new releases in the Blu-ray Cover Art Gallery for this week.

Probably the highest profile release is the Warner Home Video 2010 remake of Clash of the Titans.

Stallone fans will be excited to see an extended cut of Rambo as well as a Rambo: Complete Collector’s Set.

On the ‘better late than never’ side, we finally have a Blu-ray release for the Star Wars oriented Fanboys movie.

Fans of art house will be pleased to see a new Criterion Collection release The Secret of the Grain.

On the television side we have Battlestar Galactica: Season 3 from Universal and SGU: Stargate Universe - Season 1.5 from MGM Home Entertainment.

While not the best selection, at least it is a step in the right direction…?

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Blu-ray Market Share Down with Revenue Down over Last Year

Posted in Market Share, Studios, US Releases on July 16th, 2010 by Dave

hmm10.jpgThe Blu-ray market share was only 10% last week, and the revenue of $12.77M for the week ending July 11th was down 20% compared to last year, according to Home Media Magazine.

July has been a bit of a slow month for releases so these lack luster numbers don’t surprise me.

brooklynsfinest.jpgBrooklyn’s Finest from Anchor Bay topped the sales chart ahead of last week’s Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief release from Fox in 2nd place and MGM’s Hot Tub Time Machine in 3rd.

The ever present Avatar from Fox held 4th ahead of new release The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo from Music Box Films in 5th position.

Sony’s new release A Single Man settled for 14th place, while sale priced titles showed up in the chart, including Warner titles Dark City and 2001: A Space Odyssey in 17th and 18th place.

Looking at per title market share, Brooklyn’s Finest managed a solid 25% Blu-ray Disc market share, with Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief and Hot Tub Time Machine in the same ball park at 23% - 24%.

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo did a little better with 28% of sales on Blu-ray Disc while A Single Man was slightly worse at 21%.

avatar.jpgAvatar is still going strong for Blu-ray though, with a 43% market share.

With consistently high market share for Blu-ray Disc, it would seem that Avatar is the ‘killer app’ this summer.

Showgirls on Blu-ray Disc Released June 15th, 2010

Posted in Commentary on July 7th, 2010 by Dave

Showgirls2010 marks the 15th anniversary of the movie Showgirls - a fact that MGM Home Entertainment took advantage of with a new Blu-ray + DVD Combo release on the June 15th.

Showgirls is somewhat of an infamous movie about strippers and topless dancers in Las Vegas.

On aspect that was daring was the choice to release the movie as an NC-17 rated film, generally considered commercial suicide, and a rating that the Blu-ray release retains.

Showgirls  certainly earns this rating with gratuitous amounts of nudity, simulated sex, drug use and bad language, so keep in mind that it is not for everyone.

ShowgirlsThe film presents the experiences of Nomi Malone, a dancer aiming to make it in Las Vegas.

While the story chronicles her successes and setbacks, more so it presents the seedy side of Vegas life from the strip joints through to the clubs and casinos, in this high budget sexploitation movie.

The main problem I found with it was that the main character comes across completely annoying an unlikeable from the get go, however the other characters seems to go out of their way to help her in the face of her abuse.

In general the the human interaction and emotional through line in the film come across as very false, and the women in the film are far from realistic.

The film has become somewhat of a cult success in the home video market in a ’so bad it is great’ way, and also holds the box office record for an NC-17 movie.

The cast includes Elizabeth Berkley in the lead role, along with Gina Gershon, Kyle MacLachlan, Glenn Plummer, Robert Davi, Alan Rachins and Gina Ravera.

Showgirls was directed by Paul Verhoeven, who at the time was hot off his success with Basic Instinct and also directed Total Recall, Starship Troopers and RoboCop.

The critic response to the movie was pretty harsh - it earned a Rotten Tomatoes score of 14% and IMDb score of 4/10.

Showgirls was also had a fairly limited success at the cinema, reaching $20.4M at the US box office.

ShowgirlsThe video on the disc is an AVC 1080p encode at 34.5 Mbps, and is presented in its original aspect ratio of 2.35:1.

This high bitrate encode does a good job of maintaining the film look with grain intact.

Find full resolution PNG screen captures taken directly from the disc at the details page for Showgirls.

The main audio is lossless DTS-HD Master Audio with 5.1 channels - 24 bits resolution at 48 kHz.

The disc is a dual layer BD50, with 45.0 GB used and is coded for Region A.

The cult status of the movie as ’so bad it is good’ is taken advantage of with The Greatest Movie Ever Made Audio Commentary from David Schmader, an aficionado of the film.

It is actually a pretty entertaining commentary that definitely highlights many of the horrible choices made by the screen writers and film makers.

There is also a Java based Fact-Up Trivia feature that pops up trivia facts as the movie runs.

The Pole Dancing: Finding Your Inner Stripper feature runs roughly 12 minutes and introduces the S-Factor teacher and demonstrates a number of pole moves, and also discusses why people do it just for fun.

ShowgirlsThe women of Scores teach you how to please and tease your partner in the 5 minute Lap Dance Tutorial feature.

Behind the scenes footage and storyboards are presented for a number of scenes in A Showgirls Diary.

The disc also includes the original theatrical trailer and a DVD copy of the film that has a few additional extras.

Showgirls is certainly a movie that is not for everyone, but will no doubt appeal to some.

The MGM Home Entertainment Blu-ray release is a faithful representation of the movie with a selection of suitably themed extras and behind the scenes supplements to boot.

The retail price is $29.99, or order it right now at Amazon for $22.99, saving 23%!

Extras:

  • Pole Dancing: Finding Your Inner Stripper
  • Lap Dance Tutorial
  • The Greatest Movie Ever Made Audio Commentary
  • Fact-Up Trivia
  • A Showgirls Diary
  • Theatrical Trailer

Synopsis:

Shocking. Titillating. “Glittery (and) gleefully vulgar” (Dayton Daily News)! It’s the ultimate in infamy… a deluxe Fully Exposed Edition bulging with more features than a lap dancer’s bustier. From the creators of Basic Instinct comes Showgirls, an “instant camp classic” (The New York Times) and a spectacularly lusty film experience no one should miss! Vegas, baby. Where the dreams and desires to make it big are as sharp as a stiletto heel. Enter Nomi (Elizabeth Berkley), a girl with the looks and drive to devour the glitz and glamour whole. When she catches the eye of Cristal (Gina Gershon), the main attraction at the Stardust stage show, Nomi is on the brink of realizing her dreams. But as she quickly bumps and grinds her way to the top, Nomi realizes that there is only room for one starlet on the marquee… and that either she or Cristal will have to take a fall!

Top Blu-ray Deals for July at Amazon

Posted in Amazon Bargains on July 1st, 2010 by Dave

terminator2judgmentdayskynetedition.jpgTop sale titles at Amazon this week include The Day After Tomorrow, Dark City, Collateral, Mr & Mrs Smith, The Godfather and The Adventures of Robin Hood.

The recent Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Skynet Edition) release remains a great Amazon bargain, currently listed for only $10.00.

Pixar’s latest Blu-ray release Up is also a great deal - only $17.99 right now - saving 61%.

Leon: The Professional is selling well at only $10.99, saving 56%.

Save 60% off The Godfather or The Godfather Part II, both currently listed for only $11.99.

2001aspaceodyssey.jpgIf $10 is your price threshold, you can choose from 2001: A Space Odyssey , Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Mr & Mrs Smith, Dark City, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Day After Tomorrow and The Adventures of Robin Hood - saving 60% to 71% off retail.

There are lots more bargains to choose from - keep an eye on the home page for the latest popular deals at Amazon.