Cover Art Gallery for the week of 4th of October 2009:
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Cover Art Gallery for the week of 27th of September 2009:
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Cover Art Gallery for the week of 20th of September 2009:
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I see an interesting article over at Yahoo about Disney’s plans to add DVD copies and/or Digital Copies of movies along with the Blu-ray Disc release.
Perhaps of more interest is the revelation of many of Disney’s upcoming release plans for 2009.
Looks like we can expect Walt Disney’s animated classic Pinocchio: 70th Anniversary Platinum Edition in March and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Platinum Edition in October.
From Pixar we can expect Monsters Inc. and A Bugs Life.
Other titles to expect include Microcosmos, Rounders 10th Anniversary Edition, Lost: The Complete First and Second Seasons, Sin City, Sling Blade, The Greatest Game Ever Played, Pulp Fiction Special Edition and Good Will Hunting Special Edition.
I must say that I am really looking forward to quite a number of these releases!
This is an exciting week for releases on Blu-ray Disc, with the first Universal Studios titles arriving at retailers and etailers alike.
Universal Pictures is releasing titles from their Mummy franchise - The Mummy, The Mummy Returns and The Scorpion King - all of which are $19.95 at Amazon.
There 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…
I am currently in Japan so I apologize for the summary posts this week. Assuming I get a chance to look around I hope to post some first hand impressions of the Blu-ray retail scene here later in the week.
It appears that Dirty Harry will be one of the ‘book-like’ Blu-ray releases from Warner, based on the artwork presented on the Amazon page. Personally I am very excited about the Dirty Harry releases, though I will most likely go for the Box Set.
In new release news we see Sony announcing Anger Management (already up for pre-order at Amazon) and Image Entertainment announced the Discovery Channel series Fearless Planet and Mariah Carey’s The Adventures of Mimi which has been available for pre-order for a while now.
Sony has announced the release of Francis Ford Coppola’s most recent film, Youth Without Youth, for Blu-ray release Day and Date with DVD May 13th, priced at $38.96.
Francis Ford Coppola returns with a new film about growing young. A bolt of lightning strikes Dominic Matei (Tim Roth) so close to death that he begins to age backwards. When he grows from 70 to 40 in a week, he draws the attention of the Nazis and the world. Now he’s running for his life with a new love and no hope of knowing his phenomenal fate.
Extras include:
We see new information on a few releases at High Def Digest today.
Sony announced that Steep will feature 1080p/AVC MPEG-4 video and English Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Surround audio (48kHz/24-bit). Extras include an audio commentary and Q&A with director Mark Obenhaus and skiers Ingrid Backstrom and Andrew McLean, two photo montages, and an interview with the late Doug Coombs. The street date for the Blu-ray edition is now March 25th.
From New Line we get a Day and Date with DVD release of The Orphanage. The disc features original Spanish language audio in DTS-HD Lossless Master Audio 7.1 Surround, along with English and Spanish subtitles. Extras include a suite of four featurettes (”When Laura Grew Up: Constructing The Orphanage,” “Horror in the Unknown: Make-Up,” “Rehearsal Studio,” “About the Filmmakers”), a still gallery and theatrical trailers.
Tai Seng canceled the HD DVD release of Dragon Tiger Gate, and announced that it will instead issue the title on Blu-ray May 27th with a retail of $29.95. The BD-50 dual-layer release will feature a Cantonese 7.1 Surround track, additional English and Mandarin 5.1 mixes, and 1080p video. Supplements include an audio commentary with the filmmakers, a “making of” documentary, eight additional featurettes, deleted scenes, a still gallery, and domestic and international theatrical trailers.
Sony has announced new details for the Dogma release on Blu-ray Disc. Kevin Smith’s (Clerks, Chasing Amy) edgy comic fantasy about two fallen angels seeking re-entry to Heaven is brought back to life in this high-definition Blu-ray Disc™ edition with bonus features including 100 minutes of deleted scenes, cast and crew commentaries, and much more. Dogma is scheduled for March 11, 2008 with an SRP of $28.95.
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