The Blu-ray Cover Art Gallery for the week of the 21st of March 2010 features a lot of strong releases ranging from classics to Oscar Winners.

On the Academy Awards side we have Best Actress Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side as well as the original Toy Story which one a special achievement Oscar in 1996.

The sequel Toy Story 2 also hits shelves today.

With regard to classic cinema, Paramount has The African Queen and an African Queen Commemorative Box Set  today while Criterion Collection honours Akira Kurosawa with releases for Yojimbo and Sanjuro.

We have some quirky new titles with Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox and Anchor Bay’s The Men Who Stare at Goats on Blu-ray today.

All in all a good selection for the discerning cinemaphile and it is additionally interesting to see that most of the new release titles come with a DVD, Digital Copy or both.

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The Blu-ray Cover Art Gallery for the week of the 7th of March 2010 features the first Paramount title in a little while - Up in the Air is a great little film and well worth a look.

Other day and date titles for today from Sony and Disney both include DVD and Digital Copy, though neither Planet 51 nor Old Dogs were well received by the critics.

On the more dramatic side, Lionsgate has Precious and The Stoning of Soraya M., while Sony goes with a family movie Hachi: A Dog’s Tale and ultraviolence with The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day.

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The Blu-ray market share was at a 2010 low of 8% and the for the week ending February 21st, according to Home Media Magazine.

On the other hand the weekly revenue was still a fairly healthy $18.58M - up from last year and not bad for a week with no big releases.

The top sellers for the week were new releases - Law Abiding Citizen from Anchor Bay, followed by Halo Legends from Warner in 2nd place.

Recent releases Couples Retreat from Universal, Zombieland from Sony Pictures and last year’s Up from Disney filled out the top 5 on the chart.

The market share by title list shows why the market share was so low.

While Law Abiding Citizen managed a healthy 28% market share on Blu-ray Disc, other typically strongBlu-ray titles did quite poorly, like Up with 4%, The Hangover with 3% and Star Trek from Paramount with only 9% market share on Blu-ray Disc.

It seems likely that promotional DVD pricing helped skew these titles strongly towards DVD for the week.

Halo Legends and The Hurt Locker from Summit market share were in the 30% to 31%, which is more in line with my expectations.

Zombieland also continues to have a solid 29% market share on Blu-ray Disc

Blu-ray Cover Art Gallery for the week of the 29th of November 2009

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Best Buy has also dropped a bunch of prices for Cyber Monday, including many great bargains on Blu-ray Disc, DVD and TV on DVD.

There is a selection of sub-$10 titles, including Henry Poole Is Here, Sleepwalking, Hellraiser and Children of the Corn at only $6.99.

This sale ends tonight so get in quick if you haven’t already.

Cover Art Gallery for the week of the 18th of October 2009:

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For those who missed it last time, I see that the When We Left Earth - The NASA Missions 4-Disc Blu-ray Set is again just $19.99 at Amazon.

This is certainly an awesome deal, over 70% off the retail pricing.

Also of potential interest, The Ultimate Matrix Collection is currently only $50.99.

MGM titles Rescue Dawn and Home of the Brave are only $9.99, a full 75% off retail, as is Crash: Season 1 at $19.99!

Get them at these prices while you can and have a great weekend!

This week I am trying something new - a cover art gallery for titles released this week.

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Today is the last day for the Buy Two Get One Free sale.

Remember that the least expensive of the three selected will be free.

Prices range from $13.99 up, and there are almost 350 titles to choose from.

Titles are from Fox, Image, Sony and Paramount and include Taken, Valkyrie, Baraka, Slumdog Millionaire, Da Vinci Code, Spaceballs, Fargo and Caligula.

Choosing three at the usual 30% discount will result in 53% saving overall so be sure and check it out.

Not sure how long this will last but currently Amazon is listing The Gauntlet for only $5.99.

This 65% saving is huge, even for a budget title.

You can also get Masters of Horror: The Complete First Season for $40.99, which is just over $10 per disc.

Certainly some great deals to be had!