May 14th 2013 marked the Blu-ray release of the Warner Home Video title Cloud Atlas.

The film is a science fiction drama that was financed by European investors.

The overall budget was over $100M, making Cloud Atlas one of the most expensive independent films of all time.

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The 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-Man, The 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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A new 20th Anniversary Blu-ray Edition for The Fugitive has been announced by Warner Home Video, scheduled for a September 3rd, 2013 release.

This 1993 thriller film was based on the 1960s television series of the same name.

The story is about Dr. Richard Kimble, who is wrongfully convicted for his wife’s murder.

Kimble escapes from custody and sets out to prove his innocence and bring those who were responsible to justice.

As a fugitive, he is also pursued relentlessly by a team of U.S. Marshals.

The cast includes an ever popular Harrison Ford in the lead role, along with Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward, Joe Pantoliano, Andreas Katsulas and Jeroen Krabbe.

Tommy Lee Jones won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film.

The Fugitive was directed by Andrew Davis, who was also directed films like Under Siege, The Guardian, Chain Reaction, Above the Law, Collateral Damage, Code of Silence, and A Perfect Murder.

The film was met with stromg reviews, with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 94% and an IMDb score of 7.8/10.

The Fugitive was also a huge success in the cinema, earning $183.9M at the US box office, well in excess of the $44M budget.

Extras will include a new featurette called The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase, which will feature Andrew Davis, Harrison Ford, and Tommy Lee Jones, and the pilot for the television series on the WB.

The retail price is $19.98, or pre-order it from Amazon for $13.99, saving 30%!

Alternatively you can add it to your Blu-rayStats Wishlist.

Extras:

• New Featurette – The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase featuring Andrew Davis, Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones and more
• Introduction by Andrew Davis and Harrison Ford
• Commentary by Andrew Davis and Tommy Lee Jones
• On the Run with the Fugitive Behind-the-Scenes Featurette
• Derailed: Anatomy of a Train Wreck Behind-the-Scenes Featurette
• New to Release – The Fugitive (2000 WB Pilot)
• Theatrical Trailer

Synopsis:

Catch him if you can. The Fugitive is on the run! Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones race through the breathless manhunt movie inspired by the classic TV series. Ford is prison escapee Dr. Richard Kimble, a Chicago surgeon falsely convicted of killing his wife and determined to prove his innocence by leading his pursuers to the one-armed man who committed the crime. Jones (the 1993 Academy Award Golden Globe and Los Angeles Film Critics Award winner as Best Supporting Actor) is Sam Gerard, an unrelenting bloodhound of a U.S. marshal. They are hunted and hunter. And as directed by Andrew Davis (Under Siege), their nonstop chase has one exhilarating speed: all-out.

A 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 Gladiator, Chinatown, 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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The 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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April 23rd, 2013 marked the Blu-ray release for the Warner Home Video action crime thriller Gangster Squad.

The movie is loosely based on the secret exploits of a number of Los Angeles police officers who battled organised crime.

Mickey Cohen was the main focus of the team, and this rivalry is the basis of the story.

The film was originally set to be released late 2012, but was moved to 2013 in the wake of the Aurora shooting.

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Another quiet week in the Blu-ray Cover Art Gallery this week, where the top seller is the new Blu-ray 3D release for Jurassic Park from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

Universal also has the spoof comedy A Haunted House and Gus Van Sant’s Promised Land this week.

Warner Home Video has their 40′s crime movie Gangster Squad this week and Summit Entertainment has tsunami drama The Impossible.

Over to indies and classics, watch for Ken Burns’ The Central Park Five from PBS Home Video, as well as Laurence Olivier’s Richard III and the Pierre Etaix Collection from Criterion Collection.

Olive Films has a bunch of John Wayne movies this week, including The Fighting Seabees, as well as Hal Hartley’s Flirt this week.

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This 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 Life, One 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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The 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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More 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 Park, The 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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