Where the Wild Things Are Blu-ray Disc Review

How do you take a beloved childrens book, less than 50-pages long, and turn it into a feature film that speaks to the whole family? I don’t know. And I’m not sure Where the Wild Things Are director, Spike Jonze knows either but, along with writer Dave Eggers, he sure gives it a good old college try. What results is a film that’s at the same time disturbing and wonderful. …Continued…

Top 5 New Blu-ray releases for the Week of March 2

This is a huge release week for me. One of the most important of the year. There’s not a lot hitting the shops today but a couple of films here number amongst my favourites. As always, your clicks matter. If you enjoy this weekly column and want to support it and the site, please make your purchases through our Amazon links. By doing so, you’re directly helping the The Blu-ray Blog stay alive…just like Johnny 5.

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Blu-ray Exclusive Where the Wild Things Are animated short, Higglety Pigglety Pop! detailed

Yeah! We’ve finally got some details about Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski’s animated short Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life, which will appear exclusively on the Where The WIld Things Are Blu-ray, to be released on March 2nd (as we reported in our previously article.) You can read the press release for yourself below but if you have any doubt about the skills of these animators just check out their previous film, the Oscar nominated Madame Tutli Putli embedded above for your viewing pleasure (and currently available on both the Animation Express Blu-ray and streaming on the NFB’s HD site). …Continued…

Whiteout Blu-ray Disc Review

Whiteout is the punching bag of 2009. Very few critics were able to find a kind word or two to write about the film. It sits at the bottom of the list of Rotten Tomatoes 100 worst-reviewed films of the decade after lingering in development hell since 1999 and being buried in the Warner vaults since 2007. But is it really that bad? …Continued…

Blu-ray Picks for the Week of January 19

It’s another Tuesday with another handful of great Blu-ray releases. In the mix this week we’ve got a comic book adaptation, a couple of fantastic PTA fliks and another incredible release from the Criterion Collection. As always, making a purchase through our Amazon links keeps The Blu-ray Blog on its feet and we thank you for every single one! …Continued…

Where The Wild Things Are on Blu-ray in March

Oh boy. I can’t wait for this! Warner Home Video has officially announced the March release of Where the Wild Things Are on Blu-ray! This is another one of those films that escaped me this past year, despite the fact that I’m a massive fan of the original Maurice Sendak book and love the work of director, Spike Jonze. …Continued…

Whiteout comes to Blu-ray in January

I’m a comic book geek. Have been as long as I can recall. A number of years ago a good pal of mine had the chance to work with author Greg Rucka, which provided me the impetus to finally check out some of his work. His graphic novel Whiteout illustrated by the very talented Steve Lieber won me over immediately. It’s a whodunnit in Antarctica, with a female “Dirty Harry” on the job, tasked to hunt down the killer in the cold, desolate land of ice and snow. Excellent stuff! I didn’t get a chance to see the film in the theatres but I’m anxious to check out the Blu-ray when it hits stores January 19th. Details below: …Continued…

[VIDEO] Wish List – Where the Wild Things Are Documentary – Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak Blu-ray

Oh wow! Spike Jonze has made a documentary on Maurice Sendak, the author of the book Where the Wild Things Are. Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak airs on HBO tomorrow night, October 14, in the USA, just in time to support Jonze’s adaptation of the book for the big screen! …Continued…