Top 5 New Blu-ray releases for the Week of March 9

By brenden ⋅ March 9, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Man, I can’t escape those damn Oscars!! Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in…to writing about..them? (Sigh…I shouldn’t try to be witty or cleverly try to incorporate movie quotes into these intros, should I?) There are a couple of stand-out Hollywood titles here this week, both represented at the 82nd Academy Awards. Outside of those discs and an outstanding anime on Blu debut, this is a pretty barren week. It’s days like these that make me glad I didn’t decide to make this list a Top 10 every week. …Continued…

[VIDEO] Wish List: Studio Ghibli Collection on Blu-ray

By brenden ⋅ March 1, 2010 ⋅ One comment

My Neighbour Totoro. Castle in the Sky. Kiki’s Delivery Service. These are among my favourite films of all time. And they are all newly re-released on DVD this week from Disney. …Continued…

[VIDEO] Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone Blu-ray Trailer

By brenden ⋅ February 25, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

I’m not the biggest fan of Evangelion. More of a Macross and Miyazaki guy, myself. But that doesn’t temper my enthusiasm for the upcoming Blu-ray edition of Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone. There are some reviews of the disc kicking around the net already and from all indications, this thing looks and sounds brilliant! We can all see for ourselves soon enough as this first entry in the series hits the streets in a couple of weeks, on March 9th. …Continued…

Halo Legends Blu-ray Disc Review

By brenden ⋅ February 20, 2010 ⋅ One comment

I’ve never played Halo. Hell, I don’t even own an XBOX 360 (I’m sure you all know by now that I’m strictly a PS3 guy!) So I entered into my viewing of the new Halo Legends Blu-ray as a blank slate, having no preconceived notions about the franchise. It’s an anthology of short animated tales based on the universe of the game and as such, it has it’s share of hits and misses. …Continued…

Blu-ray Picks for the Week of November 24

By brenden ⋅ November 24, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

It’s another wallet-killer this week, folks! Between these pre-holiday releases and the incredible Black Friday deals on offer at the moment our poor bank accounts don’t stand a fighting chance. …Continued…

Star Wars The Clone Wars: The Complete Season One Blu-ray Disc Review

By brenden ⋅ November 20, 2009 ⋅ One comment

The animated Star Wars The Clone Wars TV show is kind of hit and miss for me. But for some reason, most of its sins wash away or are simply forgotten with the brilliant, updated high-def presentation on the Blu-ray disc. This is the MUST HAVE holiday gift for the Star Wars fan in your life! …Continued…

[VIDEO] Wish List: Animated G.I. Joe Resolute on Blu-ray

By brenden ⋅ November 8, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Argh! This is where it’s at! Nevermind that I enjoyed the crap out of the live action G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. This animated adventure, the 58 minute G.I. Joe Resolute bests it in almost every way. Its only problems - it’s too damn short and it’s not on Blu-ray. Like I said, “Argh!” …Continued…

[Video] Wish List - Reboot on Blu-ray

By Stone ⋅ October 26, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I loved this show! Being a Canadian, I may have a special point of pride with this Canadian made show. It has pop culture references galore, all sorts of computer jokes, it’s action packed AND smart and the evolution of it’s animation quality is fun to watch. …Continued..

Blood: The Last Vampire Blu-ray Disc Review

By brenden ⋅ October 19, 2009 ⋅ One comment

I watched Blood: The Last Vampire a couple of nights ago and I’m struggling to tell you what the hell it was all about. I’ll tell you this though, it looks fantastic, sounds fantastic and has some of the coolest martial-arts that I’ve seen on screen in a long, long time. And I’ve seen a lot of martial-arts films lately! …Continued…

[VIDEO] Ghost in the Shell 2.0 Blu-ray Trailer

By brenden ⋅ October 9, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Just like the video says, we’re going to be seeing Ghost in the Shell 2.0 on Blu-ray and in stores October 26th. Unless the video is wrong and Amazon is correct. In which case, we’ll be seeing it on November 24th. Pay close attention to the newly created CGI footage that director Masamune Shirow has cut into the film. I’m not sure if it blends. If it works. But it looks pretty slick! …Continued…

Animated G.I. Joe: Resolute coming to DVD, not Blu-ray

By brenden ⋅ October 5, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments

This is me crying in my soup. I might have enjoyed myself a little bit watching G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra in the theatre but I really got a kick out of the Warren Ellis penned animated series, G.I. Joe: Resolute! This is exactly what the live-action film should have been! The sad part, the reason for my tears is that G.I. Joe: Resolute has just been announced for release, hitting shops the same day as The Rise of Cobra. But Paramount is only releasing it in a standard-def DVD edition. No Blu-ray! …Sob…

Ah well, you know what? I’ll be overjoyed to watch it on DVD (I know, strong words from a guy like me with my snobby HD tastes.) I’ve only ever seen the show on YouTube or through shifty looking downloads, so a pristine, crystal clear DVD version will be an improvement for me. Check out the details of the release: …Continued…

Ghost in the Shell, Blood: The Last Vampire on Blu-ray in November

By brenden ⋅ September 16, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Oh, wow! This is exciting. It seems that director Mamoru Oshii has reworked/remastered a bunch of scenes for his original film Ghost in the Shell, which is to see re-release on November 24 in a new 2.0 version, along with Blood: The Last Vampire on Blu-ray. I was never a huge fan of either of these films but concede that they are both visual feasts. Cool design. Great animation. Flawed scripts. Perhaps the 250 scenes-worth of reworked story and image will make me reevaluate my take on Ghost in the Shell. Check out the ads for both discs: …Continued…

[VIDEO] Star Wars: The Clone Wars Complete Season One Blu-ray and DVD Trailer

By brenden ⋅ July 30, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

It’s almost 2AM. I should be asleep already (got an early day tomorrow) but I’m so excited about this trailer for the Clone Wars Complete Season One Blu-ray that I thought I’d better shove some toothpicks under the old eyelids and get this posted for you.

This package looks fantastic! Everything we’d heard in the early rumours has come true in this release, including the digibook packaging! Look at the examples given in the trailer of the design work featured in the pages of the book! This thing looks fantastic! Exclamation mark! …Continued…

Green Lantern: First Flight Blu-ray Disc Review

By brenden ⋅ July 27, 2009 ⋅ One comment

I couldn’t help but think of Law and Order: SVU while watching Green Lantern: First Flight. And not just because the lead character is voiced by Chris Meloni, one of the cops on the hit NBC show. But because the take on the character and the group he belongs to is such that we’re meant to perceive them as being an intergalactic police force, patrolling the cosmos and protecting life from galaxy to galaxy. Cool concept. And it works. …Continued…

[VIDEO] Wish List: Marvel Anime on Blu-ray - Wolverine, Iron Man and more!

By brenden ⋅ July 25, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Ok. I really wasn’t expecting this. Marvel has teamed up renowned Japanese animation studio Madhouse (Paprika, Tokyo Godfathers) and multiple-Eagle Award winning writer Warren Ellis to create four new animated versions of classic superhero stories. The comic book publisher released trailers for two of the series, expected to begin airing in Japan next year. Check out the incredible Iron Man trailer above, and Wolverine below! Let’s hope these make their way to Blu-ray some day soon… …Continued…

Ponyo and Studio Ghibli films on Blu-ray

By brenden ⋅ July 12, 2009 ⋅ 7 comments

My favourite movie on the planet, I mean the absolute best film ever made, in my eyes is Tonari No Totoro by Hayao Miyazaki. Damn near cinematic perfection. And Miyazaki’s best work, by far. Even compared to his most recent, Ponyo, which has just been released on DVD in Japan.

How can you get Ponyo or Totoro on Blu-ray? Well, you can’t. Not yet anyway. …Continued…

Monsters vs. Aliens Blu-ray Details and Package Art

By brenden ⋅ July 10, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

So much stuff to get to today! I’m gonna keep my blethering short and sweet in an effort to get as much news out to you as possible.

And top of the list today, is some animation news. Paramount and Dreamworks have previously announced the release date of Monsters vs. Aliens but now they’ve given us the full details for the Blu-ray disc. The really interesting thing about this release is the lack of 3-D on the feature. …Continued…

Blood: The Last Vampire (2009 - Live Action) Coming to Blu-ray in October

By brenden ⋅ July 3, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Can’t say I was a huge fan of the 2000 animated version of Blood: The Last Vampire. I mean, I really wanted to like it. I tried. But it just came up short for me. And I’m not referring to the 48 minute runtime here. The film just left me wanting. I loved Production I.G.’s animation. Blood looked great. It just didn’t feel like a great vampire story to me.

That being said, I am kind of excited to check out the Blood: The Last Vampire live action film when it opens in theatres here, in Canada (perhaps it’ll be playing at the Fantasia Film Fest in the next couple of weeks?) Despite the film only just making it’s cinematic debut overseas, the Japanese Blu-ray release has already been announced. The Asian Blu-ray Guide got the scoop today: …Continued…

Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season One Blu-ray Box details emerge

By brenden ⋅ June 30, 2009 ⋅ 9 comments

We’ve known for some time now that Lucasfilm was planning a boxed-set of the first season episodes for release on Blu-ray (they’ve been releasing random collections of episodes on DVD), most likely hitting store shelves sometime this fall. And now, thanks to a scooper on the forums of Blu-ray.com we’ve got our first look at what we can expect from the set.

He notes that the discs will include: …Continued…

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies comes to Blu-ray September 29 (Updated with Package Art)

By brenden ⋅ June 29, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I love waking up to a good press release!

Warner Home Entertainment has forwarded details of their upcoming Superman/Batman: Public Enemies film, coming to Blu-ray and DVD on September 29. Too bad they left out the package art. Weird. They had it plastered all over the Warner press event a couple of weeks ago. Maybe that was just a temporary tease. Dunno.

Sigh

I’ll post it up here when they get their act together.

In good news: KEVIN CONROY AS BATMAN! TIM DALY AS SUPERMAN! CLANCY BROWN AS LEX LUTHOR! …Continued…