The 82nd Oscar Winners on Blu-ray

Most of the films that took home an Oscar statue are either already available on Blu-ray or have been announced to be released on the format soon ….Continued…

[VIDEO] Lost: The Complete Sixth and Final Season Blu-ray Trailer and Details

By brenden ⋅ February 12, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

That’s right, the sixth and final season of Lost has only just started airing on TV and we’ve already got a trailer for the Blu-ray boxed set! These are crazy, crazy times we live in here, folks. While final details have yet to be released by the studio, we’ve been given a preview of the special features likely to end up on the final discs. Take a look: …Continued…

Lost: The Complete Fifth Season Blu-ray Disc Review

By brenden ⋅ December 17, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Lost just about lost me. J.J. Abrams’ castaway drama had one of the strongest openings of any TV show I’ve ever seen but squandered that beginning over the ensuing couple of seasons with meandering, plotless episodes that led us further from the mystery at the heart of the show. Thankfully, things have tightened up in the last couple of years. And I’m happy to say, this fifth season of the series is the strongest ever! …Continued…

Blu-ray Picks for the Week of December 8

By brenden ⋅ December 8, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Oh, what a weird day today! Was awakened at 5AM by bad porch kitten, iPhone died around 7AM, almost choked on a Cinnamon Streusel Mini-Wheat at 9AM, now I’m left exhausted, out-of-touch and coughing, to wade through this weeks new Blu-ray releases. Thankfully, there aren’t a lot of quality discs out today (there is a whole pile of crap, direct to video kind of stuff I’ll just ignore) but the discs worth noting are most certainly worth rushing out to pick up. …Continued…

Star Trek (2009) Blu-ray Disc Review

By brenden ⋅ December 5, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

This is probably my favourite new title of the year. Yes, I’m a nerd. But while my Trek-loving tendencies may be to blame in part for my enthusiasm, this new film is so all-around entertaining that everyone I know who had a chance to see it enjoyed J.J. Abrams’ re-imagining of Star Trek immensely. I just watched the new Blu-ray edition of it and to be honest, I can’t wait to watch it again! …Continued…

[VIDEO] Star Trek Blu-ray Preview: The Gag Reel

By brenden ⋅ November 17, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Have you picked up your copy of Star Trek on Blu-ray yet? If the answer is no, allow me to introduce you to one of the multitude of fantastic special features on the disc - the gag reel. …Continued…

Blu-ray Picks for the Week of November 17

By brenden ⋅ November 17, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

It’s Tuesday and once again we’re faced with a potential wallet-emptying video store/amazon shopping experience! I hope you’ve been saving up because today is a doosey! …Continued…

[VIDEO] Star Trek (2009) Blu-ray Preview - Deleted Scene: Diora Baird as Orion Slave Girl

By brenden ⋅ November 5, 2009 ⋅ 5 comments

I’m sorry to disappoint you, skin fans. But this is the infamous Diora Baird (The Wedding Crashers, Young People Fucking) cut scene from the upcoming Star Trek Blu-ray disc. One line of dialogue. No boobs. I mean, the scene is actually pretty funny, when taken in context of the film. But I think when it was announced that she would be playing a green-skinned Orion Slave Girl in the film, a lot of you had been getting your hopes up for something more along the lines of Ms. Baird’s previous clothing-optional celluloid appearances. Sadly, this was not to be. But hey, that’s what sequels are for right? …Continued…

[VIDEO] Star Trek (2009) Blu-ray Preview - Deleted Scene: Nero vs. Klingons

By brenden ⋅ October 28, 2009 ⋅ One comment

I won’t watch this scene. Not yet. I’m waiting for the Star Trek Blu-ray to show up, so I can bury myself in it for two full weeks. I want my experience to be fresh. That being said, I’m so tempted to check out this deleted scene of Romulan ship Captain, Nero being interrogated by the Klingons! This Star Trek Blu-ray is going to be sooooo good! I apologize in advance if my review of the disc is biased in any way. It simply can’t be helped… …Continued…

Fringe: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Disc Review

By brenden ⋅ September 15, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Okay, I love this show. It may have taken damn-near the whole season to win me over completely, but they’ve got me now. I had been following it casually, checking out episodes whenever it was convenient. But now, having seen it all to the end, I have to admit that I won’t be waiting until next September to see season 2 on Blu-ray. I’ll be watching new episodes on TV every week. I’m now a Fringe-aholic. …Continued…

New Package Art for Star Trek (2009) Blu-ray

By brenden ⋅ September 4, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Ooooo. Wasn’t expecting this today. As far as news goes, this isn’t amongst the most hard-hitting or terribly exciting variety. But for crazed Star Trek fans (like me!) this is must-read news. Or must-SEE news, in this case. …Continued..

[VIDEO] Star Trek (2009) Blu-ray/DVD Trailer with Special Features Demo

By brenden ⋅ August 5, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Holy crap. I just had a nerdgasm over here. I wasn’t even hunting for this preview of the Paramount’s upcoming Star Trek Blu-ray disk but there it was, on YouTube, begging me to watch it again and again. I can not wait to get my hands on this disc! And this trailer/preview has just ramped up my anticipation ten-fold. …Continued…

Star Trek (2009) Blu-ray Package Art, Original Series: Season 2 Details (Updated with exclusive Best Buy set)

By brenden ⋅ July 24, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Ha! My Star Trek fandom knows no bounds these days! Check this out:

I was trolling Amazon today - y’know, because I don’t have enough films to watch between the stacks of screeners on my living room table and all the Fantasia Festival films I’m supposed to be covering right now - and stumbled across the Star Trek listing, which seems to feature the ACTUAL package art of the Bllu-ray release. I mean, until I get it directly from Paramount I won’t consider this confirmed but dollars to donuts, this is the real deal. …Continued…

Star Trek (2009) Blu-ray disc details, Hologram interactive package, release date confirmed (Updated with Press Release)

By brenden ⋅ July 17, 2009 ⋅ 6 comments

(UPDATE: Paramount has sent us the press release with all the discs details)

I’m not sure I even understand this announcement. There’s a hologram on the Star Trek packaging? The Blu-ray box offers us an “augmented reality”? What? Huh?

So, it turns out that Paramount decided to sort-of officially announce the release date and features of the Blu-ray disc through an article in Variety last night. From the looks of things, we’re going to get the features we all expected (and that we wrote about previously) in a 1 or 2 disc DVD set and a 3 Disc Blu-ray set on November 17. Awesome! But I’ve gotta say, I’m pretty confused about the holographic “augmented reality” thing. Why don’t I just let Variety describe it to you: …Continued…

Star Trek (2009) Blu-ray Deleted Scenes Described in Detail

By brenden ⋅ July 1, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Harry Barber over at TNMC got his hands on a version of JJ Abrams’ Star Trek script. From the description he gives, it doesn’t sound like the shooting script (there’s a major difference involving the death of the villain’s henchman that would have required a solid round of rewrites) but it does give us a look at what some of the deleted scenes on the Blu-ray will reveal.

I’ll run them down, one by one but you’ve got to head on over to TNMC.org and check out the rest of Harry’s article. There’s some fantastic stuff there, if you’re a Star Trek fan. What you’re about to read below is just the tip of the iceberg! …Continued…

Star Trek (2009) Blu-ray Details and Release Date Rumours

By brenden ⋅ June 24, 2009 ⋅ 5 comments

This news broke over at TrekMovie.com and was confirmed by Bill Hunt at the Digital Bits. German film sites have announced the upcoming release of JJ Abrams‘ Star Trek film on Blu-ray this October 5th and have outlined the full slate of bonus features. Everything here can be considered rumour until confirmed by Paramount with an official release announcement. Take note that release details often differ from region to region, so while this news might hold true for Germany or Europe, the North American and/or British discs may be vastly different.

The release date below can also taken lightly, as Paramount shifts their fall schedule around to accommodate the home video releases of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Monsters vs. Aliens, Imagine That and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, as well as, “a TON of big catalog titles”.

Do, however, feel free to get bat-shit excited about all the deleted scenes we’re going to see. This is the stuff everybody has been talking about and waiting for. The stuff that was excised from the film. Klingons!! Spock Prime (Leonard Nimoy) seeing his dad again!! More Kirk getting it on with the green gal!! Yeah! Life is good… …Continued…

[VIDEO] Lost Season 1 and 2 Blu-ray Trailer

By brenden ⋅ June 17, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

This summer, escape to a place of unforgettable adventure, mystery and suspense as the first two seasons of the critically acclaimed and enormously popular television series LOST arrive in all new Blu-ray Collector Editions June 16, 2009. Each episode of these already classic, Emmy® nominated seasons has been digitally remastered for the ultimate in high definition picture and sound. …Continued…

[VIDEO] Trailer for Fringe: The Complete First Season Blu-ray

By brenden ⋅ June 11, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Even though we won’t see the Fringe: Season One box-set on shelves until September, we’ve already got this spiffy little promo trailer from Warner giving it the hard pimp. This series started off slow for me but I’ve got to say, it really picks up halfway. If you manage to get in front of some Fringe episodes, stick with them. Give them a chance. They’ll work their magic on ya!

[VIDEO] Blu-ray Wish List: Star Trek Animation Nerdgasm

By brenden ⋅ June 11, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I want to see this in high-def, on my giant front projection screen. I want J.J. Abrams to watch this and go, “Holy shit! This needs to be a bonus feature on our Star Trek Blu-ray disc” I think it can happen. If we all close our eyes and pray to Kahless the Unforgettable, our nerd wish (read: MY nerd wish) may just come true! …Continued…

Fringe Season One comes to Blu-ray

By brenden ⋅ May 30, 2009 ⋅ One comment

The hit TV show from Fox comes to Blu this September