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…

National Film Board of Canada streams films in HD

Well, will you look at that. Seems my country is on a role this year, finally doing something noteworthy online! The National Film Board of Canada (or NFB if you live around these here parts, ONF if you speak French) has had a great year, getting thousands of their films up online for viewing through their site or their awesome iPhone app. And today, they’ve proudly ventured into the land of HD. …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…