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Father’s Day Gift Guide 2011

By Brenden ⋅ June 17, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

I’ve got two questions for you – what are you getting your dad for father’s day, and does he like movies? If you answered “I don’t know” and “yes, he does” to those questions, The Blu-ray Blog has got just the thing to help you make your old man’s special day a little more Blu.

Top 10 New Blu-ray releases for the Week of June 14

By Brenden ⋅ June 14, 2011 ⋅ One comment

This weeks new Blu-ray releases include ‘BATTLE: LOS ANGELES’ and ‘HEAVY METAL’ from Sony, ‘THE MAKIOKA SISTERS’ and ‘INSIGNIFICANCE’ from Criterion, ‘THE DECLINE OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE’ from eOne, ‘THE CINCINNATI KID’, ‘HARRY POTTER: UCE’, ‘RED RIDING HOOD’ and ‘POINT BREAK’ from Warner, ’36TH PRECINCT’ from Palisades Tartan and many, many more!

Top 10 New Blu-ray releases for the Week of May 24

By Brenden ⋅ May 24, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

This weeks new Blu-ray releases include ‘THE GREAT DICTATOR’ and ‘SOLARIS’ from Criterion, ‘PLATOON’ and ‘TIGERLAND’ from Fox/MGM, ‘PAPILLON’, ‘GRAND PRIX’, ‘GETTYSBURG’, ‘GODS AND GENERALS’, ‘MAVERICK’ and ‘WILD WILD WEST’ from Warner, ‘LE MANS’ from Paramount, ‘I AM NUMBER FOUR’ and ‘GNOMEO & JULIET’ from Disney and many, many more!

May Blu-ray Catalogue titles from Paramount: Top Gun, The Firm, Le Mans, Beverly Hills Cop

By Brenden ⋅ April 3, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Wow. I had gotten used to Paramount releasing only one, maybe two or three Blu-ray discs a month but May is shaping up to be a wallet-killer from the studio! In addition to the four Western Blu-ray titles we told you about earlier, Paramount will also be unleashing high-def versions of four top films from their catalogue next month: the 25th Anniversary release of Tony Scott‘s Top Gun, The Firm, Le Mans and the always-entertaining Beverly Hills Cop. Perhaps this is a sign of better things to come – the end of the single-Blu-ray-release-a-month era. Perhaps 2011 is the year the studio will make a firm commitment to bring a greater bounty of its titles from years past to Blu. One can only hope. …Continued…

Top 5 New Blu-ray releases for the Week of February 16

By Brenden ⋅ February 17, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Oh geez. I can’t afford this. Nobody can afford this. This is an inordinate amount of awesomeness for one week. Three Criterion discs, three classics from Studio Canal, a Scorsese, an anime anthology, Audrey Tautou and faux-vintage blaxploitation. How’s a guy supposed to pick a top five out of all this greatness?! Sigh…I’m going to cheat, that’s how. …Continued…

New Criterion Blu-ray Announcements: Hunger, Lola Montès, Revanche

By Brenden ⋅ November 16, 2009 ⋅ One comment

It’s another one of those magnificent Mondays where the Criterion Collection reveals another series of additions to their line up of glorious Blu-ray discs. Details and trailers below: …Continued…

The Towering Inferno Blu-ray Disc Review

By Brenden ⋅ July 13, 2009 ⋅ One comment

I’m not a disaster movie kind of guy. I’ve been dreading the day that I’d have to sit down with one of these films and look at it with a critical eye. Imagine my surprise when The Towering Inferno kept me interested for it’s entire 2 hour, 45 minute runtime! …Continued…

Details: Fox's The Towering Inferno on Blu-ray

By Brenden ⋅ May 13, 2009 ⋅ One comment

A Towering Inferno of Special Features!