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Top Gun Blu-ray delayed

By Brenden ⋅ May 2, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Uh oh. We just received word from Paramount that their upcoming May 10th release of Top Gun has been shot out of the sky, yanked from the schedule with no new release date in sight! We’ve got an email in to the studio to see if we can suss out the reason for the delay, whether it be a result of a change being made to the disc, rights issues or simply a production error in the run. We’ll keep you updated with any new info as we learn it! …Continued…

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…

Unstoppable Blu-ray Disc Review

By Brenden ⋅ March 7, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

There’s no danger of Tony Scott’s Unstoppable being nominated for any writing awards but it’s a damn fun ride that just happens to look and sound great on Blu-ray! …Continued…

Top 5 New Blu-ray releases for the Week of February 15

By Brenden ⋅ February 15, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

It’s actually another rather large week of new Blu-ray releases. No new Criterion Collection discs of which to speak but there are plenty of fantastic catalogue titles from the other studios to keep you interested. …Continued…

Top 5 New Blu-ray releases for the Week of July 6

By Brenden ⋅ July 6, 2010 ⋅ One comment

Looks like we’re back on track, over here at The Blu-ray Blog. We’ve been hack-free for several days now and finally able to begin playing catch-up on all the news and reviews we’ve had waiting in the wings for the last couple of weeks. But first, before we hit you up with any more content, take a look at all the new titles hitting shops this week. …Continued…

The Taking of Pelham 123 Blu-ray Disc Review

By Brenden ⋅ November 10, 2009 ⋅ One comment

My god, those Scott brothers have got style! Both Ridley and younger brother Tony came up to the world of feature filmmaking from advertising. They know how to be slick. They know how to sell a product. But where the former took the route of the auteur, crafting genre films like Alien and Blade Runner for the thinking-person or art student, the latter used his craft in the camera filter and the quick-cut to bring some of the most visceral action films of the last thirty years to the big screen. It’s this skill that makes Tony Scott’s re-think of The Taking of Pelham 123 so much more than the tense over-the-radio chat of the original. It’s elevated to a beautifully shot, frenetically paced thrill ride. And for the most part, it works. …Continued…

True Romance and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves on Blu-ray for Father's Day

By Brenden ⋅ February 13, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Warner Home Video is bringing us two catalogue faves for Father’s Day – Tony Scott’s True Romance and Kevin Reynolds’ Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves