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Warner Announces Observe and Report Blu-ray

Warner Home Video has announced that they will bring the Seth Rogen film ‘Observe and Report’ to Blu-ray on September 22nd, day-and-date with the DVD release. This comedy will be presented in 2.40:1 1080p AVC accompanied by a 5.1 Dolby TrueHD soundtrack….brbra href=”http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=3200″Read full article at Blu-ray.com/a Read the original article here VN:F [1.0.9_379]please wait...Rating: 0.0/5 (0 [...]

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Christmas Vacation UCE Blu-ray Delayed One Week

Warner Home Video has announced that they have delayed the Blu-ray release of ‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation: Ultimate Collector’s Edition’ by one week to November 3rd. No reason was given for the delay, and no technical specs or special features have been changed….brbra href=”http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=3199″Read full article at Blu-ray.com/a Read the original article here VN:F [1.0.9_379]please wait...Rating: 0.0/5 [...]

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BD Sales Information: July 20-26 (Update)

The week ended July 26 belonged clearly to Warner’s ‘Watchmen’, which was the top-selling title on Blu-ray, according to Nielsen Videoscan First Alert. The other major new entry, Universal’s stop-motion fantasy film ‘Coraline’, got in second place. The number-one title of the previous week, Lionsgate’s ‘The Haunting in Connecticut’, dropped to number 5….brbra href=”http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=3194″Read full [...]

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Paramount Gives Dance Flick BD a Headstart

Paramount Home Entertainment, recognizing Blu-ray as a growing segment of the business, has announced that it will release ‘Dance Flick’ on an unrated BD on September 8, four to eight weeks ahead of the DVD release. Special features will include outtakes, deleted scenes and an alternate ending. The DVD will initially only be available for [...]

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Exclusive Interview: Vincent Cassel of Mesrine

Blu-ray.com recently sat down with Vincent Cassel, the star of the upcoming film ‘Mesrine: Killer Instinct’, which will be released in UK theaters on August 7th. The film tells the story of gangster Jacques Mesrine, one of the France’s most notorious criminals. Almost 30 years after his death, the tale of hold ups, prison breaks, and kidnappings is reenacted [...]

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Exclusive Interviews: Lesbian Vampire Killers

Two hopeless men. One cursed village. A bus full of foreign female students. An army of salacious lesbian vampires. It’s gonna be one hell of a night! BAFTA winning comedy-duo James Corden and Mathew Horne (Gavin Stacey) decide to escape their problems and head to the countryside for a weekend of debauchery. Things don’t quite go according to [...]

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Watchmen Breaks BD Share Record with 36% Ratio

As we reported on our previous post, a full 36 percent of disc sales of Warner’s ‘Watchmen’ have been on Blu-ray. This is a record-breaking figure, even for action movies. For example, back in September 2008, ‘Iron Man’ got “only” 17% of its sales from Blu-ray. The previous BD percentage record was for ‘Quantum of Solace’, released March 24, [...]

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Natural Born Killers: DC Gets Delayed

Warner Home Video has announced that they have delayed the upcoming Blu-ray release of ‘Natural Born Killers: Director’s Cut’, which is now scheduled to hit store shelves on October 13th. Originally scheduled for an August 25th release, no reason was given for the delay, and it appears that no technical specs or special features have [...]

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Inside Sony DADC: The Birth of a Blu-ray Disc

Australian tech website news.com.au recently visited one of the Sony DADC factories that produces Blu-ray discs and got a behind-the-scenes look at the production of our favorite high definition media. Sony was gracious enough to allow them to take some photos, and they are now sharing their experience with the world….brbra href=”http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=3191″Read full article at [...]

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Magnolia Details Girlfriend Experience Blu-ray

Magnolia Home Entertainment has revealed the special features for the upcoming Blu-ray release of Steven Soderbergh’s ‘The Girlfriend Experience’, which is set to hit store shelves on September 29, day-and-date with the DVD. The disc will include an unrated alternate cut of the film, an audio commentary with Soderbergh and actress Sasha Grey, and the [...]

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