Blu-Ray

Sam May 13, 2009 Leave a Comment

“Big Trouble in Little China” Heads to Blu-Ray

The John Carpenter/Kurt Russell 1980s classic, “Big Trouble in Little China,” is headed to blu-ray. That’s right, you’ll soon be able to enjoy Jack Burton, the Pork Chop Expres and Kim Cattrall acting like a reporter in true HD. Here’s the full specs for the movie:

Feature (Theatrical version and an extended cut)

Commentary by Carpenter and Kurt Russell

9 deleted scenes

1 extended ending

Vintage featurette

Music video

Richard Edlund interview

Trailers

6 TV Spots

Behind-the-scenes gallery

Not too shabby. “Big Trouble” gets the Blu treatement August 4th.

Filed Under: Movies, News Tagged: Big Trouble in Little China, Blu-Ray, John Carpenter, Kim Cattrall, Kurt Russell

Vatche February 25, 2009 Leave a Comment

7 Essential Blu-Ray Titles

Band of Brothers

So, you’ve got a blu-ray player, now what? With some help from some friends (and Sam who is also a friend), we’ve put together a list of essential, must own blu-ray titles. We tried to mix it up with old and new, so take a look, and feel free to chime in with your own recommendations:
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Filed Under: Feature, Movies Tagged: Blu-Ray, bluray, Dark Knight, essential, Iron Man, LA confidential, must own, shawshank, There Will Be Blood

Sam January 8, 2009 Leave a Comment

Ghostbusters Coming to Blu-Ray

You probably will be hearing screams of delight across the country the next couple of days. The screams come after it was announced that ‘Ghostbusters’ is coming to Blu-Ray DVD.

June 6, 2009 is the release date, so, mark your calendars now. What will be on the disc? Good question. Here’s the rundown, starting with the all new features created for this DVD:

* Digitally Mastered Audio and Video
* Slimer Mode: Picture-in-Picture Graphical Viewing Experience with an examination of the spook-hunters’ firehouse headquarters, an in-depth exploration of the creatures in the Ghostbusters mythology, behind-the-scenes discussions of making the movie, new cast, crew and special effects artists interviews and much more!
* Featurette: Ecto-1: Resurrecting the Classic Car
* Ghostbusters Garage: Ecto-1 Gallery
* Collectible 32 Page Scrapbook

Additional Special Features

* Filmmakers’ Commentary with Ivan Reitman, Harold Ramis and Joe Medjuck
* Featurette: 1984 – The Making of Ghostbusters – Interviews with the cast and crew
* Featurette: Interviews with Cast and Crew
* Featurette: SFX Team – Includes Before and After Multi-Angle Explorations
* Scene Cemetery – 10 Deleted Scenes
* Audio: English, Spanish (Castilian), French (Parisian), Portuguese (Brazil)
* Subtitles: English, Spanish (Latin Am), French (Parisian), Portuguese (Brazil), Dutch, Arabic
* Storyboard Comparisons
* Closed Captioned

Filed Under: Movies, News Tagged: Bill Murray, Blu-Ray, Dan Akroyd, Ghostbusters, Harold Ramis, Ivan Reitman

Vatche August 21, 2008 Leave a Comment

Paramount Gives Blu-Ray Rebate Incentive

Paramount is joining the Blu-ray front full force, offering consumers a financial incentive for making the switch to the format. The studio will give consumers a $10 rebate for certain library titles, including ‘The Godfather,’ and ‘Transformers,’ through the holiday season.

The promotion starts September 2nd, and other studios are likely to follow suit. Ever since winning the battle against HD-DVD in January, the number of adopters has slowed. Analysts were predicting at least $1 Billion in sales for the player, but sales have barely passed $300 million.

‘The Godfather’ has seen a restoration for Blu-Ray, and will carry a price tag of $120 dollars. Yeah, I think my DVD copy serves me just fine until that price drops.

Filed Under: Movies, News Tagged: Blu-Ray, Paramount

Sam June 19, 2008 Leave a Comment

Bond Comes to Blu-Ray

High Def Digest is reporting that MGM/UA is prepping six James Bond films for Blu-Ray DVD this fall, in anticipation of the latest movie, ‘Quantum of Solace.’

The films set for the high-def upgrade are, ‘Dr. No,’ ‘From Russia With Love,’ ‘Thunderball,’ ‘Live and Let Die,’ ‘For Your Eyes Only,’ and ‘Die Another Day.’

Wait, ‘Die Another Day?’ Really? That’s the best you can do? ‘Die Another Day?’ The one with an invisible car? Aaaaagggghhh… I mean, hell, why not rush out ‘Moonraker?’ Sweet Jesus, why? At least it’s a start.

For me, the James Bond series is cinematic comfort food. I know every line and every scene, but love them dearly. The Bond enthusiasm is running especially high at the moment, as it’s the 100th birthday celebration for Ian Flemming, creator of Bond. There’s the new book and the upcoming movie. And Daniel Craig has probably been the best Bond since, dare I say it? George Lazenby.

No matter what the movies are, I know I’ll buy them. Yeah, I’m a sucker. -Sam

Filed Under: Movies, News Tagged: Blu-Ray, James Bond

Sam June 9, 2008 Leave a Comment

Godfather? Blu-Ray?

DVD news site The Digital Bits had a link up this morning to a site called Blocks & Files. The article is all about storage and media and is kinda boring. However, there’s one interesting paragraph. Here’s an exerpt:

The beautifully restored Godfather trilogy will be re-released in September, prompting, no doubt, hundreds of thousands of DVD sales and, hopefully, Blu-ray disk sales as well. Only with Blu-ray will the full richness of tone and detail in Coppola’s masterpiece transfer to home screens. Perhaps this will be the Blu-ray offer that home movie screen viewers cannot refuse.

Really? September? I cannot wait. Read the whole article here.

Filed Under: Movies, News Tagged: Blu-Ray, Godfather

Sam May 8, 2008 Leave a Comment

Criterion Goes Blu-Ray

The Criterion Collection, arguably one of the best DVD companies out there has announced that they will start releasing movies on high definition Blu-Ray Discs this fall. The initial list of high-def releases are as follows: [Read more...]

Filed Under: Movies, News Tagged: Blu-Ray, Criterion, High Definition

Vatche April 30, 2008 Leave a Comment

Paramount to Finally Release Blu-Ray Titles

Paramount the only hold out formerly of the HD-DVD camp will be releasing its first Blu-Ray title next month.

The first to be released are Bee Movie. Face/Off, and Next. Apparently, Blu-Ray owners really want Nicholas Cage movies before more important Paramount titles like Indiana Jones, or Taxi Driver.

The last HD-DVD titles released by Paramount came out March 4th, and were in the bargain 40% bin immediately.

As a former HD-DVD supporter, these blu-ray stories come at me like a reminder of a loss of a loved one. It’s like, yep, thanks, ok….*sob*

Filed Under: Movies, News Tagged: Blu-Ray, HD-DVD, Paramount

Sam April 22, 2008 1 Comment

Netflix To Raise Fee For Blu-Ray Renters

Citing higher purchasing costs, Netflix has announced that it will raise fees for those who rent Blu-Ray DVDs through the popular on-line rental website.

In a first quarter earnings conference call yesterday, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said, ‘because of the higher cost of Blu-ray and the consumer expectations around high-def content, we are planning on implementing a modest monthly premium for access to Blu-ray some time this year.’

No word on how much the premium will be.

Filed Under: Movies, News Tagged: Blu-Ray, HD-DVD, Netflix

Sam April 17, 2008 1 Comment

Universal Announces Blu-Ray Releases

Universal Studios, one of the studios who backed HDVD has announced their first releases for Blu-Ray DVD.

The studio will release ‘Doomsday’ along with 40 other titles later this year. Also on the slate for the holiday season are a bunch of the studio’s big summer releases including ‘The Incredible Hulk,’ ‘Hellboy II,’ ‘Mama Mia,’ and the fourth ‘Mummy’ movie. (Fear not, the first three ‘Mummy’ movies are also on the release schedule.)

No word on when some of the classic Universal movies will be hitting high def.

Filed Under: Movies, News Tagged: Blu-Ray, Doomsday, Hellboy II, Mama Mia, the Incredible Hulk, Universal Studios