Blu-ray’s Dollhouse
May 15th, 2009 by Jessica Alba in 1080P
The tagline reads…”She can be anyone…except herself.” I don’t know what this TV show is about, but the more I read the more intrigued I get. Eliza Dushku stars in Joss Whedon’s new fantasy drama, Dollhouse, arriving on Blu-ray July 28th from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. The Season 1 Blu-ray collection is loaded with bonus materials including never-before-seen episode “Epitaph One” and the original unaired pilot “Echo.” Check below for the full press release from Fox covering all the juicy details I am sure you are dying to know! Continue reading ‘Blu-ray’s Dollhouse’
Steve Martin reprises his role as the hilarious Inspector Jacques Clouseau in The Pink Panther 2. The family comedy lands on Blu-ray disc this June with all new bonus materials and a digital copy to kick around. MGM Home Entertainment has set a June 23rd release date for Inspector Clouseau’s latest case of mishaps, trials and errors. The Blu-ray also contains a showcase of 27 Pink Panther cartoons. It sure sounds like this Blu-ray release is nothing to sneeze about. Check out the full press release, courtesy of MGM, below for all the details. 
“Seven years after her brother’s death, Samantha Darko is on the run…from her shattered home, from her bizarre past, and even from herself. But when she and her friend Corey are stranded in a desert town, they witness a meteorite crash that fractures time…and begins a countdown to the end of the world. Now Sam must rely on the frightening visions that plague her dreams to overcome her own dark destiny and set time back on course before everything she knows is destroyed!” Intrigued yet? Check out the latest press release from Fox about their My 12th Blu-ray release for S. Darko – A Donnie Darko Tale. 
The fourth season of Showtime’s award-winning series Weeds comes to the glorious Blu-ray format on June 2nd. The Blu-ray release will coincide with the show’s upcoming fifth season. This Blu-ray set contains all 13 episodes of the past 2008 season plus many more extras for the fans to enjoy. Make sure you check out the full press release below from Lionsgate. In addition to the 1080P presentation to be found on the Blu-ray release you can also look forward to a 7.1 PCM audio surround track. It’s great to see PCM audio again! 
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The true story that remains significant even today…The Diary of Anne Frank: The 50th Anniversary Edition is coming to the Blu-ray format this summer. The three-time Academy Award Winner arrives on Blu-ray and DVD with all-new bonus features including reflections by the film’s surviving stars and more on June 16th from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. This spcecial anniversary edition coincides with Anne Frank’s 80th Birthday. Please find the full press release below from 20th Century Fox.
Lionsgate has announced a May 26th Blu-ray release date for the romantic comedy New In Town. The film features performances by Renee Zellweger, Harry Connick Jr., Frances Conroy and J.K. Simmons. There has not been any announcement on any of the technical specs. Some of the bonus features that will be available on the Blu-ray disc can be found in the below press release from Lionsgate. This movie being hailed as “adorable,” “a sleeper hit” and “a romantic comedy for everyone.” Find out more in the below press release. 
Wow! This is going back in time to some wonderful childhood memories when I first discovered the “Muscles from Brussels,” Jean Claude Van Damme. Kickboxer was one of Van Damme’s biggest domestic box office hits. The film hit the theatres in 1987 and I remembered being glued to my television watching the VHS version of this movie over and over again, practicing Van Damme’s every move. Ahh…to be young again… Anyway, I am pleased to report that Lionsgate will be bringing Kickboxer to the Blu-ray format on June 16th as a special low priced Blu-ray. So I would not expect much in the way of any significant extras or bonus features. 
Sony Pictures has announced plans to bring the comedy Paul Blart: Mall Cop to Blu-ray on May 19th. This comedy actually exceeded the studio’s expectations by grossing over $100 million at the box office. There has not been any announcements as far as final technical specs or bonus materials, but we will keep you posted as details become available. Pre-order your copy of Paul Blart: Mall Cop , today with Amazon’s Pre-order Price Guarantee and know that 1% of your purchase will go directly to making a difference in the life of a child at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. 
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has just announced the Blu-ray release date of the third installment in the ever-popular Underworld series, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, on May 12th. The video will be presented in a 1080P AVC MPEG-4 encode with a 5.1 Dolby TrueHD surround track. The Blu-ray release will also include a digital copy of the film. Surprise, surprise..we already have confirmation of extras that will be included on the Blu-ray release. 
How’s that for a cryptic post title? Too obvious? Yeah…I thought so too. I am sorry I could not be more original. It is Friday after all. Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced that they will bring the horror remake My Bloody Valentine 3D to the Blu-ray format on May 19th. Very cool is the fact that they will include both the 2D and 3D versions of the film and of course the 3D glasses. There are no technical specs announced as of yet. It is rumored to have a 1080P AVC MPEG-4 video encode with a DTS-HD Master Audio surround track. Have a great weekend!
What a way to end the week…with some disappointing news. Fans of The Grudge will have to wait even longer now to bring home one of their favorite horror flicks on the Blu-ray format. We first learned weeks ago that Sony would bring The Grudge to Blu-ray on March 10th. I am sad to say that this is no longer the case. We just learned that Sony will be bumping the release date by more than two months to coincide with the direct-to-video release of the Grudge 3. This puts The Grudge on the Blu-ray format on May 12th. The same extras we announced before will be present on the Blu-ray release. We will see a 1080P VC-1 video encode, a 2.35:1 aspect ratio and a Dolby TrueHD 5.1 surround track. 
Rounding out the week in Blu-ray news is an announcement from Paramount listing 9 new catalog Blu-ray releases for the month of May. As of right now, none of the technical specs are known. All retailers have been notified about were the release dates of each title. So without further ado let’s announce the 8 new Paramount Blu-ray releases for the month of May. On May 5th we will see Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Grease, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and Saturday Night Fever (I’m pumped about that one!). On May 12th you can expect to see Black Sheep, Major League, Wayne’s World, Wayne’s World 2 and Without A Paddle. You would think they could have thrown an Indiana Jones title or two in there.
