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September 28th, 2020 by Adam Toroni-Byrne
Director Michael Mann’s intense thriller COLLATERAL arrives on 4K Ultra HD for the first time ever when the new 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo debuts December 8, 2020 from Paramount Home Entertainment.
Remastered under the supervision of the director, this new 4K Ultra HD presentation features HDR (High Dynamic Range) for more detail, brightness, vivid color, and greater contrast. The Blu-ray in the Combo Pack is also remastered, offering an exceptional viewing experience.
Continue reading ‘Collateral Thrills on 4K Blu-ray December 8th!’
September 25th, 2020 by Brandon Peters
This fall, brace yourself for the long-awaited Hammer cult film classic arrives on Blu-ray. On November 10, 2020, SCREAM FACTORY is excited to present the highly sought-after classic THE BRIDES OF DRACULA Collector’s Edition Blu-ray. Directed by Terence Fisher (The Curse of Frankenstein) and produced by Anthony Hinds (The Phantom of the Opera), this chilling horror classic stars Peter Cushing (Star Wars Episode IV – A New Hope), Freda Jackson (Clash of the Titans), Martita Hunt (Great Expectations), and Yvonne Monlaur (License to Kill). A must-have for movie collectors and loyal fans of Hammer Films, this definitive release contains special bonus content, including new 2K scan of the interpositive, new audio commentary with author/film historian Steve Haberman and filmmaker/film historian Constantine Nasr, new featurettes, and much more! Continue reading ‘THE BRIDES OF DRACULA – Collector’s Edition Stakes November 10th As A Release Date!’
September 24th, 2020 by Adam Toroni-Byrne
A young Brooklyn couple (Sunita Mani, “Glow” and John Reynolds, “Stranger Things”) heads to an upstate cabin to unplug from their phones and reconnect with each other. Blissfully unaware of their surroundings, they are left to their own devices as the planet falls under attack.
Continue reading ‘SAVE YOURSELVES! On Blu-ray this October!’
September 24th, 2020 by Gerard Iribe
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – Kevin Costner leads a sensational cast as the Dutton family returns in “YELLOWSTONE” Season 3, arriving on Blu-ray and DVD December 8, 2020 from Paramount Home Entertainment. A limited-edition DVD gift set of the first three seasons will also be available December 8, featuring 12 discs, collectible packaging, and a set of four themed drink coasters. The “YELLOWSTONE” Season 3 three-disc Blu-ray and four-disc DVD sets offer all 10 hour-long episodes from the third season, plus over four hours of special features including a never-before-seen featurette detailing the making of the season with inside looks from Kevin Costner and Taylor Sheridan; an exploration of the series with director Stephen Kay; and an interview with special effects supervisor Garry Elmendorf about his team’s work on the show. Continue reading ‘‘Yellowstone’ Season 3 on Blu-ray/DVD December 8!’
September 24th, 2020 by Gerard Iribe
RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, will release the thriller SPREE on October 20, 2020 on DVD and Blu-ray. SPREE is directed by Eugene Kotlyarenko (Wobble Place, 0s & 1s) from a script co-written by Kotlyarenko and Gene McHugh. The film features an all-star cast led by Joe Keery (“Stranger Things”), Sasheer Zamata (“Saturday Night Live”), David Arquette (Scream franchise), Kyle Mooney (Brigsby Bear, “Saturday Night Live”), Mischa Barton (“The O.C.”), Frankie Grande (“Style Code Live”), and John DeLuca (Teen Beach Movie franchise). RLJE Films will release SPREE on DVD for an SRP of $27.97 and on Blu-ray for an SRP of $28.96. Continue reading ‘‘Spree’ on Blu-ray October 20, 2020!’
September 23rd, 2020 by Brandon Peters
Yabba-dabba-doo! America’s favorite modern stone-age family, The Flintstones, is coming to Blu-ray™! Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will release all six seasons of the classic, animated Hanna-Barbera television series in one set on October 27, 2020. Enjoy prehistoric fun in high-definition with 166 episodes featuring the lovable caveman Fred Flintstone and his wife Wilma, and their neighbors Barney and Betty Rubble as they embark on entertaining adventures in their home town of Bedrock. Titled The Flintstones: The Complete Series, this collection also features two bonus movies, including The Man Called Flintstone and The Flintstones and WWE: Stone Age Smackdown! The Flintstones: The Complete Series will be available October 27th.
. Continue reading ‘Meet THE FLINTSTONES In The Complete Series Blu-ray October 27th!’
September 22nd, 2020 by Gerard Iribe
RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, will release Season 2 of the AMC series NOS4A2 on October 20, 2020 on DVD and Blu-ray. Based on the highly acclaimed best-selling novel by Joe Hill (Horns), the horror thriller television series premiered the first season on AMC on June 6, 2019 as the second-best cable debut of the year. The second season returned to AMC on June 1, 2020 and was also simulcast on BBC America. The show stars Ashleigh Cummings (“Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries”), Zachary Quinto (“American Horror Story”), Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (“True Detective”), Jahkara J. Smith (Into The Dark), Ebon Moss-Bachrach (“Girls”) and Virginia Kull (“Big Little Lies”). RLJE Films will release NOS4A2 SEASON 2 on DVD for an SRP of $39.98 and on Blu-ray for an SPR of $44.98. Continue reading ‘‘NOS4A2’ Season 2 on Blu-ray October 20, 2020!’
September 22nd, 2020 by Brandon Peters
Greetings! Tis your favorite Blu-ray reviewer here on the site not named Gerard Iribe. I wanted to share with you the launch of my brand new podcast, THE BRANDON PETERS SHOW! Yesterday, the first episode was released to the world, but I felt today might be the more apt day to introduce it to the Why So Blu-0-sphere. Having amassed over 1,300 Blu-ray reviews here on this site, my passion for the media is one I’m always wanting to find new was to explore and promote. And with this podcast, I’m going to sink my teeth into that side of me a bit more. After the first episode and an interview I just did last night to promote the show on Flappers Comedy Club’s “Talkin’ Talkies”, its been readily apparent that my old days of DVD & Quality Control are hitting a nostalgic reflection with The Brandon Peters Show. Now, quite yapping and tell me why it is that you think I’m over here on the Blu-ray spec review site and interesting this podcast? Continue reading ‘Introducing THE BRANDON PETERS SHOW!’
September 21st, 2020 by Adam Toroni-Byrne
Just in time for the holidays, 4K and Blu-ray fans rejoice! Relive some of Eddie Murphy’s most hilarious films at home before Coming 2 America debuts! Just as if a prayer has been answered we are being graced with some new definitive editions of some Eddie Murphy classics! Check below for more on the 4 films coming to 4K Blu-ray and Paramount Presents Blu-ray and be sure to click the paid Amazon links for each title to get your copies!
Continue reading ‘“That Boy Good!!” 4 Eddie Murphy Classics headed to 4K and Paramount Presents, 12/1!!’
September 21st, 2020 by Adam Toroni-Byrne
Prepare to step back in time and experience 1930s Los Angeles noir in HBO’s critically acclaimed period drama Perry Mason: The Complete First Season, available on Blu-ray™ and DVD December 1, 2020 from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Praised by critics and viewers, consumers will be able to own all eight episodes of the series’ exciting debut season along with bonus content. Perry Mason: The Complete First Season is priced to own at $24.98 SRP ($29.98 in Canada) for the DVD and $29.98 SRP ($39.99 in Canada) for the Blu-ray™ which includes a Digital Code (US Only). Perry Mason: The Complete First Season is also available to own on Digital via purchase from digital retailers.
Continue reading ‘Perry Mason is On The Blu-ray Case, December 1st!’
September 21st, 2020 by Gerard Iribe
Ronny Yu (The Phantom Lover; Warriors Of Virtue; The Bride of Chucky) directs The Bride with White Hair; a highly operatic fable based on a well-known martial arts novel with Leslie Cheung (A Better Tomorrow; Farewell, My Concubine) and Brigitte Lin (Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain; Police Story) as doomed lovers caught in the crossfire of warring clans. Cheung plays Zhuo Yihang, a rebellious but extremely talented swordsman of the Wudang Sect (aka the Wu-Tang Clan, a fictional martial arts sect that appears in many wuxia novels and films). One day he meets and falls in love with Lian Nichang (Lin), the adopted daughter of a rival cult led by the villainous Ji Wushuang. Zhuo convinces Lian to leave the cult to be with him, a decision which will ultimately lead to death and betrayal. With beautiful cinematography by Peter Pau (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) and over-the-top action sequences, The Bride with White Hair is one of the best swordplay fantasy films ever made, and Eureka Classics is proud to present the film from a brand new 4K restoration in its UK debut on Blu-ray. Continue reading ‘‘The Bride with White Hair’ on Blu-ray November 9, 2020!’
September 19th, 2020 by Gerard Iribe
RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, will release the thriller THE OWNERS on October 20, 2020 on DVD and Blu-ray. THE OWNERS stars Maisie Williams (“Game of Thrones,” The New Mutants), Sylvester McCoy (The Hobbit franchise, “Doctor Who”), Jake Curran (“Spotless”, Stardust), Ian Kenny (Solo: A Star Wars Story, Sing Street), Andrew Ellis (Teen Spirit, “This Is England”), and Rita Tushingham (“The Pale Horse,” Vera). The film is directed by Julius Berg (“The Forest,” “Mata Hari”) who co-wrote the film with Matthieu Gompel (The Dream Kids). RLJE Films will release THE OWNERS on DVD for an SRP of $27.97 and Blu-ray for an SRP of $28.96.
Continue reading ‘‘The Owners’ on Blu-ray October 20, 2020!’
September 17th, 2020 by Brandon Peters
The beloved anvil-armed sailor of the seven seas comes magically to life in POPEYE, arriving on Blu-ray for the first time ever December 1, 2020 from Paramount Home Entertainment. Starring the incomparable Robin Williams in his first big-screen role and Shelley Duvall as his devoted sweetie, Olive Oyl, the delightful musical celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, having debuted in theaters back on December 12, 1980.
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Continue reading ‘POPEYE Celebrates 40 Years With A Blu-ray Release!’
September 17th, 2020 by Brandon Peters
From the renowned animation powerhouse Production I.G. (Psycho-Pass, Ghost in the Shell, Attack on Titan) and director Kazuto Nakazawa (Parasite Dolls, animation director of Kill Bill: Vol. 1) comes the popular action suspense anime series, B: THE BEGINNING. Directed by Nakazawa and Yoshinobu Yamakawa (Little Busters!), this gripping, character-driven crime procedural uniquely blends the visual marvel of anime, dystopian sci-fi supernatural fantasy, and gritty mystery narrative in equal measures. The series music is composed by Yoshihiro Ike (Blood: The Last Empire, Tiger & Bunny), with the theme song provided by former Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman. Hailed by anime enthusiasts and worldwide fans for its distinctive genre-bending storytelling, B: THE BEGINNING SEASON ONE arrives on national home entertainment shelves and digital download to own on October 6, 2020 from Shout! Factory, in collaboration with Anime Limited. Debuting for the first time on North American home entertainment shelves, B: THE BEGINNING SEASON ONE Blu-ray Combo Pack (Blu-ray + DVD) collects all twelve thrilling episodes (both versions – the original Japanese audio with English subtitles and the English dub), a mini-poster, two art cards, and insightful bonus content featuring the pilot film that inspired the series, a special video interview with director Kazuto Nakazawa, and more. The English dub boasts a popular voice cast of Johnny Yong Bosch, Allegra Clark, Ray Chase, Brianna Knickerbocker, among other notables! Continue reading ‘Edgy, Suspense Series B: THE BEGINNING – THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION Arrives From Shout! Factory October 6th!’
September 15th, 2020 by Aaron Neuwirth
This December, the Criterion Collection welcomes the monumental first feature that kick-started twenty-first-century Mexican cinema with an electrifying jolt: Alejandro González Iñárritu’s blistering Amores Perros will appear in an edition featuring a new 4K restoration, along with extensive new interviews with the cast and crew and programs on the making of the film. David Cronenberg’s icily erotic treatise on sex and car crashes, the ever-controversial J.G. Ballard adaptation Crash, will make its Blu-ray debut. And that’s not all: William Greaves’s brilliant, docufictional meta landmark Symbiopsychotaxiplasm and Robert Bresson’s searing portrait of adolescent desperation Mouchette will both appear on Blu-ray for the first time.
Continue reading ‘Cronenberg, Iñárritu, Bresson & More Coming to The Criterion Collection December 2020’
September 11th, 2020 by Gerard Iribe
RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, will release the documentary/horror series ELI ROTH’S HISTORY OF HORROR SEASON 1 on October 6, 2020 on DVD and Blu-ray. The series originally aired on AMC Networks in 2018 as part of the AMC Visionaries series. The documentary is directed by Award-winning horror film director Eli Roth (Cabin Fever, The Green Inferno) and written by Kurt Sayenga (“Breakthrough”, “Origins: The Journey of Humankind”), and features interviews with the who’s who of horror movies and television, including Author Stephen King (“Creepshow”, “The Shining”), Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood, Kill Bill franchise), Greg Nicotero (“The Walking Dead”, “Watchmen”), Rob Zombie (House of 1000 Corpses, Guardians of the Galaxy, ), Linda Blair (The Exorcist), Slash (Guns N’ Roses), Robert Englund (A Nightmare on Elm Street), Tippi Hedren (The Birds, Marnie), Haley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense), Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings trilogy), and David Arquette (Scream franchise). RLJE Films will release ELI ROTH’S HISTORY OF HORROR SEASON 1 on DVD for an SRP of $34.97and Blu-ray for an SRP of $39.98.
Continue reading ‘‘Eli Roth’s History of Horror’ Season 1 on Blu-ray October 6!’
September 10th, 2020 by Adam Toroni-Byrne
The multiple Emmy® and Golden Globe® Award-winning miniseries from HBO, Chernobyl, will be released on 4K Ultra HD Blu-rayTM Combo Pack by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Available on December 1, 2020, Chernobyl features an ensemble cast that includes Jared Harris (The Crown, Mad Men), Stellan Skarsgård (Melancholia, Good Will Hunting) and Emily Watson (Hillary and Jackie, Breaking the Waves).
Continue reading ‘Chernobyl Finally Makes The Jump To 4K UHD Blu-ray, December 1st!’
September 10th, 2020 by Brandon Peters
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment announced today that DC’s V for Vendetta, 2005’s thought-provoking action thriller from the creators of The Matrix trilogy, will be released on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack and Digital HD on November 3rd, 2020. From producer Joel Silver, V for Vendetta was written and produced by the Wachowskis (The Matrix Trilogy), and stars Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving. The film was directed by James McTeigue (Ninja Assassin).
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. Continue reading ‘Remember, Remember, The V FOR VENDETTA 4K UHD Blu-ray Arrives The 3rd Of November!’
