Archive for the 'News' Category
May 7th, 2018 by Brandon Peters
Academy Award® nominee Sharon Stone (Best Actress,Casino, 1995) stars as a female gunfighter returning to a frontier town for a dueling tournament in the action-packed Western THE QUICK AND THE DEAD. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Sam Raimi (Spider-Man trilogy), Stone is supported by a trio of Oscar® winning actors: Gene Hackman (Best Actor, The French Connection, 1971; Best Supporting Actor, Unforgiven, 1992), Russell Crowe (Best Actor, Gladiator, 2000) and Leonardo DiCaprio (Best Actor, The Revenant, 2015). Sony Pictures Home Entertainment brings the cult classic to next-generation 4K Ultra HD for the first time on July 17. THE QUICK AND THE DEAD 4K Ultra HD also includes 7 never-before-seen deleted scenes, presented here for the first time. In addition, the film will also debut in 4K via participating digital platforms. Continue reading ‘THE QUICK AND THE DEAD And The 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray July 17th!’
April 30th, 2018 by Blu-ray Brian
Embrace your inner hero when “Tomb Raider” arrives onto 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack, 3D Blu-ray Combo Pack, Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD on June 12th and Digital HD May 29th. From Warner Bros. Pictures and Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures, “Tomb Raider” is a story that sets young and resolute Lara Croft on a path toward becoming a global hero. Continue reading ‘Tomb Raider Swings Into Action on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray June 12th!’
April 27th, 2018 by Jordan Grout

Olive Films have announced their May lineup! First up: Two-time Academy Award® nominee Vincent Gardenia (Supporting Actor nods for Bang the Drum Slowly – 1974 and Moonstruck – 1988) is featured in the comic free-for-all Cold Turkey. Next: Robert Wise, two-time Academy Award® winner for directing (1962 – West Side Story, shared with Jerome Robbins; 1966 – The Sound of Music) and the renowned film editor of Citizen Kane and The Magnificent Ambersons, helms the twisted film noir Odds Against Tomorrow. Lastly! A career highlight, director Roger Corman’s A Bucket of Blood has much in common with his black-humor horror flick The Little Shop of Horrors and the post-apocalyptic Sci-Fi gem Gas-s-s-s. Let’s look at these films in more detail!
Continue reading ‘OLIVE FILMS ANNOUNCES THEIR MAY RELEASES!!!!’
April 26th, 2018 by Blu-ray Brian
The action classic, DIE HARD, celebrates its 30th Anniversary with an all-new 4K Ultra HD™ re-master and Blu-ray™ available May 15 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Bruce Willis is John McClane in the film that launched the billion-dollar action franchise, DIE HARD. McClane, a New York City cop, flies to L.A. on Christmas Eve to visit his wife at a party in her company’s lavish high-rise. Plans change once a group of terrorists, led by Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman), seize the building and take everyone hostage, McClane slips away and becomes the only chance anyone has in this beginning-to-end heart-stopping action thriller. Continue reading ‘Die Hard Celebrates its 30th Anniversary on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray May 15th!’
April 25th, 2018 by Gerard Iribe
From the acclaimed graphic novel comes an epic adventure about a world beyond imagination. Teen Barbara Thorson (Madison Wolfe, The Conjuring 2) is the only thing that stands between terrible giants and the destruction of her small town. But as she boldly confronts her fears in increasingly dangerous ways, her new school counselor (Zoe Saldana, Guardians of the Galaxy) leads her to question everything she’s always believed to be true. I Kill Giants is an intense, touching story about trust, courage and love from the producers that brought you Harry Potter.
Continue reading ‘‘I Kill Giants’ on Blu-ray & DVD May 22, 2018!’
April 25th, 2018 by Gerard Iribe
A cult comic masterpiece from acclaimed director Philippe de Broca, King of Hearts was a flop upon initial release in France, but was a smash hit in the US, where it ended up running for five years straight. During the latter part of World War I, Private Charles Plumpick ( Alan Bates; Women in Love) is chosen to go into the French town of Marville and disconnect a bomb that the German army has planted. However, Charles is chased by some Germans and finds himself holed up at the local insane asylum, where the inmates are convinced that he is the “King of Hearts.” Feeling obligated to help the inmates, Charles attempts to lead them out of town, but they are afraid to leave and frolic about the streets in gay costumes. Will Charles be able to deactivate the bomb in time and save his newfound friends? Featuring a score by legendary film composer Georges Delerue and also starring Geneviève Bujold ( Anne of the Thousand Days, Dead Ringers), King of Hearts is presented here from a gorgeous new 4K restoration in its UK debut as part of The Masters of Cinema Series, in a special Dual Format edition. Continue reading ‘King of Hearts [Masters of Cinema] on Blu-ray & DVD July 16, 2018!’
April 24th, 2018 by Brandon Peters
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures presents director Eli Roth’s reimagining of the 1974 revenge thriller Death Wish. Dr. Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) is a surgeon who only sees the aftermath of his city’s violence as it’s rushed into his ER – until his wife (Elisabeth Shue) and college-age daughter (Camila Morrone) are viciously attacked in their suburban home. With the police overloaded with crimes, Paul, burning for revenge, hunts for his family’s assailants to deliver justice. As the anonymous slayings of criminals grabs the media’s attention, the city wonders if this deadly avenger is a guardian angel…or a grim reaper. Fury and fate collide in the intense action-thriller Death Wish. Continue reading ‘Bruce Willis Stars In Eli Roth’s DEATH WISH On Blu-ray June 5th!’
April 23rd, 2018 by Blu-ray Brian
It’s time to get down and dirty with the raunchy hilarity of Dirty Grandpa when it arrives on 4K Ultra HD™ Combo Pack (plus Blu-ray™ and Digital) June 12 from Lionsgate. Starring Academy Award® winner Robert De Niro (Best Actor, Raging Bull, 1980), Zac Efron, Aubrey Plaza, Zoey Deutch, Julianne Hough, Jason Mantzoukas, Danny, Glover, and Dermot Mulroney, experience four times the resolution of Full HD with 4K, which is also joined by Dolby Vision™ HDR to bring to life the stunning cinematography of this hilarious film. Dolby Vision transforms the TV experience in the home by delivering greater brightness and contrast, as well as a fuller palette of rich colors. The release also features Dolby Atmos® audio mixed specifically for the home to place and move audio anywhere in the room, including overhead. Rotten Tomatoes Certified Fresh™, the Dirty Grandpa 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack is loaded with special features. Continue reading ‘Dirty Grandpa Arrives on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack 6/12’
April 23rd, 2018 by Brandon Peters
Just in time for summer break, Disney’s “A Wrinkle in Time,” from acclaimed director Ava DuVernay, comes home May 29 on Digital HD, 4K Ultra HD and Movies Anywhere and June 5 on Blu-ray™, 4K Ultra HD™, DVD and On-Demand. The stunning story of an ordinary girl’s extraordinary adventure through time and space offers exhilarating entertainment and positive messages for the whole family—encouraging self-confidence, inclusion and pushing imagination to the next level.
.
. Continue reading ‘Disney’s A WRINKLE IN TIME Comes Home On 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray June 5th!’
April 23rd, 2018 by Brandon Peters
Celebrate the 65th Anniversary of Walt Disney Animation’s Peter Pan, available on Digital and Movies Anywhere May 29 and on Blu-ray™ June 5. Joining the Walt Disney Signature Collection, relive the animated classic with more than two hours of bonus features and new never-before-seen extras. Experience the timeless adventure from Disney’s golden age of animation with the whole family and let imagination soar off to Neverland once again!
.
. Continue reading ‘PETER PAN – 65th Anniversary Soars Into The Walt Disney Signature Collection Blu-ray On June 5!’
April 23rd, 2018 by Blu-ray Brian
Before two-time Academy Award winner Denzel Washington (Best Supporting Actor, Glory, 1989; Best Actor, Training Day, 2001) and Director Antoine Fuqua (The Magnificent Seven) reunite for The Equalizer 2 in theaters July 20, revisit their hard-hitting action favorite THE EQUALIZER, debuting on 4K Ultra HD™ and on Digital in 4K with HDR July 10 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Washington plays a former government intelligence agent who uses his expert and resourceful combat skills to help shake a desperate young girl loose from the powerful grasp of Russian gangsters. A must-own for action fans, the 4K Ultra HD release features five never-before-seen deleted scenes, including McCall’s Epilogue teasing the new film, and more than 20 minutes of rare special features, as well as the Blu-ray with all previously released bonus content. Continue reading ‘The Equalizer Gets Equal on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray July 10th’
April 19th, 2018 by Blu-ray Brian
Ten years after the events of the first film, the Kaiju return in Pacific Rim Uprising with a new deadly threat that reignites the conflict between these otherworldly monsters of mass destruction and Jaegers, the human-piloted super-machines that were built to vanquish them. Pacific Rim Uprising arrives on Digital and the all-new digital movie app MOVIES ANYWHERE on June 5, 2018, as well as on 4K Ultra HD, 3D Blu-rayTM, Blu-rayTM, DVD and On Demand on June 19, 2018 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Building on the striking visual world created in the first film, Pacific Rim Uprising features a next-generation battleground complete with upgraded Jaegers and new Kaiju that offers a captivating a state-of-the-art spectacle perfect for your next night in. Experience one-of-a-kind special effects and more than forty minutes of bonus content when you own the next installment on 4K Ultra HD, 3D Blu-rayTM, Blu-rayTM and DVD. Continue reading ‘Pacific Rim Uprising Destroys & Stomps on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray 6/19’
|
|
April 18th, 2018 by Gerard Iribe
Nominated for nine Academy Awards including Best Picture, Stanley Kramer’s The Defiant Ones broke new ground by delivering its message of racial tolerance through a fast-moving blend of action and suspense. It remains a raw, powerful film that is as exciting as it is moving, real and literate. John “Joker” Jackson (Tony Curtis; The Vikings, Some Like It Hot) and Noah Cullen (Sidney Poitier; Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, In the Heat of the Night) are two convicts on the run. Escaping from a Southern work gang, the two men are bound together by an unbreakable iron chain and separated by an unbridled hatred towards each other. Relentlessly pursued by a bloodthirsty posse, they must put aside their differences if they are going to survive Continue reading ‘‘The Defiant Ones’ [Eureka Classics] on Blu-ray & DVD June 11, 2018!’
April 17th, 2018 by Brandon Peters
Laugh from beginning to end when “Game Night” arrives on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital. The Blu-ray Combo Pack features a Blu-ray disc with the film in high definition, a Blu-ray disc with the special features in high definition, a DVD with the film in standard definition, and a Digital version of the movie. “Game Night” will also be available on Movies Anywhere. Using the free Movies Anywhere app and website, consumers can access all their eligible movies by connecting their Movies Anywhere account with their participating digital retailer accounts. Fans can also own “Game Night” via purchase from digital retailers beginning May 1.
Continue reading ‘Own GAME NIGHT On Blu-ray May 22nd!’
April 17th, 2018 by Aaron Neuwirth
ANNIHILATION is coming and it plans to take us all! The film was a great studio programmer from director Alex Garland (Ex Machina) that the studio had little faith in, but certainly worth your time. So get ready for this movie, as you have another chance to see it on Blu-ray. Here are the details: Biologist and former soldier Lena (Academy Award® winner* Natalie Portman) is shocked when her missing husband (Oscar Isaac) comes home near death from a top-secret mission into The Shimmer, a mysterious quarantine zone no one has ever returned from. Now, Lena and her elite team must enter a beautiful, deadly world of mutated landscapes and creatures, to discover how to stop the growing phenomenon that threatens all life on Earth. The film also stars Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, and Tuva Novotny. The ANNIHILATION Blu-ray Combo Pack includes over an hour of bonus content.
Continue reading ‘Get Ready For The ANNIHILATION on Blu-ray May 29th’
April 17th, 2018 by Brandon Peters
Who can you trust? Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment presents a suspense-driven spy drama when RED SPARROW arrives on 4K Ultra HD™, Blu-ray™ and DVD May 22. In this international spy thriller, Academy Award® Winner Jennifer Lawrence is Dominika, a former ballerina forced to enter Sparrow School, a secret government program that thrusts her into a treacherous espionage game between Russia and the CIA. She emerges trained as a lethal agent, but is trapped in a world she desperately wants to escape. Red Sparrow “twists and turns until the shocking conclusion” (Andrew Freund, Dish Nation, FOX-TV) – you will not see coming.
Continue reading ‘Who Can You Trust? Jennifer Lawrence Spy Thriller RED SPARROW Arrives On 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray May 22nd!’
April 16th, 2018 by Aaron Neuwirth
This July, the Criterion Collection will pay tribute to one of cinema’s most legendary collaborations with Dietrich and von Sternberg in Hollywood, a lavish box set featuring six newly restored classics starring the alluring Marlene Dietrich and directed by the visually extravagant Josef von Sternberg: Morocco, Dishonored, Shanghai Express, Blonde Venus, The Scarlet Empress, and The Devil Is a Woman. Steven Soderbergh’s disarmingly frank debut, sex, lies, and videotape, the film that changed the course of American independent cinema, will join the collection in a new, restored 4K digital transfer supervised by the director. Ron Shelton’s hall-of-fame baseball comedy Bull Durham, starring Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, and Tim Robbins in one of the most beloved sports movies of all time, will also appear in a director-approved 4K digital transfer. And there’s more: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s otherworldly Technicolor romance A Matter of Life and Death and King Hu’s martial-arts classic Dragon Inn will both make their Blu-ray debuts in stunning new 4K digital restorations.
Continue reading ‘Bull Durham, Powell and Pressburger & More Coming to The Criterion Collection in July 2018’
April 12th, 2018 by Brandon Peters
From Warner Bros. Television, DC Entertainment and Berlanti Productions, the producers of the hit series The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, along with Akil Productions, comes the next Super Hero breakout hit as Warner Bros. Home Entertainment releases Black Lightning: The Complete First Season on Blu-ray and DVD on June 26, 2018. Black Lightning delivered the most-watched series premiere in the past two years and remains The CW’s second highest-rated show just behind The Flash. Fans that purchase the set will be able to watch all 13 electrifying episodes from the first season, supercharged with extra content including the 2017 Comic-Con panel, new featurettes, deleted scenes, gag reel and more. Black Lightning: The Complete First Season is priced to own on DVD and Blu-ray. Black Lightning: The Complete First Season is also available to own on Digital via purchase from digital retailers.
Continue reading ‘BLACK LIGHTNING: The Complete First Season Strikes Blu-ray June 26th!’