Tag Archive for 'Starz'
September 6th, 2018 by Brandon Peters
On September 25th, Lionsgate will release John Carpenter’s 1978 masterpiece, Halloween, onto the 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray format for the first time. Halloween, like some other popular vintage horror properties (The Evil Dead, for instance), has long been part of a running gag with multiple re-releases on home video having many fans coining the phrase “double […]
January 25th, 2016 by Shohan Cagle
This season opens with the Turkish army as their ships approach the shores of Italy, poised to attack. Meanwhile Da Vinci is at the ready with one of his inventions; he has secured multiple cannons together in a way that they can be fired and maneuvered by one person. But what he doesn’t know is […]
November 10th, 2014 by Aaron Neuwirth
I am not one to write about TV news all that often, but this caught me by surprise. Starz, the network behind Why So Blu favorite, Spartacus, is apparently putting together a TV series based on Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead, and Bruce Campbell is set to reprise his role as Ash. As a huge fan of The Evil […]
September 4th, 2013 by Aaron Neuwirth
Another season of Spartacus has been released on Blu-ray and once again Why So Blu is all over it! Many have come around to appreciating the stylish and blood-soaked action/drama series over the years, as they learned that there was much more to it, beyond the sex and violence, which includes the intriguing story and […]
January 22nd, 2013 by Aaron Neuwirth
On April 9th, Season 2 of Boss debuts on Blu-ray and I am curious to see more of this strongly acted Starz series, starring Golden Globe winner Kelsey Grammer. I previously reviewed the first season (review HERE) and was left thinking that the second season could most likely be even better and more confident in […]
August 23rd, 2012 by Aaron Neuwirth
Boss is a political drama series starring Kelsey Grammer as the mayor of Chicago. The show was broadcast on Starz and initially arrived with so much confidence that the network greenlit a second season a few weeks before the first season even premiered. I would not necessarily say that Starz got a little ahead of […]
September 12th, 2011 by Gregg Senko
Last night I received a very sobering text message from fellow WSB writer Gerard Iribe. It stated that Spartacus star Andy Whitfield passed away. For months I had wondered of the progress of the actor’s battle with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma and last night was not the outcome I was expecting. Instead of focusing on the sadness […]
September 11th, 2010 by Blu-ray Brian
I thought about saving these below photos and having this be part of the Spartacus: Blood and Sand – The Complete First Season Blu-ray review, but I just couldn’t fight the resistance any longer from sharing all these pictures with our readers. I know every fan out there, anxiously waiting for the arrival of September […]
September 8th, 2010 by Blu-ray Brian
I can never get enough of talking about the Starz hit original series Spartacus: Blood and Sand, can you? With the first season getting ready to debut on Blu-ray in a couple weeks, the kind people at Starz/Anchor Bay have sent us some more promotional trailers to share with our readers. This time around, we […]
September 7th, 2010 by Blu-ray Brian
Our good friends over at Starz/Anchor Bay sent me an email last week that contained a short press release and a few trailers for one of the biggest upcoming Blu-ray releases this year, Spartacus: Blood and Sand Season 1. The monumental television hit of the year lands on the Blu-ray format the 21st of this […]
May 20th, 2010 by Blu-ray Brian
The moment of truth has finally arrived! The moment we all have been waiting for! If you can read the headline above and are completely unaffected by it, then you don’t have a pulse. That’s right folks, Anchor Bay Entertainment has officially announced the Blu-ray release date of the Starz TV series Spartacus: Blood and […]
April 6th, 2010 by Brian White
I must admit that I am quite smitten by the Starz original series Spartacus: Blood and Sand. So smitten am I that I actually took time from my busy schedule on Easter Sunday to reach out to their PR people and express how much my wife and I have enjoyed the Friday night programming this […]
November 19th, 2009 by Gregg Senko
Making a splash at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, the Starz Network heavily promoted its upcoming series Spartacus: Blood and Sand. Fans clamored for any memorabilia relating to the gladatorial production and questions filled the air about possible show content. What we do know is that everyone’s favorite warrior princess is back. That’s right, folks.