Warner Home Entertainment has detailed their forthcoming October 20th, 2009 Blu-ray release of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. The 1971 children’s classic starring Gene Wilder will come in one of Warner’s Blu-ray coffee table books, featuring thirty-eight pages of photos and information.
The release will also be provided with a host of extras including [...]
Paramount Home Entertainment today announced the August 4th, 2009 release of The Soloist on Blu-ray day-and date with the DVD release. Based on the best-selling book by Los Angeles Times journalist Steve Lopez, The Soloist is an emotional story of the power of friendship. When Lopez (Oscar® nominee Robert Downey Jr.) discovers former classical music [...]
Paramount Home Entertainment (PHE) has announced today that on September 1st, 2009 they will be introducing the first two Blu-ray titles in their new “Sapphire Series” line. Braveheart and Gladiator will arrive on Blu-ray on September 1st, followed a month later by Forrest Gump on November 3rd.
Paramount says The Sapphire Series will capitalize on the [...]
Warner Home Entertainment has detailed their forthcoming Blu-ray release of the Judy Garland classic, The Wizard of Oz on Blu-ray Disc, to be released day-and-date with the DVD version on September 29, 2009. The Wizard of Oz Ultimate Collector’s Edition will come in limited numbered editions with the film encoded in its original theatrical aspect [...]
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has announced today that on August 18th, 2009 they will release Hannah Montana: The Movie on Blu-ray Disc day-and date with the DVD.The BD (Blu-ray Disc) will come in a three-disc combo pack featuring the high defininition Blu-ray Disc, a standard definition DVD, and a disc containing DisneyFile™ digital copy [...]
At last week’s CEA Line Show and Digital Downtown Conference in New York City the CEA (Consumer Electronics Association) gave their outlook for consumer spending in the electronic sector for the second half of 2009. Stating that unemployment still looks weak and the technology sector is “caught in the carnage,” the CEA said they are still optimistic that the economy will begin to turn around in the second half…
S2BN Entertainment and Universal Music Group have announced today that they will be bringing The Rolling Stones: The Biggest Bang concert video to Blu-ray Disc on June 16, 2009. With over 3 hours of high-definition video and uncompressed digital 5.1 surround sound, The Biggest Bang on Blu-ray Disc features more than 30 songs and footage [...]
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has detailed the second release in a planned five movie series for their “Disney Fairies” direct-to-video movies. Tinker Bell and The Lost Treasure will be released to Blu-ray combo pack (Blu-ray + DVD) on October 27, 2009 day-and-date with the DVD release at an SRP of $39.99 for the Blu-ray [...]
Forty years after its completion the impact of the Woodstock Music & Art Fair, which took place in Bethel, New York from Friday August 15 through Monday morning, August 18 in 1969 is still being felt. Heralding what can be seen as the penultimate moment of the 1960’s counterculture revolution, the festival was plagued by setbacks, bad weather, and overwhelming crowds far beyond preceding estimates…
Last month, Amazon.com and Criterion offered Amazon customers the opportunity to vote for the next Blu-ray release from The Criterion Collection. Today, Amazon has announced that…
