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HDD Deal of the Day: 'Harry Potter Wizard's Collection' Blu-ray $154.99 at Amazon[teaser]Today's Gold Box deal at Amazon is the entire wizardly series on Blu-ray! [/teaser] Amazon has reduced the price on the 'Harry Potter Wizard's Collection' Blu-ray to $154.99 (69% off suggested retail price. This limited and numbered 31-disc collection contains all eight Harry Potter movies on Blu-ray, DVD and UltraViolet Digital Copy and more than 37 hours of special features including all previously released materials and more than 10 hours of new to disc bonus content, and 5 hours of never-before-seen material. Click here to be linked to the offer!Posted Tue Sep 10, 2013 at 06:47 AM PDT by: -
'The Killing Fields: 30th Anniversary Edition' Blu-ray Announced[teaser]The three-time Oscar winner and Best Picture nominee will be getting the Blu-ray digibook treatment in January. [/teaser] In an early announcement to retailers, Warner Brothers will release 'The Killing Fields: 30th Anniversary Edition' starring Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, and John Malkovich in a Blu-ray digibook on January 7. This emotional and brutally honest true story follows Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg (Waterston), who remains in Cambodia in 1975 after the government falls. He convinces his friend and translator Dith Pran (Ngor) to stay with him to report on the bloodbath perpetrated by one of the most brutal regimes of the 20th century and on the United States' role in precipitating the horror. The two continue to work until the Khmer Rouge, the terrorist government that killed nearly 3 million, arrests them. Schanberg is eventually released and returns to New York. Pran is sent for execution but barely manages a daring escape from the killing fields and from Cambodia. With the help of Schanberg, Pran emigrates to the U.S. and becomes a staff photographer for the New York Times. 'The Killing Fields' won three Oscars® (1984) for Best Supporting Actor (Ngor), Best Cinematography (Chris Menges) and Best Editing (Jim Clark) as well as nominations for Best Picture, Best Screenplay (Bruce Robinson), Best Director (Roland Joffé) and Best Actor in a Leading Role (Waterston). Specs have yet to be revealed, but supplements will include a director's commentary and theatrical trailer. Suggested list price for the digibook is $27.98. You can find the latest specs for 'The Killing Fields: 30th Anniversary Edition' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it is indexed under January 7.Posted Tue Sep 10, 2013 at 06:00 AM PDT by: -
'Breaking Bad: The Final Season' and 'Breaking Bad: The Complete Series' Announced and Detailed for Blu-ray[teaser]The final 8 episodes and a collector's box set will be cooked up on Blu-ray in November. [/teaser] In an early announcement to retailers, Sony has set 'Breaking Bad: The Final Season' for Blu-ray on November 26th. 'Breaking Bad: The Complete Series' will also be available on the same date. 'Breaking Bad' follows protagonist Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a chemistry teacher who lives in New Mexico with his wife (Anna Gunn) and teenage son (RJ Mitte) who has cerebral palsy. White is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a slim chance to survive. With a new sense of fearlessness based on his medical prognosis, and a desire to secure his family's financial security, White chooses to enter a dangerous world of drugs and crime and ascends to power in this world. The series explores how this fatal diagnosis transforms Walt from mild family man to a kingpin of the drug trade. Features for the final season include: "Blood Money" Table Read – A rare look at the only final season Breaking Bad table read; Cast and Crew Commentaries on Every Episode; 4 Featurettes (The Main Event, The Final Showdown, Life of a Show Runner, and Behind-the-Scenes of the Alternate Ending); Alternate Ending – A 3-minute alternate version of how Breaking Bad could have ended; Deleted & Extended Scenes; Gag Reel; Walt's Confession; The Layers of a Sound Mix; Over 15 Episodes of Inside Breaking Bad; and Uncensored and Extended Episodes. Fitting perfectly inside a replica black barrel (just like the ones Walt uses to hide his money), the collector’s edition includes all previously released bonus materials (including retailer exclusive supplements) and more than two hours of never-before-seen footage from a ground-breaking series documentary. The all-new documentary chronicles the making of the final season, from filming the first table read to the very last day on set and everything in between, including Bryan Cranston inviting the camera in to his Albuquerque living room for the first reading of the final script with Aaron Paul. This set will also include a Los Pollos Hermanos apron, a collectible booklet, and a commemorative Breaking Bad challenge coin. Suggested list price for the Final Season is $65.99 and the Complete Series is $299.98. You can find the latest specs for 'Breaking Bad: The Final Season' and 'Breaking Bad: The Complete Series' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where they are indexed under November 26.Posted Mon Sep 9, 2013 at 03:00 PM PDT by: -
'Treme: The Complete Third Season' Announced and Detailed for Blu-ray[teaser]The third season of the acclaimed HBO series will hit Blu-ray in November. [/teaser] In an early announcement to retailers, HBO is planning to bring 'Treme: The Complete Third Season' to Blu-ray on November 19. In the third season of the critically-acclaimed HBO series 'Treme,' the ordinary people of New Orleans must band together to demand that their music, art and well-being be protected against opposing institutions. From creators/executive producers David Simon and Eric Overmyer (HBO's 'The Wire'®), the show was a New York Magazine "Top 10" pick for 2012. The ensemble cast of 'Treme' includes: Wendell Pierce as Antoine Batiste; Khandi Alexander as LaDonna Batiste-Williams; Clarke Peters as Albert Lambreaux; Rob Brown as Delmond Lambreaux; Steve Zahn as Davis McAlary; Kim Dickens as Janette Desautel; Oscar® winner Melissa Leo as Toni Bernette; Lucia Micarelli as Annie Tee; Michiel Huisman as Sonny; David Morse as Terry Colson; Jon Seda as Nelson Hidalgo; India Ennenga as Sofia Bernette; and new cast member Chris Coy as L.P. Everett. Season 3 features live performances and cameos from notable New Orleans legends including The Neville Brothers, Fats Domino, Tab Benoit, Dr. Michael White, The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Sonny Landreth, The Red Stick Ramblers, Monk Boudreaux, James "Sugarboy" Crawford and Davell Crawford, Kermit Ruffins, John Boutte, The Hot 8 Brass Band, Anders Osborne, Tom McDermott, Marcia Ball, Meschiya Lake, Ivan Neville, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews, Glen David Andrews, Donald Harrison, Jr. and The Valparaiso Men's Chorus, among others. The 4-disc box set will present all ten episodes with 1080p video, an English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack, and supplements include Three "Behind Treme" featurettes: Chef Dinner, David Simon & Neville Brothers; The Music of Treme - provides song & artist info; Music commentaries on all ten episodes with WBGO's Josh Jackson and NPR Music's Patrick Jarenwattananon; Audio Commentaries - five commentaries from creator/executive producer David Simon, executive producer Nina Kostroff Noble, supervising producer/director Anthony Hemingway, director Tim Robbins, writers Anthony Bourdain, Eric Overmyer, and George Pelecanos, music supervisor Blake Leyh, and cast members Khandi Alexander, Rob Brown, Clarke Peters, and Wendell Pierce; Episode previews and recaps; and the Blu-ray exclusive Down in the Treme: A Look at the Music and Culture of New Orleans: Learn more about New Orleans' unique culture including its music, cuisine, landmarks, and more with this in-episode viewing mode. Suggested list price for this set will be $49.99. You can find the latest specs for 'Treme: The Complete Third Season' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under November 19.Posted Mon Sep 9, 2013 at 10:00 AM PDT by: -
'Passion' Blu-ray Announced[teaser]The 2013 thriller from Brian De Palma will seduce Blu-ray in November. [/teaser] In an early announcement to retailers, Entertainment One will be bringing 'Passion' to Blu-ray on November 5. 'Passion,' a co-production between Germany and France, is an erotic thriller in the tradition of 'Dressed to Kill' and 'Basic Instinct.' The film tells the story of a deadly power struggle between two women in the dog-eat-dog world of international business. Christine possesses the natural elegance and casual ease associated with one who has a healthy relationship with money and power. Innocent, lovely and easily exploited, her admiring protegée Isabelle is full of cuttingedge ideas that Christine has no qualms about stealing. They're on the same team, after all... Christine takes pleasure in exercising control over the younger woman, leading her one step at a time ever deeper into a game of seduction and manipulation, dominance and humiliation. But when Isabelle falls into bed with one of Christine's lovers, war breaks out. Specs and supplements have yet to be revealed, but suggested list price for the Blu-ray is $29.98. You can find the latest specs for 'Passion' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under November 5.Posted Mon Sep 9, 2013 at 08:00 AM PDT by: -
Blu-ray Highlights: Week of September 8th, 2013It's time to trek through the stars once again. This week's high-def releases bring us a curious mix of intrepid space explorers and supernatural serial killers. Read all about them in today's Blu-ray roundup.Posted Mon Sep 9, 2013 at 07:00 AM PDT by: -
'Pacific Rim' Splashes Down on Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D![teaser]Guillermo del Toro's epic monster movie has been dated and detailed for both formats in October! [/teaser] As previously reported, Warner Brothers is preparing 'Pacific Rim' Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy combo pack and 'Pacific Rim - 3D' Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray/DVD combo pack for a release sometime in the coming weeks, and now the date has been set for October 15. When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes—a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi)—who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind's last hope against the mounting apocalypse. The combo packs will feature 1080p video, DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 soundtracks, and supplements will include: Audio Commentary by Guillermo del Toro; Prologue by Guillermo Del Toro; Five Focus Points; Deleted Scenes; and Blooper Reel. Suggested list price for the Blu-ray is set at $35.99 and the Blu-ray 3D is $44.95. You can find the latest specs for 'Pacific Rim' and 'Pacific Rim - 3D' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where they're both indexed under October 15.Posted Mon Sep 9, 2013 at 06:00 AM PDT by: -
Weekend Roundtable: Cinema BadassesThis week, Vin Diesel brings his bullet-headed antihero Riddick back to movie theater screens, presumably to kick butt and growl a lot, not necessarily in that order. This puts us in mind of other famous cinema badasses, some of which we'll highlight in today's Roundtable.Posted Fri Sep 6, 2013 at 12:00 PM PDT by: -
'Before Midnight' Blu-ray Supplements Detailed[teaser]The bonus features for Richard Linklater's sequel to 'Before Sunrise' and 'Before Sunset' have now been detailed. [/teaser] As previously reported, Sony will be releasing 'Before Midnight' on Blu-ray on October 22. 18 years have passed since American Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Frenchwoman Céline (Julie Delpy) met on a trans-European train and fell in love while wandering the streets of Vienna. Jesse wrote a novel based on the experience which became a US bestseller and led him to meet Céline again after an interval of almost a decade, where the spark of their initial encounter was still present. The latest film finds the pair living as a couple in Paris, proud parents to two young girls. However, their lives are far from perfect. Frustrated at her inability to match Jesse's professional success, Céline is considering a change in career. Jesse, meanwhile, is struggling to connect with his teenage son Hank (Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick), who is visiting from Chicago for the summer. Specs haven't been revealed yet, but supplements will include: Audio Commentary with Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy and director Richard Linklater; Revisiting Jesse & Céline; and Q&A with Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy and Richard Linklater. The suggested list price for the Blu-ray is $35.99. You can find the latest specs for 'Before Midnight' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under October 22.Posted Fri Sep 6, 2013 at 10:00 AM PDT by: -
'Die, Monster, Die!' Bound for Blu-ray Next Year[teaser] Another classic Boris Karloff horror flick is headed for Blu-ray in early 2014. [/teaser] In an early announcement to retailers, Scream Factory is working on 'Die, Monster, Die!' for Blu-ray sometime next year. A mad English scientist (is there any other kind?) entertains a young American visitor, serving up tea, terror and a terrific-looking daughter - who is soon torn between her father's evil ways and her need to protect the man she loves from a diabolical end. Specs, supplements, suggested list price, and a release date have not been set yet. You can find the latest specs for 'Die, Monster, Die!' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under PENDING.Posted Fri Sep 6, 2013 at 08:00 AM PDT by:
