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'Star Trek: Enterprise - The Complete First Season' Blu-ray Announced and Detailed[teaser]Blu-ray will be boldly going to a time well before Kirk and Picard this March! [/teaser] In an early announcement to retailers, CBS/Paramount has revealed 'Star Trek: Enterprise - The Complete First Season' for a Blu-ray release on March 26. 'Star Trek: Enterprise' recounts the adventures of the pioneers of space travel who ventured into the universe 100 years before James T. Kirk helmed the starship of the same name. Set in the 22nd century, 'Enterprise' takes place in an era when interstellar travel is still in its infancy. Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) has assembled a crew of brave explorers to chart the galaxy on a revolutionary spacecraft: Enterprise NX-01. As the first human beings to venture into deep space, these men and women will experience the wonder and mystery of the final frontier as they seek out new life and new civilizations. The 'Star Trek: Enterprise—the Complete First Season' Blu-ray boasts brand new bonus features including a multi-part, retrospective documentary called “To Boldly Go: Launching Enterprise” that gives fans an inside look at the development and production of the series and is exclusive to this collection. The documentary features interviews with the show’s cast and crew, some of which were shot as recently as December 2012, as well as archival footage and behind-the-scenes clips. The documentary includes: Part One: Countdown - Chronicles the challenges faced by the producers and creative staff as they attempt to launch a new chapter in the Star Trek® saga by making the then-radical decision to create a prequel to the beloved original series. Features all new interviews with key personnel including creators Rick Berman and Brannon Braga, production designer Herman Zimmerman, technical consultants Michael and Denise Okuda, writers Andre Bormanis, Phyllis Strong and more. Part Two: Boarding the NX-01 - Follows the team as they begin the casting process and production on the series 2-hour pilot “Broken Bow.” Features all-new interviews with key cast and crew including series pilot director James L. Conway and series leads Scott Bakula ("Jonathan Archer"), Connor Trinneer ("Trip Tucker"), and Dominic Keating ("Malcolm Reed"). Part Three: First Flight - Charts the course for the rest of the series' first season including all-new interviews with key production and post-production personnel. The six-disc set also includes a candid conversation with the series’ creators, Rick Berman and Brannon Braga, offering a glimpse into their creative process. In addition, the Blu-ray features brand new commentaries on select episodes from the season, along with a host of previously released special features such as deleted scenes and outtakes. The 6-Disc Blu-ray set will include all 25 episodes with 1080p video and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtracks and will carry a suggested list price of $119.99. You can find the latest specs for 'Star Trek: Enterprise - The Complete First Season' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under March 26.Posted Wed Jan 9, 2013 at 07:50 AM PST by: -
'Nanook of the North / The Wedding of Palo' Announced for Blu-ray[teaser]A collection of extraordinary Eskimo films is getting the Blu-ray treatment in February. [/teaser] In an early announcement to retailers, Starz/Anchor Bay is working on 'Nanook of the North / The Wedding of Palo' for Blu-ray on February 26. Robert Flaherty made this wonderful film of Eskimo (Inuit) life following six years as an Arctic explorer for the Canadian Northern Railway. During journeys often lasting months at a time with only one or two Inuit as companions, he developed a deep regard for these indigenous people and after two unsuccessful filming attempts, Flaherty seized upon the idea of structuring his movie around characters who reenacted episodes of their lives and participated in the shaping of the film. He was not trained as an anthropologist, but Flaherty wisely guides our discovery of the people and their activities, and ninety years later, Nanook remains as completely engaging as it was in 1922, a huge influence on many ethnographic films that followed. This edition is mastered in high definition at the visually correct speed from the painstaking 35mm restoration of 1972, with a lovely orchestral score composed, compiled and conducted by Timothy Brock. Selected for the National Film Registry, 1989. 'The Wedding of Palo' ('Palos Brudefaerd') (1934), Nanook's obvious successor, is the last beautiful work of the famed Danish polar explorer and anthropologist Dr. Knud Rasmussen. Filmed in sound with an Inuit cast from the Angmagssalik district of east Greenland, Palo, like Nanook, documents a vanished lifestyle and uses Flaherty s device of an appealing narrative; in this case, a story of two men who desire the same woman as wife. It is mastered in high definition and digitally restored from an original 35mm nitrate print in the collection of George Eastman House. Specs have yet to be revealed, but Nanook Revisited (Saumialuk) by Claude Massot, made in the same locations used by Flaherty, shows how Inuit life changed in the intervening decades (it s not that different from ours), how Flaherty consciously depicted a culture which was then already vanishing, and how Nanook is used today to teach the Inuit their heritage. Nanook Revisited was produced in 1988 on standard definition video for French television; Houses of the Arctic (1928) is the igloo-building sequence of Nanook re-edited and re-titled as an educational film; Arctic Hunt (1913) and extended excerpts from Primitive Love (1927) are by Arctic explorer Frank E. Kleinschmidt; and Eskimo Hunters of Northwest Alaska (1949) by Louis de Rochemont shows many activities seen in Nanook thirty years after, and Face of the High Arctic (1959) depicts the ecology of the region. Suggested list price for the Blu-ray is $44.95. You can find the latest specs for 'Nanook of the North / The Wedding of Palo' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under February 26.Posted Wed Jan 9, 2013 at 06:00 AM PST by: -
'All Superheroes Must Die' Dated for Blu-ray[teaser]The superhero flick from writer/director Jason Trost ('The FP') hits Blu-ray at the end of the month! [/teaser] In an early announcement to retailers, Image Entertainment has slated 'All Superheroes Must Die' for Blu-ray on January 29. 'All Superheroes Must Die' follows four masked avengers – Charge (Jason Trost), Cutthroat (Lucas Till), The Wall (Lee Valmassy) and Shadow (Sophie Merkley) -- who find themselves stripped of their powers by their arch-nemesis (James Remar), whom they defeated years earlier … or so they thought. When the sinister mastermind puts the heroes through a series of brutal challenges that are virtually impossible to overcome, they must battle the clock – and even each other – in a race to stop a deadly countdown that could mean total destruction. Will the superheroes prevail, or will they be forced to meet their demise as mere human beings? The Blu-ray will feature 1080p video, a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack, and there don't appear to be any supplements for this release. Suggested list price for the Blu-ray is $29.97. You can find the latest specs for 'All Superheroes Must Die' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's now indexed under January 29.Posted Tue Jan 8, 2013 at 12:00 PM PST by: -
'Nature Calls' Dated for Blu-ray[teaser]The adventure comedy will hit Blu-ray in a few weeks. [/teaser] In an early announcement to retailers, Magnolia says 'Nature Calls' is coming to Blu-ray on January 22. Determined to honor his father’s scouting legacy and mount one last comeback for his dwindling troop, Assistant Scoutmaster Randy Stevens (Patton Oswalt) pays a visit to his business-minded brother Kirk (Johnny Knoxville), who is throwing a television-themed slumber party for his newly adopted 10-year-old son at his McMansion. Randy pressures the boys to secretly ditch the party and join him on a weekend scout trip. Pursued by Kirk and his security guard (Rob Riggle), the adventure lands the crew in trouble at every turn, pits them against angry parents and park rangers, yet ultimately turns the group of sheltered kids into a troop to be reckoned with. Specs have yet to be revealed, but supplements will include an audio commentary, theatrical trailer, and a featurette. Suggested list price for the Blu-ray is $29.98. You can find the latest specs for 'Nature Calls' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under January 22.Posted Tue Jan 8, 2013 at 10:00 AM PST by: -
'Shadow People' Blu-ray Announced[teaser]The supernatural thriller from the producer of 'The Devil's Rejects' and 'Capote' is bound for Blu-ray in March. [/teaser] In an early announcement to retailers, Starz/Anchor Bay is working on 'Shadow People' for Blu-ray on March 19. Back in the 1970s several patients in an experimental sleep study reported seeing shadowy intruders. These patients - and hundreds of others - died in their sleep soon after. Doctors called the phenomenon 'Sudden Unexplained Nocturnal Death Syndrome'. They refused to discuss the shadows. Now a struggling late-night radio host (Dallas Roberts of 'The Grey' and "Rubicon") and a skeptical CDC investigator (Alison Eastwood) have begun researching a disturbing new outbreak of shadow sightings and sleep fatalities. Could this be a case of paranoid hallucination or are these victims literally being scared to death by actual nightmare creatures? Anne Dudek ("Covert Affairs" "House M.D.") and Mariah Bonner ('The Social Network') co-star in this supernatural thriller based on true events documenting the authentic existence of 'Shadow People.' Specs and supplements have yet to be revealed, but suggested list price for the Blu-ray is $24.97. You can find the latest specs for 'Shadow People' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under March 19.Posted Tue Jan 8, 2013 at 08:00 AM PST by: -
Blu-ray Highlights for January 8th, 2013This week's Blu-ray release slate brings us a bunch of movies that either underperformed or outright bombed at the box office last year. Some of these are just plain junk, but a few might be worth your attention anyway. Check out our rundown of the week's new titles in the blog today.Posted Tue Jan 8, 2013 at 07:00 AM PST by: -
'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1: Extended Edition' Announced for Blu-ray[teaser]Eight more minutes of emo vampires and musclebound werewolves are coming to Blu-ray in March. [/teaser] In an early announcement to retailers, Lionsgate has revealed 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1: Extended Edition' will be coming to Blu-ray on March 2. Now with eight minutes of new and extended scenes added back into the film by Director Bill Condon, along with his optional audio commentary, fans can delve deeper into the epic series they adore. Experience the timeless romance and drama in a whole new way when 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 Extended Edition,' featuring the original theatrical version and the all-new extended edition with optional audio commentary from the director arrives on Blu-ray. “As Twilight series devotees know, there was a lot of ground to cover in adapting Breaking Dawn to the screen,” said Condon. “Between the wedding, the honeymoon, the birth, and everything in between, naturally there were things that didn’t make it into our final cut. But I wanted to make sure that for all the Twihards out there, there was a chance to see some of these cut scenes – several of which are fan favorites from the book.” Suggested list price for the Blu-ray is $29.99. You can find the latest specs for 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1: Extended Edition' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under March 2.Posted Tue Jan 8, 2013 at 06:00 AM PST by: -
'Monsters, Inc. - 3D: Ultimate Collector's Edition' Dated and Detailed[teaser]The Pixar hit will make its Blu-ray 3D debut in February! [/teaser] As previously reported, Disney/Buena Vista is hard at work on 'Monsters, Inc. - 3D: Ultimate Collector's Edition' for February 19. The now-classic Academy Award®-winning animated comedy adventure “Monsters, Inc.” is set in Monstropolis, a thriving company town where monsters of all shapes and sizes reside. Lovable Sulley (voiced by John Goodman) and his wisecracking best friend Mike Wazowski (voiced by Billy Crystal) are the top scare team at Monsters, Inc., the largest scream-processing factory. The main power source in the monster world is the collected screams of human children—and at Monsters, Inc., an elite team of scarers is responsible for gathering those precious natural resources. Believed by monsters to be toxic, children are strictly forbidden from entering Monstropolis. But when a little girl named Boo (voiced by Mary Gibbs) accidentally follows Sulley back into his world, he finds his career in jeopardy and his life in utter chaos. Assisted by Mike, the two pals plot to rectify the mistake and return Boo to her home. When the trio encounters an unexpected series of complications, they become embroiled in a cover-up catapulting them into a mystery beyond their wildest dreams. The Blu-ray 3D combo pack will feature 1080p video, a Dolby TrueHD 7.1 soundtrack, and supplements will include: Sneak Peek: Monsters University, Audio Commentary, Filmmakers Roundtable Discussion, Toy Story Toons: Partysaurus Rex, For The Birds Animated Short, Mike's New Car Animated Short, Roz's 100-Door Challenge Game, Pixar Fun Factory Tower, Banished Concepts, and More! Suggested list price for the Blu-ray 3D combo pack is $49.99. You can find the latest specs for 'Monsters, Inc. - 3D: Ultimate Collector's Edition' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's tentatively indexed under February 19.Posted Mon Jan 7, 2013 at 12:00 PM PST by: -
Blu-ray Takes 'Flight' in February[teaser]Robert Zemeckis' acclaimed film will be boarding Blu-ray this February. [/teaser] In an early announcement to retailers, Paramount says 'Flight' will hit Blu-ray on February 5. Academy Award® winner Denzel Washington stars in this “riveting and powerful nail-biting thriller” (Pete Hammond, Deadline Hollywood) from Robert Zemeckis, the Academy Award®-winning director of 'Forrest Gump' and 'Cast Away.' Airline pilot Whip Whitaker (Washington) miraculously lands his plane after a mid-air catastrophe. But even as he’s being hailed for his heroic efforts, questions arise as to who or what was really at fault. Action-packed, engrossing and powerful, Washington’s performance is being hailed as “a triumph” (Richard Corliss, TIME) and one that “will be talked about for years” (Pete Travers, Rolling Stone). The Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy combo pack will feature 1080p video, a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack, and supplements include: Origins of Flight, The Making of Flight, Anatomy of a Plane Crash, and Q&A Highlights. Suggested list price for the Blu-ray is $39.99. You can find the latest specs for 'Flight' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under February 5.Posted Mon Jan 7, 2013 at 10:00 AM PST by: -
'Rolling Thunder' Dated for Blu-ray[teaser]The classic 1977 thriller will be rolling onto Blu-ray this April. [/teaser] In an early announcement to retailers, Shout Factory is preparing 'Rolling Thunder' for Blu-ray on April 9. A revered revenge classic co-written by Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver) and starring William Devane in a stoic performance as Major Charles Rane, a man who has been pushed beyond his limits during an eight year incarceration in the Hanoi Hilton. He returns to his Texas hometown with his friend Sergeant Vohden (Tommy Lee Jones), just a vague shadow of the man he used to be. Finding himself a local celebrity and awarded with a briefcase of silver dollars- one for every day he was a POW, he tries to adapt to civilian life with his wife (Linda Haynes), who is now engaged to another man, and his son, who doesn't remember him. But any chance at healing is destroyed when a gang of thugs show up at his house to steal the silver. Tragedy thus descends on Major Rane a second time, stealing whatever shred of humanity was in him, and sending him on a one-way mission: vengeance at any cost. Specs and supplements have yet to be revealed, but suggested list price for the Blu-ray is $19.97. You can find the latest specs for 'Rolling Thunder' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under April 9.Posted Mon Jan 7, 2013 at 08:00 AM PST by:
