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'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol' Blu-ray Announced[teaser]One of the best action films of 2011 will arrive on Blu-ray in April! [/teaser] In an early announcement to retailers, Paramount's 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol' appears to be coming to Blu-ray on April 17. Blamed for the terrorist bombing of the Kremlin, IMF operative Ethan Hunt is disavowed along with the rest of the agency when the President initiates “Ghost Protocol.” Left without any resources or backup, Ethan must find a way to clear his agency’s name and prevent another attack. To complicate matters further, Ethan is forced to embark on this mission with a team of fellow IMF fugitives whose personal motives he does not fully know. Tom Cruise returns in the starring role as Ethan Hunt and is joined by an international cast that includes Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, Michael Nyqvist, Vladimir Mashkov, Josh Holloway, Anil Kapoor and Léa Seydoux. The Blu-ray/DVD/Ultraviolet Digital Copy combo pack will feature 1080p video, a Dolby TrueHD 7.1 soundtrack, and supplements will include: Mission Accepted, Impossible Missions, Deleted Scenes with optional commentary by director Brad Bird, Alternate Opening, and Trailers. Suggested list price for the Blu-ray is set at $44.99. You can find the latest specs for 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under April 17.Posted Wed Feb 22, 2012 at 06:00 AM PST by: -
'War Horse' Dated for Blu-ray[teaser]Steven Spielberg's World War I epic based on Michael Morpurgo's novel will gallop to Blu-ray in April. [/teaser] In an early announcement to retailers, Disney/Buena Vista is saddling up 'War Horse' for Blu-ray on April 3. The story follows Albert (Jeremy Irvine) who enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. The film has been nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Original Score (John Williams) and Best Picture. Specs have yet to be finalized, but the Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy combo pack will include an assortment of featurettes: War Horse: The Journey Home, A Filmmaking Journey, Through the Producer's Lens, Editing and Scoring, An Extra's Point of View, and The Sounds of War Horse. Suggested list price for the Blu-ray is still to be determined. You can find the latest specs for 'War Horse' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under April 3.Posted Tue Feb 21, 2012 at 01:00 PM PST by: -
'New Year's Eve' Announced for Blu-ray[teaser]Ring in the new year (seven months early) on Blu-ray this May. [/teaser] In an early announcement to retailers, Warner Brothers says 'New Year's Eve' will have a Blu-ray release on May 1. Director/producer Garry Marshall brings together a stellar ensemble cast to celebrate love, hope, forgiveness, second chances and fresh starts, in intertwining stories told amidst the pulse and promise of New York City on the most dazzling night of the year. Familiar faces include Halle Berry, Jessica Biel, Jon Bon Jovi, Abigail Breslin, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Robert De Niro, Josh Duhamel, Zac Efron, Hector Elizondo, Katherine Heigl, Ashton Kutcher, Seth Meyers, Lea Michele, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michelle Pfeiffer, Til Schweiger, Hilary Swank, and Sofia Vergara. The release will be a Blu-ray/DVD/Ultraviolet Digital Copy with 1080p video, a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack, and supplements include: Commentary with Garry Marshall, The Magic of Times Square, New Year's Eve Secrets of the Stars, Jon Bon Jovi & Lea Michele Rock New Year's Eve, deleted scenes with Garry Marshall, and a gag reel. Suggested list price for the Blu-ray is $35.99. You can find the latest specs for 'New Year's Eve' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under May 1.Posted Tue Feb 21, 2012 at 12:30 PM PST by: -
'Being John Malkovich' Dated and Detailed for Criterion Blu-ray[teaser]Spike Jonze enters the mind of the master thespian on Blu-ray in May. [/teaser] In an early announcement to retailers, the Criterion Collection says 'Being John Malkovich' is coming to Blu-ray on May 15. Have you ever wanted to be someone else? Or, more specifically, have you ever wanted to crawl through a portal hidden in an anonymous office building and thereby enter the cerebral cortex of John Malkovich for fifteen minutes before being spat out on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike? The Blu-ray will feature a 1080p transfer, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack, and supplements include: New selected-scene audio commentary featuring filmmaker Michel Gondry; New behind-the-scenes documentary by filmmaker Lance Bangs; Conversation between John Malkovich and humorist John Hodgman; Director Spike Jonze discusses Being John Malkovich via photos from its production; Two films within the film: 7½ Floor Orientation and “American Arts & Culture” Presents John Horatio Malkovich, “Dance of Despair and Disillusionment”; An Intimate Portrait of the Art of Puppeteering, a documentary by Bangs; Trailer and TV spots; A booklet featuring a conversation between Jonze and pop-culture critic Perkus Tooth. Suggested list price for the Blu-ray is $39.95. You can find the latest specs for 'Being John Malkovich' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under May 15.Posted Tue Feb 21, 2012 at 12:00 PM PST by: -
'La Haine' Announced and Detailed for Blu-ray[teaser]Mathieu Kassovitz' gritty 1995 French drama is planned for Blu-ray this spring. [/teaser] In an early announcement to retailers, the Criterion Collection says 'La Haine' is coming to Blu-ray on May 8. Mathieu Kassovitz took the film world by storm with 'La Haine' ('Hate'), a gritty, unsettling, and visually explosive look at racial and cultural volatility in modern-day France, specifically the low-income banlieues on Paris’s outskirts./p> The Blu-ray will feature a 1080p transfer, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack, and supplements include: English-language audio commentary by Kassovitz; Introduction by actor Jodie Foster; Ten Years of “La haine,” an eighty-minute documentary that brings together cast and crew a decade after the film’s landmark release; Featurette on the film’s banlieue setting, including interviews with sociologists Sophie Body-Gendrot, Jeffrey Fagan, and William Kornblum; Production footage; Deleted and extended scenes, each featuring an afterword by Kassovitz; Gallery of behind-the-scenes photos; Trailers; and a new essay by film scholar Ginette Vincendeau and an appreciation by acclaimed filmmaker Costa-Gavras. Suggested list price for the Blu-ray is $39.95. You can find the latest specs for 'La Haine' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under May 8.Posted Tue Feb 21, 2012 at 10:00 AM PST by: -
HDD Deal of the Day: 'The Godfather Collection' Blu-ray $25 at Amazon[teaser]Amazon presents an offer you can't refuse…[/teaser] For today only, the online retailer is selling 'The Godfather Collection' on Blu-ray for $25 (60% off suggested list price).[/teaser] Click here to pull the trigger on this essential collection before you wake up and find a horse's head lying next to you in the morning.Posted Tue Feb 21, 2012 at 08:26 AM PST by: -
'Mimic: 3-Film Set' Blu-ray Announced[teaser]All three films in the horror franchise launched by Guillermo Del Toro will be bundled together on Blu-ray in May. [/teaser] In an early announcement to retailers, Lionsgate is working on 'Mimic: 3-Film Set' for Blu-ray on May 1. Directed by Oscar® nominee Guillermo Del Toro (Best Writing, Original Screenplay, 'Pan's Labyrinth,' 2006), this cut transforms 'Mimic' into a film that Del Toro fans and newcomers alike will embrace as the definitive version. The film stars Academy Award® winner* Mira Sorvino ('Mighty Aphrodite') and Academy Award® nominee* Josh Brolin ('No Country for Old Men') along with Jeremy Northam (Showtime's "The Tudors"). This all new cut of the film, featuring seven minutes of restored footage, introduces subtle character moments that transform Mimic into a film that Del Toro fans and newcomers alike will embrace as the definitive version. The Blu-ray will feature 1080p video, a DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 soundtrack, and supplements include: Introduction and Audio Commentary from Director Guillermo del Toro; Reclaiming Mimic- Featurette with Del Toro discussing his vision for the film and how he completed the new version; A Leap in Evolution: The Creatures of Mimic- Featurette looking at the creatures in Mimic; Back into the Tunnels: Shooting Mimic - Behind the scenes featurette; Deleted/Alternate Scenes; Outtakes; Gag Reel; Storyboard Animatics; and Theatrical Trailer. 'Mimic 2' - Four years ago, a group of scientists successfully stopped a plague that threatened to overrun the population of New York City. Though all of the "Judas" bugs were thought to be dead, those that survived have undergone another terrible transformation and are once again threatening human life. The disc includes a couple of featurettes and deleted scenes. 'Mimic 3: The Sentinel' - When residents of an apartment complex begin to disappear, the unthinkable happens - the mutant Judas bugs are again stalking their prey. Left nearly helpless, a man enclosed in a plastic bubble, his sister and their best friend have no choice but to exterminate their insect enemies. The disc includes audio commentary with the writer/director, a behind-the-scenes featurette and cat auditions. Suggested list price for the Blu-ray is $29.99. You can find the latest specs for 'Mimic: 3-Film Set' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under May 1.Posted Tue Feb 21, 2012 at 08:00 AM PST by: -
'Transformers Prime: Season One' Blu-ray Clips[teaser]Check out some clips for the first season of the hit animated series coming to home video this March. [/teaser] As previously reported, Shout Factory will release 'Transformers Prime: Season One' on Blu-ray on March 6. From Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, the writing team behind the megablockbuster Transformers feature films, and executive producer Jeff Kline comes an all-new series of sophisticated adventures for the Autobots, Decepticons and their human allies that boasts stellar computer animation and an impressive voice cast including Adam Baldwin ('Chuck'), Clancy Brown ('Lost'), Jeffrey Combs ('Re-Animator'), Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson ('G.I. JOE: Retaliation'), John Noble ('Fringe'), Tony Todd ('Final Destination') and Gina Torres ('Firefly'). 'Transformers Prime' deepens the epic mythology of both the Autobots and Decepticons, while starting fresh for a new generation of fans. Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Arcee, Ratchet, Bulkhead, and many others are back to "roll out" against Megatron's latest attempt to conquer Earth. And Megatron proves to be more powerful than ever, having acquired a rare element that allows him mastery over life itself. 'Team Prime' may be few against the Decepticon hordes, but they find increased strength via bonds forged with three human teenagers. Make no mistake, 'Transformers Prime' delivers heavy metal action, and nail-biting suspense - but it also takes the human drama to levels as yet unseen by the franchise. The 4-disc set will feature all 26 episodes with Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtracks and supplements include: original "making of" special, audio commentaries, featurettes, animatics, and more! -- Including a 96-page Transformers: Prime prequel graphic novel by IDW Publishing! Here are a few clips from the release: "Con Job:" "Partners:" "Show Intro:" Suggested list price for the Blu-ray is $49.99. You can find the latest specs for 'Transformers Prime: Season One' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under March 6.Posted Tue Feb 21, 2012 at 06:00 AM PST by: -
'Cloud Atlas' Announced and Detailed for Blu-ray[teaser]The Wachowski's fantasy epic will hit Blu-ray in May. [/teaser] In an early announcement to retailers, Warner Brothers will be bringing 'Cloud Atlas' to Blu-ray on May 14. Past. Present. Future. Everything is connected. From the creators of The Matrix trilogy and the director of Run Lola Run comes an exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future. As one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution. The story is a time-shifting weave of six interlinking narratives, with diverse settings from the savagery of a Pacific Island in the 1850s to a dystopian Korea of the near future. The Blu-ray/DVD combo pack will feature 1080p video, a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack, and supplements include: A Film Like No Other; Everything is Connected; Spaceships, Slaves & Sextets; The Bold Science Fiction of Cloud Atlas; The Impossible Adaptation; The Essence of Acting; and Eternal Recurrence: Love, Life, and Longing in Cloud Atlas. Suggested list price for the Blu-ray/DVD combo pack is still undetermined at this time. You can find the latest specs for 'Cloud Atlas' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under May 14.Posted Mon Feb 20, 2012 at 01:15 PM PST by: -
Bethesda Not Allowed to Release 'Fallout 3' and 'Oblivion' Bundle on PS3[teaser]PC and Xbox 360 gamers will be able to pick it up this April. [/teaser] Bethesda has announced a new double pack of both 'Oblivion' and 'Fallout 3' that will be coming out this April for the Xbox 360 and PC. The PC version will run $20 while Xbox owners will have to shell out $30 and there's currently no information as to whether or not DLC will be included. As cool as that game release is, there's the question of a PS3 version. As it turns out, Bethesda wants to release the bundle on PS3 but can't. "At present we are not being allowed to release it on PS3," says a statement from the company. "We will continue to try to change that, and would release it if we are permitted." Source: GameSpotPosted Mon Feb 20, 2012 at 10:30 AM PST by:
