new blu-ray releases

New DVD & Blu-ray Releases: Real Steel, Paranormal Activity 3 & Godzilla

by Bruce Simmons on January 23, 2012

There are over 100 new DVD & Blu-ray releases coming out this week but there are only a few big titles are hitting the market that might interest you. Celebrities you’ll see on the new DVD and Blu-ray discs include Hugh Jackman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Katie Featherston, Claude Rains, Woody Allen and more.

There seem to be quite a few first-time to Blu-ray titles, including a few Woody Allen movies:

Check out some of the new DVD & Blu-ray releases coming out this week, on Tuesday, January 24th, 2012:

Real Steel

Starring Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly and Dakota Goyo

This movie surprised me as it was more than just a fighting robot movie (CS’s movie review) If you were on the fence about this, I don’t think you’d go wrong renting or buying this movie. It was a fun movie with pretty awesome CGI.

On Amazon: Real Steel

50/50

Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen

A movie about a man struggling to beat his cancer diagnosis, the IMDb score for this movie is at 8.0 and it has made $35M at the domestic box office. I haven’t seen the movie but it sounds like it would be an incredible rental and you probably wouldn’t be wasting your money on the DVD or Blu-ray

On Amazon: 50/50

New DVD & Blu-ray Releases This Week: Courageous; Ides of March; Merlin

by Bruce Simmons on January 15, 2012

The Ides of March on Amazon

This week, there are just over 100 new DVD & Blu-ray releases coming out this week, on Tuesday, January 17th, 2012.

Last week Moneyball, Boardwalk Empire and Killer Elite came out as new DVD & Blu-rays. This week, celebrities such as Alex Kendrick, Ken Bevel, Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Taylor Lautner, and Colin Morgan are gracing the confines of newly layered digital media.

Check it out…

Courageous Starring Alex Kendrick, Ken Bevel, Kevin Downes and Ben Davies…

DVD Special Features
Commentary with the Kendrick Brothers
Deleted Scenes
OUTRAGEOUS: Outtakes and Bloopers
Courageous in 60 Seconds
The Making of Courageous
The Heart of Courageous
The Story Of My Father

Maybe a rental… it pulled in a 5.8 over on IMDb…

Courageous on DVD

The Ides of March Starring Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman…

DVD Special Features
Commentary with George Clooney and Grant Heslov
Believe: George Clooney
On The Campaign: The Cast of The Ides Of March

This is probably worth picking up… our fellow movie-goers left an average score of 7.4 on IMDb.

New DVD & Blu-ray Releases This Week: Moneyball; Killer Elite; Boardwalk Empire

by Bruce Simmons on January 9, 2012

This week there look to be about 100 new DVD & Blu-ray releases coming out on Tuesday, January 10th, 2012. If you remember, we had a few good titles last week when Justified, and Contagion came to disk.

This week amongst the new DVD & Blu-ray titles are fan-favorite shows like Boardwalk Empire, Primeval, and movies like Killer Elite and Moneyball. There also seem to be a huge set of new Blu-ray releases of older titles, as the consumer is enticed even farther into the realm of BD players and discs.

Check out what’s new this week:

Moneyball

Starring Brad Pitt and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Very good movie. (My Moneyball movie review)

DVD Special Features
Blooper-Brad Loses It
Billy Beane: Re-Inventing the Game
Moneyball: Playing The Game

Blu-ray Special Features
Moneyball PS3 Wallpaper/Theme
Blooper-Brad Loses It
Billy Beane: Re-Inventing the Game
Drafting The Team
Moneyball: Playing The Game
Adapting “Moneyball”

> Recommended in any fashion that you can catch it. Great movie.

-Moneyball (+ UltraViolet Digital Copy) [Blu-ray] on Amazon.com

Killer Elite

Starring Jason Statham and Clive Owen. I enjoyed this movie in the theater, (movie review) and I think you might too, at home.

-Killer Elite [Blu-ray] on Amazon.com

New DVD & Blu-ray Releases For Dec 13: Kung Fu Panda, Rise of the Apes, Fright Night

by Bruce Simmons on December 12, 2011

Kung Fu Panda 2 (on Amazon)

Christmas is coming at us fast… if we have movie fans on our shopping lists, sometimes it’s pretty convenient to hit up online resources and git these titles in the mail pronto!!!

Movies coming out this week on new DVD & Blu-ray releases on Tuesday, December 13th, include stars such as Jack Black (voice), James Franco, Seth MacFarlane (voice), Timothy Dalton, Colin Farrell & some classic Judy Garland (on a new Blu-ray Disc {BD}). (And don’t forget, if you’re interested, you can sign up for a chance to win Farscape, the entire series, on Blu-ray. Now that would be a great gift for ~~yourself~~ loved on your list I mean!)

This week there are around 100 new titles hitting the market, so let’s dive right in looking at something for the entire family,

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Kung Fu Panda 2 stars Jack Black, Seth Rogen and Angelina Jolie is a great and fun animated flick. I caught this one in the theater and loved it. {Movie review of Kung Fu Panda 2 }

The DVD package special features include

- Sneak peek episode of the upcoming Nickelodeon TV series “Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness”
- Filmmakers’ Commentary
- Meet the Cast
- World of DreamWorks Animation

While the DVD/Blu-ray combo pack includes the following special features:

Disc One (HD)

- Kung Fu Panda 2 movie
- An all-new Po adventure, Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
- Sneak peek episode of the upcoming Nickelodeon TV series “Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness”
- Blu-ray Exclusive Extras:

The Animator’s Corner
Trivia Track
Animation Inspiration

- Filmmakers’ Commentary
- Kickin’ It with the Cast
- Panda Stories: Inside the World of the Giant Panda
- Kung Fu Shuffle
- Nǐ Hǎo
- World of DreamWorks Animation

Disc Two (SD)

- Kung Fu Panda 2 movie
- Digital Copy Download: Kung Fu Panda 2

Kung Fu Panda World
- Get 2 free Kung Fu Panda World Online Game Memberships (memberships good through 4/30/12).
- Kung Fu Panda World is the virtual game world for kids to follow in Po’s footsteps to become a kung fu master.
- Create avatars, play games with favorite characters, win points towards earning a kung fu black belt, chat with friends and more!

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If you ask me about whether you want to BRoWT (Buy, Rent, or Wait till it comes to TV), I think this is one of those special movies that would do a fine job sitting on your entertainment shelf for repeated viewing.

IMDb score, after almost 42k votes, sits at 7.5. That’s a good score!

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Jumping from the family friendly animated film to the serious movie buff and fan of the franchise, we have this week,

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Two-Disc Edition Blu Ray + DVD/Digital Copy Combo)

Rise of the Planet of the Apes, starring James Franco, Andy Serkis and Freida Pinto.

As far as I’m concerned, this prequel to the Planet of the Apes classic movie franchise did the franchise justice and did not disappoint.

Win The Entire FARSCAPE Series on Blu-ray

by Bruce Simmons on December 6, 2011

in Entertainment, television

Looking for a Christmas gift idea for that special person in your life? Or better yet, for yourself? Enter this BruSimm contest for a chance to win the new Blu-ray version of the entire series of Farscape!

Update: CONTEST CLOSED, 12/14/11

Farscape, the entire series is now in one happy package on Blu-ray that came out on November 15th! A&E has done a great job with the new packaging and remastering the source material from the episodes. The sound, in a 5.1 mix, comes at you in a new way and totally immerses you in the story.

Despite being cancelled before its time, the franchise lives on in conventions each month and any time we see Ben Browder or Claudia Black, it’s hard to not recall the science fiction TV series.

Created by Rockne S. O’Bannon and co-produced by Jim Henson Productions, throughout the expanse of the Farscape series, we followed John Crichton (Browder) after getting sucked through a wormhole and ejected into a universe that’s not his, and followed him in his quest to find a way to return home.

All the while, he finds himself taken in, aboard the living ship called Moya and its crew. And while he tries to find a way home, we also watch Crichton’s relationship ever so slowly develop with former Peacekeeper Aeryn Sun (Black).

Some of the Blu-ray details:

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New DVD and Blu-ray Releases this Week: The Hangover p2, The Help, The Debt

by Bruce Simmons on December 5, 2011

This week, there are more than 100 new DVD & Blu-ray releases coming out this Tuesday, December 6th, 2011.

With Emma Stone, Bradley Cooper, Daniel Craig, Jim Carrey, & Sam Worthington leading the fray of new DVD’s. Other interesting titles you might want to ponder a few other titles down the list, like from The Biggest Loser, or cult fan favorite like Mystery Science Theater 3000!

There are quite a few exercise DVD’s, which I’m presuming, are aimed at all the holiday eating we’ll be doing and how we’ll need to work it all off again!

Check out my list of New DVD and Blu-ray releases below:

New Movies on DVD:

The Help, from Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures & starring Emma Stone and Bryce Dallas Howard

Buy, Rent or Wait?:

Having made $199M worldwide and being the number one movie at the box office for quite a few weeks, this breakout hit movie is rated 8 on IMDb… this would seem to be a must-see, must-catch any way you can movie, if you haven’t already seen it in the movie theater.

[The Help on Amazon]

The Hangover Part II from Warner Bros. Pictures and starring Bradley Cooper and Zach Galifianakis.

Buy, Rent or Wait?:

with an $80M budget, and having made $565M worldwide in movie theaters, the movie has a 6.7 rating on IMDb.

Buy it? Eh. Renting it seems to be the thing to do here.

[The Hangover Part II on Amazon]

New DVD and Blu-ray Releases this Week: The Smurfs, Smallville

by Bruce Simmons on November 27, 2011

This week, there are just under 100 new DVD & Blu-ray releases coming out this Tuesday, November 27th, 2011. With Neil Patrick Harris, Adele, Tom Welling, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce, Tina Fey and mnay more leading the fray of new DVD & Blu-rays.

Check out my list of New Releases below:

New Movies on DVD (& Blu-ray):

The Smurfs (Two-Disc Combo: Blu-ray 3D / Blu-ray / DVD) Starring Neil Patrick Harris, Anton Yelchin, Jayma Mays

Special Features
PS3 Theme; The Smurfs Fantastic Adventure Game; Find the Smurfs Game; Director’s Commentary; Producer, Writers and VFX Supervisor Commentary; Deleted & Extended Scenes; The Smurfs: Comic Book to the Big Screen; Smurf Speak: Meet the Cast; Going Gargamel; Progression Reels

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Friends with Benefits (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo) Starring Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis

Special Features
Commentary with Writer/Director Will Gluck, Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis; Bonus Benefits: A Pop-Up Trivia Track;
Deleted Scenes; Outtakes; On Set With FWB; In A Flash: Choreographing A Mob

• Seven Days in Utopia Starring Robert Duvall

• One Day Starring Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess

• 30 Minutes or Less Starring Jesse Eisenberg

• Our Idiot Brother Starring Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks

• Another Earth

• Tucker & Dale vs. Evil Starring Tyler Labine and Katrina Bowden

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New DVD and Blu-ray Releases this Week: Conan, Super 8, Doctor Who

by Bruce Simmons on November 21, 2011

This week, there are more than 125 new DVD & Blu-ray releases coming out this Tuesday, November 22, 2011. With Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler, Tyler Perry, Jason Momoa, Matt Smith and others leading the fray of new DVD’s.

Check out my list of New Releases below and check out my search window link if you’re looking for product details!:

New Movies on DVD:

Super 8 Starring Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler, Joel Courtney and Ryan Lee

A Madea Christmas: The Play Starring Tyler Perry and Tony Grant

Conan the Barbarian Starring Jason Momoa and Ron Perlman

Sarah’s Key Starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Niels Arestrup, Melusine Mayance

Love Begins Starring Abigail Mavity and Nancy Mckeon

Movies New to Blu-ray:

Three Amigos [Blu-ray] Starring Martin Short, Steve Martin

New DVD and Blu-ray Releases this Week: Pirates of the Caribbean, Farscape

by Bruce Simmons on November 14, 2011

This week, there are more than 100 new DVD & Blu-ray releases coming out this Tuesday, November 15th, 2011. With Johnny Depp, Tom Hanks & Ewan McGregor leading the fray of new DVD’s.

We’re also finally getting some Natalie Wood, Bruce Campbell & Ben Browder on some new Blu-ray titles.

Check out the list of New Releases below:

New Movies on DVD:

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Starring Johnny Depp and Ian Mcshane

The Lion King Starring Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones

Larry Crowne Starring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts

Sigur Ros: Inní

Beginners Starring Ewan McGregor