Marvel Studios has unveiled their latest release slate for 2008-2009 movies, DVDs, and TV. Before putting up the list though, Superhero Hype is reporting that the first trailer for The Incredible Hulk will hit theaters sometime in March. They can't say wh...
Universal Pictures recently held a DVDrelease party to celebrate the release of the new 25th Anniversary BLUES BROTHER DVD. Co-writer and star Dan Aykroyd participated via satellite from Toronto.Here are some video clips from the evening that Universal m...
Well, there are weeks where y'all are talkative and weeks where I'm left wondering if anybody even reads this damn thing. Last week was clearly the former, as the subject of TV on DVD seems to have brought you all out of the lurking woodwork. There's a ...
I’ve been browsing through the box office lists lately, and I’m finding a few surprises in the rift between fact and perception. For example, Snakes on a Plane is commonly considered to be one of last year’s big failures. But did you...
German industrial metallers Rammstein will release their new DVD, entitled “Völkerball”, in Europe on November 20. It will be made available in the following three formats:
Standard Edition: 1 DVD 140-minute Live Concert + 1 CD...
VARIETY rounds up some DVDrelease dates for late 2002 films including HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS, hitting shelves April 11, THE RING on March 4, and TREASURE PLANET on March 8.The HARRY POTTER release is more than a month earlier than the DV...
Buena Vista has amended its video plans for the Miyazaki anime film Princess Mononoke. As reported earlier this month, the DVD edition had been scheduled for release on August 29th, with English and French soundtracks but without the original Japanese. Ho...
There's a lot of official news (finally!) on the DVDrelease of Peter Jackson's modern classic THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RINGS, so saddle up. First is this: the film you saw in theaters is coming to DVD in both full screen and letterbox...
Epic Records has announced an October 25th release date for Live in Tokyo, a DVD and double-disc CD featuring guitar legends Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Dream Theater's John Petrucci. These electrifying live performances were recorded on May 8th at the To...
It looks like Steven Spielberg has heard the call of fans. This week, he announced he'll be releasing both the original cut of E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL and the 20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION, which is being released Friday in theaters with restored scenes and...
VIDEO NEWSJEEPERS CREEPERS was a sleeper hit this summer and MGM is cashing in on its popularity by rushing it to home video as a January release. There will be a Special Edition DVDrelease offering a making-of featurette, deleted footage and, most eye-p...
The official release date for the boxed set release of the BACK TO THE FUTURE trilogy has been set, and it's December 17. The release, as previously reported here, will sport cast and director (Robert Zemeckis) commentaries along with refurbished prints o...
Universal Home Video has announced an ambitious schedule to release the first season of several classic and modern day television shows on DVD before the close of the year. A fair chunk of the Universal-owned shows come from the science fiction and action...
We’ve all seen how studios decide to release some underperforming theatrical features to DVD earlier than planned in order to maximize their marketing efforts. Well, that practice has finally begun to have negative repercussions. Theater chains i...
VIDEO NEWSBlade 2 has been announced for DVDrelease September 3rd as a feature laden, double disc package. In addition to the film itself, disc one will feature two commentary tracks, one with director Guillermo Del Toro and writer David Goyer and the se...
Universal pictures recently announced three upcoming titles that will soon be appearing on DVD with loads of extras, while looming on the horizon is a special edition release of one of the most important anime features ever made.THE MUMMY RETURNS release ...
ADV Films announced the April 11 release of FARSCAPE season three on DVD only. The season will be distributed on two DVDs and this release is the first time that ADV has chosen to restrict the release format to DVD for the series.Each disc will be availab...
HD DVD add-on for X-Box 360 No HDMI: The first pictures of the HD DVD add-on for Microsoft's X-Box 360 were recently posted on IGN.com, and there's some bad news: The accessory apparently will not have an HDMI digital output, only
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VIDEO NEWSTHIRTEEN GHOSTS was the second of Dark Castle's remakes of old William Castle films and, while not as big a hit as its predecessor THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, it would appear that its DVDrelease will be first rate. In addition to the expected be...
The British prog rock band Camel will have a new CD ready for release next month. Total Pressureis the entire concert recorded at Hammersmith Odeon in 1984 that was partially released in 2003 on the Pressure Points DVD, and will be presented in wide scree...
VIDEO NEWSEVOLUTION proved Darwin wrong when it comes to movies, since director Ivan Reitman's work has de-evolved from the high of GHOSTBUSTERS to the low of this unfunny and derivative title. However, bad big budget movies don't become extinct, they jus...
VIDEO NEWSHELLRAISER: HELLSEEKER, which reunites stars Doug Bradley and Ashley Laurence from the first film in the series, will hit video stores this October. But FANGORIA.COM recently reported that a sequel to that sequel is already in the works. Apparen...
My last column appeared on a day that may set the tone for a century we have barely begun. Looking back, I can imagine nothing more insignificant that day than my lighthearted look at the world of home video. Today, a week later, I still find it difficult...
Comics 2 Film has revealed the release date for this spring's best genre flick, BLADE 2. September 10 has been set for the second in the big screen BLADE trilogy. Though no word on extras are available yet, the disc for the original BLADE flick was chocke...
DreamWorks is looking to make the upcoming video release of SHREK a stand-out product.Word has it that the studio is planning on including an incredible 11 hours of extra material on the film's double-disc DVDrelease. The discs will include 15 minutes of...
Since tomorrow is my birthday, I’ll try not to delay you any longer than necessary, as I’m sure you all have plenty of shopping to do. To celebrate, I’ll be sending out a free random DVD of my choosing to every Maniac that sends an em...
Dear Sirs,It has come to our attention today that your article titled `UPDATE: No Japanese Track on Godzilla 2000 DVD` contains factual errors about Toho`s role in this project. The article asserts that `Toho has stated that Sony didn`t have time enough t...
This week our Prize Closet contains 3 copies of The Hitcher, courtesy of Universal. To be eligible to win one, just send an email to which includes your name and address to DVD Shopping List, and put the words “THUMBS UP” in the subject ...
While shopping at a local supermarket recently I came upon something new installed right outside the exit doors – an automated DVD rental vending machine. Video vending machines have been around in Japan (where you can get just about anything fro...
There's been a few changes to the DVDrelease of HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX by Warner Bros Home Video. One of those changes is the additional/deleted scenes which was originally listed as 10 minutes of footage not seen in the theatrical ver...
VARIETY reports that Steven Spielberg's monumental P. K. Dick film adaptation, MINORITY REPORT, will hit shelves on December 17, pushed back from November 19. The release will be cross-promoted with Activision, which will include a trailer for the DVD on...
This week ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’ arrives in three different formats of DVD: Standard DVD, High Definition DVD (HD-DVD) and Blu-Ray DVD. All of these formats are releasing the Harry Potter films in a box set. With...
SPIDER-MAN didn't have to do whatever a spider could to get audiences scrambling for copies of his video and DVDrelease. He merely had to show up on the shelves at your local video store. VARIETY reports that more than $125 million was spent buying and r...
The summer hit TRANSFORMERS rolled out to a stellar box office run, a stint which has Paramount/Dreamworks and the same crew (Spielberg, Bay, LaBeouf & Co.) prepping the production of the sequel which hits theaters June 26,2009. Well, the DVD rel...
Like its zombies, Night of the Living Dead just seems to keep coming back from the grave. The latest DVDrelease of the classic is a 40th anniversary edition that comes with an outstanding set of extras. There’s no doubt that Night of the Living Dea...
The first season of WONDER WOMAN, the 1970s television series, is coming to DVD next month. Contained in the three-disc set will be the series pilot episode and the first 13 episodes, coming in for a total of 728 minutes worth of material. At press time W...
VIDEO NEWSFROM HELL was a box office disappointment, but for those who missed the Hughes Brothers highly atmospheric take on the most legendary serial killer in history, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has recently announced that the film will be rele...
With Square Pictures' FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN poised to set the world of CG animation ablaze on July 11, 2001, the gaming company turned movie studio has already shifted its focus toward the feature's eventual DVDrelease. So much so, in fact, t...
THE MATRIX RELOADED was released on DVD October 14th, but on Wednesday, October 8th at Morton's restaurant in West Hollywood Warner Home Video held a release party.Seen walking the green carpet were stars Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jada Pinkett Smith...
It seems the coming DVD of THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING could hit a level of hugeness only hinted at by the behemoth film's running time. According to several reports, including TheOneRing.net and Showbiz today, the DVDrelease will b...
Manga Entertainment has announced a July 27 release date for the first volume in its DVD collection of GHOST IN THE SHELL: STAND ALONE COMPLEX, the sequel to the now-classic GHOST IN THE SHELL anime film. Directed by Kenji Kamiyama (BLOOD: THE LAST VAMPIR...
Paramount Home Entertainment has announced the release date and some of the details of the coming STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE -- THE DIRECTOR'S EDITION DVD. The two-disc set will be hitting video stores on November 6th with a suggested retail price of $...
The dvd and blu-ray release for PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END is now set for December 4, 2007. Here's the details on the 2 disc set.
From Walt Disney Home Entertainment:
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment presents Pirates of the Caribbean...
According to Walt Disney Pictures, the upcoming animated feature, Tinker Bell, will be released straight to DVD in the Fall of 2008. Brittany Murphy will lend her voice to the title character which will mark the first time audiences have heard an anima...
As head of Elite Entertainment, Vini Bancalari has long been providing fans with great home video versions of classic genre movies. He started with Laserdisc when that format was the collector's medium of choice, and has since moved on to DVD, but one thi...
In our Prize Closet this week, we have two copies of The Hunt, courtesy of Image. To enter, just send an email to which includes your name and address DVD Shopping List, and in the subject line put the words “BE VEWY QUIET”.
Not to be out...
Universal Home Video has scheduled the home video release of THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK for November 16, 2004. Surprisingly, the studio will make three different DVD versions available for this sequel to PITCH BLACK that failed to succeed at theaters.Two o...
Arriving today on DVD and home video is Steven Spielberg's last film, the cat-and-mouse drama CATCH ME IF YOU CAN. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio as charismatic check con artist Frank Abagnale Jr. and Tom Hanks as FBI Agent Carl Hanratty, the movie came out ...
While researching my column, “Precursors” back in April I came across two titles that I thought needed further research. The first and soon to be released is the long awaited Hulk animated series from 1966. The Hulk was one of five cartoons re...
STAR TREK fans in the United Kingdom are getting first crack at ordering the new boxed series of STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES. Solicitations for all three series have gone up at Amazon.co.uk and each listing includes artwork of the DVD packaging. Old sc...
Comic Con 2007 in San Diego has listed their full lineup. I'll be posting the movie and television sections of the COMIC CON event.. This will include lots of information for you to judge on what to see if you happen to go to it.
Another thing, if ...
Hitting strong for both the rental and sales charts was this week's debut of FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER. The Surfer focused sequel soared up to 9.5 million in rental revenue alone while knocking off the previous top spot, Knocked ...
VIDEO NEWSSince it's anybody's guess when THE MATRIX sequels will actually be completed, video fans may react favorably to the upcoming MATRIX REVISITED: GOLD COLLECTOR'S EDITION. The DVD will feature even more behind-thescenes footage than the previous d...
VARIETY reports that the Mel Gibson/M. Night Shyalaman pic SIGNS will be released for home video on January 7, 2003. The DVDrelease will be on Buena Vista's "Vista Series" label, which is the home for the studio's feature-packed DVDreleases.The SIGNS DV...
Back in the early 80’s a local TV station here in the Detroit area used to have something called Kung-Fu Theater every Saturday night. These were very cheaply made films with little plot and even less character development but it didn’t m...
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has issued a brief statement on some details for the DVDrelease of I Am Legend. I expect the full press release will be given the next few weeks but for now, expect a standard edition and special edition on Blu-Ray, HD-DVD...
The DVDrelease of STAR WARS: EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENACE has set a new DVD sales record, and just barely beat out Universal's THE MUMMY RETURNS doing so.According to Variety, in its first week, the DVD sold an estimated 2.2 million units pulling in a ...
The upcoming DVDrelease of Slither will be crammed full. James Gunn, the director of Slither, released a huge list of the extras on ... get this ... his MySpace page.Some of the extras included are: a commentary track from Gunn and Nathan Fillion, a gag...
Columbia TriStar Home Video has announced that it will release a two-disc special edition DVD of HELLBOY on July 27. Included will be the theatrical movie in anamorphic format and in Dolby Digital 5.1 audio presentation.The set's bonus materials include: ...
Four months after its theatrical release, the Colin Farrell/Al Pacino thriller THE RECRUIT is now out on VHS and DVD. Farrell stars as rookie CIA graduate James Clayton who is taken under the wing by experienced agent Walter Burke (Pacino) who advises h...
After much complaining by fans, Columbia TriStar Home Video has finally confirmed that they will release of the first three seasons of SEINFELD to DVD before the end of the year. CTHV will sell Beginning November 23 Columes 1 and 2 of SEINFELD will be sol...
Studios are starting to releaseDVDs for recently released films quicker than ever. Paramount Pictures has scheduled SAHARA for release on August 30th, just 144 days after its big-screen release. A Paramount spokesman said, "The fact of the matter is, th...
Michael Moore's controversial examination of the political fallout from the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, FAHRENHEIT 9/11, will be released on home video on October 5, 2004. The DVDrelease will feature additional material and features such as:New...
Lucasfilm (via the official STAR WARS website) has finally lifted the curtain and released the content details to be found on their forthcoming STAR WARS trilogy DVD set, arriving this September 21. The new bonus features will constitute over 10 hours wor...
A list of the deleted scenes being applied to the 2-Disc DVDrelease of HARRY POTTER & THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX has made its way online courtesy of the fans at the Leaky Cauldron. The release itself has long been rumored to be on November 12, 2007 but...
Things are certainly heating up in the next gen HD-DVD/Blu Ray war. You readers remember when I passed along the news that Disney Announced a Blu-Ray Partnership? Just a few days after this surprising announcement, word has come down the news wire that bo...
How's this for an odd throwback. Along with the November 12 release of the full, beautiful widescreen DVD of STAR WARS EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES comes a boxed set of EPISODE II and STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE. No surprise, right? Well, ...
Disney Announces More Blu-ray Titles: FLIGHTPLAN, SKY HIGH, and THE WILD are all scheduled to be released as Blu-ray discs on November 21st. With most of the current HD DVD and Blu-ray discs being action and adventure films, it appears that Disney is ho...
The High Definition race between Blu-Ray and HD DVD is officially over, Maniacs. We expected this to come soon after the trade announced hints last week but now Toshiba is sending out an official press release as confirmation.
Toshiba Corporation today a...
Universal Pictures has announced tehy will release a DVD documentary of the making of KING KONG on DVD a day before the film opens in theaters on December 14th. The two-DVD set will feature a behind-the-scenes look at a film ahead of its theatrical releas...
Summer is over. Rob Zombie’s “Halloween” is the last official movie of the summer. Some will say that Hollywood actually went out with a bang with “Superbad”, but this humble moviegoer will say that Hollywood went out wi...
This April, Digital Hollywood University of Digital Content will open the first international anime research lab. Staffed by top anime studio directors, writers and producers, the lab will is intended to further research into anime production, theory, ...
If the popularity of its predecessor's release on DVD is any indication, STAR TREK fans will be transporting themselves into their favorite electronics stores for the first volume of DEEP SPACE NINE, hitting store shelves today.The 6-disc set covers all o...
When there are no conventions, fairs or other esoteric events to cover and there's nothing else to do, how do you fill a column? With great difficulty, frankly. In fact, short of Doctor Who having its strongest series yet since its return and Freema Agyem...
Manga Entertainment, an IDT Entertainment company and an industry leader in anime DVD, has announced the first DVDrelease of Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie unrated and unedited, with additional graphic and footage previously unseen in the United ...
DC Comics, Warner Premiere, Warner Home Video and Warner Bros. Animation have collaborated to create a unique Batman experience in Batman: Gotham Knight. The all-new, original movie will arrive July 8, 2008 on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. Order due date is June ...
While no official reasoning has been given by UIP (Universal's Overseas Distributor) for them canceling EVAN ALMIGHTY from being released in Japan, there are numerous stated as "possible" over at Variety.
1. American-based comedies haven't had ...
VIDEO NEWSDavid DeCoteau, who spoke with the Vidiot a few months ago, has recently announced the latest films under production by his Rapid Heart banner, all destined for direct-to-video release in the near future. Never one to let a trend (such as LORD O...
According to one of our sources, rumors that THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS is to be released on home video this coming January 6 are completely inaccurate. The studio is nowhere near to having a master cut of the DVDrelease of REVOLUTIONS, with work continuing ...
Over a year after the release of the benchmark DVD set for TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY, the first film in that series, James Cameron's breakthrough TERMINATOR, is slated for a Special Edition release this October. Unlike the stripped down, no frills...
According to the USA TODAY, Paramount's MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III will hit shelves on October 30 as a special collector's edition DVD. Interesting to note that the release date is a Monday, and not the typical Tuesday. The studio is calling it "Mission Mo...
In the Prize Closet this week we have FIVE copies of Clerks 2 (plus a t-shirt with each one) to give away, courtesy of Weinstein. To enter, send an email to psycho@psychotronic.info which includes your name and address, and the subject line “RETU...
Sony wants you to know: HD for girls, too! Yep, in a recent series of ads, Sony is trying to hawk its line of admittedly very nice Bravia HD televisions by telling us that these TVs were made for both men and women to enjoy. That’s good news for ...
Delta Entertainment Corporation has announced that it will, in association with Davis-Anderson Merchandising Corp, release the highly-anticipated DVD collection SUNDAY MORNING SHOOTOUT: THE BEST OF SEASON 1, the definitive guide to mastering the secrets o...
The new version of the Incredible Hulk is, in my opinion, well done. It is not awesome nor is it awful. It is a tribute to the TV show if nothing else. Finally the heart, soul and loneliness of Bruce Banner are back and that part of the movie is better th...
One of the summer's most critically derided films, which of course made trains of cash at the box office, SCOOBY-DOO, has been announced for DVDrelease October 15. The release will sport widescreen and full frame versions of the film, though special feat...
The Walt Disney Studios unveiled a diverse and ambitious slate of 10 new animated feature films from Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios to be released through the year 2012 at a New York press conference held today by Dick Cook, chairman of The Walt ...
A week after Disney announced the dvdrelease date of "At World's End" this December, Sony has now revealed that SPIDER-MAN 3 will hit the shelves on October 30, 2007. According to Variety, the trilogy box set will also be available in both form...
To coincide with the release of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Paramount has release the three original Indiana Jones film in a new, boxed set with a host of new features. You can hear fans grumbling about Paramount and George Lu...
The classic STAR WARS trilogy of films are indeed coming to DVD this September.20th Century Fox Home Entertainment and Lucasfilm have made last week's rumor official and announced a September 21, 2004 release date for EPISODES IV - VI. While the films are...
Gary Hardwick's THE BROTHERS seized the top spot on the DVD Best Sellers chart last week from the Nick Cage feel-good-fest THE FAMILY MAN. Timed to the theatrical release of AMERICAN PIE 2 was the AMERICAN PIE: ULTIMATE EDITION - UNRATED DVD, which slid i...
Last week, the video and DVDrelease of Disney's PEARL HARBOR set a sales record for its first day. Now, the film's DVD is the best selling disc ever in a week's time.In a year of constantly uprising records, PEARL HARBOR sold 3.7M DVDs in seven days. Tha...
Contrary to previous reports, it seems that there will be a special Watchmen DVDrelease hitting shelves around the same time that the movie hits theaters next March. Snyder reported that the "Tales of the Black Freighter" storyline wouldn't be ...
JASON X has been set for DVDrelease, and that's not all. In conjunction with the release of the tenth film in the FRIDAY THE 13TH movie series, New Line Home Video will be releasing a special edition of JASON GOES TO HELL new to DVD with lots of extras. ...
Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer's PEARL HARBOR will be hitting store shelves three days before the 60th anniversary of the earth shaking event the film was based on.On December 4th, the film will be available initially in two different packs: the 60th A...
VIDEO NEWSThe FX cable network's groundbreaking Emmy-nominated cop show, THE SHIELD, will soon join 24 as a TV series released to DVD after the airing of only its first season. The series is packed with profanity, nudity, sex and police corruption, plus a...
King Kong: Fans of Peter Jackson's 25-foot ape have something to beat their chests over as KING KONG will be coming to HD DVD on November 14th. The disc, released by Universal, will have a suggested retail price of $29.98 and boast 1080p resolution and...
TheForce.Net, one of the key STAR WARS sites out there, has just posted a three minute commercial for the upcoming DVDrelease of STAR WARS: EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENACE. Follow the link below to go to TheForce.Net and view the clip:http://cgi.theforce....
Lucasfilm has finally caved to fan pressure, and 20th Century Fox's need to get much video cash, and decided to release STAR WARS EPISODE 1: THE PHANTOM MENACE on DVD. It's slated for a October 16 release.What's more, it looks like all Lucasfilm's talk ab...
Variety is reporting this morning that 3:10 TO YUMA has been moved up a month to a September 7, 2007 release. The original release schedule had it opening up on October 5th. Lionsgate is doing this to jump ahead of some other films like Brad Pitt's ASSASI...
It should come as no surprise that the Heroes Season 2 DVD's will arrive before the new season airs on September 22, 2008. On August 26th, 2008 Universal will release the second season of Heroes on DVD and Blu-Ray. Universal has packed the short season of...
Hayao Miyazaki is among Japan's most acclaimed and successful filmmakers. His animated features, like PRINCESS MONONOKE, have set new box office records in his home country. And it seems at long last his fantastic adevtures are finally starting to work ...
Hollywood Reporter says that "Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest," an hourlong special from the animated TV series, topped the national DVD sales chart for the week ending Jan. 20. "Blue Harvest," from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainmen...
KING KONG to be Packaged With HD DVD Drive for X-Box 360: Last week we reported that the HD DVD add-on for Microsoft's X-Box 360 would not have an HDMI output, but we have some good news about the accessory this time around. Microsoft has announced that...
20th Century Fox is making a two-disc DVD for its upcoming home video release of X2: X-MEN UNITED. The disc will go on sale starting November 25 for Region 1 DVD owners in North America.Director Bryan Singer and Director of Photography Tom Sigel will prov...
Fans of the parallel universe hopping adventures of Quinn Mallory and friends are in store for a fun summer treat: Universal Home Video has announced that it will release a six-disc DVD set of SLIDERS on August 3 priced at $89.98. Each of the episodes wil...
Update: The high-definition war may not be "officially" over but Sony just scored a major victory today. Warner Bros. has announced their loyalty through the following press release.
In response to consumer demand, Warner Bros. Entertainme...
MONSTERS, INC. finally has a DVDrelease date, but it's awhile off. According to DVD Review, Pixar's latest won't be hitting video until September 17.But there is a consolation. Like the previous groundbreaking releases of BUG'S LIFE and the TOY STORY mov...
The unrated LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD (complete with numerous F-Bombs) and the record holiday spending week has placed the fourth installment of John McClane on top of the DVD charts. The film won out on both the rental and sales race for DVD even though it h...
Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media will release THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE on DVD and PSP on April 4th. NARNIA is Walt Disney Pictures' third highest grossing live-action film of all time. It will be available as a s...
According to the Associated Press, Hasbro stated while reporting earnings that they expect to release a new DVD for the 30th anniversary of the Star Wars films. Also reported was an update on the status of both Star Wars TV shows.Looking ahead, Verr...
Warner Home Video will release a 2-disc DVD set of the Civil War action/drama GODS AND GENERALS on July 15. Priced at $27.98, the set will include commentaries by the film's director and by Civil War battle experts; an introduction by Ted Turner, the fil...
The FilmJerk website is reporting that the October re-release of Ridley Scott's classic monster movie ALIEN will include some, if not all, of the picture's deleted scenes. The site's sources also say that the film's soundtrack will be remastered. As we ...
Next Tuesday Fox Home Entertainment will release the Planet Of The Apes: The Ultimate DVD Collection, a 14-disc set in a Limited Edition collectable ape-head packaging. The collection includes all five Original movies (1968-1973), the complete series of t...
It looks like genre icon Ridley Scott (HANNIBAL, ALIEN) is returning to perhaps his greatest triumph, BLADE RUNNER, and re-editing it into a final director's cut for the special edition DVDrelease later this year. "What we're doing is re-mixing dig...
Call it the circle of home video life: Disney's new special edition DVDrelease of THE LION KING has sold more than 2 million VHS and DVD copies on just its first day, this past Tuesday. An earlier VHS version of the movie went on to become the best-selli...
There's a new DVDrelease hitting shelves tomorrow which is very close to Mania since it was created by a fellow Maniac. While you're at the store picking up Grand Theft Auto IV, you can also pick up the latest release of Headless Horseman. Here's Abbie's...
According to a release from the company: "Fresh faces, new concepts, and a renewed passion by the core creators have energized Top Cow with a solid start to the new year. New creative teams prepare to rock the status quo on both WITCHBLADE and TOMB RAIDER...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS After a pair of thunderously powerful retrospective recordings of classic horror film music released in 1996, and an in-depth collection of jungle horror film music like THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON and THE ALLIGATOR PEOP...
FAMILY GUY, the best selling animated television series of all-time, returns to DVD in an unrated direct-to-DVD extravaganza. On September 27, 2005, Fox Home Entertainment will release Seth MacFarlane's first full-length unrated DVD feature in FAMILY GUY ...
Warner Home Video is asking fans for their input as to which cover they like best for the forthcoming DVDrelease of THE MATRIX RELOADED. According to The Digital Bits, Warner asked fans via an online survey to tell them which one of three possible cover...
Shrek the 3rd opens Friday, in case you hadn’t heard. These movies are great fun, but sometimes I feel myself pulling back from the overwhelming hype. That green ogre is just everywhere. Ironically, the overweight Shrek was chosen to appear in a PSA...
Nothing lasts forever. In my younger days as an avid comic-book collector, I eventually had to face the fact that despite every effort to keep them in a protected, hazard-free environment, pulp paper periodicals were a fragile medium at best and would ine...
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that RESIDENT EVIL:EXTINCTION will hit the shelves in DVD and Blu-Ray formats on January 1st, 2008. The release will feature behind-the-scene commentary, deleted scenes, four featurettes and a sneak peek...
Warner Home Video has announced an August 12 release date for CRADLE 2 THE GRAVE on VHS/DVD. As is standard from the studio, the DVD version will be available in both full-screen and widescreen options.All you need to know about CRADLE 2 THE GRAVE's plot...
20th Century Fox Home Video has slotted April 20 as the day for the DVDrelease of MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD. The Oscar-nominated picture will arrive in an unusual choice of three different DVD versions: a full-screen version, a wide...
Lionsgate Home Video has announced a DVD/Blu-Ray shipping date for SAW IV on January 22, 2008. The fourth horror film was directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and stars Tobin Bell, Betsy Russell, Scott Patterson and Lyriq Bent. Lionsgate plans to release ...
Not a whole lot is known about the specifics yet, but it appears November 12 will be the DVDrelease date for Sam Raimi's massive hit, SPIDER-MAN. According to various trade reports and soundings in the video community, the film will be presented in a two...
While no specifics were given on DVD extras, Sony Home Entertainment has announced a shipping date for 30 DAYS OF NIGHT. The horror film will be hitting standard DVD and Blu-Ray on February 19, 2008. The film, based on the Steve Niles graphic novel, opene...
According to figures released by Fox Home Video, Mel Gibson's THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST DVD sold an amazing 4.1 million copies on its first day of release, yesterday. If the strong sales for the title continue on it will likely claim the crown of the best...
Fritz Lang's 1927 METROPOLIS, the mother of all genre films, is getting its definitive release on DVD, according to Kino International, the company finally bringing the film to disc. What the company hopes will make this the version to own (as opposed to ...
MGM Home Entertainment has released the specs on its upcoming DVDrelease of JEEPERS CREEPERS 2, set for release on December 23.Two separate commentary tracks will be on the disc, one with director Victor Salva and select members of the cast, the other wi...
As we move toward the holiday shopping season, more studios are announcing tentative release dates for new DVD titles. We've compiled a list of the major releases from various studios and their announced release dates; in many of these cases the artwork a...
IGN FilmForce runs a long interview with William Shatner, the good captain himself, focusing mainly on the new SPLATT ATTACK DVDrelease but including a wrap-up to the possibility that Shatner might be able to rework STAR TREK V for DVDrelease.According ...
The 1980s sci-fi lark INNERSPACE, staring Martin Short, Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid has its DVDrelease date set. The film, which will sport a new Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack, will hit July 9 with cast and crew biographies along with trailers. Yes, that me...
Dimension Films has announced that the film FEAST will hit theaters for special late night showings starting on September 22 and 23. The DVDrelease will follow soon after on October 17, 2006.FEAST's inception and production was made possible and documen...
Lionsgate took first place on the national DVD sales chart with Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The film grossed $55 million in theaters and debuted at No. 1 on the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert sales c...
Disney & Pixar continued the success with their latest effort, RATATOUILLE. The film, starring Patton Oswalt and Ian Holm, has been beating the competition at the International Box Office race over the last month and has just debuted at...
Fresh from its North American debut on CARTOON NETWORK's Adult Swim earlier this month comes the DVDrelease of REIGN: THE CONQUEROR - ASCENTION, the first volume of the sci-fi/fantasy/historical anime. Imagine the tale of Alexander the Great except now ...
DreamWorks Home Video has announced the release of the A.I.: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 2-disc DVD set on MARCH 5, 2002.The discs will be packed with extras never seen before including a documentary about the film's long history that takes from Brian Aldiss'...
20th Century Fox, M80 and CINESCAPE are teaming up to give you an opportunity to win one of two X-FILES prize packs. With today's release of the ninth and final season of THE X-FILES on DVD, the paranormal investigations of FBI Agents Fox Mulder and Dana ...
While Grindhouse may have failed at the box office by being released on Easter weekend against so many family comedies, that's not stopping them from thinking of creative ways to still make money out of it. Weinstein and Dimension Films have already relea...
AnimEigo, the company responsible for the domestic DVDreleases of such anime classics as OH MY GODDESS! and AD POLICE FILES, announced that they're issuing a re-release of the cult hit film LONE WOLF AND CUB. The news was issued at this weekend's Anime E...
With the release of the latest Rambo film (creatively titled Rambo) Lionsgate has given fans of the series the ultimate collection; All four films in a six disc collector’s tin set loaded to the top with bonus features. One of the most iconic c...
Warner Brothers is going to “make the day” of Clint Eastwood fans everywhere on June 3rd when they release all five Dirty Harry films on special edition DVDs with all-new bonus features. With Eastwood in the starring role, Dirty Harry wou...
As E3 begins this week in Los Angeles, Microsoft Game Studios announced today a specific release date for its highly anticipated sequel to HALO. HALO 2 is now scheduled for release on November 9, 2004.To celebrate, Microsoft will release a special limited...
Epic Records has announced a June 26th release for Sound Theories Vol 1 & 2, a double-live CD capturing legendary guitarist Steve Vai’s electrifying collaboration with the Netherlands Metropole Orchestra. The two-disc set spotlights rare materia...
In anticipation of the theatrical release of the OCEAN'S ELEVEN remake, Warner Home Video and New Wave Entertainment are at work on a DVD for the Rat Pack original. According to Video Premiere, Frank Sinatra's estate is participating in the project, provi...
DVD and VHS releases of FARSCAPE's season two fourth volume (of five for the season) were announced for December second today by ADV Films. The four episode two-disc or two-tape sets will retail for $39.98 and $19.98, respectively. ADV has offered strong...
The animated outings of movie critic Jay Sherman may have lasted for only two seasons on TV but now, thanks to the advent of DVD (and the eventual release of every single TV show ever made), THE CRITIC is getting a second chance to find his audience. All ...
If you've been following the long and tortured development and production of EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING, then you already know that the movie was filmed twice. When director Paul Schrader first filmed his version of the fourth EXORCIST film, little did he kn...
Slated for a simultaneous release today, the Universal Music Group offers a pair of eagerly-sought after archival releases from the seminal 70's Blues Rock group, Free. The live CD compilation, Free Live At The BBC, will be released on cd while Free Fore...
SONY BMG Entertainment announced that a TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE 20TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EDITION DVD will hit retail in November. The DVD will contain exclusive special features to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the animated classic film. The releas...
Column News: With the switch over to the new site design, I thought I’d make a couple of minor changes in High Def Revue. The most notable one is that the Blu-ray discs will be listed first in the Upcoming Discs section from now on. ...
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Warner Premiere will release a direct to DVD film, Get Smarter: Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control, which will be released 10 days after the feature film.The story will at times cross over with the feature film and the dir...
Warner Home Video has announced that it will convert the Matrix franchise and the Harry Potter franchise to HD DVD for release in 2007.Warner Home Video HD DVDs offer resolution six times higher than standard definition DVDs, as well as extraordinarily vi...
The format war between the two competing formats of high definition video software, HD DVD and Blu-Ray, is in full swing. Both formats have their first generation players out along with several discs. The two camps, Blu-Ray, backed by Sony, and HD DVD, ...
This one sounds a little far fetched, but oddly plausible based on what we know. The bit is this: THE MATRIX RELOADED could hit DVD three scant months after hitting theaters in May of 2003. What's the logic behind this? It would give fans time to absorb t...
One of the frustrating things about growing up is that many of the movies and TV shows you were weaned on lose their luster. For fans of sci-fi and horror, this generally means that the special effects, shock value and overall net entertainment worth of t...
Now that the entire BABYLON 5 series and all five TV movies have come out on DVD, Warner Home Video has announced a release date for CRUSADE, the short-lived spinoff series that only lasted 13 episodes. Set in the year 2267, CRUSADE followed the mission o...
Today marks the release of ROSWELL: Season Two on DVD. The six-disc box set includes all 21 episodes from the show's second season (2000-2001) and includes audio commentary for select episodes, featurettes and a video montage designed for the show's fanba...
Paramount Home Entertainment's Beowulf topped both the DVD sales and rental lists in its first week in release ending March 2, says The Hollywood Reporter. The computer-animated fantasy, which grossed $82.2 million in theaters, pushed the previous week's ...
Elite Entertainment have long been valued providers of treasured genre movies for the home entertainment market. Beginning on the collector-driven laserdisc format and making the transition to the hugely popular