Blu-ray Highlights: Week of September 17th, 2017 – The Wonder Years
Wondering what the most exciting Blu-ray release of the week is? You don’t need to tie me up with a magic lasso of truth to find out. In fact, please don’t do that. New Releases (Blu-ray) ‘Wonder...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of September 24th, 2017 – Before Knight Falls
Have audiences finally had enough of the Bayformers? The theatrical box office is starting to look that way. We’ll have to see how well the latest entry sells on Blu-ray this week. New Releases...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of October 1st, 2017 – Dead in the Water
Avast, ye mateys! Shiver me timbers, walk the plank and all that other nonsense. The pirates arrrr coming and it be time t’ sail the ocean Blu… I’ll stop now, I promise. New Releases (Blu-ray) ‘Pirates...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of October 8th, 2017 – Baby, You Can Drive My Car
Oh baby! One of the most inventive and fun movies of the year is available on Blu-ray and UHD this week. If I were a betting man, I’d wager that it will outsell the latest Will Farrell dud. New...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of October 15th, 2017 – Back in the Swing of Things
Are any exciting new Blu-rays headed our way this week? My spidey sense is tingling… New Releases (Blu-ray) ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming‘ – People complained when Spider-Man got rebooted with Andrew...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of October 22nd, 2017 – Cut the Crap
Let’s not monkey around. We’ve got a bunch of new Blu-rays to look at this week. Some will make you smile. Others will stink. Some are just plain inconvenient. They’re all going to war for your...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of November 5th, 2017 – You Drive Me Crazy
With Pixar’s latest hit racing to video and parents everywhere bracing for the impact on their wallets, this could be a big sales week for Blu-ray. In the meantime, robot cowboys take over our...
View ArticlePoll: Which Blu-rays Will You Buy in the November 2017 Criterion Sale?
Even though these things run every July and November, this month’s Criterion Collection sale at Barnes & Noble somehow snuck on me and I neglected to write about it last week. Because some of our...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of November 12th, 2017 – Blonde Ambition
Blondes supposedly have more fun. This week, they kick a bunch of ass. Also causing trouble on Blu-ray are some screwy squirrels and a weirdo in a bear suit. New Releases ‘Atomic Blonde‘ – Let’s get...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of November 19th, 2017 – Let the Good Times Roll
Holiday weeks are usually slow for home video, but with Black Friday imminent, the Blu-ray studios offer us a couple of major titles. Yes, one of them was a huge bomb, but I’m sure it’ll look awfully...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of December 3rd, 2017 – I’ll See You in the Trees
The beginning of December brings us a very crowded Blu-ray release slate as all the studios move to get as much content as possible in front of consumers during the holiday shopping season. A few...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of December 10th, 2017 – Circle of Confusion
They say you can’t go home again, but Hollywood refuses to listen and keeps churning out sequels and knockoffs to once-successful movies. Some of those hit Blu-ray this week, along with far too many...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of December 31st, 2017 – Don’t You Forget About Me
For countless reasons, 2017 is a year many of us would like to forget. As we move into 2018 and hope for a fresh start, the first Blu-ray releases of the new year ease us in slowly with only a few...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of January 7th, 2018 – We All Float Down Here
This week, everybody’s buzzing about the story of a demented clown who ruins countless lives and poses a terrifying threat to the world. But this is probably not the right place to discuss the ‘Fire...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of January 28th, 2018 – No, Sir, They’re Saying...
I’m not sure which is the more depressing prospect – that the top Blu-ray release for the last week of January is a leftover Halloween movie, or that it’s also a ‘Madea’ movie. Either way, it doesn’t...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of February 11th, 2018 – They’re Coming to Get You,...
It’s Valentine’s week and, curiously, almost no romantic movies are available on Blu-ray to capitalize on that. In fact, catalog releases are heavily weighted with gory horror flicks. I wonder what...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of February 18th, 2018 – Daddy Issues
Bad parents are a running theme through this week’s new Blu-ray releases, from the neglectful to the obnoxious to the outright homicidal. Having Mel Gibson play one of them is potentially problematic...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of February 25th, 2018 – The Darkest Timeline
Still lagging behind in your viewing of this year’s Oscar nominees? This week’s bustling batch of new Blu-ray releases will give you a chance to catch up on a few of them before the ceremony on Sunday....
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of March 11th, 2018 – The Shape of Justice
Fresh off its Oscar victory, this year’s Best Picture winner comes to Blu-ray and UHD this week. In doing so, it draws a lot of attention away from a big superhero epic that failed to live up to its...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of March 18th, 2018 – You’re in the Jungle, Baby
We’re in a very odd position this week where a surprise blockbuster comes out on disc while the movie is still a strong player at the theatrical box office, bringing in millions of dollars every week....
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