Blu-ray Highlights: Week of February 17th, 2019 – Star Power
Tell me somethin’, girl. Are you happy in this modern world? Or do you need more? Is there a Blu-ray you’re searchin’ for? New Releases (Blu-ray) A Star Is Born – Who knew Lady Gaga could sing? What a...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of February 24th, 2019 – Breaking Character
By the time this post is published, the Oscars should be over. (With that interminable ceremony, there’s a chance maybe not.) Some of this week’s new disc releases were nominated. Did they win...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of March 10th, 2019 – Crimes and Punishments
Poised to dominate the Blu-ray and Ultra HD scene this week is the latest entry from the Wizarding World. But could this year’s surprise Best Picture winner sneak in and upset the sales charts the way...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of March 17th, 2019 – Hip Hoppin’ Poppins
One of the most inventive and exciting uses of animation from 2018 hits Blu-ray and Ultra HD this week. Also, the Mary Poppins reboot. New Releases (Blu-ray) Mary Poppins Returns – More than five...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of March 24th, 2019 – Slippery When Wet
A big fish swims home this week as DC’s billion-dollar blockbuster hits the Blu-ray and Ultra HD disc formats. This might be a bigger deal if it hadn’t been available for streaming for a couple weeks...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of April 7th, 2019 – No Sh*t, Sherlock
A couple of the worst-reviewed movies of 2018 hit Blu-ray this week. Both were also box office duds. I suppose it’s no surprise that their respective studios aren’t even bothering to release them on...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of April 14th, 2019 – Walking on Broken Glass
In contrast to last week, a genuine box office hit comes to both Blu-ray and Ultra HD this week. Plenty of people saw the movie in theaters. How many of them were actually satisfied with it is perhaps...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of April 21st, 2019 – Search and Destroy
I hope the Easter Bunny brought you a lot of good candy over the holiday weekend, because he didn’t bring many new movies on Blu-ray. Thankfully, some of the week’s catalog titles and 4k upgrades look...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of April 28th, 2019 – I Am a Leaf on the Wind
Don’t let the lack of major new Blu-rays this week stress you out. Take a deep breath and center yourself. Repeat after me: It’s going to be all right… all right… all… right… New Releases (Blu-ray)...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of May 5th, 2019 – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
The Blu-ray scene kind of fell to pieces the last couple weeks without any major new movies on disc. This week begins to rebuild with a recent box office hit that looks pretty fun. New Releases...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of May 12th, 2019 – Nothing Compares 2U
On a week when the biggest Blu-ray releases are a horror sequel, yet another Liam Neeson revenge thriller, and a handful of 4k upgrades for old movies, I feel like we’ve been through all this before....
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of May 19th, 2019 – Romantic Upsides, Hidden Dragons
Already feeling the loss of Game of Thrones and need a little more fiery dragon action in your life? DreamWorks has you covered on Blu-ray and UHD this week, albeit with a kids’ cartoon. On the upside,...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of May 26th, 2019 – Bluer Than Velvet Was the Night
Likely owing to the holiday, this week’s disc highlights are truly all Blu-ray, with no Ultra HD on offer. It’s also possible that you may not have even heard of any of the new releases. A couple of...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of June 2nd, 2019 – Never Rub Another Man’s Rhubarb
In contrast to last week, which didn’t have a single new Ultra HD disc to offer, this is a very big week for 4k upgrades of beloved movie franchises. Once again, however, catalog titles are far more...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of June 9th, 2019 – Chapter and Vers
Marvel’s first female-led superhero blockbuster comes home to Blu-ray and Ultra HD this week, just in time to temper everyone’s disappointment over how the second one turned out. That “second one”...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of June 16th, 2019 – What About All the Broken Happy...
If this week’s biggest Blu-ray and Ultra HD release looks strangely familiar, you may have already caught it when it hit streaming a couple weeks ago. That’s becoming a common trend these days, but...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of June 23rd, 2019 – The Elephant in the Room
In a year inundated with them, one of Disney’s live-action remakes didn’t quite live up to expectations. Will the movie have a better shelf life on home video? That’s one question raised by this week’s...
View ArticlePoll: Which Blu-rays Will You Buy in the July 2019 Criterion Sale?
With the start of July comes the latest Criterion Collection sale at Barnes & Noble. As always, this is a great time to stock up on Blu-rays from the label. However, I really wonder whether...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of July 7th, 2019 – More Than One Way to Kill a Cat
With the July 4th holiday lull out of the way, the Blu-ray and UHD release calendar jolts back to life this week. However, those of us whose wallets are still recovering from the Criterion, Arrow...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of July 14th, 2019 – Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus,...
In what is proving to be a very expensive July, this week’s selection of new Blu-rays and Ultra HD discs have to compete not just with each other, but against all the other bargains being unleashed as...
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