Archive for July, 2012

Jaws Blu-ray trailer emerges – we’re going to need a bigger boat…

Published July 31st, 2012
Jaws

Tweet As we mentioned previously, all-time classic Jaws is making its way to Blu-ray. The fantastic high-definition transfer, with new 7.1 DTS master audio, is the result of a painstaking process of cleaning up the original negatives to produce a version with far higher resolution than the film has been seen at before. We think [...]

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Blu-ray Monday: The Flowers of War

Published July 30th, 2012
Flowers of War

Tweet For this week’s Blu-ray Monday competition, we’re giving you the chance to win a copy of The Flowers of War, starring Christian Bale. This exhilarating and moving film sees Bale playing the role of an American mortician struggling to protect a convent full of vulnerable young women and refugees in the second Sino-Japanese War [...]

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Sporting legends for the weekend

Published July 27th, 2012
Chariots of Fire

Tweet With the Olympics kicking off today, we’ve got a line-up of sports inspired Blu-rays to get you fired up for the culmination of the summer of sport. This weekend’s Blu-rays are almost guaranteed to motivate and inspire you to get out there and beat your personal best. Chariots of Fire This 1981 classic, new [...]

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Men in Black III bursts onto Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D in November

Published July 26th, 2012
MIB3

Tweet The third outing of agents J and K will be arriving on Blu-ray in 2D and 3D this November, as Men in Black III gets its official release date. With Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones reprising their now well-known roles, this sci-fi comedy sees the pair fighting to save humanity’s future by travelling [...]

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Lawrence of Arabia gets official Blu-ray date

Published July 25th, 2012
Lawrence

Tweet The 50th anniversary of Lawrence of Arabia sees the digitally restored high-definition director’s cut of the timeless classic heading to Blu-ray in the UK on 10th September, with European releases to follow. This award-winning, all-time classic has been painstakingly restored from the original 50 year old camera negatives and is brought to life in [...]

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What to Expect When You’re Expecting expected on Blu-ray in October

Published July 24th, 2012
What to Expect When You're Expecting

Tweet Pregnancy rom-com What to Expect When You’re Expecting is arriving kicking and screaming on Blu-ray in October. Inspired by the bestselling book by the same name from Heidi Murkoff, the film follows five couples as they come to terms with the ups and downs of impending parenthood. From TV stars to fast food chefs, [...]

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Blu-ray Monday: Mirror Mirror

Published July 23rd, 2012
mirror

Tweet In May we brought you the news that Mirror Mirror would be landing on Blu-ray this month. With just a week to go before its release, we’re giving you the chance to win your very own copy of this timeless story as part of our Blu-ray Monday competition. A fresh and funny retelling of [...]

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Blu-rays for the Weekend: Christopher Nolan Rises

Published July 20th, 2012
Memento

Tweet Today is the day that film lovers across the globe have been waiting for with bated-breath; the concluding part of Christopher Nolan’s Batman series The Dark Knight Rises has finally hit the big screen. But if Batman isn’t your thing, here are a few typically mind-bending suggestions from Nolan’s back-catalogue that should keep you [...]

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James Bond at 50 – Complete Collection details announced

Published July 19th, 2012
bond

Tweet To celebrate James Bond’s 50th anniversary, MGM and Twentieth Century Fox are set to release the complete James Bond collection Bond 50 containing all 22 films, re-mastered in 1080p, on 24th September – just in time for the premiere of Bond’s upcoming outing, Skyfall. The 23-disc box set features nine titles previously unavailable on [...]

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Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis gets Blu-ray release date

Published July 18th, 2012
Cosmopolis

Tweet David Cronenberg’s latest cinematic outing, Cosmopolis, is heading to Blu-ray after wowing audiences at Cannes and attracting critical acclaim earlier in the year. The film focuses on finance billionaire Eric Packer, played by Robert Pattinson (better known as teenage heart-throb Edward Cullen), driving across town in his luxurious limousine to get to a haircut [...]

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