Archive for August, 2012

Blu-rays for the weekend: All eyes on London

Published August 31st, 2012
Sherlock

Tweet With the Paralympics starting off this week, eyes are once again on London for another festival of sport. Here at Blu-ray Disc Reporter, we’ve been thinking about our favourite movies set in London: here are some of our favourites, all available on Blu-ray:   The Sherlock Holmes Collection Sherlock Holmes, Baker Street’s most famous [...]

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Prometheus hits Blu-ray 3D in October

Published August 30th, 2012
Prometheus

Tweet Sir Ridley Scott’s epic return to the Alien franchise, Prometheus, is due to touch-down on Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D from 3rd October in Europe with an 8th October release pencilled in for the UK. The Alien prequel, starring Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron and Noomi Rapace, explores the terrifying origins of the aliens and just [...]

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The Amazing Spider-Man’s BD special features revealed

Published August 29th, 2012
Spider-man

Tweet With The Amazing Spider-Man hitting Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D on 26th November 2012, we’ve been keeping a watchful eye for more information for you. Details have now come out about what features the Blu-ray edition of the Spider-Man reboot will have, and it’s a colossal list. Fans can expect features including an exclusive 3D [...]

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The ghoulishly glorious Dark Shadows hits Blu-ray

Published August 28th, 2012
Dark Shadows

Tweet Tim Burton’s gothic comedy Dark Shadows, starring Johnny Depp, Eva Green, Michelle Pfeifer and Helena Bonham Carter, will hit Blu-ray on 15th October in the UK, with other territories to follow. Based on the TV show of the same name, Dark Shadows focuses on vampire Barnabas (Johnny Depp) who awakes in 1972 – two [...]

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Blu-rays for the weekend: Total Recall – modern remakes

Published August 24th, 2012
King Kong

Tweet Total Recall, starring Colin Farrell, is one of the biggest movie remakes of this year, drawing on the much loved 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger original. With the 2012 remake hitting cinemas next week, here’s a few other famous remakes, available now on Blu-ray, to whet your appetite. King Kong Following the storming success of the [...]

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Moonrise Kingdom Blu-ray coming in October

Published August 23rd, 2012
Moonrise

Tweet Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom is set to be released on Blu-ray on the 16th October, with an all-star cast including Bill Murray, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand and Jason Schwartzman. The romantic comedy-drama, set in the 1960s, focuses on a young boy and girl who fall in love with each other [...]

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Avatar back in 3D on Blu-ray

Published August 22nd, 2012
Avatar

Tweet James Cameron’s epic, Avatar, is set to make its return to 3D on Blu-ray on the 15th of October. Although the film was originally intended to be enjoyed in 3D in the cinema, it has previously been unavailable in the third dimension in the home outside of an exclusive Panasonic deal. The high-definition Collector’s [...]

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Chernobyl Diaries to hit Blu-ray

Published August 21st, 2012
Chernobyl

Tweet Following in the footsteps of found-footage camcorder movies such as Quarantine, Paranormal Activity and The Blair Witch Project, Chernobyl Diaries is set to hit Blu-ray on the 16th October. You had best brace yourselves for some surprises in this high-definition horror outing. The supernatural thriller sees six tourists venture off the beaten path, hiring [...]

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Blu-ray Monday: The Ultimate Bourne Collection

Published August 20th, 2012
The Ultimate Bourne Collection

Tweet The Bourne Legacy hit the big screen recently, so we thought for those of you who haven’t seen it yet we’d give you a chance to catch up on the rest of the story with the Ultimate Bourne Collection box-set on Blu-ray. And even if you have seen it, why not remind yourself where [...]

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Blu-rays for the Weekend: The Expendables 2 – the indispensable action films on Blu-ray

Published August 17th, 2012
Hang On Blu-ray

Tweet With The Expendables 2 hitting the big screen and putting an ensemble cast of action heroes old and new back in the saddle for an adventure into enemy territory, we decided to suggest some of the best Blu-rays for a few of the leading men in the team. Lock and load! Sylvester Stallone – [...]

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