The Blu-Ray Upcoming, News & Info Thread

[Darth Waller]

Fixed

Don't you have a Charlie-centric episode of Lost so watch?

 

[-jay-]

 

[BuffyGirl]

Go me!!! I should design Blu-ray covers for the Social Network.

I support that!

 

[IronFingaz]

Don't you have a Charlie-centric episode of Lost so watch?

I hope not

Well, he got his son so i hope he knocks that sh@t out

 

[IronFingaz]

The Criterion Collection has announced five titles for Blu-ray release in March. On March 15, the independent studio will release two acclaimed international titles: the deeply personal drama Au revoir les enfants (Louis Malle, 1987) and the family epic Yi Yi (Edward Yang, 2000). A week later, the Oscar-winning documentary The Times of Harvey Milk (Robert Epstein, 1984) will hit store shelves. And finally, on March 29, Criterion will roll out the carpet for Gilbert and Sullivan with two releases: The Mikado (Victor Schertzinger, 1939) and Topsy-Turvy (Mike Leigh, 1999).

As to the transfers, Au revoir les enfants has been supervised by director of photography Renato Berta. The Times of Harvey Milk is director-approved and uses the UCLA Film and Television Archive restoration. The transfer of Topsy-Turvy is approved by the director and supervised by cinematographer ____ Pope.

Special features include:

Au revoir les enfants:
Video interviews with biographer Pierre Billard and actress Candice Bergen, director Louis Malle's widow
Joseph: A Character Study – a profile of the provocative character from Au revoir les enfants
The Immigrant: Charlie Chaplin's 1917 short comedy, featured in the film
Audio excerpts from a 1988 AFI interview with Malle
Original theatrical trailer and teaser
A booklet featuring essays by film critic Philip Kemp and historian Francis J. Murphy

The Mikado:
New video interview with Topsy-Turvy director Mike Leigh on The Mikado and its adaptation for the screen
New video interview with Mikado scholars Josephine Lee and Ralph MacPhail Jr., tracing the 1939 filmed version of the opera back to its 1885 stage debut
Short silent film promoting the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's 1926 stage performance of The Mikado
A booklet featuring an essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien

The Times of Harvey Milk:
Audio commentary featuring director Robert Epstein, coeditor Deborah Hoffmann, and photographer Daniel Nicoletta
New interview with documentary filmmaker and UC Berkeley professor Jon Else
New program about The Times of Harvey Milk and Gus Van Sant's Milk, featuring Epstein, Van Sant, actor James Franco, and Milk friends Cleve Jones, Anne Kronenberg, and Nicoletta
Postscript containing interview clips not used in the film
Rare collection of audio and video recordings of Harvey Milk
Interview excerpts from Epstein's research tapes
Footage from the film's Castro Theatre premiere and the 1984 Academy Awards ceremony
Panel discussion on Supervisor Dan White's controversial trial
Excerpts from the twenty-fifth anniversary commemoration of Milk's and Mayor George Moscone's assassinations
Original theatrical trailer
A booklet featuring an essay by film critic B. Ruby Rich, a tribute by Milk's nephew Stuart Milk, and a piece on the film's restoration by the UCLA Film and Television Archive's Ross Lipman

Topsy-Turvy:
Audio commentary featuring director Mike Leigh
New video conversation between Leigh and the film's musical director, Gary Yershon
A Sense of History: Leigh's 1992 short film written by and starring actor Jim Broadbent
Deleted scenes
Featurette from 1999 including interviews with Leigh, stars Broadbent and Allan Corduner, and other cast members
Theatrical trailer and TV spots
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Amy Taubin

Yi Yi:
Audio commentary by writer-director Edward Yang and Asian-cinema critic Tony Rayns
Video interview with Rayns about Yang and the New Taiwan Cinema movement
US theatrical trailer
A booklet featuring an essay by film writer Kent Jones and notes from the director

 

[UTtoyfan]

Fixed

Stupid IronFingaz.

 

[IronFingaz]

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Well... I guess we shouldn't be surprised. In fact, we even guessed it might happen last week. But it's now official: Miramax (as owned by Filmyard Holdings) has partnered with The Weinstein Company for new content creation and also distribution of its catalog of more than 700 films on Blu-ray, DVD and digital download. Hopefully that means a whole range of eagerly-awaited and long-neglected films will finally see the light of day on Blu-ray. From the piece at Home Media: "Part of the agreement has Miramax and Weinstein creating new material for Blu-ray releases of Miramax films, including roundtables featuring cast and directors." Well, it's about damn time! Here's a suggestion, guys: How's about starting with Pulp Fiction, The English Patient, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Trainspotting and The Crow? As part of the deal, the two companies are also planning on working together to produce sequels to many of the key titles in the Miramax catalog. No doubt we'll hear more in the coming weeks.

https://www.thedigitalbits.com/#mytwocents

*Except for the sequels part.

Stupid IronFingaz.

EDIT: 8000!

 

[blue_rogue]

03/22/11

 

[The Ween]

Salt is out on Tuesday and Best Buy has an exclusive steelbook for it. I'm not interested, but I'm sure some will be.

 

[Kabukiman]

Disney rewards code from Fantasia for whoever wants it:

CLAIMED

If you claim it, post here so I can remove the code.

 

[The Ween]

Disney rewards code from Fantasia for whoever wants it:

2LLI24QCS7H

If you claim it, post here so I can remove the code.

Well, I used it, but it said it was the Christmas Carol code. Which is okay, but I can't claim mine now.

Thanks anyway! I'll just have to post mine so someone else can use it.

 

[Kabukiman]

Well, I used it, but it said it was the Christmas Carol code. Which is okay, but I can't claim mine now.

Thanks anyway! I'll just have to post mine so someone else can use it.

D'oh! I forgot I had that one too! I'll PM you the Fantasia one when I get home tonight.

 

[The Ween]

Does anyone know anything more about this Resident Evil set?

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/Resident+Evil%3A+Afterlife+4pk+(Best+Buy+Exclusive)+-+Blu-ray+Disc/1669094.p?id=2173735&skuId=1669094&st=Resident_Evil_Movie_20101219&lp=4&cp=1

 

[The Ween]

D'oh! I forgot I had that one too! I'll PM you the Fantasia one when I get home tonight.

Thanks so much!

 

[UTtoyfan]

Does anyone know anything more about this Resident Evil set?

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/Resident+Evil%3A+Afterlife+4pk+(Best+Buy+Exclusive)+-+Blu-ray+Disc/1669094.p?id=2173735&skuId=1669094&st=Resident_Evil_Movie_20101219&lp=4&cp=1

That is going to be all 4 movies on Blu-ray in a collectible Glock packaging.

 

[The Ween]

That is going to be all 4 movies on Blu-ray in a collectible Glock packaging.

I know that much!



They sure don't say much for something they have as an exclusive. I'll have to see if I can search it out somewhere.

 

[The Ween]

Found this.......check out the Japanese exclusive!

https://www.examiner.com/dvd-in-new...n-dvd-and-blu-ray-picture?slide=27522426#main

 

[IronFingaz]

They sure don't say much for something they have as an exclusive. I'll have to see if I can search it out somewhere.

A pic of the Resident Evil (Only by name, not by content) "Glock" Box. It's just a plastic slip. Like the movies, it's sucks

*Pic by shin at Blu-Ray.com

 

[UTtoyfan]

Yeah Ween, I don't know why you would want these crappy movies, especially in a box set with super exclusive packaging.

 

[The Ween]

First off, I've never seen them and there's no way I'd pay that much for a big slip cover if that's all it is.

I'm not fussy when it comes to movies. I like a lot of things others don't. I would think someone must've liked them to make 4 of them!