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more good news...

Flash Gordon and Darkman!!!

How sad is it that we now have to wait for this kind of confirmation about Universal titles now before being truly happy about their announcements...oh, how I long for the return of the good old pre-combo BD days....

another shaw bros. title from tokyo shock: HEROES TWO - 6/29/10

but since they still haven't gotten DEADLY DUO or ICHI THE KILLER out, don't count of them actually making that date

THE ROAD - May 25th
BAD BOYS ('95) - June 1st
THE WHITE RIBBON - June 29th

Bad Boys is a DAY ONE for me.

I'm kind of bummed that Bad Boys II isn't paired with it, that's probably my favorite guilty pleasure movie of all time.

Why sell you Bab Boys II now when they can release it later only as part of a 2-pack with the first Bad Boys which you already own? It's Sony y'know.

Loose Screws (1985) - 6/29/10

Is it pretty much safe to assume that no big (major catalog to mid level catalog) announcements are left to be made for May? Usually if you get to the month before, if you don't see it out there, it won't be. I mean I heard we might get Punch Drunk Love and the new Gladiator in May and both seem to not be coming.

The way it looks, I'm only getting 4 BDs for the entire month of May, down from 9 in April and it's mostly to the point where new releases usually make or break the month, while catalogs seem really slow. I'm generalizing, but is anyone else feeling like it's going more slowly? I still have a LOT of dvds and I hear very little about them getting upgraded and the bigger names, like Moulin Rouge or Seven, seem like they're rumors or are taking forever.

And, of my 4 in May, 1 is The Notebook, which shouldn't count because it's only replacing the limited edition box of crap that I didn't need for the movie only version. So, 3 for a month. 2 new releases and 1 catalog. That sucks.

I was considering grabbing Edward Scissorhands for $9.99 and someone mentioned that the crappy existing release would probably be replaced with a 20 year anniversary edition. I also read another bad review of that blu and even the reviewer mentioned the "inevitable" 20 year anniversary edition should be expected. With DVD, it was a slam dunk that you could count on that. But I don't really see the studios doing that with blus. Yet the commercials for new movies coming out on dvd almost always no seem to push people towards the blu release even for a rental. I don't get it, but it's disappointing.

Didn't see anything about this yet. It snuck under the radar.

For Elvis fans, Elvis On Tour comes to Blu-ray August 3rd from Blu-ray.com

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=4383

Bakshi's "Wizards" - 5/24 (though they prob mean 5/25)

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=4419

the date is probably right. i think they do new releases on monday in the UK. hopefully this is region free.

I didn't realize it was a UK announcement, so I guess the date is right. In that case, yes, I hope it's region-free.

Universal's catalog titles for July 13:

• Alpha Dog
• Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
• In Bruges

in bruges

Glad I held out on the buying the DVD.

Isn't Alpha Dog a Warner release (and also out)?

Edit: Nevermind, it was Universal. Wow. I may double-dip on that when it goes cheap enough.

The DVD of In Bruges is actually quite good, in terms of audiovisual qualities. With that said, definitely upgrading that one.

Ditto.

Thank goodness for In Bruges! I bought the DVD but only paid about $8 so that's no big deal. Really looking forward to seeing it in high def.

Some of these have probably been mentioned before, but Amazon has listed some new releases and it is simpler to just list them all:

Already out (some of them older catalog titles):
The African Queen
The African Queen (Commemorative Box Set)
Bigger Than Life (The Criterion Collection)
The Ladykillers (StudioCanal Collection)
Contempt (Le Mépris)
An American in Paris
Casablanca
The Music Man
Bonnie and Clyde
Gigi
The Green Berets
The General
It's a Wonderful Life
Maldeamores/Mancora
I Sell the Dead
Housebroken
Ouran High School Host Club: The Complete Series
The Men Who Stare At Goats
Yojimbo (The Criterion Collection)
Yojimbo & Sanjuro (Criterion Collection)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (Three-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy)
Wonderful World
Breaking Bad: The Complete First Season
South Park: The Complete Thirteenth Season
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
Paris
Astro Boy
Breaking Bad: The Complete Second Season
Up in the Air
Planet 51 (Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo)
Old Dogs (Single Disc Blu-ray)
Old Dogs - 3 Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack (Includes DVD + Digital Copy)
Gentlemen Broncos
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Dead Snow
Wrong Side of Town
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
Miss Congeniality/Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (Comedy Double Feature)
Analyze This/Analyze That (Comedy Double Feature)
The Informant!
Grumpy Old Men / Grumpier Old Men (Comedy Double Feature)
Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Ichi the Killer
Motherhood
Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day
Nurse Jackie: Season One
Black Dynamite
Women in Trouble
The Ladykillers (StudioCanal Collection)
Phantom of the Paradise (Ultimate Edition)
Les tontons flingueurs
A Serious Man
Dare
Serious Moonlight (Widescreen)
I Hate Valentine's Day


April 13
Gone With the Wind (The Scarlett Edition)
Pirate Radio
The Slammin' Salmon


April 20
Battleship Potemkin
Vivre sa vie (The Criterion Collection)
Cheech & Chong's Hey Watch This
A Fork in the Road
Minority Report
Crazy Heart


April 27
It's Complicated


May 4
Doctor Zhivago Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray Book)
Nine
Leap Year
Clamp Double Feature: Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE and xxxHOLiC
JCVD/Exit Speed
Tooth Fairy
The Dukes
Bobby Dogs


May 11
M (The Criterion Collection)
Hang 'Em High
Rundown & Spy Game (2001) (2pc) (Ws Btb)
Fletch & Bruce Almighty (2pc) (Ws Btb)
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Rock 'N' Roll High School (Roger Corman's Cult Classics)
Better the Devil You Know
High Anxiety
History of the World Part 1


May 18
Valentine's Day
The Spy Next Door (Two-disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo)
Coming to America & Trading Places
Dragon Ball Z Kai: Season One, Part One
Black Sheep & Tommy Boy


May 25
Django
Stagecoach (The Criterion Collection)
Spartacus (50th Anniversary Edition)
Tromeo and Juliet
Class of Nuke 'Em High
Pep Squad


May 31
Aircraft at War: The Memphis Belle Deluxe Edition


June 1
Kelly's Heroes/Where Eagles Dare (Action Double Feature)
Groundhog Day / Hitch
50 First Dates / Click
Kung Fu Hustle / The One
Every Which Way But Loose
Space Cowboys (Ws Dub Sub Ac3 Dol Rpkg)
About Last Night / St Elmo's Fire
Blue Streak / National Security
Bad Boys
Life
Clint Eastwood Collection (Absolute Power / Dirty Harry / Gran Torino / Kelly's Heroes / Letters from Iwo Jima / Million Dollar Baby / Mystic River / The Rookie / Unforgiven / Where Eagles Dare)


June 8
Caddyshack
Not the Messiah


June 15
Control Alt Delete
Mystery Train
Mary and Max
When in Rome
Flash Gordon (1980)


June 22
A Star Is Born (Blu-ray Book)
Entourage: The Complete Sixth Season
Hung: The Complete First Season
Red Desert (Criterion Collection)
Close-Up (The Criterion Collection)
Remember Me


July 6
Funny Farm / Spies Like Us (Comedy Double Feature)
Practical Magic / The Witches of Eastwick (Comedy Double Feature)
Last Man Standing / The Last Boy Scout (Action Double Feature)


July 20
Cats & Dogs


August 24
Goodbye Baby



Quite a number of older catalog titles have begun coming out on BD, for those of us who have been complaining about the dearth of them since the launch of the format. There are also a lot of two movie packs coming out, as has been noted in the Bargains forum. I suppose it is a way of trying to market lesser catalog titles on Blu-ray Disc to those who might have one of them already on DVD.

"In Bruges" was my favorite film of 2008, so I couldn't even wait for the U.S. Blu Ray and bought it on Amazon.fr about a year ago and the PQ is fantastic! Easily a 9.5/10. Maybe higher. It's definitely better than the SD, which was great too.

In Bruges will be mine. Fuck yes.