Yellow Submarine
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, the Beatles’ glorious 40-minute musical masterpiece, had been enjoying enormous acclaim and popularity for about a year when the animated Yellow Submarine hit theaters in 1968, acting as a loose extension of the album’s contemplations on fame, identity and ’60s psychedelia. The film’s recent frame-by-frame restoration, and translation onto Blu-ray disc, evokes more nostalgia than brilliance, save for one element: The unbelievable timelessness of the songs included on the soundtrack.... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsRadiohead's The King of Limbs: Live from the Basement to Be Released on DVD
In July, Radiohead recorded an intimate performance of newest album The King of Limbs in producer Nigel Godrich's basement — appropriately dubbed The King of Limbs: Live from the Basement — which aired on BBC networks around the world. The special performance offered fans the first glimpse of the challenging record in a live context. read more
Found in: Concerts, NewsStar Wars Blu-Ray Release Will Have More Changes
George Lucas' spree of added computer graphics, editing, and tweaking hasn't let up yet. As reported by MTV, the Blu-Ray release of all six Star Wars films that is going to be released on September 16th will address a few minor issues like camera "mistakes", color edits as well as some more significant ones. read more
Found in: Movies, NewsMartin Scorsese's Taxi Driver Returning to AMC Theaters for Two Nights
Slash Film reports that classic film Taxi Driver, which first debuted 35 years ago with a “radical world view, brutal ending, classic quotes and incredibly chilling lead performance by Robert De Niro,” will be shown at AMC theaters across the country at 8 p.m. on March 19 and 22.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsBest Buy to Sell Exclusive Almost Famous Blu-Ray
Best Buy has acquired the rights to sell an exclusive Blu-Ray version of Cameron Crowe’s Oscar-winning film Almost Famous. The new iteration is named Almost Famous Untitled (The Bootleg Cut) and will be released on Jan. 30.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsDisney Moves to Bring 3D to Blu-Ray in 2011
As 3D films continues to dominate the box office, Disney is planning to bring the pretty-much-now-inescapable format to home entertainment as well. The reigning kings of the third dimension have announced that they plan to release 15 titles in the format on Blu-Ray over the course of the year.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsGeorge Lucas Announces Star Wars On Blu-Ray
Attention, Star Wars fans: George Lucas made some pretty thrilling announcements at the recent Star Wars Celebration V, the official convention for anything and everything Star Wars-related.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsAvatar Sets Blu-ray Sales Record
Avatar raked in previously unmatched billions at the box office, so it’s really no wonder that when the film was released on DVD and Blu-ray yesterday it broke even more records. Selling about 1.5 million copies, the 2D version of James Cameron’s award-winning movie far surpassed the former Blu-ray champ, The Dark Knight. Overall, the flick sold about four million copies.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsAvatar Coming to DVD and Blu-ray on Earth Day
Fans can’t get enough of James Cameron’s insanely successful blockbuster, Avatar. But will they be as pleased with the special-effects 3-D stunner when they’re watching it in their living rooms? We’re about to find out. Avatar will be released on Blu-ray on April 22, which, not coincidentally, is Earth Day.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsThe Baader Meinhof Complex Coming to DVD Later This Month
One of 2009’s Academy Award nominees will soon be available on double-disc DVD and Blu-ray. The Baader Meinhof Complex, a German film which earned a nomination for Best Foreign-Language film at last year’s Oscars, will be released in home-viewable form March 30.... read more
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