5/9/2008 9:53:06 AM, by Guido Henkel

The charming and funny TV series Caroline in the City is finally making its DVD debut later this year, courtesy of Paramount Home Entertainment when the studio will release the show’s Season One DVD set.
Caroline Duffy (Lea Thompson) is a successful cartoonist living in Manhattan whose comic strip "Caroline in the City" has become a huge hit. The strip is based on her own life, and the people in it - her occasional boyfriend Del, her best friend Annie, and her employee Richard who all add chaos to her life as she looks for love in the Big Apple.
The 3-disc DVD set will include all 8+ hours of the sitcom’s first season fun in their original fullframe presentation, complete with Dolby Digital audio tracks. No extras will be included on the release.
“Caroline In The City” comes to stores on August 12 with a $42.99 sticker price.

5/9/2008 9:09:02 AM, by Bill Binder

The extras, are coming in for Spaced and they are plentiful - if not entirely new.
The new set will be very similar to the current European release, which isn't a bad thing at all. The set includes cast and crew biographies, an Homage-O-Meter which keeps track of the constant pop culter references of the show, a photo gallery, raw footage, deleted scenes, trailers, outtakes, "Spaced Jam" by Osymyso, the documentary Skip to the End, and the new reunion and Q&A recorded last October and new commentary with creators Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes as well as guests in the commentary studio including Quentin Tarantino, Kevin Smith, Bill Hader, Matt Stone, Patton Oswalt and Diablo Cody.
The set arrives on July 22nd for $49.98.

5/9/2008 8:51:51 AM, by Bill Binder

Although not as chocked full as the upcoming Spaced set, Dexter will have some features with the Season Two DVD set as well.
Dexter Morgan is a man who leads a double life as an incredibly likable forensics expert for the Miami Police Department and as an emotionless vigilante serial killer. Taught by his foster father to harness his lust for blood and killing, Dexter lives by his own strict moral code - he only kills murderers who can't otherwise be brought to justice. Dexter is a killer who grapples with fitting into society while, at the same time, he struggles with his inability to feel emotion. The irony of Dexter's life is that he works closely as a blood splatter analyst with the very people who hunt his kind - the homicide department.
The new set will include episodes from Showtime's other series Brotherhood are on the set and an interview with Michael C. Hall and podcasts from the show are available from something called E-Bridge (probably a DVD-ROM app).
The set is still arriving on August 19th on DVD only for $39.98.

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5/9/2008 8:51:34 AM, by Bill Binder

Tim Burton's 1999 visit to early American folklore is coming to Blu-Ray with the release of Sleepy Hollow from Paramount Home Entertainment.
Master storyteller Tim Burton (Batman, Edward Scissorhands) weaves an eerie, enchanting version of this classic tale of horror. Johnny Depp is Ichabod Crane, an eccentric investigator determined to stop the murderous Headless Horseman. Christina Ricci is Katrina Van Tassel, the beautiful and mysterious girl with secret ties to the supernatural terror.
The disc won't offer much in the way of new special features. The film arrives in 1080p with DTS-ES 6.1 sound, an Audio Commentary with Burton, two Featurettes and Trailers in high definition.
Arriving on May 20th, the disc will arrive for $29.99.

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5/8/2008 9:43:31 AM, by Guido Henkel

Robert De Niro, Kevin Costner, Del Close and the rest are making the changeover from HD-DVD to Blu-Ray Disc this summer with the Blu-ray release of The Untouchables from Paramount Home Entertainment.
The critics and public agree. Brian De Palma's "The Untouchables" is a must-see masterpiece - glorious, fierce, larger-than-life depiction of the mob warlord who ruled Prohibition-era Chicago... and the law enforcer who vowed to bring him down. This classic confrontation between good and evil and stars Kevin Costner as federal agent Eliot Ness, Robert De Niro as gangland kingpin Al Capone and Sean Connery as Malone, the cop who teaches Ness how to beat the mob: shoot fast and shoot first.
The Blu-Ray Disc will carry a 1080p widescreen transfer with DTS-EX 6.1 sound, as well as a Dolby Digital EX track. As extras the disc will contain the Featurettes "The Script, The Cast," "Production Stories," "Reinventing The Genre," "The Classic," and "The Men." All featurettes will be presented in standard definition. Also included on the disc is the movie's Trailer in high definition.
"The Untouchables" will go on the hunt for Al Capone on May 20 and you can be their witness for only $29.99.

5/8/2008 9:43:13 AM, by Bill Binder

Oliver Stone's films are slowly coming to Blu-ray. Fans of his work can look forward to World Trade Center arriving on Blu-ray this month.
The disc will carry two audio commentaries, deleted scenes, featurettes and an interview with Oliver Stone.
Paramount may have taken their sweet time coming around to Blu-ray, but they're finally starting to make good. The title arrives on May 20th.

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5/8/2008 9:30:50 AM, by Guido Henkel

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has added a 2-disc Special Edition release of David Lean’s The Bridge On The River Kwai to their June line-up, replacing the movie’s previous special edition version.
When British POWs build a vital railway bridge in enemy-occupied Burma, Allied commandos are assigned to destroy it in David Lean's epic World War II adventure “The Bridge On The River Kwai”. Spectacularly produced, it captured the imagination of the public and won seven 1957 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Alec Guinness), and Best Director. Even its theme song, an old WWII whistling tune, the Colonel Bogey March, became a massive hit. “The Bridge On The River Kwai” continues today as one of the most memorable cinematic experiences of all time.
This new release will contain the bonus materials found on the film’s previous 2-disc Special Edition but will also contain a new Documentary about the Adaptation of Pierre Boulle’s novel, the cast, the production, the music, the release, the restoration and other aspects.
“The Bridge On The River Kwai” arrives on June 10 with a $24.96 sticker price. Sadly no high definition version has been announced, but here’s hoping…

5/8/2008 9:17:20 AM, by Guido Henkel

In their latest newsletter, Criterion Collection has just announced that the studio will begin releasing Blu-Ray Disc titles this fall. The creator of some of the market’s most remarkable releases of classic international movies, “Criterion Collection” is working on elaborate high definition versions of films such as “The Third Man,” “Bottle Rocket,” “Chungking Express,” “The Man Who Fell to Earth,” and “The Last Emperor,” all of which are tentatively scheduled for release in October. Also on the list of titles are “400 Blows,” “Contempt,” “Walkabout” and others.
We are sure the studio will release more detailed information on these titles in the coming weeks, but pointed out already that each of the Blu-Ray versions will include all of the extras found on the DVD versions and will most likely carry the same price tag as their DVD counterpart. For a studio that has a history of notoriously overpricing their releases, this is quite a move.