Paramount Home Entertainment has just announced details about the upcoming release of Hugo, bringing the film to DVD and Blu-Ray Disc in February.
Welcome to a magical world of spectacular adventure! When wily and resourceful Hugo discovers a secret left by his father, he unlocks a mystery and embarks on a quest that will transform those around him and lead to a safe and loving place he can call home.
The DVD version will feature the movie itself in anamorphic widescreen with a Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track. In addition, it will also include the Making-of Featurette”Shoot the Moon”.
The Blu-Ray Disc version arrives as a combo that also includes the DVD and an UltraViolet Digital Copy. It features a 1080p high definition transfer with DTS 7.1 HD Master Audio. The Making-of Featurette”Shoot the Moon” will also be included on the disc, as well as the featurettes ”The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès,” “The Mechanical Man at the Heart of Hugo,” “Big Effects, Small Scale” and ” Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime”.
In addition, a 3D Blu-Ray version will be sold, featuing the 3D movie, the Blu-Ray version, the DVD and an Ultraviolet Digital Copy.
“Hugo” will be in stores on February 28 and can be yours for $29.99 on DVD, $39.99 on Blu-Ray and $44.99 for the 3D Blu-Ray combo.
To keep with the comedies in March, Universal Home Entertainment has also added The Parenthood to their release schedule, bringing the Steve Martin comedy to Blu-Ray Disc for the first time.
Relive all the heart-warming moments of the unforgettable film that explores life's most rewarding occupation in Parenthood. Steve Martin stars as Gil Martin, a funny and loving husband who's also trying too hard to be the "perfect" parent to his uniquely different kids. Rick Moranis, Keanu Reeves, Jason Robards, Mary Steenburgen and Dianne Wiest also star in this family affair you'll want to watch again and again!
The release will arrive as a 2-disc Blu-Ray/DVD combo and will feature a 1080p high definition transfer with a DTS 5.1 HD Master Audio track. A number of featurettes will also be included on the disc, such as Art Imitating Life, Family Reunion, Words and Music, 100 Years of Universal: The Lew Wasserman Era and 100 Years of Universal: Unforgettable Characters. Further, you will find the pocket BLU App on the disc, along with a Digital Copy of the movie.
The Parenthood arrives on March 6 for $19.98.
Universal Home Entertainment has added the Eddie Murphy comedy The Nutty Professor to their roster, lining up the move for release on Blu-Ray Disc for the first time in March.
Eddie Murphy gives the "performances" of his career playing no less than seven roles in this uproarious Jekyll-and-Hyde comedy from Imagine Entertainment. Murphy stars as Dr. Sherman Klump, a kind, "calorically challenged" genetics professor who longs to shed his 400-pound frame in order to win the heart of beautiful Jada Pinkett. So, with one swig of his experimental fat-reducing serum, Sherman becomes "Buddy Love", a fast-talking, pumped-up, plumped-down Don Juan. Can Sherman stop his buff alter ego before it's too late, or will Buddy have the last laugh?
Arriving as a 2-disc Blu-Ray/DVD combo, the release will feature a 1080p high definition transfer of the film with DTS 5.1 HD Master Audio.
Among the extras you will find on the release, you will find featurettes to celebrate Universals 100th Anniversary, such as 100 Years of Universal: The Lew Wasserman Era and 100 Years of Universal: Unforgettable Characters, along with the pocket BLU App. Further, the release will include a Digital Copy of the movie.
The Nutty Professor arrives on March 6 for only $19.98.
Blue Underground has added the 1979 thriller Killer Nun to their line-up, bringing the film to Blu-Ray Disc in April
Legendary Swedish sex bomb Anita Ekberg (La Dolce Vita) stars as Sister Gertrude, a cruel nun who discovers depraved pleasure in a frenzy of drug addiction, sexual degradation and sadistic murder. Joe Dallesandro (Flesh For Frankenstein), Lou Castel (A Bullet for the General), Alida Valli (Suspiria) and the luscious Paola Morra (Behind Convent Walls) co-star in this notorious 'Nunsploitation' based on actual events that took place in a Central European country not many years ago!
Branded as obscene around the world and banned outright in Britain, Killer Nun has been newly remastered from the original negative and is now presented with all its blasphemous sex and violence fully restored in sleazy High Definition!
The Blu-Ray version will feature a 1080p high definition transfer, accompanied by a DTS HD Mono track.
As extras, you will find From the Secret Files of the Vatican on the disc, an interview featurette with Co-Writer/Director Giulio Berruti. Also included is the movies Theatrical Trailer.
Killer Nun will comes to a store near you on April 24 for $29.98.
Warner Home Video has just revealed plans to release the Clint Eastwood-directed J. Edgar on DVD and Blu-Ray Disc in February.
Leonardo DiCaprio stars as J. Edgar Hoover, head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for nearly 50 years. Hoover was feared, admired, reviled and revered, a man who could distort the truth as easily as he upheld it. His methods were at once ruthless and heroic, with the admiration of the world his most coveted prize. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life. Oscar Winner Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino, Million Dollar Baby, Unforgiven) directs an all-star cast including Naomi Watts (21 Grams), Armie Hammer (The Social Network) and Oscar Winner Judi Dench (Shakespeare in Love) as Hoovers overprotective mother.
No details or bonus materials have been announced at this time, but look for the gripping J. Edgar on store shelves on February 21 for $28.98 on DVD and $39.99 on Blu-Ray Disc.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has added the TV mini-series Bag of Bones to their line-up, releasing it on DVD in March.
Based on a story by Stephen King, and directed by Mick Garris, Bag of Bones finds bestselling novelist Mike Noonan, unable to cope after his wife's sudden death, as he returns to the couple's lakeside retreat in Maine, where he becomes involved in a custody battle between a young widow and her child's enormously wealthy grandfather. Mike inexplicably receives mysterious ghostly visitations, escalating nightmares and the realization that his late wife still has something to tell him.
The release will feature an anamorphic widescreen transfer with Dolby Digital audio. As extras you will find Voicemail from Sid and I Miss You Jo on the disc.
Bag of Bones arrives on March 13 for $26.99. Interestingly, no high definition version has been announced at this time.
Johnny Depp is revisiting Hunter S. Thompsons body of work in The Rum Diary, a movie based on the novel by Hunter S. Thompson, which will find its way to DVD and Blu-Ray Disc in February through Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
The Rum Diary follows itinerant journalist Paul Kemp (Johnny Depp) on an alcohol-fueled journey across the pristine island of Puerto Rico. Adopting the rum-soaked life of the island, Paul soon becomes obsessed with Chenault (Amber Heard) the wildly attractive fiance of Sanderson (Aaron Eckhart), an American businessman involved in shady development deals. When Kemp is recruited by Sanderson to write favorably about his latest unsavory scheme, the journalist is presented with a choice: to use his words for the corrupt businessmans financial benefit or use them to take him down.
The DVD version will feature the movie along with the FeaturettesA Voice Made of Ink and Rage: Inside The Rum Diary and The Rum Diary Back-Story.
The Blu-Ray Disc version will present the movie in high definition and will include the same bonus materials.
The Rum Diary will be available in stores on February 14 for $30.99 on DVD and $35.99 on Blu-Ray Disc.
Universal Home Entertainment has just added Tower Heist to their release line-up, scheduling the Eddie Murphy and Ben Stiller action-comedy for February.
When the staff of New York Citys most expensive and luxurious condominium discovers that the billionaire investment advisor living in the penthouse has plundered their retirement fund, they take matters into their own hands. Convinced that light-fingered Wall Street Titan Arthur Shaw (Alan Alda) has stashed his ill-gotten millions in his apartment, building manager Josh Kovacs (Ben Stiller) rallies his troops and enlists the help of small-time thief Slide (Eddie Murphy) to make sure they get back whats rightfully theirs. These rookie thievesincluding high-strung concierge Charlie (Casey Affleck), broke ex-Wall Streeter Mr. Fitzhugh (Matthew Broderick), new bellhop DevReaux (Michael Pea) and feisty maid Odessa (Gabourey Sidibe)know the building better than anyone. It turns out theyve been casing the place for years they just didnt know it.
Arriving as a Blu-Ray combo pack that contains the Blu-Ray and DVD version of the movie along with an Ultraviolet copy, the movie will feature a 1080p high definition transfer and high definition audio.
Also to be found on the release is a Commentary Track with director Brett Ratner, editor Mark Helfrich and co-writers Ted Griffin & Jeff Nathanson. Two Alternate Endings, Deleted Scenes, a Gag Reel and exclusive Behind-the-scenes Features on the making of the film will also be part of the release.
The Blu-ray Disc also includes Universal's Second Screen a technology that enhances the viewing experience by allowing viewers to simultaneously control and interact with the film and bonus material on a WiFi-connected tablet or computer as the movie plays on the television screen. The new Flick View Feature will allow fans to interact even more with the movie and be able to move content from their tablet to their TV screen.
Tower Heist will take place on February 21 with a$29.99 price tag for the DVD version and a $34.98 sticker price for the Blu-Ray Combo.
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