Articles by Bill Binder

Avatar: I See You

March 16, 2010 // 0 Comments

Finally, official word has come from Twentieth Century Fox on the anticipated Blu-ray of Avatar, and it’s an interesting bit of news. It’s rare that a company proudly boasts of a lack of features, but that’s what Fox is doing today. The upcoming [...]

Max Headroom arrives in the future

March 1, 2010 // 0 Comments

Maybe not 20 minutes in the future as it claims, but the bizzarre 1987 series Max Headroom will be coming to DVD from Shout! Factory. Starring Matt Frewer, W. Morgan Sheppard, Jeffrey Tambor and Amanda Pays, the U.S. television series Max Headroom, [...]

Studio Canal makes some waves

February 15, 2010 // 0 Comments

It’s extraordinarily rare to post non U.S. news here, but Studio Canal has been making some waves in the Blu-ray community, trying to create their own sort of Criterion Collection. The French distributer has announced a new wave a Blu-rays that may be [...]

Saving Private Ryan goes Sapphire

February 8, 2010 // 0 Comments

Steven Spielberg’s film Saving Private Ryan is getting a Blu-ray treatment from Paramount in May and it answers a lot of questions. Spielberg is going to have a good year on Blu-ray, with Minority Report and War of the Worlds also scheduled for 2010 [...]

Apollo 13 on a course for Blu-ray

February 2, 2010 // 0 Comments

40 years after the launch of Apollo 13, the film which bears its name comes to Blu-ray from Universal. Like many Univeral titles, Apollo 12 will contain U-Control, and will also carry the audio commentary from the DVD along with the featurettes Lucky 13, [...]

Ack! Ack! Mars Attacks!

February 2, 2010 // 0 Comments

It’s a long way off, but Tim Burton’s Mars Attacks! is making the jump to Blu-ray in September from Warner Home Entertainment. No extras yet on this title which hasn’t been released on a digitial format since the launch date of DVD in September [...]

Ally McBeal goes to season two

January 21, 2010 // 0 Comments

Mostly good news for fans of the David E. Kelly seriees Ally McBeal; the second season is coming to DVD thanks to Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. The 23 episodes of the series will arrive on six discs, but sadly no extras at all will be [...]

Mr. Fox is Fantastic

January 21, 2010 // 0 Comments

Wes Anderson’s newest film; Fantastic Mr. Fox will be coming to DVD and Blu-Ray Disc from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment this March. Based on the beloved best-selling book by Roald Dahl, “Fantastic Mr. Fox” tells the story of Mr. and Mrs. Fox [...]

Ong Bak gets ready for sequel with new Blu-ray

January 21, 2010 // 0 Comments

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is releasing a new Blu-Ray version of the martial arts work Ong Bak: The Thai Warrior (likely to tie in with the prequel coming from Magnolia). Tony Jaa, the fighting superstar “destined for film’s martial arts [...]
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