James L. Brooks returns to directing with Spanglish. The DVD will be arriving from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment this April. John Clasky is a devoted dad whose skills as a chef have afforded his family a very upscale life, including summer home in [...]
Mike Nichols’ intricate romance comes to DVD when Closer arrives this spring. It may seem an odd title, but Closer will be released as a SuperBit title in anamorphic widescreen and audio in Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS. As a result, the supplements will be [...]
James Bond DVDs appear and disappear on the market as elusively as the spy himself. It looks like box sets will be coming again soon. MGM has announced the 21st James Bond film will be the original Ian Flemming novel Casino Royale. No word on who will [...]
Love it or hate it, the extended version of Dune has been a long requested title for the DVD format. Both the 1984 David Lynch version and the extended three hour version (of which Lynch removed himself from) will be in the set in anamorphic widescreen, [...]
1949 – the height of the serial – saw the screen adventures of Batman and Robin. Now Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is releasing the entire serial to DVD in March. Batman (Robert Lowery) and Robin (John Duncan) help Commissioner Gordon (Lyle Talbot) [...]
Several Star Trek related news today. Paramount Home Entertainment has announced a May release for the first season of Star Trek Enterprise. The set will include the series in anamorphic widescreen and Dolby Digital 5.1. The set will likely follow the [...]
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is ready for Bill Cosby and Fat Albert. The DVD is arriving this spring. The DVD will have separate fullscreen and anamorphic widescreen releases and include audio commentary with Joel Zwick and Jon Davis, two [...]
Although not the hit its predecessor was, Ocean’s Twelve played well with fans and will come to DVD this spring from Warner Home Entertainment. They’re back. And then some. Twelve is the new eleven when Danny Ocean and pals return in a sequel to the [...]
The granddaddy of all anime comes to DVD with the set of Astro Boy coming from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. All 50 episodes are coming this spring. Astro Boy tells the story of a permanently youthful robot boy modeled after the son of a research [...]
Apparently, a class action suit has been files against MGM concerning representation of 1.66:1 and 1.85:1 films. The details are clouded in legal-speak, but it boils down to the claim that 1.85 and 1.66 films have the same display ratio. MGM has denied [...]
