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New releases for September 30, 2008

Here are this week’s new releases:

The 40 Year-Old Virgin
Angel In The Family
Bellini: Norma
Can’t Hardly Wait
A Christmas Visitor
Daredevil
Dawn of the Dead
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Iron Man
Knocked Up
Land of the Dead
The Man Who Saved Christmas
Puccini: Gianni Schicci
Pyongyang Concert
Re-Cycle
Rest Stop Dead Ahead
Rest Stop: Don’t Look Back
Roy Orbison: Black & White Night
Salem Witch Trials
The Sixth Sense
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Thing
Verdi: La Traviata
When We Left Earth
Windtalkers

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Classic anime ‘AKIRA’ heads to Blu-ray

Bandai Visual Entertainment announced today that the anime classic AKIRA will be released on Blu-ray in Japan on February 20, 2009 and in the Unites States four days later on February 24.

The Blu-ray release includes the new high-def transfer made from the original film print. Both Japanese and Enligh language tracks are available along with subtitles. Marking an industry first, the Japanese 5.1 Dolby TrueHD soundtrack will consist of a 192kHz 24-bit audio stream.

Lastly, bonus features include a TV commercial, two teasers, two trailers, storyboards and a 20 page booklet.

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‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’ (1951) heads to Blu-ray

FOX announced today that it is preparing The Day The Earth Stood Still for a special edition Blu-ray and DVD release on December 2, 2008. Directed by two-time Academy Award-winning director Robert Wise (The Sound of Music, West Side Story) and starring Patricia Neal and Michael Rennie, this 1951 classic story of hope and peace is regarded as one of the most influential science-fiction films of all time.

The Day The Earth Stood Still Special Edition Blu-ray Disc will contain two never-before-seen, high-definition exclusive features: “Gort Command,” an arcade-style shooting gallery game and an “Interactive Thermin: Create Your Own Score,” where viewers can re-score the film’s opening sequence. Both the Blu-ray and DVD versions of The Day The Earth Stood Still Special Edition feature all-new and exclusive bonus materials including legendary composer Bernard Herrmann’s isolated score; film and sci-fi featurettes – including a “Making Of The Day The Earth Stood Still” and “Decoding Klaatu, Barada, Nikto; Science Fiction As A Metaphor” – an audio presentation of the original short story; commentaries from Robert Wise and other film and music historians; and more.

The Day The Earth Stood Still Special Edition BD release will be authored in BD-Java with AVC (MPEG 4) compression on a single-layer 25 GB disc presented in full screen format (1.33:1 aspect ratio) with English 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio and Spanish/French 5.1 Dolby Digital audio with English, Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin and French subtitles.

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Sony brings ‘Step Brothers’ to Blu-ray

This holiday season, open up your home to STEP BROTHERS, arriving on 2-Disc Unrated DVD and Blu-ray Disc, as well as on single-disc unrated DVD and PSP, this December 2, 2008 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly, stars of Talladega Nights, re-team for this comedy about two spoiled men forced to live together after their single parents marry. Naturally, these two overgrown boys fight for space, control of the remote and attention from their newlywed parents. When their parents’ marriage threatens to unravel, however, the two new siblings must work together to save it, discovering a little unexpected brotherly love along the way.

The STEP BROTHERS Blu-ray and DVD releases will include a new Extended Cut of the film featuring over seven minutes of footage not seen in theatres. Aslo, the 2-Disc DVD and 2-Disc Blu-ray releases come packed with 3 hours of bonus features, including deleted scenes, job interviews, therapy sessions, and a special “musical” cast and crew commentary scored by Step Brothers composer Jon Brion. Exclusive to the Blu-ray Disc is the bonus feature “Boats ‘N Hoes” Music Video Editor, which allows viewers the chance to create their own video for the song featured in the film. Exclusive to the 2-Disc Unrated DVD is a Digital Copy of the film.

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New releases for September 23, 2008

Here are this week’s new releases, including the highly anticipated release of The Godfather Trilogy.

America’s Greatest Monuments: Washington D.C.
Animalia
Blow
Cirque Du Soleil: Corteo
Deception
The Godfather Collection
L.A. Confidential
Leatherheads
Madagascar
Run Fatboy Run
Sex and the City
Shrek the Third
Speed & Angels
Stories from the Vaults: Season 1

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‘The X-Files: I Want To Believe’ heads to Blu-ray

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment presents The X-Files: I Want To Believe, coming to DVD and Blu-ray on December 2nd. Marking Fox’s first foray into BD-Live, The X-Files: I Want To Believe Blu-ray release takes full advantage of the high-def format’s “web-enhanced” functionality with exclusive features, games, additional content and connectivity to other BD-Live users and X-Files fans nationwide.

“The X-Files Dossier” allows BD-Live connected users to create their own Special Agent avatar that can browse through Agent Dakota Whitney’s case files on clairvoyance and post their own notes and theories to her files online and download other profiles directly to their BD player memory files; plus fans can become an agent-in-training by helping Agent Drummy solve several forensic challenges (with new cases posted weekly to the studio supported BD-Live web portal for the first several weeks of release). Additional BD-exclusive features include picture-in-picture commentary with series creator Chris Carter and producer Frank Spotnitz along with “The X-Files” Complete Interactive Timeline on-screen track chronicling the entire series mythology.

Plus fans can also delve deeper with “The Ultimate X-Phile Edition” DVD and Blu-ray packed with over three hours of bonus features content including an unrated “Extended Cut” of the film with never-before-seen footage seamlessly branched back into the movie plus the all-new feature-length documentary “Trust No One” that reveals exciting secrets about “The X-Files” universe.

The X-Files: I Want To Believe BD is presented in widescreen (2.40:1 aspect ratio) on a 50GB dual-layer disc authored in BD-J with AVC (MPEG 4) compression with English 5.1 DTS HD Lossless Master Audio and French / Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital.

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‘The X-Files: Fight The Future’ comes to Blu-ray

Uncover the truth as The X-Files: Fight The Future for Blu-ray makes its way to stores December 2nd, releasing day-and-date on with the follow-up movie, The X-Files: I Want To Believe.

This original big-screen extension of the “The X-Files” television series delved deeply into the series’ existing mythology, as FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are drawn into an extraterrestrial conspiracy unlike any they have ever encountered.

The X-Files: Fight The Future Blu-ray is loaded with numerous Blu-ray exclusive bonus features, including an all-new picture-in-picture commentary from series creator/producer Chris Carter and others, several new behind-the-scenes featurettes in HD format, direct access to in-movie features via BD remote, gag reel, alternate scene footage, HD theatrical trailers and more.

In addition, Fox Home Entertainment will also be releasing a special X-Files Blu-ray Disc two-pack offer featuring both X-Files movies together.

The X-Files: Fight The Future Blu-ray is presented in widescreen format (2.40:1 aspect ratio) with English 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio and French/Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital, plus English, Spanish, Korean, Mandarin and Cantonese subtitles.

Click here to check out the cover art.

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New releases for September 16, 2008

Here are this week’s new releases:

1408
88 Minutes
Another Cinderella Story
Dragon Ball Z: Tree of Might/Lord Slug
Emperor of the Seas
The Hulk
IMAX: Great North
The Love Guru
Made of Honor
The Mist
National Geographic: Six Degrees Could Change the World
Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy
Pushing Daisies: The Complete First Season
Risky Business
Speed Racer
Torchwood: The Complete First Season

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