Yearly Archives: 2012

Paramount has announced a street date for the Blu-ray Disc release of Clueless, the teenage comedy film from director Amy Heckerling that put Alicia Silverstone on the map. Paul Rudd (Role Models) and Brittany Murphy (8 Mile) also star in the film.

What's new on Blu-ray this week? A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (2011) is available in three different variations that include a Three-Disc Blu-ray Edition...

Sometime this year Verizon and Coinstar (Redbox) will partner to offer customers additional options when they rent videos. Although details such as pricing were not provided, the partnership would allow customers to pay one fee to access movies on several platforms -- including physical and digital. The LLC (in which Verizon will own 65% and Redbox 35%), will leverage on Redbox's 35,000 kiosks and Verizon's online video-on-demand services.

Multiple online pubs are reporting on a rumor that Star Wars: Battlefront III will release this year. PlayStationLifeStyle.net cites several job postings and tweets...

Starz Entertainment has secured distribution rights to over 500 Lionsgate films which will be available through Starz premium channels, On Demand, HD On Demand, and online platforms.

Cleanse all of that Super Bowl machismo out of your system with Amazon's Blu-ray Gold Box Deal of the Week: The 45th anniversary Blu-ray/DVD combo limited edition of The Sound of Music is now just $28.99 through February 12. Do a few of your favorite things consist of 1080p video, DTS-HD 7.1 audio, and oodles of extras? Excellent--then this box set of the 1965 musical classic is destined to find its way to your shelf of guilty pleasures.

Universal Pictures has announced production on the next Riddick film has begun today. The third live action film in the franchise after Pitch Black (2000) and The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), Riddick will again star Vin Diesel as the most wanted man in the galaxy.

You remember this Madonna documentary, don't you? "Madonna: Truth or Dare" followed the artist on her "Blond Ambition Tour" in 1990, revealing secrets about the pop star's personal life that were hard to determine were real or just planned for the camera.

Sony's Crackle app has launched for the Xbox 360 and comes free to Xbox LIVE Gold members.