Articles by Bill Binder

Criterion moves on with El Norte

October 29, 2008 // 0 Comments

The first batch of Criterion titles came to Blu-ray with minimal fanfare. The good news is that the company is going forward with at least one new release. El Norte is coming in January. Brother and sister Enrique and Rosa flee persecution at home in [...]

Oh, just one more thing. Columbo moves forward

October 29, 2008 // 0 Comments

1990 was a busy year for detective Columbo. Universal is preparing a three disc set of all six made for TV movies that year with Columbo – Mystery Movie Collection 1990. The specials Columbo Cries Wolf, Agenda for Murder, Rest in Peace, Mrs. [...]

Burn After Watching

October 28, 2008 // 0 Comments

Few directors can flow so easily between comedy and drama, but Ethan and Joel Coen make it look easy. On the heels of their powerful No Country For Old Men comes the dark, dark comedy Burn After Reading from Universal Home Entertainment to Blu-ray and [...]

You’re a Good Sport, Charlie Brown crosses the finish line

October 28, 2008 // 0 Comments

Warner is releasing another individual Peanuts remastered special with You’re a Good Sport, Charlie Brown one of the very few Peanuts specials which reveals its age with a very ’70s feel. Start your engines! Its Motocross season and competing [...]

Is anyone ready for The Wackness?

October 27, 2008 // 0 Comments

Sony will be releasing the hip-hop film The Wackness to Blu-ray and DVDin January. The new discs will be presented in widescree along with an audio commentary by director Jonathan Levine and actor Josh Peck along with the featurettes Keeping it Real: A [...]

Samsung adds Netflix

October 24, 2008 // 0 Comments

Netflix has spent the last year expanding the options for its subscribers including free online viewing of films from a PC and direct downloads to television via a small set-top box. Now Samsung will be adding the option to stream movies directly from [...]

It’s time for The Women

October 22, 2008 // 0 Comments

New Line and Warner will be releasing a DVD and Blu-ray of The Women and it’s feminine cast. No details are available on the releases yet, but both will arrive on December 24th for last minute Christmas [...]

Plenty of new Pinocchio information

October 20, 2008 // 0 Comments

Over the weekend, a great deal of information came out on the upcoming Pinocchio: 70th Anniversary Platumum Edition coming from Disney. The DVD and Blu-ray releases will come on two discs. The DVD comes with an audio commentary, the ability to jump to [...]

Amadeus arrives

October 20, 2008 // 0 Comments

Warner Home Entertainment is bringing the 1984 Best Picture film Amadeus to Blu-ray. The film will be presented only as the Director’s Cut, but will contain an audio commentary, a documentary, a trailer and a bonus CD along with a digital downlod of the [...]

Enjoy High-Def on Any Given Sunday

October 20, 2008 // 0 Comments

The Oliver Stone sports-as-war film Any Given Sunday is arriving on Blu-ray early next year with an obscene amount of extras from Warner. The film will be presented in 1080p and will be accompanied by two audio commentaries; one with Oliver Stone and one [...]
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