Articles by Bill Binder

Alvin, Simon and Theodore are coming back

February 6, 2008 // 0 Comments

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is getting Alvin and the Chipmunks bacl together for a two disc DVD and Blu-ray of the film with plenty of extras. Struggling songwriter Dave Seville opens his home to a talented trio of chipmunks named Alvin, [...]

Live from New York, it’s 1977

February 5, 2008 // 0 Comments

Saturday Night Live finally got full season box sets in 2006 and they were complete and well restored. But they came very slowly. Universal has upped the release schedule announcing the third season of the series will be released in May. Just like the [...]

Warner goes back to The Waltons

February 5, 2008 // 0 Comments

A lot of talk has been swirling around Warner’s decision to go with one of the new high definition formats, but today Warner goes back to a simpler time with the release of The Waltons: The Complete Seventh Season. As the season unfolds, the United [...]

New info on Dogma

February 4, 2008 // 0 Comments

Kevin Smith’s Dogma will be making the jump to Blu-ray next month and now we know it will have some nice extras to boot from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. In this comic fantasy from writer/director Kevin Smith two banished angels (Ben Affleck and [...]

Criterion examines The Last Emperor

February 4, 2008 // 0 Comments

Bernardo Bertolucci’s fascinating The Last Emperor has been plagued by substandard DVD releases for countless years. Finally, Criterion will be visiting this film with a new anamorphic widescreen transfer and an all around complete DVD. The film tells [...]

The Bionic Woman goes digital

January 31, 2008 // 0 Comments

After much hype, NBC’s Bionic Woman disappeared along with the rest of television this year. But the series will come to DVD in Bionic Woman: Volume One (who’s title implies the series will return in the future). Jaime Sommers is nothing but a [...]

HD-DVD struggles to stay in place

January 31, 2008 // 0 Comments

After a devastating blow to sales in the week following Warner’s announcement to support Blu-ray, HD-DVD has made a little bit of a rebound this week after some more drastic price cuts and announcements from Toshiba, Universal and Paramount to recommit [...]

It’s The Muppet Show for a third time

January 29, 2008 // 0 Comments

The third season of The Muppet Show is comint to DVD in May following the volumes which preceeded it. This time around, Fozzie the Bear will grace the cover with another flocked package giving it a feltish texture. Gilda Radner, Sylvester Stallone, Alice [...]

Mr. Magorium arrives

January 29, 2008 // 0 Comments

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is preparing a DVD and a Blu-Ray release of Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium later this spring. For centuries the eccentric 243-year-old Mr. Magorium has owned and operated the incredible store, but when he [...]

Lionsgate has writers

January 25, 2008 // 0 Comments

Lionsgate has joined several of the smaller studios which have signed interim agreements with the WGA allowing writers to come back to work for the studios and paying residuals for internet and new media distribution. Let’s hope a deal can be worked out [...]
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