Articles by Bill Binder

The Reaping is coming to DVD

August 29, 2007 // 0 Comments

Warner is preparing a DVD release of the Biblical thriller The Reaping later this year. Investigative scholar Katherine Winter (Hilary Swank) is a debunker of modern “miracles, ” bringing scientific light to superstition and fraud. But events in tiny [...]

Sesame Street once again goes back in time

August 28, 2007 // 0 Comments

Sesame Street Old School: Volume 2 picks up right where Volume 1 left off covering the episodes from 1974 – 1979 (the prime Sesame Street viewing period for this writer). Before Elmo had his world and Snuffy was only seen by Big Bird Sesame Street [...]

Young Indy is a history lesson

August 28, 2007 // 0 Comments

The 1993 Laserdisc release of Star Wars included an interview with George Lucas excitedly talking about the forthcoming DVD format and how Young Indiana Jones would be among the first and best content on the format. Better late than never I suppose. As [...]

The King of Queens is coming together

August 27, 2007 // 0 Comments

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is readying the complete series of The King of Queens to arrive in a massive box set this fall. The new set will contain all the episodes and extras from the individual season box sets, but will also contain a bonus DVD [...]

The Life of Brian gets an immaculate conception

August 27, 2007 // 0 Comments

Monty Python tackled the big subjects for satire in Monty Python’s Life of Brian which will be coming to a nice special edition DVD and Blu-ray. Set in 33 A.D. Judea where the exasperated Romans try to impose order, it is a time of chaos and change with [...]

The HD war gets ugly

August 23, 2007 // 0 Comments

Just like the attacks on Fort Sumpter launched dissatisfaction to a full blown Civil War, Paramount Home Entertainment’s announcement to support only HD-DVD has become a turning point for many on both sides of the format war, moving towards far more [...]

Evan Almighty takes to the DVD

August 23, 2007 // 0 Comments

Evan Almighty – the semi-sequel to Bruce Almighty will be bringing its story of Biblical proportions to DVD this fall thanks to Universal Studios Home Entertainment. Junior congressman Evan Baxter, whose wish is to “change the world, ” is heard [...]

A little Misery is good for the soul

August 23, 2007 // 0 Comments

A nice little surprise from MGM this morning. Misery is coming back as a Collector’s Edition DVD this October from MGM. Novelist Paul Sheldon (Caan) doesn’t remember the blinding blizzard that sent his car spinning off the road. Nor does he remember [...]

Seinfeld gets a big box of nothing

August 23, 2007 // 0 Comments

Jumping on the complete series bandwagon, Seinfeld is putting all nine seasons together in one DVD box set coming from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. On the same day as the release of the final season of the series, Seinfeld fans can pick up the [...]

Fox disagrees with Paramount; reaffirms Blu-ray

August 21, 2007 // 0 Comments

Twentieth Century Fox and MGM have recommitted to Blu-ray with a press release announcing a new aggressive push of the format including 19 must have titles on BD. “Given that Blu-ray has consistently outsold HD DVD all year, and this is the case for any [...]
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