Today is the official release day on home video for Star Trek (2009) in the US. While choosing Trek for my favorite film of the year was easy, more difficult is picking which Blu-ray set to get.

Best Buy, and a couple others, are offereing the Blu set with four Starfleet insignias. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m amazed at the overall lackluster Blu-ray titles released month-after-month. In a given week, there are maybe an average of 15+ titles, mostly made up of “B” films (if we are lucky) and a plethora of movies I have never heard of or not going to fork over $25-$35 for. Come on! – a premium format at a premium price should have a premium library.
But I am happy to see things changing. Looking at the 2009 release schedule, hardly a week goes by I don’t see a few choice titles come up. Last fall the 007 catalog started trickling through with 3 random titles released at a time individually or grouped in 3-box set. And The Dark Knight was given special treatment available with a bonus disk and Batpod miniature.
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