{"id":266,"date":"2009-04-22T14:22:17","date_gmt":"2009-04-22T03:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hifi-writer.com\/wpblog\/?p=266"},"modified":"2010-01-28T11:44:35","modified_gmt":"2010-01-28T00:44:35","slug":"new-blu-ray-disc-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hifi-writer.com\/wpblog\/?p=266","title":{"rendered":"New Blu-ray disc notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Icon Film Distribution will soon (1 May, I think) be releasing <em>Slumdog Millionaire<\/em> on Blu-ray. My Blu-ray vs DVD comparison for this title <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hifi-writer.com\/he\/bdreviews\/slumdog.htm\">is here<\/a>. A sample:<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.hifi-writer.com\/he\/bdreviews\/graphics\/slumdogcomp04.jpg\" alt=\"Slumdog comparison\" vspace=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That company will also be releasing <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1129442\/\">Transporter 3<\/a><\/em> on Blu-ray on 10 June 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Paramount is releasing a bunch on Blu-ray over the next few weeks including <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0479952\/\">Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa<\/a><\/em>, an SE version of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0351283\/\">Madagascar<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0408839\/\">The Heartbreak Kid<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0785006\/\">Hotel For Dogs<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0995039\/\">Ghost Town<\/a><\/em>. What I&#8217;m looking forward to is what&#8217;s due in mid-June: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0076666\/\">Saturday Night Fever<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0077631\/\">Grease<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0486822\/\">Disturbia<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0120382\/\">The Truman Show<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0091042\/\">Ferris Bueller&#8217;s Day Off<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0099653\/\">Ghost<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Universal is releasing <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0080516\/\">The Changeling<\/a><\/em> on Blu-ray on 17 June 2009 and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1139668\/\"><em>The Unborn<\/em><\/a> on Blu-ray on 1 July 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Warner Bros is releasing a bunch, too, in what it calls a June Wave: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0120586\/\">American History X<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0102798\/\">Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves<\/a><\/em> (Extended Cut), <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0086837\/\">2010: The Year We Make Contact<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0107843\/\">The Assassin<\/a><\/em> (this is the remake of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0100263\/\">Nikita<\/a><\/em>, with Bridget Fonda and was known in the US as <em>Point of No Return<\/em>), <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0086879\/\">Amadeus<\/a><\/em> (Director&#8217;s Cut), <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0120888\/\">The Wedding Singer<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0117913\/\">A Time To Kill<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0233469\/\">Collateral Damage<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0082089\/\">Body Heat<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0076070\/\">The Gauntlet<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0098439\/\">Tango &amp; Cash<\/a><\/em>, and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0094602\/\">Above The Law<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>That qualifies as a wave in my book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Icon Film Distribution will soon (1 May, I think) be releasing Slumdog Millionaire on Blu-ray. My Blu-ray vs DVD comparison for this title is here. A sample: That company will also be releasing Transporter 3 on Blu-ray on 10 June &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/hifi-writer.com\/wpblog\/?p=266\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,16,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/hifi-writer.com\/wpblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/hifi-writer.com\/wpblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/hifi-writer.com\/wpblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hifi-writer.com\/wpblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hifi-writer.com\/wpblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=266"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/hifi-writer.com\/wpblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":268,"href":"http:\/\/hifi-writer.com\/wpblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266\/revisions\/268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/hifi-writer.com\/wpblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hifi-writer.com\/wpblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hifi-writer.com\/wpblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}