What Happens at Hogwarts Stays at Hogwarts
Disc News Update 09.24
by Mike Restaino
Sep 23, 2009

Tai Seng will release Look for a Star on Blu-ray Disc on 27 October. This Chinese romantic comedy starring international superstar Andy Lau will arrive with a 1080p transfer, a Dolby TrueHD 7.1 sound mix, and a set of bonuses that have yet to be confirmed. SRP is $29.95.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warner has announced early details for their 15 December Blu-ray Disc release of The Hangover. This breakout comedy smash will arrive with both its theatrical and extended versions with 2.40:1 1080p transfers, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 sound mixes, a picture-in-picture commentary (participants TBD), some featurettes, a gag reel, a stills gallery and some BD-Live goodies. SRP is $35.99.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Warner will release Harry Potter: Years 1-6 on Blu-ray Disc on 8 December. This newly repackaged collection will only contain the theatrical versions of the films (not the new extended editions also headed to Blu-ray this winter), with 1080p transfers and Dolby TrueHD 5.1 sound mixes, as well as a set of bonuses that has yet to be confirmed. SRP is $134.99.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Ashton Kutcher drama Spread is headed to Blu-ray from Anchor Bay on 10 November. The film will arrive with a 1080p transfer, a Dolby TrueHD 5.1 sound mix, a commentary with Kutcher, Anne Heche and Margarita Levieva, some featurettes and a picture-in-picture track. SRP is $34.98. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8 December will bring the DVD release of the monstrous AK 100 box set from Criterion. This collection of twenty-five of Akira Kurosawa's greatest films will arrive with a collectible book (bonuses included on the films' previously-released Criterion editions will not be on the set). Films included are: The Bad Sleep Well (1960), Dodes'ka-den (1970), Drunken Angel (1948), The Hidden Fortress (1958), High and Low (1963), I Live in Fear (1955), The Idiot (1951), Ikiru (1952), Kagemusha (1980), The Lower Depths (1957), Madadayo (1993), The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (1945 - new to DVD), The Most Beautiful (1944 - new to DVD), No Regrets for Our Youth (1946), One Wonderful Sunday (1947), Rashomon (1951), Red Beard (1965), Sanjuro (1962), Sanshiro Sugata (1943 - new to DVD), Sanshiro Sugata, Part II (1944 - new to DVD), Scandal (1950), Seven Samurai (1954), Stray Dog (1949), Throne of Blood (1957) and Yojimbo (1961). SRP is $399.99.