Universal continues 100th Anniversary titles with Out of Africa

Universal continues to celebrate its 100th Anniversary with a new BD pressing of Out of Africa. March 6th sees the release of the film which is based on the autobiography of Karen Blixen, this movie stars Meryl Streep in the role of Blixen, who falls in love with big-game hunter (Robert Redford) in Africa...

Warner´s next release of 2012 to be Camelot

Warner Home Entertainment will bring the 45th Anniversary Edition of Camelot to Blu-ray digibook on April 24th. Based on the novel “The Once & Future King” by T.H. White, the film depicts the apparent love triangle between King Arthur (Richard Harris), his queen Guinevere (Vanessa...

All Quiet On the Western Front to be released January 2012

Universal Studios have announced the Blu-ray Digibook release of All Quiet on the Western Front in the US. This  Academy Award winner film which will be released on February 14th, follows a group of idealistic young men as they join the German Army during World War I and are assigned to the Western Front,...

To Kill a Mockingbird Anniversary release by Universal, January

Universal’s classic 1962 film “To Kill A Mockingbird” comes to Blu-ray Digibook format on January 31st, 2012. The 50th Anniversary Edition includes full 1080p Hi-Def B&W 1.85:1 aspect video and DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio and DTS 2.0 Mono sound. Synopsis: Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck), a lawyer in...

Unforgiven gets 20th Anniversary digibook release from Warner

Warner Home Video in the US has announced the 20th Anniversary release of Unforgiven. February 21st, 2012 will see it hit the shelves in the Blu-ray Digibook format. Synopsis: The town of Big Whisky is full of normal people trying to lead quiet lives. Cowboys try to make a living. Sheriff ‘Little...

The French classic from 1967- “Le samouraï” in digibook format

The film “Le samouraï”, starring Alain Delon, will be released on December 7th, 2011 by Pathe, in the digibook format. Synopsis: Hitman Jef Costello is a perfectionist who always carefully plans his murders and who never gets caught. One night however, after killing a night-club owner,...

Carlos Saura’s “Flamenco, Flamenco” gets digibook treatment

The new latest movie by acclaimed Spanish director Carlos Saura will be released in digibook format on October 11th. Filmed fourteen years ago, “Flamenco,” was a film whose narrative revolved around the songs, dances and music of the beautiful Spanish art, it was a milestone in the history of...

New batch of Spanish digibooks

Hot on the heels of the news of 20 new French digibooks, comes the announcement from Fox that some of those same titles will be released in Spain as Spanish versions. There are an interesting selection of titles though noticeable by their absence compared to the French offering are Slumdog Millionaire and...

Bumper crop of new French Digibooks?

November 2nd would seem to be the date for a large number of new French Digibook releases. According to items posted on the Amazon French retail website, this date will see the release of at least 16 new titles. The expected movies include: (all are linked to their respective items on...

Tim und Struppi – Das Geheimnis um das goldene Vlies (Tintin & Snowy)

Tintin arrives on Blu-ray digibook on October 6th in Germany. The 1961 film Tim und Struppi – Das Geheimnis um das goldene Vlies (Tintin & Snowy: The search for the Golden Fleece) will be accompanied by a digibook with pages in the style of a comic. This live action release is probably timed to...