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18 April 2012 1:00 PM, PDT | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »

Yesterday Disney announced that they will be releasing 30 of their classic live-action and animated movies on Blu-ray by the end of 2012! There's a ton of great films on the list that many of you might be looking forward to. Personally, I'm excited to see Ed Wood, Dick Tracy, High Fidelity, Pete's Dragon, Newsies and Adventures in Babysitting. Out of these 30 films, which are you most excited to see coming to Blu-ray?

Here's the part of the press release that give you all of the full list of movie titles:

Beginning in May, the Studio will start to celebrate a number of film anniversaries, introducing multiple great films to Blu-ray including Father of the Bride and Bringing Down the House releasing on May 15th; The Color of Money,Cocktail and Ransom releasing on June 5th; Sister Act and Evita releasing on June 19th; and The Horse Whisperer, Under the Tuscan Sun, »

- Venkman

17 April 2012 3:43 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »

To satisfy consumer demand and serve the growing base of Blu-ray. households, The Walt Disney Studios today announced plans to add more than 30 popular and iconic films to its ever-expanding Blu-ray. library.  Each film selected for release has been fully digitally remastered, with dirt and anomalies cleaned to a pristine level, offering viewers optimum high definition picture and sound quality of some of their favorite films.

The films selected for release appeal to families, film-lovers and collectors with a wide-breadth of Live-Action, Animated, Romance titles that range from Beaches to While You Were Sleeping and Pocahontas to The Santa Clause. Many are celebrating special 10th, 15th and 20th Anniversary Edition releases, many are Academy Award®-Winning Films like Dead Poets Society, Evita, Dick Tracy, and many are back by popular demand including Hocus Pocus, Adventures in Babysitting, and The Color of Money.

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- Michelle McCue

2 April 2012 7:53 AM, PDT | FusedFilm | See recent FusedFilm news »

It seems like these days the possibilities are endless in how film fans can enjoy their favorites at home, from renting through Netflix to downloading online via Amazon. But perhaps the most rewarding format – well, for this old-fashioned guy, at least – is to purchase the movie on Blu-ray. While many major studios – including Disney – have generally decreased the amount of bonus features and other special content offered on home video, this company consistently delivers an overall strong value to their Blu-ray releases. In this edition of the Mouse House, I’ll as share some thoughts on yet-to-be-released Blu-ray offerings.

Coming Soon (Announced)

Recently Disney announced over 30 titles from their library – some of them classics, others surprisingly forgettable – to be released on Blu-ray for the first time this year. Many also hold the title of “anniversary” editions, celebrating 10, 15, 20 years or more since their original debuts.

On the Disney side, get ready »

- Brett Nachman

16 March 2012 11:29 AM, PDT | Disc Dish | See recent Disc Dish news »

Beaches, The Horse Whisperer, The Rescuers and Father of the Bride are among a string of catalog movies that Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment will debut on high-definition Blu-ray in 2012.

The studio plans to add more than 30 films to its Blu-ray library, each fully digitally remastered and cleaned from dirt. Many will be anniversary editions.

Here’s the list of what’s coming and when:

Father of the Bride

May 15

Father of the Bride

Bringing Down the House

June 5

The Color of Money

Cocktail

Ransom

June 19

Sister Act

Evita

July 3

The Horse Whisperer

Under the Tuscan Sun

Phenomenon

Step Up

Home On the Range

Treasure Planet

The Rescuers

Fall

Adventures in Babysitting

Grosse Pointe Blank

Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion

The Rescuers

High Fidelity

Ed Wood

Judge Dredd

Ghost of the Abyss 3D

Lady and the Tramp 2: Scamp’s Adventure

Pocahontas

The Tigger Movie

The Aristocats

Pete »

- Sam

29 February 2012 4:23 PM, PST | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »

Herbie Rides Again

Written by Bill Walsh, based on the novel Car, Boy, Girl by Gordon Buford

Directed by Robert Stevenson

USA, 1974, imdb

Listen to the Mousterpiece podcast about Herbie Rides Again or read Josh’s extended thoughts about the film!

*****

“The first rule of all drive-in sequels: make the same damn movie you made the first time!”

-Joe Bob Briggs

Herbie Rides Again stands proudly alongside Halloween III: Season of the Witch as the two films that most deliberately break the sequel rule. It is debatable which is more cruel. Halloween III has no Michael Myers (and for that matter no witches) but never explains why. No doubt many in the audience when it was first released must have been wondering when Michael Myers was going to show, right up until the moment the film ended.

While discarding most of what made the first film work: Dean Jones as racer Jim Douglas, »

- Michael Ryan

5 items from 2012