This Week in Blu-ray


This Week in Blu-ray: Where No Man Has Gone Before

This Week in Blu-ray: Where No Man Has Gone Before

Aside from taking Dr. Cole Abaius’ advice to change the name of this column to ‘This Fortnight in Blu-ray,’ I can’t say that I’ve done much in the way of the HD format lately. So this week we’re back on the bus…

By Neil Miller on November 17, 2009 | Comments

The Wait is Over: An In-Depth Review of Star Trek on Blu-ray

The Wait is Over: An In-Depth Review of Star Trek on Blu-ray

Reviewing Star Trek on Blu-ray was such an all-encompassing, enjoyable experience, I had to fight to find the right words to describe it. Luckily, about 1600 of them just popped into my head.

By Neil Miller on November 15, 2009 | Comments

This Week in Blu-ray Special Report: Pixar’s Up Invasion

This Week in Blu-ray Special Report: Pixar’s Up Invasion

Hey kids, it’s time for a very special edition of This Week in Blu-ray dedicated to the three releases from Walt Disney Home Entertainment, a trifecta of beautiful Pixar movies coming at you in 1080p.

By Neil Miller on November 10, 2009 | Comments

This Week in Blu-ray: Revenge of the Fallen Releases

This Week in Blu-ray: Revenge of the Fallen Releases

In this edition of This Week in Blu-ray, it’s another round of slim pickings as I continue to save you money at your local retailer…

By Neil Miller on October 20, 2009 | Comments

This Week in Blu-ray: Get Dragged to Hell in HD

This Week in Blu-ray: Get Dragged to Hell in HD

In this edition of This Week in Blu-ray, it is slim pickings all around. From horror comedy with lazily constructed special feature selections to mediocre comedies that just won’t go away…

By Neil Miller on October 13, 2009 | Comments

This Week in Blu-ray: It’s Never to Early to Trick ‘r Treat

This Week in Blu-ray: It’s Never to Early to Trick ‘r Treat

Back on track once again for this edition of This Week in Blu-ray, where it is time to recover from the hangover of Fantastic Fest and get back into the spirit of buying Blu-ray rather than hamburgers at the Alamo Drafthouse.

By Neil Miller on October 7, 2009 | Comments

This Week in Blu-ray: Time to Observe, And Report

This Week in Blu-ray: Time to Observe, And Report

In this incredibly light edition of This Week in Blu-ray, we get one of the year’s darkest, most absurd comedies right alongside a few great comedies from yesteryear…

By Neil Miller on September 22, 2009 | Comments

This Week in Blu-ray: A High Definition Army of Darkness

This Week in Blu-ray: A High Definition Army of Darkness

In this edition of This Week in Blu-ray, it is time to usher in the month of September with a swath of TV-on-BD, a forecast for the weeks to come as the fall television season heats up.

By Neil Miller on September 18, 2009 | Comments

This Week in Blu-ray: A Trip to Adventureland

This Week in Blu-ray: A Trip to Adventureland

Welcome to This Week in Blu-ray, the never on-time FSR column that is, oddly enough, on time this week. Will this be the start of a wonderful new trend? I won’t make any promises.

By Neil Miller on August 25, 2009 | Comments

This Week in Blu-ray: Catching Up, Again

This Week in Blu-ray: Catching Up, Again

It is catch-up time once again on This Week in Blu-ray. Watch Neil scramble to catch you up on all the Blu-ray releases of the last few weeks. We’re told that next week, TWiBD will be ready for Tuesday morning. That remains to be seen.

By Neil Miller on August 22, 2009 | Comments

This Week in Blu-ray: Buy Blu For All Mankind

This Week in Blu-ray: Buy Blu For All Mankind

This week in the world of Blu-ray, we go to the Moon for all mankind, to the end of the Earth with Nic Cage, to the 1980s with Spike Lee and all the way back to the 60s with a group of Mad Men.

By Neil Miller on July 14, 2009 | Comments

This Week In Blu-ray: Confessions of a Blu-ray Shopaholic

This Week In Blu-ray: Confessions of a Blu-ray Shopaholic

Like Vanilla Ice, I’m back again with new smooth sounds for This Week in Blu-ray. Only a few days late this week, so it would appear as if things are improving.

By Neil Miller on June 26, 2009 | Comments

This Week in Blu-ray: The Backlog Reduction Exercise

This Week in Blu-ray: The Backlog Reduction Exercise

This week I am pleased to bring you the most epic Blu-ray report in the history of my musings about the format. As you may have noted, I’ve taken the past two weeks off and have missed quite a few titles. So I’m playing catch up.

By Neil Miller on June 20, 2009 | Comments

This Week in Blu-ray: May 26, 2009

This Week in Blu-ray: May 26, 2009

This week the world famous FSR Blu-ray column changes formats again. We told Exec. Editor Neil Miller not to do it, but he just kept saying “I’m the Boss, deal with it.” Hopefully you like it…

By Neil Miller on May 26, 2009 | Comments

Blu-ray Report: Benjamin Button, Serial Killers and Tons of Travolta

Blu-ray Report: Benjamin Button, Serial Killers and Tons of Travolta

What, last week’s Blu-ray Report posting this week? Does that mean that we get two Blu-ray Reports this week? Yes friends, it does. Try to contain yourselves.

By Neil Miller on May 11, 2009 | Comments

Blu-ray Report: Star Trek, The Uninvited, JCVD and Hotel for Dogs

Blu-ray Report: Star Trek, The Uninvited, JCVD and Hotel for Dogs

That’s right friends, two weeks in a row here for the Blu-ray Report. I would like to tell you that I’ve turned over a new leaf in my duties as Blu-ray watchdog, but I don’t want to get ahead of myself. The good news is that I am here this week and ready to spread [...]

By Neil Miller on April 28, 2009 | Comments

Blu-ray Report: The Wrestler, Sin City, Frost/Nixon and More

Blu-ray Report: The Wrestler, Sin City, Frost/Nixon and More

Don’t call it a come back on the account of the Blu-ray Report charging in with awesome recommendations, call it a comeback because Mickey Rourke is making his comeback in HD this week.

By Neil Miller on April 21, 2009 | Comments

Blu-ray Report: Slumdog, Bad Dogs, Bond and Black Freighters

Blu-ray Report: Slumdog, Bad Dogs, Bond and Black Freighters

Once again we’re playing catchup with The Blu-ray Report, but unlike previous week’s I am happy to go back and take a look at 8 new Blu-ray releases — some from this week and some from last week — that are currently all rocking my world to some extent.

By Neil Miller on March 31, 2009 | Comments

Blu-ray Report: Role Models, Milk, Batman, South Park and More

Blu-ray Report: Role Models, Milk, Batman, South Park and More

Another week, another fine selection here at the now-teetering-on-monthly Blu-ray Report. This week we get hit with some Role Models, some old school Batman, a gay rights activist and Cartman, all in HD.

By Neil Miller on March 11, 2009 | Comments

Blu-ray Report: Sex Drive, Futurama, Akira and More

Blu-ray Report: Sex Drive, Futurama, Akira and More

We’re all friends here, right? I think that we can be honest with each other. And honestly, it has been a rough month for the Blu-ray Report. But today we are back and ready to rock your world with more HD goodness (and not-so-goodness).

By Neil Miller on February 24, 2009 | Comments