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Filmmaker Christopher Nolan to Receive DEG’s Vanguard Award
DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group will present its inaugural Vanguard Award to Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Christopher Nolan. The award presentation will take place during a reception at the 4K Ultra HD Summit to be held Nov. 6 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. The DEG Vanguard Award is in recognition of Nolan’s place at the forefront of filmmakers using … Continue reading “Filmmaker Christopher Nolan to Receive DEG’s Vanguard Award”
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Spike Lee’s ‘BlacKkKlansman’ Due on Digital Oct. 23, Disc Nov. 6 From Universal
BlacKkKlansman, director Spike Lee’s film of the true story of Ron Stallwortth, an African-American police officer who infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan, will arrive on digital (including Movies Anywhere) Oct. 23 and on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD and on demand Nov. 6 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Based on the book Black Klansman by Stallworth, BlacKkKlansman stars John … Continue reading “Spike Lee’s ‘BlacKkKlansman’ Due on Digital Oct. 23, Disc Nov. 6 From Universal”
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Filmmaker Christopher Nolan to Receive DEG’s Vanguard Award
DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group will present its inaugural Vanguard Award to Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Christopher Nolan. The award presentation will take place during a reception at the 4K Ultra HD Summit to be held Nov. 6 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. The DEG Vanguard Award is in recognition of Nolan’s place at the forefront of filmmakers using … Continue reading “Filmmaker Christopher Nolan to Receive DEG’s Vanguard Award”
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Spike Lee’s ‘BlacKkKlansman’ Due on Digital Oct. 23, Disc Nov. 6 From Universal
BlacKkKlansman, director Spike Lee’s film of the true story of Ron Stallwortth, an African-American police officer who infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan, will arrive on digital (including Movies Anywhere) Oct. 23 and on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD and on demand Nov. 6 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Based on the book Black Klansman by Stallworth, BlacKkKlansman stars John … Continue reading “Spike Lee’s ‘BlacKkKlansman’ Due on Digital Oct. 23, Disc Nov. 6 From Universal”
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Vudu Adds Sony TVs to 4K UHD Compatible Devices List
Walmart-owned online movie service Vudu.com has upgraded its Android TV app to include Sony televisions, enabling users to watch Vudu UHD titles in 4K with Dolby Vision HDR and HDR-10 functionality. 4K claims four time the pixels of 1080p with added life-like color of high dynamic range technology. Vudu currently offers 4K UHD on most … Continue reading “Vudu Adds Sony TVs to 4K UHD Compatible Devices List”
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Walmart Covering the Digital Spectrum — at the Retail Store
Walmart may be considering launching a branded over-the-top video service, but it hasn’t turned its back on home entertainment at the retail level. The world’s largest retail chain of home entertainment reported low single-digit increase in same-store entertainment sales during the second quarter (ended July 27). It was the strongest entertainment quarter in the fiscal … Continue reading “Walmart Covering the Digital Spectrum — at the Retail Store”
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‘Ant-Man and The Wasp’ Coming Home in October
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment will release Marvel’s Ant-Man and The Wasp digitally Oct. 2 and on Blu-ray, DVD and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Oct. 16. Paul Rudd returns as Ant-Man, the superhero with the power to shrink and grow, in the sequel to 2015’s Ant-Man. In his latest adventure, Ant-Man teams with The Wasp … Continue reading “‘Ant-Man and The Wasp’ Coming Home in October”
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Fox to Release ‘X-Men’ Trilogy on 4K Ultra HD Sept. 25
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will release the first three films in the “X-Men” series, starring Hugh Jackman and Halle Berry, on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc on Sept. 25. The three-film collection includes X-Men, X2: X-Men Unite and X-Men: The Last Stand. The trilogy follows the group of mutant outcasts as they learn to … Continue reading “Fox to Release ‘X-Men’ Trilogy on 4K Ultra HD Sept. 25”
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‘The Spy Who Dumped Me’ Due on Digital Oct. 16, Disc Oct. 30
The comedy The Spy Who Dumped Me, starring Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon, arrives on digital Oct. 16 and on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (plus Blu-ray and digital), Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and digital), DVD, and on demand Oct. 30 from Lionsgate. The comedic action film earned $33.3 million in theaters. In the film, Audrey (Kunis) and … Continue reading “‘The Spy Who Dumped Me’ Due on Digital Oct. 16, Disc Oct. 30”
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Virgin Bowing First 4K UHD TV Channel in the U.K.
Virgin Media is launching the first dedicated 4K ultra high-definition (UHD) entertainment channel in the United Kingdom, beginning Sept. 17. The channel will be available for Virgin TV Full House and VIP subscribers with a V6 set-top box and 4K TV. Content includes series “Start Up” with Martin Freeman, “Masters of Sex,” starring Michael Sheen … Continue reading “Virgin Bowing First 4K UHD TV Channel in the U.K.”
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Universal Unleashes AR Experience With Facebook to Promote ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’
To mark the global 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD release of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has partnered with Facebook and Messenger to unleash sharable in-store and in-home augmented reality experiences showcasing the film’s dinosaurs. The AR experiences featuring different dinosaurs from the film will debut Sept. 18 timed to the film’s North American … Continue reading “Universal Unleashes AR Experience With Facebook to Promote ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’”
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‘Incredibles 2’ Home Video to Include ‘Auntie Edna’ Mini Movie
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment will release Pixar’s Incredibles 2 digitally Oct. 23 and on Blu-ray, DVD and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Nov. 6. The sequel, which picks up directly after the events of the 2004 original film, finds Helen (voiced by Holly Hunter) recruited to be the face of a public relations effort to … Continue reading “‘Incredibles 2’ Home Video to Include ‘Auntie Edna’ Mini Movie”
