January 6, 2010 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

Sony pirated its own movie over the holidays. Armored, which rolled out at the theaters on Dec. 4, was accidentally uploaded to the PlayStation Network for a few hours, according to Video Business sister publication Variety.

The crime action movie starring Matt Dillon, Jean Reno and ...Read More

January 5, 2010 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

300's Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx are on the hunt in Overture Films' Law Abiding Citizen, which grossed $72 million in theaters and will arrive on DVD and Blu-ray on Feb. 16 (prebook Jan. 14).

The DVD, priced at $29.98, will include the theatrical version of the film, but the Blu-ray ($39.98) will have an unrated director's cut with nine more minutes of action.

In Law Abiding Citizen, Butler takes justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free.

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January 5, 2010 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

Disney is debuting two new TV series on DVD in February.

First up is Gary Unmarried: The Complete First Season on Feb. 9 (order now). Starring Jay Mohr, sitcom Gary airs on CBS. The three-DVD set will be priced at $39.99 and include bloopers and three featurettes: "The Chemistry of Comedy," "Planet Begley" and "Tuesday On the Set With Jay."

ABC's FlashForward will bow as a Season One: Part One release, including only the first 10 episodes of the drama. Priced at $29.99, the two-DVD set also will contain two featurettes: "Creating Catastrophe: The Effects of the Global Blackout" and "FlashForward: A Look Ahead."

January 4, 2010 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

With Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies coming to Blu-ray on April 6, Warner is making it LOTR day, releasing the 1978 animated version of The Lord of the Rings as a two-disc special edition DVD ($19.98) and as a Blu-ray combo ($29.99).

The animated movie, which features the voices of John Hurt and William Squire, will be remastered for the new home releases.

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January 4, 2010 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

Now, here's another movie that will show off Blu-ray's high-definition picture and sound nicely.

Roland Emmerich's world-as-we-know-it-destroying 2012 will be released as a two-disc Blu-ray with digital, single-disc Blu-ray, DVD and for the PlayStation Portable on March 2 (prebook Jan. 28).

Sony's two-disc Blu-ray (priced at $39.95, only $1 more than the single-disc Blu-ray at $38.96) is the ultimate package, of course, including digital copy for the PSP on the Blu-ray disc, transferable through the PS3, as well as digital copy for PC, Mac and iPod on a separate disc. Here's the rest of the extras menu:

Disc 1