An announcement by Singulus Technologies, a maker of replication machines that produce Blu-ray discs, points toward a new standard for 4K Blu-ray. Originally posted at TV and Home Theater
The increase in consumer spending on movies for home use was fueled by a 50% jump in sales of digital copies. The home entertainment business is growing again, albeit slowly, despite the fact that people continue to spend less on DVDs. Â Â Â Â
What’s so great about a TV series’ final season coming out on DVD? Then fans don’t have to worry about collectus interruptus: when you start buying a show’s season sets, only to see the studio suspend releases before all seasons come out.
Holding on from the previous week, the Jackie Robinson biopic “42” was the top-selling DVD, coming in ahead of “Evil Dead,” the remake of the 1981 cult horror favorite. Â Â Â Â
Other new releases: ‘The Place Beyond the Pines,’ ‘The Sapphires’ and ‘West of Memphis.’ Mud    Â
Disney’s “Oz the Great and Powerful” returned to the top of the DVD and Blu-ray sales chart in its fourth week in release. Buzz around Universal’s “Despicable Me 2” continued to boost sales of the original, which took the No. 2 spot.
Black-and-white movies are having a moment, thanks to ‘Frances Ha,’ ‘Much Ado About Nothing,’ ‘Nebraska’ and more. So why now? When Hollywood began transitioning from black-and-white films in the early 1960s, the director Vincente Minnelli had a simple, dismissive reply to those who questioned the shift
Also reviewed: Paul Weitz’s ‘Admission,’ British cop drama ‘Blood’ and Harmony Korine’s ‘Spring Breakers.’ The Gatekeepers
Terrorist plots in movies including ‘Iron Man 3’ and ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ go where Hollywood once feared to tread to give real-life relevance to fantasy. Think you can escape the world’s troubles by heading to the multiplex this summer?