THIS AND NEXT WEEKS HD RELEASES

Here are this and next weeks HD releases on both formats. Titles have been linked directly to the Amazon page for you to take advantage of their current sale prices:

March 27, 2007
Children of Men (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD)
Happy Feet [Blu-ray]
Happy Feet (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD) [HD DVD]
March of the Penguins [Blu-ray]
March of the Penguins [HD DVD]
National Geographic - Relentless Enemies [Blu-ray]
National Geographic - Relentless Enemies [HD DVD]
The Pursuit of Happyness [Blu-ray]
Warriors of Heaven & Earth [Blu-ray]

April 03, 2007
G.I. Jane [Blu-ray]
The Good Shepherd [HD DVD]
Identity [Blu-ray]
King Arthur - Extended Director's Cut [Blu-ray]
Volver [Blu-ray]

April 09, 2007
Dragon's Lair (Blu-ray)

MATRIX TRILOGY HD-DVD, CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER BLU-RAY + OTHER UPCOMING HD RELEASES

The Matrix Trilogy makes it to HD-DVD in the form of two boxsets. Release date is set for May 22nd. The first box set "The Complete Matrix Trilogy" will feature all three movies plus a bonus "The Matrix Revisited" disc. All movies will be given the HD-DVD (IME) exclusive interactive content treatment. The second boxset, "The Ultimate Matrix Collection," will feature the same as above but also include an additional 35 hrs worth of bonus material! Warner Bros plans a Blu Ray release later this year when the "BD-Java environment" feature is ready for distribution.

The martial arts epic, Curse of the Golden Flower will be available on Blu Ray on May 29th. This movie will be displayed in 1080p using mpeg 2 compression and 5.1, uncompresses surround sound.

"Freedom Writers" or "Super Cliche 3" as I like to call it, will be available on May 22nd on both formats. Hilary Swank stars as the teacher that takes on the troubled kids from the hood.

Here are the other upcoming HD releases courtesy of High defintion Digest:

Available now,
March 20, 2007:
Big Fish (Blu-ray)
Chicken Little (Blu-ray)
Eragon (Blu-ray)
Finding Neverland (Blu-ray)
Rocky Balboa (Blu-ray)

March 27, 2007
Children of Men (HD DVD)
Happy Feet (Blu-ray)
Happy Feet (HD DVD)
Incubus: Alive at Red Rocks (Blu-ray)
March of the Penguins (Blu-ray)
March of the Penguins (HD DVD)
National Geographic: Relentless Enemies (Blu-ray)
National Geographic: Relentless Enemies (HD DVD)
The Pursuit of Happyness (Blu-ray)

April 03, 2007
G.I. Jane (Blu-ray)
The Good Shepherd (HD DVD)
Identity (Blu-ray)
King Arthur Director's Cut (Blu-ray)
Me, Myself & Irene (Blu-ray)
Volver (Blu-ray)
Warriors of Heaven and Earth (Blu-ray)

If you haven't bought your HDTV, Blu Ray or HD-DVD player yet and have been holding off all this time, you should check out Amazon's blowout HDTV sale going on right, prices are down to cost! Learn more here.

THIS AND NEXT WEEKS HIGH DEFINTION RELEASES:

Thanks to High Definition Digest for these compiled release dates:

This Week: February 13, 2007:
Broken Arrow (Blu-ray)
Chain Reaction (Blu-ray)
Chronos (Blu-ray)
The Departed (Blu-ray)
The Departed (HD DVD)
Entrapment (Blu-ray)
Ladder 49 (Blu-ray)
The Marine (Blu-ray)
Phone Booth (Blu-ray)
Planet of the Apes (Blu-ray)
Reign of Fire (Blu-ray)
The Sentinel (Blu-ray)
The Usual Suspects (Blu-ray)

NEXT WEEK: February 20, 2007
Babel (Blu-ray)
Babel (HD DVD)
The Prestige (Blu-ray)
Vertical Limit (Blu-ray)
February 27, 2007
Bullitt (Blu-ray)
Bullitt (HD DVD)
Digital Video Essentials (HD DVD)
The Getaway (1972) (Blu-ray)
The Getaway (1972) (HD DVD)
Nine Inch Nails Live: Beside You in Time (Blu-ray)
Nine Inch Nails Live: Beside You in Time (HD DVD)
Stranger Than Fiction (Blu-ray)

Don't forget to read the article on why the movie studios are responsible for the picture quality on HD flicks and not the formats themselves! You can learn more about both HD formats here.

Casino Royale, Pursuit of Happyness & 40 Year Old Virgin released on HD Formats

This March, Blu-Ray will be getting three blockbuster exclusives: "Casino Royale," "The Pursuit of Happyness," and last years surprising hit "Rocky Balboa." Why are these exclusives? Well they're all from the Sony Pictures camp. I guess it helps to own a studio when you're in a movie format war.




But all is not lost, HD-DVD will be getting some exclusives of it's own. "Children of Men," and "40 Year old Virgin" will be racing to the format sometime this spring courtesy of Universal. Universal is the only movie studio exclusively supporting the HD-DVD format.

THIS AND NEXT WEEKS HIGH DEFINTION RELEASES:

February 06, 2007
American Psycho (Blu-ray)
First Blood (Blu-ray)
Hollywoodland (HD DVD)
Reservoir Dogs (Blu-ray)
Running With Scissors (Blu-ray)
The Tailor of Panama (Blu-ray)
Young Guns (Blu-ray)

February 13, 2007
Broken Arrow (Blu-ray)
Chain Reaction (Blu-ray)
Chronos (Blu-ray)
The Departed (Blu-ray)
The Departed (HD DVD)
Entrapment (Blu-ray)
Ladder 49 (Blu-ray)
The Marine (Blu-ray)
Phone Booth (Blu-ray)
Planet of the Apes (Blu-ray)
Reign of Fire (Blu-ray)
The Sentinel (Blu-ray)
The Usual Suspects (Blu-ray)