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News and reviews of movies, television, and DTV titles on Blu-ray disc.

Destroy All Monsters (1968)
Just in time for Christmas, the Cinefantastique Laserblast crew – that would be Dan Persons, Lawrence French, and Steve Biodrowski – offer up their recommendations for  DVDs and Blu-ray discs that would make perfect stocking stuffers for the horror, fantasy, and science fiction fan in your life. Suggestions range from the 1932 [...]

This week’s special edition of the Cinefantastique Laserblast podcast forgoes the usual rundown of recent horror, fantasy, and science fiction releases on home video, instead offering a 50th anniversary tribute to a beloved genre classic. Back in 1961, producer Charles H. Schneer and special effects supervisor Ray Harryhausen brought Jules Verne’s novel MYSTERIOUS ISLAND to [...]

STAR WARS is back again – this time on home video – and a look at the 1977 original reminds Cinefantastique Podcasters Lawrence French, Dan Persons, and Steve Biodrowski that, despite having been retitled A NEW HOPE, the first film still works best as a stand-alone original, not as part four in an on-going franchise [...]

Now with examples of restored footage and FX.

Our listeners make their voices heard in this final episode of the Ultra-Lounge (at least in this incarnation): We hear from our listener in Latvia, who gives us some insight into his life; another listener rushes to the defense of the Dino De Laurentiis KING KONG; and an e-mail addressing how DREAM HOUSE’s trailer actually [...]

Prevue of the CATWOMAN DC SHOWCASE short from the BATMAN: YEAR ONE DVD. Commercial may play first.

STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION THE NEXT LEVEL will begin a High Defintion remastering of the series.

CBS/Paramount is working on HD remasters of STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION, JJ Abrams open to a new TREK series.

Welcome to another episode of the Cinefantastique Laserblast Podcast, devoted to horror, fantasy, and science fiction films available on home video – Blu-ray, DVD, Video on Demand, etc. This week, the CFQ crew of Dan Persons, Lawrence French, and Steve Biodrowski run down the latest batch of new titles hitting store shelves, including SOUTH PARK: [...]

Evangelion 2.22 is the digitally mastered Blu-Ray edition of EVANGELION 2.0 YOU CAN (NOT) ADVANCE.  This is the second of four films released that are remaking the original anime seriesNEON GENESIS EVANGELION.  EVANGELION 2.0 YOU CAN (NOT) ADVANCE was produced and co-distributed by Hideaki Anno’s Studio Khara.  Aside from that really awful looking, all-orange cover for [...]

It’s time for another trip into the depths of the Black Hole – the Black Hole Ultra Lounge Podcast, that is, this time brought to you with all the excitement of D-Box motion simulation. So strap yourself in and get ready for a bumpy ride as Dan Persons, Lawrence French, and Steve Biodrowski ruminate on [...]

BAMBI, now out in a Diamond Edition Blu-ray release.
What’s happening in the world of Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction home video releases? Listen in and find out, as Dan Persons, Lawrence French, and Steve Biodrowski run down the week’s new releases including a “Diamond Edition” Blu-ray release of the Walt Disney Picture’s classic, BAMBI, and [...]

Welcome to the debut of Cinefantastique’s Laserblast Home Video Podcast, offering the latest news and reviews regarding Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction films available on Blu-ray, DVD, and Video on Demand.This week, Dan Persons, Lawrence French, and Steve Biodrowski look at HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, PART 1; THE INCREDIBLES; and THE RESIDENT a [...]