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The New Zealand Film Commission has confirmed its new video on demand platform, Films On Demand, will include titles that can be not only streamed in HD but also downloaded and purchased. Issues applying the DRM software to some of the HD files stopped the NZFC from offering some of its signature movies in HD as […]

The third in the “Cornetto Trilogy”, The World’s End, which can be bought separately or in a box set with Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, looks tip-top on Blu-ray. “If you love the look of clean and clear celluloid films, then get ready for greatness. The video quality is so close to perfection […]

The most popular New Zealand movie of all time, Boy, at last lands on Blu-ray. The highest-grossing hit after Avatar in the year it was released will finally show up in HD on December 5. Boy: The Collector’s Edition will include all the extras on the special edition DVD that came out three years ago; […]

The NZ distributor of Boy has shelved plans for a Blu-ray release but the country’s biggest grossing indie hit’s about to go Blu in the US. Art house distributor Kino Libor has announced Boy will go on sale on both DVD and Blu-ray on July 9, with the latter selling for $US30. Extras will include […]

Classic NZ movie Whale Rider today is being released on Blu-ray for the first time to mark its 10th anniversary. But the excitement of rediscovering it in HD is tempered by confirmation that the most popular indie movie in NZ history, Boy, has had its Blu-ray release cancelled. Paramount Pictures intended to distribute the blockbuster […]

A two-disc collector’s edition of Boy goes on sale Wednesday, with a Blu-ray version imminent. “We’re working on the Boy Blu-ray at the moment and anticipate having this available early in the new year,” Universal Pictures NZ country manager Michael Coley told ScreenScribe.tv. Expect it to include the same features as the collector’s DVD: the […]

Expect the year’s biggest grossing theatrical release, Boy, to come out on Blu-ray in time for Christmas. The winner of seven Qantas Film & TV Awards has been a top-selling DVD since its release three weeks ago and is still #1 on the DVD rental charts. Given writer/director Taikai Waititi’s hit has grossed more than […]