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Anton van Beek  |  Mar 29, 2012  |  0 comments

This month saw the arrival of a new player on the DVD scene in the UK, one that promises to be of serious interest to fans of '80s horror, sci-fi and erotica.

Anton van Beek  |  Mar 22, 2012  |  0 comments

Do you own the recently released Australian crime drama Snowtown? Do you also like taking about movies on Twitter? If so, you might be interested to learn that director Justin Kurzel will be providing a live tweetalong' during a screening of the film in London from 7.30pm tonight (March 22) for the movie to celebrate its release on DVD, Blu-ray and download.

Anton van Beek  |  Mar 21, 2012  |  0 comments

Following hot on the heels of its recent hi-def release of Dracula: Prince of Darkness, StudioCanal has announced the details about next two iconic Hammer films to be restored and released on Blu-ray in the UK.

Anton van Beek  |  Mar 20, 2012  |  0 comments

It appears that 20th Century Fox has finally given up on all of the 'is it an Alien prequel or not' malarky with the full length trailer for Ridley Scott's sci-fi flick Prometheus, which is due to arrive on UK cinemas on June 1.

Anton van Beek  |  Mar 20, 2012  |  0 comments

Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn exploded DVD, Blu-ray and 3D Blu-ray in the UK yesterday - and to celebrate you can join co-screenwriter Edgar Wright in a live tweetalong tonight (March 20), in association with Paramount Home Entertainment.

Anton van Beek  |  Mar 06, 2012  |  0 comments

US TV network Fox has announced that it will not be bringing sci-fi flop Terra Nova back to TV screens for a second season.

Anton van Beek  |  Mar 05, 2012  |  0 comments

Having toppled Avatar's opening day record at the Hong Kong box office last April with his stereoscopic bonkbuster hit 3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy, producer Stephen Shiu is planning something even bigger and better for the next film in the series.

Anton van Beek  |  Mar 05, 2012  |  0 comments

Ralph McQuarrie, the artist who first visualised an array of iconic Star Wars characters including Luke Skywalker, R2-D2, Darth Vader, C-3PO and Chewbacca died on March 3, due to complications from Parkinson's disease.

Anton van Beek  |  Mar 01, 2012  |  0 comments

Following months of speculation, Paramount Home Entertainment and Lucasfilm have officially announced that The Complete Indiana Jones Blu-ray Collection will be arriving on Blu-ray before the year is out.

Ed Selley  |  Feb 29, 2012  |  0 comments

SIM2 has unveiled the new M.150 projector. This combines the company's highly regarded 3D technology with an LED projection system. This consists of a trio of new, more powerful Phlatlight LED modules to act as both light and colour source for the DLP chipset. This LED light source lasts the projector’s entire life cycle of around 30,000 hours with very stable colour characteristics and an average lumen decay of less than 5%.

Ed Selley  |  Feb 29, 2012  |  0 comments

Tannoy has released details of the new TS2 range of subwoofers. The two strong line up intend to deliver "the deepest, tightest and loudest bass response at the price." To this end all three models make use of high power Class D amplification and opposed drivers.

Anton van Beek  |  Feb 23, 2012  |  0 comments

Paramount Home Entertainment has revealed that the fourth instalment in the Mission: Impossible franchise will be hitting BD and DVD in the US on April 17. 

Anton van Beek  |  Feb 22, 2012  |  0 comments

StudioCanal has parterned with La Cinematheque de Toulouse to present a brand-new restoration of Jean Renoir's 1937 meditation on class and war, La Grande Illusion.

Ed Selley  |  Feb 22, 2012  |  0 comments

 

Elipson has launched a new surround system. This makes use of the new Planet M. A smaller version of the well regarded Planet L, the M is also a Spherical design. It makes use of a 10cm treated paper membrane driver with a coaxial 20mm silk dome tweeter.

HCC News Team  |  Jan 26, 2012  |  0 comments

Champagne corks are popping at Hannspree's HQ today following the news that it had ranked second in a report of TV sales in Ireland. According to the report, by industry analyst Meko, only Samsung managed to outperform Hannspree in Ireland during Q3 of 2011, with Philips, Sony and LG all trailing behind.

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