A Look Ahead at July: Huge Month for Blu-ray Releases!

 

With a slate of 70 titles scheduled for release in the month of July, all the major studios are pushing ahead with some great titles in the next month.  While you can always see the full release schedule here, this post will highlight some of the bigger titles coming in the next month.

Starting the month off, on July 1st, Disney brings the Martin Scorsese classic Gangs of New York, while Sony bring's Clint Eastwood's In the Line of Fire.  Fox will also be releasing Point Break and Lionsgate will be delivering Mad Men: The Complete 1st Season.

On July 8, Warner will bring a duet of Batman titles: the animated Gotham Knight, and the incredibly popular Batman Begins (also available in a limited edition gift set).

On the 15th, Lionsgate will be rolling out the The Bank Job, Warner will bring the Jack Nicholson classic One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and Fox will release the horror flick Shutter.

On July 22nd, Universal will officially launch their first Blu-ray titles, with the release of The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, and The Scorpion King.  Sony, meanwhile will bring out a quartet of horror films: The Exorcism of Emily Rose, I Know What You Did Last Summer, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, and Urban Legend.  In case all of that wasn't enough, Warner will releasing The Perfect Storm as well as the BBC documentary Earth: The Biography and a Natural History Collection.

Paramount will come out swinging on the 29th, by releasing the hit Beowulf, the classic Top Gun, and four Jack Ryan collection films: Clear and Present Danger, The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, and The Sum of All Fears.  Also on that date, New Line will release the stoner comedies Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle and Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay as well as Dark City, Universal will bring out Doomsday, and Fox will put out Stargate: Continuum.

July will also be an exciting month for fans of music on Blu-ray disc.  On July 1st, John Mayer and Korn will be releasing titles, and The Moody Blues, and Chicago and Earth, Wind, and Fire will follow on the 8th.  Daft Punk will be releasing their latest electronic music concept Electroma on the 15th, and Martin Scorsese's Rolling Stone's documentary Shine a Light will come out on the 29th.

Overall, July should be as good a month as any to go broke buying new Blu-ray releases -- and if you manage to end it with any money left in your pocket, August is shaping up to be equally impressive.