Think physical media is dead? Try telling that to the people who spent hundreds and hundreds of dollars on Blu-rays and box sets recently on eBay. While overall Blu-ray and DVD sales are certainly down from their peak, the aftermarket for physical media is still going very strong. In fact, the wider decline in home … Read more
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire star Carrie Coon is doing her part to keep physical media alive and well with over 10,000 Blu-rays. Physical media is alive and well in the Carrie Coon household as the Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire star recently appeared on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon to reveal that she and her husband — … Read more
While studios seem to have given up on physical media, niche indie labels are having huge success with loving restorations of cult titles. Something interesting happened the other day. I reached out to Arrow Video to get a review copy of their upcoming Conan the Barbarian 4k release, The Conan Chronicles (which also features Conan … Read more
One of the reasons physical media still matters is that movies can vanish. One notable example is Ron Howard’s 1985 classic, Cocoon. Something inevitable has started to happen. Hardcore movie fans have stopped buying Blu-rays (although they’re in the midst of a slight comeback). Maybe it was the pandemic, when we were all stuck at … Read more