This Week on Blu-ray: May 13-20

May 13, 2014 (New Release) 

Her 

Newly separated from his wife Catherine, Theodore Twombly works for a company that composes love letters for those who lack the creativity to pen their own. Growing more and more isolated from the outside world, his curiosity is piqued by a campaign advertising the latest artificially intelligent operating system. When he is first introduced to his new technological assistant Samantha, he is surprised by her ever-growing emotionality, and her fresh way of looking at the world. As time passes, Theodore finds himself connecting with Samantha in ways he could never have imagined.... 

Movie appeal: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi 

Video 

• Codec: MPEG-4 AVC 
• Resolution: 1080p 
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 
• Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1

Audio 

• English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 
• French: Dolby Digital 5.1 
• Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1

Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish 

Discs: 50GB Blu-ray Disc, Two-disc set (1 BD, 1 DVD), UV, digital copy, Digital copy, DVD copy 

Packaging: Slipcover in original pressing 

Playback: Region free 

Special ID 

Zi Long has been an infiltrating cop in Xiong Hong Kong mafia clan for many years. The failure of his recent negotiation on behalf of Xiong with the other three local clans makes Xiong suspicious of Zi Long identity. Xiong sets to wipe out every undercover in his gang. Sensing the danger, Zi Long requests an end to his undercover career from his supervisor Sir Zhang. However, Zhang sends Zi Long to Mainland China to infiltrate a business of pecial Identity? trading instead. The business is run by Xiong best prot? Sunny who was Zi Long previous buddy in the gang. Zhang promises to reinstate Zi Long Police identity in conclusion of the mission once Sunny business is broken down. Zi Long agrees, joining local Police Officer Lei Peng and Fang Jing in the force. 

Movie appeal: Action, Foreign, Thriller, Crime, Martial arts 

Video 

• Codec: MPEG-4 AVC 
• Resolution: 1080p 
• Aspect ratio: 2.34:1 
• Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1

Audio 

• English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 
• English: Dolby Digital 2.0 
• Cantonese: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 
• Cantonese: Dolby Digital 2.0

Subtitles: English 

Discs: 50GB Blu-ray Disc, Single disc (1 BD) 

Packaging: Slipcover in original pressing 

Playback: Region A (B, C untested) 

Ocean's Trilogy Collection 

Jackpot! Danny Ocean and his elite crew of tricksters and thieves are back to back to back in all 3 of the sleek thrillers directed by Oscar-winner Steven Soderbergh. 

Ocean's Eleven kicks off the fun with a daring Las Vegas heist. The team goes global to European glamour spots in Twelve. And Thirteen has the group reuniting in Vegas for a dazzling scheme of payback against a double-crossing casino kingpin. 

Movie appeal: Crime, Comedy, Heist 

Video 

• Codec: VC-1 
• Resolution: 1080p 
• Aspect ratio: see individual releases 
• Original aspect ratio: see individual releases

Audio 

• English: Dolby Digital 5.1 
• French: Dolby Digital 5.1 
• Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1 
• German: Dolby Digital 5.1 
• Italian: Dolby Digital 5.1 
• Japanese: Dolby Digital 5.1

Subtitles: English, English SDH, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, German, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish 

Discs: 50GB Blu-ray Disc, Four-disc set (4 BDs) 

Packaging: Slipcover in original pressing 
Figure/replica/props/memorabilia included 

Playback: Region A (B, C untested) 

Stranger by the Lake 

Summertime. A cruising spot for men, tucked away on the shores of a lake. Franck falls in love with Michel. An attractive, potent and lethally dangerous man. Franck knows this, but wants to live out his passion anyway. 

Movie appeal: Foreign, Psychological thriller, Drama, Thriller , Crime 

Video 

• Codec: MPEG-4 AVC 
• Resolution: 1080p 
• Aspect ratio: 2.39:1 
• Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1

Audio 

• French: Dolby Digital 5.1 
• French: Dolby Digital 2.0 

Subtitles: English 

Discs: 50GB Blu-ray Disc, Single disc (1 BD) 

Playback: Region A (B, C untested) 

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This Week on Blu-ray: May 6-13

May 06, 2014 (New Release) 

Son of Batman Blu-ray (2014) 

Hidden atop a secret mountain stronghold lies the League of Shadows and its fearless leader, Ra's al Ghul. Together with his equally dangerous daughter Talia, he oversees a trained army of assassins with plans for global domination. But an uprising from within the league now threatens to shift the balance of power and sends Talia and her young son, Damian, fleeing to Gotham City. With assassins on their trail, Talia seeks the protection of Batman, who, unbeknownst to him, is the boy's father. With his son in tow, Batman wages war against the villain Deathstroke and the League of Shadows, all while teaching his headstrong boy that one can't fight crime by becoming a criminal. With help from Gotham's finest, including Commissioner Gordon and Nightwing, Batman will soon discover that his son and most trusted ally are one and the same! 

Movie appeal: Comic book, Action, Animation, Crime 

Video 

• Codec: MPEG-4 AVC 
• Resolution: 1080p 
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1 
• Original aspect ratio: 1.78:1

Audio 

• English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 
• French: Dolby Digital 5.1 
• German: Dolby Digital 5.1 
• Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1 
• Portuguese: Dolby Digital 5.1

Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German SDH 

Discs: 50GB Blu-ray Disc, Two-disc set (1 BD, 1 DVD), UV, digital copy, Digital copy, DVD copy 

Packaging: Slipcover in original pressing 

Playback: Region A (B, C untested) 

Weekend at Bernie's (1989) 

Two young men are trying to make their way in a corporation. One on charm, the other on hard work. When they go to the president (Bernie) with a serious financial error on a printout, he pretends to be thrilled and invites them to his beach house for the weekend. He actually plans on having them killed. Bernie is also fooling around with the girlfriend of his mafia partner. When the partner has Bernie killed, the boys end up having to pretend Bernie is still alive as the frustrated hit man tries time and time again to complete the job. 

Movie appeal: Comedy, Adventure, Crime 

Video 

• Codec: MPEG-4 AVC 
• Resolution: 1080p 
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1

Audio 

• English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 
• Spanish: Dolby Digital Mono

Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish 

Discs: Blu-ray Disc, Single disc (1 BD) 

Playback: Region A (B, C untested) 

Veronica Mars (2014) 

Veronica Mars has put Neptune and her amateur sleuthing days behind her on the eve of graduating law school. While interviewing at high-end law firms, Veronica gets a call from her ex-boyfriend Logan who has been accused of murder. Veronica heads back to Neptune just to help Logan find an attorney, but when things done seem right with how Logan case is perceived and handled, Veronica finds herself being pulled back into a life she thought she had left behind. 

Movie appeal: Drama, Crime, Comedy 

Video 

• Codec: MPEG-4 AVC 
• Resolution: 1080p 
• Aspect ratio: 2.40:1 
• Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1

Audio 

• English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 
• French: Dolby Digital 5.1 
• Portuguese: Dolby Digital 5.1

Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish, Portuguese 

Discs: 50GB Blu-ray Disc, Single disc (1 BD), UV digital copy, Digital copy (as download) 

Playback: Region A (B, C untested) 

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) 

Experience the awesome power of The X-Men's epic, final battle. Join well-known mutant heroes and villains, and meet a cadre of all-new warriors ? including Angel, Beast, Juggernaut and Colossus ? in this thrilling, explosive adventure! After a controversial "cure" is discovered, mutants can choose to retain their superhuman abilities or give up their unique gifts and become "normal." When peaceful mutant leader Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) clashes with his militant counterpart, Magneto (Ian McKellen), the battle lines are drawn for the war to end all wars. 

Movie appeal: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Thriller, Comic book 

Video 

• Codec: MPEG-4 AVC 
• Resolution: 1080p 
• Aspect ratio: 2.40:1 
• Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1

Audio 

• English: DTS-HD Master Audio 6.1 
• French: Dolby Digital 5.1 
• Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
  
  

Subtitles: English, English SDH, Spanish 

Discs: 25GB Blu-ray Disc, Two-disc set (1 BD, 1 DVD), Digital copy, DVD copy 

Playback: Region A (B, C untested) 

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Watch Bluray discs on my Android Smartphone with HD H.264 MP4 format

Summary: As we all know, Android Smartphone cannot play Bluray discs directly. This document can help us achieve watching Bluray discs on our Android Smartphone with HD H.264 MP4 format indirectly.

With the updates and upgrades of Android systems, Android devices are constantly updated. And Android Tablets/Phones become more and more popular among people all over the world. But there is a fact that we must face: Android devices neither support playing Blu-ray nor DVD movies. That means, if you want to watch Blu-ray movies on your Android smartphone anytime and anywhere you like, you will need to rip/compress Blu-ray to Android supported video formats like HD H.264 MP4 format, so that you can play your favorite Blu-ray movies freely on your Android smartphone.

To obtain this purpose, Firstly we need a converter which can convert Blu-ray to Android smartphone. You can google "Comparison between different ripper tools" to find the best tool for you. Maybe you will find some free software like handbrake, MakeMKV etc, after trying, you will find the softwares are slowly on running, MakeMKV can only be converted to MKV format. 

After the comparison, you will find Pavtube BDMagic is your best choose. Because Its operation is simple, and it can provide more formatting choices, and can be directly output format you want with the best effect. More importantly, it can support CUDA speeded-up. Here we take "convert Blu-ray discs on Android Smartphone with HD H.264 MP4 format" as an example.
  
How to convert Blu-ray discs on Android Smartphone with HD H.264 MP4 format

Step 1: After you download and install the Pavtube BDMagic on your PC, you can load your Blu-ray disc.

Tip: If you are running on Mac, you can turn too the Mac version-Pavtube BDMagic for Mac.

Step 2: Choose the Format and set the parameter. You can choose the HD Video to select the "H.264 HD MP4(*.mp4)" And you can choose the appropriate format according to the mobile phone brand.

Step 3: Start to Convert Blu-ray to Android smartphone

The final step is to tap the Convert button and commence converting Blu-ray movies to Android smartphone. When the conversion finished, you can click "Open" to locate the ripped files and easily transfer them to your Android smartphone. In this way, you can easily play Blu-ray movies on Android smartphone without limitation. 

How to transfer the Blu-ray to Android Tablet and Smartphone?

Windows transfer

1. Connect your device to the USB port on your computer. Its USB storage is mounted as a drive and appears on your computer screen.
2. Copy files back and forth as you would using any other external device.
3. When you finish, eject the device from within Windows before unplugging the USB cable.

Mac OS transfer

1. Install Android File Transfer from www.android.com/filetransfer, and follow the instructions there. (If you are using Android File Transfer for the first time, double-click it to open it. After the first connection, it opens automatically whenever you connect.)
2. Connect your device to your computer with a USB cable. Android File Transfer starts, if it’s not already running, and opens a window that displays the contents of your device, along with storage space details at the bottom of the window.
3. Work with this window much as you do in the Finder window: open and close folders, create new folders, and drag files to or from it and other Finder windows.
4. Disconnect the USB cable when you finish.

If you want to know more detail about the operation, you can open the guide

Further Reading

MKV Player for Android: This article gives you two feasible methods to make you enjoy your MKV videos on Android devices.

DVD to Android Phone: Follow this tutorial to rip and convert DVD movies to Android phone or tablet compatible video/audio formats with ease. 

Blu-ray to Android tablet: This article will tell how to watch and Rip Blu-ray movies to Android Tablet on Win/Mac.

Top 5 Best Android Video Converter ReviewThis article tell the top 5 best Android Video Converter to help you to convert all videos/movies to Android friendly formats for freely playing.