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Considering that Hugo was a flick capable of earning 4 out of 4 stars from noted 3D hater Roger Ebert , it will be interesting to see how it’s received upon its home release February 28th. Nominated for 11 Academy Awards and currently rocking a 94 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes , the fantasy tale of a boy who crosses paths with legendary filmmaker Georges Méliès in 1930s Paris may be the best …

Even in 2012 there are a number of classic films that have yet to be released on Blu-ray, but we can knock one off that list March 6th when Monty Python and the Holy Grail comes home from Sony Pictures.

We’ll never get over how odd it seems that Toshiba makes Blu-ray players, but nonetheless they do and have four new ones for 2012. By the looks of them, they all fit the new Aero family design, feature streaming options like Netflix , VUDU and MediaShare (a DLNA interface). The main differentiator is that the BDX3300 and BDX5300 include built-in WiFi while the BDX2300 and BDX4300 are simply WiFi …

It’s that time again, folks.

Another year, another slate of new Blu-ray players from Sony . The BDP-S790 is of particular interest with its ability to convert Blu-ray’s 1080p to 4K . Both it and the BDP-S590 of course do 3D and include WiFi, which like those before it, facilitates the delivery of more video and audio streaming opportunities than we can list.

Sharp has two new Blu-ray players to add to its lineup, both with built-in WiFi to enable access to the new SmartCentral — a feature that provides access to many of your favorite streaming features like Netflix and Vudu .

After a quickie Blu-ray dropped in the fall sans-extras , Transformers: Dark of the Moon is getting a full fledged release January 31st complete with 3D and four hours of bonus features. There’s actually two versions coming, first up is the $39.99 four disc Ultimate Edition with a 2D copy on one disc, a Blu-ray full of extras, a Blu-ray 3D copy, and a DVD with the film in standard def plus …