DVD Release alerts

[JK]

On a few etailers (I think dvdexpress was one) they used to list pretty much any film ever made and you could sign up to be emailed when any news about a forthcoming release was announced.

Anyone got any ideas if there are any other sites that offer this?

I looked on amazon and few of the other larger sites but to no avail. I'm fed up with keep checking every week or so for info on the same 5 films - It doesn't help that I keep forgetting which films they are as well, so something like this would be useful.

[visitor-q]

Pretty sure Amazon does offer this service. I remember using it ages ago for something. They said they'd pass on every vote for a specific movie to the distributor until it got released. Sorry but I can't remember which movie it was. But they did email me once it was released.

[JK]

I did look at the amazon site but couldn't find anyway to do it.......I thought you used to be able to as well:(

[cm-9]

Amazon does it at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca and Amazon.co.uk, but only on titles they have set it up for. I don't know how you ask them to set up a new title that they don't already have, such as One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing (surely a Peter Ustinov commemorative edition could be rushed out).

Some DVDs that I have registered interest in on the various Amazon sites:

US+UK - Raise the Red Lantern - MGM
US - La Double Vie de Veronique - Miramax/Canal+
US - Short Cuts (Altman)
US - King of the Hill (1993)
Canada - Tous les Matins du Monde
US - Kafka (Soderbergh)
Canada - High Heels - Miramax
US - Sergeant York
US - My Own Private Idaho - New Line

[HugoMorse]

I think Blackstar do this in a similar vein to Amazon. have signed for a few things. They normally only list films released in a cinema rather than films they anticipate to be released on DVD. The later is normally only put on the site when it is available for pre-order.

[Jowy]

But you can have actors or directors on a watchlist on the blackstar site, which is really great. For example I'm going to buy every Richard Burton film released on dvd, so I just check this website once in a while.