So I popped Inglourious Basterds into my PS3 the other day, and was delighted to see a quick ad for a new, free iPhone application called Pocket BLU.  Basically, Pocket BLU will find your blu-ray player on your network over wifi and let you control the movie's playback from your phone.  As I mentioned my blu-ray player is my PS3, and I hate using the PS3's controller to playback movies, so this is an awesome app for me.

The main UI does everything you'd expect, you can navigate the blu-ray's menu, play/pause, rewind/fast forward and so on.  There are some other cool features though - for instance a "Now Playing" button that will provide you with information about the movie you're watching.  Like the movie's soundtrack?  The app will give you access to the iTunes store so you can purchase it.  Pretty cool!

Pocket BLU remote

When you flip the phone on its side you get some information about the movie's playtime and can even "scrub" through the movie as though it were a song.

Pocket BLU horizontal

The only problem with the app is that it only works with movies that are Pocket BLU-enabled, but I assume that'll be come a standard feature here on in.  Like I said, it's totally free so if you are an iPhone or iPod Touch user you can grab it at the link below!

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pocket-blu/id334746192?mt=8