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StudioCanal/Lionsgate bow Total Recall in 4K, plus Friday the 13th II footage lost no more & The Godfather III Redux
We’ve got another quick update for you as we work on new disc reviews today. Speaking of which...
I’ve just posted my in-depth thoughts on GKids and Shout! Factory’s new Blu-ray release of Hayao Miyazaki’s 2013 animated masterpiece The Wind Rises. It streets on 9/22, and like all of these new GKids/Shout! Studio Ghibli Blu-ray reissues, it’s absolutely the definitive release of the film on disc for fans in the US. Don’t miss it.
My review of Bill & Ted 4K is up next, and over the weekend I’ll be looking at Goonies and Beetlejuice 4K as well. Tim and Dennis are hard at work on reviews too. So be sure to watch for those.
Now then... the big 4K announcement news today is that StudioCanal has officially set the 4K Ultra HD release of Paul Verhoeven’s Total Recall: 30th Anniversary Edition in the UK for 23 November. The 16-bit 4K scan and remaster was done from the original camera negative, with color grading in HDR10 and Dolby Vision HDR. [Read on here...]
- Paramount
- Lionsgate
- 4K Ultra HD
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Total Recall: 30th Anniversary Edition 4K
- Friday the 13th Part II lost footage found
- The Godfather Part III
- Francis Ford Coppola
- StudioCanal
- The Wind Rises BD review
- GKids
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- Friday the 13th Collection: Deluxe Edition
- Paul Verhoeven
- Mad Max 4K
- Justice League Zavvi exclusive 4K Ultra HD Steelbook
- Titans of Cult 2001: A Space Odyssey 4K Ultra HD Steelbook
- Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleon
- 4K restoration
Die Hard: 30th & Grease: 40th coming to 4K UHD, plus celebrating Suspiria at 40 & more
We’ve got a pair of new Blu-ray reviews for you to start the new week off today…
Our own Tim Salmons has checked in with his thoughts on Sam Raimi’s Drag Me to Hell, now available as a new Collector’s Edition from our friends at Scream Factory. Tim has also checked out Lionsgate’s new Vestron Video Collector’s Series release of Mark Lester’s Class of 1999. Do give them a look.
The film was recently restored in 4K by Synapse Films and released in terrific new Blu-ray editions (one of which is reviewed here). It’s a great interview, so be sure to check that out as well. [Read on here…]
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Tim Salmons
- Drag Me to Hell: Collector's Edition BD review
- Class of 1999
- Michael Coate
- History Legacy & Showmanship
- Suspiria: 40th Anniversary Edition
- Vincent Pereira
- Don May Jr
- 4K restoration
- Die Hard: 30th Anniversary Edition 4K
- Grease: 40th Anniversary Edition 4K
- Paramount
- CBS
- Star Trek: Discovery Season One
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
- Indicator Films Powerhouse
- The Phantom Thread 4K
- The 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Fabulous Films Universal TV BDs
- Northern Exposure: The Complete Series BD
- Quantum Leap: The Complete Series BD
- Columbo BD
- Murder She Wrote BD
- Caravan to Vaccares
Argento’s Fever Dream: Remembering “Suspiria” on its 40th Anniversary
“Horror movies are often overlooked or seen as being ‘less than’ other genres, but Suspiria truly is a work of art. Visually and sonically, it’s a beautiful piece of cinema.” — Vincent Pereira, Synapse Films’ Suspiria Blu-ray Original 4.0 LCRS Audio Supervisor/Producer
The Digital Bits and History, Legacy & Showmanship are pleased to present this retrospective commemorating the 40th anniversary of the release of Suspiria, Dario Argento’s influential “giallo” (Italian horror) film starring Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini and Flavio Bucci.
The acclaimed film, and first entry in Argento’s Three Mothers trilogy, recently turned forty, and for the occasion The Bits features a Q&A with Vincent Pereira, who discusses the film’s virtues and influence as well as his involvement with the recently issued Blu-ray release (reviewed here). [Read on here...]
Universal to release a new restored Marx Brothers collection on Blu-ray in October
All right, this just in from our industry sources...
Universal is confirmed to be preparing to release a new Marx Brothers set, The Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection – Restored Edition on Blu-ray on 10/18, set to include The Cocoanuts, Animal Crackers, Monkey Business, Horse Feathers, and Duck Soup. This will be a 3-disc set and an upgrade of the existing DVD edition (first released by the studio in 2004). As many of you know, Universal has recently completed the 4K restoration of all five films (see here) and those restorations will be the source material for this release. [Read on here…]
Final Batman v Superman cover art, plus reviews of the Star Trek II: Director’s Cut & The Witch on Blu
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Okay, folks… we’re closing out the week with just a little bit of release news and some new cover artwork too.
But first, I know many of you Trek fans out there have been waiting for the official word on Paramount’s new Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan - Director’s Cut Blu-ray, and I’m here to give it to you. The new BD, which streets next week (on 6/7), includes both the original theatrical cut and the long-awaited Director’s Cut in full HD, both remastered from a new 4K scan of the original film elements. And it looks fan-freaking-tastic. In fact, it’s more than fair to say that The Wrath of Khan has simply never looked better. The disc also includes all of the extras from the previous Blu-ray and DVD editions and adds a new 28-minute featurette too. RUN, don’t walk, to read my in-depth review here… and then to buy it on Amazon (for just $23) here! [Read on here…]
Still Loverly: Remembering “My Fair Lady” on its 50th Anniversary
[Editor’s Note: This article was originally scheduled to appear a year ago for the film’s 50th anniversary. The article was delayed so that it could be published to coincide with the delayed but now available Blu-ray Disc release.]
“My Fair Lady is probably the greatest popular smart musical ever made. The melodies soar, the characters endear and engage, and the wit of so much pointed commentary on social class, gender, money, and surface appearances never lapses into self-conscious cleverness.” — film historian and author Matthew Kennedy [Read on here...]
Remembering “Spartacus”
“This was the world of Spartacus…when Antoninus traded the luxury of Rome’s most palatial household to battle by the side of Spartacus…and learned that a slave can live, fight, die better than any Roman!”
The Digital Bits presents this retrospective on Spartacus, commemorating the 55th anniversary of its original release and the recent release of the film on Blu-ray. [Read on here...]
“1776” Arrives on Blu-ray
Nearly a decade after the high-definition Blu-ray Disc format was introduced, movie buffs and home theater consumers are finding there are still titles being released for the first time. Among the latest, 1776, the musical celebration of the founding of the United States, is being released this week by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
“I’m very happy that it is coming out on Blu-ray,” says Peter H. Hunt, the film’s director. “It’s not a major, major classic, but it is in its own right a ’classic.’ It has grown in that regard over the years. It’s like the little engine that could. It keeps chugging along. More and more people have seen it and love it.” [Read more here...]