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Pick-Ups for the Week of May 31, 2016
Welcome to a new edition of Pick-Ups!
Thank you for tuning in. This past week, I caught a screening of The Nice Guys and I’m happy to report that it’s one of my favorite films of the year. Movie studios need to ignore its not-so-great box office reception and continue to let Shane Black write and direct more movies, in my opinion. He’s done very few, and that needs to change because they’ve all been excellent, especially this new one. [Read on here...]
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- The Red Queen Kills Seven Times
- The Night Evelyn Came Out of Her Grave
- Killer Dames
- Robert Eggers
- thriller
- horror
- The Witch
- Brian Yuzna
- Roger Corman
- Bride of ReAnimator
- Portrait in Terror
- Track of the Vampire
- Operation Titian
- Blood Bath
- Arrow Video
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Paramount sets 10 Cloverfield Lane for BD & DVD on 6/14, plus Lionsgate bows Divergent, Insurgent & Allegiant in 4K
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We’ve got a pair of new disc reviews for you this afternoon, including my own look at Shout!’s Journey to Space, which is the studio’s first 4K Ultra HD disc, as well as Jim’s take on Sony Pictures Classics’ Son of Saul on regular Blu-ray. [Read on here…]
Sony sets Brothers Grimsby & Risen for disc & digital, plus 11.22.63, Speed Racer & RIP Prince
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All right, we’ve got two more 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray reviews for you this afternoon and they’re both animated: Fox’s The Peanuts Movie and Warner’s The LEGO Movie. Neither is native 4K but the High Dynamic Range really makes a big difference on them – especially on The LEGO Movie – so they’re both worth checking out if you’ve joined the early adopter ranks on this format. I’m going to try to look at a couple Sony titles on the format tomorrow, so do check back. [Read on here…]
- Lionsgate
- 4K
- Ultra HD Bluray
- Bluray Disc
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- BD
- Bluray
- Speed Racer TV series
- Mach GoGoGo
- FUNimation
- Home Media Magazine Awards
- Risen
- 112263
- The Brothers Grimsby
- Prince RIP
- Purple Rain
- Vampires
- Slasher: Season One
- Precious Cargo
- The Adderall Dairies
- Stephen King
- The LEGO Movie 4K
- The Peanuts Movie 4K
Sony sets Labyrinth: 30th for BD, DVD & 4K in September, plus our reviews of Sicario & The Revenant in 4K
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All right, this week is going to be all about 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray here at The Bits. I’ve been watching a ton of discs and working on title reviews, as well as making additional notes on my forthcoming Samsung UBD-K8500 player review and also my general thoughts on my experiences this far with the format. I’ll have new reviews each day, and I’m targeting Thursday for the player review and general thoughts. Sarah and I have had family visiting for the past week, so there’s only so much time in the day. And these things do take time.
Nevertheless, we’re kicking things off today with my look at a pair of titles that should be among the first that any new 4K adopter picks up on the Ultra HD format: Lionsgate’s Sicario and Fox’s The Revenant, both in full native 4K. Sicario also includes Dolby Atmos audio. And while The Revenant doesn’t have object-based audio, its 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio is demo-quality. More importantly, with its gorgeous Oscar-winning cinematography, it is the single best looking title I’ve seen on the format thus far. It’s a real HDR stunner. Check out my reviews (here and here) for more on all that. [Read on here…]