Displaying items by tag: Tim Salmons
Jurassic Park: Dominion is finally official for 8/16, plus Reservoir Dogs in 4K, Shout! & Henson ink distribution deal & more
We’ve got a great new disc review for you this afternoon, and we’ve got some significant release news to report as well. First up, that review...
Tim has just turned in his in-depth look at Rod Serling’s Night Gallery: Season Two (1971-1972) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics as expected. Sounds like it’s another great release that’s loaded with special features, including audio commentary on many episodes. Don’t miss it.
Now then... file this in the “better late than never” category, but Universal has finally made their Blu-ray, DVD, 4K Ultra HD, and Digital release of Colin Treverrow’s Jurassic World: Dominion official, and it is indeed expected to street next Tuesday (8/16). Extras on the Blu-ray SKUs will include the Battle at Big Rock short film, the A New Breed of VFX featurette, and the multi-part Dinosaurs Among Us: Inside Jurassic World Dominion 45-minute documentary. You’ll also get both the Theatrical Version and a new 14-minute longer Extended Edition, which includes an alternate opening and more.
Both Blu-ray SKUs will include DTS-X object-based surround sound, and the 4K Ultra HD release will feature both HDR10 and Dolby Vision high dynamic range. You can see the cover artwork at left and also below. [Read on here...]
- Jurassic World: Dominion 4K
- DC
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Tim Salmons
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Night Gallery: Season Two BD review
- Jurassic World: 6Movie Ultimate Collection 4K
- Reservoir Dogs 4K
- Lionsgate
- Quentin Tarantino
- The Incredible Melting Man 4K
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Cloak & Dagger 4K
- The Jim Henson Company
- Farscape BD
- Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
- Shout! Factory
- distribution deal
- Strange Adventures
- HBO Max
- Olivia NewtonJohn RIP
- David McCullough RIP
Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm & Harley Quinn in 4K, Marathon Man is coming to Ultra HD, plus more Blu-ray news & reviews
Today’s update at The Digital Bits is a relatively brief one, as I have family visiting here from North Dakota this week. But we do have some new disc reviews, as always, as well as some interesting release announcements and rumors.
First up, those reviews...
Dennis has offered his take on Robert Siodmak’s Time Out of Mind (1947) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Stephen has reviewed Rene Daalder’s Massacre at Central High (1976) on Blu-ray and Steelbook Blu-ray from Synapse Films.
And Tim has taken a look at Rod Serling’s Night Gallery: Season One (1969-1971) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
FYI, Tim is working on a review of Season Two of the series as well, so watch for that to be posted very soon. [Read on here...]
- Paramount
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- The Score 4K
- Stephen Bjork
- Tim Salmons
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Dennis Seuling
- Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm 4K
- Adult Swim
- DC
- Time Out of Mind BD review
- Massacre at Central High BD review
- Night Gallery: Season One BD review
- Synapse Films
- Harley Quinn: The Complete First Season 4K
- Superman & Lois: The Complete Second Season BD
- In Bruges 4K
- Tropic Thunder 4K
- Marathon Man 4K
- Nope 4K
- Bullet Train 4K
- Top Gun: Maverick 4K
- Paws of Fury: The Revenge of Hank BD
- MVD Rewind Collection
- Doctor Who: Colin Baker The Complete Season One BD
- Jack Frost 2: The Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman BD
- Jurassic World: Dominion 4K
- Indecent Proposal 4K
Heat 4K & more reviews, plus Elvis, Columbia Classics V3, Outlander: S3 delayed, Highlander 4K in Italy & more
We’re finishing the week here at The Bits with a spate of new disc reviews for you to check out and enjoy...
First, I’ve taken a look at Michael Mann’s Heat (1995) which is finally available in a long-awaited new 4K Ultra HD release from 20th Century Studios. The new 4K master is impressive, though not reference-quality.
It’s important to note, however, that Mann made creative changes to the film’s color grading in 2017, as he was preparing his new Director’s Definitive Edition (see his own comments on this at the time here). This means the film is somewhat darker looking, with slightly-desaturated color, than it was before—even with the new HDR grade. This in turn has caused a host of “fan” reviewers to claim that the disc is defective, when the truth is that they simply don’t like the new color grade. Meanwhile, professional reviewers have almost all praised the disc’s image improvements, while acknowledging the darker grading. Those of you with genuinely bright 4K displays (with effective tone-mapping) will appreciate the new color grade the most. The point is, you’re going to see a lot of diverse opinions about this title out there on the Interwebs and social media. It’s only by understanding that these changes were initiated by the director himself that you can sort the reality from opinion. Anyway, I break it down in the review.
Also today, Stephen has turned in his thoughts on Sam Raimi’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness in 4K Ultra HD from Marvel and Disney. [Read on here...]
- Imprint Films
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- Tim Salmons
- Stephen Bjork
- Heat 4K review
- Michael Mann Director's Definitive Edition color grade revisions
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 4K review
- Times Square BD review
- Night Ripper BD review
- Forbidden Love BD review
- A Night to Remember BD review
- Ants! BD review
- Elvis 4K
- Baz Luhrmann
- Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection: Volume 3
- To Sir with Love 4K
- The Score 4K
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Mayor of Kingstown: Season 1 BD
- Paramount
- Ghoster
- Zavvi exclusive James Bond BD Steelbooks
- Outlander: Season Six BD
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High 4K
- Games of Thrones 4K
- Highlander 4K in Italy
- 48 Hours 4K
- Another 48 Hours 4K
Sony bows a new Starship Troopers 4K Steelbook with Dolby Vision, plus Dr. No: 60th on Blu-ray but not Ultra HD
We have two more new disc reviews for you today...
Tim has taken a look at Criterion’s recent Blu-ray release of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s The Tales of Hoffman (1951).
And Dennis has checked in with a look at Delbert Mann’s Marty (1955) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
In announcement news today, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has just revealed that they’re going to be re-releasing Paul Verhoeven’s Starship Troopers as a new 4K Ultra HD Steelbook edition on 11/1, complete with a new feature: The Starship Troopers 25th Anniversary Reunion, a “virtual” reunion featuring screenwriter Ed Neumeier and actors Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Clancy Brown, Michael Ironside, Jake Busey, Patrick Muldoon, and Seth Gilliam.
The new edition will also include Dolby Vision HDR (the previous release included HDR10 only), along with the previous Dolby Atmos audio mix. And a Blu-ray copy in the package will carry over all of the legacy special features. You can see the cover artwork at left. [Read on here...]
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Dennis Seuling
- Tim Salmons
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Starship Troopers 4K Steelbook
- Dr No: 60th Anniversary BD Steelbook
- Zavvi
- 007 webstore
- The Tales of Hoffman BD
- Marty BD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Criterion
- The Warner Archive Collection
- Rachel Rachel BD
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois BD
- King Kong BD
- Walker: Season One BD
- Phantom of the Open BD
- Outlander: Season Six BD
- Star Trek: The Next Generation The Complete Series BD
- Airplane II 4K streaming
Poltergeist & Lost Boys are official for 4K Ultra HD from WB, plus Lightyear, Universal Classic Monsters: Volume 2, WarGames, The Score & more!
All right, sorry for the lack of an update yesterday, but I had a bunch of personal life stuff to take care of, as happens now and again. We’ve got some more disc reviews for you today, along with a bunch of good catalog 4K Ultra HD news. So let’s get to those reviews first, as always...
Stephen has turned in his thoughts on Moustapha Akkad’s The Message (1976) on 4K Ultra HD from Shout! Factory.
Dennis has offered his thoughts on Robert Z. Leonard’s Ziegfeld Girl (1941) on regular Blu-ray Disc from our friends at the Warner Archive Collection.
And Tim has checked in with a look at Nathan H. Juran’s The Brain from Planet Arous (1957) newly restored on Blu-ray from the good folks at The Film Detective.
All three titles are worth a look and more disc reviews are on the way.
Now then, we’ve got some 4K UHD announcement news for you today... [Read on here...]
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life 4K
- Stephen Bjork
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- The Message 4K review
- Ziegfeld Girl BD review
- The Brain from Planet Arous BD review
- Poltergeist 4K
- The Lost Boys 4K
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- MiddleEarth 6Film Collection 4K box
- DC League of Super Pets
- Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind
- Lightyear 4K
- Pixar
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- ET: The ExtraTerrestrial 4K
- Universal Classic Monsters: Icons of Horror Collection Volume 2 4K
- The Mummy 4K
- Bride of Frankenstein 4K
- Phantom of the Opera (1943) 4K
- Creature from the Black Lagoon 4K
- Wargames 4K
- Shout! Factory
- The Score 4K
- At Close Range BD
- David Warner RIP
- Paul Sorvino RIP
Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life is coming to 4K, plus Rob Zombie’s The Munsters, Imprint’s October slate & Icons Unearthed: Star Wars on Vice TV
We’ve got three more new disc reviews for you today here at The Bits, plus more new theatrical and catalog release news, including a fun catalog 4K title we’re looking forward to. Plus we’ve got word on a new film documentary series that’s now streaming and worth your time.
First those reviews...
Tim has turned in his thoughts on a great new Blu-ray release from our friends at ClassicFlix and the 3-D Film Archive: Jean Yarbrough’s Jack and the Beanstalk (1952) starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. The disc streets next week in honor of the film’s 70th anniversary and it includes a ton of great extras in addition to a terrific film restoration.
Stephen has taken a look at Ike Sanders’ Final Flesh (2009) on Blu-ray from AGFA via Vinegar Syndrome.
And Stephen has also offered his thoughts on a nifty little German thriller, Carl Schenkel’s Out of Order (1984), in 4K Ultra HD from Subkulture USA via Vinegar Syndrome.
All three titles are well worth a look. [Read on here...]
- Imprint Films
- Tim Salmons
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Imprint Films October 2022 slate
- Stephen Bjork
- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life 4K
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Rob Zombie's The Munsters BD
- Vice TV
- Icons Unearthed: Star Wars
- ClassicFlix
- The 3D Film Archive
- Out of Order 4K review
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Final Flesh BD review
- Nope BD
- Testament BD
- Save the Tiger BD
- Warning Shot BD
- The Molly Maguires BD
- North Dallas Forty BD
- Pretty Baby BD
- The Rose Tattoo BD
- Come Back Little Sheba BD
- Miami Connection
- The Incredibly Strange Films of Ray Dennis Steckler Collector’s Set
- Severin Films
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- Screen Archives Entertainment
- Twilight Time
- The Nun and The Devil BD
- The Paper BD
- The Cure BD
- The Replacement Killers BD
- Miami Connection 4K
- Marcia Lucas
- Jack and the Beanstalk BD review
Back to the Beach, Sonic 2, South Park: S24 & Superman & Lois: S2 official, plus Casanova (1927) & more
As always, we’ve got more new disc reviews for you today…
Tim has taken a look at Jack Cardiff’s The Long Ships (1964), a Viking adventure film on Blu-ray from Imprint Films in Australia.
And Dennis has turned in his thoughts on Mark O’Brien’s The Righteous (2021) on Blu-ray from our friends at Arrow Video.
In announcement news today, Paramount has made their Paramount Presents Blu-ray of Back to the Beach (1987) official for release on Blu-ray on 8/9. Newly-remastered from a new 4K scan of the film, the disc will include a new Filmmaker Focus featurette with director Lyndall Hobbs that includes previously-unseen home movies from the set. [Read on here...]
- The Godfather Trilogy 4K Steelbooks
- Eve's Bayou BD
- Cure BD
- La Llorona BD
- Arsenic and Old Lace BD
- David Lynch
- George A Romero
- Lost Highway 4K
- Night of the Living Dead 4K
- Criterion Collection October 2022 slate
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Scream 2 4K
- Back to the Beach: Paramount Presents BD
- South Park: The Complete TwentyFourth Season BD
- Superman & Lois: Season Two BD
- Casanova (1927) BD
- The Long Ships BD review
- Tim Salmons
- Imprint Films
- Arrow Video
- The Righteous BD review
- Dennis Seuling
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 4K
- American Carnage BD
- Lost Illusions BD
- Flicker Alley
- Lobster Films
- Blackhawk Films
In Bruges 4K, Columbia Classics Ultra HD Vol 3, Scream 2, a Star Trek: TMPDE bonus disc update & Shout!’s Bionic Woman Blu-ray audio statement
We’ve got no less than five new disc reviews for you all to enjoy today, with still more on the way…
Tim has reviewed Stephen Soderbergh’s Out of Sight (1998) on 4K Ultra HD from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, as well as Kenneth Branagh’s Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994) on 4K Ultra HD from Arrow Video.
Dennis has offered his thoughts on David Lean’s Summertime (1955) on regular Blu-ray from the Criterion Collection.
And Stephen has taken a look at William Malone’s Scared to Death (1980) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome, as well as Luis Bunuel’s The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) on import 4K Ultra HD from StudioCanal in the UK.
We’ve also got some significant new 4K Ultra HD catalog news today as well… [Read on here...]
- Tim Salmons
- Stephen Bjork
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture The Director’s Edition The Complete Adventure 4K box set
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Dennis Seuling
- Summertime BD review
- Out of Sight 4K review
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein 4K review
- Scared to Death BD review
- The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 4K review
- Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection: Volume 3
- Annie 4K
- The Last Picture Show 4K
- It Happened One Night 4K
- From Here to Eternity 4K
- As Good As It Gets 4K
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- In Bruges 4K
- Scream 2 4K
- Saturday Night Fever 4K
- 3:10 to Yuma 4K Steelbook
- Wayne's World 4K
- Halloween Kills 4K Steelbook
- Best Buy exclusive
- Shout! Factory
- The Bionic Woman: The Complete Series BD
- Fright Night 4K
- War of the Worlds (1953) 4K
- When Worlds Collide BD
- Cool World BD
- Army of Darkness 4K
Kino Lorber sets Tropic Thunder for 4K on 9/13, plus new catalog Ultra HD intel & details on the Star Trek: TMPDE Bonus disc extras
We’ve got three new disc reviews for you to enjoy today, all of them 4K Ultra HD titles…
Tim has offered his thoughts on Larry Cohen’s God Told Me To (1976), new from our friends at Blue Underground.
Stephen has taken a look at Bo Arne Vibenius’ Thriller: A Cruel Picture (1973) from the good folks at Vinegar Syndrome.
And Stephen’s also reviewed Shout! Factory’s new 4K UHD of Moustapha Akkad’s Lion of the Desert (1981), which streets next week.
More reviews are on the way in the coming days, so be sure to watch for them!
Now then, we have a little bit of release news from industry and retail sources, as well as an actual 4K UHD catalog announcement. Let’s get to that last one first… [Read on here...]
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Blue Underground
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- War of the Worlds (1953) 4K
- When Worlds Collide (1951) 4K
- Tropic Thunder 4K
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture The Director’s Edition The Complete Adventure 4K box set
- Stephen Bjork
- Tim Salmons
- God Told Me To 4K review
- Thriller: A Cruel Picture 4K review
- Lion of the Desert 4K review
- Batman: The Long Halloween Deluxe Edition 4K
- Universal
- Minions: The Rise of Gru 4K
- To Kill a Mockingbird 4K
- 8 Mile 4K
- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life 4K
- Enemy at the Gates 4K
- The Stepford Wives (2004) 4K
- The Saint 4K
Sony sets I Know What You Did Last Summer for 4K, plus Imprint delivers Dersu Uzala & The Road Home on Blu-ray!
We’re wrapping up the week here at The Bits with a few new disc reviews...
I’ve turned in my thoughts on Sony’s recent Heavy Metal: Limited Edition 2-Movie Collection, a 4K Ultra HD Steelbook release that include the original film remastered with Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos audio, plus the Heavy Metal 2000 sequel as a Blu-ray bonus.
Tim has taken a look at Umbrella Entertainment’s new Blu-ray release of Heavy Metal, which is available as an all-region import.
Tim has also turned in his thoughts on Christopher Landon’s Happy Death Day and Happy Death Day 2U in 4K Ultra HD from our friends at Scream Factory.
And Dennis closes out our review selections today with a look at Boomerang (1992) on Blu-ray from Paramount. [Read on here...]
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Dennis Seuling
- Stephen Bjork
- Tim Salmons
- I Know What You Did Last Summer 4K
- Dersu Uzala BD
- The Road Home BD
- Akira Kurosawa
- Heavy Metal: Limited Edition 2Movie Collection 4K review
- Heavy Metal BD review
- Umbrella Entertainment
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Happy Death Day 4K review
- Happy Death Day 2U 4K review
- Candyman 4K review
- Scream Factory
- Out of the Blue 4K review
- Stiff Competition 4K review
- Blue Chips BD
- Harem BD
- Barfly BD
- The Charles Bukowski Tapes BD
- Lolita BD
- Zhang Yimou
- Imprint Films
- Via Vision