Displaying items by tag: Tim Salmons
The Conformist, Dr. Caligari & The Bubble 3D, plus a nice batch of new column updates & BD reviews
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We’ve got a lot for you today here at The Bits, starting with a pair of regular columns: Todd Doogan’s Doogan’s Queue (which runs down this week’s latest releases on Blu-ray and DVD) and Adam Jahnke’s Burnt Offerings: MOD DVD (which looks at the latest deep catalog BD & DVD titles available from Warner Archive, Sony Picture Choice, and the Universal Vault). Both columns are pretty loaded today, so don’t miss them. [Read on here…]
- Bluray
- BD
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- The Conformist
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- The Bubble 3D
- The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
- Cotton Comes to Harlem
- Breakheart Pass
- Todd Doogan
- Adam Jahnke
- Tim Salmons
- Star Trek
- Kino
- Doogan's Queue
- Release Dates & Artwork update
- Russell Hammond
- The Avengers: Season 5
- Lord of Illusions: Collector's Edition
- Cinerama
Star Trek: The Next Generation – S7 preview, Pee-wee’s Playhouse Blu-ray extras & Joan Rivers RIP
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We’re kicking things off here at The Bits today with a new Blu-ray review featuring Tim’s thoughts on Scream Factory’s Leviathan. Do check it out.
Also today, our own Todd Doogan chimes in a couple days late (he’ll explain why) with his usually Doogan’s Queue column running down the latest Blu-ray and DVDs in stores this week. [Read on here…]
Sopranos: Complete & Newsroom: S2 on Blu, plus Avengers: S5, Daniel Boone, David Lynch’s Duran Duran & more
Here at The Bits today, our very own Tim Salmons has turned in a pair of new reviews, featuring Kino and Scorpion Releasing’s Grizzly (1976) on DVD and Criterion’s Thief on Blu-ray, directed by Michael Mann. Enjoy!
Also here today, our own Russell Hammond has updated the Release Dates & Artwork section with all the latest Blu-ray and DVD cover artwork, and Amazon.com pre-order links. Please keep in mind that any time you click to Amazon through our links and order pretty much anything, a portion of the sale goes to help support our work here at The Bits and it really does make a difference. So thank you!
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Now then… let’s get to some release news. [Read on here…]
- Kingdom of Heaven: 10th Anniversary Edition
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- BD
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- The Sopranos: The Complete Series
- The Newsroom: The Complete Second Season
- The Avengers: Season 5
- Daniel Boone: The Complete Series
- David Lynch
- Duran Duran Unstaged
- Tim Salmons
- Thief
- Grizzly
- Getting On: The Complete First Season
- Supermanch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
Celebrating Apocalypse Now’s 35th Anniversary, a new BD review & Vincent Price Collection II details
All right, we’ve got three things for you today to close out the week…
First, our own Michael Coate has turned in a fine new History, Legacy & Showmanship column, celebrating today’s 35th anniversary of the theatrical debut of Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now. Included in the piece is a rundown of the initial 70 mm theatrical engagements, trivia, and a pair of interview with film historians Jon Lewis and Lee Pfeiffer. Enjoy!
Also today, Tim Salmons has turned in a review of Raro Video’s The Year of the Cannibals (1970) on Blu-ray, an Italian film from director Liliana Cavani. [Read on here…]
- Bluray
- BD
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Apocalypse Now
- Francis Ford Coppola
- 35th anniversary
- Michael Coate
- History Legacy & Showmanship
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- Tim Salmons
- Raro Video
- The Year of the Cannibals
- The Vincent Price Collection II
- The House on Haunted Hill
- The Return of the Fly
- The Comedy of Terrors
- The Raven
- The Last Man on Earth
- The Tomb of Ligeia
- Dr Phibes Rides Again
New Twilight Time announcements, Bebop date, Looney Tunes Back in Action, Star Wars: Rebels & more
We’ve got a new review for you today and a great new column as well.
First, Tim Salmons has turned in his thoughts on Scream Factory’s Eve of Destruction on Blu-ray. Nothing like a little B-grade rampaging cyborg action. Do check it out.
Also today, our own Bud Elder has a new View from the Cheap Seats column for you as well, in which he tells more tales of his time leading Hollywood types around the state of Oklahoma on location scouting trips. Don’t miss it. [Read on here…]
- Cowboy Bebop: The Complete Series
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- BD
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Tim Salmons
- Eve of Destruction
- Bud Elder
- View from the Cheap Seats
- Twilight Time
- La Bamba
- Che!
- The Killer Elite
- Salvador
- Masterpiece: Downton Abbey Season Five
- Star Wars: Rebels Sparks of Rebellion
- The Dogs of War
- Denver the Last Dinosaur
- Nothing Bad Can Happen
- Ardennes Fury
- Black Sabbath
- Black Sunday
- Mad Men: The Final Season Part 1
UHF, Game of Thrones: S4, possible Wind Rises BD date, Shock Waves & new Shout/Scream titles
All right, we have some good announcement news for you guys today...
First thought, our own Tim Salmons has checked in with a review of Universal’s Sabotage on Blu-ray, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Enjoy!
Now then... in announcement news today, we have a street date for you on HBO’s Game of Thrones: The Complete Fourth Season on Blu-ray and DVD. Look for it on 2/17 (SRP $79.98 and $59.99). You can pre-order it below. [Read on here…]
- Tim Salmons
- Bluray
- BD
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- UHF: 25th Anniversary Edition
- Game of Thrones: The Complete Fourth Season
- Shock Waves
- The Dark Half
- Dolls
- Monkey Shines
- Sabotage
- The Wind Rises
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Studio Ghibli
- The Wizard of Oz: 75th Anniversary
- The Doctor and the Devils
- Brazilian Western
- The Bruce Lee Premiere Collection
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- Once Direction
- Stargate: 20th Anniversary Edition
A Million Ways to Die in the West art, Earth to Echo, Saw box, Hannibal: S2, Long Way Down & more
Quick one for you today...
First, Tim has checked in with another Blu-ray review this afternoon, this time featuring Scream Factory’s Deadly Eyes. Enjoy!
In announcement news, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has set Earth to Echo for Blu-ray and DVD release on 10/21.
Fox has also set Mr. Peabody & Sherman for Blu-ray Combo and DVD release on 10/14, with Fargo: Season One up for pre-order on Blu-ray and DVD that same day (SRP $59.99 and $49.98). [Read on here…]
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- BD
- Bluray
- Earth to Echo
- Mr Peabody & Sherman
- Fargo: Season One
- Godzilla vs Biollante
- Saw: The Complete Movie Collection
- Hannibal: Season Two
- A Long Way Down
- Think Like a Man Too
- Sordid Lives
- Deadly Eyes
- Tim Salmons
- Cabin Fever: Patient Zero
- Prisoners of War: Season Two
- The Red Skelton Show
- From the Rough
- Eric Clapton: Planes Trains and Eric
- Citizen Koch
Comic-Con 2014, Million Dollar Arm, Sleeping Beauty: Diamond, new Twilight Time, Kino Classics & more
All right, first up today I wanted to let you all know that although The Bits is going to be at San Diego Comic-Con this month, a combination of personal/real-life business and other factors means we aren’t doing our regular Blu-ray and DVD panel event this year. Frankly, I think many of us just needed a break from the usual “demise of discs” commiseration, and wanted a chance instead to go down to the Con and just enjoy it in a more relaxed way.
That said, all the usual Bits suspects will be down in San Diego on Thursday and Friday. Before and after the Con, I’ll be reporting here at The Bits on all the BD-related news. You can expect details on TV Batman, lot of new Shout! and Scream Factory titles, the upcoming Twin Peaks BD set and much more. [Read on here…]
- Bluray Disc
- Bluray
- BD
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Tim Salmons
- San Diego ComicCon 2014
- Star Trek: Axanar
- Million Dollar Arm
- Sleeping Beauty: Diamond Edition
- Twilight Time
- Kino Studio Classics
- The Buddy Holly Story
- Man Hunt
- 2 by Ken Loach
- The Secret of Santa Vittoria
- Follow That Dream
- Neighbors
- The XFiles
- Jack and the CuckooClock Heart
- Locke
- Betty Boop: The Essential Collection Volume 4
New GitS: 25th, plus Neverending Story, Following, Days of Future Past: DC, Leprechaun & more
In announcement news today, Anchor Bay has the Blu-ray release of the Ghost in the Shell: 25th Anniversary Edition on 9/30 (SRP $29.99). You can see the artwork left and below. It will include a new HD transfer of the film (1.85:1 aspect ratio) with audio in English DTS-HD MA 5.1 and Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 (with English SDH). Additional details on extras (if any) will follow. [Read on here…]
Bad Movies Are Bad: A Few Comments (and Criticisms) on MST3K and Rifftrax
It seems appropriate that I’m sitting here with a VHS copy of the Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode The Hellcats by my side (and not with the express intention of mentioning it for this article). Upon the day of the release of the Rifftrax Live show of Sharknado, I felt the urge to throw some of my thoughts and opinions about MST3K and its spin-offs out there just to have a little bit of perspective on the sudden growth in popularity of riffing on movies. And I already went into a pretty solid amount of detail about the show’s history when I reviewed the Collector’s Edition Blu-ray release of the movie of MST3K, so I won’t bother doing any sort of a recap. Chances are high that if you’re reading this article, you’re a fan of the show. So let’s just dive into it. [Read on here...]