Displaying items by tag: 4K Ultra HD Release List update
Arrow Video reveals its amazing Shawscope: Volume One Blu-ray box set for 12/6, plus Supercar, One Crazy Summer & more
Well, it’s been a busy week of new title announcements here at The Bits. So let’s wrap things up with a few more here today. But first, more new disc reviews...
Our own Tim Salmons has just shared his thoughts on Vince Monton’s Windrider (1987), new on Blu-ray from Umbrella Entertainment’s Ozploitation line-up. And he’s also checked out Mark Hartley’s excellent 2008 documentary Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!, also new on Blu-ray from Umbrella Entertainment’s Ozploitation line.
Meanwhile, Dennis has turned in a review of David Miller’s Back Street (1961) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And Stephen rounds things out today with a look at Francine Parker’s F.T.A. (1972) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
So enjoy those and know that lots more disc reviews are on the way for next week, including some new 4K Ultra HD reviews from yours truly. [Read on here...]
- Arrow Video
- F9: The Fast Saga 4K
- Dolby TrueHD
- Umbrella Entertainment
- Stephen Bjork
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Shout! Factory
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Shaw Brothers
- martial arts
- Windrider BD review
- Not Quite Hollywood BD review
- Ozploitation
- Back Street BD review
- FTA BD review
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Shawscope: Volume One BD box set
- King Boxer BD
- Five Fingers of Death BD
- Five Shaolin Masters BD
- The Boxer from Shantung BD
- Shaolin Temple BD
- Might Peking Man BD
- Challenge of the Masters BD
- Executioners from Shaolin BD
- Chinatown Kid BD
- The Five Venoms BD
- Crippled Avengers BD
- Heroes of the East BD
- Dirty Ho BD
- True Romance 4K
- Donnie Darko 4K replacement discs
- Supermarionaton
- Gerry and Sylvia Anderson
- Supercar: The Complete Series 65th Anniversay Edition BD
- One Crazy Summer BD
- Warner Archive Collection
- Inside Man: Richard Donner on Inside Moves interview
- Dr Adam Jahnke
- Fast & Furious: 9Movie Collection 4K 4K
- Alone in the Dark BD
- Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard BD
- Doctor Who: Sylvester McCoy Complete Season One BD
John Carpenter’s The Thing hits 4K on 9/7, plus F9, Miyazaki’s Future Boy Conan, Star Trek audio details & more
We’ve got more new disc reviews for you today and some more new 4K Ultra HD release news as well!
Let’s start with those reviews...
Stephen has turned in his thoughts on All the Anime’s UK import 4K Ultra HD release of Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name. The package is exclusive to All the Anime’s online store and also to Zavvi. Sounds like it’s worth a look if you’re a fan, as the HDR makes a notable difference.
Now then, a quick update on our Star Trek: The Original 4-Film Collection 4K and remastered Blu-ray news from yesterday: We’ve checked in with Paramount and have confirmed that all of the remastered films in BD & 4K will feature 7.1 Dolby TrueHD audio mixes. So plan accordingly.
Meanwhile, the 4K Ultra HD set and the remastered Blu-ray singles are all now available for pre-order on Amazon.com and you can see the cover artwork (and find the pre-order links) below. [Read on here...]
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 4K
- Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 4K
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 4K
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture The Director's Edition 4K
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture 4K
- Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- Shout! Factory
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Stephen Bjork
- Your Name 4K review
- Slither BD review
- Umbrella Entertainment
- All the Anime
- Star Trek: The Original 4Movie Collection
- Dolby TrueHD
- F9: The Fast Saga 4K
- Vertigo 4K
- Rear Window 4K
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- The Boss Baby: Family Business 4K
- John Carpenter's The Thing 4K
- Hayao Miyazaki
- GKids
- Future Boy Conan anime BD
- Wrath of Khan
- Dust teaser
- Claymation
- Arrow Video
- Legend BD
- Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters 4K
- Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection: Volume 2
Scream bows the Halloween films in 4K, plus our BIG Ultra HD catalog update for the rest of 2021 & remembering Richard Donner
All right, it’s been a busy last several days here at The Bits. For one thing, just personally, I had my mother visiting from North Dakota all last week for the first time in over two years given the pandemic. And that was great, but of course it set me back on 4K review work (which I intend to catch up on this week).
I’ve also just spent most of today on the phone with industry sources, gathering information for our big preview of 4K Ultra HD catalog releases that are coming in the second half of 2021. And that’s the crux of today’s post here at The Bits, but more on that in a minute.
First, we have a couple more new disc reviews to share with you...
Dennis has posted his thoughts on Andrew V. McLaglen’s 1965 Civil War drama Shenandoah, which stars Jimmy Stewart. The film arrives on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics on 7/27.
And Stephen has offered a look at John Sturges’ acclaimed 1959 western Last Train from Gun Hill, a VistaVision classic newly released on Blu-ray as part of the Paramount Presents line-up. [Read on here...]
- Stephen Bjork
- Dennis Seuling
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Scream Factory
- Shout! Factory
- John Carpenter's Halloween 4K
- Shenandoah BD review
- Last Train from Gun Hill BD review
- Richard Donner RIP
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- The Bits' 4K Ultra HD update for the second half of 2021
- The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It 4K
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Deadlock 4K
- Awaken 4K
- Alone in the Dark: Collector’s Edition
- Halloween II 4K
- Halloween III: Season of the Witch 4K
- Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers 4K
- Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers 4K
- Transformers: The Movie 4K
- Blithe Spirit
- Elvira’s Haunted Hills
- The Shawshank Redemption 4K
- A Clockwork Orange 4K
- Mad Max 4K
- Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior 4K
- Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome 4K
- Gravity 4K
- MiddleEarth Collection 4K
- Peter Jackson
- Unbreakable 4K
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Looper 4K
- Drive 4K
- The Guns of Navarone 4K
- Highlander 4K
- StudioCanal
- Arrow Video
- Hellraiser 4K
- The Frighteners 4K
- Scream 4K
- The Addams Family 4K
- Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment
- Superman: The Movie
- The Goonies
- Lethal Weapon
- The Omen
- Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
- Inside Moves
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture 4K
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture The Director's Edition 4K
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 4K
- Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 4K
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 4K
- Star Trek V: The Final Frontier 4K
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 4K
- Star Trek: Generations 4K
- Star Trek: First Contact 4K
- Star Trek: Insurrection 4K
- Star Trek: Nemesis 4K
UPDATED: Warner Bros. sets ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE for U.S. Blu-ray, DVD & 4K Ultra HD release on 9/7
This is just a very quick update with some important (and long-awaited) breaking news...
No sooner did I mention (in yesterday’s column) that Warner Bros. Home Entertainment was finally getting ready to release Zack Snyder’s Justice League on disc here in the States (likely in Q3 or Q4), the studio has just made it official.
The 4K release will be a 4-disc set including the complete film in both 4K UHD and Blu-ray in the same package.
Both versions will offer a Dolby Atmos sound mix. The 4K UHD will feature HDR10 high dynamic range.
There are no extras, and no Digital copy is included. [Read on here...]
American Gods: S3, Spiral & new Blu-ray/4K news including Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, Roger Rabbit, The Thing, Unbreakable & more
All right, we’re starting this afternoon with a few more new disc reviews for you to enjoy...
Stephen has posted his thoughts on Curtis Bernhardt’s 1929 silent drama The Woman One Longs For, featuring only the second starring role for actress Marlene Dietrich. That’s now available on Blu-ray from Kino Classics.
Also, Dennis has offered a look at John Farrow’s 1949 film noir Alias Nick Beal, available on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics. Do give both of them a look.
In Blu-ray release news today, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and DC have just set Batwoman: The Complete Second Season for release on Blu-ray and DVD on 9/21 featuring all 18 episodes along with deleted scenes, a gag reel, and 2 featurettes (Villains Analyzed and Never Alone: Heroes and Allies).
WBHE has also set the animated Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog for release on DVD and Digital on 9/14. [Read on here...]
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Dennis Seuling
- Stephen Bjork
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- The Woman One Longs For BD review
- Alias Nick Beal BD review
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit 4K
- Heat 4K
- Unbreakable 4K
- John Carpenter's The Thing 4K
- Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters 4K
- American Gods: Season Three BD
- BatwomanThe Complete Second Season BD
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Lionsgate Home Entertainment
- PBS
- RLJE Films
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- Spiral: From the Book of Saw 4K
- Maniac Cop 2 4K
- Maniac Cop 3 4K
- Blue Underground
- Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway 4K
- In the Heights 4K
- The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It 4K
- Zack Snyder’s Justice League 4K
Vinegar Syndrome sets Six-String Samurai for 4K, Blue Underground’s Dead & Buried 4K, Scream’s King Kong (1976) BD features & more new announcements
Let’s close out the week today with another new disc review and more release news...
First, Dennis has just turned in his thoughts on Cecile B. DeMille’s The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) on Blu-ray from Paramount Home Entertainment, the 16th title in their Paramount Presents line. It sounds as if the remaster is a nice one, so do give it a look.
A quick disc update: FUNimation is now shipping out fixed replacement discs for their recent release of Akira in 4K Ultra HD. As some of you know, the original discs lacked the HDR option they were supposed to include. The new fixed discs correct this. My own replacement copy arrived a couple of days ago and I’m really pleased with the HDR grade overall, so I’m going to try to get a review of the fixed version up here at The Bits next week.
On a similar note, Amazon UK has just listed Speed for pre-order in 4K and naturally the cover artwork they’ve posted has caused still more confusion in that it correctly lists DTS-HD MA audio in the features grid on the back, but also (incorrectly) shows a Dolby Atmos logo. What’s more, there’s no mention of any special features. [Read on here...]
- Vinegar Syndrome
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Release Dates & Artwork update
- Back the Bits
- Six String Samurai 4K
- Dead & Buried 4K
- King Kong (1976) BD
- Blue Underground
- Dennis Seuling
- The Greatest Show on Earth BD review
- Akira 4K replacement discs with HDR
- Speed 4K
- Mill Creek Entertainment June update
- MVD Entertainment Group
- MVD Marquee Collection June and July titles
Judas and the Black Messiah, a big Warner 4K update, new Imprint titles & remembering a longtime friend of The Bits: Ronnee Sass
We’re picking things up here at The Bits today with more new disc reviews...
I’ve recently posted my thoughts on Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla (2014) in 4K from Warner Bros., Pete Docter’s Soul in 4K from Pixar, Mel Brooks’ Spaceballs in Blu-ray and 4K from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, and Paul Greengrass’ News of the World in 4K from Universal.
Meanwhile, Tim has just posted a look at Alex de la Iglesia’s The Day of the Beast (1995) in 4K from Severin Films.
And Dennis has turned in his review of George Sidney’s Show Boat (1951) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.
In announcement news today, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has officially set Shaka King’s Judas and the Black Messiah for release on Blu-ray and DVD on 5/4 (SRP $35.99 and $28.98), with the Digital release expected on 4/27, and PVOD available on 4/2. Extras on the disc-based versions will include 2 featurettes (Fred Hampton for the People and Unexpected Betrayal). [Read on here...]
- News of the World 4K review
- Spaceballs 4K review
- Soul 4K review
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory: 50th Anniversary 4K
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Judas and the Black Messiah BD
- Ronnee Sass RIP
- Godzilla 4K review
- Show Boat BD review
- The Day of the Beast 4K review
- Space Jam: 25th Anniversary 4K
- The Shawshank Redemption 4K
- A Clockwork Orange 4K
- Gravity 4K
- Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior 4K
- Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome 4K
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- The Middle Earth Collection 4K
- Zack Snyder's Justice League 4K preorders
- Zavvi
- Imprint Films
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Media Play News
- Home Entertainment Awards
- George Segal RIP
- Best Buy reducing physical media footprint in stores
Spaceballs 4K update, plus The Undoing, Lady Sings the Blues, new KL Studio Classics, Shout! & more
All right, we’ve got an announcement news update for you here at The Bits this afternoon...
First up today, Kino Lorber Studio Classics has officially set their long-awaited Spaceballs (1987) 4K Ultra HD for release on 4/12. The 4K disc will include Dolby Vision HDR and audio commentary by Mel Brooks. Audio will be includes in 5.1 and 2.0 (format TBA) with optional English subs. You’ll also get the film on Blu-ray, which will include lots of additional legacy extras. You can see the 4K art at left. We’ve updated our 4K Ultra HD Release List here at The Bits accordingly.
The company also has a nice March slate of catalog Blu-ray titles, which is expected to include Sidney Lanfield’s My Favorite Blonde (1942), David Butler’s Caught in the Draft (1941), and Elliott Nugent’s Nothing But the Truth (1941) on 3/2 (all Bob Hope films), followed by Don Jones’ The Forest (1982, for Code Red), Sam Peckinpah’s Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974), Robert Aldrich’s The Choirboys (1977), and Richard Fleischer’s The Don is Dead (1973) on 3/9, Jim O’Connoly’s Tower of Evil (1972, for Scorpion Releasing), Andy Anderson’s Positive I.D. (1986), Francis Megahy’s Taffin (1988), Andrei Konchalovsky’s Runaway Train (1985), and Marty Feldman’s The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977) and In God We Trust (1980) on 3/16, Don Jones’ Schoolgirls in Chains (1973, for Code Red), Frank Perry’s Doc (1971), George Seaton’s Showdown (1973), Henry Hathaway’s Shoot Out (1971), and Richard Fleischer’s Crossed Swords (1977, aka The Prince and the Pauper) on 3/23, and Otto Preminger’s Rosebud (1975), Andrew Bergman’s Isn’t She Great (2000), Édouard Molinaro’s A Pain in the Ass (1973), and Ang Lee’s Lust, Caution (2007) on 3/30. [Read on here...]
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- HBO
- Spaceballs 4K
- The Undoing
- Lady Sings the Blues
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- Sputnik
- Powerhouse Films
- Indicator
- Spacewalker
- Cicada Song
- Friday the 13th Collection: Deluxe Edition
- Psycho 4K and BD disc replacement program
- Brian Henson
- The Muppet Christmas Carol lost song restored
Do the Right Thing 4K, plus Lovecraft Country, a John Hughes: 5-Movie Collection, Tesla, The Little Prince & more
Afternoon, folks! We’ve got a late Bits post for you today with some reviews and catch up on a bit of release news as well. First, those reviews...
Tim has checked in with his thoughts on Douglas Trumbull’s Silent Running (1972), now available on Blu-ray from our friends at Arrow Video.
He’s also posted a review of Douglas Sirk’s Taza, Son of Cochise (1954), a classic Technicolor western staring Rock Hudson, now available on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics. The disc includes a new 3D presentation restored by the 3D Film Archive as well.
Not done yet: Tim has also reviewed Terence Fisher’s The Brides of Dracula (1960), the Hammer Films classic staring Peter Cushing newly available on Collector’s Edition Blu-ray from the good folks over at Scream Factory.
And finally, Dennis has checked in with his thoughts on Mario Camerini and Mario Bava’s Ulysses (1954) on Blu-ray, also from Kino Lorber Studio Classics. [Read on here...]
- Tim Salmons
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Dennis Seuling
- Tesla
- Spike Lee
- Do the Right Thing 4K
- John Hughes: 5Movie Collection
- The Little Prince
- Silent Running BD
- Taza Son of Cochise BD 3D review
- The Brides of Dracula BD review
- Ulysses BD review
- Release Dates & Artwork update
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- She's Having a Baby BD
- Some Kind of Wonderful BD
- Spell
- Dreamland
- Lassie
- Elizabethtown: Paramount Presents
- HBO
- Lovecraft Country: The Complete First Season BD
- The Kid Detective
- Sudden Fear
- The Last Warning
- Steven Soderbergh indie films BD box set
Breaking 4K news: Tremors, Army of Darkness, Collateral, Final Countdown, Beastmaster, Ladykillers, Ip Man & more!
All right Bits readers, we’ve got a pretty significant news update for you today...
We’ve been tracking many of these titles, but a few of the 4K catalog titles we’re going to talk about today are breaking news, thanks to our old friends over at Media Play News.
They’ve just issued the September 2020 Digital edition of their magazine, which features an extensive look at the recent surge of 4K Ultra HD catalog releases. The publication’s editor, Stephanie Prange (who, full disclosure, I’ve known for many years), wrote a great longform piece for the issue called 4K Ultra HD: Into the Vaults about the process of preparing classic catalog films for release on the format.
Not only is it informative (and I should note that I was among the people interviewed therein), it includes some great news about forthcoming titles. [Read on here...]
- Arrow Video December 2020 slate
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Tim Salmons
- The Mask of Zorro 4K review
- Media Play News
- 4K Ultra HD: Into the Vaults
- Stephanie Prange
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- Army of Darkness 4K
- Sam Raimi
- Universal
- Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment
- Michael Mann
- Collateral 4K
- Well Go USA
- Ip Man: The Complete Collection 4K
- Maniac Cop 2 4K
- Maniac Cop 3 4K
- Fire and Ice 4K
- The Final Countdown 4K
- Dead & Buried 4K
- Blue Underground
- The Lord of the Rings 4K
- The Hobbit 4K
- StudioCanal
- The Ladykillers 4K
- Tremors 4K
- Arrow Video
- Versus BD
- The Beastmaster 4K
- Ron Underwood
- Ryûhei Kitamura
- Don Coscarelli
- Dial Code Santa Claus 4K
- Fade to Black BD
- The New Mutants 4K
- Disney
- Fox
- Marvel
- Nicolas Winding Refn
- Drive 4K
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Second Sight
- George Romero
- Dawn of the Dead 4K
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
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