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Once, Notes on a Scandal, Big Bad Wolves, Seven Warriors & lots of catalog & indie release news
All right, we’ve got a bunch of interesting studio and indie release announcements today, including some new titles, catalog titles, TV stuff and more.
First though, our own Dr. Adam Jahnke has turned in a new Jahnke’s Electric Theatre column today, featuring the latest installment of An Honor to Be Nominated. This time, Adam looks back at Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather, Part III. Enjoy!
Now then... announcement news... 20th Century Fox is releasing the indie music hit Once on Blu-ray on 4/1 (SRP $19.99) but only as an Amazon.com exclusive. Following on BD on 4/29, also as an Amazon exclusive, is Notes on a Scandal (SRP $19.99), which stars Cate Blanchette, Judi Dench and Bill Nighy. You can see the cover artwork for both titles below. Fox will also widely release an Ice Age 4-movie BD set on 4/1 (SRP $49.99), as well as The King of Comedy: 30th Anniversary Edition on 3/25. [Read on here...]
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An Honor To Be Nominated: The Godfather, Part III
If it can be difficult to remember who won the Academy Award for Best Picture, it’s downright mind-bending trying to remember everything else it was up against. In An Honor To Be Nominated, I’ll be taking a look back at some of the movies the Oscar didn’t go to and trying to determine if they were robbed, if the Academy got it right, or if they should ever have been nominated in the first place. [Read on here…]
Kill Your Darlings, plus more classic Godzilla films coming to Blu-ray!
All right, I apologize in advance for the fact that today’s post is so short, but I’m suffering through a bout of vertigo caused by having slept in a lousy position for too many hours last night and thereby strained my neck. Ugh. Seriously, right? Ain’t nobody got time for that!
Anyway, our very own Dr. Adam Jahnke has turned in a new installment of his Electric Theater column today featuring his weekly An Honor to Be Nominated look back at deserving films that were Oscar-nominated but didn’t win. Today’s subject: Herbert Ross’ The Turning Point (1977). Enjoy! [Read on here…]
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Kill Your Darlings
- BD
- Bluray
- Bluray Disc
- Adam Jahnke
- Jahnke's Electric Theater
- An Honor To Be Nominated
- The Turning Point
- Rawhide: The Seventh Season Volumes 1 & 2
- Flashpoint: The Final Season
- Godzilla vs the Sea Monster
- Ebirah Horror of the Deep
- Godzilla vs Hedorah
- Godzilla vs the Smog Monster
- Godzilla vs Gigan
- Godzilla on Monster Island
- Section23 Films
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An Honor To Be Nominated: The Turning Point
If it can be difficult to remember who won the Academy Award for Best Picture, it’s downright mindbending trying to remember everything else it was up against. In An Honor To Be Nominated, I’ll be taking a look back at some of the movies the Oscar didn’t go to and trying to determine if they were robbed, if the Academy got it right, or if they should ever have been nominated in the first place. [Read on here…]
Oscars noms, An Honor to Be Nominated, new Chicago & Criterion’s April w/Breaking the Waves
Well… this morning the Academy Award nominations were announced here in SoCal. I don’t want to spoil it for you – you can find all the details here straight from the horse’s mouth.
Meanwhile, our very own Dr. Adam Jahnke has added a new feature to his Jahnke’s Electric Theatre column here at The Bits called An Honor to Be Nominated. In today’s installment, he looks back at deserving films that were snubbed for Oscar glory. This week’s installment: Steven Spielberg’s The Color Purple. Don’t miss it! [Read on here…]
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- Breaking the Waves
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- Riot in Cell Block 11
- Il Sorpasso
- Dallas Buyer's Club
- Homefront
- Chicago: Diamond Edition
- Dolby Vision
- The Red Skelton Show: The Lost Episodes
An Honor To Be Nominated: The Color Purple
Back in 2011, I started a gig as DVD columnist for a website called The Morton Report. It was (and is) a fine site but after awhile, the challenge of writing about the same subject for two different outlets began to take its toll. I left the site and devoted my DVD-related ramblings back to The Bits.
While I was there, I created a column called An Honor To Be Nominated. The mission statement for the column was fairly simple: [Read on here...]