Displaying items by tag: Dennis Seuling
Escape from LA & Touch of Evil are coming in 4K, plus Sony finally sets Looper for US Ultra HD, and lots more UHD & Blu-ray announcement news
All right, we have some new and recent disc reviews for you all to enjoy today...
Stephen has checked in with his thoughts on James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad in 4K Ultra HD from Warner, along with Claude Chabrol’s Blue Panther (1965) from Kino Lorber Studio Classics and Jean Renoir’s Whirlpool of Fate (1925) from Kino Classics both on Blu-ray Disc.
Also, Tim has checked out Philip Kaufman’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) in 4K Ultra HD from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, along with Richard Friedman’s Phantom of the Mall: Eric’s Revenge (1989) from Arrow Video on Blu-ray.
And Dennis has turned in his take on Basil Dearden’s The Assassination Bureau (1969) on region-free Blu-ray from Imprint Films and Via Vision.
Lots more reviews are on the way, including several 4K UHD titles that I’m diving into this week, so be sure to stay tuned for them. [Read on here...]
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Denis Villeneuve's DUNE
- Dune 4K
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- The Howling 4K
- Alligator 4K
- Escape from LA 4K
- Touch of Evil 4K
- Looper US 4K release
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment
- Orson Welles
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Stephen Bjork
- The Suicide Squad 4K review
- Blue Panther BD review
- Whirlpool of Fate BD review
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers 4K review
- The Assassination Bureau BD review
- Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge BD review
Warner’s Mad Max 2 4K statement, Dune aspect ratio, Shout!/Scream’s Feb slate has The Howling & Alligator in 4K, plus a Star Trek Cyber Monday Deal & more!
All right, we hope you all had a great Thanksgiving holiday, and that you were able to take advantage of some good Black Friday Week and Cyber Monday deals on discs and whatnot.
We’ve got some big announcement news for you today, and a few follow-ups on previously-mentioned titles and issues too. But let’s get to a couple new reviews first...
First up, Dennis has posted his thoughts on Michael Showalter’s The Eyes of Tammy Faye on Blu-ray from Fox Searchlight.
And Stephen has checked in with this thoughts on Imprint/Via Vision’s The Harry Palmer Collection, which stars Michael Caine as a working-class spy. The set includes The Ipcress File, Funeral in Berlin, and Billion Dollar Brain on region-free Blu-ray Disc.
More reviews are forthcoming, so be sure to watch for them over the coming days. [Read on here...]
- replacement program
- Mad Max 2 4K audio problem
- Citizen Kane 4K BD problem
- The Criterion Collection
- Denis Villeneuve's DUNE
- Dune 4K
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- The Batman: The Complete Series BD
- Star Trek 4K Cyber Monday Deal
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- The Howling 4K
- Alligator 4K
- Dennis Seuling
- Stephen Bjork
- The Eyes of Tammy Faye BD review
- The Harry Palmer Collection BD review
- Cobra Kai: Season 3 DVD
- Paranoiac! BD
- Slumber Party Massacre BD
- Summer School BD
- Slap Shot BD
- Alligator II: The Mutation BD
- No Time to Die 4K
- No Time to Die BD
- Miller's Crossing BD
- Written on the Wind BD
- Love Affair BD
- Boat People BD
Venom 2, Ron’s Gone Wrong, Dear Evan Hansen & The Batman: Complete Series announced, plus the classic Space: 1999 films remastered & more
We’ve got a few more interesting pieces of release news for you all today, as well as more new disc reviews. Let’s get to the latter first...
Stephen has reviewed Robert Schwentke’s Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins (2021) on 4K Ultra HD from Paramount, along with Norman Z. McLeod’s It’s a Gift (1934) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, and William A. Fraker’s A Reflection of Fear (1972) on Blu-ray from Imprint.
Also, Dennis has turned in his thoughts on Mark Robson’s Isle of the Dead (1945) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection and Stuart Heisler’s Among the Living (1941) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
More reviews are on the way over the next several days, so be sure to watch for them.
Now then... in announcement news today, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has just officially set Andy Serkis’ Venom: Let There Be Carnage for release on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on 12/14, with the Digital release due on 11/23. The 4K disc will include HDR10 high dynamic range and Dolby Atmos audio. Extras on both the Blu-ray and 4K will include outtakes & bloopers, 6 deleted scenes, and 4 behind-the-scenes featurettes (Eddie & Venom: The Odd Couple, Sick and Twisted Cletus Kasady, Concept to Carnage, and Let There Be... Action). You can see the cover artwork above-left and also below. [Read on here...]
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Stephen Bjork
- Dennis Seuling
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- Network UK
- Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution
- Snake Eyes: GI Joe Origins 4K review
- It's a Gift BD review
- A Reflection of Fear BD review
- Isle of the Dead BD review
- Among the Living BD review
- Venom: Let There Be Carnage 4K
- Ron’s Gone Wrong 4K
- The Batman: The Complete Series BD
- Stargirl: The Complete Second Season
- DC
- Dear Evan Hansen
- Copshop
- American Sicario
- One Shot
- Space: 1999
- Space: 1999: Super Space Theater BD
- Alien Attack BD
- Journey Through the Black Sun BD
- Cosmic Princess BD
- Destination Moonbase Alpha BD
- Spazio 1999 BD
Disney makes Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl official for 4K, plus more new Blu-ray reviews
Morning, folks! We’ve got an early Bits news post here today with some big catalog announcement news for 4K Ultra HD fans. But first, we’ve got more new Blu-ray Disc reviews for you…
Tim has posted his thoughts on David Nelson’s Death Screams (1982) from Arrow Video, along with John D. Lamond’s Nightmares (1980) from Umbrella Entertainment.
Meanwhile, Dennis has turned in a look at Kurt Neumann’s The Secret of the Blue Room (1933) from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, as well as M. Night Shyamalan’s Old from Universal.
And Stephen has checked in as well with comments on the Warner Archive Collection’s new Val Lewton Double Feature of The Ghost Ship (1943) and Bedlam (1946), as well as their recent Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 3.
More reviews are on the way throughout the week, so be sure to check back for them! [Read on here...]
- Dennis Seuling
- Stephen Bjork
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Tim Salmons
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 4K
- Gore Verbinski
- Nightmares BD review
- Death Screams BD review
- Old BD review
- Val Lewton Double Feature BD review
- The Ghost Ship BD review
- Bedlam BD review
- The Secret of the Blue Room BD review
- The Warner Archive Collection
- Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 3 BD review
- Umbrella Entertainment
- Arrow Video
Shang-Chi, Venom 2 & Robot Carnival pre-orders, Tango Shalom hits DVD, a Dressed to Kill 4K from KLSC, and Shout’s January 2022 slate
Afternoon, folks! Hope you all had a good Halloween weekend.
We’re got some more new disc reviews for you today, starting with the one I posted yesterday: My in-depth look at the Universal Classic Monsters: Icons of Horror Collection, which features Dracula (1931), Frankenstein (1931), The Invisible Man (1933), and The Wolf Man (1941), along with the Spanish version of Drácula (1931) all in 4K Ultra HD. The set is definitely worth a look for fans of the characters.
Also today, Stephen has reviewed John Huston’s Freud (1962) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And Dennis has delivered a look at Arthur Lubin’s The Spider Woman Strikes Back (1946) also on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
More reviews are coming over the course of the week, so be sure to check back for them. [Read on here...]
- Shout! Factory
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Stephen Bjork
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Dennis Seuling
- Robert Meyer Burnett
- Tango Shalom DVD
- Universal Classic Monsters: Icons of Horror Collection 4K review
- Freud BD review
- The Spider Woman Strikes Back BD review
- Shout! Factory January 2022 slate
- The Grateful Dead Movie BD
- Liar Liar: Shout Select BD
- Dressed to Kill 4K
- Discotek Media
- Robot Carnival 4K
- Venom: Let There Be Carnage 4K
Candyman’s officially announced, plus Halloween II 4K and Smallville issues, Beavis and Butthead do Blu-ray, Dune: Part Two is a go, and more
We’ve got more new disc reviews for you this week, with still more on the way...
Tim has reviewed Scream Factory’s new 4K Ultra HD releases of Halloween (1978) and Halloween II (1981), along with Arrow Video’s Deep Red 4K UHD, and Synapse Films’ recent Demons I & II: Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD release.
Meanwhile, Stephen has checked out Free Guy in 4K UHD from 20th Century Studios and Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, along with Bluebeard (1963) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And Dennis has offered his thoughts on Jack Arnold’s The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) on Blu-ray, as newly-released by the Criterion Collection.
We’ll have more reviews over the next few days, including more of the Halloween sequels in 4K,Scream in 4K, Old, the Universal Classic Monsters: Icons of Horror Collection and more, so be sure to stay tuned for them. [Read on here...]
- Shout! Factory
- HBO Max
- Denis Villeneuve's DUNE
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Stephen Bjork
- Halloween 4K review
- Scream Factory
- Halloween II 4K review
- Deep Red 4K review
- Demons & Demons 2 4K review
- Free Guy 4K review
- Bluebeard BD review
- The Incredible Shrinking Man BD review
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Smallville: The Complete Series BD
- Release Dates & Artwork update
- Beavis and Butthead Do America BD
- Juice 4K
- Paramount Studios Home Entertainment
- The English Patient
- Planes Trains and Automobiles Steelbook BD
- Candyman 4K
- The Hidden Life of Trees BD
- FUNimation
- Capelight Pictures
- A River Runs Through It 4K
- The Lover 4K
- The Ice Road 4K
- No Time to Die 4K
- DUNE: Part One 4K
- DUNE: Part Two is coming
- DGA
- Christopher Nolan
- Denis Villeneuve
- The Running Man 4K
Great Escape, Cry Macho, and Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl in 4K, plus reviews, new Blu-ray announcements and more
We’re starting off the week with a trio of new Blu-ray reviews...
Stephen has taken a look at Nadia Tass’ Malcolm (1986) on Blu-ray from Umbrella Entertainment, along with Ralph Thomas’ Percy (1971) on the format from Code Red via Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And Dennis has given Jonathan Mostow’s Breakdown (1997) a thorough going-over on Blu-ray via the new Paramount Presents release. As most of you know, the film stars Kurt Russell, J. T. Walsh, and Kathleen Quinlan.
More reviews are on the way all this week, so be sure to check back for them.
Now then, in announcement news today, our friends at Kino Lorber Studio Classics have revealed that they’re prepping a new 4K Ultra HD release of the 1963 John Sturges classic The Great Escape for release sometime in January. [Read on here...]
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Dick Johnson is Dead BD
- The Piano 4K
- A Hard Day's Night 4K
- Tim Salmons
- Stephen Bjork
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Clint Eastwood
- Cry Macho 4K
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- The Celebration BD
- Ema BD
- Our Ladies BD
- Never Back Down BD
- Kevin Can F**K Himself: Season 1 BD
- Fireball XL4: Limited Edition BD
- Network
- Disney
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 4K
- The Mauritanian 4K in France
- STX Films
- Metropolitan Video
- Gerry and Sylvia Anderson
- Supermarionation
- StudioCanal
- The Howling: 40th Anniversary Collector’s Edition 4K
- Breakdown BD review
- Malcolm BD review
- Percy BD review
- Code Red
- Umbrella Entertainment
- Paramount Presents
- Dennis Seuling
Denis Villeneuve’s DUNE is magnificent, plus new Blu-ray reviews, Warner Archive’s November slate & more
All right, we’ve got a few new disc reviews to start the day out…
Dennis has taken a look at Jack Smight’s The Screaming Woman (1972) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And Stephen has reviewed Edward Dmytryk’s The Sniper (1952) on Blu-ray from Umbrella Entertainment.
More reviews are on the way in the days ahead, so be sure to stay tuned for them.
Now then, Paramount has informed us that their Paramount Presents Blu-ray release of The Sheik has been delayed from 10/19 to 11/2. Adjust your plans accordingly.
Paramount has also set a wide-release of their Indiana Jones 4-Movie Collection 4K Steelbook for 11/2.
GKids (via Shout! Factory) is releasing the Hayao Miyazaki-directed anime series Future Boy Conan: The Complete Series on Blu-ray on 11/16. [Read on here...]
- Denis Villeneuve
- Dune
- Tim Salmons
- Stephen Bjork
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Warner Archive November 2021 slate
- The Screaming Woman BD review
- The Sniper BD review
- The Fourth Victim BD review
- Dennis Seuling
- Depeche Mode 101 BD
- Dune 2021 review
- Street Fighter BD
- Future Boy Conan: The Complete Series BD
- GKids
- Supergirl BD
Paramount remasters Reds & Heaven Can Wait for Blu-ray, plus No Time to Die 4K, a Rocky IV: Director’s Cut & more
We’ve got three more Blu-ray reviews for you to enjoy today, including...
Stephen’s take on Alan Parker’s Bugsy Malone, as newly released by Paramount as part of their Paramount Presents line-up.
Dennis’ look at Gordon Hessler’s Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973), a Bette Davis title from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And Tim’s thoughts on Rob Galluzzo’s new documentary Analog Love: The Art of the Mixtape from Passion River Films.
As always, more new disc reviews are on the way for tomorrow, so be sure to check back then.
In announcement news today, Paramount has just set Warren Beatty’s Reds for release on Blu-ray on 11/30 in honor of the film’s 40th anniversary, newly-remastered from the original camera negative in 4K in a process supervised and approved by Beatty and cinematographer Vittorio Storaro. [Read on here...]
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Stephen Bjork
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment
- Paramount Presents
- Warren Beatty
- Reds: 40th Anniversary Edition BD
- Heaven Can Wait BD
- No Time to Die 4K
- Sylvester Stallone
- MGM
- Bugsy Malone BD review
- Scream Pretty Peggy BD review
- Analog Love: The Art of the Mixtape BD review
- Jungle Cruise 4K
- The Many Saints of Newark 4K
- Mercury Records
- Eric Clapton: The Lady in the Balcony Lockdown Sessions 4K
- Quiver Films
- Woody Allen Collection BD
- Rocky IV: Rocky vs Drago The Ultimate Director’s Cut
Paramount sets Harold and Maude for Blu-ray release on 12/7, plus Alan Alda’s The Four Seasons, an L.A. Story update & more
Afternoon, everyone! I trust you all had a great weekend.
We’ve got some more new disc reviews for you today, as expected, with more on the way all week long.
First up, I’ve given Tom Lowe immersive and mesmerizing native 4K documentary Awaken a look on Ultra HD from our friends at Gunpowder & Sky and DUST, via Vinegar Syndrome. Think Samsara and Baraka and you’re in the fight ballpark. The film is really gorgeous and it’s a nice 4K release, so do give it a look if you’re interested.
Also today, Tim has reviewed the great Carl Reiner’s Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (1982) a look on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics. As most of you know, this classic comedy stars Steve Martin.
And Dennis has turned in his thoughts on Neil Jordan’s Mona Lisa (1986), as recently-released on Blu-ray by our friends at The Criterion Collection.
All of these titles are worth a look. [Read on here...]
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Paramount Studios Home Entertainment
- Paramount Presents
- Harold and Maude BD
- Awaken 4K review
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid BD review
- Mona Lisa BD review
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Criterion
- Skull: The Mask
- The Four Seasons BD
- Alan Alda
- LA Story BD
- Lionsgate
- Akira Kurosawa's Ran 4K
- Highlander 4K
- Mick Jackson
- The Silence of the Lambs 4K review update