Displaying items by tag: My Two Cents
American Hustle official, plus Philip Seymour Hoffman & Maximilian Schell RIP
All right, let’s get the new week started...
First up today, our own Todd Doogan has turned in his weekly Doogan’s Queue column over in Gripe Soda, running down all this week’s most interesting Blu-ray and DVD releases. Do check it out.
Also today, 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. As always, a portion of anything you order from Amazon after clicking through our links goes to help support our work here at The Bits and we really appreciate it! [Read on here...]
Walking with Dinos, Mandela, Cowboys & Aliens: Extended, Iron Sky: DC & Arthur Rankin, Jr RIP
All right, we’re closing out the week with more new release announcements today, plus we take a moment to mark the passing of an animation legend. First up, though, that release news…
20th Century Fox has set Walking with Dinosaurs for Blu-ray 3D Combo, Blu-ray Combo and DVD release on 3/25.
Anchor Bay will release Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom on Blu-ray and DVD on 3/18. [Read on here…]
- Bluray Disc
- Bluray
- BD
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Walking with Dinosaurs
- Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
- Reasonable Doubt
- Flowers in the Attic
- Lone Survivor
- Cowboys & Aliens: Extended Edition
- George Gently: Series 6
- Iron Sky: Director's Cut
- Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
- Arthur Rankin Jr
- Rankin/Bass
- Mad Monster Party
- Frosty the Snowman
- Rudolph the RedNosed Reindeer
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
- Kraken Releasing
Inside Llewyn Davis, Lake Placid, Longmire: S2 & more, plus Pete Seeger RIP
Afternoon, folks. We’ve got a new Blu-ray review for you to check out today: Our own Joe Marchese has turned in his thoughts on Twilight Time’s The Sound and the Fury. Do check it out.
In announcement news today, Sony has set the Coen Brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis for Blu-ray and DVD release on 3/11 (SRP $35.99 and $30.99). Extras will include at least one featurette – Inside “Inside Llewyn Davis”. [Read on here…]
- Bluray Disc
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- The Coen Brothers
- Inside Llewyn Davis
- Lake Placid
- Longmire: The Complete Second Season
- Pete Seeger
- Jim Gaffigan: Obsessed
- Hellhole
- Dog Soldiers
- Nikita: The Complete Fourth and Final Season
- Scream Factory
- The Wrath of Vajra
- James Boy
- DC Universe: Son of Batman
- All Is Lost
- 12 Years a Slave
- Mr Nobody
- Philomena
Universal BD catalog gets real: Touch of Evil & Double Indemnity, plus Spielberg's Amistad & more!
Holy Moley – Universal just got REAL with their catalog Blu-ray efforts!
Guess what’s coming from the studio in April? How about the long-awaited film noir classics Touch of Evil and Double Indemnity! Both street on 4/15 (SRP $29.98 each). [Read on here...]
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray Disc
- Touch of Evil: Limited Edition
- Universal
- Double Indemnity: 70th Anniversary Limited Edition
- Joe Kidd
- King Kong Escapes
- King Kong vs Godzilla
- Rooster Cogburn
- Two Mules for Sister Sara
- The War Wagon
- The Terminal
- Steven Spielberg
- Amistad
- Crocodile Dundee
- Crocodile Dundee II
- The Godfather Part III
- After the Dark
- Nelson's Hunger
- Hercules the Legend Begins
Last Days on Mars, Space Battleship Yamato, Doogan’s Queue, DVD reviews & more
The Boys of Company Bits have stepped up today with some good stuff for you...
First up, Doogan has turned in his weekly Doogan’s Queue installment of his Gripe Soda column, running down all the great Blu-ray and DVD titles that street tomorrow.
To go along with that, 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. As always, a portion of anything you order from Amazon after you click through to them from our links goes to help support our work here at The Bits and we really appreciate it. [Read on here…]
- Bluray Disc
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Space Battleship Yamato
- Doogan's Queue
- Todd Doogan
- Gripe Soda
- Tim Salmons
- Adam Jahnke
- The War Between Men and Women
- Men in War
- Sleep My Love
- Pawn Broker
- From Above
- Bullet in the Face: The Complete Series
- Betty Boop: The Essential Collection Volume 3
- Last Days on Mars
Catching Fire on 3/7, plus Ten Genre TV Series That Deserve HD Remastering for Blu-ray
All right, we’ve got a big bit of announcement news to close out the week…
Lionsgate has just officially set The Hunger Games: Catching Fire for release on Blu-ray Combo, DVD and digital on 3/7 (SRP $39.99 and $29.95 for the discs). Extras will include audio commentary with director Francis Lawrence and producer Nina Jacobson, the 9-part (feature-length) Surviving the Game: Making Catching Fire documentary, deleted scenes and a sneak peek of Lionsgate’s Divergent. You’ll find final cover art below and the title is now available for pre-order on Amazon. [Read on here…]
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray Disc
- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
- HD Remaster
- Ten Genre TV Series That Deserve HD Remastering for Bluray
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
- Space Above and Beyond
- Smallville
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Star Trek: Voyager
- Babylon 5
- Farscape
- From the Earth to the Moon
- Frank Herbert's Dune
- Frank Herbert's Children of Dune
- Battlestar Galactica
- Flash Gordon serial
- Buck Rogers serial
- Fleischer Superman
- The Swimmer
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…]
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Bluray Disc
- My Two Cents
- Oscar nominations
- An Honor To Be Nominated
- Dr Adam Jahnke
- The 400 Blows
- Breaking the Waves
- Criterion April slate
- Master of the House
- Riot in Cell Block 11
- Il Sorpasso
- Dallas Buyer's Club
- Homefront
- Chicago: Diamond Edition
- Dolby Vision
- The Red Skelton Show: The Lost Episodes
Happy Halloween from all of us at The Digital Bits!
We’ve reached the end! The Hell Plaza Oktoberfest begins its final day here at The Digital Bits!
Dr. Jahnke’s final Oktoberfest review for you on this chilly Halloween morning is a true classic of horror cinema that’s yet to be surpassed: F.W. Murnau’s 1922 Nosferatu! It’s coming to Blu-ray and DVD on November 12th from our friend at Kino Lorber and it’s a beautiful new release. Check out Jahnke’s review and read all about it. [Read on here…]
Enterprise: S2 on 8/20, Kino's August, Mach GoGoGo BD (in Japan), Criterion’s Slacker & more!
All right… yesterday’s My Two Cents was a quickie so we’re making it up to you today with a nice long post and lots of news, given that this is (almost) our last post before Memorial Day weekend. More in a minute.
First up this morning, some disc reviews…
The good Dr. Jahnke has turned in new musings on Twilight Time’s Philadelphia and Scream Factory’s The Town that Dreaded Sundown, both on Blu-ray Disc. Philadelphia is a limited release of just 3,000 copies, available as always here through Screen Archives Entertainment (SRP $29.95).
Also today, we’ve upgraded more of Tim’s Blu-ray reviews from the old Bits website including Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, the Dumbo: 70th Anniversary Edition, Super, The Host: Collector’s Edition, Brooklyn’s Finest and the American Graffiti: Special Edition. Enjoy!
Next up… some release news…
- Star Trek: Enterprise Season Two
- Kino August
- Mach GoGoGo, Speed Racer, Criterion Slacker, Before Midnight, Richard Linklater
- Battlestar Galactica: 35th
- Annoying Orange, Ace Ventura
- Xbox One
- Jess Franco
- Steve Forrest
- Bud Elder, Gary Busey
- Sword and the Stone
- Bluray Disc
- Bill Hunt
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits