Displaying items by tag: Scream Factory
Nobody, Out of Sight & Babadook in 4K, plus a super-deluxe Dune in Germany & new Blu-rays from Shout!, Scream & Imprint
All right, I trust you all had a fine and long Memorial Day weekend—those of you here in the States at least. We’ve got some good Blu-ray and 4K news to report today, but first more new disc reviews...
He’s also weighed in on Vincent Robert’s The Fear (1995) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome.
And Stephen has weighed in as well with a look Michael Ritchie’s Smile (1975) on Blu-ray from Fun City Editions. [Read on here...]
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Dennis Seuling
- Tim Salmons
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- David Lynch's Dune 4K
- Arrow Video
- Stephen Bjork
- Alley Cat BD
- Champagne and Bullets BD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Out of Sight 4K
- Steven Soderbergh
- Second Sight Films
- The Babadook: Limited Edition 4K
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Nobody BD
- Nobody 4K
- Bob Odenkirk
- Kock Media Dune 4K exclusive
- Dune: Extended TV Edition
- Germany
- Imprint Films
- Laika Studios Edition
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- The BoxTrolls BD
- Coraline BD
- AMC
- Lionsgate
- The Walking Dead: Season 10 BD
- The Wraith: Vestron Video Collector's Series BD
- King Kong (1976) BD review
- The Fear BD review
- Damn Yankees BD review
- Smile BD review
- Alan Smithee
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street, The Courier, The Daydreamer on Blu-ray, plus Two Evil Eyes on 4k
We’re starting today’s news update here at The Bits with another new disc review. This one features Tim’s thoughts on Alex de la Iglesia’s Perdita Durango (1997), as newly released on 4K Ultra HD from the good people at Severin Films. Sounds like the transfer is pretty terrific, so do give it a look here.
In announcement news today, here’s something welcome: Screen Media will be releasing the forthcoming Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street documentary on Blu-ray and DVD on 7/6. We’ve got what looks like temp art for the title at left and you can pre-order the Blu-ray below.
Lionsgate will release Dominic Cooke’s historical espionage drama The Courier (2020) on 6/1. The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, and Rachel Brosnahan. Extras will include the On the Brink: Making The Courier featurette. [Read on here...]
- 4K Ultra HD
- Tim Salmons
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- Perdita Durango 4K review
- Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street BD
- The Courier BD
- Above Suspicion BD
- City of Lies BD
- Drunken Master II BD
- Night of the Sicario BD
- Deliver Us from Evil BD
- The Daydreamer BD
- Two Evil Eyes 4K UHD review
- Quick Change BD
- The Pianist: Shout Select BD
- A Strange Is Watching BD
- State and Main: Shout Select BD
Media Play News announces the winners of its Home Entertainment Awards, plus Africa Screams 3D reviewed & more
Afternoon, folks! We hope you all had a lovely weekend.
We’ve got just a very quick update today here at The Bits, as there’s not a ton of news to report on this afternoon.
First though, Tim has turned in a review of a new Blu-ray 3D release from Classic Flix and our friends at the 3-D Film Archive: The Africa Screams: Special Limited Edition, the 1949 Universal comedy featuring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
It’s a great disc, so do check out Tim’s thoughts on it here. [Read on here...]
- House of Wax: Collector's Edition BD
- Chamber of Horrors BD
- Little Big League: Shout Select BD
- Eight Legged Freaks BD
- Brotherhood of the Wolf: Collector's Edition BD
- The Dead Zone: Collector's Edition BD
- Scream Factory
- Shout! Factory
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Tim Salmons
- 4K Ultra HD
- Media Play News Home Entertainment Awards
- Africa Screams BD3D review
- Classic Flix
- The 3D Film Archive
Scream & Shout!’s July includes Dead Zone & Brotherhood of the Wolf, plus In the Line of Fire 4K from Sony & more
Welcome to a new week, folks. We’ve got some ground to cover here at The Bits today, so let’s get right to it...
First, we start with a new Blu-ray review from our own Tim Salmons, a look at Paul W.S. Anderson’s Event Horizon (1997) as newly released on disc by our friends at Scream Factory. Do give it a look.
While we’re talking Scream (and Shout! Factory), that’s a perfect place to start with today’s release news. The company has just announced a slate of great Blu-ray and DVD titles for July, including The Pianist: Shout Select (BD), No Man’s Land (BD and DVD), The Night (BD and DVD), House of Wax: Collector’s Edition (BD), and Ernest & Celestine (BD and DVD) on 7/13, followed by A Stranger is Watching (BD), Little Big League: Shout Select (BD), Fire (BD and DVD), and Eight Legged Freaks (BD) on 7/20, and State and Main: Shout Select (BD), The Dead Zone: Collector’s Edition (BD), Chamber of Horrors (BD), and Brotherhood of the Wolf: Collector’s Edition (BD) on 7/27. Extras on all of these are still TBA. You can see the cover art for The Dead Zone at left, with more covers visible below the break. [Read on here...]
- 4K Ultra HD
- Tim Salmons
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- The 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Event Horizon BD review
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- The Pianist: Shout Select BD
- The Dead Zone: Collector's Edition BD
- Brotherhood of the Wolf: Collector's Edition BD
- Eight Legged Freaks BD
- Ernest & Celestine BD
- Little Big League: Shout Select BD
- Last Action Hero 4K
- In the Line of Fire 4K
- Greenland 4K in Germany
- The NeverEnding Story 4K in Germany
- Speed 4K
- Doctor X BD
- The Warner Archive Collection Amazon brand store
- Chamber of Horrors BD
- House of Wax: Collector's Edition BD
Lionsgate to release Saw in 4K on 5/4, plus Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal is coming to Blu-ray & DVD on 6/1
All right, this is just a very quick update this evening to bring you some breaking release news nuggets...
First though, our own Tim Salmons has just posted his thoughts on Andrew J. Kuehn’s Terror in the Isles (1984) on Blu-ray from Scream Factory, a Universal clip showcase featuring footage from a host of modern and classic horror films. You’ll find that here.
Now then... in announcement news, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has just officially announced Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal: The Complete First Season for release on Blu-ray and DVD on 6/1.
This is interesting, because the first half of the season aired on Adult Swim way back in October 2019. Then, the season’s remaining episodes finally aired in October of 2020. Word is the show has been renewed for a second season as well, though no release date for this has yet been announced. [Read on here...]
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Tim Salmons
- 4K Ultra HD
- Lionsgate
- Saw 4K
- Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal BD
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- The Bird with the Crystal Plumage 4K
- Smokey and the Bandit 4K
- Arrow Video
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Terror in the Isles BD review
- Scream Factory
- Ken Burns
- Hemingway BD
- Encounter of the Spooky Kind BD
- Eureka
Shout! & Scream’s June Blu-ray slate, plus Songbird, MVD’s Spring Rewind Collection titles, and a Zack Snyder’s Justice League BD & 4K update
We’ve got some new release news to report today...
We’ll start with Shout! and Scream Factory, who have begun to announce their June Blu-ray and DVD release slate. Look for it to include Embattled on 6/1, The Unhealer (2020) and Sesame Street: Cool Counting Collection (DVD only) on 6/8, Sphinx (1981), Kindred (2020), and The Awakening (1980) on 6/15, The Wind Rises (Steelbook), The Secret World of Arrietty (Steelbook), Hunter Hunter, Human Nature: Shout Select (2001), and When Calls the Heart: What The Heart Wants & Before My Very Eyes (DVD only) on 6/22, and Stardust, Just a Gigolo (1978), and Battle Beyond the Stars (Steelbook) on 6/29. You’ll also be able to get a NECA figure of Battle Beyond the Stars’ Saint-Exmin on 6/29 by ordering directly from the Shout website.
Universal Studios Home Entertainment will release Adam Mason’s Songbird on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital on 3/16. Extras will include audio commentary with Mason and co-writer Simon Boyes, deleted scenes with commentary, The Story of Songbird, the Kingdom promo video, and The Making of Kingdom. [Read on here...]
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- Songbird
- MVD Rewind Collection
- Zack Snyder’s Justice League 4K
- The Unhealer
- Sphinx
- Kindred
- The Awakening
- Human Nature
- Battle Beyond the Stars
- David Bowie
- Stardust
- Just a Gigolo
- Action USA
- Drive
- Mortuary
- The House on Sorority Row
- The Go Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films
- Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
- Here Are the Young Men
- My Little Sister
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Ten Minutes to Midnight
- History Legacy & Showmanship
- Michael Coate
- George Lucas
- THX 1138 50th Anniversary
My Fair Lady & Super 8 4K due 5/25 from Paramount, plus Shout!/Scream’s May slate on Amazon & Wonder Woman 84 on Blu-ray 3D
There’s not a lot of release news to report today, given the President’s Day holiday here in the States, so we’re spending our time working on those new disc reviews.
But we do have a couple quick items to report for you...
First, Paramount is now expected to release both George Cukor’s My Fair Lady (1964) and J.J. Abrams’ Super 8 (2011) on 4K Ultra HD on 5/25. We have cover artwork for My Fair Lady which you can see at left. Meanwhile, both titles have just been added to Amazon.com. They aren’t yet available for pre-order, but we expect that to change shortly. For now, you can find My Fair Lady linked here and Super 8 here. We expect the official announcement to happen in the next couple of days, so be sure to stay tuned. [Read on here...]
Criterion reveals its May Blu-ray slate, plus Vinegar Syndrome’s first adult 4K title, and Scream sets Event Horizon for 3/23
All right, we’re rounding out the week today with some great release news and some new disc reviews too. First up, those reviews...
I’ve just turned in my thoughts on John Carpenter’s They Live, as recently released in 4K Ultra HD by Scream Factory. Both the UHD and included Blu-ray are mastered from the 2018 4K scan and restoration, and Scream has tossed in a new Dolby Atmos mix to boot. It’s a fine release, so don’t miss it.
I’ve also reviewed Roland Emmerich’s epic disaster flick 2012 on 4K Ultra HD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, and I’ve given a great little indie release a review on Blu-ray too: Dmitriy Kiselev’s Spacewalker (2017) from MPI Home Video, which tells the story of cosmonaut Alexey Leonov and humanity’s first spacewalk in 1965.
Tim’s also posted a review of William Campbell’s Ingagi (1930), recently released on Blu-ray by Kino Classics as part of their Something Weird line-up. Ingagi is definitely something weird.
And just a heads-up: We’re working on reviews of Prince of Darkness in 4K from Scream Factory, along with the new 4K releases of Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing from Universal and Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro from Discotek Media, among other titles. So watch for those starting on Monday. [Read on here...]
- Kino Lorber
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Tim Salmons
- 2012 4K review
- They Live 4K review
- Spacewalker BD review
- Ingagi BD review
- Release Dates & Artwork update
- The Criterion Collection
- May slate
- Trances BD
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High BD
- Merrily We Go to Hell BD
- Flowers of Shanghai BD
- Nightmare Alley BD
- Vinegar Syndrome
- SexWorld 4K
- first adult 4K UHD release
- PG: Psycho Goreman
- Scream Factory
- Event Horizon: Collector's Edition BD
- The Criterion Spines Project
KL Studio Classics is working on Touch of Evil 4K, plus Shout!/Laika’s distribution deal, Warner’s Supernatural: The Complete Series BD & more
We’ve got a couple odds and ends for you today...
First, the big news... Shout! Factory has just reached a multi-year distribution agreement with the Portland-based Laika animation studio. The deal gives Shout! the U.S. packaged media distribution rights to the studio’s first four films: Kubo and the Two Strings (2016), The Boxtrolls (2014), ParaNorman (2012), and Coraline (2009). According to the report on The Hollywood Reporter, new bonus content is already in development for these films. Not only are new Blu-rays obviously in the offing, we can’t help thinking how great these titles would look again on Blu-ray 3D and for the first time on 4K Ultra HD as well.
Also today, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has just announced Supernatural: The Fifteenth and Final Season and Supernatural: The Complete Series for Blu-ray and DVD release on 5/25. The Fifteenth Season set includes 2 new featurettes, deleted scenes, a gag reel, and more (SRP $49.99 for Blu-ray and $44.98 for DVD). The Complete Series set includes all 327 episodes and all the previous bonus content, plus a 68-page book (SRP $359.99 for Blu-ray and $329.99 for DVD). [Read on here...]
- Scream Factory
- Shout! Factory
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Laika distribution deal with Shout! Factory
- ParaNorman
- The Boxtrolls
- Coraline
- Kubo and the Two Strings
- Supernatural: The Complete Series BD
- Supernatural: The Fifteenth and Final Season BD
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Orson Welles
- Touch of Evil 4K
- The Toll
- Treasure of the Four Crowns
- One More Round
- Nosferatu in Venice
- TK Arnold
- 2020: What Now?
- Media Play News
- The Widow
- My Two Cents RSS feed fix
- GATTACA 4K
- Damn Yankees BD
- Thundarr the Barbarian: The Complete Series BD
- Warner Archive Collection
King Kong (1976), Explorers, City Slickers II & more from Shout!/Scream in May, plus more new releases & catalog titles on Blu-ray
We’re starting today with a pair of new Blu-ray Disc reviews here at The Bits, including...
My own look at Ric Roman Waugh’s Greenland on Blu-ray, a great new disaster epic starring Gerard Butler from Universal and STX Films which should really be released on physical 4K Ultra HD.
Now then... the big news today is that Shout! Factory and Scream have announced a great slate of catalog Blu-ray titles for release in May, including a King Kong (1976): Collector’s Edition, The Final Stand (2020), The Legend of Hei (with GKids), and All About the Benjamins: Shout Select on 5/11, Wildcats: Shout Select, The Nest, He Knows You’re Alone, and Eyes of a Stranger on 5/18, and The Hand, Explorers: Collector’s Edition – Shout Select, and City Slickers II: The Legend of Curley’s Gold: Shout Select on 5/25. [Read on here...]
- Donnie Darko 4K
- The Final Countdown 4K
- Dennis Seuling
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Godzilla (2014) 4K
- Greenland BD review
- The Court Jester BD review
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- King Kong (1976) BD
- Explorers BD
- All About the Benjamins BD
- Shout Select
- Wildcats BD
- City Slickers II: The Legend of Curley's Gold BD
- Nationtime
- Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
- Amazon Prime
- Michael B Jordan
- Straight Shooting & Hell Bent: Too Films by John Ford
- Eureka