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Logan BD/4K pre-orders, new Shout/Scream, Split official, Terminator 2 3D & more, plus Robert Osborne RIP
Afternoon, folks. We’re starting off the new week with a pair of new Blu-ray reviews for you to enjoy. Tim Salmons has turned in his look at Scream Factory’s The Legend of Hell House and longtime Bits veteran Todd Doogan has returned with a look at Kino Lorber’s terrific new One Million Years B.C. Blu-ray. Both are well worth your time, so be sure to check them out.
In release news today, first up a biggie: 20th Century Fox’s Logan is now available for Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD pre-order on Amazon (via the links in this sentence and also the temp cover artwork below). We hear it’s pretty damn good, so go check it out in theaters and use our links to pre-order (we appreciate it!) if you enjoy the film. [Read on here…]
- Hidden Figures
- A Dog's Purpose
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Bluray Disc
- Logan 4K
- Robert Osborne RIP
- Todd Doogan
- One Million Years BC review
- Tim Salmons
- The Legend of Hell House review
- Split
- Orange Is the New Black: Season Four
- The Lawnmower Man: Collector's Edition
- Island of Terror
- The Paul Naschy Collection
- Scream Factory
- Shout Select
- Shout! Factory
- The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
- The Angry Red Planet
- The Evictors
- The Alienator
- Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
- Where the Buffalo Roam
- Trespass
- Car Wash
- The Other Hell
- Dark Waters
- Severin Films
- Olive Films
- Inspector Clouseau
- Son of the Pink Panther
- James Cameron
- The Abyss
- Terminator 2 3D
- TCM
- The Last Ship: The Complete Third Season
- Dracula: Complete Legacy Collection
- The Mummy Ultimate Trilogy 4K
- The Mummy: Complete Legacy Collection
Blu-ray News – A look back at Fantasia, reviews of Ikiru & Mr. Holmes, Tower Records doc & correct Army of Darkness replacement link
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We’ve got a couple things for you today...
First up, our own Michael Coate has just posted a new History, Legacy & Showmanship column featuring a look back at Disney’s animated classic Fantasia on the occasion of the film’s 75th anniversary. It includes a new interview with film historian Jeff Kurtti. Do give it a look.
Also today, we have a pair of new Blu-ray reviews: my thoughts on Lionsgate’s new Mr. Holmes, directed by Bill Condon and starring Ian McKellen as Sherlock Holmes. And we have Doogan’s thoughts on Akira Kurosawa’s terrific Ikiru, in honor of Criterion’s new Blu-ray release which streets on 11/24. Both films are terrific and the discs are well worth your attention. Enjoy the reviews. [Read on here…]
- Bluray Disc
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- BD
- Bluray
- Amazon Black Friday Deals
- Fantasia
- Michael Coate
- History Legacy & Showmanship
- 75th Anniversary
- Ikiru
- Todd Doogan
- Mr Holmes
- All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records
- The Death of Superman Lives
- The Motels Live at the Whisky A GoGo
- The Carol Burnett Show
- The XFiles Bluray
- Alejandro Jodorowsky
- Endless Poetry
- Army of Darkness BD replacement program
- Shout! Factory
Blu-ray News – BD Reviews, Star Wars Day deals & Age of Ultron pre-orders, plus Nigel Terry & Grace Lee Whitney RIP
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We have just a quick update for you this afternoon, as we’re doing a little server work here today.
We’re pleased to present a pair of new Blu-ray reviews for you all to enjoy. First, our own Joe Marchese has turned in a look at Kino Lorber’s recent BD edition of Hal Walker’s At War with the Army (1950), starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. Also today, Doogan has taken a nice deep dive into P.T. Anderson’s fascinating Inherent Vice – now on Blu-ray from Warner Home Video – and found it worthy of your time. Enjoy the reviews! [Read on here…]
- Bluray
- BD
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Bluray Disc
- Joe Marchese
- At War with the Army
- Todd Doogan
- Inherent Vice
- Star Wars Day
- Amazon Deal of the Day
- May the 4th Be with You
- Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron
- Nigel Terry RIP
- Grace Lee Whitney RIP
- Excalibur
- The Lion in Winter
- Yeoman Rand
- Star Trek
Blu-ray News – Justified, The Jinx, Hot Tub Time Machine 2, plus Flicker Alley MOD & Stan Freberg RIP
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Well... we’re kicking off a new week here today and this is a big one: The first full trailer for Star Wars: Episode VII is going to be unveiled at Star Wars Celebration on Thursday, ahead of its public debut attached to Avengers: Age of Ultron later this month. We don’t know if the trailer will be released online before then, but we’ll have to wait and see.
Here at The Bits today, we’ve got a new Blu-ray review for you. Todd Doogan has given Grindhouse Releasing’s new 3-disc Blu-ray edition of Lucio Fulci’s The Beyond (1981) a look for you. Sounds like the set is absolutely loaded with great content. Also, our own Joe Marchese turned in a look at Twilight Time’s new BD of Stormy Weather (1943) on Friday, in case you missed it. We’re working on more BD reviews over the next few days, so be sure to check back. [Read on here…]
- Bluray
- BD
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Flicker Alley MOD
- Hot Tub Time Machine 2
- Justified: The Complete Final Season
- The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst
- Strike Back: Season Three
- Ghost Town
- Cellar Dewller
- Catacombs
- The Outing
- The Godsend
- Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf
- Workaholics: Season Five
- Blood and Black Lace
- Arrow Video
- Roar
- Battlestar Galactica for 70% off
- Amazon Bluray Deal of the Week
- Todd Doogan
- The Beyond
- Joe Marchese
- Stormy Weather
- Stan Freberg RIP
Blu-ray Reviews – Grindhouse's The Beyond & Twilight's Stormy Weather
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We’ve got a pair of new Blu-ray reviews for you to enjoy today. First up, Todd Doogan has given Grindhouse Releasing’s new 3-disc Blu-ray edition of Lucio Fulci’s The Beyond (1981) an epic look. Also our own Joe Marchese has taken turned in his thoughts on Andrew Stone’s 1943 musical Stormy Weather, which was one of the early Hollywood films to feature an all-black cast. Both BD sets (and the films they contain) are well worth a look, so enjoy the reviews!
- Bill Hunt
Criterion’s June includes Fisher King & more, plus Apollo 13: 20th, Parks and Rec & When Marnie Was There
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All right, sorry for the lack of a news post yesterday, but I’ve been wrapped up in Blu-ray review work. Some big titles are coming out over the next few weeks and a number of them are well worth diving into.
Speaking of which, though it took all day yesterday to go through everything, I’ve posted my in-depth review of Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar on Blu-ray from Paramount. The disc streets on 3/31. For those of you who experienced problems (in theaters) with the sound mix making lots of the dialogue unintelligible amid the sound effects and music, I can report that’s much less of a problem here. The mix is still pushed toward the low end, and there are still one or two lines where you have to listen more closely than normal, but this does seem to be a deliberate artistic choice. Still, I can attest that this is a much better audio experience than the one I had at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood. And the extras are pretty terrific. Do check it out. [Read on here…]
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- BD
- Bluray
- Todd Doogan
- Criterion June Slate
- Five Easy Pieces
- The Fisher King
- Apollo 13: 20th Anniversary Edition
- When Marnie Was There
- Parks and Recreation
- Interstellar
- The Bridge
- Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
- The Master Builder
- Ninja Scroll
- My Dinner with Andre
- Batman: The Second Season Part 2
- Joe 90: The Complete Series
- Dragon Ball X: Resurrection F
- The Last Five Years
- Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
Inherent Vice due on 4/28, plus great new catalog BD announcements from Scream, Twilight Time & Olive
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We have a pair of new Blu-ray Disc reviews for you today. Doogan has checked out a bit of an Japanese live-action oddball from Drafthouse Films called R100 (2013). And Tim has given Scream Factory’s Phantom of the Opera: The Motion Picture (1989) a look too. Both reviews are well worth your time.
Speaking of reviews, Warner’s The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies and Paramount’s Interstellar are both now in hand, so watch for my own reviews of them in the next few days. [Read on here…]
- Todd Doogan
- Bluray
- BD
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Tim Salmons
- Inherent Vice
- Paddington
- Cymbeline
- Scarecrows
- Ghost Town
- Jack's Back
- Nomads
- The Outing
- The Godsend
- Cellar Dweller
- Catacombs
- April Love
- The Fantasticks
- Zardoz
- The Remains of the Day
- Scream Factory
- Twilight Time
- Olive Films
- The Story of Adele H
- Richard III
- It! The Terror from Beyond Space
- Flawless
- Creature
- Extremities
- Yellowbeard
- Ski School
- Erik the Viking
- Digging Up the Marrow
- Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro
HBO’s The Wire is coming to BD at last, plus Blackhat, Ford Fairlane, Ray Donovan, Masters of Sex & more
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Here at the site today, our own Michael Coate has posted another great History, Legacy & Showmanship column featuring a look back at Robert Wise’s The Sound of Music, celebrating the 50th anniversay of the film. The piece includes details of its original roadshow release and a new interview with film historians too. Don’t miss it.
All right, we’ve got a bunch of announcement news for you today, so let’s get right to it…
First up, the BIG catalog news is that HBO is releasing The Wire: The Complete Series on Blu-ray Disc on 6/2 (SRP $199.99). Extras on the 20-disc set will include 12 audio commentaries, 3 prequel videos, a gag reel, Q&A with series creator David Simon and the creative team, and multiple behind-the-scenes documentaries and featurettes. As many of you know, the show has been reformatted from 4x3 to 16x9 for its HD release, but this has been done in consultation with Simon himself, who views it as a “valid alternate version of the series” (you can read his in-depth thoughts about this here on his blog). [Read on here…]
- One Step Beyond
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- BD
- Bluray
- The Wire: The Complete Series
- Masters of Sex: Season Two
- Ray Donovan: Season Two
- Blackhat
- Beloved Sisters
- Fortitude
- Admiral: Roaring Currents
- The Thunderbirds
- The Immigrant
- Friends: The Complete Series
- The Terminator
- Kiss of the Dragon
- Supercross
- The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
- Black or White
- Magician: The Astonishing Life & Work of Orson Welles
- Todd Doogan
- Michael Coate
- History Legacy & Showmanship
New BD reviews, Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways, The Last Ship: S1 & more, plus Steve Tannehill RIP
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All right, as I work to catch up on release news here at the site, we’ve got no less than four Blu-ray Disc reviews for you today.
First up, Tim has taken a look at Disney’s new 101 Dalmatians: Diamond Edition and Scream’s New Year’s Evil on Blu-ray. Both titles are now available.
Also, Doogan has also weighed in this afternoon with his thoughts on Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, which streets on Blu-ray tomorrow in a departure from the usual Tuesday release date. Unfortunately, as Amazon is currently engaged in another of its irritating pissing matches with a Hollywood studio, in this case Lionsgate, the title is not available for pre-order on Amazon. (More on that in a minute.) But you should be able to find it at your local Best Buy, Target or Walmart tomorrow morning. [Read on here…]
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- BD
- Bluray
- Todd Doogan
- Tim Salmons
- Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways
- The Last Ship: The Complete First Season
- 101 Dalmatians: Diamond Edition
- New Year's Evil
- Blade Runner: The Final Cut
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
- Amazon dispute
- Justified: The Final Season
- Steve Tannehill RIP
- DVD Resource Page
- The Last Unicorn: Enchanted Edition
We're back! Falling Skies: S4, Tak3n, X-Men: Days - Rogue Cut, Thunderbirds & Leonard Nimoy RIP
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We’re back… rested, recouped, and ready to get back to business! For the record, my wife and I had a great time celebrating our anniversary early. So thanks for your patience.
It’s going to take a few days to get caught up on all the release news and whatnot, so I’ll get started with that in a moment.
First though, Tim Salmons has checked in with his thoughts on Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) on Blu-ray. As you know, the film won the Academy Award for Best Picture while we were away. Just as a heads-up, we’ve got many more new BD reviews coming over the next several days, so be sure stay tuned for them. [Read on here…]
- Tim Salmons
- Todd Doogan
- Bluray
- BD
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Birdman review
- Leonard Nimoy RIP
- Taken 3
- XMen: Days of Future Past Rogue Cut
- Falling Skies: The Complete Fourth Season
- Little Man Tate
- Wet Hot American Summer
- X: The Man with XRay Eyes
- Orgazmo
- Patlabor: The Movie
- Thunderbirds: The Complete Series
- Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro
- Star Trek
- First Men in the Moon
- Journey to the Center of the Earth
- The Black Sea
- The Boy Next Door
- Orange Is the New Black: Season Two
- Boardwalk Empire: The Complete Series
- Exodus: Gods and Kings
- The Pyramid