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Planet of the Apes (1968) in 4K Digital, plus Convoy, A Bridge Too Far, Adv of Priscilla, MaXXXine, Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Little Rascals silents & SO much more!
We start as always today with several new disc reviews, including…
Sam Cohen’s take on Poul Bang and Sidney W. Pink’s Reptilicus (1961) in 4K Ultra HD from Vinegar Syndrome.
Dennis’ reviews of Clarence Brown’s Idiot’s Delight (1939) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection and Chad Ferrin’s Night Caller (2021) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome.
Stephen’s thoughts on Guy Ritchie’s The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015) in 4K Ultra HD from Arrow Video.
And last but definitely not least, Tim’s review of Arrow Video’s new UK-only release of Jonathan Demme’s The Silence of the Lambs (1991) in 4K Ultra HD, which corrects the color space issues that plagued the Kino Lorber Studio Classics 4K disc from 2021.
More reviews are forthcoming tomorrow, so be sure to watch for them!
Now then, the big news today is that Franklin J. Schaffner’s Planet of the Apes (1968) has just been upgraded to 4K on all your favorite Digital services, including Apple TV, Fandango at Home, Movies Anywhere, Kaleidescape and more! It actually has Dolby Vision HDR on Apple TV (and it may elsewhere as well). Naturally, we’ve asked about the possibility of a physical 4K release of this film. I suspect there are no current plans, but I also suspect that if the title does well on Digital, that could change. [Read on here...]
- Sam Peckinpah
- Convoy 4K
- Imprint Films
- Via Vision Entertainment
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Stephen Bjork
- Dennis Seuling
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Blazing Saddles 4K
- Mel Brooks
- MGM
- The Terminator (1984) 4K
- James Cameron
- North by Northwest (1959) 4K
- Alfred Hitchcock
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Back the Bits
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Planet of the Apes (1968) in 4K
- A Bridge too Far 4K
- The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert 4K
- Sam Cohen
- Tim Salmons
- Reptilicus 4K review
- Vinegar Syndrome
- The Pace that Kills review
- The Cocaine Fiends review
- Idiot's Delight BD review
- Night Caller BD review
- Warner Archive Collection
- Kino Lorber
- Something Weird
- Arrow Video
- The Man from UNCLE 4K review
- The Silence of the Lambs 4K review
- 20th Century Studios
- Hollywood Pictures
- Touchstone Pictures
- MaXXXine 4K
- Lionsgate
- Decal Releasing
- Longlegs 4K
- Hussy
- Cross Creek
- The Proud and Profane
- The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell
- The Cabinet of Dr Caligari 4K
- Kino Classics
- Blue Underground
- The Million Eyes of Sumuru 4K
- Well Go USA
- Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In 4K
- You Gotta Believe 4K
- Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus
- Janus Contemporaries
- ClassicFlix
- The Little Rascals: The Restored Silents Volume One
- Apple TV
- Ridley Scott
- Napoleon: The Director's Cut
Indicator’s November includes a Pryor & Wilder Blu-ray box in the UK, plus We Were Soldiers, SpongeBob, The Garfield Movie, a new Wizard of Oz 4K Steelbook & more
We’re starting today with a bunch of new and recent disc reviews here at The Bits, including...
Stephen’s look at Michael Mann’s Collateral (2004) in a new 4K Steelbook from Paramount, The Flash: The Original Series (1990) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection, and Bosco Lam and Kin-Nam Cho’s A Chinese Torture Chamber Story 1 & 2 (1994 & 1998) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome.
Tim’s thoughts on Park Chan-wook’s JSA: Joint Security Area (2000) in 4K Ultra HD from Umbrella Entertainment.
Dennis’ take on Philip Kaufman’s Twisted (2004) on Blu-ray from Paramount via Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And finally, Stuart’s reviews of George King’s Tomorrow We Live (1943) and Barbet Schroeder’s Single White Female (1992) on Blu-ray from Powerhouse Films’ Indicator label.
Speaking of Indicator, they’ve just unveiled their November slate, which includes a UK-only box set called Pryor & Wilder that features Sidney Poitier’s Stir Crazy (1980), Arthur Hiller’s See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989), and Maurice Phillips’ Another You (1991) on Blu-ray. Look for that on 18 November. In the US, Indicator will release Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat’s Left Right and Centre (1959), Ken Loach’s Family Life (1971), and John Krish’s The Man Who Had Power Over Women (1970) all on Blu-ray on 11/19. [Read on here...]
- Paper Moon 4K
- CC40
- Funny Girl 4K
- The Shape of Water (4K)
- Scarface (1932) 4K
- Seven Samurai 4K
- Godzilla (1954) 4K
- Imprint Films
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Indicator
- Criterion's November 2024 slate
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Stephen Bjork
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Collateral 4K Steelbook review
- The Flash: The Original Series BD review
- A Chinese Torture Chamber Story BD review
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Warner Archive Collection
- Vinegar Syndrome
- JSA: Joint Security Area 4K review
- Umbrella Entertainment
- Twisted BD review
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Tomorrow We Live BD review
- Single White Female BD review
- Powerhouse Films
- Pryor & Wilder BD box
- Stir Crazy
- See No Evil Hear No Evil
- Another You
- Family Life
- Left Right and Centre
- The Man Who Had Power Over Women
- We Were Soldiers 4K
- The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 4K
- Planes Trains and Automobiles 4K
- Gladiator 4K
- Star Trek: Prodigy Season Two BD
- The Wizard of Oz: 85th Anniversary 4K Steelbook
- The Garfield Movie
- Film Masters
- Klaus Kinski
- Creature With the Blue Hand
- Web of the Spider
- Ballyhoo Motion Pictures
- Inside Out 4K
- Before Dawn
- Well Go USA
- Lakeshore Records
- Star Trek: Picard Season Three
- CC40 BD box set
Second Sight bows The Hitcher in 4K Ultra HD at last, plus Watchmen: Chapter I, Caligula: Ultimate Cut, Stardust, Downfall, Bewitched: The Complete Series on Blu-ray & more
We’ve got more interesting release news here today to close out the week, and a few more new disc reviews as well. First the reviews...
Stephen has turned in his thoughts on Abel Ferrara’s Dangerous Game (1993) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome via their fine new Cinématographe line.
And Dennis has reviewed Bryce McGuire’s Night Swim (2024) on Blu-ray from Blumhouse via Universal, as well as Raoul Walsh’s The Man I Love (1947) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.
More reviews are on the way for next week, including my take on Hayao Miyazaki’s animated The Boy and the Huron (2023) in 4K Ultra HD from GKids. So be sure to stay tuned for them.
Also, my apologies for the lack of news updates this week, but I was struck a bout of vertigo last Saturday, and I’ve been having to take it a bit easy to reset everything back to normal. It’s nothing serious—mine is caused by tension in my shoulders aggravating the nerves in my neck, in this case triggered by sleeping with my neck in an awkward position. So the key is to fix my pillow situation and try to relax a little bit more. I’m sure some of you out there can relate!
Anyway, the big news lately is that Second Sight in the UK has finally set their long-awaited 4K remaster of Robert Harmon’s The Hitcher (1986) for release on both 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on 9/30. It’s currently exclusive to their website in a 4K + Blu-ray Limited Edition, as well as separate (and standard) 4K UHD and Blu-ray editions. [Read on here...]
- Shelley Duvall RIP
- Redbox
- Ridley Scott
- Gladiator II
- Bewitched: The Complete Series BD
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- Downfall 4K
- Constantin Film
- Stardust 4K
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Well Go USA
- Exhuma
- The Convent
- Demons 2
- Demons
- Synapse Films
- Kill
- John Wick
- Lionsgate
- Caligula: The Ultimate Cut 4K
- Unobstructed View
- Watchmen: Chapter I 4K
- DC Studios
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- The Hitcher 4K
- Second Sight
- Warner Archive Collection
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Blumhouse
- The Man I Love BD review
- Night Swim BD review
- Dangerous Game BD review
- Stephen Bjork
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Dennis Seuling
- Reacher: Season 2 BD
- Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense BD Audio with Atmos
Arrow’s August includes Desperado in 4K, plus David Fincher’s Zodiac in Ultra HD, Love Lies Bleeding, Monkey Man & the first trailer for Alien: Romulus!
Our second news update of the day starts with a little bit of breaking news: Paramount has just made David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker’s Top Secret! (1984) and David Fincher’s Zodiac (2007) available in 4K Digital on Apple TV, Vudu, Kaleidescape, and more. Given the amount of effort Fincher puts into his remasters, we believe it’s safe to assume that Zodiac will be coming to physical 4K Ultra HD from Paramount sooner than later as well.
Zodiac, it should be remembered, was shot mostly in 10-bit RAW in 1080p HD (4:4:4) using the Thomson Viper FilmStream camera, along with some footage in 35 mm photochemical film (Super 35 format). But anyone who doubts that it could look great upscaled and remastered in 4K would do well to take a look at HBO’s Game of Thrones: The Complete First Season in 4K UHD (which we’ve reviewed here). The advantages of high data rate and low compression, combined with an HDR grade, could really make a difference. Zodiac in particular was very well lit and photographed. Personally, I’m eager to get a look at it.
Also today, Arrow Video has announced their August slate, which includes a UK-only 4K Ultra HD release of Michael Lehmann’s Heathers (1988) on 8/5, followed by a slew of titles on 8/26. Among them are Robert Rodriguez’s Desperado (1995) in 4K Ultra HD and The Mexico Trilogy box set (both in the UK, US, and Canada), which includes El Mariachi (1992) and Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) in Blu-ray, as well as the Desperado 4K. [Read on here...]
- No Way Out 4K
- Fede Álvarez
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Top Secret! 4K
- Zodiac (2007) 4K
- David Fincher
- David Zucker
- Jerry Zucker
- Jim Abrahams
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Heathers 4K
- Desperado 4K
- Robert Rodriguez
- Arrow Video's August 2024 slate
- El Mariachi BD
- Once Upon a Time in Mexico BD
- The Silence of the Lambs 4K
- Jonathan Demme
- The Woman 4K
- Offspring 4K
- When Titans Ruled the Earth
- Clash of the Titans (2010) 4K
- Wrath of the Titans 4K
- Memento Mori: The Jörg Buttgereit Collection
- Nekromantik
- Nekromantik 2
- Der Todesking
- Schramm
- A24
- Love Lies Bleeding 4K
- Via Vision Entertainment
- Imprint Television
- Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased): The Complete Series
- The Sadness
- Monkey Mann
- Universal
- Dev Patel
- Shudder
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Invasion USA
- Exhuma
- Well Go USA
- Dark Force Entertainment
- Mirror Mirror
- 20th Century Studios
- Alien: Romulus trailer
- Drive (2011) 4K Steelbook
- The Lady from Shanghai 4K
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- In and Out 4K
- Peril & Distress: Two Terrifying 1970s Thrillers 4K
- And Soon the Darkness 4K
- In & Out 4K
- Sudden Terror 4K
Warner makes its Purple Rain 4K official, plus Twister, The First Omen, Sting, Pee-Wee & Speed Racer (1967) in Digital via Shout!, Megalopolis & more
Today’s update is a quick one, but we’re starting with more new disc reviews...
Tim has posted his thoughts on Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson Peak (2015) in 4K Ultra HD from Arrow Video, as well as Hanna-Barbera’s Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats (1988) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.
And Dennis has reviewed Francis Ford Coppola’s The Rain People (1969) on Blu-ray, also from the Warner Archive Collection.
In announcement news today, Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment has just made Albert Magnoli’s Purple Rain (1984) official for release in physical 4K Ultra HD and 4K Digital on 6/25 (SRP $33.99 for the disc). As expected, the disc will include audio commentary by Magnoli, Robert Cavallo, and Donald E. Thorin, 3 featurettes (First Avenue: The Road to Pop Royalty, Purple Rain Backstage Pass: Behind the Scenes, and Riffs, Ruffles and a Revolution: The Impact and Influence of Purple Rain), the MTV Premiere Party Original Broadcast, a gallery of Prince movie trailers, and 8 music videos for songs from the film. [Read on here...]
- The New Adventures of Batman: The Complete Collection BD
- Reunion
- The Rain People BD review
- Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats BD review
- Hanna Barbera
- The Warner Archive Collection
- Arrow Video
- Crimson Peak 4K review
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Megalopolis (2024)
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Shout! Studios
- Mach GoGoGo
- Speed Racer (1967)
- PeeWee's Playhouse
- Well Go USA
- Sting
- 20th Century Studios
- The First Omen
- Jan de Bont
- Twister 4K
- Prince
- Purple Rain 4K
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Election 4K
- Alexander Payne
- Paramount Presents
- The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 4K
- Collateral 4K Steelbook
Eclipse 2024, the Dune: Part Two street date, One from the Heart: Reprise, Drive-Away Dolls & Warner fixes the Rocky: Knockout Collection 4K discs!
All right, I hope all of you guys here in the States checked out the solar eclipse this morning! Here in Southern California, the Moon only covered about 54% of the Sun at maximum, but I took the scope out this morning anyway and got a couple good pictures that I’ll share below the break.
In the meantime, the big news today is unofficial, but it comes from enough retail sources now that I’m confident it’s accurate: Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment will release Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two (2024) on Blu-ray, DVD, 4K Ultra HD, and 4K UHD Steelbook on 5/14. And while we’ll have to wait for the official press release (expected anytime now) to be sure, based on the promo images the studio is sharing with some of the pre-order listings, it looks like the aspect ratio for the title may be full 1.78:1. This would replicate the maximum IMAX image area for home viewing. Again, that’s not certain yet. So fingers crossed, we’ll know more very soon. You can see the 4K Steelbook art at left and also below the break.
[Editor’s Note: The 5/14 date is now official per WBHE, but we’ve confirmed that the aspect ratio will be 2.39:1 only. Don’t attack the messenger please; we’re only passing on what we’ve learned.]
Also newly announced today by Lionsgate is Francis Ford Coppola’s One from the Heart: Reprise (1982), which will finally arrive here in the States in 4K Ultra HD on 5/7. The entire film has been restored from the original camera negative and six minutes of footage have been added back to the film by Coppola himself. The 4K package will include a UHD disc of the new cut plus the original 1982 Theatrical Version on Blu-ray, with all of its legacy special features. [Read on here...]
- Dune: Part Two 4K
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Rocky: The Knockout Collection 4K errors
- Rocky Balboa 4K Steelbook
- Rocky V 4K Steelbook
- Sylvester Stallone
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Solar Eclipse 2024
- One from the Heart: Reprise 4K
- Lionsgate
- Drive Away Dolls
- Ethan Coen
- Universal
- Rocky 4K replacement discs
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Denis Villeneuve
- StudioCanal
- Narrow Margin 4K
- Are You Being Served? The Movie
- Madam Web 4K
- Kung Fu Panda 4 4K
- Well Go USA
- Noryang: Deadly Sea BD
The Departed, Ocean’s Trilogy, Cry-Baby, Warner out of Paramount merger talks, Home Entertainment Media Play Awards & more
Happy Leap Day, Bits readers! February 29th only comes around once every four years, so enjoy it while you can.
I want to take a moment to thank all of you for your patience. We haven’t done a news update here for a couple days, and the reason is that I’ve been doing a lot more digging about that Disney and Sony physical media distribution deal, and I have in fact learned a little bit more information that will put the deal in better context. So after having a few last conversations with sources tonight, I’ll have a bit more to share on that front in tomorrow’s news update here at The Bits.
In the meantime, we’ve posted a bunch more new disc reviews here at the site as follows...
Dennis has posted his thoughts on Raoul Walsh’s The Roaring Twenties (1939) on Blu-ray from our friends at The Criterion Collection, as well as Ralph Murphy’s The Man in Half Moon Street (1945) on Blu-ray from Imprint, Robin Spry’s One Man (1977) and Elly Kenner and Norman Thaddeus Vane’s The Black Room (1982) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome, and Damien LeVeck’s A Creature Was Stirring (2023) on Blu-ray from Well Go USA.
Stewart has taken a look at Norman Jewison’s The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, Nigel Cole’s Saving Grace (2000) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection, and Alan Rudolph’s Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994) on Blu-ray from Imprint.
And finally, Stephen has check in with his take on David Cronenberg’s eXistenZ (1999) on 4K Ultra HD from Vinegar Syndrome. All are well worth a look (both the films and the discs). [Read on here...]
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Stephen Bjork
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Back the Bits
- Kino Cult
- Indicator
- Dennis Seuling
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Warner Archive Collection
- Imprint Films
- Paramount
- Once Upon a Time in the West 4K
- Paramount Presents
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- HBO Max
- The Departed 4K
- Martin Scorsese
- The Roaring Twenties BD review
- The Man in Half Moon Street BD review
- One Man BD review
- The Black Room BD review
- A Creature Was Stirring BD review
- Well Go USA
- The Criterion Collection
- The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming BD review
- Saving Grace BD review
- Mrs Parker and the Vicious Circle BD review
- eXistenZ 4K review
- David Cronenberg
- Steven Soderbergh
- Ocean's Trilogy 4K
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- DC Studios
- Harley Quinn: The Complete Fourth Season BD
- Cry Baby 4K
- John Waters
- Bluebeard BD
- Secret Beyond the Door
- Fritz Lang
- All that Breathes
- Janus Contemporaries
- The Cinema Guild
- Trenque Lauquen
- Discotek Media
- Belladonna of Sadness 4K
- Good Burger 2
- Land of Bad
- Skydance Media Paramount Global deal
- Media Play News
- Home Entertainment Media Play Awards
- Crimson Peak 4K
- American Pie 4K
- 88 Films
- Arrow Video
- Radiance
- Shinobi
Mötley Crüe: The End in 4K Ultra HD, Lionsgate reveals new Walmart-exclusive 4K Steelbooks, Film Masters’ Tormented (1960) & more
We have a few good bits of release news for you today...
First up, our friends at Lionsgate have announced four new Walmart-exclusive 4K Ultra HD Steelbook titles for release on 4/1, including Cutthroat Island, Rambo: First Blood, Rambo: Last Blood, and a Red 2-Film Collection (including both Red and Red 2). All the Blu-ray extras should carry over. Note that these are essentially the same discs released previously.
Lionsgate has also set Kristoffer Borgli’s Dream Scenario (2023) for release on Blu-ray and DVD on 2/27. The film stars Nicolas Cage.
Film Masters is releasing Bert I. Gordon’s Tormented (1960) on Blu-ray and DVD on 4/23, restored in 4K from original 35mm archival elements. SRP will be $24.95 and $19.95 respectively. In terms of special features, look for:
“an unreleased TV pilot of Famous Ghost Stories, made by Bert I. Gordon and hosted by Vincent Price; the Mystery Science Theater 3000 version of Tormented (1992), full feature (1:33.1), with captions; new documentary by Ballyhoo Motion Pictures, Bert I. Gordon in the 1950s & 1960s: Bigger Than Life, featuring C. Courtney Joyner; archival interview with writer-producer-director Bert I. Gordon, Bert I. Gordon: The Amazing Colossal Filmmaker; feature essay by Tom Weaver with a bonus essay by John Wooley, former president of the Susan Gordon fan club and a personal friend of the actress; commentary provided by film historian-writer-filmmaker Gary Don Rhodes; new, visual essay by The Flying Maciste Brothers, The Spirit is Willing: CineMagic and Social Discord in Bert I. Gordon’s “Tormented”; original trailer, scanned in 4K from 35mm archival elements, presented in its raw format; as well as a recut trailer using restored film elements.” [Read on here...]
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Mötley Crüe: The End 4K
- Lionsgate
- Walmart exclusive 4K Steelbooks
- Film Masters
- Tormented (1960)
- Cutthroat Island 4K
- Rambo: First Blood
- Rambo: Last Blood
- Red 2 Film Collection
- Dream Scenario
- Well Go USA
- Monolith (2022) BD
- The Beekeeper 4K
Criterion’s April slate, Powerhouse Films, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, a terrific Greig Fraser interview, Collider’s For All Mankind cast/crew Q&A & more!
All right, we’ve got quite a bit of ground to cover today here at The Digital Bits. But as always, we’re starting first with some more new disc reviews. And they’re good ones...
Stephen has taken a look at a pair of 4K Ultra HD releases, including Walter Hill’s The Warriors (1979) in 4K from Arrow Video—an absolutely fantastic release—as well as Ishirō Honda’s original Godzilla (1954) in 4K from Toho, a Japanese import disc that has no English subtitles. But read on, because Stephen’s thoughts on it are well worth your time.
Now then, the first big piece of news we have today is that our friends at The Criterion Collection have just announced their April Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K UHD slate, which is set to include an update of Mathieu Kassovitz’s La haine (1995) (Spine #381 – 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray) on 4/2, an update or Peter Weir’s Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) (Spine #29 – 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray) on 4/9, Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky’s Werckmeister Harmonies (2000) (Spine #1215 – 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD) on 4/16, Mikhail Kalatozov’s I Am Cuba (1964) (Spine #1214 – 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray, Blu-ray) on 4/23, and Nancy Savoca’s Dogfight (1991) (Spine #1216 – Blu-ray) on 4/30. Of the 4K titles, La Haine will include Dolby Vision HDR. [Read on here...]
- Wrenn Schmidt
- Krys Marshall
- Joel Kinnaman
- Steven Weintraub
- Maril Davis
- Ben Nedivi
- Matt Wolpert
- Ronald D Moore
- Michael and Denise Okuda
- For All Mankind: Season Four cast and crew Q&A
- Apple TV+
- Collider
- Greig Fraser
- Designing Hollywood
- Robert Meyer Burnett
- Well Go USA
- Monster (2023)
- The President's Analyst BD
- The Whip and the Body BD
- Sabotage (1996)
- Mean Guns (1997)
- MVD Rewind Collection
- Little Darlings 4K
- DC
- Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom 4K
- Mean Girls (2024)
- Paramount
- The Dark Crystal
- Labyrinth
- Aliens 4K
- True Lies 4K
- The Abyss 4K
- Lightstorm
- 20th Century Studios
- Disney
- James Cameron 4K preorders
- Dogfight
- I Am Cuba 4K
- Picnic at Hanging Rock 4K
- Werckmeister Harmonies 4K
- La Haine 4K
- Criterion April 2024 slate
- Indicator
- Powerhouse Films
- The Warriors 4K review
- Godzilla (1954) 4K review
- Toho
- Stephen Bjork
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Shout! Studios
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Arrow Video
- Vinegar Syndrome
A Haunting in Venice, Conan 4K pre-orders, new KLSC titles, Rosemary’s Baby & Nightmare Before Christmas updates, Bill on Let’s Get Physical Media & more
Afternoon, Bits readers and welcome to the new week and, of course, Halloween Eve!
We’ve got a little bit of ground to cover here today, but first I wanted to personally thank all those of you who have signed up to support The Digital Bits via Patreon. Since we first launched our Patreon five days ago, we’re up to 77 backers (and 104 members total), and we really appreciate your support. It means a lot, and it will make a real difference here, let me tell you.
Already, I’ve decided on a couple things: I’m making regular (almost daily) blog posts exclusively for our Patreon supporters that are a little different than the kind of thing I post here and on our social media. For example... my first-take thoughts on things I’m hearing from sources (release news, industry developments, and the like), first impressions on new review discs that I’ve had the chance to look at (before I publish the full in-depth reviews here on the site), and other odds and ends—the kinds of things that offer you a essentially a more personal and candid look behind the scenes here at The Bits. I’m also making the occasional public post for all members there, with information that’s relevant to all our readers—the kind of thing I’m going to share here in a minute today (disc replacement news, a PS5 firmware update of relevance to disc fans, the occasional piece of significant breaking news). And we’ll add more Patreon-exclusive features over time as we get used working there, learning what kinds of perks are possible, and what we can do without dramatically increasing our workload.
Anyway, just know that we really, really appreciate those of you who are willing to support our work with your hard-earned money. Thanks to all 77 paying backers (here’s to reaching 100!) and thanks to all of you who are following us there.
Now then... I’m going to be spending the rest of my day working on a review of Paramount’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One in 4K UHD for posting here hopefully tomorrow. But first, there’s some important breaking news... [Read on here...]
- The Conan Chronicles: Limited Edition 4K
- John Milius
- Richard Fleischer
- Conan the Destroyer 4K
- Rosemary's Baby 4K disc replacement program
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Conan the Barbarian 4K
- The Nightmare Before Christmas 4K PS5 audio issue
- PlayStation 5
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Back the Bits
- A Haunting in Venice BD
- 20th Century Studios
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Gunfight at the OK Corral 4K
- Paint Your Wagon 4K
- Odds Against Tomorrow BD
- No Time to Die 4K
- MGM
- The Wandering Earth II BD
- Well Go USA
- The Man from Nowhere 4K
- The Wailing 4K
- Paul Morrissey
- Flesh for Frankenstein BD
- Blood for Dracula BD
- BBC
- Blackadder: The Complete Series Remastered BD
- Robert Meyer Burnett
- Dieter Bastian
- Let's Get Physical Media
- Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia BD
- GKids
- Umbrella Entertainment
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