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Friday, 28 February 2025 15:59

Arrow’s May has Andromeda Strain in 4K, plus Vice Squad & Prophecy from KLSC, Synapse’s Blue Sunshine, new Second Sight titles & Gerry Anderson’s Thunderbirds on Blu-ray!

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We have two more new disc reviews for you today here at The Bits...

Stuart’s look at A Man Called Shenandoah: The Complete Series (1965-66) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.

And Dennis and Tim have taken a look at Guillermo del Toro’s Cronos (1992) in 4K Ultra HD from Criterion.

The big news today is that Arrow Video has just unveiled their full Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD release slate for May, which is set to include D.W. Medoff’s I Will Never Leave You Alone (2023) on Blu-ray (in the UK only) on 5/5, Robert Wise’s The Andromeda Strain (1971) in 4K Ultra HD (in the US, UK, and Canada) on 5/13, Jim Isaac’s Jason X (2001) and Adam Marcus’ Jason Goes to Hell (1993) both in 4K Ultra HD (in the US, UK, and Canada) on 5/20, Sergio Leone’s For a Few Dollars More (1965) on Blu-ray and 4K UHD (in the UK only) on 5/26, and Adilkhan Yerzhanov’s Steppenwolf (2024) on Blu-ray (in the US, UK, and Canada) on 5/27. [Read on here...]

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Here’s a look at the cover artwork for all of these (click here for Arrow US and here for Arrow UK)...

Arrow Video's May 2025 slate

Also, Kino Lorber Studio Classics has just set Gary Sherman’s Vice Squad (1982) for 4K Ultra HD release on 5/13, followed by John Frankenheimer’s Prophecy (1979) on 4K UHD on 5/20.

Synapse Films has announced Jeff Lieberman’s Blue Sunshine (1978) for 4K UHD + Blu-ray release on 4/15. The 4K disc will include Dolby Vision HDR.

Heads up: Richard Donner’s Lethal Weapon (1987) is now listed on Amazon (click here) and Amazon UK (click here) for release in 4K Ultra HD Steelbook from Warner Bros. The US street date is reportedly 5/19 as expected, while the UK date is as yet unlisted. Per the US listing, the disc will include both the Theatrical Cut and Director’s Editions of the film.

It appears that Anderson Entertainment is going to be releasing Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s complete Thunderbirds TV series (1965-66) on Blu-ray Disc later this year in honor of the series’ 60th anniversary. You can read more here, and you can watch the teaser trailer for this release below...

And finally today, our friends at Second Sight in the UK have just announced new Blu-ray Limited Edition and regular SKUs of Ti West’s The House of the Devil (2009) and Caye Casas’ The Coffee Table (2022) for release on 4/28. You can read more on those here.

That’s all for now! Have a great weekend.

- Bill Hunt

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