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Scream sets World War Z for 4K, Warner’s Dune: Part Two trailer, TONS of new disc reviews & Bill talks Star Trek on disc with the Inglorious Treksperts!
Today’s update will be quick, because we’re all neck-deep in new disc reviews, myself included. I’ve just completed an in-depth look at Richard Donner’s Superman: The Movie, as newly-released in Warner’s Superman: 5-Film Collection in 4K Ultra HD. This a slightly different disc than the version released back in 2018 (and reviewed here) so be sure to check out the new review for all the relevant details.
FYI, I’m going to be working my way through every film in the set. In fact, I was up until 2 AM last night watching Richard Lester’s Superman II and also Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut in 4K Ultra HD back to back. So watch for the next reviews in the series here at The Bits tomorrow.
Meanwhile, Tim has turned in his thoughts on Nick Castle’s The Last Starfighter (1984) in 4K Ultra HD from Arrow Video, along with Norman Jewison’s original Rollerball (1975) in 4K Ultra HD from Scream Factory.
Stuart has taken a look at Frank Tuttle’s Lucky Jordan (1942) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And Stephen—working jointly with Tim—has offered his take on Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) again, this time has released in regular and Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD from Second Sight Films in the UK. [Read on here...]
- Scream Factory
- Shout! Factory
- Stephen Bjork
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Paramount
- World War Z 4K
- Dune: Part Two trailer
- Star Trek
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Remastered
- Star Trek: Voyager Remastered
- Tim Salmons
- Superman: The Movie 4K review
- Superman: 5 Film Collection 4K
- Superman II 4K
- Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut 4K
- Richard Lester
- The Last Starfighter 4K review
- Arrow Video
- Rollerball 4K review
- Lucky Jordan BD review
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Second Sight Films
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 4K review
- Wings of Desire 4K replacement program
- Curzon Film
- Mark A Altman
- Daren Dochterman
- Ashley E Miller
- Home Is Where The Trek Is
- Bill Hunt talks about the future of Star Trek on home entertainment with the Inglorious Treksperts
- The Inglorious Treksperts podcast
KL Studio Classics sets Ronin for 4K on 6/20, plus 65, more Warner Archive May BDs, The Man Who Wasn’t There in Blu-ray 3D, Tinto Brass Ultra HDs & much more!
Morning, everyone! We start today with no less than three new disc reviews, including...
Stephen’s in-depth look at Stuart Rosenberg’s Cool Hand Luke (1967) in 4K Ultra HD from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, as well as his thoughts on John Frankenheimer’s Black Sunday (1977) on Blu-ray from Arrow Video.
We’ve also got my take on Paramount’s new Star Trek: The Next Generation 4-Movie Collection box set in 4K Ultra HD—just an overall summary to go along with my detailed reviews of each of the individual films in 4K.
Now then, we’ve got a bunch of great announcement news today, and some updates on titles we’ve mentioned previously here at The Bits, starting with news from the Warner Archive Collection!
On the latest installment of Tim Millard’s excellent The Extras podcast, our friend George Feltenstein has revealed more of Warner Archive’s May Blu-ray titles, which will include Rouben Mamoulian’s Queen Christina (1933), Joseph Losey’s The Boy with Green Hair (1948), Compton Bennett and Andrew Marton’s King Solomon’s Mines (1950), Vincente Minnelli’s The Courtship of Eddie’s Father (1963), and Joseph Barbera and William Hanna’s Hey There, It’s Yogi Bear! (1964). All of these are new negative scans (The Boy with Green Hair and King Solomon’s Mines from the original Technicolor negatives).
Also coming later this year are Howard Hawks’ Land of the Pharaohs (1955) and Robert Wise’s Helen of Troy (1956). [Read on here...]
- 2023 Home Entertainment Media Play Awards
- Media Play News
- Spears and Munsil Ultra HD Benchmark
- Frivolous Lola 4K
- All Ladies Do It 4K
- Tinto Brass
- Cult Epics
- A Zed & Two Noughts and The Falls: Two Films by Peter Greenaway
- The Draughtsman’s Contract
- BFI
- McBain
- A Good Person
- John Wick: Chapter 4 4K
- The Super Mario Bros Movie
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- The Event: The Complete Series BD
- 65 4K
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- The White Dawn
- 3D
- The Man Who Wasn't There BD 3D
- John Frankenheimer
- Ronin 4K
- Hanna Barbera
- Howard Hawks
- Robert Wise
- Vincente Minnelli
- Helen of Troy
- Land of the Pharaohs
- Hey There It’s Yogi Bear!
- The Courtship of Eddie’s Father
- King Solomon’s Mines
- The Boy with Green Hair
- Queen Christina
- Tim Millard
- George Feltenstein
- Warner Archive Collection May 2023 slate
- The Extras podcast
- Black Sunday BD review
- Star Trek: The Next Generation 4 Movie Collection 4K review
- Cool Hand Luke 4K review
- Arrow Video
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Stephen Bjork
- Paramount
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Universal
Criterion’s July slate includes After Hours, Breathless & Budd Boetticher westerns in 4K, plus Arrow’s Bruce Lee at Golden Harvest box & more
We’ve got quite a bit of ground to cover here at The Bits today to wind down the week, starting with a pair of new disc reviews...
Tim has offered his thoughts on Russell Mulcahy’s Razorback (1984) on Blu-ray from Scream Factory.
And Dennis has taken a look at Cecile B. DeMille’s The Crusades (1935) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
As always, lots more new disc reviews are on the way next week, so be sure to check back for them.
Now then, we’ve got quite a lot of great new 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray release news to report today, starting with our friends at The Criterion Collection, who have just announced their July slate. [Read on here...]
- The Truman Show 4K
- Duel 4K
- Battlestar Galactica (1978) 4K
- Jaws 2 4K
- The Manchurian Candidate 4K
- Game of Death
- The Way of the Dragon
- Fist of Fury
- The Big Boss: Mandarin Cut
- The Big Boss
- Arrow Video
- Bruce Lee at Golden Harvest
- The Ranown Westerns: Five Films Directed by Budd Boetticher
- Breathless
- One False Move
- After Hours
- The Watermelon Woman
- Criterion's July 2023 slate
- The Crusades BD review
- Scream Factory
- Razorback BD review
- Cauldron Films
- City of the Living Dead 4K
- Ignite Films
- Invaders from Mars 4K
- Kino Lorber
- The Criterion Collection
- Paramount
- Dennis Seuling
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Universal
- Tim Salmons
Creed III, Arrow’s Mallrats & Waterworld in 4K, Shout/Scream’s Creepshow & Motel Hell in 4K, plus Dungeons & Dragons and much more
Welcome to the first week of April, everyone!
As you might expect, over the weekend we’ve posted several more new disc reviews for you all to enjoy, including...
My reviews of Jonathan Frakes’ Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) and Stuart Baird’s Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) in 4K Ultra HD from Paramount. That completes my look at all four of the newly-remastered Star Trek: The Next Generation feature films in 4K.
Stuart’s thoughts on Clarence Brown’s Wife vs. Secretary (1936) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection and Milton Moses Ginsberg’s The Werewolf of Washington (1973) on Blu-ray from Kino Classics.
And last but certainly not least, Stephen’s in-depth review of Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, and Clyde Geronimi’s original classic animated Cinderella (1950) in 4K Ultra HD from Disney, currently available from the Disney Movie Club, but coming widely later this year.
Key note about Cinderella—it looks like Disney’s actually done this one right, with a stunning 4K remaster that respects the film’s original photochemical production by leaving its line-work, fine detail, and grain structure fully intact! This really bodes well for future 4K animated titles from the studio, and one certainly hopes that all of these original animated classics will be revisited on the format going forward. [Read on here...]
- Arrow Video June 2023 slate
- The Warner Archive Collection
- Disney Movie Club
- Walt Disney Studios
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Scream Factory
- Star Trek: Insurrection 4K review
- Stephen Bjork
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Star Trek: Nemesis 4K review
- Cinderella (1950) 4K review
- Wife vs Secretary BD review
- The Werewolf of Washington BD review
- Creed III 4K
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- MGM
- Dead & Buried 4K
- Daughters of Darkness 4K
- Blue Underground
- Shout! Factory
- The Strangler
- Private Parts
- Shaw Brothers Classics: Volume One
- ReBoot: The Definitive Mainframe Edition
- Creepshow III
- Motel Hell 4K
- Creepshow 4K
- George A Romero
- Arrow Video
- June slate
- Warriors Two
- The Lighthouse 4K
- Game Trilogy
- Mallrats 4K
- Kevin Smith
- Waterworld 4K
- Enter the Video Store: Empire of Screams box set
- Dolls
- Cellar Dweller
- Arena
- Robot Jox
- The Dungeonmaster
- Jane Campion
- In the Cut: 20th Anniversary Uncut Director's Edition
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
- Once Upon a Time in the West 4K
- Sergio Leone
Deep Impact 4K is official, plus All Quiet on the Western Front, Skyline, Brotherhood of the Wolf, To Live and Die in L.A. & lots more!
We’ve got more new disc reviews for you today as well as more great title announcements, cover artwork, and pre-order links too...
Today’s reviews start with Tim’s take on Marquis de Sade’s Justine (1969) in 4K Ultra HD from director Jesús Franco and our friends at Blue Underground.
Also this evening, Stuart has offered his thoughts on François Truffaut’s Mississippi Mermaid (1969) on Blu-ray Disc from the Kino Lorber Studio Classics line, and also Mathieu Amalric’s Hold Me Tight (2021) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber.
As always, watch for more new disc reviews all this week.
Now then, the big catalog news today is that Paramount has finally announced a title we first revealed here at The Bits back in December: Mimi Leder’s Deep Impact (1998) is officially set for release in 4K Ultra HD on 5/2. The title will include Dolby Vision HDR and will carry over all of the previous Blu-ray special features. You can see the cover artwork at left and also below. [Read on here...]
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 4K
- Blackhat 4K
- The Last Starfighter 4K
- Arrow Video
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Tim Salmons
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Marquis de Sade’s Justine 4K review
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- Mississippi Mermaid BD review
- Hold Me Tight BD review
- Deep Impact 4K
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) 4K
- MPI Home Video
- Skyline 4K
- The Tiger Cage Collection
- Highwaymen
- Conquest of Space
- I Married a Monster from Outer Space
- Brotherhood of the Wolf 4K
- The Morning After
- The Haunting 4K
- Eat My Dust!
- Wheels of Fire
- Raiders of the Sun
- The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Stalag 17 4K
- To Live and Die in LA 4K
- William Friedkin
- Billy Wilder
- Martin 4K
- George A Romero
- Second Sight Films UK
- From Beyond 4K
Arrow reveals The Last Starfighter, Fear and Loathing & Blackhat 4K for May, plus Imprint’s May slate, new Warner Archive Blu-ray titles & more!
We’re rounding out the week here at The Bits with more new disc reviews, some new announcements, and a long-overdue column as well.
Starting with those reviews, Stephen and Tim have taken a look at Penelope Spheeris’ Wayne’s World: 30th Anniversary Edition that came out recently on 4K Ultra HD from Paramount Home Entertainment.
Stephen has also reviewed Dominick Barascia, Jr’s Evil Laugh (1986) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome.
And Dennis has turned in his thoughts on Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans (2022) on Blu-ray from Universal. A 4K UHD review of that title is forthcoming as well.
Also here at the site today, our old friend (and erstwhile Inglorious Trekspert) Mark A. Altman has checked in with a new MOD DEF column looking back at his personal picks for The Best Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD Titles of 2022. I think you’ll find it a good read, so do give it a look. [Read on here...]
- Tim Salmons
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Stephen Bjork
- Dennis Seuling
- Mark A Altman
- MOS DEF
- Arrow Video
- The Last Starfighter 4K
- Blackhat 4K
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 4K
- Imprint Films
- The Warner Archive
- Wayne's World 4K review
- Evil Laugh BD review
- The Fabelmans BD review
- The Best BDs and 4Ks of 2022
- The Beta Test BD
- Hand of Death BD
- The Long Voyage Home
- The Catman of Paris
- The Great Gatsby
- The Spiral Road (1962)
- Bus Riley’s Back in Town (1965)
- Up Tight (1968)
- Duel 4K
- Steven Spielberg
- Confessions of a Nazi Spy
- Flamingo Road
- Neptune's Daughter
New 4K titles: Cinderella, Bad Lieutenant, City of Lost Children, Picnic at Hanging Rock & Violet Evergarden, plus Superman UK pre-orders & artwork
Well, I forgot that today marks the President’s Day holiday here in the States, so it’s unlikely that there will be any major studio announcements today. But we do have some good release news today and more new disc reviews for you as well...
Tim has posted his take on Narciso Ibáñez Serrador’s The House That Screamed (1970) on Blu-ray from Arrow Video.
Dennis has taken a look at Robert Townsend’s Hollywood Shuffle (1987) on Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection.
And Stuart’s offered his thoughts on Mario Monicelli’s Let’s Hope It’s a Girl (1986) on Blu-ray from Raro Video.
Now then, we’ve confirmed with Disney that the wide-release version of their Cinderella (1950) 4K Ultra HD release is coming on 8/1. And we have the official cover artwork for you, which you can see at left and also below the break. But again, this title will be available first from the Disney Movie Club starting on 3/28. [Read on here...]
- Steelbook
- Superman: 5 Film Collection 4K
- Tim Salmons
- Arrow Video
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Cinderella (1950) 4K
- Disney
- City of Lost Children 4K
- StudioCanal
- Picnic at Hanging Rock 4K
- Second Sight
- Crunchyroll
- Violet Evergarden: The Movie 4K
- Dennis Seuling
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Hollywood Shuffle BD review
- The House That Screamed BD review
- Let's Hope It's a Girl BD review
- Raro Video
- Criterion Collection
- Bad Lieutenant 4K
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- 76th British Academy Film Awards
- BAFTAs
- 75th Directors Guild of America Awards
- DGA
- Matsumoto Leiji RIP
- Richard Belzer RIP
- Gerald Fried RIP
- Stella Stevens RIP
M3GAN is official for Blu-ray & DVD, plus Scream’s The Exorcist III 4K, A Man Called Otto & a look at Zavvi’s UK Superman 5-Film Ultra HD Steelbook
We just have a couple reviews for you today, plus a few more pieces of release news to close out the week. And it’s starting to seem likely that next week could see a significant announcement or two. But we’ll get to that in a moment. First, those reviews...
As always, we’ve got a lot more reviews on tap for next week, so be sure to check back for them.
Now then, the big announcement news today is that Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has officially set Gerald Johnstone’s M3GAN for release on Blu-ray and DVD on 3/21, with the Digital release expected on 2/24. Unfortunately, there will not be a physical 4K Ultra HD release, at least for now. [Read on here...]
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- The Exorcist III 4K
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- M3GAN BD
- Shawscope: Volume One BD review
- Arrow Video
- Tim Salmons
- A Man Called Otto BD
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Curzon Film UK
- Three Colors Trilogy 4K
- The Double Life of Veronique 4K
- Superman: 5 Film Collection 4K
- Steelbook
- Zavvi
UPDATED: Station Eleven is official, plus new Paramount 4Ks, Curzon’s Wings of Desire UHD replacement, a look at the Casablanca restoration & more
We’re finishing the week off with a trio of new disc reviews here at The Bits...
Stephen has taken a look at Todd Haynes’ music documentary The Velvet Underground (2021) on Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection.
And Stephen and yours truly have given Ryan Coogler’s latest MCU installment Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) a spin on 4K Ultra HD from Marvel and Disney.
In terms of catalog release news today, our retail sources are reporting that Paramount will be bringing F. Gary Gray’s The Italian Job (2003) remake and Antoine Fuqua’s Shooter (2007)—a wide-release Amaray, as the film was released as a 4K Steelbook last year—to Ultra HD likely on 5/16. We’ve confirmed that Mimi Leder’s Deep Impact (1998) is coming to 4K as well in the next few months (street date is TBD). [Read on here...]
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Stephen Bjork
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- The Boxer from Shantung BD review
- The Velvet Underground BD review
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 4K review
- Tim Salmons
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- The Italian Job (2003) 4K
- Shooter (2007) 4K
- Deep Impact 4K
- The Truman Show 4K
- Primal Fear 4K
- Station Eleven 4K
- Turbine Media
- P2 BD
- Curzon Wings of Desire 4K replacement program
- Casablanca 4K restoration
- AFrame
- CNet
- The Right Stuff 4K
- Excalibur 4K
- Amadeus 4K
- Arrow Video
- Nico Mastorakis
- Dot Com for Murder
Babylon, South Park: S25 & more 4K catalog—Flashdance, Midnight Run, Haunting of Julia, People Under the Stairs & Kindergarten Cop!
We have a bunch of new title announcements to start the week off right today...
First up, Paramount has just officially set Damien Chazelle’s Babylon for release on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on 3/21, with the Digital release expected tomorrow on 1/31. The Blu-ray and 4K disc will include a trio of behind-the-scenes featurettes (A Panoramic Canvas Called Babylon, The Costumes of Babylon, and Scoring Babylon) along with deleted and extended scenes. Note that a Steelbook 4K SKU will also be widely available the same day. You can see the Amaray art at left and both versions below.
Paramount has now made Adrian Lyne’s Flashdance (1983) official for release in 4K Ultra HD on 4/11 as a new 40th Anniversary Edition. You can see that below as well.
They’ve also set Jon Chu’s G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) for 4K Ultra HD re-release as well as a 4K Steelbook 10th Anniversary Edition on 3/28 with Dolby Vision HDR.
And on the TV front, Paramount and Comedy Central have announced South Park: The Complete Twenty-Fifth Season for Blu-ray and DVD release on 4/4. [Read on here...]
- Paramount
- Flashdance 4K
- The Haunting of Julia
- Essential Film Noir Collection 4
- Imprint Films
- Jackie Chan
- Two Orphan Vampires 4K
- The Shiver of the Vampires 4K
- Indicator
- The Naked Lunch 4K
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Arrow Video
- David Cronenberg
- Babylon 4K
- Damien Chazelle
- Adrian Lyne
- South Park: The Complete Twenty Fifth Season BD
- House Party
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- Midnight Run 4K
- The Haunting of Julia 4K
- Bless the Child BD
- Envy BD
- Endangered Species BD
- The People Under the Stairs 4K
- The Jackie Chan Collection: Volume 2 BD
- New Gods: Yang Jian BD
- GKids
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Kindergarten Cop 4K
- Neon City
- Sound of Silence
- Man on the Train
- The Truth About Spring
- Operation Condor