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Turbine sets Naked Lunch for 4K, plus a new Lord of War 4K Steelbook, Universal’s The Event on Blu-ray, Imprint’s June slate & more
All right, there hasn’t been a lot of release news to report over the last couple of days, but we do have a bunch of new disc reviews for you to enjoy...
I’ve taken a look at the Criterion Collection’s new 4K Ultra HD release of Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal (1957), which streets next week.
Tim has reviewed the DreamWorks animated spin-off/sequel Puss in Boots: The Last Wish in 4K Ultra HD from Universal.
Dennis has checked in with his thoughts on Elliott Nugent’s Never Say Die (1939) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Stuart has offered his take on Fernando Trueba’s Memories of My Father (2020) on Blu-ray from the Cohen Media Group via Kino Lorber.
And finally, Stephen has reviewed Christopher Berkeley and Sam Liu animated Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham in 4K Ultra HD from DC and Warner Bros., as well as Adrian Lyne’s Flashdance (1983) in 4K Ultra HD from Paramount.
As always, more reviews are forthcoming, so be sure to keep checking back for them. [Read on here...]
- The Event: The Complete Series BD
- Vox
- Terry Matalas
- Robert Meyer Burnett
- The Kurlan Naiskos: A Picard Season Three After Show on YouTube
- David Lynch
- Akira Kurosawa
- The Straight Story BD
- Dersu Uzala BD
- Imprint Films June 2023 slate
- Shin Ultraman
- Cauldron Films
- City of the Living Dead 4K
- Ignite Films
- Invaders from Mars 4K
- Naked Lunch 4K
- David Cronenberg
- Turbine Medien
- Turbine Media
- DC
- Warner Bros
- Kino Lorber
- Cohen Media Group
- The Criterion Collection
- Paramount
- Flashdance 4K review
- Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham 4K review
- Memories of My Father BD review
- Never Say Die BD review
- Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 4K review
- The Seventh Seal 4K review
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Dennis Seuling
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Stephen Bjork
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Universal
- Tim Salmons
- Lionsgate
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
Empire of Light, Arrow & Imprint’s April slates, Indicator reveals its first UHDs, a Superman 4K update & Mike Fidler tapped to lead 8K!
We’re closing out the week with some new Blu-ray and 4K title announcements and a few updates on 4K titles we’ve mentioned here at The Bits previously.
In terms of official announcements, Disney and Searchlight Pictures have set Sam Mendes’ Empire of Light for release on Blu-ray and DVD on 2/21, with the 4K Digital release expected on 2/7. Extras will include the Creating the Empire of Light featurette. You can see the cover artwork at left.
Lionsgate has set Brett Donowho’s western The Old Way, starring Nicholas Cage, for Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital release on 2/21.
And Film Movement will release Mario Martone’s The King of Laughter on DVD and Digital on 2/14.
Also, Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment has set their new animated Duck Dodgers: The Complete Series for release on Blu-ray on 3/28. [Read on here...]
- Women Talking BD
- Arrow Video
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Searchlight Pictures
- Sam Mendes
- Empire of Light BD
- Disney
- The Old Way BD
- The King of Laughter DVD
- Film Movement
- Lionsgate
- Duck Dodgers: The Complete Series BD
- The Prince of Egypt 4K
- Universal
- The Naked Lunch 4K
- Indicator
- The Shiver of the Vampires 4K
- David Cronenberg
- Jean Rollin
- Two Orphan Vampires 4K
- Heart of the Dragon BD
- Jackie Chan
- The Street Fighter Trilogy BD
- Shigehuro Ozawa
- The Assassination Bureau BD
- Lover's Lane BD
- Powerhouse Films
- Imprint Films
- Essential Film Noir Collection 4
- The Tales of Adventure Collection
- The Haunting of Julia
- Omar Khayyam BD
- Superman: 5Film Collection 4K
- Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut 4K
- Christopher Reeve
- Flashdance 4K
- Paramount
- Star Trek: The Next Generation Motion Picture Collection 4K
- Superman III 4K
- Superman IV: The Quest for Peace 4K
- Team America: World Police 4K
- Wayne's World 2 4K
- Cinema Paradiso 4K
- House 4K Collection
- 8K Association
- Mike Fidler
- NSM Records
Strange World, The Fabelmans, Crimes of the Future, The Adventures of Batman & updates on Dragonslayer & Once Upon a Time in the West in 4K
We start with two more new disc reviews today (and there might be one more from me later this evening, but it should certainly be up by tomorrow morning)...
Tim has reviewed Crane Wilbur’s The Bat (1959), which is available in a fine new Blu-ray edition from our friends at The Film Detective.
And Dennis has offered his thoughts on Lynne Littman’s Testament (1983), a post-apocalyptic drama from PBS’ American Playhouse and Paramount Pictures that includes William Devane, Jane Alexander, Kevin Costner, Rebecca De Mornay, and Lukas Haas. That’s new on Blu-ray from the good folks at Imprint Films.
Now then, the big announcement news today is that Disney has just officially set Don Hall and Qui Nguyen’s animated Strange World for release on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on 2/14. Look for the Digital and Disney+ streaming release to happen on 12/23. Audio will be Dolby Atmos on the 4K and DTS-HD MA on Blu-ray, as always. Extras will include 4 featurettes (Anatomy of a Scene: Creating A Strange World, Strange Science, Creature Feature, and The Hidden Secrets of Strange World), outtakes, and 4 deleted scenes (The Ballad of Jaeger Clade, Lightning Lynx, Funerals and Promises, and Ethan and Searcher). You can see the cover artwork at left and also below. [Read on here...]
- Once Upon a Time in the West 4K
- Sergio Leone
- Arrow Video
- Warner Bros
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Paramount
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Disney
- Strange World 4K
- Steven Spielberg
- The Fabelmans 4K
- David Cronenberg
- Crimes of the Future 4K
- The Adventures of Batman BD
- Dragonslayer 4K
- The Film Detective
- The Bat BD review
- Imprint Films
- Testament BD review
- Tar BD
- Legion of Super Heroes 4K
- DC
- The Adventures of Batman: The Complete Collection BD
- Filmmation
- The Dunwich Horror BD
- Heat (1986)
- If I Had a Million
Nope is official, plus Halo: Season One 4K, Earth Girls Are Easy, For All Mankind: S2 in the UK & Jean-Luc Godard RIP
We have two more new disc reviews for you this afternoon, as well as more announcement news—including a couple of surprise titles. But first those reviews...
Tim has turned in his thoughts on John Lafia’s Child’s Play 2 (1990) in 4K Ultra HD from Scream Factory.
And Dennis has offered his take on Atom Egoyan’s Exotica (1994) on regular Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection.
As always, more reviews are on the way in the days ahead, so be sure to watch for them.
Now then... the big news today is that Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has just made Jordan Peele’s Nope official for release on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on 10/25, with the Digital release due on 9/20. It appears that both the Blu-ray and 4K presentations will feature a variable aspect ratio that shifts between 2.20 and 1.78 to preserve the theatrical IMAX experience. [Read on here...]
- Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town 4K
- Frosty the Snowman 4K
- Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer 4K
- The Classic Christmas Specials Collection 4K
- Paramount
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Tim Salmons
- Nope 4K
- Universal
- Jordan Peele
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Dennis Seuling
- French New Wave
- Jean Luc Godard RIP
- Breathless
- For All Mankind: Season Two UK BD
- Earth Girls are Easy BD
- Vestron Video Collector's Series
- Lionsgate
- Exotica BD review
- Child's Play 2 4K review
- HALO: Season One 4K
- Bodies Bodies Bodies 4K
- Mack & Rita BD
- Doom Patrol: The Complete Third Season BD
- Euphoria: Seasons 1 & 2 DVD
- Sex and Lucia: Unrated Directors’ Cut BD
- Crimes of the Future 4K
- Neon
- David Cronenberg
- Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise 4K
- Holiday Inn 4K
Last Crusade & Crystal Skull 4K Steelbook dates confirmed, plus Crimes of the Future, a Tarzan Vault Collection & more
We begin today with four more new Blu-ray Disc reviews for you to enjoy, including...
Tim’s take on Robert Altman’s The Long Goodbye (1973) from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, along with Lucio Fulci’s Demonia (1990) from Severin Films.
Stephen’s thoughts on Simon Wincer’s The Lighthorsemen (1987) from Umbrella Entertainment.
And Dennis’ look at Lewis Milestone’s Edge of Darkness (1943) from The Warner Archive Collection.
Moving on to release news today, Paramount has officially announced their 6/14 4K Steelbook re-release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (single-disc, same 4K disc as before with HDR10, Dolby Vision & Dolby Atmos, includes a Digital copy code and a mini-poster reproduction but no Blu-ray). That much we already knew. [Read on here...]
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Tim Salmons
- Stephen Bjork
- Dennis Seuling
- The Long Goodbye BD review
- Demonia BD review
- The Lighthorsemen BD review
- Edge of Darkness BD review
- Raiders of the Lost Ark 4K Steelbook
- Paramount
- Temple of Doom 4K Steelbook
- Last Crusade 4K Steelbook
- Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 4K Steelbook
- David Cronenberg
- Crimes of the Future BD
- Tarzan Vault Collection BD
- Boomerang BD
- Death Wish 3 BD
- Arrow Video
- Death Warrant BD
- Lone Wolf McQuade BD
- The Delta Force BD
- Fire in the Sky BD
- Scream Factory
- Adult Swim
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Baffler Meal Complete Collection DVD
- The Beatles: Get Back BD
KLSC makes Eastern Promises official for 4K on 3/22, plus Robocop: The Series, a new Ghostbusters Ultimate sizzle reel & more
As always, we’re kicking things off this week with some new disc reviews...
Dennis has checked in with a look at Paul Schrader’s The Card Counter on Blu-ray from Focus Films and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.
And Stephen has turned in his thoughts on Joe Carnahan’s Copshop on Blu-ray from Open Road Films and Universal.
Now let’s have some release news...
Continuing the theme of Kino Lorber Studio Classics kicking ass with catalog 4K, the company has just set their Ultra HD release of David Cronenberg’s Eastern Promises (2007) for 3/22, featuring a brand new Dolby Vision color grade approved by cinematographer Peter Suschitzky and a new interview with screenwriter Steven Knight. You can see the cover artwork above-left.
Paramount has officially announced its 30th anniversary Blu-ray Steelbook release of Wayne’s World on 2/1. There’s no indication that the disc has been remastered or features new extras. [Read on here...]
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Stephen Bjork
- Dennis Seuling
- The Card Counter BD review
- Copshop BD review
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- David Cronenberg
- Eastern Promises 4K UHD
- Wayne's World Steelbook BD
- Paramount Studios Home Entertainment
- Liberation Hall
- Robocop: The Series BD
- Verdugo Entertainment
- Ghost Riders BD
- Blue Underground
- Children of Men
- Ghostbusters Ultimate Collection 4K box set
- sizzle reel
- Manhattan Baby 2K restoration
- Peter Bogdanovich RIP
- Bob Saget RIP
- Sidney Poitier RIP
Robert Altman’s Popeye arrives on Blu-ray at long last, plus a Lord of the Rings 4K update, Bill & Ted 3 & more
We’ve got some interesting announcement news for you today...
First up, Paramount has just set Robert Altman’s Popeye (1980) for release on Blu-ray Disc on 12/1, just in time for the film’s 40th anniversary (on 12/6). No kidding! The film stars Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Paul L. Smith, and Paul Dooley.
From the press release: “The new Blu-ray includes access to a Digital copy of the film, along with nearly 30 minutes of all-new bonus content featuring excerpts from one of Robin Williams’ final interviews, an interview with director Robert Altman from 2014, as well as a newly conducted interview with Stephen Altman.”
Those extras will include 4 featurettes (Return to Sweethaven: A Look Back with Robin and the Altmans, The Popeye Company Players, Popeye’s Premiere, and The Sailor Man Medleys) and the film’s theatrical trailer. You can see the cover artwork at left and also below. [Read on here...]
- David Cronenberg
- Crash
- Criterion December 2020 BD slate
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Mouchette
- Symbiopsychotaxiplasm
- Amores Perros
- Alejandro Inarritu
- William Greaves
- Robert Altman
- Popeye: 40th Anniversary Edition BD
- Paramount
- The Haunting BD
- The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy 4K
- Bill and Ted Face the Music BD
- The Secret Garden BD
- Green Eggs and Ham: The Complete First Season
- Akira Kurosawa's Ran 4K
- The Owners
- They Live 4K
Criterion’s December, Warner Archive’s October, new KL Studio Classics, Mandalorian: S2 trailer & Paramount Plus
All right, we’ve got some news to report today. Disc release announcements and more...
First up, the Warner Archive Collection has announced their October slate, which is set to include Hanna-Barbera’s Space Ghost & Dino Boy: The Complete Series (1966-1967) on Blu-ray on 10/13, HBO’s The Plot Against America (2020) on DVD on 10/20, DC’s Black Lightning: The Complete Second Season (2018-2019) and Black Lightning: The Complete Third Season (2019-2020) on Blu-ray on 10/27, and Head of the Class: The Complete Second Season on DVD on 10/27.
They’re also working on new Blu-ray releases of Barbet Schroeder’s Reversal of Fortune (1990), Howard Hawks’ Sergeant York (1941), and Michael Patrick Jann’s Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999). Street date for all those are TBA.
The next entry in the MVD Rewind Collection (from the MVD Entertainment Group) will be Tamra Davis’ Guncrazy (1992) on 12/15. [Read on here...]
- Train to Busan presents Peninsula BD & 4K
- Mad Max 4K extras
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Criterion December 2020 BD slate
- The Warner Archive Collection
- Paramount Plus
- The Mandalorian: Season 2 trailer
- Space Ghost & Dino Boy: The Complete Series
- Black Lightning
- The Plot Against America
- Sergeant York
- Drop Dead Gorgeous
- Reversal of Fortune
- MVD Rewind Collection
- Guncrazy
- George Miller
- Crash
- David Cronenberg
- Robert Bresson
- Mouchette
- Symbiopsychotaxiplasm
- Amores Perros
- Alejandro Inarritu
- William Greaves
- Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula 4K
- Disney+
Pokémon Detective Pikachu, Scooby-Doo: 50th, Long Shot, Space: 1999 review, new Kino, Pixar 4K & much MUCH more
All right, we’ve got a big update for you today, with lots of news, a few rumors, and some announcements too. But first...
I’ve just posted my in-depth review of Shout! Factory’s long-awaited Space: 1999 – The Complete Series Blu-ray set, which marks the first time Year Two of the series has been available on the format here in the States. It includes all 48 remastered episodes (sourced from the recent Network remaster) with a bunch of legacy extras and some good new content too. You’ll find that here.
Also here at The Bits today, we’ve updated our 4K Ultra HD Release List with some new titles that we have reason to believe are coming (more on that in a minute), along with pre-orders for a couple of titles we’ve already confirmed are coming (Men in Black International and more). We also have a street date for Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story 4 from our retail sources (tentatively look for it on 9/24). [Read on here...]
- Criterion September 2019 slate
- The 4K Ultra HD Release List
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Release Dates & Artwork
- ScoobyDoo Where Are You: 50th Anniversary
- Pokémon Detective Pikachu
- Long Shot
- Pixar 4K Ultra HD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Star Wars 4K
- Space: 1999 The Complete Series BD review
- Toy Story 4 4K
- Ratatouille 4K
- Inside Out 4K
- Cars 4K
- Cars 3 4K
- Finding Nemo 4K
- Finding Dory 4K
- Brave 4K
- The Good Dinosaur 4K
- D23 Expo
- Men in Black International 4K
- The Curse of La Llorona
- The Spanish Princess
- The Professor
- Quartermass and the Pit
- Quartermass II
- David Lynch
- Lost Highway BD
- Monty Python's Flying Circus: 50th Anniversary
- Stephen King's The Stand
- Inglourious Basterds: 10th Anniversary
- Styx
- The Wild Pear Tree
- Mojin: The Worm Valley
- David Cronenberg
- Crash
- Turbine Media Group
- The Empire Strikes Back: 40th Anniversary
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