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One from the Heart is being restored in 4K, plus Event Horizon on Ultra HD, and my one-episode take on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
All right, this is just another quick news update here at The Bits as we continue to work on our back-end software upgrade. We’ll start as usual with new disc reviews...
Tim has posted his thoughts on Walter Hill’s 48 Hours (1982) from Paramount and Paul Donovan and Maura O’Connell’s Siege (1983) from Severin Films, both on Blu-ray, as well as Genndy Tartakovsky’s Hotel Transylvania 3 (2018) on Blu-ray 3D from Random Space Media.
Also, Dennis has checked out Danton Trumbo’s Johnny’s Got His Gun (1971) on Blu-ray from Imprint Films.
And Stephen has reviewed Erie C. Kenton’s You’re Telling Me! (1934) from Kino Lorber Studio Classics and Miklos Jancso’s Round-Up (1966) and The Red and the White (1967) from Kino Lorber, both on Blu-ray.
More disc reviews are on the way soon, so be sure to check back for them. [Read on here...]
- Lionsgate
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
- Paramount+
- One from the Heart 4K
- American Zoetrope
- James Mockoski
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Green Lantern: Beware My Power 4K
- Adam Jahnke
- The Barefoot Executive
- Disney Plus or Minus
- The Red and the White BD review
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Stephen Bjork
- Hotel Transylvania 3 BD3D review
- 48 Hours BD review
- Siege BD review
- Random Space Media
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Paramount
- Imprint Films
- Johnny’s Got His Gun BD review
- You’re Telling Me! BD review
- RoundUp BD review
- Event Horizon 4K
Warner Bros. sets Singin’ in the Rain for 4K Ultra HD release on 4/26, a Godfather Saga restoration update & more
We’re starting today with more new disc reviews, and then we have a major piece of catalog 4K news for you here at The Bits. First up...
Tim has taken a look at Sidney Lumet’s Murder on the Orient Express (1974) on Blu-ray from Paramount.
Dennis has reviewed J. Lee Thompson’s Eye of the Devil (1966) and Karl Freund’s Mad Love (1935), both new on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.
And Stephen has delivered his thoughts on a pair of new Umbrella Entertainment Region-Free Blu-ray releases, including Steve Jodrell’s Shame (1988) and Bruce Beresford’s Puberty Blues (1981).
Now then, let’s get to that big release news: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has set Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen’s musical comedy Singin’ in the Rain (1952) for 4K Ultra HD release on 4/26, just as we first revealed here at The Bits way back in November. [Read on here...]
- Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment
- Wild Things 4K
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 4K
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Tim Salmons
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Stephen Bjork
- Dennis Seuling
- Gene Kelly
- Singin' in the Rain: 70th Anniversary 4K
- The Godfather Saga 4K restoration details
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Robert A Harris
- Murder on the Orient Express BD review
- Eye of the Devil BD review
- Mad Love BD review
- Shame BD review
- Puberty Blues BD review
- Warner Archive Collection
- Umbrella Entertainment
- Succession: The Complete Third Season DVD
- Leonard Maltin
- Paramount Presents
- The Home Theater Forum
- Sing 2 4K
- Soapdish
- Let it Ride
- Jockey
- The Heavenly Kid BD
- Clifford BD
- The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue BD
- Highball BD
- Ronin Flix
- American Flyers BD
- Fandango BD
- Top Secret! BD
- The Walking Dead: The World Beyond Season 2 BD
David Fincher’s Panic Room is coming to 4K at last, plus Bagdad Cafe, Lupin the 3rd: Mystery of Mamo, Trekkies 25th & much more
We’ve got a bunch of ground to cover today, including a TON of new and recent disc reviews, lots of 4K Ultra HD catalog and new release news, and some regular Blu-ray news as well. I’ve been so distracted over the last week or so, what with all of the major announcements and the time required to track down and confirm release rumors, that I’ve neglected to mention the many disc reviews that we’ve posted here at the site during that time. So, let’s tackle those first...
Stephen has turned in his thoughts on Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch (2021) and Scott Cooper’s Antlers (2021) from 20th Century Studios, James C Wasson’s Night of the Demon (1980) from Severin Films, and Dario Argento’s Trauma (1993) from Vinegar Syndrome, all on Blu-ray Disc.
Tim has looked at Barry Sonnenfeld’s The Addams Family (1991) from Paramount, David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive (2001) from Criterion, Dennis Donnelly’s The Toolbox Murders (1978) from Blue Underground, and William Lustig’s Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1993) from Blue Underground, all in 4K Ultra HD, as well as the Nasty Habits: The Nunsploitation Collection from Severin Films, John Hancock’s Let’s Scare Jessica to Death (1971) from Imprint Films, Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996) from Paramount, and Brian Trenchard-Smith’s Turkey Shoot (1982) from Umbrella Entertainment, all on Blu-ray.
And Dennis has delivered his take on Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) as recently re-issued by Paramount, as well as Hal Ashby’s Harold and Maude (1971), also from Paramount and both released on regular Blu-ray.
All of these titles are worth a look and there’s certainly something for everyone in that line-up. If you’re a fan of It’s a Wonderful Life, don’t forget that our own Michael Coate recently profiled the film for its 75th anniversary in his most recent History, Legacy and Showmanship column here at The Bits—it’s definitely worth a look if you missed at Christmas time. [Read on here...]
- Disney
- 20th Century Entertainment
- Scream (2022) 4K
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- The Godfather 50th Anniversary
- Francis Ford Coppola
- The Godfather Trilogy 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Dennis Seuling
- Tim Salmons
- Stephen Bjork
- Russell Hammond
- Release Dates & Artwork update
- History Legacy & Showmanship
- Michael Coate
- David Fincher
- Panic Room 4K
- The French Dispatch BD review
- Antlers BD review
- Night of the Demon BD review
- Trauma BD review
- The Addams Family 4K review
- Mulholland Drive 4K review
- The Toolbox Murders 4K review
- Maniac Cop 3 4K review
- Nasty Habits BD review
- Let's Scare Jessica to Death BD review
- Beavis and Butt Head Do America BD review
- Turkey Shoot BD review
- It's a Wonderful Life BD review
- Harold and Maude BD review
- Shout Factory
- Bagdad Cafe: The Percy Adlon Collection BD
- Discotek Media
- Lupin the 3rd: The Mystery of Mamo BD
- Anti Worlds
- Patrick BD
- Infinite Football BD
- SpiderMan: No Way Home 4K
- Nightmare Alley 4K
- The King's Man 4K
- West Side Story (2021) 4K
- The Message 4K
- Lion of the Desert 4K
- Trekkies 25th Anniversary BD
- Roger Nygard
- Moustapha Akkad
- Dune 4K Steelbook replacement program
Criterion reveals its April slate, plus Indicator comes to the US, and LOTS more new 2022 catalog 4K Ultra HD titles!
First things first today: The Criterion Collection has just announced their April Blu-ray and 4K release slate and—as always—it’s another great list of titles.
Look for Alex Cox’s Walker (Spine #423 – Blu-ray and DVD) on 4/12, Vittorio De Sica’s Miracle in Milan (Spine #1119 – Blu-ray and DVD) and Frank Tashlin’s The Girl Can’t Help It (Spine #1120 – Blu-ray only) on 4/19, and Arie and Chuko Esiri’s Eyimofe (This Is My Desire) (Spine #1121 – Blu-ray and DVD), Bertrand Tavernier’s ‘Round Midnight (Spine #1122 – Blu-ray and DVD), and Al Reinert’s For All Mankind (Spine #54 – 4K Ultra HD – Blu-ray and DVD already available) on 4/26. You can see the 4K art for For All Mankind on the left, and we’ll post the rest of the cover artwork over the next few days as the titles become available for pre-order on Amazon.
Here’s some more great breaking news: Our friends at Powerhouse Films have just informed us that their outstanding Indicator label—which already delivers fantastic special edition Blu-ray titles to the UK and European market—is officially coming to the US!
The company has partnered with Distribution Solutions, a division of Alliance Entertainment, to ensure that retailers throughout North America will be able to carry Indicator releases. These will include Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Sunrise, Critics Choice, and DiabolikDVD. The first Indicator titles should start becoming available here in the US starting this week. [Read on here...]
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- The Godfather Trilogy 4K Ultra HD
- Francis Ford Coppola
- The Godfather 50th Anniversary
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- 4K restoration
- Powerhouse Films
- Indicator comes to the US
- Criterion April 2022 slate
- For All Mankind 4K
- Walker BD
- Miracle in Milan BD
- The Girl Can't Help It BD
- Eyimofe BD
- This Is My Desire BD
- Round Midnight BD
- Al Reinert
- Alex Cox
- American Underdog 4K
- Kurt Warner biopic
- Lionsgate
- Downton Abbey: The Motion Picture 4K
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Dead Heat 4K
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Touch of Evil 4K
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- The Matrix Resurrections 4K
- Heavy Metal 4K
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 4K
- Scream (2022) 4K
- The Abyss 4K
- James Cameron
- 20th Century Entertainment
- Disney
- Tombstone 4K
- Avatar 4K
- Avatar 2
- Titanic: 25th Anniversary 4K
- The Conversation 4K
- Lionsgate Home Entertainment
- The Green Mile 4K
- Constantine 4K
- Giant 4K
- Elf 4K
- A Christmas Story 4K
- The Lost Boys 4K
- Poltergeist 4K
- Edge of Tomorrow 4K
- Singin' in the Rain: 70th Anniversary 4K
- Casablanca 4K
- Titan Books
- The Art of Rob Cobb book
- Robert Meyer Burnett
- Dieter Bastian
- Let's Get Physical Media YouTube show
The Godfather Trilogy on 4K Ultra HD: No Seriously, Here’s What You ACTUALLY Get (Now Confirmed by Paramount)...
Well, this has been a bit of a head-spinning and confusing series of developments so far today (as I’m sure you’ll all agree).
You see... not long after we posted Paramount’s official press release for The Godfather Trilogy in 4K Ultra HD this morning (see our earlier post here), it quickly became clear that the text didn’t answer all of our questions.
So we’ve had multiple rounds of confirmation emails with the studio, not to mention forensic photo examinations, as well as a significant bit of retailer listing sleuthing to try to sort out all the important details of this 4K release. We originally thought that this Godfather Trilogy 4K release included 3-disc and 5-disc 4K SKUs.
Then surprise... not long after all that investigation, international retailer listings made the situation even more complicated, suggesting that it’s actually 5-disc and 9-disc 4K SKUs!
No kidding.
But... I just got off the phone with Paramount, and they’re now telling me that—at least here in the US—what’s actually coming is a 5-disc set, and the same 5-disc set just with more swag in the packaging.
SO… here’s what we now THINK is included in each version that’s coming to 4K Ultra HD on 3/22... [Read on here...]
- Limited Collector's Edition
- The Godfather Part III
- 4K restoration
- Robert Harris
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Andrea Kalas
- The Godfather 50th Anniversary
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
- The Godfather Part II
- The Godfather
- The Godfather Trilogy 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
It’s official! Paramount sets THE GODFATHER TRILOGY for release on 4K Ultra HD on 3/22
Here’s Paramount’s official press release announcing the theatrical and home video release of The Godfather Trilogy...
Paramount Pictures Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Francis Ford Coppola’s Cinematic Masterpiece
Experience the Acclaimed Classic in Theatres and on Home Entertainment Platforms
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – January 13, 2022 — In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Francis Ford Coppola’s Academy Award®-winning* masterwork The Godfather, Paramount Pictures announced today that the film will have a limited theatrical release in Dolby Vision beginning February 25, 2022 exclusively in Dolby Cinema at AMC Theatres in the U.S., as well as in international territories around the world. All three films in the epic trilogy have been meticulously restored under the direction of Coppola and will be made available on 4K Ultra HD for the first time ever on March 22, 2022. [Read on here...]
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- The Godfather Trilogy 4K Ultra HD
- The Godfather
- The Godfather Part II
- Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
- Francis Ford Coppola
- The Godfather 50th Anniversary
- Andrea Kalas
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Robert Harris
- 4K restoration
- The Godfather Part III
- Limited Collector's Edition
Coppola’s The Outsiders is official for 4K, plus Forever Purge, Severin’s terrific All the Haunts Be Ours box & RIP Charlie Watts
We’ve got some good announcement news to report today...
As we first revealed a couple weeks ago here at The Bits, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, StudioCanal, and American Zoetrope have just officially announced their new 4K restoration Francis Ford Coppola’s The Outsiders: The Complete Novel. From their joint press release: “Created to give fans more of the action that took place in S.E. Hinton’s celebrated book, Coppola’s latest, definitive version includes new music, as well as several scenes cut from the theatrical version which were reconstructed from original camera negatives.”
Warner will re-release the film in a limited theatrical run starting on 9/26, with a physical 4K Ultra HD Collector’s Edition (that will include both The Complete Novel and the original version) and a Digital release expected on 11/9. StudioCanal will handle a similar 4K UHD and Blu-ray release internationally on 11/8. The Outsiders: The Complete Novel will also appear on HBO Max starting on 11/16. You can see the poster art for the theatrical re-release at the left (4K UHD cover art is not available yet).
Warner’s physical 4K Ultra HD release will be a 4-disc set that includes both The Outsiders: The Complete Novel and The Outsiders in 4K with HDR (likely HDR10). You’ll also get Digital codes for both versions, and substantial new and legacy extras. The new extras will include a restoration interview (with cinematographer Stephen Burum, Zoetrope Head of Archives and Restorations James Mockoski, and colourist Gregg Garvin), plus deleted scenes, an introduction by Coppola, and 2 new featurettes (Anatomy of a Scene and Old House New Home). [Read on here...]
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Francis Ford Coppola
- The Outsiders 4K
- SE Hinton
- The Outsiders: The Complete Novel
- Severin Films
- The Forever Purge 4K
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- American Zoetrope
- StudioCanal
- Blumhouse
- Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
- The Boss Baby: Family Business 4K
- Violation
- The Power
- Eli Roth's History of Horror: Season Two
- All the Haunts Be Ours BD box set
- folk horror compendium
- The Rolling Stones
- Charlie Watts RIP
Criterion announces its first 4K titles, plus Inglourious Basterds in Ultra HD, Superman: The Animated Series on Blu-ray, new Scream titles & more!
All right folks, this is a day a lot of us have been waiting a very long time for. Let’s get right into what is arguably the year’s biggest news...
Our friends at The Criterion Collection have finally announced that their first titles on the physical 4K Ultra HD format will include David Lynch’s Mulholland Dr., Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane, Jane Campion’s The Piano, Allen and Albert Hughes’s Menace II Society, Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell’s The Red Shoes, and Richard Lester’s A Hard Day’s Night! The first of these is expected to arrive in November (we believe it will be Mulholland Dr.) and will be officially detailed next week when Criterion announces its full November slate. The rest will follow in subsequent months (starting—we believe—with Citizen Kane in December, given that 2021 is the film’s 80th anniversary). Per Criterion, each of their 4K titles will include the film on both 4K and Blu-ray (with most extras on the Blu-ray, allowing the 4K disc to have maximum room for video and audio data). Select films will also feature Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos sound.
Any way you slice it, this is outstanding news. We actually knew (thanks to our longtime industry sources) about three of those titles and had a pretty good line on a fourth. But by our reckoning, the fact that the company has announced no less than SIX 4K titles tells us that Criterion is seriously ALL IN on the Ultra HD format at long last. And that is the best news we’ve had all year for physical media.
But that’s not all of the news we have for you today, so let’s keep going! [Read on here...]
- Francis Ford Coppola
- The Addams Family 4K
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Criterion Collection 4K
- Citizen Kane 4K
- Mulholland Dr 4K
- The Piano 4K
- The Red Shoes 4K
- A Hard Day's Night 4K
- Menace II Society 4K
- Inglourious Basterds 4K
- Universal
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- DC
- DCU
- Superman: The Complete Animated Series BD
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- Deadly Friend BD
- Don Knotts 5 Film Collection BD
- StudioCanal
- Stargate 4K
- Back the Bits
Warner brings Coppola’s Outsiders to 4K, plus Highlander in Ultra HD from Studio Canal & Lionsgate, new Indicator BD titles, the end of NTSC & more
Hope you’re all having a great week so far. I was buried in catch-up work yesterday after having a series of family visits here—our first in two years due to the pandemic—so suffice it to say that there was no news post yesterday.
However, I’ve been on the phone a lot in the last couple of days talking with industry sources, and we’ve got some great new Blu-ray and especially 4K catalog updates for you this afternoon.
FYI, there will be more new disc reviews coming later this week as well, so be sure to check back for those. But let’s get right into the 4K news...
First up, I’ve confirmed with multiple industry sources now that Warner Bros. will be releasing Francis Ford Coppola’s The Outsiders (1983) on physical 4K Ultra HD in early November. Coppola and his American Zoetrope have recently been remastering several of the director’s films in 4K (Lionsgate is releasing a remastered Dementia 13 on Blu-ray and 4K Digital on 9/21 as part of their Vestron Video Collector’s Series, and Paramount is going to be releasing the complete Godfather Trilogy in 4K Ultra HD next year in honor of the original film’s 50th anniversary), so perhaps it shouldn’t come as a surprise. [Read on here...]
- iTunes 4K upgrades
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Lionsgate
- Studio Canal
- Indicator
- Powerhouse
- The Outsiders 4K
- Mad Max Trilogy 4K
- 3 from Hell 4K
- Catch the Bullet
- Universal Classic Monsters: Icons of Horror Collection 4K
- Highlander 4K
- Steelbook
- Best Buy exclusive
- Star Trek III: The Search for Spock HD upgrade on iTunes Apple TV
- MVD Rewind Collection
- Dirty Laundry
- The Hellfighters
- Midway
- MacArthur
- Gray Lady Down
- The end of NTSC broadcasting
The Guns of Navarone is coming to 4K from Sony, plus new Paramount 4K catalog, a Dementia 13: DC & remembering Jonathan Rinzler
We’ve got more great new disc reviews for you to enjoy today, as well as more release news too...
First up, Tim has posted his thoughts on Richard Alan Greenberg’s Little Monsters (1989), coming on 9/15 to Blu-ray from Lionsgate via their Vestron Video Collector’s Series.
Tim has also given William Witney’s Master of the World (1961) a look on Blu-ray, a hybrid adaptation of a pair of classic Jules Vern novels (Robur the Conqueror and Master of the World). That arrives on Blu-ray on 8/31 from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And finally, Tim has taken Roger Corman’s The Raven (1963) out for a spin on Blu-ray, starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Boris Karloff. That’s also coming from Kino Lorber Studio Classics on 8/31.
In terms of announcement news today, the big one is that Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has officially revealed a title we’ve had on our 4K List here at The Bits for a while now: J. Lee Thompson’s The Guns of Navarone. Look for it to arrive on 4K Ultra HD on 10/12 in honor of the film’s 60th anniversary. [Read on here...]
- The Sheik: Paramount Presents BD
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Jonathan Rinzler Rest in Peace
- The Guns of Navarone 4K
- J Lee Thompson
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Scream 4K
- Miramax
- The Addams Family 4K
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Vestron Video Collector's Series
- Lionsgate
- Tim Salmons
- Little Monsters BD review
- Master of the World BD review
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- The Raven BD review
- Roger Corman
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Terminal Island 4K
- Dementia 13: Director's Cut BD
- Andy Summers
- Super Deluxe Editions
- The Police Around the World BD
- The Making of Star Wars
- Lucasfilm