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Despicable Me 4, Fear the Walking Dead, Orphan Black: Echoes, a Godzilla Minus One street date, new KLSC & Warner Archive titles, a new Colin Cantwell website & more!
All right, I’d intended to have a news update yesterday, but we all day working on a major upgrade of the Release Dates & Cover Artwork section here at The Bits. Not only have added tons of new Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD cover artwork and Amazon.com pre-order links, we’ve done some software and server upgrades to the section as well, so it should be working better than ever. Better yet, we’re going to have new updates of the section every Tuesday to keep it fresh with all the latest titles!
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Now then, we have some new disc reviews for all of you to enjoy here today...
Stephen has offered his in-depth thoughts on Robert Altman’s Thieves Like Us (1974) in 4K Ultra HD from Vinegar Syndrome’s Cinématographe label, along with Destin Daniel Cretton’s Just Mercy (2019) in 4K from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment, and also Peter Hyams’ Sudden Death (1995) in 4K UHD from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Stuart has weighed in with a look at Ken Loach’s The Old Oak (2023) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber, as well as Fred Zinnemann’s The Nun’s Story (1959) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.
And Dennis has reviewed Phil Karlson’s 99 River Street (1953) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics as well.
In announcement news today, Universal and Illumination have just set the CG-animated Despicable Me 4 for Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD release on 9/24, with the Digital version available next week on 9/10. Scores of featurettes and deleted scenes will be included. [Read on here...]
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Stephen Bjork
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
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- Dennis Seuling
- Release Dates & Cover Artwork update
- Russell Hammond
- Thieves Like Us 4K review
- Cinématographe
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Just Mercy 4K review
- Sudden Death 4K review
- The Old Oak BD review
- The Nun's Story BD review
- Warner Archive Collection
- Kino Lorber
- 99 River Street BD review
- Despicable Me 4
- Universal Studios
- AMC
- Fear the Walking Dead: The Complete Collection BD
- Orphan Black: Echoes
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture 4K Steelbook
- Chinatown 4K
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- The West Wing: The Complete Series BD
- The Walking Dead (1936)
- Sweethearts (1938)
- The Return of Doctor X (1939)
- The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)
- A Man Called Shenandoah
- For Your Consideration (2006)
- Godzilla Minus One 4K
- Toho
- ClassicFlix
- The Little Rascals: The Restored Silents Volume One
- Hussy BD
- Cross Creek
- Arabesque 4K
- Danger: Diabolik 4K
- Mario Bava
- Plenty (1985)
- The Classic Ghosts (1973)
- California (1947)
- Michael Mann
- The Keep (1983)
- Rhino Records
- Chicago IX
- Black Sabbath: Live Evil
- Dolby Atmos
- BD Audio
- Carly Simon: No Secrets
- Seal
- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Long After Dark
- Colin Cantwell new website
Imprint reveals The NeverEnding Story in 4K, plus Arrow’s November has At Close Range, Invasion, A Simple Plan, Elvira, Tomie & the Shawscope: Volume Three Blu-ray box!
We’re finishing up the week with a pair of additional disc reviews here, including...
Stephen’s look at John Krasinski’s If (2024) in 4K Ultra HD from Paramount.
And Stuart’s thoughts on Vittorio De Seta’s Bandits of Orgosolo (1960) on Blu-ray from Radiance Films.
As always, more reviews are on the way, so be sure to watch for them.
We’ve also just finished a massive update of our 4K Ultra HD Release List here at The Bits as promised to include everything announced for the format in the last few weeks, with A/V details (if known) and Amazon.com pre-order links (if available). We’ve also included some rumored titles from our industry sources and there are a few surprises in there, so you’ll definitely want to give it a look!
And we’ve got a few more new disc announcements for you here today, starting with Imprint’s revelation that they’re releasing Wolfgang Petersen’s The NeverEnding Story (1984) on 4K Ultra HD on 11/27, the final of four catalog 4Ks the company is releasing that month! The release is timed to celebrate the film’s 40th anniversary. This will be a 5-disc set that includes the original US Theatrical Cut and the German Extended Cut on separate 4K Ultra HD discs, the former with Dolby Vision HDR and the latter with HDR10. Both cuts will also be included on separate Blu-rays, and you’ll get an additional Blu-ray that features Lisa Downs’ all-new Life After NeverEnding Story feature-length documentary. [Read on here...]
- Kino Classics
- The Cabinet of Dr Caligari 4K
- Kino Lorber
- The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert 4K
- A Bridge too Far 4K
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- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Stephen Bjork
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Via Vision Entertainment
- Imprint Films
- Convoy 4K
- Sam Peckinpah
- Arrow Video
- If 4K review
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Bandits of Orgosolo BD review
- Radiance Films
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- The Neverending Story 4K
- Wolfgang Peterson
- Life After NeverEnding Story documentary
- Lisa Downs
- At Close Range BD
- Elvira: Mistress of the Dark 4K
- A Simple Plan 4K
- Sam Raimi
- Tomie BD
- Shawscope: Volume Three BD box set
- Baby Blood 4K
- Kino Cult
- Arabesque 4K
- Stanley Donen
- Reacher: Season Two 4K
- Dr Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas 4K
- The Invasion (2007) 4K
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
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- 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
The Warner Archive LIVES and teases Looney Tunes: V4 on Blu-ray, plus A24’s The Zone of Interest on 4K Ultra HD & Kino Lorber’s Shelf Space!
We start as always today with more new disc reviews, including…
Stephen’s look at Jonathan Demme’s Last Embrace (1979) in 4K Ultra HD from Vinegar Syndrome’s excellent Cinématographe line, as well as John Waters’ Cry-Baby (1990) in 4K Ultra HD from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Stuart’s reviews of Andrzej Żuławski’s L’important c’est d’Aimer... (1975) on Blu-ray from Film Movement via Vinegar Syndrome, along with John Guillermin’s The Whole Truth (1958) on Blu-ray from Powerhouse Films’ Indicator label.
And Dennis’ take on Boaz Yakin’s Fresh (1994) on Blu-ray from Via Vision’s Imprint Films.
Now then, there’s some exciting release news for us to share with you today, but first we want to take a moment to clear up some confusion: The Warner Archive Collection is still the Warner Archive Collection!
Many of you have probably seen that their Facebook page was suddenly rebranded as Warner Classics (click here for the link). But rest assured, the Warner Archive Collection remains! Warner is simply trying to unite all of its “classic film” marketing activity in one social media space. So while the Warner Archive Collection remains the core of this page, you’ll also learn here about forthcoming classic film releases on Blu-ray and 4K UHD from the studio proper, as well as theatrical screening activity, and the like. So everyone can relax—Warner Archive has not disappeared!
In fact, Warner Archive has just shared some excellent release news: The Looney Tunes Collector’s Choice: Volume 4 Blu-ray is officially coming on 11/26! You can see their official Facebook post here. Details of the actual shorts the set will include are yet to be announced, but the release is definitely now in production. Great news indeed! [Read on here...]
- Murder on the Orient Express (1974) 4K
- Paramount
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
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- Stephen Bjork
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Dennis Seuling
- Warner Archive Collection
- Warner Classics
- Last Embrace 4K review
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Cinématographe
- Cry Baby 4K review
- L’important c’est d’Aimer BD review
- Film Movement
- The Whole Truth BD review
- Indicator Films
- Via Vision
- Imprint Films
- Fresh BD review
- Looney Tunes Collector’s Choice: Volume 4
- Collateral 4K Steelbook
- A24
- The Zone of Interest 4K
- Rick and Morty: The Complete Seasons 1 to 7 DVD
- Criterion Collection
- About Dry Grasses
- Janus Contemporaries
- Ultraman Taiga: The Complete Series
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- Dark Arts Entertainment
- Terror Firma
- Young Sheldon: The Complete Series
- Black Belly of the Tarantula
- Celluloid Dreams
- High Crime
- Blue Underground
- Kino Lorber
- Shelf Space YouTube chat
- Frank Tarzi
- Eric D Wilkinson
- Xanadu 4K
- Darkroom
- When the Bullet Hits the Bone
- Cheerleaders Wild Weekend
Universal sets The Fall Guy for 7/23, Shout!’s September slate, Reacher: Season 2 on disc & and no, Sony is not quitting the Blu-ray business
Morning everyone, and welcome to the first week of July!
I’ve been very busy over the weekend working on new disc reviews, frankly probably a little too hard—I should probably have taken more of a break to recharge. Nevertheless, I’ve completed a trio of new reviews for you all to enjoy, so today we present...
My take on Luc Besson’s La Femme Nikita (1990) new on 4K Ultra HD Steelbook from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment—a great 4K remaster of one of my favorite films.
My look at Ron Frank’s funny and poignant documentary Remembering Gene Wilder (2023) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber—which covers the actor’s life and career in detail, and features interviews with Mel Brooks and other friends.
And finally, my review of a surprise title that just arrived on Sunday morning: Jan de Bont’s Twister (1996) in 4K Ultra HD from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment—a terrific remaster that leaves this film looking and sounding better than it ever has before.
I’m also working to finish another review today, which is Alex Garland’s Civil War. I expect to have that up here by tomorrow. And of course, the rest of the Bits team is working on new reviews as well, so be sure to check back for those over the coming days.
Now then, in announcement news this afternoon, Universal has officially set David Leitch’s The Fall Guy (2024) for release on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on 7/23. The package will include both the Theatrical Cut and an Extended Cut of the film with 20 minutes of additional footage. Extras will feature audio commentary on both of those with director Leitch and producer Kelly McCormick, a gag reel, alternate takes, the 5-part Stunts on Stunts: Breaking Down the Action documentary, and 6 featurettes (Making a Meta Masterpiece, How to Break a World Record, Nightclub Mayhem, The Art of Doubling, Making Metalstorm, and Falling for The Fall Guy with Rob Reese). You can see the cover artwork at left and also below. [Read on here...]
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- Shout! Studios
- Reacher: Season Two BD and 4K
- Sony's Bluray business
- La Femme Nikita 4K Steelbook review
- Luc Besson
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Remembering Gene Wilder BD review
- Ron Frank
- Kino Lorber
- Jan de Bont
- Twister 4K review
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- The Amityville Horror (2005) 4K
- The Boy 4K
- Creepshow BD Steelbook
- The Stepfather 4K
- Dances with Wolves BD Steelbook
- Doomsday 4K
- Village of the Damned 4K
- John Carpenter
- Run Lola Run 4K
- The Million Eyes of Sumuru 4K
- Blue Underground
- Scream Factory
- Shout! Factory
- Paramount
- A Quiet Place: Day One 4K
- Amazon Prime Video
- Reacher: Season Two BD
- Reacher: Season Two 4K
- Sony BD layoffs
- The Mainichi
Sony returns A League of Their Own to 4K with Dolby Vision, plus new KLSC Blu-ray & Ultra HD titles, and join our member-only Digital Bits “Ask Us Anything” Live Chat on Patreon tomorrow!
We’re rounding out the week here at The Bits with a pair of additional disc reviews, including...
Stephen’s thoughts on Yuzuru Tachikawa’s anime Blue Giant (2023) on Blu-ray from GKids via Shout! Studios.
And Dennis’ take on Sophie Compton and Reuben Hamlyn’s Another Body (2023) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome.
Also today, we’ve updated our 4K Ultra HD Release List here at The Bits with all the latest announced 4K titles as well as those we’ve learned are coming from our industry sources.
Over on our Patreon page, many of you have asked us for an Annual Membership option in order to get the best value while backing us and supporting The Bits there. So we’re very pleased to finally make it available today. Signing up as a Patreon supporter of The Bits via the Annual Membership option (at whatever support level you choose) gives you a 10% discount.
And while we’re talking Patreon, we’re going to be holding a members-only Digital Bits: “Ask Us Anything” Live Chat on Patreon tomorrow (Saturday, June 15th) at 11 AM Pacific (1 PM Central, or 6 PM UTC). I’ll be on hand to participate, along with Tim Salmons and Stephen Bjork. You can ask us about physical media, 4K, Blu-ray, film in general, our work, our interests—pretty much any topic other than politics is fair game. While there may be a few questions (about specific upcoming titles) that we can’t answer, we’ll do our best to tackle all questions as they come in. Our goal is to go live for at least an hour. And if everything goes smoothly, we’ll continue for a second hour (provided there’s enough demand/questions to warrant doing so). We hope to see you there! [Read on here...]
- Bob le Flambeur 4K
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Back the Bits
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- Bluray
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- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Tim Salmons
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Stephen Bjork
- Dennis Seuling
- Blue Giant BD review
- GKids
- Shout! Studios
- Another Body BD review
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- Patreon Annual Memberships
- Digital Bits Ask Us Anything Live Chat on Patreon
- Penny Marshall
- A League of Their Own 4K with Dolby Vision
- Kino Lorber
- Le Doulos 4K
- Jean Pierre Melville
- Prime Cut 4K
- Last Year at Marienbad 4K
- The Ladykillers 4K
- Sudden Death 4K
- French New Wave
- Alain Resnais
- Michael Ritchie
- Alexander Mackendrick
- Peter Hyams
- Bert I Gordon
- Empire of the Ants BD
- The Food of the Gods BD
- Frogs BD
- Squirm BD
- Kino Cult
- Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XXII
- The Enforcer
- The Scarlet Hour
- Plunder Road
- Rocky: The Knockout Collection 4K replacement program
- Rocky: Ultimate Knockout Collection
- replacement discs
Friends: The Complete Series in 4K, plus the Ted Lasso Blu-ray is official, Rocky: Ultimate Knockout, Civil War & Drive (2011) in Ultra HD in the States at last!
All right, we’ve got a big news update here at The Bits for you today, and we’ll be back with a second update early tomorrow morning—there’s a ton of new title announcements, breaking news, and rumors to address at the moment. So let’s get started.
First, as always, some new disc reviews...
Tim has turned in his thoughts on Hanna-Barbera’s animated Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf (1988) and Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (1988) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.
And Stuart has offered his take on Giulio Petroni’s Death Rides a Horse (1967) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, Piero Regnoli’s The Playgirls and the Vampire (1960) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome, and Éric Rohmer’s The Aviator’s Wife (1981) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber proper.
More reviews are coming in the next day or two, so be sure to stay tuned for them.
Also, just to let you all know, I’ve shared a new exclusive blog post on The Digital Bits’ Patreon page that I think will get a lot of you physical media fans pretty excited. It’s called 2025 Will Be a Big Year for 4K (and We Should Appreciate Every Minute), and there’s good news in there—remember where you heard it first!—that we’ll be talking about here at The Bits a bunch in the weeks and months ahead. Don’t forget that becoming a paid member of our Patreon (for as little as $6 a month) is a great way to help support our work here at The Bits, and we really do appreciate it!
Now then, the big news today is that Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment has just revealed that they’re releasing Friends: The Complete Series in 4K Ultra HD—no kidding—on 9/24, in honor of the series’ 30th anniversary! We don’t have any other details yet, but the set is now available for pre-order on Amazon for SRP $249.99 (click here for the link). We expect an official press release any day now. While we wait, you can see the cover artwork at left and also below. [Read on here...]
- Rocky: Ultimate Knockout Collection 4K
- John Avildsen
- Sylvester Stallone
- Rocky Balboa 4K Steelbook
- Rocky V 4K Steelbook
- Amazon MGM Studios
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Tim Salmons
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Hanna Barbera
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Warner Bros
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Scooby Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf BD review
- Scooby Doo and the Ghoul School BD review
- Death Rides a Horse BD review
- The Playgirls and the Vampire BD review
- The Aviator's Wife BD review
- Warner Archive Collection
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Kino Lorber
- 2025 Will Be a Big Year for 4K
- Friends: The Complete Series 4K box set
- Ted Lasso: The Richmond Way BD
- AppleTV+
- Alex Garland
- Lionsgate Home Entertainment
- Civil War 4K
- Charles de Lauzirika
- Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland’s Civil War documentary
- Nicolas Winding Refn
- Drive (2011) 4K
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Back in the Driver’s Seat
Wish, Color Purple (2023), The Guyver in 4K, new KLSC titles, Thunderheart, Second Sight’s Hitcher update & David J. Skal RIP
This is the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday here in the States, so there’s not a lot of release news happening at the moment. But we do have a few things to report for you today, plus some new disc reviews including...
Stuart’s thoughts on Kino Classics’ Soundies: The Ultimate Collection Blu-ray set, featuring short films of the 1940s, and E.A. Dupont’s Picadilly (1929) Blu-ray from Milestone Films and Kino Lorber.
Dennis’ take on Miloš Forman’s Valmont (1989) and Robert Wise’s Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, as well as W.S. Van Dyke’s Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.
And Stephen’s look at Michael Mann’s Blackhat (2015) on 4K Ultra HD from Arrow Video, as well as Joel M. Reed’s Bloodsucking Freaks (1976) and Michael Armstrong’s Mark of the Devil (1970) in 4K Ultra HD from Vinegar Syndrome.
More reviews are forthcoming all this week, so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for them!
In announcement news today, Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment has officially set Blitz Bazawule’s The Color Purple (2023) for release on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on 3/12, with the Digital release expected tomorrow on 1/16. Extras will include 4 behind-the-scenes featurettes (including Creating The Color Purple: A Bold New Take on the Beloved Classic, Hell Yes! The Iconic Characters of The Color Purple, In the Flow: Creating The Color Purple’s Biggest Musical Moments, and A Story For Me: The Legacy of The Color Purple). You can see the cover art below. [Read on here...]
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- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Thunderheart remastered BD
- The Guyver 4K
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Second Sight
- The Hitcher 4K
- David J Skal RIP
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Dennis Seuling
- Stephen Bjork
- Soundies BD review
- Picadilly BD review
- Milestone Films
- Kino Lorber
- Valmont BD review
- Odds Against Tomorrow BD review
- Tarzan the Ape Man BD review
- Warner Archive Collection
- Arrow Video
- Blackhat 4K review
- Bloodsucking Freaks 4K review
- Mark of the Devil 4K review
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Eli Roth
- Thanksgiving (2023) BD
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- The Bat Whispers (1930)
- VCI Entertainment
- Unearthed Classics
- Doctor Who
- All Ladies Do It 4K
- Cult Epics
- Acorn
- Midsomer Murders: Series 24
- Doctor Who: The Daleks in Color
- Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
- BBC
A Se7en 4K update, Shout! & Henson Co. make a new distribution deal & more, plus Bill Mechanic gets it
We’re finishing the week here at The Bits first with more new disc reviews, including…
Stuart’s take on Fran Rubel Kuzui’s Tokyo Pop (1988) and Michael Powell’s The Edge of the World (1937) both on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Dennis’ thoughts on Allen Baron’s Blast of Silence (1961) on Blu-ray from Criterion, Josh Greenbaum’s Strays (2023) on Blu-ray from Universal, Bernard Girard’s Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966) on Blu-ray from Imprint Films, and Val Guest’s The Quartermass Xperiment (1955) on Blu-ray from Hammer Films via Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And Stephen’s review of The Films of Doris Wishman: The Daylight Years on Blu-ray from AGFA, Something Weird, and Vinegar Syndrome, Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen – Parts One and Two (2023) on 4K Ultra HD from Warner Bros. and DC, and Jannik Hastrup and Flemming Quist Møller’s animated classic Benny’s Bathtub (1971) on Blu-ray from Deaf Crocodile via Vinegar Syndrome.
As always, more reviews are forthcoming next week, so be sure to watch for them.
Also, we’ve posted a few interesting things on our new Patreon page, including a new film review (not a disc review) from Stephen of Takashi Yamazaki’s Godzilla Minus One (2023) as well as a blog post from yours truly about the future 4K Ultra HD plans of a major studio we tend to talk a lot about here at the site. I’ll have more to say about that subject here on The Bits in the weeks and months ahead, but the blog posts I’ve been doing on Patreon felt like the more appropriate place to vent a little bit on the subject. [Read on here...]
- Kino Lorber
- Back the Bits
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- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Se7en 4K
- David Fincher
- George Lucas
- Imprint
- James Cameron
- Shout! Studios
- The Jim Henson Company
- Labyrinth
- The Dark Crystal
- Bill Mechanic editorial
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Dennis Seuling
- Stephen Bjork
- Tokyo Pop BD review
- The Edge of the World BD review
- Blast of Silence BD review
- Strays BD review
- Dead Heat on a Merry Go Round BD review
- The Quartermass Xperiment BD review
- The Films of Doris Wishman BD review
- Justice League x RWBY 4K review
- Benny's Bathtub BD review
- Vinegar Syndrome
Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, plus The Abyss: SE in 4K on Apple TV, Ferrari, Se7en & lots more Blu-ray & UHD announcement news!
Well, folks... it’s a new year and time to get right back into the thick of things in terms of physical media news. And we have a bunch to catch you up on here at The Bits today.
Before we get started though, I wanted to call your attention to Michael Coate’s latest History, Legacy & Showmanship column here at The Bits, which we posted on New Year’s Eve. It features a great retrospective and roundtable interview with film historians celebrating the 50th anniversary of George Lucas’ classic American Graffiti (1973). Its 9 pages and 17 chapters are packed with great reading, so do be sure to check it out.
I’d also like to start the new year by with another quick Patreon pitch: If you believe in the work we do here at The Bits in support of physical media, we’d like to ask you to consider becoming a supporter of the site on Patreon. I’ve been sharing exclusive blog posts there, and it’s becoming a great little community—a fun and welcoming place to share your love of Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD with fellow enthusiasts. You can join for as low as $6 a month (or as much as you’d like to contribute) and it really makes a difference in helping us to grow and continue our work here at the site. So thank you!
Now then, the big news item this afternoon is that Lionsgate has just officially set Francis Lawrence’s The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes for Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD release on 2/13, with the Digital release due on 1/30. There will also be a Walmart-exclusive 4K Steelbook release on 2/13. The 4K and Blu-ray will include the following special features: audio commentary with Lawrence and producer Nina Jacobson, the 8-part Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes documentary (note that both the commentary and documentary are exclusive to the physical release), Rachel Zegler’s The Hanging Tree music video, the A Letter to the Fans featurette, and the theatrical trailer. You can see the 4K cover art at left and also below.
FYI, Lionsgate is also releasing John Woo’s Silent Night (2023) on Blu-ray and DVD on 1/30. The film stars Joel Kinnaman (of For All Mankind fame). [Read on here...]
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