Displaying items by tag: Kino Lorber Studio Classics
T2 in 4K again (but remastered or not is TBD), plus Doctor Who: S17 on Blu-ray, Outsiders 4K pre-orders, Revenge of the Shogun Women 3D & more
We’ve got a quick release news update here at The Bits for you today. But first, more new disc reviews...
I’ve just given a pair of titles from Sony’s new Columbia Classics: Volume 2 box set a look in 4K Ultra HD, including Carol Reed’s Oliver! (1968) and Otto Preminger’s Anatomy of a Murder (1959). That last review includes film comments by our dear friend Barrie Maxwell, the late great Digital Bits classic film columnist.
Also, Tim has taken a look at Random Space Media’s recent Resident Evil: Six Movie Collection, which includes the first six films in that series in 4K Ultra HD. It’s very similar in content to Sony’s 2020 release and it’s an all-region Australian import.
And Stephen has reviewed Ari Aster’s Misdommar: Director’s Cut in 4K Ultra HD, which is only available directly from A24 via their online web shop.
All of these releases are well worth a look for cinema fans, so do check out the reviews.
Just to give you a sneak peek at what’s coming next review-wise, I’m going to continue working my way through Sony’s Columbia Classics: Volume 2 4K titles as well as the Universal Classic Monsters: Icons of Horror Collection in 4K. All of those reviews should be posted here at The Bits by mid next week. Tim’s also working on Legend on Blu-ray from Arrow, and Stephen and Dennis are working through a stack of new titles too. So stay tuned for lots more reviews in the week ahead and beyond. [Read on here...]
- Tim Salmons
- Stephen Bjork
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- T2 4K Steelbook
- Doctor Who: The Complete Season 17 BD
- The Outsiders: The Complete Novel 4K
- Revenge of the Shogun Women BD3D
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 4K
- Bob Furmanek
- Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection: Volume 2
- Oliver! 4K review
- Anatomy of a Murder 4K review
- Midsommar: Director's Cut 4K review
- Resident Evil: Six Movie Collection 4K review
- Lionsgate
- StudioCanal
- Hacksaw Ridge 4K
- The Eyes of Tammy Faye BD
- Naked Singularity BD
- Drive 4K
- Carlotta Films
- The Adventures of Antoine Doinel 4K
Marvel and Disney set Shang-Chi for Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K on 11/30, plus Kino’s new Kino Cult streaming service!
All right, we’re rounding out the week with another trio of new disc reviews...
First, Tim has turned in this thoughts on Simon McQuoid’s Mortal Kombat (2021) in 4K Ultra HD from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.
Stephen has offered a review of Robert Aldrich’s Vera Cruz (1954), an influential UA/MGM titles new on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And I’ve taken a look at The Little Rascals: The ClassicFlix Restorations – Volume 2 on Blu-ray, which includes the next set of 11 vintage shorts from 1930 to 1931.
More reviews are on the way for next week, so be sure to check back for them. [Read on here...]
- Tim Salmons
- Stephen Bjork
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- ShangChi and The Legend of The Ten Rings 4K
- Marvel
- Disney
- Destin Daniel Cretton
- Mortal Kombat 4K review
- Vera Cruz BD review
- The Little Rascals: The ClassicFlix Restorations – Volume 2 BD review
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Kino Lorber
- Kino Cult streaming service
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
Paramount sets Harold and Maude for Blu-ray release on 12/7, plus Alan Alda’s The Four Seasons, an L.A. Story update & more
Afternoon, everyone! I trust you all had a great weekend.
We’ve got some more new disc reviews for you today, as expected, with more on the way all week long.
First up, I’ve given Tom Lowe immersive and mesmerizing native 4K documentary Awaken a look on Ultra HD from our friends at Gunpowder & Sky and DUST, via Vinegar Syndrome. Think Samsara and Baraka and you’re in the fight ballpark. The film is really gorgeous and it’s a nice 4K release, so do give it a look if you’re interested.
Also today, Tim has reviewed the great Carl Reiner’s Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (1982) a look on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics. As most of you know, this classic comedy stars Steve Martin.
And Dennis has turned in his thoughts on Neil Jordan’s Mona Lisa (1986), as recently-released on Blu-ray by our friends at The Criterion Collection.
All of these titles are worth a look. [Read on here...]
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Paramount Studios Home Entertainment
- Paramount Presents
- Harold and Maude BD
- Awaken 4K review
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid BD review
- Mona Lisa BD review
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Criterion
- Skull: The Mask
- The Four Seasons BD
- Alan Alda
- LA Story BD
- Lionsgate
- Akira Kurosawa's Ran 4K
- Highlander 4K
- Mick Jackson
- The Silence of the Lambs 4K review update
Warner sets Reminiscence for Blu-ray & 4K on 11/9, plus Flesh for Frankenstein, new Kino Lorber Studio Classics titles & more
We have some new announcement news for you today, but first more reviews...
I’ve posted my thoughts on Marvel’s Black Widow in 4K Ultra HD, directed by Cate Shortland. And surprise, the film is finally available to order from Amazon.com, so there’s that.
Also today, Tim has reviewed Michael Chaves’ The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It in 4K UHD from Warner Bros. Note that the studio is now calling it The Conjuring 3 just to avoid confusion.
And finally, Dennis has turned in his two cents on George Stevens’ A Place in the Sun (1951) as newly-released on Blu-ray as part of the Paramount Presents line-up.
More reviews are coming tomorrow, so keep your eyes peeled for them. [Read on here...]
- The Crown: Season Four BD
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Tim Salmons
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Reminiscence 4K
- Marvel
- Black Widow 4K review
- The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It 4K review
- A Place in the Sun BD review
- Dennis Seuling
- Flesh for Frankenstein 4K
- Nine Days BD
- I Carry You With Me BD
- No Man of God BD
- Violation BD
- Fried Barry BD
- Bevis and Butt Head Do America BD
- The Film Detective
- The Amazing Mr X BD
- Frankenstein's Daughter BD
- Dear Evan Hansen 4K
- The Many Saints of Newark 4K
- Monster Hunter 4K Steelbook
- Prisoners of the Ghostland 4K
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Miloš Forman
- Amadeus 4K
- Jet Pilot
- To Hell and Back
The Sparks Brothers, Incredible Hulk, MacGyver, a Koch Wong Kar-wai 4K update & more new Ultra HD pre-orders
We have just a quick news update for you here today, as I’m personally working on more new 4K reviews...
But Stephen has just turned in his thoughts on Phillipe Labro’s The Hunter Will Get You (1976) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And Tim has delivered not just one but two new reviews of Bernard McEveety’s The Brotherhood of Satan (1971) on Blu-ray, including this one from Imprint/Via Vision Entertainment and this one from Arrow Video.
Also here at The Bits today, we’ve updated our 4K Ultra HD Release List, to include new 4K titles now available for pre-order, as well as our Release Dates & Artwork section, which has LOTS of new cover artwork for forthcoming Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD titles along with pre-order links. As always, whenever you order literally anything from Amazon after clicking to them from one of our links, you’re helping to support our work here at The Bits and we really appreciate it. [Read on here...]
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Stephen Bjork
- Tim Salmons
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- The Hunter Will Get You BD review
- The Brotherhood of Satan BD review
- Arrow Video
- Imprint Films
- The Sparks Brothers
- Edgar Wright
- The Incredible Hulk: The Complete Series BD
- MacGyver: The Complete Collection BD
- Koch Films
- Wong Kar Wai
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit 4K
- Free Guy 4K
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers 4K
- Three Films from Robert Rodriguez BD
- The Crown: Season Four BD
Criterion’s December slate, Mad Max sequels & more 4K news, Disney Movie Club animated Blu-rays & LOTS more!
We’re starting today with more new disc reviews...
First up is our review of John Carpenter’s The Thing in 4K Ultra HD from Universal. I did the 4K video, audio, and extras portions and the film review itself is by our old friend and ex-Bits staffer Dr. Adam Jahnke. The film has really never looked or sounded better. It’s a great remaster.
Next, we’ve reviewed Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange on 4K Ultra HD from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Again, I did the 4K video, audio, and extras portions and the actual film review is by our friend Todd Doogan, also a former and longtime Bits staffer. (This review is even written in Nadsat, which fans of the film may appreciate.)
Also, Tim has turned in his thoughts on Eloy de la Iglesia’s Cannibal Man (1972) on Blu-ray from Severin Films. If you’re wondering why the cover artwork is just the title only, it’s because Google Adsense sometimes flags our site when we post images of Blu-ray and 4K titles that feature graphically violent or suggestive imagery. When they do that, we lose advertising revenue. So once in a while, this becomes necessary. But all you have to do is click on the cover in the review to see the actual cover art on Amazon.
And finally today, Stephen has posted a review of Ralph Nelson’s Lilies of the Field (1963), a Sidney Poitier film newly-released on Blu-ray by Kino Lorber Studio Classics. [Read on here...]
- Don't Breathe 2 4K
- Disney Movie Club
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Tim Salmons
- Stephen Bjork
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- The Thing 4K review
- A Clockwork Orange 4K review
- Cannibal Man BD review
- Lilies of the Field BD review
- Criterion December 2021 slate
- One Night in Miami BD
- The Red Shoes 4K
- The Learning Tree BD
- Old 4K
- Hackshaw Ridge 4K
- The Protege 4K
- Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within 4K
- Batman: Year One 4K
- Mad Max Anthology 4K
- Mad Max: The Road Warrior 4K
- Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome 4K
- Make Mine Music BD
- Melody Time BD
- Norm Macdonald RIP
- The Ultimate Richard Pryor Collection: Uncensored DVD
- SpaceX
- Inspiration4
- Netflix
- Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space
Wolf of Wall Street 4K, new Disney Movie Club titles, Sony 4K delays, Bill guests on Let’s Get Physical Media & MUCH more!
Welcome to a new week, folks! Let’s start things off today with some new disc reviews...
First up, Tim has posted his thoughts on Sidney Salkow’s The Last Man on Earth (1964) starring Vincent Price, which is newly-released on Blu-ray by our friends at Kino Lorber Studio Classics. Tim has also taken a look at Arrow Video’s excellent new Cold War Creatures: Four Films from Sam Katzman Blu-ray box set, which streets tomorrow and includes Creature with the Atom Brain, The Werewolf, Zombies of Mora Tau, and The Giant Claw.
Meanwhile, Stephen has offered up his thoughts on Sidney Lumet’s Prince of the City (1981), new on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection, as well as Wolfgang Peterson’s The NeverEnding Story on German-import 4K Ultra HE from Constantin Film. Note that both the 4K and Blu-ray discs in that package are region free.
And finally, Dennis has turned in his thoughts on Douglas Hickcox’s Theater of Blood (1973), also starring Vincent Price, also newly-available on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
All of those titles are worth a look and we’ve got more Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD reviews coming in the days ahead (including my thoughts on The Thing and Black Widow in 4K). So be sure to watch for those. [Read on here...]
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Stephen Bjork
- Tim Salmons
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment
- Dennis Seuling
- The Last Man on Earth BD review
- Cold War Creatures: Four Films from Sam Katzman BD review
- Prince of the City BD review
- The NeverEnding Story 4K review
- Theater of Blood BD review
- The Wolf of Wall Street 4K
- Disney Movie Club
- The Watcher in the Woods BD
- Flight of the Navigator BD
- Something Wicked This Way Comes BD
- Happy Together 4K
- Koch Films
- In the Moon for Live BD
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 4K delays
- Let's Get Physical Media
- Robert Meyer Burnett
- Dieter Bastian
- George Feltenstein
- SpaceX launch tonight over Los Angeles and SoCal
- Don't Breathe 2 4K
Warner’s Middle-Earth 4K set is official, plus more catalog Ultra HD, a few words on StudioCanal’s T2: 30th & MUCH more
We have a bit more ground to cover today, news-wise (and just as expected), but first we have a few more disc reviews for you…
Stephen has taken a look at Robert Altman’s Nashville, as newly released on Blu-ray by Paramount as part of their Paramount Presents line. From Stephen’s review, it sounds like the title is pretty good.
And Tim has reviewed the animated Batman: The Long Halloween – Part One and Part Two on Blu-ray Disc. Part One came out in June from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and DC, while Part Two just came out last month. Both are apparently well worth a look.
As always, more reviews are on the way, so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for them. [Read on here...]
- Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment
- The Hobbit 4K
- The Lord of the Rings 4K
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Tim Salmons
- Stephen Bjork
- Middle Earth: Ultimate Collector's Edition
- Nashville BD review
- Batman: The Long Halloween Part One BD review
- Batman: The Long Halloween Part Two BD review
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Cry Baby 4K
- I Spit on Your Grave 4K
- Ronin Flix
- Studio Canal
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day 30th Anniversary Edition 4K
- Paramount Plus
- Paramount+
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture The Director's Edition 4K
- Lana Wachowski
- The Matrix Resurrections trailer
- Mad Max: Fury Road vehicle audio
- Doof Wagon for sale
- Night Shift BD
- Sword of Desperation BD
- The Protege 4K
- Indiana Jones 4K Steelbooks
- Warning BD
- On the Rocks BD
- Injustice 4K
- Robotech: Part 1 The Macross Saga BD
- Snowpiercer: The Complete Second Season BD
Criterion’s Uncut Gems in 4K, plus The Green Knight, Scream’s Krampus 4K, new Shout!/Kino Lorber Studio Classics catalog titles & more
We’ve got some reviews to catch up on here at The Bits this afternoon...
Over the past couple of days, we’ve posted a number of new Blu-ray reviews, including Stephen’s thoughts on Kensuke Sonomura’s Hydra (2019) from Well Go USA, Savage Steve Holland’s One Crazy Summer (1986) from the Warner Archive Collection, and Jacques Deray’s The Outsider (1983) and Harold Becker’s The Black Marble (1980) from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And Tim has turned in his thoughts on Tom McLoughlin’s One Dark Night (1983) from the MVD Rewind Collection, the Friday the 13th: 8-Movie Collection from Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment, and Umbrella Entertainment’s Drive-In Delirium: The Final Conflict, which feature a whopping 181 classic film trailers. All of these titles are well worth a look, so do give the reviews a try.
In announcement news today, Criterion has revealed that they’re adding a physical 4K Ultra HD release of Uncut Gems to their November release slate. The Blu-ray and DVD release are moving to 11/23, which is the date the 4K will arrive as well. And all three are getting new cover artwork, which you can now here see on the left and also below. [Read on here...]
- Some Like It Hot 4K
- In Bruges 4K
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- The Appendices
- Peter Jackson
- Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment
- Vanilla Sky: Paramount Presents BD
- Alamo Drafthouse Cast Reunion
- Cannes Presentation Reel
- The Hobbit 4K
- The Lord of the Rings 4K
- Middle Earth: Ultimate Collector's Edition
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Shout! Factory
- GKids
- Neon Genesis Evangelion: Collector's Edition
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- The 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Tim Salmons
- Stephen Bjork
- Hydra BD review
- One Crazy Summer BD review
- The Outsider BD review
- The Black Marble BD review
- One Dark Night BD review
- Friday the 13th: 8 Movie Collection BD review
- Drive In Delirium: The Final Conflict BD review
- Uncut Gems 4K
- Criterion Collection
- The Green Knight 4K
- Lionsgate
- Apocalypse Now: Final Cut 4K Steelbook
- Arrow Video
- Scream Factory
- Dracula: Dead and Loving It BD
- Krampus: The Naughty Cut 4K
Middle-Earth UCE revealed (but not yet announced), plus more Neon Genesis Evangelion SKUs, a remastered Vanilla Sky & more
All right, we’ve got a bit of breaking news to cover today, so let’s get right to it...
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is close to announcing their long-awaited Middle-Earth 31-Disc Ultimate Collector’s Edition box set, which will include the Theatrical and Extended versions of all six Hobbit and Lord of the Rings films on both 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray (including the remastered Lord of the Rings films on Blu-ray) along with a Blu-ray bonus disc of new content that (per our sources) is expected to include the 26-minute presentation reel shown at Cannes in 2001, and the Alamo Drafthouse cast reunion in 3 parts. In total, we expect this to be about 90 minutes of new content in all. (Note that the existing audio commentaries will also carry over on the actual film discs.) You’ll also get a 64-page book of costume sketches, photography, and production notes, plus 7 “travel poster” artwork cards.
Please be advised that The Appendices will not be included in this new set (that was confirmed when WB first revealed the set last year) so don’t start selling your existing Blu-ray and 4K sets in anticipation of buying the new one assuming that everything will be included in it.
Warner’s official announcement should come at any time, but we’ve got a sneak peek at what the set looks like in the meantime from a new listing on the Wow HD UK webstore, which currently shows a street date of October 26 (click here for that, and you can see the packaging below)... [Read on here...]
- The 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Neon Genesis Evangelion: Collector's Edition
- GKids
- Shout! Factory
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Middle Earth: Ultimate Collector's Edition
- The Lord of the Rings 4K
- The Hobbit 4K
- Cannes Presentation Reel
- Alamo Drafthouse Cast Reunion
- Vanilla Sky: Paramount Presents BD
- Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment
- Peter Jackson
- The Appendices
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- In Bruges 4K
- Some Like It Hot 4K
- It's a Wonderful Life BD
- Ed Asner RIP
- Sonny Chiba RIP