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Ambulance, The Contractor, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent & Angel Heart are all official for 4K Ultra HD, plus Blu-ray news & more
Before we kick off the day’s release news here at the site today, be sure to check out Stephen’s latest Blu-ray review, which features the Miklos Jancso Collection on from Kino Classics. It includes 7 films made by Jancso from 1966 to 1974.
Now then, Paramount has officially set Tarik Saleh’s The Contractor for Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD release on 6/7. The Digital version is widely available now. The film stars Chris Pine and Ben Foster. AV specs on the 4K are TBA.
Universal has made Michael Bay’s Ambulance official for release on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on 6/14, with the Digital release expected next week on 5/23. Both the Blu-ray and 4K will feature Dolby Atmos audio. The latter will include Dolby Vision HDR as well. And look for extras to include 6 behind-the-scenes featurettes (Bayhem, Aerial Assault, Chase Capitol of the World, Pedal to the Metal, Finding Ambulance, and A Tribute to First Responders). [Read on here...]
- Apple TV+
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Stephen Bjork
- Miklos Jancso Collection BD review
- Lionsgate
- Paramount
- Universal
- The Contractor 4K
- Ambulance 4K
- The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent 4K
- Angel Heart 4K Steelbook Best Buy exclusive
- The Green Planet 4K
- David Attenborough
- Moonshot
- Compartment No 6
- Eraser: Reborn
- Tyson's Run
- Aliens Clowns & Geeks BD
- Richard Elfman
- Jorge Grau
- Synapse Films
- The Living Dead and Manchester Morgue BD
- All About Evil
- Ninja Badass BD
- Prehistoric Planet
Giant 4K is official, plus The Lost City, Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Event Horizon & No Way Home 3D (maybe)
We’ve got some significant title news for you today, along with what could be a surprise for 3D fans. But first, a couple of quick new disc reviews...
Tim has turned in his thoughts on Cheh Chang’s Disciples of Shaolin (1975), a Shaw Brothers title on Blu-ray from 88 Films.
And Stephen has taken a look at Buzz Kulik’s The Hunter (1980) on Blu-ray from Imprint Films, which also happens to be the final film of actor Steve McQueen.
Both are worth a look, and as always there are more new disc reviews on the way all this week so be sure to watch for them.
In terms of announcement news today, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has just made George Stevens, Sr.’s Giant (1956) official for 4K Ultra HD release on 6/21. The epic western stars Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, and of course James Dean in his final role. [Read on here...]
- Event Horizon 4K
- Imprint Films
- Paramount
- Random Space Media
- Stephen Bjork
- Tim Salmons
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Lionsgate
- Disciples of Shaolin BD review
- The Hunter BD review
- Giant 4K
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- The Lost City 4K
- The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent 4K
- Nicolas Cage
- Paul WS Anderson
- George Stevens Sr
- Ambulance 4K
- The Bad Guys 4K
- Spider Man: No Way Home 3D
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
Universal Soldier in 4K, plus Edge of Tomorrow, Ambulance, Criterion’s May 30% off sale & a cool update on The Gene Roddenberry Archive
Today’s update is brief, as I’m testing the Digital Bits site upgrade this week, but we do have some interesting news for you.
First though, a quick heads-up: Criterion is offering 30% off all their in-stock and pre-order titles in their online store throughout the month of May. So if there’s something you’re interested in, be sure to take advantage of the sale.
Also, Lionsgate has officially announced the 4K Ultra HD Steelbook release of Roland Emmerich’s Universal Soldier (1992) on 6/21 (SRP $27.99).
Extras will include audio commentary by Roland Emmerich, Dean Devlin, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Dolph Lundgren, a second commentary with just Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin, 2 featurettes (A Tale of Two Titans and Guns, Genes, and Fighting Machines), an alternate ending, a vintage Behind-the-Scenes piece, and the theatrical trailer. [Read on here...]
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Lionsgate
- Universal Soldier 4K Steelbook
- Edge of Tomorrow 4K
- Ambulance
- Michael Bay
- Roland Emmerich
- Doug Liman
- Criterion 30% off sale in May
- The Gene Roddenberry Archive
- Mike and Denise Okuda
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Contractor, Species, Get Carter and much more Blu-ray & 4K news
We have four new disc reviews for you to enjoy today, as follows...
Stephen has taken a look at Vinegar Syndrome’s new 4K Ultra HD double feature release of Schizoid and X-Ray here at The Bits, each an early 1980s B-grade slasher film.
Stephen has also reviewed Tom DeSimone’s Reform School Girls (1986) from Vinegar Syndrome, as well as George Marshall and Edward F. Cline’s You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man (1939) from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, each on standard Blu-ray.
As always, more reviews are on the way this week so be sure to check back for them. [Read on here...]
- Tim Salmons
- Stephen Bjork
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Schizoid/XRay 4K review
- You Can't Cheat an Honest Man BD review
- Reform School Girls BD review
- Hotel Transylvania BD3D review
- After Yang BD
- Kogonada
- Wolf Hound BD
- Good Burger: 25th Anniversary Edition BD
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Lionsgate
- Rough Cut: Paramount Presents BD
- The Contractor 4K
- Harlem Nights BD
- Boomerang BD
- Hacks: Season 1 BD
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- The Warner Archive Collection
- For Me and My Gal BD
- The Clock BD
- Ziegfeld Girl BD
- Ultraman Mebius Collection DVD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Imprint's June 2022 BD slate
- Species 4K
- Get Carter 4K
- BFI
- Arrow Video
- 12 Monkeys 4K
Moonfall is official, plus C’mon C’mon, Extreme Prejudice, Jackass Forever & Our Gang silent shorts coming from ClassicFlix
We’ve got more new disc reviews for you today, starting with Tim’s look at the animated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse in 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and Blu-ray 3D Combo from Random Space Media in Australia.
Also, Dennis has checked in with his thoughts on Robert Aldrich’s The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) on Blu-ray from the Criterion Collection.
And I’ve turned in my thoughts on Umbrella Entertainment’s new all-region Blu-ray release of the Frank Herbert’s Dune Collection, which includes both Frank Herbert’s Dune (2000) and also Children of Dune (2003).
More reviews are on the way for tomorrow and all throughout the week, so be sure to check back for them.
Now then, neither Paramount, nor Paramount+, nor StarTrek.com have posted that trailer for the Star Trek: The Motion Picture – Director’s Edition yet, but they keep blocking trailer leaks on YouTube and social media, so one assumes it’s coming soon. In any case, we’ll be sure to share it here and on our social when it’s finally official. [Read on here...]
- The Little Rascals: The ClassicFlix Restorations Volume 5 BD
- Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture The Director's Edition 4K
- Robert Wise
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Moonfall 4K
- Lionsgate
- Jackass Forever BD
- Extreme Prejudice BD
- Vestron Video Collector's Series
- King Tweety
- ClassicFlix
- Hal Roach Our Gang silent short restorations
- The Little Rascals: The ClassicFlix Restorations Volume 6 BD
Criterion’s June slate includes Shaft in 4K Ultra HD, plus 20th Century Studios announces Death on the Nile & more
All right, this is going to be the first of two news updates here at The Bits today, as we have multiple 4K and Blu-ray related developments that deserve their due attention. But first, more new disc reviews...
Tim has checked in with a look at Guillermo Del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth, as recently released on Blu-ray by Umbrella Entertainment.
Dennis has turned in his thoughts on Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci and Douglas Sirk’s Written on the Wind on Blu-ray, from Universal and Criterion respectively.
And Stephen has offered his take on Simon Kinberg’s The 355, David Hamilton’s Bilitis, Fred Schepisi’s The Devil’s Playground, and Mik Cribben’s Beware: Children at Play on Blu-ray, from Universal, Fun City Editions, Umbrella Entertainment, and Vinegar Syndrome.
Rest assure more reviews are on the way, so keep checking back! [Read on here...]
- Tim Salmons
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Stephen Bjork
- Dennis Seuling
- Criterion June 2022 slate
- Shaft 4K
- Tales of Hoffman
- Pink Flamingos
- Rogue
- The Worst Person in the World
- Farewell Amor
- 20th Century Studios
- Death on the Nile 4K
- Moonfall 4K
- Lionsgate
- Warhunt BD
- Treasure of the Four Crowns 3D
- Pan's Labyrinth BD review
- Written on the Wind BD review
- House of Gucci BD review
- Bilitis BD review
- The 355 BD review
- The Devil's Playground BD review
- Beware: Children at Play BD review
- The Criterion Spines Project
West Side Story Blu-ray details, plus Lamb in Ultra HD from A24, Criterion’s A Hard Day’s Night 4K replacement program & more
We have more new disc reviews for you today, and finally some official details on the Blu-ray and 4K release of West Wide Story from 20th Century Studios. As always, reviews first...
Dennis has turned in his thoughts on Ian Sharp’s The Final Option (1982) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Tim has delivered his take on Jack Gold’s The Medusa Touch (1978) on Blu-ray from Imprint.
And Stephen has taken a look at Paramount’s new 30th anniversary Steelbook Blu-ray release of Wayne’s World (1992), as directed by Penelope Spheeris. Enjoy!
Now then, as we mentioned yesterday 20th Century Studios is releasing Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story (2021) on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on 3/15, with the Digital and Disney+ streaming offerings available on 3/2. [Read on here...]
- 20th Century Studios
- West Side Story (2021) 4K
- Steven Spielberg
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Stephen Bjork
- Steelbook
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- The Final Option BD review
- The Medusa Touch BD review
- Wayne's World Steelbook BD review
- Lamb 4K from A24
- The Criterion Collection
- A Hard Day's Night 4K replacement program
- The Humans BD
- The Exorcism of God BD
- The Cabin in the Woods 4K Steelbook
- Best Buy exclusive
- The Walking Dead: World Beyond Season 2 BD
- The Long Night BD
- ClassicFlix
- The O Henry Playhouse: The Complete Series Vol 2 DVD
- Lionsgate
- Laurent Bouzereau
- The Stories of West Side Story documentary
Warner Archive reveals Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm, plus more BD announcements including Rick and Morty & Dream a Little Dream
We have a couple more new disc reviews this afternoon and more release news for you as well. As always, reviews first...
Stephen has checked out a pair of Blu-ray titles today, including Craig Lahiff’s Black and White (2002) from Umbrella Entertainment—another Sunburnt Screens label title—and also Allan Arkush’s Get Crazy (1983) from Kino Lorber Studio Classics. Both are well worth a look, and it sounds like Get Crazy in particular includes a bunch of great bonus content. So enjoy Stephen’s reviews.
Now then, our friends over at The Warner Archive Collection have begun to reveal some great new catalog Blu-ray titles that they’re working on for release in 2022 (they’re listed as “coming soon” at the moment) and the three they’ve mentioned so far are real gems.
First up is Michael Curtiz’s Captains of the Clouds (1942) starring James Cagney. This is mastered from a new 4K scan of the original nitrate Technicolor camera negatives. Extras will include a 1942 Newsreel, the vintage 1942 color WB short Rocky Mountain Big Game, the classic Bugs Bunny cartoons What’s Cookin’, Doc? and Hold the Lion, Please (in HD), and the original theatrical trailer. [Read on here...]
- Stephen Bjork
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- A Hard Day's Night 4K
- The Warner Archive Collection
- The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm BD
- Smilebox
- Cinerama
- Technicolor
- Vestron Video Collector's Series
- Lionsgate
- Dream a Little Dream BD
- Rick and Morty: 1 to 5 BD
- A Star Is Born (1937) BD
- Captains of the Clouds (1942)
- George Pal
- Michael Curtiz
- Henry Levin
- William A Wellman
- Criterion
- Masters of Color podcast
- David Fincher
- Yvette Mimieux RIP
- Panic Room 4K
- Eric Weidt
- Cullen Kelly
- The Black Hole
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