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Twisters & Beetlejuice Beetlejuice are official, plus Deadpool & Wolverine pre-orders, Talk of the Town & Legends of the Fall in 4K from Sony & more!
We start today with two new disc reviews...
Tim has taken a look at Osgood Perkins’ Longlegs (2024) in 4K Ultra HD from Neon and Decal Releasing.
And Stephen has offered his thoughts on Michael Lehmann’s Heathers (1988) as released in 4K UHD in the UK only by the good people of Arrow Video.
Just to let you know, we’ve also updated our 4K Ultra HD Release List here at The Bits and our Release Dates & Artwork section, featuring all kinds of new Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD titles with cover artwork and Amazon pre-order links. Whenever you order titles (or literally anything) from Amazon through our links, you’re helping to support our work here at The Bits and we appreciate it!
Now then, the big news today is that Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment has finally set Lee Isaac Chung’s Twisters (2024) for release on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on 10/22, with the Digital release expected next week on 10/8. The 4K disc will include HDR10 only with Dolby Atmos sound. A 4K Steelbook version will also be available. Extras on all SKUs will include audio commentary with the director, deleted scenes, a gag reel, and 6 featurettes (Tracking the Fronts: The Path of Twisters, Into the Eye of the Storm, Glen Powell: All Access, Front Seat to a Chase, Voice of a Villain, and Tricked-Out Trucks). You can see the cover artwork at left and also below the break. [Read on here...]
- The Wild Robot 4K
- Laurent Bouzereau
- Music by John Williams documentary
- Dolby Vision
- Alien: Romulus
- The Whitest Kids UKnow
- Universal
- Speak No Evil
- The Talk of the Town 4K
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Arrow Video
- Heathers 4K review
- Decal
- Neon
- Longlegs 4K review
- Legends of the Fall 4K
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Deadpool & Wolverine
- Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
- Stephen Bjork
- Twisters
- Release Dates & Artwork with 4K search
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Bluray Disc
- Tim Salmons
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
The Warner Archive Collection & Shout! Studios announce a TON of November & December catalog Blu-ray & 4K titles, plus a new Pulp Fiction 4K from Paramount!
We’ve got some MAJOR announcement news to share with you all today, we’re starting things off as always with four new disc reviews...
Tim has checked in with his thoughts on Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass’ animated The Last Unicorn (1982) in 4K Ultra HD and 4K Steelbook from Shout! Studios.
And Dennis has weighed in with this take on Norman Z. McLeod’s My Favorite Spy (1951) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, as well as Serge Bourguignon’s Two Weeks in September (1967) on Blu-ray from Kino Classics.
Now then, our friends at Shout! Studios and the Warner Archive Collection have announce major slates of Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD catalog titles for release in November and December!
The Warner Archive Collection has revealed 6 new classic Blu-ray titles for release on 11/26, including Jean Negulesco’s Humoresque (1946)—mastered from a 4K scan of original nitrate camera negative—Jack Haley Jr. That’s Entertainment! (1974)—re-constructed from original negatives and preservation elements—The Complete Thin Man Collection (1934-47)—a 6-disc set mastered from 4K scans of the best surviving elements, featuring WS Van Dyke’s pre-Code The Thin Man (1934), After the Thin Man (1936), Another Thin Man (1939), and Shadow of the Thin Man (1941), as well as Richard Thorpe’s Song of the Thin Man (1944), and Edward Buzzell’s The Thin Man Goes Home (1947)—Hanna-Barbera’s animated Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (1972-74) TV series—featuring 48 episodes on 6 discs—Gary David Goldberg’s Must Love Dogs (2005), and finally the Looney Tunes Collector’s Choice: Volume 4 (1937-64)—including 27 classic Looney Tunes fully restored and remastered shorts, including Friz Freleng’s Streamlined Greta Green (1937), Double Chaser (1942), Meatless Flyday (1944), Peck Up Your Troubles (1945), Along Came Daffy (1947), A Bone for a Bone (1951), Muzzle Tough (1954), Stork Naked (1955), Hyde and Go Tweet (1960), Lighter Than Hare (1960), D’ Fightin’ Ones (1961), Devil’s Feud Cake (1963), and Road to Andalay (1964), Tex Avery’s The Sneezing Weasel (1938) and Dangerous Dan McFoo (1939), Tex Avery and Bob Clampett’s The Cagey Canary (1941), Chuck Jones’ Fox Pop (1942), Mouse-Warming (1952), Double or Mutton (1955), and Hopalong Casualty (1960), Robert McKimson’s The Mouse-Merized Cat (1946), Henhouse Henery (1949), Leghorn Swoggled (1951), Muscle Tussle (1953), and Quack Shot (1954), Arthur Davis’ Holiday for Drumsticks (1949), and Norm McCabe’s The Impatient Patient (1942). Whew! [Read on here...]
- Bluray Disc
- Tim Salmons
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- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Dennis Seuling
- The Last Unicorn 4K review
- My Favorite Spy BD review
- Two Weeks in September BD review
- Kino Classics
- The Warner Archive Collection December 2024 slate
- Shout! Studios December 2024 slate
- Humoresque
- The Complete Thin Man Collection
- That's Entertainment! (1975)
- Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
- Must Love Dogs
- Looney Tunes Collector’s Choice: Volume 4
- Shout! Studios
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- The Stephen Chow Collection
- The Dead Don't Hurt
- Viggo Mortensen
- Aguirre the Wrath of God 4K
- The Gift (2000) 4K
- Sam Raimi
- Riddick (2013) 4K
- David Twohy
- Rock N Roll High School 4K
- Silent Night Deadly Night 4K
- Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2
- Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Cracking Collection 4K
- Nick Park
- A Grand Day Out 4K
- A Close Shave 4K
- The Wrong Trousers 4K
- A Matter of Loaf and Death 4K
- The Holdovers 4K
- Alexander Payne
- Robert Rodriguez
- The Faculty 4K
- Ron Howard
- Far and Away 4K
- Golden Harvest: Volume Two Shining Stars BD
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Quentin Tarantino
- Pulp Fiction: 30th Anniversary Edition 4K
Arrow’s December slate includes Demolition Man & Critters, plus Eureka’s The Secret of NIMH on Blu-ray, more Warner 4K catalog & 3-D Film Archive’s The Bubble Kickstarter!
We’ve got just a couple more reviews for you today to close out the week...
Tim has reviewed both the Blu-ray and DVD versions of DC Studios and Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment’s new Super Friends: The Complete Collection.
Watch for a bunch more new disc reviews next week—the whole team is working on more, including yours truly!
Meanwhile, the big news today is that Arrow Video has just revealed its December Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD release slate. Look for John Sturges’ The Great Escape (1963) in 4K and Blu-ray (UK only) and the Critters: A Four Course Feast! Blu-ray box set (UK only)—which includes Stephen Herek’s Critters (1986), Mick Garris’ Critters 2: The Main Course (1988), Kristine Peterson’s Critters 3 (1991), and Rupert Harvey’s Critters 4 (1992)—on 12/2, followed by Abel Ferrara’s The Addiction (1995) in 4K (UK, US, and Canada), Marco Brambilla’s Demolition Man (1993) in 4K and Blu-ray (UK, US, and Canada), Kim Jee-woon’s The Good, The Bad, The Weird (2008) in 4K and Blu-ray (UK only), and Cody Kennedy and Tim Rutherford’s The Last Video Store (2023) on Blu-ray (UK and US) all on 12/9. [Read on here...]
- George Pal
- The War of the Worlds (1953)
- The Time Machine (1960)
- Puppetoon Productions
- Flights of Fantasy screening
- Eureka Entertainment
- Arrow Video
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Back the Bits
- Tim Salmons
- Bluray Disc
- Byron Haskin
- Demolition Man 4K
- The Great Escape
- The Secret of NIMH
- Super Friends: The Complete Collection BD review
- Arrow Video December 2024 slate
- Critters: A Four Course Feast!
- The Good The Bad The Weird
- The Last Video Store
- The Addiction 4K
- Triumph of the Spirit
- California (1947)
- Cattle Drive (1951)
- The Bubble (1966) 3D restoration Kickstarter
- The 3D Film Archive
- Don Bluth
- Arch Oboler
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- The Intern 4K
- Vacation (2015) 4K
- Tag (2018) 4K
Alien: Romulus arrives on disc on 12/3, plus I Love Lucy: The Complete Series on Blu-ray (!), On the Road with Hope & Crosby, The 4:30 Movie & more!
Greetings, Bits-ers! We’ve got some great announcement news for you this afternoon, but first...
Tim has taken a look at a couple of new releases on disc for you all, including Sergio Martino’s Torso (1973), an Italian giallo title from Arrow Video in 4K Ultra HD, and also Antonio Margheriti’s Cannibal Apocalypse (1980) in 4K Ultra HD from Kino Cult. So that should take care of your schlock horror cravings for today.
Morning reviews are on the way, so be sure to keep your eyes peeled.
Now then, the big announcement news today is that 20th Century Studios has just officially set Fede Alvarez’s Alien: Romulus (2024) for 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD release on 12/3, with the Digital release expected in a couple of weeks on 10/15. The title will come in Steelbook packaging only. Look for HDR10 high dynamic range and Dolby Atmos audio on a 66GB disc. The aspect ratio (per the press release) is 2.39:1.
[Editor’s Note: The studio press release indicates HDR10 only, but the open packaging shot—when zoomed in—reveals that the disc has the Dolby Vision logo on it. We’ve asked the studio to confirm and will post an update here when we hear back.]
[Editor’s Update – 10/1/24: Just a quick heads up to clarify... I’ve confirmed with studio sources that the Alien: Romulus 4K will indeed have Dolby Vision HDR, despite the fact that their press release suggested otherwise. However: No, Disney and 20th Century aren’t necessarily adding DV to all future Ultra HD titles. Instead, they’re making the decision to include it on a case by case basis going forward.]
Extras will include the Return to Horror: Crafting Alien: Romulus documentary, which includes 4 parts (The Director’s Vision, Creating the Story, Casting the Faces, and Constructing the World). You’ll also get 2 additional featurettes (Inside the Xenomorph Showdown and Alien: A Conversation which features Alvarez talking with original Alien director Ridley Scott). And a selection of Alternate/Extended Scenes will also be included. You can see the packaging at left and also below. [Read on here...]
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
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- Tim Salmons
- Paramount Home Entertainment
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- Alien: Romulus 4K
- Steelbook
- Torso 4K review
- Cannibal Apocalypse 4K review
- Kino Cult
- Arrow Video
- 20th Century Studios
- Ridley Scott
- Xenomorph
- On the Road with Hope & Crosby BD box
- No 1 of the Secret Service (1977)
- I Love Lucy: The Complete Series BD
- CBS
- The Lucy Desi Comedy Hour
- Kevin Smith
- The 4:30 Movie 4K
- Lionsgate
- The Criterion Collection
- Janus Contemporaries
- The Beast
- Evil Does Not Exist
- Zyzzyx Road 4K
- Dark Arts Entertainment
- Via Vision
- Field of Dreams 4K
- To Kill a Mockingbird 4K
- Eureka Entertainment
- Tank Girl BD
- Road to Morocco
- Bob Hope
- Bing Crosby
- MVD Rewind Collection
- Cheerleaders' Wild Weekend
- Men of War
- Sergio Martino
- Antonio Margheriti
Deadpool & Wolverine hits 4K on 10/22, plus a new Shaun of the Dead 4K remaster, Bug, VynSyn & Degausser bow Cannibal! The Musical too, plus True Noir & more!
All right, we’ve got a bunch of news to run down for you all today...
But before we get to that, we wanted to let you know that we’ve just completed major updates of our Release Dates & Cover Artwork section here at The Bits, as well as our 4K Ultra HD Release List, both of which include all the latest Amazon pre-order links. What’s more, we’ve posted some very cool content over the last couple of weeks on our Digital Bits Patreon. And those of you interested in titles that might be coming to 4K UHD in 2025 will definitely want to check those posts out. Becoming a Patreon subscriber is a great way to support the work we do here at The Bits—it’s affordable and we try to make it worth your while. So please consider joining us over there, and we appreciate it! Now then...
The big news today is that Marvel and Disney have just officially set Shawn Levy’s Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) for release on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD on 10/22, with the Digital release expected on 10/1. The 4K disc will include Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos audio on a 66GB disc. There will be a wide-release 4K version in Amaray packaging, along with dual limited-edition Steelbooks one of which features Deadpool on the cover with a red interior, and the other featuring Wolverine on the cover with a yellow interior. A Walmart-exclusive Amaray version will also include “pop-up” packaging featuring the Deadpool corp. Regardless of which version you buy, the disc will contain audio commentary with Shawn Levy and actor Ryan Reynolds, a gag reel, 4 featurettes (Finding Madonna: Making the Oner, Practical Approach: Celebrating the Art of Ray Chan, Loose Ends: The Legacy of Heroes, and Wolverine), 3 deleted scenes (Elevator Ride, Do Nothing, and Daddy’s in Love), and “Fun Sack” (Dr. Deadpool, Product Review, and Wade is Back). You can see the cover artwork at left and also below. [Read on here...]
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Back the Bits
- Deadpool & Wolverine
- Borderlands
- Shaun of the Dead
- Bug
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Trey Parker
- Degausser Video
- Cannibal! The Musical!
- True Noir: The Assassination of Anton Cermak immersive audio drama
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- Release Dates & Artwork update
- Marvel Studios
- Max Allen Collins
- Walt Disney Studios
- Lionsgate
- Eli Roth
- Edgar Wright
- Shaun of the Dead new 4K remaster
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- The Lost Boys 4K Steelbook
- Peter Jackson
- The Lord of the Rings Trilogy One Ring 4K Gift Box
- The Hitcher 4K
- William Friedkin
- Bug 4K
- Below 4K
- The Hunted 4K
- Happy Gilmore 4K
- Hot Pursuit
- MVD Rewind Collection
- Cheerleaders Wild Weekend
- Men of War
- Copkillers
- Frank Capra at Columbia Collection 4K
- Shawscope: Volume Three BD box set
- All the Haunts Be Ours: Volume 2 BD box set
- Robert Meyer Burnett
- Mike Bawden
- Imagination Connoisseurs Unlimited
EXCLUSIVE: WBDHE will release Robert Harmon’s restored The Hitcher on 4K & Blu-ray in the US on 10/22!
Heads up, Digital Bits readers!
We’ve got some great and exclusive breaking news for all of you here at the site for you today, and it comes to you direct from the good people at Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment!
Now… many of you will no doubt have been wondering exactly why it is that Second Sight in the UK had to stop taking pre-orders for this title from customers here in the United States.
Well, with this announcement this afternoon, now we finally know why.
Here are all the official details, straight from the studio…
Coming to 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray Disc from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment on October 22
Newly remastered in Dolby Vision HDR from a new 4K Scan of the Original Camera Negative!
THE HITCHER (1986)
Cast – Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh
In this 1986 cult classic, director Robert Harmon thrills the viewer with the story of young Jim Halsey (C. Thomas Howell), who stops on the highway to pick up a hitchhiker, not knowing that by doing so, he opens the door to terrible evil. [Read on here...]
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- Rutger Hauer
- C Thomas Howell
- Jennifer Jason Leigh
- new 4K scan and restoration
- Dolby Vision HDR
- Dolby Atmos audio
EXCLUSIVE: Refuse Films announces the Blu-ray debut of Trey Parker’s Cannibal! The Musical! & the TromArchive Collection!
Heads-up, Bits readers—we’ve got an exclusive title announcement for you this morning! Here are all the details…
Refuse Films announces the world Blu-ray premiere of Trey Parker's Cannibal! The Musical! and their latest sub-label, the TromArchive Collection
Cannibal! The Musical is making its debut on Blu-ray from Refuse Films. Shot on 16mm film and edited on video, Cannibal! The Musical is presented in high definition for the first time on Blu-ray.
Written and directed by Trey Parker (co-creator of South Park), this release is limited to only 3,000 units, playable worldwide and includes an exclusive slipcover featuring the original 1997 key art.
Brand new special features include new audio commentary, cast interviews, never-before-seen deleted scenes approved by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, over three hours of raw BTS footage, the UK cut of Alferd Packer: The Musical, plus hours of archival material.
Producer Jason McHugh confirms that the original 16mm footage of Cannibal! The Musical was lost somewhere in Colorado in the late 90s. Refuse Films uncovered the original Betacam master tape from the Troma archives in New York. [Read on here...]
The West Wing is official for Blu-ray, plus more Jean Rollin 4Ks from Indicator, Transformers One & a Se7en 4K Ultra HD update direct from Warner Bros.
As we close out the week, let’s start today as always with more new disc reviews...
Stephen has turned in his thoughts on John Mackenzie’s The Long Good Friday (1980) in 4K Ultra HD from the Criterion Collection.
Stuart has offered his take on a trio of new and recent Blu-ray titles, including Daniel Mann’s Come Back, Little Sheba (1952) from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, and the 1965 French anthology film Six in Paris (1965) and Larry Kent’s The Bitter Ash (1963) from Vinegar Syndrome.
Tim has taken a look at Tinto Brass’ Frivolous Lola (1998) in 4K Ultra HD from Cult Epics.
And finally, Dennis has delivered a review of Penny Lane’s documentary Nuts! (2016) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome.
In announcement news today, Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment has finally made Aaron Sorkin’s The West Wing official for Blu-ray on 10/1, in honor of the NBC series’ 25th anniversary. [Read on here...]
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Federico Fellini
- 8 1/2 4K
- Eastern Condors BD
- No Country for Old Men 4K
- Paris Texas 4K
- Criterion's December 2024 slate
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Imprint Films
- Dennis Seuling
- Tim Salmons
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Stephen Bjork
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- The Long Good Friday 4K review
- Come Back Little Sheba BD review
- Six in Paris BD review
- The Bitter Ash BD review
- Frivolous Lola 4K review
- Nuts! BD review
- The West Wing: The Complete Series BD
- Aaron Sorkin
- NBC
- Cult Epics
- Powerhouse Films
- Indicator Films
- Jean Rollin
- Requiem for a Vampire 4K
- The Escapees 4K
- Transformers One 4K
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- David Fincher
- Se7en 4K
- Seven 4K
Spielberg’s The Sugarland Express is coming to 4K, as are Friedkin’s Bug & The Hunted, Twohy’s Below, Herzog’s Aguirre, Shyamalan’s The Visit & more!
All right, here are today’s new disc reviews...
Dennis has taken a look at Joel Schumacher’s 8MM (1999) on Blu-ray from Imprint Films.
Stuart has offered his take on Roberto Gavaldón’s Untouched (1954) on Blu-ray on Powerhouse Films’ Indicator label.
Tim has taken a look at Marcus Nispel’s remake of Friday the 13th (2009) in 4K Ultra HD from Arrow Video. He’s also turned in a review of Lucio Fulci’s Lizard in a Woman’s Skin (1971) on Blu-ray from Umbrella Entertainment.
And last, but certainly not least, Stephen has taken a deep dive into Toho’s Godzilla store-exclusive version of Takashi Yamazaki’s Godzilla Minus One (2023) in 4K Ultra HD!
Also here at The Bits today, we have a brand new update of our Release Dates & Artwork section, which is a convenient way to see all of the new Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD titles that street each week. You can see the cover art, and sort by date and format. And you can click on each of the titles to pre-order them on Amazon.
On that note, I wanted to take a moment to share a challenge we’ve been having of late, which is that our Amazon Affiliate revenue has been declining. For a long time now—for over a decade—our Affiliate revenue has been a big part of helping us to keep The Digital Bits going—to help us cover our server and operating costs. It’s how we’ve been able to keep The Bits free for everyone to read for over 27 years now. In recent months, however, that revenue has begun to decline. We understand that Amazon may not always be the cheapest option these days. So for those of you who still support The Bits by shopping with them through links (in the daily news column, in our disc reviews, in the 4K Ultra HD Release List, and in the Release Dates & Artwork section), we really appreciate it very much! [Read on here...]
- Talking Heads
- Two Mules for Sister Sara 4K
- The Eiger Sanction 4K
- Play Misty for Me 4K
- Clint Eastwood
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Imprint Films
- Dennis Seuling
- Tim Salmons
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Stephen Bjork
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- 8MM BD review
- Untouched BD review
- Indicator Films
- Friday the 13th (2009) 4K review
- Arrow Video
- Lizard in a Woman's Skin BD review
- Umbrella Entertainment
- Toho
- Godzilla Minus One Tohoexclusive 4K review
- Joel Schumacher
- Marcus Nispel
- Lucio Fulci
- Steven Spielberg
- The Sugarland Express 4K
- Universal
- Billy Wilder
- One Two Three BD
- David Twohy
- Below 4K
- William Friedkin
- Bug 4K
- The Hunted 4K
- Fright 4K
- M Night Shyamalan
- The Visit 4K
- The Martian Chronicles (1980) BD
- StudioCanal
- An Inspector Calls (1954) 4K
- The African Queen 4K
- John Huston
- Carol Reed
- The Third Man 4K
- Shout! Studios
- Werner Herzog
- Aguirre the Wrath of God 4K
- Eureka Entertainment
- The Sword (1980)
- Attack on Titan
- FUNimation
- Kit Parker Films
- Flights of Fantasy screening
- Documentary Now! The Complete Series
- Charley Chase at Hal Roach: The Late Silents
- Puppetoon Productions
- The Time Machine (1960)
- The War of the Worlds (1953)
- George Pal
- Byron Haskin
- Arnold Leibovit
- Rhino Records
- Warner Records
- The Flaming Lips: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots BDA
- Talking Heads: 77 BDA with Atmos
Criterion’s December has No Country for Old Men & more, plus Paramount’s Galaxy Quest in 4K, new Sony & KLSC titles, Via Vision’s 175-disc Prisoner box & more!
All right, here’s today’s new disc reviews for all of you to enjoy...
Stephen has taken a look at Aleksandr Ptushko’s Ruslan and Ludmila (1972) on Blu-ray from Mosfilm via Deaf Crocodile and Vinegar Syndrome.
Dennis has reviewed William C. Reilly’s Men of Respect (1990) on Blu-ray from Columbia Pictures via Imprint Films.
And Tim has checked in with his thoughts on Nancy Walker’s Can’t Stop the Music (1980) in 4K Ultra HD from EMI via Kino Lorber Studio Classics!
Now then, we have a bunch of great announcement news for you today, so let’s get right into it...
For starters, Criterion has just announced their December release slate, which is set to include Wim Wenders’ Paris, Texas (1984) (Spine #501 – 4K + Blu-ray and Blu-ray) on 12/3, Joel and Ethan Coen’s No Country for Old Men (2007) (Spine #1243 – 4K + Blu-ray and Blu-ray) and Federico Fellini’s 8½ (1963) (Spine #140 – 4K + Blu-ray) on 12/10, and Sammo Hung’s Eastern Condors (1987) (Spine #1244 on Blu-ray) on 12/17! Paris, Texas and No Country for Old Men will both include Dolby Vision HDR. No Country for Old Men is a Miramax title currently controlled by Paramount, so this is a licensing situation (and a welcome one). More details are available here, and you can see the cover artwork for all of these below the break. [Read on here...]
- Stephen Bjork
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Back the Bits
- Kino Cult
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Ruslan and Ludmila BD review
- Men of Respect BD review
- Can't Stop the Music 4K review
- Imprint Films
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Criterion's December 2024 slate
- Wim Wenders
- Joel Coen
- Ethan Coen
- Paris Texas 4K
- No Country for Old Men 4K
- Miramax
- Sammo Hung
- Eastern Condors BD
- 8 1/2 4K
- Federico Fellini
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Dean Parisot
- Galaxy Quest 4K
- White Christmas 4K restoration
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Gillian Armstrong
- Little Women (1994) 4K
- Clint Eastwood
- Play Misty for Me 4K
- The Eiger Sanction 4K
- Two Mules for Sister Sara 4K
- 3D Film Archive
- Frankenstein's Bloody Terror BD 3D
- Via Vision Entertainment
- Prisoner: The Complete Series DVD box set
- Wentworth
- Cell Block H
- Dark Sky Selects
- Tobe Hooper
- Texas Chain Saw Massacre 4K: 50th Anniversay Edition
- Severin Films
- Russ Meyer Trust
- A24
- Stop Making Sense in IMAX theaters
- Jonathan Demme
- Talking Heads
- Vixen!
- Supervixens
- Beneath the Valley of the Ultra Vixens
- Polaris Dawn
- John Williams
- Rey's Theme
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- SpaceX