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Star Trek Beyond (non-spoiler) review, plus DVD panel at Comic-Con tonight!
All right, it’s been a crazy few days here at The Bits, so I’m just going to post a quick update today.
First up, I was down at San Diego Comic-Con last night for the premiere of Star Trek Beyond. Paramount put on a great event, and I really quite liked the film. It’s definitely better than Star Trek Into Darkness, and it’s very different in tone to either of the first two films. Think of it this way: It’s the biggest, most action-filled episode of The Original Series you’ve ever seen, for all the good and bad that implies. The key thing is that it’s fun. It has a decent (and novel) sci-fi concept for a change, the action is imaginative, all of the cast gets involved, and there are a ton of great character moments. Karl Urban’s Bones gets his biggest part yet and he really makes the most of it. [Read on here…]
- Short Cuts
- Boyhood
- Criterion
- Trilogia de Guillermo Del Toro
- Game of Thrones: The Complete Sixth Season
- Now You See Me 2
- Free State of Jones
- The Nice Guys
- Bluray Disc
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- BD
- Bluray
- Highlander: 30th Anniversary Edition
- Star Trek Beyond
- Star Trek Beyond review
- Chris Gore
- DVD Duesday panel at ComicCon 2016
The Nice Guys, Game of Thrones: S6 & Highlander: 30th official, Free State of Jones, Now You See Me 2 & more
In announcement news today, Warner Home Video has set Shane Black’s The Nice Guys for Blu-ray Combo and DVD release on 8/23, with the Digital HD release due 8/9. Extras will include a pair of featurettes (Always Bet on Black and Worst. Detectives. Ever.: Making The Nice Guys).
Universal has set Free State of Jones for Blu-ray, DVD, and On-Demand release on 9/20, with a Digital HD release due on 9/6. The only extras will be The History of Jones County featurette. [Read on here…]
Criterion’s October slate, plus new Universal Monster BDs, Star Wars & Man Who Fell to Earth!
All right, we’ve got a rare Saturday update for you, as there’s some major news to let you all know about since yesterday’s post…
First up, Criterion has announced their October slate of Blu-ray releases, which is set to include the Trilogía de Guillermo del Toro set (Cronos, The Devil’s Backbone, and Pan’s Labyrinth) and Pan’s Labyrinth separately (Cat #838 - Blu-ray and DVD) on 10/11, Richard Linklater’s Boyhood (Cat #839 - Blu-ray and DVD) and Robert Altman’s Short Cuts (Cat #265 - Blu-ray and DVD) on 10/18, and Ermanno Olmi’s The Tree of Wooden Clogs (Cat #840 - Blu-ray and DVD) and Luis García Berlanga’s The Executioner (Cat #841 - Blu-ray and DVD) on 10/25. Note that Criterion is also working on a Blu-ray box set of Linklater’s “Before” Trilogy (Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, and Before Midnight) for release at a later date. [Read on here…]
- Star Wars
- Bluray Disc
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- BD
- Bluray
- Criterion October slate
- Pan's Labyrinth: 10th Anniversary Edition Criterion
- Shout Cuts
- The Tree of Wooden Clogs
- Boyhood
- The Executioner
- Trilogia de Guillermo Del Toro
- Frankenstein: Complete Legacy Collection
- The Wolf Man: Complete Legacy Collection
- new Star Wars BD box set
- The Force Awakens BD 3D
- The Man Who Fell to Earth 4K restoration
Five BD Reviews, Best Picture nominees, Theory of Everything official & an effort to save John Barry’s Moonraker score
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Today is review day here at The Bits, and we’ve got a fine batch for you. To kick things off, I’ve updated my review of DreamWorks’ first film ever, The Peacemaker, from 2010. We’ve also updated a pair of great 2011 BD reviews from our dear friend Barrie Maxwell on the old Bits website: Warner’s Citizen Kane: 70th Anniversary UCE and Ben-Hur: 50th Anniversary UCE. Finally, we have a pair of new Blu-ray reviews today too from our own Tim Salmons, including Synapse’s fine new Prom Night: Special Edition and a Robert Altman classic that’s now available from our friends at Criterion: Nashville. All these discs are well worth your time and the reviews are pretty fine as well, if we do say so ourselves, so we hope you enjoy reading them! [Read on here…]
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- BD
- Bluray
- The Theory of Everything
- American Sniper
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Selma
- John Barry
- Kickstarter
- Moonraker score
- Bond
- Whiplash
- Birdman
- The Imitation Game
- Tim Salmons
- Barrie Maxwell
- The Peacemaker
- Citizen Kane: 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition
- BenHur: 50th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition
- Nashville
- Prom Night: Special Edition
- Criterion
- Synapse Films
- Boyhood
- Academy Awards
- Oscar Nominees
- Daryl Hall and John Oates: Live in Dublin
- The Breakfast Club: 30th Anniversary Edition
November Man, Simpsons: S17, I Origins, Deepsea Challenge, A Dame to Kill For, Boyhood & Welcome to the Space Show
Snowpiercer, great November catalog BDs from Kino, Los Angeles Plays Itself, Fox Searchlight: 20th & more!
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Anchor Bay and Starz have finally officially announced the Blu-ray and DVD release of Bong Joon Ho’s science fiction/actioner Snowpiercer on 10/21 (SRP $29.99 and $24.98). The film stars Chris Evans, Song Kang Ho, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, Ewen Bremner, John Hurt, and Ed Harris. We’ve seen it here at The Bits; it’s pretty terrific. Both versions will include the director’s proper 126-minute cut, a critics commentary, and a bonus disc that adds 5 featurettes (The Birth of Snowpiercer, The Characters, Chris Evans & Tilda Swinton on Snowpiercer, The Train Brought to Life: Behind the Scenes of a Special Screening, and Transperceneige: From the Blank Page to the Black Screen), an animated prologue, and concept art galleries. [Read on here…]
- Bluray
- BD
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Snowpiercer
- Los Angeles Plays Itself
- Fox Searchlight: 20th Anniversary Film Collection
- Masterpiece: Downton Abbey Season Five
- A Most Wanted Man
- Boyhood
- Begin Again
- The Way He Looks
- Man of the West
- Via Maria
- Gator
- White Lightning
- More Dead Than Alive
- Drum
- Sam Whiskey
- Pocketful of Miracles
- Coming Home
- The Long Goodbye
- Thieves Like Us
- Robert Altman
- Burt Reynolds
- Frank Capra