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BREAKING: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) is coming to 4K this year from Disney, plus new Looney Tunes shorts on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive & more!
We begin as always today with several more new disc reviews for you to enjoy here at The Bits...
First of all, I’ve begun to review Paramount’s new Star Trek: The Next Generation feature films in 4K Ultra HD, and so far I’ve completed David Carson’s Star Trek: Generations (1994) and Jonathan Frakes’ Star Trek: First Contact (1996). I should also have Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) finished by the end of the day as well.
Meanwhile, Tim has posted his thoughts on the regular Amaray 4K and Steelbook 4K Ultra HD versions of Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) from Dark Sky Films. He’s also shared his take on John D. Lamond’s Nightmares (1980) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome. And he’s just posted his look at Don Coscarelli’s Bubba Ho-Tep (2003) in 4K Ultra HD from Scream Factory.
Stuart has delivered a review of Jerry Hopper’s Secret of the Incas (1954) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And Stephen has offered his review of Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive (2011) in 4K Ultra HD, a UK-import title from Second Sight.
More reviews are on the way, including the rest of the Star Trek: TNG films in 4K, as well as All Quiet on the Western Front, Disney’s new Cinderella (1950) 4K, and much more, so be sure to keep checking back. [Read on here...]
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Stephen Bjork
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Star Trek: Generations 4K review
- Star Trek: First Contact 4K review
- Star Trek: Insurrection 4K review
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 4K review
- Dark Sky Films
- Tim Salmons
- Nightmares BD review
- Bubba Hotep 4K review
- Scream Factory
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Secret of the Incas Bd review
- Drive 4K review
- Second Sight
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 4K
- Walt Disney Studios
- Disney Movie Club
- Tim Millard's The Extras podcast
- The Warner Archive Collection
- George Feltenstein
- Looney Tunes Collector’s Choice: Volume One BD
- Beanstalk Bunny (1955)
- Catch as Cats Can (1947)
- Border Incident (1949)
- Clash by Night (1952)
- Fritz Lang
- The Venture Bros: The Complete Series DVD
- Taylor Sheridan
- Tulsa King: Season One BD
- Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre 4K
- Lionsgate
- Guy Ritchie
- Crank 4K
- MVD Rewind Collection
- Killzone
- Witchtrap
- Movern Caller
- Arrow Video June 2023 slate
- Wes Anderson
- Asteroid City
Sony sets Snatch for 4K, KL Studio Classics’ replacement program, vote in Media Play News’ Home Entertainment Awards, and Yaphet Kotto RIP
Today I’m diving into work on more disc reviews here at The Bits, especially new 4K titles. So today’s update will be fairly quick. However, we do have some interesting odds and ends to report after yesterday’s flood of major news, and we have Amazon pre-order links for a bunch of newly-announced titles to share with you too.
First, some Blu-ray reviews... Tim has taken a look at Don Siegel’s The Beguiled (1971), which was released late last year on Blu-ray by Kino Lorber Studio Classics. He’s also given one of the last Hammer Films titles a spin on Blu-ray from Scream Factory, Terence Fisher’s Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974). Both discs are worth your time.
A quick note on the subject of Kino Lorber Studio Classic: It appears that they inadvertently used the wrong master for their recent Blu-ray of Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (reviewed here on The Bits). The company is correcting this by replicating new replacement discs that use the proper 2017 4K restoration and you can request a copy by filling out this form on the Kino Lorber website.
Now then... the big announcement news today is that Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has officially set Guy Ritchie’s Snatch for release on 4K Ultra HD on 6/1. [Read on here...]
- Tim Salmons
- The Criterion Collection
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Snatch 4K
- Guy Ritchie
- Media Play News Home Entertainment Awards
- Yaphet Kotto RIP
- The Beguiled BD review
- Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell BD review
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia BD replacement program'
- Indiana Jones 4Film Collection 4K preorders
- Explorers BD
- The Human Condition Criterion BD
- Pickup on South Street Criterion BD
- The Signifyin Works of Marlon Riggs Criterion BD
- Visions of Eight Criterion BD
- Streetwise & Tiny Criterion BD
- Pariah Criterion BD
Collateral is officially set for 4K on 12/8, plus new Imprint Films catalog Blu-rays for December & more
Afternoon, folks! Hope you all had a lovely weekend.
We’ve got some new disc reviews for you to enjoy today...
I’ve taken a look at Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes (2009) on 4K Ultra HD from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. It’s a nice (if modest) image upgrade on the format that fans of the film especially should appreciate. HDR gives the proceedings a nice boost.
Also, Dennis has taken a look at David Lynch’s The Elephant Man, which is now available on Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection. Sounds like it’s a very worthy upgrade, mastered from the new StudioCanal 4K transfer. And for those of you wondering, the “missing” fade from the StudioCanal 4K is also missing here. But do keep in mind that Lynch approved the remaster, so it’s possible he made the change himself (meaning it might not be an error).
Now then, we’ve got more reviews coming over the next few days. Two are already to go for tomorrow and more should follow. So stay tuned for that. [Read on here...]
- Collateral 4K
- Michael Mann
- Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment
- Scream Factory
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Dennis Seuling
- The Elephant Man BD review
- Sherlock Holmes (2009) 4K review
- Imprint Films
- Via Vision Entertainment
- Guy Ritchie
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- The Criterion Collection
- Dead Again BD
- At Close Range BD
- Fire in the Sky BD
- The Deep BD
- Year of the Dragon BD
- Rage BD
- Top Gun 4K steelbook
- Vinegar Syndrome
- The Beastmaster 4K
- Fade to Black BD
- Akira 4K
- Friday the 13th Collection: Deluxe Edition
The Goonies, Beetlejuice & Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes films are now official for 4K, plus Grant Imahara RIP
We’ve got still more release news to report today, though much if it we’ve already talked about here at The Bits. The point is, it’s all now official.
First up, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has just set four catalog titles for release on 4K Ultra HD (with Blu-ray and Digital Copy) on 9/1...
These include Richard Donner’s The Goonies (1985), Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice (1988), and Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011). All four were shot on film, so appear to have been mastered from new 4K scans of the original camera negatives (the two Sherlock Holmes titles were shot on film but finished as 2K DIs, so it’s possible new 4K DIs were built from scans of the camera neg and VFX film outs).
All four titles will include the previous Blu-ray extras. In addition, Beetlejuice will offer a new English Dolby Atmos sound mix. There’s no indication of Dolby Vision HDR in Warner’s press release, so assume HDR10 for the time being. Both The Goonies and Beetlejuice will also be available in new Deluxe 4K Giftsets exclusive to Amazon.com. [Read on here...]
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- The Goonies: 35th Anniversary 4K
- Beetlejuice 4K
- Sherlock Holmes 4K
- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 4K
- Amazon exclusive 4K giftset
- Richard Donner
- Tim Burton
- Guy Ritchie
- Grant Imahara Rest in Peace
- MythBusters
- Jeff Kleist
- Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure 4K
- Studio Canal
- Alejandro Jodorowsky Collection
- Abkco
- Arrow Video UK