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Dr. Caligari, Adaptation & R.I.P.D. in 4K, plus Tippett’s Mad God, The Old Man: S1 & Peacemaker: S1 on Blu-ray & more
We’ve got a number of new disc reviews up on The Bits today for you all to enjoy, including...
Dennis’ take on Frank Capra’s Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) on Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection.
Stephen’s thoughts on Michael Lehmann’s Hudson Hawk (1991) and Frank Borzage’s Little Man, What Now? (1934) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And Tim’s look at Peter Traynor’s Death Game (1977) on Blu-ray from Grindhouse Releasing, The Outer Limits: Season One (1963-64) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, and George A. Romero’s classic Night of the Living Dead (1968) on 4K from Criterion.
Rest assured that lots more reviews are on the way as well, so be sure to keep checking back for them.
In announcement news today, Eureka! has just revealed a new 4K Ultra HD release for the UK, this one featuring Robert Wiene’s landmark horror classic Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920). Look for it to street on 5 December in a limited edition of just 3000 units, complete with a hardbound slipcase and a 100-page booklet. You can see the cover artwork above left and also below the break. [Read on here...]
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Paramount
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Stephen Bjork
- Arsenic and Old Lace BD review
- Hudson Hawk BD review
- Little Man What Now? BD review
- Death Game BD review
- The Outer Limits: Season One BD review
- Night of the Living Dead 4K review
- Das Cabinet des Dr Caligari 4K
- Eureka!
- Phil Tippett
- Mad God BD
- RLJ Entertainment
- The Old Man: Season One BD
- Creepshow: Season Three BD
- AMC
- HBO Max
- Peacemaker: The Complete First Season BD
- And Just Like That DVD
- BBC
- Secret Headquarters
- Barbarian
- Frozen Planet II 4K
- Adaptation 4K
- The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 4K
- The Return of the Swamp Thing 4K
- RIPD 4K
Jurassic Park: Dominion is finally official for 8/16, plus Reservoir Dogs in 4K, Shout! & Henson ink distribution deal & more
We’ve got a great new disc review for you this afternoon, and we’ve got some significant release news to report as well. First up, that review...
Tim has just turned in his in-depth look at Rod Serling’s Night Gallery: Season Two (1971-1972) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics as expected. Sounds like it’s another great release that’s loaded with special features, including audio commentary on many episodes. Don’t miss it.
Now then... file this in the “better late than never” category, but Universal has finally made their Blu-ray, DVD, 4K Ultra HD, and Digital release of Colin Treverrow’s Jurassic World: Dominion official, and it is indeed expected to street next Tuesday (8/16). Extras on the Blu-ray SKUs will include the Battle at Big Rock short film, the A New Breed of VFX featurette, and the multi-part Dinosaurs Among Us: Inside Jurassic World Dominion 45-minute documentary. You’ll also get both the Theatrical Version and a new 14-minute longer Extended Edition, which includes an alternate opening and more.
Both Blu-ray SKUs will include DTS-X object-based surround sound, and the 4K Ultra HD release will feature both HDR10 and Dolby Vision high dynamic range. You can see the cover artwork at left and also below. [Read on here...]
- Jurassic World: Dominion 4K
- DC
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Tim Salmons
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Night Gallery: Season Two BD review
- Jurassic World: 6Movie Ultimate Collection 4K
- Reservoir Dogs 4K
- Lionsgate
- Quentin Tarantino
- The Incredible Melting Man 4K
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Cloak & Dagger 4K
- The Jim Henson Company
- Farscape BD
- Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
- Shout! Factory
- distribution deal
- Strange Adventures
- HBO Max
- Olivia NewtonJohn RIP
- David McCullough RIP
Candyman’s officially announced, plus Halloween II 4K and Smallville issues, Beavis and Butthead do Blu-ray, Dune: Part Two is a go, and more
We’ve got more new disc reviews for you this week, with still more on the way...
Tim has reviewed Scream Factory’s new 4K Ultra HD releases of Halloween (1978) and Halloween II (1981), along with Arrow Video’s Deep Red 4K UHD, and Synapse Films’ recent Demons I & II: Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD release.
Meanwhile, Stephen has checked out Free Guy in 4K UHD from 20th Century Studios and Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, along with Bluebeard (1963) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And Dennis has offered his thoughts on Jack Arnold’s The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) on Blu-ray, as newly-released by the Criterion Collection.
We’ll have more reviews over the next few days, including more of the Halloween sequels in 4K,Scream in 4K, Old, the Universal Classic Monsters: Icons of Horror Collection and more, so be sure to stay tuned for them. [Read on here...]
- Shout! Factory
- HBO Max
- Denis Villeneuve's DUNE
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Stephen Bjork
- Halloween 4K review
- Scream Factory
- Halloween II 4K review
- Deep Red 4K review
- Demons & Demons 2 4K review
- Free Guy 4K review
- Bluebeard BD review
- The Incredible Shrinking Man BD review
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Smallville: The Complete Series BD
- Release Dates & Artwork update
- Beavis and Butthead Do America BD
- Juice 4K
- Paramount Studios Home Entertainment
- The English Patient
- Planes Trains and Automobiles Steelbook BD
- Candyman 4K
- The Hidden Life of Trees BD
- FUNimation
- Capelight Pictures
- A River Runs Through It 4K
- The Lover 4K
- The Ice Road 4K
- No Time to Die 4K
- DUNE: Part One 4K
- DUNE: Part Two is coming
- DGA
- Christopher Nolan
- Denis Villeneuve
- The Running Man 4K
Denis Villeneuve’s Dune arrives in theaters & HBO Max, plus Respect, Pirates, KLSC’s December Blu-ray slate & more
Let’s have a quick round-up of Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD release news, and then I must dive back into my own review work over the next several days...
First up, it does indeed appear that Disney is preparing a 4K Ultra HD release of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. I’ve now got multiple retail and industry sources confirming this. However, don’t expect the sequels to be announced anytime soon. It’s possible that the studio is planning to release more films in the series next year if this first one sells well (and possibly promoted by the success of the films in streaming on Disney+) but for now Curse of the Black Pearl seems to be the only film immediately in the offing.
Also, while we’re on the topic of Disney, it seems that the Heat 4K release continues to be in limbo, but is still expected to arrive on the format sometime next year.
Meanwhile, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune is definitely shaping up for release on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD in early January sometime. Info some retailers suggests that the studio is targeting 1/11/22 as the street date. And for those of you who have been waiting, not only does it finally arrive in theaters tomorrow (with sneak peek preview screenings tonight in many US cities), the film premieres IN JUST TWO HOURS in 4K with HDR and Dolby Atmos on HBO Max. So get ready to enjoy a helluva good cinematic experience. [Read on here...]
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 4K
- Cry Macho 4K
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Heat 4K
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- Denis Villeneuve's DUNE
- HBO Max
- Respect
- Nine Days
- The Early Films of Lee Isaac Chung
- Wonder Target exclusive
- Going Berserk
- The Far Country
- Shout! Factory
- Arrow Video
- Lionsgate
- Kino Lorber
- The World of Hans Zimmer BD
- Cult Epics
- Sylvia Kristel
BFI bows The Seventh Seal on 4K Ultra HD, plus Paramount has From Dusk Til Dawn coming on UHD, and more news & reviews
We’re wrapping up the week here at The Digital Bits with a trio of additional disc reviews and a bit more release news too. First up, those reviews...
Tim kicks things off with a look at Jacques Tourneur’s 1964 horror-comedy classic The Comedy of Terrors, starring Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, and Peter Lorre. It’s coming to Blu-ray on 8/31 from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Now then, in terms of release news, the British Film Institute has just surprised us all by announcing its very first 4K Ultra HD release and it’s a good one: Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal (1957). You can see the cover artwork at the left there. [Read on here...]
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Tim Salmons
- Miramax
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Dennis Seuling
- Stephen Bjork
- The Comedy of Terrors BD review
- Mommie Dearest BD review
- The Choirboys BD review
- Paramount Presents
- BFI
- The British Film Institute
- Ingmar Bergman
- The Seventh Seal 4K
- From Dusk Til Dawn 4K
- Robert Rodriguez
- Criterion 4K
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- Release Dates & Artwork update
- The Suicide Squad
- James Gunn
- HBO Max
- The Thing 4K
- iTunes 4K upgrades
- First We Feast with Matt Damon
Babylon 5 Remastered (on Digital only for now), plus Do the Right Thing 4K official & more BD release news
All right, we have a few interesting news items for you today. But first, another review...
Dennis has turned in his thoughts on Robert Siodmak’s 1944 film noir The Suspect, now available on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Now for the most surprising piece of news... Engadget has confirmed that Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has now completed a six-year effort to upgrade the classic 1990s J. Michael Straczynski science fiction TV series Babylon 5 for the digital age. Babylon 5 Remastered is now available for viewing on HBO Max, and it’s also available for download on iTunes and Amazon. The new HD presentation includes all five seasons of the show with live action film elements scanned in 4K from the original camera negative, digitally cleaned and properly color graded, with VFX upsampled from the original SD. The entire series is available in its original 4x3 broadcast format. The 1998 version of the series’ original pilot film, The Gathering, has also been included, though it’s unremastered and so in 16x9 (as the original film elements were lost during the Northridge earthquake in 1994). [Read on here...]
- Dennis Seuling
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- HBO Max
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Spike Lee
- J Michael Straczynski
- The Suspect BD review
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Helter Skelter: An American Myth
- Warner Archive Collection
- Six by Sondheim
- Harley Quinn: The Complete First and Second Seasons BD
- Kinky Boots BD
- Don't Tell a Soul
- Wander Darkly
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- Finding Forrester BD
- Wild Mountain Thyme
- Mira Furlan Rest in Peace
- Babylon 5 Remastered
- Do the Right Thing 4K
Love Story, new Warner Archive & Kino titles, our review of Curse of Frankenstein, and Jeremy Bulloch RIP
All right, we’ve got another new review for you today, along with some more announcement news and a bit of sad news to report as well...
First up, that review: Tim has just posted his in-depth take on Terence Fisher’s Hammer Films classic The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), now available on Blu-ray in a new 2-disc Special Edition from the Warner Archive Collection. It’s a great film restoration and it sounds like a great disc too, featuring a new audio commentary by our friend Constantine Nasr with Steve Haberman. This is one you’re not going to want to miss if you love the vintage horror genre.
Speaking of the Warner Archive, they’ve just revealed their featured January Blu-ray titles, which are set to include the classic films The Pajama Game, Good News, Room for One More, After the Thin Man, and The Man Who Would Be King, along with The 100: The Seventh and Final Season. Look also for Speedway and Boogie Nights on DVD only.
Paramount has just officially set Arthur Hiller’s Love Story (1970) newly-restored as a Paramount Presents Blu-ray edition on 2/9. Extras will include “a new Filmmaker Focus with film historian Leonard Maltin, with previously released content including a commentary by director Arthur Hiller, an introduction by film critic Ben Mankiewicz, Love Story: A Classic Remembered, and the theatrical trailer, plus access to a Digital copy of the film.” [Read on here...]
- Scream Factory
- Shout! Factory
- Tim Salmons
- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back at 40
- Roku
- HBO Max
- Star Wars
- Disney+
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- The Curse of Frankenstein: Special Edition BD review
- Love Story: Paramount Presents BD
- Jeremy Bulloch RIP
- Boba Fett
- The Warner Archive Collection
- Kino Lorber
- The Swordsman
- The Very Excellent Mr Dundee
- Love Weddings and Other Disasters
- The Mandalorian: Season 2
BREAKING: Roku & HBO Max reach a deal, plus Criterion’s March slate, BD & 4K news, new Twilight titles, Empire at 40 & more
Good evening, everyone! Sorry for the lack of news updates this week, but we’ve been incredibly busy here at The Bits over the past several days. We’ve been doing some important server updates and software patching, but more importantly for you guys we’ve been working hard on new Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD reviews. So we have a few of those for you this evening...
First, I posted my review of Christopher Nolan’s TENET in 4K Ultra HD from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on Monday. It’s an ambitious film with stunning image quality and a characteristically Nolan-frustrating surround sound mix. You’ll find all the details here.
And just today, I posted my thoughts on Well Go USA’s brand new Ip Man: The Complete Collection box set, featuring all four films in the series—Ip Man, Ip Man 2: Legend of the Grandmaster, Ip Man 3, and Ip Man 4: The Finale—in 4K Ultra HD with remastered image quality and new Dolby Atmos sound mixes. It’s also worth a look, especially if you’re a fan of Donnie Yen.
Meanwhile, Tim has reviewed Sean Cunningham’s DeepStar Six (1989) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And Dennis has turned in his looks at Robert Aldrich’s Attack! (1956) and Frank Perry’s Ladybug Ladybug (1963), also on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics. [Read on here...]
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Disney+
- Star Wars
- HBO Max
- Roku
- WarnerMedia
- Criterion's March 2021 slate
- Twilight Time
- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back at 40
- TENET 4K review
- Ip Man: The Complete Collection 4K review
- Dennis Seuling
- Tim Salmons
- DeepStar Six BD review
- Attack! BD review
- Ladybug Ladybug BD review
- World of Wong Karwai BD
- Touki Bouki BD
- Céline and Julie Go Boating BD
- Secrets & Lies BD
- Defending Your Life BD
- The Ten Commandments 4K
- Snatch 4K
- Last Action Hero 4K
- Day of the Beast 4K
- Severin Films
- Perdita Durango 4K
- Venom BD
- The Man from Hong Kong BD
- Screen Archives Entertainment
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
BREAKING: Warner Bros. will release its entire 2021 film slate on HBO Max as well as in theaters
Well folks, this news is not unexpected. But it’s certainly shocking to see a major Hollywood film studio finally do more than just dip their toes in the streaming waters.
Warner Bros. has now official confirmed that it plans to bypass traditional theatrical windowing and release its entire 2021 slate of films titles day-and-date on HBO Max with the normal theatrical release. Each film will be available for streaming on the service for a 31-day window. This includes Dune, The Matrix 4, The Suicide Squad, Godzilla vs. Kong, and Space Jam: A New Legacy.
We already saw Warner Bros. signal this shift last month with the announcement that Wonder Woman 1984 will arrive on HBO Max with its long-awaited theatrical release on 12/25. Now it looks like they’ve just pushed their chips all in on this move. [Read on here...]
Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice in 4K, plus Wind Rises, more catalog Blu-ray, and a word on MGM & Gone with the Wind
All right, a quick update today with a bit more release news...
First up though, we have two more new disc reviews for you today. Tim has checked out Richard Jefferies’ Blood Tide (1982) on Blu-ray from Arrow Video. And Dennis has turned in his thoughts on Paul Wegener and Carl Boese’s classic German expressionist tale The Golem (1920) on Blu-ray from Kino Classics. Do give them a look.
Also, we’ve just posted a new update of the Release Dates & Artwork section here at The Bits thanks to our own Russell Hammond, and it’s full of all the recently-announced Blu-ray and 4K titles. As always, whenever you order anything from Amazon through our links, you’re helping to support The Bits and we really do appreciate it.
In other news today, here’s a nice surprise: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is releasing Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice in 4K Ultra HD on 9/1! It looks like two versions will be available: A wide release standard edition and an Amazon exclusive deluxe giftset. You can see the cover art at left and also below. [Read on here...]
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Blood Tide BD review
- The Golem BD review
- Release Dates & Artwork update
- Tim Burton
- Beetlejuice 4K
- Amazon exclusive
- Sherlock Holmes 4K
- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 4K
- The Wind Rises
- Studio Ghibli
- GKids
- Shout! Factory
- Eureka!
- Masters of Cinema
- Criss Cross
- A Foreign Affair
- MVD Rewind Collection
- Split Second
- Evil Under the Sun
- DefCon 4
- MGM distribution
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- HBO Max
- Gone with the Wind
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