Displaying items by tag: Wim Wenders
A Titanic 4K update, plus The Fabelmans, Station Eleven, Aim for the Ace!, The Young Ones, Castle of the Living Dead, King Kong (1976), Face/Off & more!
Welcome back from the holiday, Bits readers! We hope and trust that each of you were able to enjoy a great celebration with your family and friends.
Sarah and I have my mother staying here over the holidays, so we’ve been cooking up a storm, enjoying some great food, and watching lots of movies. I also just finished watching the season finale of HBO’s His Dark Materials—more on that in a moment—and I’ve started in on the new season of Jack Ryan on Amazon Prime. I still need to check out Avatar: The Way of Water at my local IMAX theater, but I’ll get to that soon enough.
We’ve got a new contribution from each member of the Bits reviewing team for you today, including...
Dennis’ look at Robert Mandel’s School Ties (1992) on Blu-ray from Imprint Films and Via Vision.
Stephen’s take on James Whale’s By Candlelight (1933) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
My thoughts on the new single-film 4K Ultra HD SKU of Wilson Yip’s Ip Man (2008) from Well Go USA.
And last, but certainly not least, Tim’s in-depth take on Peter Jackson’s The Frighteners: Ultimate Edition (1996) on 4K Ultra HD from our friends at Turbine Media in Germany! This is a pretty spectacular box set release, and Tim will tell you all about it in his review, so you definitely don’t want to miss it. [Read on here...]
- Stephen Bjork
- Dennis Seuling
- Paramount
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Tim Salmons
- Titanic 4K Ultra HD
- Station Eleven 4K
- The Fabelmans
- Aim for the Ace!
- The Young Ones
- Castle of the Living Dead
- King Kong (1976) 4K
- Face/Off 4K
- James Cameron
- School Ties BD review
- By Candlelight BD review
- Ip Man 4K review
- The Frighteners 4K review
- Turbine Media
- Via Vision
- Imprint Films
- Steven Spielberg
- Devotion
- Rain Man 4K
- Universal
- Crunchyroll
- Discotek Media
- MVD
- Severin Films
- Attack on Titan
- Wim Wenders
- Curzon Film UK
- Faraway So Close! BD
- HBO
- His Dark Materials
- Little Miss Marker
- The Crusades
- Making Mr Right
- Secret Admirer
- Double Crossbones
- Counsellor at Law
- I for Icarus
- The Experts
- Gene Roddenberry
- The Questor Tapes
SURPRISE: Curzon Film drops a stunning 4K Ultra HD restoration of Wim Wenders’ Wings of Desire (1987) in the UK!
Before we get to today’s brief bit of release news, we have two more new disc reviews for you...
Dennis has turned in his thoughts on Ol Parker’s Ticket to Paradise (2022), which is new on Blu-ray from Universal. The film stars Julia Roberts and George Clooney.
And Stephen has delivered a look at Ted Kotcheff’s North Dallas Forty (1979) on Blu-ray from our friends down under at Imprint and Via Vision.
Also here at The Bits today, we’ve just posted a major update of our Upcoming Cover Artwork section, featuring all the latest Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD cover art and Amazon.com pre-order links. As always, whenever you order literally anything from Amazon after clicking to them through one of our links (like this one) you’re helping to support our work here at The Bits and we appreciate it! [Read on here...]
- Stephen Bjork
- Dennis Seuling
- Dragonslayer 4K
- Paramount
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Wings of Desire 4K
- Curzon Film UK
- Wim Wenders
- Steelbook
- Ticket to Paradise BD review
- North Dallas Forty BD review
- Upcoming Cover Art update
- Project Wolf Hunting
- Well Go USA
- Release Dates & Artwork update
Criterion’s December includes Until the End of the World, plus 007 4K art, Lion King (2019) & new BD/4K
All right, the big news today is that our friends at the Criterion Collection have just announced their December Blu-ray and DVD release slate. And it includes a film that I’ve been waiting for a long time on Blu-ray... the extended director’s cut of Wim Wenders’ melancholy sci-fi road movie Until the End of the World.
I have so much love for the film and managed to record a TCM showing of it a couple years ago on my DVR. I’m glad I’ll finally be able to free up the drive space! Here’s the full slate...
Look for Stephen Roberts’ The Story of Temple Drake (Spine #1006 – Blu-ray and DVD) and Ronald Neame’s Tunes of Glory (Spine #225 – Blu-ray and DVD) on 12/3, followed by Wim Wenders’ Until the End of the World (Spine #1007 – Blu-ray and DVD) and Kelly Reichardt’s Old Joy (Spine #1008 – Blu-ray and DVD) on 12/10. We’ve updated the relevant pages of our Criterion Spines Project here at The Bits accordingly. [Read on here...]
- Red Heat 4K
- 007: The Daniel Craig Collection 4K
- The 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Bluray
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- Jon Favreau
- The Lion King (2019) 4K
- Until the End of the World
- Wim Wenders
- Criterion December 2019 slate
- Tunes of Glory
- The Story of Temple Drake
- The Criterion Spines Project
- Old Joy
- The Blob (1988): Collector's Edition
- Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles
- The Toys That Made Us
- Catch 22
- Crawl
- Legend of the Demon Cat
Dragnet, Man in the Iron Mask, House on Haunted Hill, First Reformed, Tucker, Won’t You Be My Neighbor? & more
We start things off today with another new Blu-ray review from Tim Salmons. He’s taken a look at the new 3-disc The Last House on the Left: Limited Edition Blu-ray set from director Wes Craven and our friends at Arrow Video. Sounds like it’s pretty damn solid, so do give it a look.
In announcement news, Shout! Factory has unveiled some great new Blu-ray titles, including a Dragnet: Collector’s Edition (street date 10/30) and The Man in the Iron Mask: 20th Anniversary Edition (due 10/9), both as Shout Select releases!
Meanwhile, their Scream Factory label chimes in with a House on Haunted Hill: Collector’s Edition (the 1999 film obviously) which is due to street on 10/9. Extras are TBA, but material from the previous DVD release will carry over. Look also for The Wasp Woman (10/30), a Trick ’r Treat: Collector’s Edition (10/9), and The Bride (1985) and an Exorcist II: The Heretic – Collector’s Edition (both on 9/25). [Read on here...]
- Nick Offerman
- Hearts Beat Loud
- The Unnamable
- The Day of the Jackal
- Upgrade
- documentary
- Mister Rogers
- Paul Schrader
- Wim Wenders
- Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
- Tucker: The Man and His Dream
- The Terror: The Complete First Season
- Won't You Be My Neighbor?
- First Reformed
- Shout! Factory and Scream Factory ComicCon Panel
- The Wasp Woman
- The Bride
- House on Haunted Hill: Collector’s Edition
- The Man in the Iron Mask: 20th Anniversary Edition
- Dragnet: Collector's Edition
- The Last House on the Left: Limited Edition BD review
- Warner Bros
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Tim Salmons
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Lionsgate
- AMC
Gravity Falls coming to Blu-ray/DVD, plus Sweet Sweetback, Droopy, Home Media Awards voting & more
All right, we’ve got some interesting release news to report today. First though…
We’ve posted several new Blu-ray reviews in the last couple of days, including my take on Warner Archive’s Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero and the Kino Lorber Studio Classics title Joan of Arc, as well as Tim’s thoughts on Warner Archive’s Joe Versus the Volcano, Arrow Video’s There’s Always Vanilla, Shout!/Scream Factory’s Colossus: The Forbin Project and 78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene, and Universal’s Happy Death Day. Enjoy!
Now then, Shout! Factory has announced that they’re going to be bringing Disney’s Gravity Falls: The Complete Series to Blu-ray and DVD on 7/24 (SRP $99.99 and $59.97 respectively, though if you purchase them from Shout! directly you get $20 off the BD and $10 off the DVD). [Read on here...]
- Warner Archive Collection
- Batman & Mr Freeze: SubZero BD review
- Tim Salmons
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- 4K Ultra HD Bluray
- Gravity Falls: The Complete Series
- Home Media Awards
- Tex Avery's Droopy DVD
- Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song
- Joan of Arc BD review
- Happy Death Day BD review
- Joe Versus the Volcano BD review
- There's Always Vanilla BD review
- Colossus: The Forbin Project BD review
- 78/52 BD review
- Coming to America: 30th Anniversary Edition
- Wim Wenders
- Submergence
- Legend of the Mountain
- Andrei Tarkovsky
- The Sacrifice
- Please Stand By
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- 2001: A Space Odyssey 4K
- Shout! Factory
Allied official, Miss Sloane, The Americans: Season 4, Your Name & more, lots of new BD cover artwork
First up today, our own Russell Hammond has just posted the weekly Release Dates & Artwork update with all the latest Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K cover artwork and Amazon.com pre-order links. Don’t forget, anytime you order titles through our links you’re helping to support our work here at The Bits and we appreciate it!
Now then... in new release news today, Paramount has officially announced Robert Zemeckis’ Allied for release on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray on 2/28, with the Digital HD release expected on 2/14. The WWII thriller stars Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard. Extras on the Blu-rays will include 10 behind-the-scenes featurettes (among them The Story of Allied, From Stages to the Sahara: The Production Design of Allied, Through the Lens: Directing with Robert Zemeckis, A Stitch in Time: The Costumes of Allied, ’Til Death Do Us Part: Max and Marianne, Guys and Gals: The Ensemble Cast, Lights, Pixels, Action! The Visual Effects of Allied, Behind the Wheel: The Vehicles of Allied, Locked and Loaded: The Weapons of Allied, and That Swingin’ Sound: The Music of Allied). You can see the cover artwork to the left and below. [Read on here…]
- The Young Girls of Rochefort
- The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
- Tampopo
- Juzo Itami
- Rumble Fish
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Buena Vista Social Club
- Wim Wenders
- Woman of the Year
- George Stevens
- April BD slate
- The Criterion Collection
- Bluray Disc
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- JAcques Demy
- Allied
- Miss Sloane
- The Americans: The Complete Fourth Season
- Your Name
- Well Go USA
- The Phantasm Collection BD box set
Criterion’s April slate includes Rumble Fish and Buena Vista Social Club
This is just a quick update today to let you all know that The Criterion Collection has just announced their April slate of titles, which is set to include new editions of George Stevens’ Woman of the Year (Cat #867 – Blu-ray and DVD) and Wim Wenders’ Buena Vista Social Club (Cat #866 – Blu-ray and DVD) on 4/18, followed by Juzo Itami’s Tampopo (Cat #868 – Blu-ray and DVD) and Francis Ford Coppola’s Rumble Fish (Cat #869 – Blu-ray and DVD) on 4/25. You’ll also get updated versions of two existing Criterion titles, including Jacques Demy’s The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Cat #716 – Blu-ray and DVD) and The Young Girls of Rochefort (Cat #717 – Blu-ray and DVD) on 4/11. You can see the cover artwork below. [Read on here…]
Criterion’s May slate has Hopper, Altman & Wenders, plus Kill Joys, Point Break & a way to preserve digital data
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All right, we’re kicking things off today with a pair of new Blu-ray Disc reviews. Our own Joe Marchese offers his thoughts on Robert Parrish’s The Wonderful Country (1959) from Kino Lorber’s Studio Classics line. Also, Tim has just posted an epic report in which he savors the pleasures of Scream Factory’s new The Vincent Price Collection III on Blu-ray, which streets today. Do give them both a look. [Read on here…]
- Bluray
- BD
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Bluray Disc
- Criterion May Slate
- Easy Rider
- Tim Salmons
- The Vincent Price Collection III
- Joe Marchese
- The Wonderful Country
- In a Lonely Place
- The Naked Island
- The Player
- Robert Altman
- Wim Wenders
- Wim Wenders: The Road Trilogy
- Alice in the Cities
- Wrong Move
- Kings of the Road
- Kill Joys: Season One
- Point Break
Blu-ray News – A few title announcements & reviews, plus Apple Music & Ridley Scott's Martian trailer
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We’re kicking off the new week with a pair of new Blu-ray reviews. Tim has checked out Scream’s Class of 1984: Collector’s Edition and Jeff has taken a closer look at Universal’s new Battlestar Galactica: Definitive Collection set. Both are worth your attention, so enjoy the reviews. [Read on here…]