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We’re going to do a bit of an early 2026 4K new round-up here at The Bits today, catching you all up on the latest announcements and release news from our industry sources.
First though, a few more new disc reviews…
Stuart has taken a look at the BBC’s Death Valley: Season One on DVD from Warner Bros.
Dennis has given William Keighley’s The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.
And Stephen has offered his thoughts on Neil Marshall’s The Descent (2005) as found in a new 20th Anniversary 4K Steelbook from Lionsgate Limited.
As always, more new disc reviews are forthcoming, so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for them.
Now then, just as a quick reminder, we recently revealed here on The Bits (see this link) that Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment is planning a very nice slate of 4K catalog releases for 2026, including William Wyler’s Ben-Hur (1959) and Alan J. Pakula’s All the President’s Men (1976)—already set for release on 2/17—as well as Chuck Russell’s Eraser (1996), Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity (2013), Tim Burton’s Mars Attacks! (1996), Neil Jordan’s Interview with the Vampire (1994), Victor Fleming’s Gone with the Wind (1939), and P. T. Anderson’s Magnolia (1999) which are all TBA for later this year.
Then on New Year’s Eve, we broke the news (see this link) that Warner is also planning a new 4K Ultra HD release of the Wachowski’s Speed Racer (2008) this year as well. [Read on here...]
All right, let’s get a little routine site business out of the way first this afternoon…
Our final new disc review of 2025 is Dennis’ look at Iain Softley’s K-Pax (2001) on Blu-ray from our friends at Imprint Films and Via Vision.
Also, we’ve just posted an update of the Release Dates & Cover Artwork section here at The Bits with all the latest Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD cover artwork and Amazon.com pre-order links.
As always, anytime you order literally anything from Amazon after clicking to them through one of our links, you’re helping to support our work here at the site and we appreciate it!
Now then… today is the final day of 2025, so tonight humans the world over will celebrate New Year’s Eve.
With that in mind, I wanted to give you readers one last exclusive for this year—one last piece of 4K Ultra HD catalog news to get you all excited for what’s to come on the format in 2026. So here it is…
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment is finally bringing the Wachowskis’ Speed Racer (2008) to 4K Ultra HD in the coming year! [Read on here...]
We’ve got just a couple of days left of 2025 now, and we’re going to use this one to highlight more recent disc reviews that we’ve done here at The Bits, as well as to share some more great 4K release news.
First, those reviews…
Tim has turned in his thoughts on Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) in 4K Ultra HD from Criterion’s Wes Anderson Archive box set, as well as Menahem Golan and Sam Firstenberg’s The Ninja Trilogy (1981-84) in 4K UHD from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Stuart has reviewed Warner Archive’s James Cagney Collection on Blu-ray, which includes The Public Enemy (1931), White Heat (1949), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), and Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942).
And finally, Stephen has delivered his take on Michael Winner’s Death Wish II (1982) on Blu-ray from KL Studio Classics, as well as P. T. Anderson’s Boogie Nights (1997) in 4K Ultra HD from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment!
More reviews are forthcoming in the days ahead, so be sure to keep checking back!
Now then, we have a great new title announcement for you today: 20th Century Studios and Disney have just set Dan Trachtenberg’s Predator: Badlands (2025) for Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD Steelbook release on 2/17! The Digital release is expected on 1/6. [Read on here...]
Hello, everyone!
On behalf of all of us here at The Digital Bits, I just wanted to take a moment on this lovely Christmas Eve day to wish each of you a Happy Christmas and a very Happy Holidays!
It’s obviously been a challenging year on Planet Earth, for a whole host of different reasons.
We’ve certainly had our own share of difficulties to overcome in 2025, as we endured a series of major technical issues here at the site.
Some of us have had health issues to deal with as well—thus far with positive outcomes, thankfully.
And as is true every year, we’ve lost some loved ones and some genuine legends too, including people we knew personally and others that we’ve long admired from afar. [Read on here...]
Happy Holidays, Bits readers!
It’s a slow week in the home entertainment industry, what with Christmas fast approaching, Hanukkah having just concluded and other holidays well underway—hey, folks even gathered at Stonehenge in the UK to celebrate yesterday’s Winter Solstice, aka the shortest day of the year. So it’s all sun and games from here on out, and New Year’s is right around the corner!
We’ve got a couple of recent disc reviews to share with you today, though most of The Bits review team is throttling down a bit just to relax and enjoy some well earned holiday time family friends. Nevertheless, today we have...
Stephen’s reviews of Dezső Ákos Hamza’s Sirius (1942) on Blu-ray from Deaf Crocodile Films, as well as Richard Stanley’s Dust Devil (1992) in 4K Ultra HD from our friends at Umbrella Entertainment.
And Dennis’ take on Paul Auster’s Lulu on the Bridge (1998) on Blu-ray from Imprint Films.
We may have another review of two this week, but if not we’ll definitely have more for you next week after Christmas.
In the meantime, we do have some good new and recent disc announcements to cover here this afternoon...
First, the good folks at the Warner Archive Collection have the 2-disc Looney Tunes Collector’s Vault: Volume 2 for release on 3/24, including “over fifty classic cartoons each marking their first time as part of a remastered Blu-ray WB cartoon collection, with some unseen in decades.” Select shorts will also include audio commentaries. [Read on here...]