Morning, folks! Hope you all enjoyed The Bitsy Awards yesterday. We’ve got some announcement news and a new Blu-ray review for you this morning here at The Bits.
But first, our very own Russell Hammond has once again updated the Release Dates and Artwork section with all the latest Blu-ray, DVD and Video Game cover artwork and Amazon.com pre-order links. As always, a portion of anything you order from Amazon after clicking through to them from our links goes to help support our work here at The Bits and we surely do appreciate it.
All right, time for that review. Tim Salmons has checked in with a look at another fun Scream Factory title in high-definition – The Nest! Enjoy and be sure to watch for more new BD reviews every day here at The Bits all this week.
Warner Home Video has just announced a new Mad Max Trilogy Blu-ray collection for release on 6/4 (SRP $49.99). The set come in limited tin packaging and will include Mad Max (1979), The Road Warrior (1982) and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985 - new to Blu-ray). The latter two will be released as BD singles on 6/4 as well. No word yet on extras. As some of you may know, George Miller has returned to direct a fourth film in the series, Mad Max: Fury Road, which should hit theaters sometime later this year.
Warner Home Video has also set the animated Superman: Unbound for Blu-ray and DVD release on 5/7, featuring actor John Noble as the voice of Brianiac.
Sony would like to remind you all that the newly-crowned and Oscar-winning Best Documentary Feature, Waiting for Sugar Man, is now available on Blu-ray and DVD. We hear it’s pretty good.
Well Go USA Entertainment has set Takashi Shimizu’s Tormented for Blu-ray and DVD release on 4/2. This will be followed by Deadball on both formats on 4/9.
Cohen Media Group will release The Other Son on both Blu-ray and DVD on 3/19.
And here’s a cool bit of news: Severin Films is releasing the 1970s classic Zulu Dawn on Blu-ray and DVD on 3/12 (SRP $29.95). Extras will include “new featurettes with Zulu War expert Ian Knight, the film’s historical advisor Midge Carter, a visit to the actual locations of the battle of Isandlwana hosted by Knight, and a selection of rare out-takes.” You can see the cover artwork below.
We’ll leave you with a look at the Blu-ray cover artwork for Severin’s Zulu Dawn, Warner’s Superman: Unbound and Kino’s Little Fugitive (due 3/26)…
Stay tuned...!
- Bill Hunt