Displaying items by tag: Blue Underground
Kino Lorber sets Tropic Thunder for 4K on 9/13, plus new catalog Ultra HD intel & details on the Star Trek: TMPDE Bonus disc extras
We’ve got three new disc reviews for you to enjoy today, all of them 4K Ultra HD titles…
Tim has offered his thoughts on Larry Cohen’s God Told Me To (1976), new from our friends at Blue Underground.
Stephen has taken a look at Bo Arne Vibenius’ Thriller: A Cruel Picture (1973) from the good folks at Vinegar Syndrome.
And Stephen’s also reviewed Shout! Factory’s new 4K UHD of Moustapha Akkad’s Lion of the Desert (1981), which streets next week.
More reviews are on the way in the coming days, so be sure to watch for them!
Now then, we have a little bit of release news from industry and retail sources, as well as an actual 4K UHD catalog announcement. Let’s get to that last one first… [Read on here...]
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Blue Underground
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- War of the Worlds (1953) 4K
- When Worlds Collide (1951) 4K
- Tropic Thunder 4K
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture The Director’s Edition The Complete Adventure 4K box set
- Stephen Bjork
- Tim Salmons
- God Told Me To 4K review
- Thriller: A Cruel Picture 4K review
- Lion of the Desert 4K review
- Batman: The Long Halloween Deluxe Edition 4K
- Universal
- Minions: The Rise of Gru 4K
- To Kill a Mockingbird 4K
- 8 Mile 4K
- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life 4K
- Enemy at the Gates 4K
- The Stepford Wives (2004) 4K
- The Saint 4K
Sony sets Fright Night for 4K, plus Paramount’s War of the Worlds & When Worlds Collide on Ultra HD, Night of the Living Dead & more!
We’ve got some major catalog release news for you today to start the new week off right…
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has just set Tom Holland’s Fright Night (1985) for release on 4K Ultra HD on 10/4. The release will feature a new 4K scan from the original camera negative, with Dolby Vision HDR and a new Dolby Atmos mix along with the previous 5.1 mix and the original stereo as well.
The title will come a Blu-ray version of the film mastered from the new 4K scan that will feature all-new Deleted Scene Storyboards and the never-before-seen alternate Holland/Beyda Spec Trailer, along with legacy extras that include audio commentary by Holland, actors Chris Sarandon and Jonathan Stark, and filmmaker Tim Sullivan, a second commentary with Holland, actors William Ragsdale and Stephen Geoffreys, FX artist Randall Cook, journalist Jeremy Smith and Tim Sullivan, and 3 featurettes (You’re So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night, What is Fright Night, and Tom Holland: Writing). [Read on here...]
- When Worlds Collide (1951) 4K
- War of the Worlds (1953) 4K
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- George Pal
- Paramount Presents
- Fright Night 4K
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Tom Holland
- George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead 4K
- Criterion Collection
- Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection: Volume 3
- As Good As It Gets 4K
- From Here to Eternity 4K
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 4K Steelbook
- Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons 4K
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Quiet Days in Clichy 4K
- Blue Underground
- RLJ Entertainment
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
Paramount sets 1883 for Blu-ray & Fatal Attraction for 4K Ultra HD, plus The Bat from The Film Detective & more announcements
We’ve got more announcement news for you today, starting with the big one...
Paramount has just set 1883: A Yellowstone Origin Story for Blu-ray and DVD release on 8/30. The Paramount+ series stars Sam Elliott, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, and Isabel May. The release will include all 10 episodes along with two hours of featurettes (among them A Land of Peril & Wonder: The Journey of 1883, From Cast to Cowboys: Creating the Pioneer Spirit, 1883: The Road West, Inside 1883, and Behind the Story for each episode). You can see the cover artwork at left and also below.
Paramount has also set Adrian Lyne’s Fatal Attraction (1987) for release on 4K Ultra HD on 9/13. The film stars Glenn Close and Michael Douglas. We’re awaiting official AV details and extras from the studio.
Coming on 9/13 from Paramount as well is a 4K Steelbook release of The Addams Family.
And Paramount and Comedy Central have set South Park: The Complete Twenty-Fourth Season for Blu-ray release on 8/16. [Read on here...]
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- 1883: A Yellowstone Origin Story BD
- Fatal Attraction 4K
- The Addams Family 4K Steelbook
- South Park: The Complete TwentyFourth Season BD
- Hot Seat BD
- Lionsgate
- MVD Entertainment
- Canadian Bacon BD
- The Film Detective
- The Bat (1959) BD
- Scream Factory
- Species 4K
- Mothering Sunday BD
- Monstrous BD
- God Told Me To 4K
- Blue Underground
- Ronin Flix
- Lone Wolf McQuade BD
- The Delta Force BD
- Death Warrant BD
- Rollerball BD
- Voyage Into Space BD
- Land of Doom BD
- YellowBrickRoad BD
- Synapse Films
- Massacre at Central High BD
- Man Without a Star BD
- Eureka!
Disney & Marvel set Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness for Blu-ray & 4K on 7/26, plus Flatliners, Paths of Glory & more
I’m about to dive back into disc reviewing here this afternoon, but before I do we have two new reviews for you this morning and a major piece of release news as well. First those reviews...
Stephen has checked in with his thoughts on a fascinating Russian fantasy film from 1956, Aleksandr Ptushko’s Ilya Muromets, which also happens to be the first Russian film in both anamorphic widescreen and color. Russian cinema is fascinating, and this film is no exception, so it’s definitely worth a look on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome.
Stephen has also given Cy Endfield, Roger Corman, and Gordon Hessler’s De Sade (1969) a look on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber, also a fascinating film from American International Pictures.
Now for that news... Marvel and Disney have just officially set Sam Raimi’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness for release on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD release on 7/26, with the Digital release anticipated for 6/22. [Read on here...]
- Adventures of Don Juan BD
- The Frisco Kid BD
- The Warner Archive Collection
- Stephen Bjork
- Heat 4K
- Disney
- Michael Mann
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Ilya Muromets BD review
- De Sade BD review
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 4K
- Marvel Studios
- 20th Century Studios
- James Cameron
- The Abyss 4K
- Avatar 4K
- Avatar: The Way of Water
- Quiet Days in Clichy 4K
- Blue Underground
- Paths of Glory 4K
- Flatliners 4K
- Arrow Video
- When Tomorrow Comes BD
- Mercenary Fighters BD
- The A Team: The Complete Series BD
Criterion’s August slate announced, plus a No Way Home Blu-ray 3D update, Mad Dog, For All Mankind: Season 3 & more
We’re kicking off the new week with some interesting Criterion announcement news, along with an update about that Spider-Man: No Way Home Blu-ray 3D title we mentioned last week, and of course new disc reviews. Let’s cover that last item first...
Tim has posted new reviews of Douglas Heyes’s Kitten with a Whip (1964) from Imprint, as well as Paul Verhoeven’s Showgirls (1995) from Umbrella Entertainment. That last one features some new extras, as well as the recent You Don’t Nomi (2019) documentary, so it might be worth a look for fans.
Also Dennis has offered a look at John Badam’s American Flyers (1985), which is new on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection. [Read on here...]
- Dennis Seuling
- Tim Salmons
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Random Space Media
- Spider Man: No Way Home 3D
- Showgirls BD review
- American Flyers BD review
- Kitten with a Whip BD review
- Criterion August 2022 slate
- Daddy Longlegs BD
- Frownland BD
- Faya Dayi BD
- Buck and the Preacher BD
- Hotel du Nord BD
- Friday the 13th Part 3 BD Steelbook
- The Cellar
- Strawberry Mansion
- We Are the Thousand
- Foo Fighters
- Get Mean
- Tim Breaker
- Love Camp 7
- Blue Underground
- The A Team: The Complete Series BD
- Space 1999: The Ultimate Collection BD
- Phil Tippett
- Mad God
- For All Mankind: Season 3
- Apple TV+
Media Play News announces the winners of their 2022 Home Entertainment Awards
Our friends at Media Play News have officially announced the winners of their 2022 Home Entertainment Media Play Awards, and you can find the full details here.
“Warner Bros. Home Entertainment’s Middle-Earth Ultimate Collector’s Edition earned the top prize in the annual Home Entertainment Media Play Awards, which honor the best home packaged-media, digital and streaming releases of 2021, taking Title of the Year, Blu-ray Disc of the Year, Best Movie Collection and Best Packaging.
Funimation’s Robotech: Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Disc won TV on Disc of the Year, as well as Best Disc Release of a Vintage TV Series.”
Here’s the partial list of winners: [Read on here...]
Updates on The Untouchables, The Batman, catalog Batman 4K (in the UK), Panic Room & Marry Me, remembering Alan Ladd Jr. & more
As always, we’re starting the week off today with a few new disc reviews for you all to enjoy...
Stephen has taken a look at Kino Lorber Studio Classics’ new double feature Blu-ray of Robert Mandel’s F/X (1986) and its sequel, Richard Franklin’s F/X2 (1991).
Dennis has offered his thoughts on Bert Gordon’s Village of the Giants (1965) on Blu-ray, an Embassy Pictures title also from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And Tim has turned in a review of a Spanish-language oldie, Ramon Peon’s La Llorona (1933), which is now available on Blu-ray via Powerhouse Films and their fine Indicator label.
Rest assured, more reviews are forthcoming all this week. [Read on here...]
- Dennis Seuling
- Stephen Bjork
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Tim Salmons
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- F/X BD review
- F/X2 BD review
- La Llorona BD review
- Village of the Giants BD review
- The Batman BD
- The Untouchables 4K
- Batman (1989) 4K
- Batman Returns 4K
- Batman Begins 4K
- The Dark Knight 4K
- The Dark Knight Rises 4K
- Panic Room 4K
- Marry Me BD
- Night Creatures BD
- Hammer Films
- Parallel Mothers
- Pedro Almodovar
- Scream Factory
- William Lustig
- Blue Underground
- Uncle Sam 4K
- RLJ Entertainment
- ViaVision Entertainment
- Alan Ladd Jr
- Star Wars
- Alien
- Blade Runner
KLSC makes Eastern Promises official for 4K on 3/22, plus Robocop: The Series, a new Ghostbusters Ultimate sizzle reel & more
As always, we’re kicking things off this week with some new disc reviews...
Dennis has checked in with a look at Paul Schrader’s The Card Counter on Blu-ray from Focus Films and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.
And Stephen has turned in his thoughts on Joe Carnahan’s Copshop on Blu-ray from Open Road Films and Universal.
Now let’s have some release news...
Continuing the theme of Kino Lorber Studio Classics kicking ass with catalog 4K, the company has just set their Ultra HD release of David Cronenberg’s Eastern Promises (2007) for 3/22, featuring a brand new Dolby Vision color grade approved by cinematographer Peter Suschitzky and a new interview with screenwriter Steven Knight. You can see the cover artwork above-left.
Paramount has officially announced its 30th anniversary Blu-ray Steelbook release of Wayne’s World on 2/1. There’s no indication that the disc has been remastered or features new extras. [Read on here...]
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Stephen Bjork
- Dennis Seuling
- The Card Counter BD review
- Copshop BD review
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- David Cronenberg
- Eastern Promises 4K UHD
- Wayne's World Steelbook BD
- Paramount Studios Home Entertainment
- Liberation Hall
- Robocop: The Series BD
- Verdugo Entertainment
- Ghost Riders BD
- Blue Underground
- Children of Men
- Ghostbusters Ultimate Collection 4K box set
- sizzle reel
- Manhattan Baby 2K restoration
- Peter Bogdanovich RIP
- Bob Saget RIP
- Sidney Poitier RIP
American Gods: S3, Spiral & new Blu-ray/4K news including Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, Roger Rabbit, The Thing, Unbreakable & more
All right, we’re starting this afternoon with a few more new disc reviews for you to enjoy...
Stephen has posted his thoughts on Curtis Bernhardt’s 1929 silent drama The Woman One Longs For, featuring only the second starring role for actress Marlene Dietrich. That’s now available on Blu-ray from Kino Classics.
Also, Dennis has offered a look at John Farrow’s 1949 film noir Alias Nick Beal, available on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics. Do give both of them a look.
In Blu-ray release news today, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and DC have just set Batwoman: The Complete Second Season for release on Blu-ray and DVD on 9/21 featuring all 18 episodes along with deleted scenes, a gag reel, and 2 featurettes (Villains Analyzed and Never Alone: Heroes and Allies).
WBHE has also set the animated Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog for release on DVD and Digital on 9/14. [Read on here...]
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Dennis Seuling
- Stephen Bjork
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- The Woman One Longs For BD review
- Alias Nick Beal BD review
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit 4K
- Heat 4K
- Unbreakable 4K
- John Carpenter's The Thing 4K
- Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters 4K
- American Gods: Season Three BD
- BatwomanThe Complete Second Season BD
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Lionsgate Home Entertainment
- PBS
- RLJE Films
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- Spiral: From the Book of Saw 4K
- Maniac Cop 2 4K
- Maniac Cop 3 4K
- Blue Underground
- Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway 4K
- In the Heights 4K
- The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It 4K
- Zack Snyder’s Justice League 4K
Vinegar Syndrome sets Six-String Samurai for 4K, Blue Underground’s Dead & Buried 4K, Scream’s King Kong (1976) BD features & more new announcements
Let’s close out the week today with another new disc review and more release news...
First, Dennis has just turned in his thoughts on Cecile B. DeMille’s The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) on Blu-ray from Paramount Home Entertainment, the 16th title in their Paramount Presents line. It sounds as if the remaster is a nice one, so do give it a look.
A quick disc update: FUNimation is now shipping out fixed replacement discs for their recent release of Akira in 4K Ultra HD. As some of you know, the original discs lacked the HDR option they were supposed to include. The new fixed discs correct this. My own replacement copy arrived a couple of days ago and I’m really pleased with the HDR grade overall, so I’m going to try to get a review of the fixed version up here at The Bits next week.
On a similar note, Amazon UK has just listed Speed for pre-order in 4K and naturally the cover artwork they’ve posted has caused still more confusion in that it correctly lists DTS-HD MA audio in the features grid on the back, but also (incorrectly) shows a Dolby Atmos logo. What’s more, there’s no mention of any special features. [Read on here...]
- Vinegar Syndrome
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Release Dates & Artwork update
- Back the Bits
- Six String Samurai 4K
- Dead & Buried 4K
- King Kong (1976) BD
- Blue Underground
- Dennis Seuling
- The Greatest Show on Earth BD review
- Akira 4K replacement discs with HDR
- Speed 4K
- Mill Creek Entertainment June update
- MVD Entertainment Group
- MVD Marquee Collection June and July titles