Displaying items by tag: 4K Ultra HD Release List update
Criterion’s July slate includes Peckinpah, Wenders & Melville in 4K, plus Macbeth (1948), The Persuaders, Aliens Expanded & more!
To kick off a new week today, we have some interesting release news and a new disc review to share as well. Let’s get to the latter first...
Tim has offered his thoughts on Michele Soavi’s The Church (1989) in 4K Ultra HD from our friends at Severin Films.
More reviews are forthcoming this week, so be sure to stay tuned for them.
Also today here at The Bits, we’ve expanded our Patreon poll about Lionsgate 4K catalog Steelbooks to our Twitter/X page with just a day and a half left. The question is: Lionsgate Home Entertainment is developing a new line of 4K Ultra HD catalog Steelbooks, including many titles released previously as Best Buy exclusives, and they’d like your opinion: Would you prefer the covers to 1) feature newly-created custom artwork, or 2) the film’s original poster artwork? You can vote right now here on Patreon or here on Twitter/X and please take a moment to do so before the polls end on Wednesday. Thank you!
Now then, the big release news today is that Criterion has just announced its July 2024 slate of Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD titles, and this batch has some real gems as well as a couple of surprises. [Read on here...]
- Tim Salmons
- Lionsgate 4K Steelbook poll
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Lionsgate
- The Church 4K review
- Severin Films
- Criterion July 2024 slate
- Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid 4K
- Sam Peckinpah
- Jean Pierre Melville
- Le samourai 4K
- Wim Wenders
- Perfect Days 4K
- Black God White Devil BD
- Farewell my Concubine 4K
- Chen Kaige
- Glauber Rocha
- Paul Brickman
- Risky Business 4K
- Imprint Television
- The Persuaders: The Complete Series BD
- Macbeth (1948) BD
- Orson Welles
- Origin
- Sting
- Superman & Lois: The Complete Third Season
- DC
- Typhoon Club 4K
- The Cinema Guild
- Imaginary
- Arthur the King
- The Tiger's Apprentice
- Paramount
- Snake Eyes 4K
- Repossessed BD
- Kaleidescape
- Minority Report 4K
- Steven Spielberg
- Aliens Expanded documentary
- Ian Nathan
- Crunchy Roll
- Lukas Kendall
- Film Score Monthly
- American Gigolo
- The Karate Kid 4K
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Dune: Part Two is officially announced, plus new disc reviews & Lionsgate wants your opinion on 4K Steelbooks!
Before we get to today’s release news, we’ve got a few new disc reviews for you to enjoy here at The Bits...
Tim has reviewed the Looney Tunes: Collector’s Choice – Volume 2 Blu-ray set from the Warner Archive Collection.
Dennis has reviewed R.O. Blechman and Christian Blackwood’s The Soldier’s Tale (1984) on Blu-ray from Kino Classics, along with Jerry London’s Rent-a-Cop (1988) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And Stuart has offered his thoughts on Édouard Molinaro’s The Road to Shame (1959) on Blu-ray from Kino Classics, as well as Guy Green’s Diamond Head (1962) on Blu-ray from our friends at Imprint Films.
More reviews are on the way, as always, so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for them!
Now then... the big news today is that Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment has officially set Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two (2024) for release on Blu-ray, DVD, 4K Ultra HD, and 4K UHD + Blu-ray Steelbook on 5/14, just as we expected. The Digital release is due on 4/16, which is just a week away.
Look for the 4K disc to include Dolby Vision and HDR10 high dynamic range and Dolby Atmos audio. Unfortunately, we’ve confirmed with the studio that the aspect ratio for all of these SKUs will be 2.39:1 only, matching the previous release of Dune: Part One (2021) on disc. These discs will not replicate the variable IMAX aspect ratio in 1.78:1, like the studio’s past 4K releases of Christopher Nolan’s films do (including TENET, Dunkirk, The Dark Knight, etc).
This is something that a LOT of Dune and 4K fans very much want. Since the discs went up for pre-order a few weeks ago, I’ve gotten many hundreds of questions about it. And since I shared the 2.39 confirmation on Twitter yesterday, the post has been seen by more than 1 million people! So there is clearly very keen interest in a disc release that does have the IMAX ratio. Hopefully, Warner is planning an IMAX 4K and BD disc re-release in the future. [Read on here...]
- Denis Villeneuve
- Lionsgate
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Back the Bits
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Dune: Part Two 4K
- Dune 2 Film Collection
- Lionsgate 4K Steelbook poll
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 2 BD review
- The Soldier's Tale BD review
- Rent a Cop BD review
- The Road to Shame BD review
- Diamond Head BD review
- Kino Classics
- The Warner Archive Collection
- Imprint Films
Eclipse 2024, the Dune: Part Two street date, One from the Heart: Reprise, Drive-Away Dolls & Warner fixes the Rocky: Knockout Collection 4K discs!
All right, I hope all of you guys here in the States checked out the solar eclipse this morning! Here in Southern California, the Moon only covered about 54% of the Sun at maximum, but I took the scope out this morning anyway and got a couple good pictures that I’ll share below the break.
In the meantime, the big news today is unofficial, but it comes from enough retail sources now that I’m confident it’s accurate: Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment will release Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two (2024) on Blu-ray, DVD, 4K Ultra HD, and 4K UHD Steelbook on 5/14. And while we’ll have to wait for the official press release (expected anytime now) to be sure, based on the promo images the studio is sharing with some of the pre-order listings, it looks like the aspect ratio for the title may be full 1.78:1. This would replicate the maximum IMAX image area for home viewing. Again, that’s not certain yet. So fingers crossed, we’ll know more very soon. You can see the 4K Steelbook art at left and also below the break.
[Editor’s Note: The 5/14 date is now official per WBHE, but we’ve confirmed that the aspect ratio will be 2.39:1 only. Don’t attack the messenger please; we’re only passing on what we’ve learned.]
Also newly announced today by Lionsgate is Francis Ford Coppola’s One from the Heart: Reprise (1982), which will finally arrive here in the States in 4K Ultra HD on 5/7. The entire film has been restored from the original camera negative and six minutes of footage have been added back to the film by Coppola himself. The 4K package will include a UHD disc of the new cut plus the original 1982 Theatrical Version on Blu-ray, with all of its legacy special features. [Read on here...]
- Dune: Part Two 4K
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Rocky: The Knockout Collection 4K errors
- Rocky Balboa 4K Steelbook
- Rocky V 4K Steelbook
- Sylvester Stallone
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Solar Eclipse 2024
- One from the Heart: Reprise 4K
- Lionsgate
- Drive Away Dolls
- Ethan Coen
- Universal
- Rocky 4K replacement discs
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Denis Villeneuve
- StudioCanal
- Narrow Margin 4K
- Are You Being Served? The Movie
- Madam Web 4K
- Kung Fu Panda 4 4K
- Well Go USA
- Noryang: Deadly Sea BD
About Steelbooks, Paramount’s Mean Girls 4Ks, plus Rocky V & Rocky Balboa in Ultra HD Steelbook, Guillermo del Toro teases new 4K remasters & more
We have a new disc review for all of you to enjoy today here at The Bits...
Our own Tim Salmons has just weighed in on the Warner Archive Collection’s Looney Tunes: Collector’s Choice – Volume 1 Blu-ray, which includes 20 classic animated shorts from 1945 to 1959, among them some real rarities. Tim will be reviewing Volume 2 and Volume 3 on Blu-ray soon as well, so watch for those to follow in the coming days.
We’ve also updated our 4K Ultra HD Release List here at The Bits today with some new titles and Amazon.com pre-order links, so you’ll definitely want to check that out here.
And over on our Patreon page today, I’ve shared a feature entitled Steelbooks (And Why Hollywood Loves Them)! that looks back at the origins and history of Steelbook packaging, and why it’s become so popular with both the Hollywood studios and retailers. This post is free and open to everyone for a couple of reasons.
First, we want to give you all a taste of the kinds of content we’re creating exclusively for our paying supporters on Patreon. And second, we’re going to be running a poll on our Patreon page on behalf of a major Hollywood studio that wants your opinion on a Steelbook project they’re considering. That will appear in the next couple days there and it too will be free and available to all. [Read on here...]
- Tim Salmons
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Bubble Bath BD review
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Back the Bits
- Release Dates & Cover Artwork update
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- Warner Archive Collection
- Looney Tunes Collector’s Choice: Volume One BD review
- Steelbooks And Why Hollywood Loves Them
- Mean Girls (2004) 4K
- Mean Girls (2024) 4K
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Severin Films
- Cemetery Man 4K
- MGM
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Sylvester Stallone
- Rocky V 4K Steelbook
- Rocky Balboa 4K Steelbook
- Gruv
- Rocky: The Knockout Collection 4K errors
- Guillermo del Toro
- Cronos 4K
- Blade II 4K
- Mimic 4K
- Crimson Peak 4K
- Arrow Video
- Daniel Isn't Real BD
- Witch Story 4K
- Navy Seals 4K
- China O'Brien 4K
- China O'Brien 2 4K
- La Femme Nikita 4K Steelbook
- Dune: Limited Edition BD
- Via Vision Entertainment
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Chinatown 4K
- Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 40th anniversary
- Dune: Part Two 4K
- Andor: The Complete First Season 4K
- Obi Wan Kenobi: The Complete Series 4K
- Once Upon a Time in the West 4K
Chinatown (1974) finally comes to 4K from Paramount, along with Matinee, RoboCop 2, RoboCop (2014) & Species II from Shout & more!
Welcome to a new week, Bits-ers! Hope you all had a good one, including all those of you who attended WonderCon in Anaheim this weekend.
Today is obviously April Fool’s Day, but rest assured we aren’t going to waste time with such tomfoolery here at the site this afternoon because we’ve got more new disc reviews for you, as well as some really great actual news too.
Let’s get to those reviews first. Today we have...
Stephen’s review of Ted Kotcheff’s North Dallas Forty (1979) in 4K Ultra HD from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, as well as his take on György Kovásznai’s Bubble Bath (1980) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome.
And Stuart’s look at William Grefé’s Impulse (1974) on Blu-ray from Grindhouse Releasing, as well as Emmanuel Carrère’s Between Two Worlds (2021) on Blu-ray from Cohen Media Group.
Late last week, we also posted Tim’s reviews of Sam Raimi’s Drag Me to Hell (2009) in both regular and limited edition Blu-ray, as well as his reviews of Quentin Tarantino (etc)’s Grindhouse (2007) in both regular and limited edition Blu-ray, all from Via Vision’s Imprint Films.
And not to be outdone, Dennis has also reviewed Peter Yates’ The Dresser (1983) on Blu-ray from Imprint as well. [Read on here...]
- Scream Factory
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- Release Dates & Cover Artwork update
- Stephen Bjork
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- North Dallas Forty 4K review
- Bubble Bath BD review
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Impulse BD review
- Grindhouse Releasing
- Cohen Media Group
- Between Two Worlds BD review
- The Dresser BD review
- Imprint Films
- Via Vision
- Dennis Seuling
- Tim Salmons
- Drag Me to Hell BD review
- Grindhouse BD review
- Quentin Tarantino
- Sam Raimi
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Roman Polanski
- Chinatown 4K
- Imprint
- The Prisoner: The Complete Series
HALO: Season 2, Se7en 4K release delayed to 2025, the challenges of film preservation in the digital age & more
We’ve got one more new disc review for you all to enjoy today, which is Stephen’s look at Simon Wincer’s Quigley Down Under (1990) in 4K Ultra HD from Shout! Studios—a new Shout Select title.
We’ve also updated our 4K Ultra HD Release List here at The Bits, and we’ve posted a big update of the Release Dates & Cover Art section (click on Cover Art in the navigation bar at the top of the page) with all the latest Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD cover artwork and Amazon.com pre-order links. Don’t forget, any time 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 Bits and we really appreciate it.
And I just posted an interesting column over on our Patreon page that details some of the extraordinary changes currently underway behind-the-scenes within the home video industry—changes that begin with Disney making a deal for Sony to take over their physical media production but definitely don’t end there. I think you’ll find it interesting—and don’t forget that joining our Patreon is also a great way to help support our work here at the site. [Read on here...]
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Back the Bits
- Stephen Bjork
- HALO: Season 2 4K
- film presevration
- The Hollywood Reporter
- Se7en 4K delay to 2025
- David Fincher
- Quigley Down Under 4K review
- Release Dates & Cover Artwork update
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- Imprint Asia
- Arrow Video
- Pursued (1947)
- The Chase (1946)
- City of the Living Dead (1980)
- The Long Good Friday (1980)
- Venomous (2001)
- Zavvi
- The Crow: Salvation (2000)
- Scream Factory
Warner brings Coppola’s Outsiders to 4K, plus Highlander in Ultra HD from Studio Canal & Lionsgate, new Indicator BD titles, the end of NTSC & more
Hope you’re all having a great week so far. I was buried in catch-up work yesterday after having a series of family visits here—our first in two years due to the pandemic—so suffice it to say that there was no news post yesterday.
However, I’ve been on the phone a lot in the last couple of days talking with industry sources, and we’ve got some great new Blu-ray and especially 4K catalog updates for you this afternoon.
FYI, there will be more new disc reviews coming later this week as well, so be sure to check back for those. But let’s get right into the 4K news...
First up, I’ve confirmed with multiple industry sources now that Warner Bros. will be releasing Francis Ford Coppola’s The Outsiders (1983) on physical 4K Ultra HD in early November. Coppola and his American Zoetrope have recently been remastering several of the director’s films in 4K (Lionsgate is releasing a remastered Dementia 13 on Blu-ray and 4K Digital on 9/21 as part of their Vestron Video Collector’s Series, and Paramount is going to be releasing the complete Godfather Trilogy in 4K Ultra HD next year in honor of the original film’s 50th anniversary), so perhaps it shouldn’t come as a surprise. [Read on here...]
- iTunes 4K upgrades
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Lionsgate
- Studio Canal
- Indicator
- Powerhouse
- The Outsiders 4K
- Mad Max Trilogy 4K
- 3 from Hell 4K
- Catch the Bullet
- Universal Classic Monsters: Icons of Horror Collection 4K
- Highlander 4K
- Steelbook
- Best Buy exclusive
- Star Trek III: The Search for Spock HD upgrade on iTunes Apple TV
- MVD Rewind Collection
- Dirty Laundry
- The Hellfighters
- Midway
- MacArthur
- Gray Lady Down
- The end of NTSC broadcasting
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
BREAKING: Disney makes M. Night Shyamalan’s UNBREAKABLE official for 4K Ultra HD on 9/21
We’ve got an early My Two Cents post for you this morning here at The Bits with a bit of breaking 4K news...
Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution has just officially announced that director M. Night Shyamalan’s Unbreakable (2000) will be released on physical 4K Ultra HD and 4K Digital on September 21st.
The film stars Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright Penn, Spencer Treat Clark, and Charlayne Woodard.
Unbreakable joins Shyamalan’s Split (2016) and Glass (2019)—both of which have been released previously on Ultra HD by Universal—thus completing the director’s Eastrail 177 Trilogy on the format. [Read on here...]
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- Walt Disney Home Entertainment
- Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution
- M Night Shyamalan
- Unbreakable 4K
- Split 4K
- Glass 4K
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Eastrail 177 Trilogy
- Bruce Willis
- Samuel L Jackson
- Robin Wright Penn
- Best Buy exclusive Steelbook 4K
Paramount makes A Quiet Place II official for 7/27, plus Shawshank 4K & Kieslowski’s Three Colors Trilogy on Ultra HD in France
We’ve got some great Blu-ray and 4K release news to share with you all today...
Let’s start with Paramount... as expected, Paramount Home Entertainment has officially announced the Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD release of John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place: Part II later this month on 7/27, with the Digital only release expected tomorrow (on 7/13). You’ll also be able to buy a 2-Movie Collection on Blu-ray and Digital. A Quiet Place: Part II in 4K will include Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos audio.
Extras will include 5 featurettes (Director’s Diary: Filming with John Krasinski, Pulling Back the Curtain, Regan’s Journey, Surviving the Marina, and Detectable Disturbance: Visual Effects and Sound Design). You can see the cover artwork above left and also below (complete with its Amazon pre-order link).
Speaking of Paramount, the studio has announced that it’s releasing Hardball, starring Keanu Reeves and Diane Lane, on Blu-ray for the first time on 9/21 in honor of the film’s 20th anniversary. Extras will include audio commentary by director Brian Robbins and writer John Gatins, The Making of Hardball, deleted scenes, the Hardball music video, interstitials, and the film’s theatrical trailer. You can see the cover art below. [Read on here...]
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- A Quiet Place: Part II 4K
- A Quiet Place: Part II BD
- The Shawshank Redemption 4K
- Stephen King
- Frank Darabont
- John Krasinski
- Emily Blunt
- Steve Martin
- Three Colors Trilogy
- Hardball
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- The Longest Yard (2005) BD
- Necessary Roughness (1991) BD
- Paramount Presents
- Breakdown (1997) BD
- Jonathan Mostow
- Kurt Russell
- Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid BD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- The Neverending Story 4K
- Constantin Film
- Best Buy Steelbook 4K
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Stanley Kubrick
- A Clockwork Orange 4K
- MK2
- Krzysztof Kieślowski
- Blue 4K
- White 4K
- Red 4K
- Rear Window 4K
- Vertigo 4K
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Netflix Originals
- The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It 4K