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More new announcements: Expend4bles, Saw X, Varsity Blues, Planet Earth III, Peter Gabriel’s i/o, Ultraseven 55th & much more!
All right, believe it or not, even after the insanity that’s been the last couple of days, we still have a bit more new release news to catch you all up on here at The Bits...
First things first… Lionsgate has officially set The Expendables 4, aka Expend4bles, for release on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on 11/21. There will also a trio of retail exclusive versions, including an Amazon 4K with lenticular cover, a Best Buy 4K Steelbook, and a Walmart Steelbook 4-Film 4K Collection. All 4K versions of Expend4bles will offer Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos audio on a 100GB disc. Extras on the Blu-ray and 4K SKUs will include audio commentary with director Scott Waugh, 2 featurettes (Bigger, Bolder, Badder: The Expendables in Action and More Than a Team: New Blood Meets Old Blood), plus the film’s theatrical trailer. You can see the cover artwork at left and also below.
Lionsgate has also set Kevin Greutert’s Saw X for release on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on 11/21. Look for HDR10 and Dolby Atmos on the 4K SKU. Extras will include audio commentary (with director-editor Kevin Greutert, cinematographer Nick Matthews, and production designer Anthony Stabley), the 6-part Reawakening documentary (includes I Want to Play a Game: Bleeding New Life into the Saga, This Time It’s Personal: Characters and Casting, Another Time, Another Place: Locations and Cinematography, There Will Be Blood: Production Design and Make-up, Leave Nothing to Chance: Post-Production, and Live or Die: Release and Legacy), 2 additional featurettes (Drawing Inspiration: Illustrated Scene Breakdowns with Kevin Greutert and Make-Up Department Trap Tests), deleted scenes, and the film’s theatrical trailer. Again, you’ll find the cover art below. [Read on here...]
- Stand by Me 4K Steelbook
- Titanic 4K
- Support The Bits
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- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- James Cameron
- The Warner Archive Collection
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- The Expend4bles 4K
- Lionsgate
- Saw X 4K
- Titanic: LimitedEdition Collector’s Boxed Set 4K
- The Case of the Bloody Iris 4K
- Celluloid Dreams
- Koch
- Plaion
- Dune (1984) 4K Ultimate Edition
- Blood Feast 4K
- Synapse Films
- 88 Films
- Police Story 3: Super Cop 4K
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- Ultraseven 55 Anniversary Anthology BD
- GKids
- The Boy and the Huron
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Peter Gabriel: i/o album release
- Oppenheimer 4K
- The Color Purple 4K
- Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 4K
- JFK 4K
- The Fugitive 4K
- Duel 4K
- The Warriors 4K
- The Monster Squad (1987) 4K
- Young Guns 4K
- Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One 4K
Monster Squad 4K, plus For All Mankind on US Blu-ray, Justified: City Primeval, Young Guns, Blue Steel, a massive Doctor Who box set & more!
We’ve got a bunch of great title announcement news and “revels” to report today, so let’s get right to it...
First up, our friends at Kino Lorber Studio Classics have just revealed on their social media that they’re working on a new 4K Ultra HD release of Fred Dekker’s The Monster Squad (1987)! And we have street date: Look for it to arrive on 11/28, complete with a new 4K scan of the original camera negative with Dolby Vision HDR on a UHD-100 disc. The 3-disc set will also include the film remastered in 1080p HD on Blu-ray (which will also be available separately) and you’ll get a bonus disc with the Wolfman’s Got Nards (2018) documentary. Plus the set will include a ton of legacy special features. You can see the 4K cover artwork at left.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has also just revealed the Region A/US Blu-ray release of Ron Moore and Apple TV+’s fantastic alternate/near future science fiction series For All Mankind: Season One. Look for that to street on 11/14. Unfortunately, no 4K Ultra HD release is currently planned. Also, the cover artwork leaves a lot to be desired; it’s identical to the key art used on Dazzler’s UK release (which we reviewed here) but it shares nothing in common with the show’s actual logo or promotional artwork, causing a number of fans we’ve heard from to say it looks like a bootleg. In any case, it’s a great series—one of my favorites actually, along with Apple TV’s Foundation—and it’s great to finally have a legit US Blu-ray option. You can see the cover (with the Amazon pre-order link) below the break.
Sony has also just set FX’s Justified: City Primeval – Season One for release on Blu-ray and DVD on 11/14. And we’ve got that cover artwork for you below as well. [Read on here...]
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Foundation
- AppleTV+
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio 4K
- The Red Balloon and Other Stories: Five Films by Albert Lamorisse
- The Criterion Collection
- Criterion's December 2023 slate
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
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- Lionsgate Home Entertainment
- For All Mankind: Season One BD
- The Monster Squad (1987) 4K
- Justified: City Primeval BD
- Gran Turismo 4K
- Blue Beetle 4K
- DC Studios
- Office Christmas Party 4K
- Duel 4K
- Steven Spielberg
- Jurassic World: The Ultimate Collection 4K
- The Twilight Saga 4K
- Best Buy exclusive 4K Steelbook
- Young Guns 4K
- Blue Steel BD
- Vestron Video Collector's Series
- Kathryn Bigelow
- Fred Dekker
- BBC Home Entertainment
- Doctor Who: New Who Limited Collector’s Edition BD
- Cutthroat Island 4K
- StudioCanal
- Raro Video
- The Conformist BD
- Renny Harlin
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Neill Blomkamp
- Wolfman’s Got Nards
The Fugitive, JFK & Color Purple are coming to 4K, plus Barbie & Dead Reckoning P1 updates, support the To Boldly Go Trek doc & much more!
Greetings, Bits-ers! Sorry I missed posting my usual news column yesterday here at the site, but it turned out to be an incredibly busy day of working on reviews and communicating with our industry sources to chase down details and confirm some interesting forthcoming titles. As such, we’ve got a bit of ground to cover today and all of it should prove interesting. First though, let’s start with our latest new disc reviews, as always...
Longtime Bits contributor Adam Jahnke has returned for an in-depth review of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), new on 4K Ultra HD from Disney. The UHD image is spectacular, and we’ve confirmed that the studio went back to the original camera negative for a new 4K scan, remaster, and HDR grade, all of which were approved by director Henry Selick. Most but not all of the legacy special features carry over on the accompanying Blu-ray as well, which also offers better encoding and a higher data rate that the previous BD edition. This title seems to be one more sign that Disney is starting to turn things around with their physical media. So do give it a look.
Also today, Stephen has taken a good look at Wes Craven’s Swamp Thing (1982), which is new on 4K Ultra HD from our friends at the MVD Rewind Collection.
And Dennis has posted a review of Wesley Ruggles’ classic film epic Cimarron (1931) on Blu-ray from the good people at the Warner Archive Collection.
All of these are worth your time, and more new disc reviews are already in the works. In fact, I’m going to be posting my take on Universal’s new Battlestar Galactica (1978) 4K Ultra HD—which streets today—sometime later this evening or early tomorrow. So be sure to watch for that. [Read on here...]
- Warner Archive Collection
- The Nightmare Before Christmas 4K
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe BD box
- Tremors 2: Aftershocks 4K
- Barbarella 4K
- Duel 4K
- Contempt 4K
- Dennis Seuling
- Stephen Bjork
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment
- Barbie 4K
- Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One 4K
- The Color Purple 4K
- Steven Spielberg
- Oliver Stone
- JFK 4K
- Aero Theatre
- The Fugitive 4K
- The Inglorious Treksperts
- To Boldly Go documentary Kickstarter
- Andrew Davis
- Fire Country: Season One DVD
The Muppets Take Manhattan, Meg 2, Contempt, Weird & Barbarella in 4K, plus Arrow & Imprint’s November slates & much more!
We’re closing out the week with a bunch of new disc reviews and a ton of significant new title announcements as well from the likes of Arrow, Imprint, Sony, Shout! Factory, and more. But first, here are those reviews...
First, Stephen has delivered his in-depth takes on James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume 3 (2023) on 4K Ultra HD from Marvel and Disney, Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley’s Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) on 4K UHD from Paramount, Russell Mulcahy’s Razorback (1984) on 4K UHD from Umbrella Entertainment, Lucio Fulci’s City of the Living Dead (1980) on 4K UHD from Cauldon Films, and Dario Argento’s Tenebrae (1982) on 4K UHD from Synapse Films.
Stuart has chimed in with his thoughts on Henry Koster’s My Man Godfrey (1957) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, as well as Fred Zinnemann and John Sturges’ The Old Man and the Sea (1958) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.
And Dennis has taken a look at Laura Tarruso’s About My Father (2023) on Blu-ray from Lionsgate, along with Cauleen Smith’s Drylongso (1998) on Blu-ray from the Criterion Collection.
Rest assured, we have even more new disc reviews coming next week, including Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams, and several other titles.
Now then... in announcement news over the last couple of days, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has officially set Frank Oz’s The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) for release on 4K Ultra HD on 10/24. Look for the film to be mastered in 4K from the original camera negative with Dolby Vision HDR and a new Dolby Atmos sound mix, both approved by Oz (the original English 5.1 and mono audio are also included). The 4K disc will also include a new audio commentary with Oz. This will be accompanied by a Blu-ray disc featuring the remastered film with 5.1 audio and 3 legacy special features (including an Interview with Jim Henson, Muppetisms: Miss Piggy & Kermit the Frog, and Muppetisms: Pepe and Fozzie Bear). You can see the cover artwork at left and also below. [Read on here...]
- Via Vision Entertainment
- Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Lionsgate
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Stephen Bjork
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Dennis Seuling
- Guardians of the Galaxy V3 4K review
- Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 4K review
- Razorback 4K review
- City of the Living Dead 4K review
- Tenebrae 4K review
- My Man Godfrey BD review
- The Old Man and the Sea BD review
- About My Father BD review
- Drylongso BD review
- The Muppets Take Manhattan 4K
- Frank Oz
- Meg 2: The Trench 4K
- Weird: The Al Yankovic Story 4K
- Shout! Studios
- The Girl from Rio 4K
- Blue Underground
- Contempt 4K
- Jean Luc Godard
- Duel 4K
- Arrow Video's November slate
- Imprint Film's November slate
- Barbarella 4K
- Tremors 2: Aftershocks 4K
- Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe BD box
- David Lynch's Dune 4K
- Koch Media
- Plaion Pictures
- Spicediver Cut
- The Sleeper Must Awaken
- Extended TV Version
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- White Lightning BD
- Tokyo Pop BD
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season Two BD & 4K
- Neill Blomkamp
- Gran Turismo 4K
- CBS
- Adam Yeend
- AFrame
- Henry Selick interview
- The Nightmare Before Christmas 4K
- Michael Mann interview
- Warner Archive Collection
Confirmed: Disney is exiting physical media in Australia, plus Fast X announced, more on Exorcist, Duel & American Graffiti in 4K, plus Space Patrol (UK) on Blu-ray
All right... as one might expect, we’ve got a lot to talk about again today here at The Bits.
First of all, we don’t have any new information on Manta Lab’s “disc-less” WandaVision packaging, except to reiterate that while this is a licensed Disney Consumer Products item, it’s most definitely not an official Marvel Studios/Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment physical media product. And while some you deluxe packaging collectors might think that’s splitting hairs, for the vast majority of disc consumers around the world it’s a very important distinction. Disney is not suddenly getting in the business of releasing Steelbook packaging for titles they have no intention of actually releasing on disc, and making it okay by including a Digital copy code. Just to be clear. In any case, we hope to hear more on this in the next few days.
As to the matter of today’s other Disney hot topic, I’m afraid, the news is not good. Despite the fact that Sanity has now pulled down their original Facebook post announcing it, we at The Digital Bits have confirmed today with multiple industry, distributor, and retailer sources in the region that Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment is indeed pulling out of the Australian market in terms of physical media. This follows similar moves in Asia (save for Japan) and Latin America, and the reason is apparently down to the gradual collapse of physical disc sales in the region, the growth of Disney+ Starz streaming, and also the rise of global retailers (think Amazon, Zavvi, etc). None of that will be of any comfort to disc fans in Australia, who will now have to pay a hefty shipping premium to import titles from outside the country. But it is true that Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol 3 will be the last new-release Disney title to get a physical release in the region. Previously-released titles may continue to be available for purchase until the end of the year, but that will be up to individual retailers.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, folks, but there it is.
Now then, before we shift to a bit of announcement news, we have several new disc reviews here at The Bits that are worth mentioning today...
Here’s the big one: Stephen has just turned in his in-depth thoughts on William Friedkin’s To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) in 4K Ultra HD, as newly-released by our friends at Kino Lorber Studio Classics. It’s a great disc, with the best A/V presentation of the film to date, and it includes nearly all of the previously-created special features. [Read on here...]
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- The Exorcist 4K
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- WDSHE exits Australian market
- Sanity
- Marvel Studios
- Disney Consumer Products
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- WandaVision Discless Steelbook
- Manta Lab
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Fast X 4K
- Duel 4K
- American Graffiti 4K
- Space Patrol UK BD
- Gerry Anderson Store
- To Live and Die in LA 4K review
- Stephen Bjork
- Dennis Seuling
- The Damned Don't Cry BD review
- Land of the Pharaohs BD review
- The Mississippi Gambler BD review
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Tim Salmons
- The Adventures of Batman BD review
- Stooge O Rama BD review
- Fall 4K
- Lionsgate
- Friday the 13th 4K Steelbook
- Sympathy for the Devil
- Gangnam Zombie
- Pusher Trilogy BD
- Umbrella Entertainment
- Hercules Returns
- The Cannonball Run
- Early Films of the French New Wave
- Icarus Films
- Well Go USA
- Cannonball Run II
Ziggy Stardust 50th, plus Duel & American Graffiti 4Ks on the way, Super Mario Movie, Matilda, French Connection censorship & more
We start today with four new disc reviews, with more on the way...
Tim has reviewed Kevin Smith’s Mallrats (1995) in 4K Ultra HD from Arrow Video.
Stephen has turned in his thoughts on Terry Gilliam’s The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) in 4K Ultra HD from Criterion, as well as Jim McBride’s The Big Easy (1986) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And Stuart has taken a look at Susan Seidelman’s Making Mr. Right (1987) on Blu-ray, also from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Meanwhile today, we have a bunch of announcement news to report, starting with this: Rhino/Parlophone are releasing D.A. Pennebaker’s Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1979) in a new 2CD + Blu-ray package in the UK on 8/11 in honor of the film’s 50th anniversary! The package will include the remastered soundtrack album, as well as the acclaimed concert film itself newly restored in 4K from the original negatives. Note that while this is a UK release, the Blu-ray is coded for all regions and will include both 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio and the original stereo in PCM format. Both the film and soundtrack have also been restored to completion for the first time, and now include The Jean Genie/Love Me Do medley and Round and Round featuring Jeff Beck.
You can read more here, and you can see the packaging at left and also below. [Read on here...]
- Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Stephen Bjork
- Tim Salmons
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Criterion
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- SpiderMan: Across the SpiderVerse 4K
- George Lucas
- American Graffiti 4K
- Steven Spielberg
- Duel 4K
- Zavvi
- Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars: 50th Anniversary CD + BD
- DA Pennebaker
- Rhino Records
- Jurassic World: The Ultimate Collection 4K Steelbook
- Jurassic Park: Universal Essentials Collection 4K
- Big Lebowski: Universal Essentials Collection 4K
- The Super Mario Bros Movie
- Matilda 4K
- Fast X
- Cinderella (1950) 4K
- Whisper of the Heart
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off 4K
- The French Connection censorship
- Hollywood Elsewhere
- The Digital Bits on film and art censorship
Criterion’s July slate includes After Hours, Breathless & Budd Boetticher westerns in 4K, plus Arrow’s Bruce Lee at Golden Harvest box & more
We’ve got quite a bit of ground to cover here at The Bits today to wind down the week, starting with a pair of new disc reviews...
Tim has offered his thoughts on Russell Mulcahy’s Razorback (1984) on Blu-ray from Scream Factory.
And Dennis has taken a look at Cecile B. DeMille’s The Crusades (1935) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
As always, lots more new disc reviews are on the way next week, so be sure to check back for them.
Now then, we’ve got quite a lot of great new 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray release news to report today, starting with our friends at The Criterion Collection, who have just announced their July slate. [Read on here...]
- The Truman Show 4K
- Duel 4K
- Battlestar Galactica (1978) 4K
- Jaws 2 4K
- The Manchurian Candidate 4K
- Game of Death
- The Way of the Dragon
- Fist of Fury
- The Big Boss: Mandarin Cut
- The Big Boss
- Arrow Video
- Bruce Lee at Golden Harvest
- The Ranown Westerns: Five Films Directed by Budd Boetticher
- Breathless
- One False Move
- After Hours
- The Watermelon Woman
- Criterion's July 2023 slate
- The Crusades BD review
- Scream Factory
- Razorback BD review
- Cauldron Films
- City of the Living Dead 4K
- Ignite Films
- Invaders from Mars 4K
- Kino Lorber
- The Criterion Collection
- Paramount
- Dennis Seuling
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Universal
- Tim Salmons
MVD sets the original Swamp Thing for 4K, plus The Firm, Vanilla Sky & Toxic Avenger on Ultra HD, new KLSC Blu-ray titles & more!
We’re kicking things off this week with a pair of new disc reviews...
Tim has posted his thoughts on Neil Jordan’s The Company of Wolves (1984) in 4K Ultra HD from Scream Factory.
And Stephen has checked in with his take on Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s Best Picture-winning Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) in 4K Ultra HD from A24 via Lionsgate.
In announcement and release news today, we have several interesting items for you...
First, our friends at MVD Entertainment have revealed the first 4K title in their MVD Rewind Collection, and it’s none other than Wes Craven’s Swamp Thing (1982)! Look for it to arrive on 7/25, and it will include both the Unrated International Version as well as the US Theatrical Version (which is rated PG). The title is also coming to Blu-ray that same day. You can see the cover artwork above left and also below.
Both versions are restored from new 16-bit 4K scans of the original camera negative, presented in the correct 1.85 aspect ratio with Dolby Vision HDR and audio in English 2.0 mono in DTS-HD Master Audio format (as well as Spanish mono). [Read on here...]
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Stephen Bjork
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Universal
- Tim Salmons
- The Company of Wolves 4K review
- Scream Factory
- A24
- Lionsgate
- Everything Everywhere All at Once 4K review
- Swamp Thing (1982) 4K
- Wes Craven
- MVD Rewind Collection
- The Firm 4K
- Vanilla Sky 4K
- Tom Cruise
- The Matrix Ultimate Collection 4K with The Animatrix
- Troma Entertainment
- The Toxic Avenger Collection 4K
- Duel 4K
- Les Miserables 4K
- Deathdream 4K
- Blue Underground
- Bob Clark
- Gorky Park
- The Package
- One Fine Morning
- The President Analyst
- Mille Milliards de Dollars
- Childen of the Corn (2020)
- Shudder
- Dazzler
- For All Mankind: Season One UK BD
- For All Mankind: Season Two UK BD
- Mad Monster Party BD
Arrow reveals The Last Starfighter, Fear and Loathing & Blackhat 4K for May, plus Imprint’s May slate, new Warner Archive Blu-ray titles & more!
We’re rounding out the week here at The Bits with more new disc reviews, some new announcements, and a long-overdue column as well.
Starting with those reviews, Stephen and Tim have taken a look at Penelope Spheeris’ Wayne’s World: 30th Anniversary Edition that came out recently on 4K Ultra HD from Paramount Home Entertainment.
Stephen has also reviewed Dominick Barascia, Jr’s Evil Laugh (1986) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome.
And Dennis has turned in his thoughts on Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans (2022) on Blu-ray from Universal. A 4K UHD review of that title is forthcoming as well.
Also here at the site today, our old friend (and erstwhile Inglorious Trekspert) Mark A. Altman has checked in with a new MOD DEF column looking back at his personal picks for The Best Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD Titles of 2022. I think you’ll find it a good read, so do give it a look. [Read on here...]
- Tim Salmons
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Stephen Bjork
- Dennis Seuling
- Mark A Altman
- MOS DEF
- Arrow Video
- The Last Starfighter 4K
- Blackhat 4K
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 4K
- Imprint Films
- The Warner Archive
- Wayne's World 4K review
- Evil Laugh BD review
- The Fabelmans BD review
- The Best BDs and 4Ks of 2022
- The Beta Test BD
- Hand of Death BD
- The Long Voyage Home
- The Catman of Paris
- The Great Gatsby
- The Spiral Road (1962)
- Bus Riley’s Back in Town (1965)
- Up Tight (1968)
- Duel 4K
- Steven Spielberg
- Confessions of a Nazi Spy
- Flamingo Road
- Neptune's Daughter