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Planes Trains & Automobiles, Coraline, Silent Running, WarGames & LOTS more 4K Ultra HD news, plus Arrow, Imprint & Shout! bow December BD slates!
We’re starting things off this week with several more new disc reviews and LOTS of announcement news! First up, those reviews...
Stephen has taken an in-depth look at John Carpenter’s supernatural horror classic The Fog (1980) in 4K Ultra HD from Scream Factory, and we have separate reviews for both the wide-release Collector’s Edition and the Steelbook version as well.
Stephen has also offered his thoughts on Taika Waititi’s latest MCU installment, Thor: Love and Thunder, in 4K Ultra HD from Marvel and Disney.
Meanwhile, Dennis has turned in his take on a pair of classic films on Blu-ray, including Sydney Salkow’s Twice Told Tales (1963) starring Vincent Price from Kino Lorber Studio Classics and also John Cromwell’s Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) from the Warner Archive Collection.
And Tim has delivered a look at Warner and DC’s long-awaited Deluxe Edition of the animated Batman: The Long Halloween (2021) as well as Random Space Media’s import 4K/Blu-ray 3D double feature of Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017).
As always, more reviews are on the way for tomorrow and all this week, so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for them. [Read on here...]
- The Warner Archive Collection
- Imprint Films
- Tim Salmons
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Paramount
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Dennis Seuling
- Stephen Bjork
- The Fog 4K review
- Thor: Love and Thunder 4K review
- Twice Told Tales BD review
- Batman: The Long Halloween 4K review
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois BD review
- Jumanji: The Next Level 4K review
- Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 4K review
- Planes Trains and Automobiles 4K
- Coraline 4K
- ParaNorman 4K
- Laika
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- Operation Seawolf BD
- Black Christmas 4K
- Carrie 4K
- Wargames 4K
- A Walk to Remember BD
- Goodbye Don Glees! BD
- Arrow Video
- The Croupier 4K
- Silent Running 4K
- The Leech BD
- Nightmare at Noon
- Videodrome 4K
- Ju On: The Grudge BD
- The Limey 4K
- Pulp Fiction 4K
- Halloween Ends 4K
- Black Adam 4K
- Rocky 4K
- Rocky II 4K
- Sylvester Stallone
- Rocky III 4K
- Rocky IV 4K
- Rocky V 4K
- Rocky Balboa 4K
- Training Day 4K
- Magic Mike's Last Dance 4K
- Shazam! Fury of the Gods 4K
- The Flash 4K
- Barbie 4K
- Meg 2: The Trench 4K
- Blue Beatle 4K
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- The Killer Elite BD
- The Eagle Has Landed BD
- Burn! BD
- Fear Is the Key BD
- Pork Chop Hill BD
- A Rage to Live BD
- For All Mankind
- Dazzler Media
- 5 25 77 BD
George Miller’s Three Thousand Years of Longing, plus Clerks III, Scream 2, Watership Down in 4K, Dawson’s Creek on Blu-ray & more
We’ve got three new disc reviews for you today, starting with my take on Paramount’s new George Pal Double Feature of Byron Haskin’s The War of the Worlds (1953) on 4K Ultra HD and Rudolph Maté’s When Worlds Collide (1951) on regular Blu-ray Disc. Unfortunately, both discs are... problematical... as you may have heard here and elsewhere. (And I should note that we have Paramount’s official position on War of the Worlds in the review text.) But they may still be worth your consideration so do check it out.
Also today, Tim has posted his thoughts on Jack Bender’s Child’s Play 3 (1991) in 4K Ultra HD from Scream Factory.
And Stephen has chimed in with his thoughts on Jeff Kanew’s Natural Enemies (1979) on Blu-ray from Fun City Editions via Vinegar Syndrome.
I’ve also just gotten my hands on Imprint Film’s new all-region Blu-ray of Akira Kurosawa’s Dersu Uzala (1975) and it’s pretty terrific. I’ve never seen the film looking better than it does here, and there are some nice extras on board as well, including a cracking new audio commentary by Japanese film expert Stuart Galbraith IV. I’ll have a full review here on The Bits in the next day or two. [Read on here...]
- Mystery Men 4K
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Escape from Alcatraz 4K
- Paramount
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Tim Salmons
- Universal
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- War of the Worlds 4K review
- When Worlds Collide BD review
- George Pal Double Feature review
- Child's Play 3 4K review
- Natural Enemies BD review
- Dersu Uzala BD
- Imprint Films
- George Miller
- Three Thousand Years of Longing 4K
- Don't Worry Darling 4K
- Olivia Wilde
- Clerks III 4K
- Kevin Smith
- Lionsgate
- The Flight Attendant DVD
- Shrek 2 4K
- Puss in Boots 4K
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Dawson's Creek: The Complete Series BD
- Watership Down 4K
- BFI
- The British Film Institute
- The Warner Archive Collection
- Scream 2 4K
- Paranormal Activity: The Ultimate Chills Collection BD
- Unknown Dimension: The Story of Paranormal Activity
- Indicator Films Powerhouse
- Orders to Kill BD
- Magic Myth & Mutilation BD
- Earth Girls are Easy BD
- Star Trek: Picard Season Two BD
Uh-oh: Paramount’s WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE Blu-ray has an image quality issue too [UPDATED 9/26]
Well, go figure. I’d planned on working on disc reviews today, but it turns out that Paramount’s War of the Worlds (1953) 4K color grading issue isn’t the only problem with that release.
First though, the rest of The Bits team has turned in a couple reviews of their own...
Stephen has taken a look at Pierre Chenal’s Native Son (1951) on Blu-ray from Kino Classics.
And Dennis has reviewed Lewis Milestone and Byron Haskin’s The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) on Blu-ray as well, from Kino Lorber Studio Classics proper.
Both titles are worth a look, and I promise that more reviews are on tap for next week, including 4K titles.
Now then (speaking of Byron Haskin), I mentioned yesterday that there’s a color grading problem with Paramount’s new War of the Worlds: Paramount Presents 4K Ultra HD release. [Read on here...]
- War of the World 4K error
- Paramount
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Lionsgate
- Dennis Seuling
- Stephen Bjork
- DVD Beaver
- When Worlds Collide BD
- Imprint Films
- The Criterion Collection
- Paramount quality control issues
- QC
- Native Son BD review
- The Strange Love of Martha Ivers BD
Heat 4K & more reviews, plus Elvis, Columbia Classics V3, Outlander: S3 delayed, Highlander 4K in Italy & more
We’re finishing the week here at The Bits with a spate of new disc reviews for you to check out and enjoy...
First, I’ve taken a look at Michael Mann’s Heat (1995) which is finally available in a long-awaited new 4K Ultra HD release from 20th Century Studios. The new 4K master is impressive, though not reference-quality.
It’s important to note, however, that Mann made creative changes to the film’s color grading in 2017, as he was preparing his new Director’s Definitive Edition (see his own comments on this at the time here). This means the film is somewhat darker looking, with slightly-desaturated color, than it was before—even with the new HDR grade. This in turn has caused a host of “fan” reviewers to claim that the disc is defective, when the truth is that they simply don’t like the new color grade. Meanwhile, professional reviewers have almost all praised the disc’s image improvements, while acknowledging the darker grading. Those of you with genuinely bright 4K displays (with effective tone-mapping) will appreciate the new color grade the most. The point is, you’re going to see a lot of diverse opinions about this title out there on the Interwebs and social media. It’s only by understanding that these changes were initiated by the director himself that you can sort the reality from opinion. Anyway, I break it down in the review.
Also today, Stephen has turned in his thoughts on Sam Raimi’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness in 4K Ultra HD from Marvel and Disney. [Read on here...]
- Imprint Films
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- Tim Salmons
- Stephen Bjork
- Heat 4K review
- Michael Mann Director's Definitive Edition color grade revisions
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 4K review
- Times Square BD review
- Night Ripper BD review
- Forbidden Love BD review
- A Night to Remember BD review
- Ants! BD review
- Elvis 4K
- Baz Luhrmann
- Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection: Volume 3
- To Sir with Love 4K
- The Score 4K
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Mayor of Kingstown: Season 1 BD
- Paramount
- Ghoster
- Zavvi exclusive James Bond BD Steelbooks
- Outlander: Season Six BD
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High 4K
- Games of Thrones 4K
- Highlander 4K in Italy
- 48 Hours 4K
- Another 48 Hours 4K
Shout!’s October slate includes Bill & Ted, more Halloween films & Return of the Living Dead in 4K, plus RIP Nichelle Nichols
All right, we’ve got some great catalog 4K Ultra HD news to report today, but first we have one more new review...
I spent some time this weekend looking at Stanley Kubrick’s landmark war film Paths of Glory (1957) thanks to a fine new 4K Ultra HD release from our friends at Kino Lorber Studio Classics. For the first time, the image has been scanned from the original camera negative in native 4K—Criterion’s 2010 Blu-ray release was only a 2K scan of a fine-grain master positive—so this is unquestionably the best the film has ever looked at home. It’s a beautiful presentation and not to be missed by Kubrick fans and cinephiles.
All right, now for that catalog news... VCI Entertainment has set Bob Clark’s Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things (1972) for release on 4K Ultra HD on 10/11 as a new 50th Anniversary Edition. The release will include a new video introduction and Q&A with actor Alan Ormsby, along with a new 90-minute documentary on Clark’s horror films called Dreaming of Death. You’ll get lots of legacy special features as well. And you can see the cover artwork below the break. [Read on here...]
- Shout! Factory
- Wargames 4K
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Scream Factory
- Paths of Glory 4K review
- Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things 4K
- Army of Darkness: Collector’s Edition 4K
- Bad Santa 2 BD
- Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure 4K
- The Return of the Living Dead 4K
- When Marnie Was Here BD
- Ocean Waves BD
- Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers 4K
- Halloween: H20 4K
- Halloween: Resurrection 4K
- The Halloween 4K Collection (19942002) 4K
- VCI Entertainment
- Fargo 4K
- Wargames 4K
- Imprint Films
- The Beast BD
- Ballyhoo Motion Pictures
- Nanawatai!: Inside The Beast
- Star Wars: Andor trailer
- Nichelle Nichols RIP
- Star Trek: The Original Series
- NASA
- Disney+
- Lucasfilm
Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life is coming to 4K, plus Rob Zombie’s The Munsters, Imprint’s October slate & Icons Unearthed: Star Wars on Vice TV
We’ve got three more new disc reviews for you today here at The Bits, plus more new theatrical and catalog release news, including a fun catalog 4K title we’re looking forward to. Plus we’ve got word on a new film documentary series that’s now streaming and worth your time.
First those reviews...
Tim has turned in his thoughts on a great new Blu-ray release from our friends at ClassicFlix and the 3-D Film Archive: Jean Yarbrough’s Jack and the Beanstalk (1952) starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. The disc streets next week in honor of the film’s 70th anniversary and it includes a ton of great extras in addition to a terrific film restoration.
Stephen has taken a look at Ike Sanders’ Final Flesh (2009) on Blu-ray from AGFA via Vinegar Syndrome.
And Stephen has also offered his thoughts on a nifty little German thriller, Carl Schenkel’s Out of Order (1984), in 4K Ultra HD from Subkulture USA via Vinegar Syndrome.
All three titles are well worth a look. [Read on here...]
- Imprint Films
- Tim Salmons
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Imprint Films October 2022 slate
- Stephen Bjork
- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life 4K
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Rob Zombie's The Munsters BD
- Vice TV
- Icons Unearthed: Star Wars
- ClassicFlix
- The 3D Film Archive
- Out of Order 4K review
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Final Flesh BD review
- Nope BD
- Testament BD
- Save the Tiger BD
- Warning Shot BD
- The Molly Maguires BD
- North Dallas Forty BD
- Pretty Baby BD
- The Rose Tattoo BD
- Come Back Little Sheba BD
- Miami Connection
- The Incredibly Strange Films of Ray Dennis Steckler Collector’s Set
- Severin Films
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- Screen Archives Entertainment
- Twilight Time
- The Nun and The Devil BD
- The Paper BD
- The Cure BD
- The Replacement Killers BD
- Miami Connection 4K
- Marcia Lucas
- Jack and the Beanstalk BD review
Back to the Beach, Sonic 2, South Park: S24 & Superman & Lois: S2 official, plus Casanova (1927) & more
As always, we’ve got more new disc reviews for you today…
Tim has taken a look at Jack Cardiff’s The Long Ships (1964), a Viking adventure film on Blu-ray from Imprint Films in Australia.
And Dennis has turned in his thoughts on Mark O’Brien’s The Righteous (2021) on Blu-ray from our friends at Arrow Video.
In announcement news today, Paramount has made their Paramount Presents Blu-ray of Back to the Beach (1987) official for release on Blu-ray on 8/9. Newly-remastered from a new 4K scan of the film, the disc will include a new Filmmaker Focus featurette with director Lyndall Hobbs that includes previously-unseen home movies from the set. [Read on here...]
- The Godfather Trilogy 4K Steelbooks
- Eve's Bayou BD
- Cure BD
- La Llorona BD
- Arsenic and Old Lace BD
- David Lynch
- George A Romero
- Lost Highway 4K
- Night of the Living Dead 4K
- Criterion Collection October 2022 slate
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Scream 2 4K
- Back to the Beach: Paramount Presents BD
- South Park: The Complete TwentyFourth Season BD
- Superman & Lois: Season Two BD
- Casanova (1927) BD
- The Long Ships BD review
- Tim Salmons
- Imprint Films
- Arrow Video
- The Righteous BD review
- Dennis Seuling
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 4K
- American Carnage BD
- Lost Illusions BD
- Flicker Alley
- Lobster Films
- Blackhawk Films
Sony sets I Know What You Did Last Summer for 4K, plus Imprint delivers Dersu Uzala & The Road Home on Blu-ray!
We’re wrapping up the week here at The Bits with a few new disc reviews...
I’ve turned in my thoughts on Sony’s recent Heavy Metal: Limited Edition 2-Movie Collection, a 4K Ultra HD Steelbook release that include the original film remastered with Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos audio, plus the Heavy Metal 2000 sequel as a Blu-ray bonus.
Tim has taken a look at Umbrella Entertainment’s new Blu-ray release of Heavy Metal, which is available as an all-region import.
Tim has also turned in his thoughts on Christopher Landon’s Happy Death Day and Happy Death Day 2U in 4K Ultra HD from our friends at Scream Factory.
And Dennis closes out our review selections today with a look at Boomerang (1992) on Blu-ray from Paramount. [Read on here...]
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Dennis Seuling
- Stephen Bjork
- Tim Salmons
- I Know What You Did Last Summer 4K
- Dersu Uzala BD
- The Road Home BD
- Akira Kurosawa
- Heavy Metal: Limited Edition 2Movie Collection 4K review
- Heavy Metal BD review
- Umbrella Entertainment
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Happy Death Day 4K review
- Happy Death Day 2U 4K review
- Candyman 4K review
- Scream Factory
- Out of the Blue 4K review
- Stiff Competition 4K review
- Blue Chips BD
- Harem BD
- Barfly BD
- The Charles Bukowski Tapes BD
- Lolita BD
- Zhang Yimou
- Imprint Films
- Via Vision
Poltergeist, Lost Boys & Meaning of Life in 4K, plus Star Trek: Picard – S2, Return to Hogwarts & Directed by Walter Hill on Blu-ray & more
We’re closing out the week with a trio of new disc reviews today, including...
Tim’s look at John McNaughton’s Wild Things (1998) in 4K Ultra HD from Arrow Video.
Tim’s review of Francesco Barilli’s Hotel Fear (1979) on Blu-ray from Mono Macabro.
And Stephen’s thoughts on Makoto Shinkai’s animated Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011) on Blu-ray from GKids via Shout! Factory.
By the way, we’ve also updated our 4K Ultra HD Release List and our Upcoming Cover Artwork sections here at The Bits with lots of new titles and Amazon.com pre-order listings.
In 4K Ultra HD catalog release news this afternoon, Severin Films has set Jess Franco’s Faceless (1978) for release on 8/30. [Read on here...]
- Brian De Palma
- Martin Scorsese
- World Cinema Project No 4 BD
- Le Corbeau BD
- Exotica BD
- Take Out BD
- Sound of Metal 4K
- Blow Out 4K
- Criterion September 2022 slate
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Tim Salmons
- Poltergeist 4K
- The Lost Boys 4K
- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life 4K
- Star Trek: Picard Season Two BD
- Directed by Walter Hill BD
- Imprint Films
- Wild Things 4K review
- Hotel Fear BD review
- Children Who Chase Lost Voices BD review
- Faceless 4K
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Upcoming Cover Art section
- Thriller: A Cruel Picture 4K
- Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things: 50th Anniversary Edition 4K
- Disturbing Behavior BD
- The Chocolate War BD
- MVD Rewind Collection
- Patrick Read Johnson’s 52577 BD
- Harry Potter: 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts BD
- Paravision Dreams: The Golden Age 3D Films of Pine and Thomas BD 3D
- Evangelion: 30+101 Thrice Upon a Time
- GKids
- Severin Films
Raiders, Bridge & Lawrence reviewed in Steelbook 4K, plus new Blu-ray reviews & KLSC reveals Escape from Alcatraz in Ultra HD
Morning, folks! We’re checking in early here at The Bits today with some new disc reviews.
Over the weekend, I managed to turn out reviews of three new 4K Ultra HD Steelbook releases, including Steven Spielberg’s Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) from Paramount, and David Lean’s Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and Lawrence of Arabia (1962) from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
It should be noted that the 4K Steelbook edition of Bridge on the River Kwai now includes Dolby Vision HDR and the original theatrical mono mix, both of which were missing from the 2017 4K release.
And this marks the first time Lawrence of Arabia has been available in 4K outside of Sony’s expensive (and long out-of-print) Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection: Volume 1 box set from 2020, so this will likely be the first time many of you get to experience the film in 4K UHD at home (and let me tell you, that experience is terrific). [Read on here...]
- Imprint Films
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Tim Salmons
- Stephen Bjork
- Raiders of the Lost Ark 4K Steelbook review
- Bridge on the River Kwai 4K Steelbook review
- Lawrence of Arabia 4K Steelbook review
- Treasure of the Four Crowns 3D review
- Across 110th Street BD review
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- David Lean
- Steven Spielberg
- 3D Film Archive
- Escape from Alcatraz 4K
- Don Siegel