Displaying items by tag: Michael Mann
Breaking 4K news: Tremors, Army of Darkness, Collateral, Final Countdown, Beastmaster, Ladykillers, Ip Man & more!
All right Bits readers, we’ve got a pretty significant news update for you today...
We’ve been tracking many of these titles, but a few of the 4K catalog titles we’re going to talk about today are breaking news, thanks to our old friends over at Media Play News.
They’ve just issued the September 2020 Digital edition of their magazine, which features an extensive look at the recent surge of 4K Ultra HD catalog releases. The publication’s editor, Stephanie Prange (who, full disclosure, I’ve known for many years), wrote a great longform piece for the issue called 4K Ultra HD: Into the Vaults about the process of preparing classic catalog films for release on the format.
Not only is it informative (and I should note that I was among the people interviewed therein), it includes some great news about forthcoming titles. [Read on here...]
- Arrow Video December 2020 slate
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Tim Salmons
- The Mask of Zorro 4K review
- Media Play News
- 4K Ultra HD: Into the Vaults
- Stephanie Prange
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- Army of Darkness 4K
- Sam Raimi
- Universal
- Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment
- Michael Mann
- Collateral 4K
- Well Go USA
- Ip Man: The Complete Collection 4K
- Maniac Cop 2 4K
- Maniac Cop 3 4K
- Fire and Ice 4K
- The Final Countdown 4K
- Dead & Buried 4K
- Blue Underground
- The Lord of the Rings 4K
- The Hobbit 4K
- StudioCanal
- The Ladykillers 4K
- Tremors 4K
- Arrow Video
- Versus BD
- The Beastmaster 4K
- Ron Underwood
- Ryûhei Kitamura
- Don Coscarelli
- Dial Code Santa Claus 4K
- Fade to Black BD
- The New Mutants 4K
- Disney
- Fox
- Marvel
- Nicolas Winding Refn
- Drive 4K
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Second Sight
- George Romero
- Dawn of the Dead 4K
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
Big Trouble reviewed, Christmas Vacation at 30, Twilight Zone, Shout!/Scream going out of print, new Kino & more
All right, we’re rounding out the week with a couple things here at The Bits.
First up, Tim has posed two new Blu-ray reviews featuring John Carpenter’s Big Trouble in Little China, now available on Blu-ray from Scream Factory. Tim covers both the regular version and the limited edition Steelbook as well, so do give them a look. Whichever version you pick, it’s a great Collector’s Edition.
It’s a great piece, with much for fans of the film to enjoy, so you’ll find that here. [Read on here...]
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Via Vision Entertainment
- The Keep
- Michael Mann
- The Twilight Zone: Season One
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
- Thomas A Christie
- History Legacy & Showmanship
- Michael Coate
- Scream Factory
- Shout! Factory
- Big Trouble in Little China BD review
- Tim Salmons
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
Gladiator 4K reviewed, plus Rick and Morty, new Shout!/Scream, Quick and the Dead 4K & more
First things first today... some of you may have seen my reviews of Mel Gibson’s Braveheart and Ridley Scott’s Gladiator on 4K Ultra HD when I posted them late on Friday night, but if not... there you go. Both are coming out on 5/15 from Paramount in reference quality (or very close to it) and they’re certainly the best way to see these films yet bar none.
Also today, Tim has just posted reviews of Kino Lorber Studio Classics’ outstanding new The Outer Limits: Season One box set, along with Adult Swim’s Rick and Morty: Season 1 and Season 2, all on Blu-ray. Each of these titles are well worth a look.
In 4K Ultra HD catalog news, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has just set The Quick and the Dead for release on the format on 7/17. The 4K disc will feature Dolby Atmos audio and HDR10. It will also include the previous Blu-ray extras and will add 7 never-before-seen deleted scenes for this release. We’ve updated the 4K Ultra HD Release List here at The Bits accordingly. [Read on here...]
- Braveheart 4K review
- Gladiator 4K review
- Thank you from all of us here at The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Back the Bits
- Save Physical Media
- Bluray Disc
- Bluray 3D
- DVD
- digital
- 4K Ultra HD
- The Quick and the Dead 4K
- Rick and Morty: Season 1 BD review
- Rick and Morty: Season 2 BD review
- Tim Salmons
- The Outer Limits: Season One BD review
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- Mac and Me
- Brainscan
- Return of the Living Dead Part II
- The High Chaparral DVD
- 7 Days in Entebbe
- Beirut
- The Jericho Mile BD
- Michael Mann
- Prefontaine
- The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey BD
- Arrow Video
- Game of Thrones: Season One 4K
- Hurricane Heist 4K
- Forrest Gump 4K
- The 4K Ultra HD Release List
- The Tingler BD
Pick-Ups for the Week of May 23, 2016
Welcome to a new edition of Pick-Ups!
Thank you for tuning in. Sorry for my absence, but I’ve been on a bit of a vacation. My Mom came down to visit with us, so our focus was on spending some time with her.
While she was here, we did manage to catch Keanu and Captain America: Civil War at the theater. Both were enjoyable and definitely going out and seeing if you haven’t yet (I’m sure most of you have seen the latter movie by now). [Read on here…]
- Tim Salmons
- The Digital Bits
- Dailies
- PickUps
- DVD
- Bluray
- review
- reviews
- Manhunter
- Scream Factory
- Shout! Factory
- Collector's Edition
- Michael Mann
- Hannibal Lecter
- Krampus
- Universal Pictures
- Michael Dougherty
- Deathgasm
- Dark Sky Films
- Jason Lei Howden
- horror
- comedy
- drama
- scifi
- science fiction
- Scout's Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
- Paramount Pictures
- Christopher Landon
- Venom
- Piers Haggard
BREAKING: Criterion's Jan includes Throne of Blood, Rififi & It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World!
Here’s some exciting breaking news: Our friends at The Criterion Collection have just announced their January Blu-ray and DVD release slate, and WOW – some terrific titles!
The fun starts with a BD upgrade of Akira Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood (Cat #190 – Blu-ray/DVD – due 1/7/14) and the fortieth Eclipse set Late Ray (DVD – due 1/7/14 – features Satyajit Ray’s The Home and the World, An Enemy of the People and The Stranger), and continues with a BD upgrade of Jules Dassin’s Rififi (Cat #114 – Blu-ray/DVD – due 1/14/14) and the all-new Michael Mann’s Thief (Cat #691 – Blu-ray/DVD – due 1/14/14), Aki Kaurismäki’s La vie de bohème (Cat #693 – Blu-ray/DVD – due 1/21/14), Stanley Kramer’s It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (Cat #692 – Blu-ray/DVD – due 1/21/14) and Terence Davies’s The Long Day Closes (Cat #694 – Blu-ray/DVD – due 1/28/14). By the way, It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World includes a “restored 4K digital film transfer of the general release version of the film, with 5.1 surround Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray” plus a “new high-definition digital transfer of a 197-minute extended version of the film, reconstructed and restored by Robert A. Harris using visual and audio material from the longer original road-show version – including some scenes that have been returned to the film here for the first time – with 5.1 surround Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray.” What a great slate! You’ll find cover artwork for all the Blu-rays below. [Read on here...]
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