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A Skydance/Paramount sale is back on, plus The Eagle Obsession documentary update & great deals on A-stock JVC 4K projectors!
We’re back today with some release news as well as a bunch more new disc reviews, including...
My take on Alex Garland’s Civil War (2024) in 4K Ultra HD from A24 and Lionsgate, a film I didn’t even want to see but that I ended up really impressed with, that also happens to be the most demo-worthy 4K release since Dune: Part Two, Oppenheimer, and Top Gun: Maverick. It also has a terrific documentary from our old friend Charles de Lauzirika, so it’s well worth your time.
Stephen’s thoughts on Abel Ferrara’s Bad Lieutenant (1992) in 4K Ultra HD from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, as well as the Wachowskis’ Bound (1996) in 4K Ultra HD from Criterion.
Dennis’ review of Sidney J. Furie’s The Lawyer (1970) and Frank Tuttle’s The Hour Before Dawn (1944) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And finally, Tim’s look at J. Lee Thompson’s Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987) and Allan A. Goldstein’s Death Wish V: The Face of Death (1994) on Blu-ray also from KL Studio Classics.
We definitely have more reviews cooking at The Bits, but with the 4th of July holiday here in the States falling on a Thursday (tomorrow) this year, we’re giving everyone the next few days off to recharge with their families. So we’ll be back on Monday with more new reviews and—we would imagine—plenty of breaking release news too.
In announcement news today, Kino Lorber Studio Classics has revealed that Ralph S. Singleton’s Graveyard Shift (1990) is coming soon to 4K Ultra HD. Also newly-revealed as coming soon to Blu-ray is Willard Juyck’s Best Defense (1984). [Read on here...]
- Paramount
- Universal
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Back the Bits
- Paramount Skydance purchase
- Space: 1999
- The Eagle Obsession
- Eagle Transporter
- Jeffrey Morris
- The Screening Room A/V
- JVC 4K Projector Deals
- Civil War 4K review
- Alex Garland
- A24
- Lionsgate
- Stephen Bjork
- Bad Lieutenant 4K review
- Bound 4K review
- Criterion
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Dennis Seuling
- The Lawyer BD review
- The Hour Before Dawn BD review
- Death Wish 4: The Crackdown BD review
- Death Wish V: The Face of Death BD review
- Tim Salmons
- Graveyard Shift 4K
- Best Defense BD
- The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live BD
- RLJ Entertainment
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- Icons Unearthed: Fast & Furious
- Despicable Me 4
- Star Trek: Legacy
- The Chronicles of Riddick 4K
- Horizon: An American Saga 4K
- Sudden Death 4K
- The Avengers: The Emma Peel Collection BD
Universal sets The Fall Guy for 7/23, Shout!’s September slate, Reacher: Season 2 on disc & and no, Sony is not quitting the Blu-ray business
Morning everyone, and welcome to the first week of July!
I’ve been very busy over the weekend working on new disc reviews, frankly probably a little too hard—I should probably have taken more of a break to recharge. Nevertheless, I’ve completed a trio of new reviews for you all to enjoy, so today we present...
My take on Luc Besson’s La Femme Nikita (1990) new on 4K Ultra HD Steelbook from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment—a great 4K remaster of one of my favorite films.
My look at Ron Frank’s funny and poignant documentary Remembering Gene Wilder (2023) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber—which covers the actor’s life and career in detail, and features interviews with Mel Brooks and other friends.
And finally, my review of a surprise title that just arrived on Sunday morning: Jan de Bont’s Twister (1996) in 4K Ultra HD from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment—a terrific remaster that leaves this film looking and sounding better than it ever has before.
I’m also working to finish another review today, which is Alex Garland’s Civil War. I expect to have that up here by tomorrow. And of course, the rest of the Bits team is working on new reviews as well, so be sure to check back for those over the coming days.
Now then, in announcement news this afternoon, Universal has officially set David Leitch’s The Fall Guy (2024) for release on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on 7/23. The package will include both the Theatrical Cut and an Extended Cut of the film with 20 minutes of additional footage. Extras will feature audio commentary on both of those with director Leitch and producer Kelly McCormick, a gag reel, alternate takes, the 5-part Stunts on Stunts: Breaking Down the Action documentary, and 6 featurettes (Making a Meta Masterpiece, How to Break a World Record, Nightclub Mayhem, The Art of Doubling, Making Metalstorm, and Falling for The Fall Guy with Rob Reese). You can see the cover artwork at left and also below. [Read on here...]
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- Universal
- The Fall Guy 4K
- Shout! Studios
- Reacher: Season Two BD and 4K
- Sony's Bluray business
- La Femme Nikita 4K Steelbook review
- Luc Besson
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Remembering Gene Wilder BD review
- Ron Frank
- Kino Lorber
- Jan de Bont
- Twister 4K review
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- The Amityville Horror (2005) 4K
- The Boy 4K
- Creepshow BD Steelbook
- The Stepfather 4K
- Dances with Wolves BD Steelbook
- Doomsday 4K
- Village of the Damned 4K
- John Carpenter
- Run Lola Run 4K
- The Million Eyes of Sumuru 4K
- Blue Underground
- Scream Factory
- Shout! Factory
- Paramount
- A Quiet Place: Day One 4K
- Amazon Prime Video
- Reacher: Season Two BD
- Reacher: Season Two 4K
- Sony BD layoffs
- The Mainichi
Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron announced for 4K & Blu-ray, plus Shout’s July slate, Civil War, Anchorman, Captain Phillips, Anselm, Purple Rain & more!
We’ve got some great release news for you today to start out the new week.
And we’ve also got more new disc reviews for you, so let’s get to the latter first...
Over the weekend, Stephen posted his thoughts on Disney+ and Marvel’s new release of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: The Complete First Season (2024) in 4K Ultra HD. He’s also given Riccardo Freda’s The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962) a review in 4K Ultra HD from Vinegar Syndrome.
Not to be outdone, Tim has reviewed Hanna-Barbera’s animated The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones (1987) on Blu-ray from our friends at the Warner Archive Collection, as well as Paul Leni’s The Cat and the Canary (1927) on Blu-ray from Eureka Entertainment.
Lots more reviews are on the way this week, so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for them!
Now then, in announcement news, let’s start with the big one first... GKids and Shout Factory have officially set Hayao Miyazaki’s animated The Boy and the Heron (2023) for release on Blu-ray + DVD, 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray, and 4K UHD + BD Steelbook on 7/9! The Digital release expected on 6/25. [Read on here...]
- Tim Salmons
- 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
- Warner Archive Collection
- Stephen Bjork
- Marvel
- Disney+
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: The Complete First Season 4K review
- The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones BD review
- The Horrible Dr Hichcock 4K review
- The Cat and the Canary BD review
- Eureka
- GKids
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Studio Ghibli
- Shout! Factory
- Shout Studios
- Scream Factory
- The Boy and the Heron 4K
- Who's That Girl
- UHF 4K
- Natural Born Killers 4K
- Steelbook
- Weird: The Al Yankovic Story 4K
- Point Break 4K
- Dark Angel 4K
- Storytelling
- The Good Place DVD
- Phantoms 4K
- House of Gucci 4K
- Ali G Indahouse: The Movie
- Shaun the Sheep: The Complete Series DVD
- Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Cracking Collection DVD
- Alex Garland
- Civil War (2024) 4K
- Lionsgate
- Boy Kills World (2023) 4K
- Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 4K
- Paramount
- Captain Phillips 4K
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Wake Up Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
- Wim Wenders
- Anselm BD
- Janus Contemporaries
- Criterion Collection
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Purple Rain 4K
Andor 4K reviewed, plus the Media Play Awards, Anchorman in Ultra HD, RIP Eleanor Coppola & more news
We’ve got a big new disc review for you all today here at The Bits, and it’s a title that a lot of you have been waiting for: My look at Tony Gilroy’s Andor: The Complete First Season (2023) in 4K Ultra HD Steelbook from Lucasfilm and Disney! All the details are in the review, but suffice it to say that the release absolutely does not disappoint. The video quality is stunning.
We’ve also got a bunch of recent reviews that our staffers have shared over the last few days that I need to round up here for you guys, including...
Stephen’s reviews of Sergio Martino’s The Great Alligator (1979) in 4K Ultra HD from Severin Films, Rod Lurie’s The Last Castle (2001) in 4K Ultra HD from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, John Ford’s 3 Godfathers (1948) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection, and Walter Hill’s The Long Riders (1980) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Tim’s reviews of Frank Henenlotter’s Basket Case (1982) in 4K Ultra HD from Arrow Video, Michael Laughlin’s Strange Invaders (1983) on Blu-ray from Imprint, and Hanna-Barbera’s animated Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers (1987) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.
And finally, Dennis’ review of Nancy Savoca’s Dogfight (1991) on Blu-ray from the Criterion Collection.
Meanwhile, we have a couple or housekeeping items to report here at The Bits today... [Read on here...]
- South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
- Team America: World Police
- Tim Salmons
- 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
- Paramount
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Release Dates & Artwork update
- Media Play News
- Home Entertainment Media Play Awards
- Stephen Bjork
- Dennis Seuling
- The Great Alligator 4K review
- The Last Castle 4K review
- The Long Riders BD review
- Walter Hill
- Andor: The Complete First Season 4K review
- Tony Gilroy
- Lucasfilm
- Disney+
- Severin Films
- 3 Godfathers BD review
- Warner Archive Collection
- Arrow Video
- Basket Case 4K review
- Strange Invaders BD review
- Imprint
- Hanna Barbera
- Scooby Doo Meets the Boo Brothers BD review
- Dogfight BD review
- Criterion
- American Fiction
- When Eight Bells Toll
- Dark City
- No Man of Her Own
- Beware My Lovely
- Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XIX
- Death and the Maiden
- The Getaway
- Shout! Factory
- Rocky V 4K Steelbook
- Rocky Balboa 4K Steelbook
- MGM
- Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 4K
- Deathdream 4K
- Blue Underground
- Eleanor Coppola RIP
- Terry Carter RIP
- 12 Strong 4K
- Shrek Forever After 4K
- Shrek 4 Movie Collection 4K
Hitchcock’s North by Northwest is coming to 4K, plus a Se7en Ultra HD update, Panic Room, South Park, Team America, Civil War, and more!
Morning, folks!
All right, Tim is going to have a couple of new disc reviews posted here at the site shortly, and I’ll be back tomorrow with more release news, plus my own in-depth review of Andor: The Complete First Season in 4K Ultra HD.
I’ve actually been working on that over the weekend, but my father-in-law has also been visiting with us here for the past week or so, and he’s headed off to the airport this evening for his return flight home. So, real life calls.
In the meantime, we do have a few pieces of release news that are kind of important to share with you all this morning. So let’s get right to them...
The first comes to us by way of the Warner Bros. Shop in the UK, which has now revealed that Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest (1959) is finally coming to 4K Ultra HD later this year in honor of the film’s 65th anniversary! We don’t yet have a street date, but you can see the expanded packaging mock-up below the break. [Read on here...]
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Paramount
- Orson Welles
- Le samourai 4K
- Jean Pierre Melville
- Sam Peckinpah
- Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid 4K
- 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
- Tim Salmons
- Criterion July 4K slate
- Alfred Hitchcock
- North by Northwest 4K
- Andor: The Complete First Season 4K
- WB Shop UK
- Ultimate Collector's Edition
- David Fincher
- Seven 4K
- Se7en 4K
- What's in the Box
- Panic Room 4K restoration
- Turbulence 4K
- Diary of a Chambermaid BD
- Music Box BD
- Luis Bunuel
- Costa Gavras
- The North Star
- Armored Attack
- Lewis Milestone
- Guy Ritchie
- The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare 4K
- Civil War (2024) 4K
- Alex Garland
- Trey Parker
- Matt Stone
- Team America: World Police
- South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
- Chinatown 4K
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
Bad Lieutenant, The Gate, Lair of the White Worm, Jack Ryan: S4 in 4K & more, plus the Alien: Romulus teaser trailer is here!
We have six new disc reviews for all of you to enjoy today, including...
Stuart’s look at Denys Arcand’s Dirty Money (1972) and Paul Vecchiali’s The Strangler (1970) both on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome.
Dennis’ take on Norman Jewison’s The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics
And Stephen’s look at Robert Benton’s Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and Stanley Kramer’s Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967) in 4K from Sony’s Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection: Volume 4 box set, as well as Michael Mann’s Ferrari (2023) in Blu-ray from Neon via Decal Releasing.
All are well worth a look, so we hope you enjoy them. And more are forthcoming.
Before we get to announcement news today, Amazon has finally made Andor: The Complete First Season and Obi-Wan Kenobi: The Complete Series available for pre-order in 4K Ultra HD Steelbook format. (The Blu-ray Steelbook pre-orders should soon be live as well.) We’ve included the links and cover art below. [Read on here...]
- Decal
- Paramount
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Stephen Bjork
- 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
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Bad Lieutenant 4K
- The Gate Steelbook
- Walmart exclusive Steelbook
- The Lair of the White Worm
- Jack Ryan: Season Four 4K
- Alien Romulus teaser
- 20th Century Studios
- Dennis Seuling
- Dirty Money BD review
- The Strangler BD review
- Andor: The Complete First Season 4K
- Obi Wan Kenobi: The Complete Series 4K
- Batman (1989) 4K Steelbook
- American Sniper 4K
- Capelight Pictures
- The Roundup: No Way Out 4K
- Sci Fi Chillers Collection
- The Unknown Terror (1957)
- The Colossus of New York (1958)
- Destination Inner Space (1966)
- Galaxy Quest 4K
- Fede Álvarez
- Bound 4K
- Once Upon a Time in the West 4K
Bob Marley: One Love is official for Blu-ray, DVD & 4K, plus Rango, South Park, Alphaville, a charming short film called Gruff & more
Today’s new disc reviews here at The Bits include...
Stuart’s look at Edward Dmytryk’s The Carpetbaggers (1964) on Blu-ray from Paramount via Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Dennis’ take on William Dieterle’s All That Money Can Buy (1941) on Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection.
And Stephen’s thoughts on Saul Bass’s Phase IV (1974) on 4K Ultra HD from Paramount via Vinegar Syndrome.
Also, today on our Patreon page we’ve invited our supporters to offers their two cents on catalog films they would most like to see released on 4K Ultra HD. We’re going to compile those lists and pass them on to the relevant studios, so do consider joining is there and offering your take!
In announcement news today, Paramount has officially set Bob Marley: One Love for Blu-ray, DVD, 4K Ultra HD, and 4K Steelbook release on 5/28. Extras will include multiple featurettes (Join Kingsley B, Becoming Bob Marley, The Story, The Cast, On Location: Jamaica and England, and The Band), plus extended and deleted scenes. You can see the cover art at left and also below. [Read on here...]
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- 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
- Stephen Bjork
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Dennis Seuling
- The Carpetbaggers BD review
- All That Money Can Buy BD review
- Phase IV 4K review
- Bob Marley: One Love 4K
- South Park: Joining the Panderverse BD
- Paramount
- Comedy Central
- Rango 4K
- Severin Films
- Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker 4K
- The Great Alligator 4K
- Cathy's Curse 4K
- The Devil's Honey 4K
- Decal
- Sasquatch Sunset BD
- The Shape of Night BD
- Radiance
- Magnolia
- The Promised Land
- Jean Luc Godard
- Alphaville 4K
- Daisy Miller
- The Visitors
- Gruff
- Julian Curi
The Departed, Ocean’s Trilogy, Cry-Baby, Warner out of Paramount merger talks, Home Entertainment Media Play Awards & more
Happy Leap Day, Bits readers! February 29th only comes around once every four years, so enjoy it while you can.
I want to take a moment to thank all of you for your patience. We haven’t done a news update here for a couple days, and the reason is that I’ve been doing a lot more digging about that Disney and Sony physical media distribution deal, and I have in fact learned a little bit more information that will put the deal in better context. So after having a few last conversations with sources tonight, I’ll have a bit more to share on that front in tomorrow’s news update here at The Bits.
In the meantime, we’ve posted a bunch more new disc reviews here at the site as follows...
Dennis has posted his thoughts on Raoul Walsh’s The Roaring Twenties (1939) on Blu-ray from our friends at The Criterion Collection, as well as Ralph Murphy’s The Man in Half Moon Street (1945) on Blu-ray from Imprint, Robin Spry’s One Man (1977) and Elly Kenner and Norman Thaddeus Vane’s The Black Room (1982) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome, and Damien LeVeck’s A Creature Was Stirring (2023) on Blu-ray from Well Go USA.
Stewart has taken a look at Norman Jewison’s The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, Nigel Cole’s Saving Grace (2000) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection, and Alan Rudolph’s Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994) on Blu-ray from Imprint.
And finally, Stephen has check in with his take on David Cronenberg’s eXistenZ (1999) on 4K Ultra HD from Vinegar Syndrome. All are well worth a look (both the films and the discs). [Read on here...]
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Stephen Bjork
- 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
- Kino Cult
- Indicator
- Dennis Seuling
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Warner Archive Collection
- Imprint Films
- Paramount
- Once Upon a Time in the West 4K
- Paramount Presents
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- HBO Max
- The Departed 4K
- Martin Scorsese
- The Roaring Twenties BD review
- The Man in Half Moon Street BD review
- One Man BD review
- The Black Room BD review
- A Creature Was Stirring BD review
- Well Go USA
- The Criterion Collection
- The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming BD review
- Saving Grace BD review
- Mrs Parker and the Vicious Circle BD review
- eXistenZ 4K review
- David Cronenberg
- Steven Soderbergh
- Ocean's Trilogy 4K
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- DC Studios
- Harley Quinn: The Complete Fourth Season BD
- Cry Baby 4K
- John Waters
- Bluebeard BD
- Secret Beyond the Door
- Fritz Lang
- All that Breathes
- Janus Contemporaries
- The Cinema Guild
- Trenque Lauquen
- Discotek Media
- Belladonna of Sadness 4K
- Good Burger 2
- Land of Bad
- Skydance Media Paramount Global deal
- Media Play News
- Home Entertainment Media Play Awards
- Crimson Peak 4K
- American Pie 4K
- 88 Films
- Arrow Video
- Radiance
- Shinobi
Newly-announced for 4K Ultra HD: The Crow, Once Upon a Time in the West, Steel Magnolias, plus new Warner Archive Blu-rays, True Detective: Night Country & more!
Well, yesterday was kind of a big day in terms of industry news, but as it happens, there have been quite a lot of interesting 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray announcements in the last 24 hours too!
But before we get to those, we have a few more new disc reviews for you...
I’ve just taken a look at John Sturges’ Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) in 4K Ultra HD from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, as well as Ron Maxwell’s cult classic Little Darlings (1980) in 4K UHD from Vinegar Syndrome’s new Cinématographe Films label.
Stephen has turned in his thoughts on Nia DaCosta’s The Marvels (2023) in 4K Ultra HD from Marvel and Disney, along with Yoshimitsu Banno’s Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) on 4K UHD (sans English subs) from Toho Studios in Japan.
Dennis has given Ted Kotcheff’s Split Image (1982) a look on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, along with Vincente Minnelli’s Madame Bovary (1949) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.
And Stuart has reviewed Andrew V. McLaglen’s The Devil’s Brigade (1968) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics and Steve Zaillian’s Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) on Blu-ray from Imprint Films.
Many more reviews are forthcoming, including Footloose, Conan the Destroyer, and Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part One in 4K, so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for them.
Now then... in terns of title announcements, Paramount’s just dropped a couple of big ones starting with confirmation of a title we’ve mentioned here at The Bits recently: Alex Proyas’ The Crow (1994) officially streets on 4K Ultra HD and 4K Steelbook on 5/7. The 4K disc will include Dolby Vision and HDR10 high dynamic range. [Read on here...]
- The Guyver 4K
- Pursued
- The Proud and the Profane
- Monk: The Complete Sixth Season
- The Ladykillers 4K
- Stand and Deliver
- The Little Drummer Girl
- Money Talks
- The Boob
- Why Be Good?
- They Drive by Night
- 3 Godfathers
- HBO Max
- True Detective: Night Country
- Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Two
- DC
- Universal
- Migration 4K
- Steel Magnolias 4K
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Paramount Presents
- Once Upon a Time in the West 4K
- Sergio Leone
- Alex Proyas
- The Crow 4K
- Paramount
- Imprint Films
- Warner Archive Collection
- Marvel
- Searching for Bobby Fischer BD review
- The Devil's Brigade BD review
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Dennis Seuling
- Split Image BD review
- Madame Bovary BD review
- Godzilla vs Hedorah 4K review
- Cinématographe
- Little Darlings 4K review
- Gunfight at the OK Corral 4K review
- Indicator
- Toho Studios
- Kino Cult
- 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
- Stephen Bjork
- Columbia Noir 6: The Whistler
- Vinegar Syndrome