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Cameron 4Ks pre-orders are finally live on Amazon, plus Stop Making Sense 4K pre-orders, new KLSC and Shout! titles & more!
There’s some good title announcement news to report today, including a long-awaited music release.
But first, we wanted to let you all know that the 3/12 James Cameron 4K titles—The Abyss (1989), True Lies (1994), and Aliens (1986)—are finally available for pre-order on Amazon. And while they currently show full price, the usual 30% off discount should be applied soon. (Anyone who pre-orders now will get that discount when it is finally applied.)
Also now available for pre-order on Amazon is John Guillermin’s King Kong (1975) in 4K Ultra HD Steelbook from Paramount. This is a title that’s been available for a couple of years in the UK from StudioCanal, but it’s finally coming to the US. The film stars Jessica Lange, Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, and René Auberjonois (of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fame).
Click on the title links above to find their respective pre-order pages (and as always, whenever you order literally anything from Amazon after clicking to them through our links, you’re helping to support our work here at The Bits and we appreciate it).
Now then, the big announcement news today is that A24 is finally taking pre-orders for Jonathan Demme’s remastered Stop Making Sense (1984) in A24 Shop-exclusive Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD Collector’s Editions. Both will include Dolby Atmos audio and the original stereo mix, plus extras (including a 25-minute documentary and 2 bonus tracks—Cities and Big Business/I Zimbra) as well as a 64-page booklet. The 4K will also include Dolby Vision HDR. The title is expected to ship in sometime in May. You can find the pre-order page here. We don’t yet know if there will be a wide-release version eventually, though one is certainly possible. [Read on here...]
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- Joseph Kosinski
- Happy Sad Confused Top Gun: Maverick commentary
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Mann’s Ferrari is official for Bluray, plus One from the Heart: Reprise & Kung Fu Panda in 4K, new KLSC catalog titles, Umbrella delays Super Mario & more
More new disc reviews and more release news—that’s the order of business for today here at The Bits!
We start with Tim’s look at S.S. Wilson’s Tremors 2: Aftershocks (1996) in 4K Ultra HD from our good friends over at Arrow Video. Looks like they’ve done a nice job on this title, so do check it out.
Speaking of which, we’ve gotten a look at Arrow’s new Conan the Barbarian (1982) and Conan the Destroyer (1984) 4K Ultra HDs, and—by Crom—they’re fantastic! Watch for our in-depth reviews over the next few days here at the site.
Also today, we have another Toho Japanese kaiju 4K review from Stephen, who takes a look at Ishirō Honda’s Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) on Ultra HD. Keep in mind, these titles do not include English subtitles, but there’s a workaround for that with certain models of UHD player. Stephen explains it all in the review.
In announcement news this morning, Neon has finally officially set the Blu-ray and DVD release of Michael Mann’s Ferrari (2023) for 3/12, with the 4K Digital release expected to drop tomorrow. Extras will include 5 behind-the-scenes featurettes, among them Michael Mann: Building the World, Building Perfection, The Mille Miglia, Adam Driver on Enzo Ferrari, and Penélope Cruz on Laura Ferrari. The Blu-ray will include Dolby Atmos audio. You can see the cover artwork at left and also below. [Read on here...]
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- Secret Beyond the Door
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- Umbrella Entertainment
- Super Mario Bros (1993) 4K
- A Fistful of Dynamite 4K
- In & Out 4K
- Severing Films
- Burial Ground 4K
- Kung Fu Panda 4K
- Wages of Fear (1953) 4K
- BFI
- Peeping Tom 4K
- One from the Heart: Reprise 4K
- Francis Ford Coppola
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- King Kong (1976) 4K
- Neon
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- Mothra vs Godzilla (1964) 4K review
- Tremors 2: Aftershocks 4K review
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Criterion’s April slate, Powerhouse Films, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, a terrific Greig Fraser interview, Collider’s For All Mankind cast/crew Q&A & more!
All right, we’ve got quite a bit of ground to cover today here at The Digital Bits. But as always, we’re starting first with some more new disc reviews. And they’re good ones...
Stephen has taken a look at a pair of 4K Ultra HD releases, including Walter Hill’s The Warriors (1979) in 4K from Arrow Video—an absolutely fantastic release—as well as Ishirō Honda’s original Godzilla (1954) in 4K from Toho, a Japanese import disc that has no English subtitles. But read on, because Stephen’s thoughts on it are well worth your time.
Now then, the first big piece of news we have today is that our friends at The Criterion Collection have just announced their April Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K UHD slate, which is set to include an update of Mathieu Kassovitz’s La haine (1995) (Spine #381 – 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray) on 4/2, an update or Peter Weir’s Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) (Spine #29 – 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray) on 4/9, Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky’s Werckmeister Harmonies (2000) (Spine #1215 – 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD) on 4/16, Mikhail Kalatozov’s I Am Cuba (1964) (Spine #1214 – 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray, Blu-ray) on 4/23, and Nancy Savoca’s Dogfight (1991) (Spine #1216 – Blu-ray) on 4/30. Of the 4K titles, La Haine will include Dolby Vision HDR. [Read on here...]
- Wrenn Schmidt
- Krys Marshall
- Joel Kinnaman
- Steven Weintraub
- Maril Davis
- Ben Nedivi
- Matt Wolpert
- Ronald D Moore
- Michael and Denise Okuda
- For All Mankind: Season Four cast and crew Q&A
- Apple TV+
- Collider
- Greig Fraser
- Designing Hollywood
- Robert Meyer Burnett
- Well Go USA
- Monster (2023)
- The President's Analyst BD
- The Whip and the Body BD
- Sabotage (1996)
- Mean Guns (1997)
- MVD Rewind Collection
- Little Darlings 4K
- DC
- Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom 4K
- Mean Girls (2024)
- Paramount
- The Dark Crystal
- Labyrinth
- Aliens 4K
- True Lies 4K
- The Abyss 4K
- Lightstorm
- 20th Century Studios
- Disney
- James Cameron 4K preorders
- Dogfight
- I Am Cuba 4K
- Picnic at Hanging Rock 4K
- Werckmeister Harmonies 4K
- La Haine 4K
- Criterion April 2024 slate
- Indicator
- Powerhouse Films
- The Warriors 4K review
- Godzilla (1954) 4K review
- Toho
- Stephen Bjork
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Paramount lists Primal Fear & Major League for 4K Ultra HD, plus a new Star Wars movie announced & Tom Cruise teams up with Warner
We’re just chiming in here quickly again today with a few more pieces of industry news…
The first is physical media related: Paramount Home Entertainment has just listed Gregory Goblit’s Primal Fear (1996) as a new 4K Ultra HD Paramount Presents release on 3/26.
Paramount has also listed David S. Ward’s Major League (1989) for release in 4K Ultra HD and 4K UHD Steelbook format on 4/2 in honor of the film’s 35th anniversary.
We don’t have further details on these yet, but we except the studio to make an official announcement very soon. You can see the cover artwork at left and also below the break. [Read on here...]
- Shout! Studios
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Back the Bits
- Scream Factory
- Paramount
- Primal Fear: Paramount Presents 4K
- Major League 4K Steelbook
- Star Wars
- Lucasfilm
- Tom Cruise teams with Warner Bros
- The Mandalorian & Grogu
- Jon Favreau
- Ahsoka: Season 2
The Flash is official for 8/29, plus new Vinegar Syndrome 4K Ultra HD titles, Monk: Season Two on Blu-ray & SAG-AFTRA joins the WGA on strike
We have three more new disc reviews for you again today here at The Bits, including...
Stuart’s thoughts on Wojciech Jerzy Has’ The Saragossa Manuscript (1965) on Blu-ray from Yellow Veil Pictures via Vinegar Syndrome.
Dennis’ take on the vintage Rin Tin Tin double feature of Clash of the Wolves (1925) and Where the North Begins (1923) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And Tim’s take on another Shawscope: Volume One Blu-ray title from Arrow Video: Lau Kar-Leung’s Heroes of the East (1978), also known as Challenge of the Ninja, Shaolin vs. Ninja, and/or Shaolin Challenges Ninja.
In announcements today, the big news is that Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment and DC Studios have officially set Andy Muschietti’s The Flash for release on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on 8/29, with the Digital and “Web3 Movie Experience” expected on 7/18. [Read on here...]
- Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Bluray
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- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Tim Salmons
- Paramount
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Shawscope: Volume One BD review
- Arrow Video
- Dennis Seuling
- The Flash 4K
- Vinegar Syndrome
- The Saragossa Manuscript BD review
- Clash of the Wolves & Where North Begins BD review
- Heroes of the East (1978) BD review
- DC Studios
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Gorgo 4K
- Terror at Tenkiller 4K
- Monk: The Complete Second Season BD
- SAG AFTRA go on strike
- Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Roman Holiday, our thanks to Shout!’s Jeff Nelson, farewell Olive Films & more
Today’s new disc reviews here at The Bits include...
Stephen’s review of Robert Aldrich’s The Longest Yard (1974) in 4K Ultra HD from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
His take on James Wan’s Insidious (2010) in 4K Steelbook from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
And Stuart’s look at Philippe Le Guay’s The Man in the Basement (2021) on DVD from Kino Lorber and Greenwich Entertainment.
Don’t forget that today is the final day of Amazon’s Prime Day Deals, and there are still LOTS of them to be had on 4K Ultra HD titles, movie and TV collections, and much more. And if you click to Amazon through one of our links (like this one) before you start shopping with them, it makes a huge difference in helping us to keep The Digital Bits going. So we appreciate the support! [Read on here...]
- Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Season Three BD
- Shawscope: Volume One BD review
- Arrow Video
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Paramount
- Tim Salmons
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Stephen Bjork
- The Longest Yard 4K review
- Insidious 4K review
- The Five Venoms BD review
- Crippled Avengers BD review
- The Man in the Basement DVD review
- Amazon Prime Day Deals
- Roman Holiday 4K
- Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
- Expendables 4K
- Lionsgate
- Olive Films
- Shout! Factory
- Jeff Nelson leaves Shout
- Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
- The Stuff
- Hellbound: Hellraiser 2
- House II: The Second Story
- The Count Yorga Collection
- Flowers in the Attic
- Gothic Fantastico: Four Italian Tales of Terror
- Star Wars: Ahsoka trailer
- Ridley Scott's Napoleon trailer
- Scream Factory
Paramount sets Transformers: Rise of the Beasts for BD & 4K on 10/10, plus Warner Archive’s August slate, Jack Ryan: Season Three, new KLSC titles & more
We have three new disc reviews and a nice batch of Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD title announcements to start the week off for you today...
First, Dennis has reviewed Dave Thomas’ The Experts (1989) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Dennis and Tim have jointly reviewed Jan de Bont’s The Haunting (1999) in 4K Ultra HD from Scream Factory.
And Tim has reviewed another Shaw Brothers title on disc, in this case Chang Cheh’s Chinatown Kid (1977) from Arrow Video’s fantastic Shawscope: Volume One Blu-ray box set.
In announcement news this morning, Paramount has just made Steven Caple Jr.’s Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023) official for release on Blu-ray, DVD, 4K Ultra HD, and 4K Steelbook on 10/10, with the Digital release set to drop tomorrow (7/11). Extras will apparently include extended and deleted scenes (including an alternate opening and ending) and 9 behind-the-scenes featurettes (Human Affairs, Life in the 90s, Heroes, Villains, The Chase, The Battle of Ellis Island, Into the Jungle, The Switchback Attack, and The Final Conflict). Unfortunately, we don’t have any disc specs. But you can see what we believe is the near-final cover artwork at left and also below the break. [Read on here...]
- Scream Factory
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
- Paramount
- The Experts BD review
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- The Haunting (1999) 4K review
- Chinatown Kid (1977) BD review
- Arrow Video
- Shawscope: Volume One BD review
- Steven Caple Jr
- The Warner Archive Collection
- Little Women (1933) BD
- The Life of Emile Zola (1937) BD
- Father’s Little Dividend (1951) BD
- Judy Garland
- Wichita (1955) BD
- Gay Purree (1962) BD
- Spinout (1966) BD
- Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Season Three BD
- Fire Country: Season One DVD
- Prime Cut (1972) 4K
- The Boogens (1981) 4K
- Brain Donors (1992) BD
- The Best of Times (1986) BD
- The Legend of Calamity Jane BD
- Discotek Media
- The Blackening (2022)
- Nefarious BD
Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas is coming to 4K Ultra HD, plus Welles’ Touch of Evil from Eureka & more!
Three more new disc reviews are up on The Bits today, including...
Tim has posted his thoughts on Jeff Burr’s From a Whisper to a Scream (1987) on region-free Blu-ray from the good folks at Turbine Media in Germany.
Dennis has offered his take on Rouben Mamoulian’s Queen Christina (1933) on Blu-ray from our friends at the Warner Archive Collection.
And Stuart has given John Brahm’s Rio (1939) a spin on Blu-ray from Universal via Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
There isn’t a great deal of official news to report today, but we do have breaking news from Disney, which has leaked via Amazon and the Disney Movie Club: The studio will release Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) on 4K Ultra HD on 8/22! [Read on here...]
- Happy Birthday Mel Brooks
- Orson Welles
- Touch of Evil 4K
- Eureka
- NCIS: Los Angeles The Final Season DVD
- Paramount
- Disney Movie Club
- Walt Disney Home Entertainment
- Walt Disney Studios
- Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas 4K
- Rio BD review
- Warner Archive Collection
- Queen Christina BD review
- Turbine Media
- From a Whisper to a Scream BD review
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Dennis Seuling
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Tim Salmons
Sleepy Hollow (1999) & Monster Squad (1987) are coming to 4K Ultra HD, plus Poker Face, Sympathy for the Devil, Last Wave, a new 3D restoration & more
We’re starting the week here at The Bits with more new disc reviews, including...
Stephen’s take on Charles Laughton’s The Night of the Hunter (1955) in 4K Ultra HD from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Dennis’ look at Fritz Lang’s Clash by Night (1952) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.
And Stuart’s thoughts on Dennis Hopper’s Backtrack (aka Catchfire) (1990) on Blu-ray also from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Be sure to watch for more new reviews from The Bits’ team all this week.
In announcement news today, we have a couple of big items to report. First, Paramount will release Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow (1999) on 4K Ultra HD in both Amaray and Steelbook packaging on 9/5. This is a title we’ve had in our 4K Ultra HD Release List here at The Bits as “coming in 2023” for a few months now. Expect them to include both Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos audio. You can see the cover artwork at left and also below. [Read on here...]
- Showgirls 4K
- Dean Martin
- Jerry Lewis
- Money from Home 3D restoration
- The 3D Film Archive
- Bob Furmanek
- Rian Johnson
- RLJE Films
- Peter Weir
- Umbrella Entertainment
- The Last Wave 4K
- Sympathy for the Devil 4K
- Poker Face: Season One BD
- South Park: Season 26 BD
- Olive Films
- The Monster Squad (1987) 4K
- Fred Dekker
- Sleepy Hollow 4K
- Tim Burton
- Paramount
- Warner Archive Collection
- The Night of the Hunter 4K review
- Backtrack BD review
- Clash by Night BD review
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Dennis Seuling
- Stephen Bjork
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
Scream sets World War Z for 4K, Warner’s Dune: Part Two trailer, TONS of new disc reviews & Bill talks Star Trek on disc with the Inglorious Treksperts!
Today’s update will be quick, because we’re all neck-deep in new disc reviews, myself included. I’ve just completed an in-depth look at Richard Donner’s Superman: The Movie, as newly-released in Warner’s Superman: 5-Film Collection in 4K Ultra HD. This a slightly different disc than the version released back in 2018 (and reviewed here) so be sure to check out the new review for all the relevant details.
FYI, I’m going to be working my way through every film in the set. In fact, I was up until 2 AM last night watching Richard Lester’s Superman II and also Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut in 4K Ultra HD back to back. So watch for the next reviews in the series here at The Bits tomorrow.
Meanwhile, Tim has turned in his thoughts on Nick Castle’s The Last Starfighter (1984) in 4K Ultra HD from Arrow Video, along with Norman Jewison’s original Rollerball (1975) in 4K Ultra HD from Scream Factory.
Stuart has taken a look at Frank Tuttle’s Lucky Jordan (1942) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And Stephen—working jointly with Tim—has offered his take on Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) again, this time has released in regular and Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD from Second Sight Films in the UK. [Read on here...]
- Scream Factory
- Shout! Factory
- Stephen Bjork
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Paramount
- World War Z 4K
- Dune: Part Two trailer
- Star Trek
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Remastered
- Star Trek: Voyager Remastered
- Tim Salmons
- Superman: The Movie 4K review
- Superman: 5 Film Collection 4K
- Superman II 4K
- Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut 4K
- Richard Lester
- The Last Starfighter 4K review
- Arrow Video
- Rollerball 4K review
- Lucky Jordan BD review
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Second Sight Films
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 4K review
- Wings of Desire 4K replacement program
- Curzon Film
- Mark A Altman
- Daren Dochterman
- Ashley E Miller
- Home Is Where The Trek Is
- Bill Hunt talks about the future of Star Trek on home entertainment with the Inglorious Treksperts
- The Inglorious Treksperts podcast