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Warner sets George Miller’s Furiosa for disc on 8/13, plus Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip in 4K, Caligula, a Queen Rock Montreal Ultra HD replacement program & more
We’ve got several new disc reviews to share with you today, including...
My take on Michael Apted’s Thunderheart (1992) in its first-ever U.S. Blu-ray release from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Stephen’s look at Adam Wingard’s Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) in 4K Ultra HD from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment.
Dennis’s thoughts on Adam Egypt Mortimer’s Daniel Isn’t Real (2019) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome and Jeremy Kagan’s Big Man on Campus (1989) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And Stuart’s reviews of Ingmar Bergman’s Face to Face (1976) on Blu-ray from Imprint Films and Noboru Nakamura’s The Shape of Night (1964) on Blu-ray from Radiance Films.
We’ll have more new reviews here at The Bits tomorrow as well, so be sure to check back for them early!
In title announcements today, the big news is that Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment has officially set George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) for release on Blu-ray, DVD, 4K Ultra HD, and 4K + BD Steelbook on 8/13. The Digital release is expected on 6/25. [Read on here...]
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- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Thunderheart BD review
- Michael Apted
- Adam Wingard
- Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire 4K review
- Stephen Bjork
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Dennis Seuling
- Daniel Isn't Real BD review
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Big Man on Campus BD review
- Ingmar Bergman
- Face to Face BD review
- Imprint Films
- The Shape of Night BD review
- Radiance Films
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- George Miller
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 4K
- Mad Max 5 Film 4K UHD Collector’s Edition
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Black & Chrome Edition
- The Ladykillers (1955) 4K
- Caligula (1979)
- Caligula: The Ultimate Cut 4K
- Umbrella Entertainment
- Drafthouse Films
- Todd Rundgren: Liars Live BD
- MVD Entertainment
- Cleopatra Entertainment
- Mercury Studios
- Queen Rock Montreal + Live Aid 4K replacement program
- Prime Cut 4K
- Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip 4K
Arcane: League of Legends is coming to Blu-ray & 4K Ultra HD, plus Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Can’t Hardly Wait, Star Trek: Discovery, Red Eye, Tim Burton’s Sweeney Todd & more!
We’re starting the new week with more new disc reviews, as always, plus we have some great release news to share with you today as well! Reviews first...
Tim has taken a look a Bob Clark’s Deathdream (1974, aka Dead of Night) in 4K Ultra HD from our friends at Blue Underground.
Dennis has offered his thoughts on Alan J. Pakula’s Starting Over (1979) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And Stuart has weighed in with a review of Luigi Comencini’s The Sunday Woman (1975) on Blu-ray from Radiance Films. He’s also revisited his 2012 review of Sony’s The Three Stooges: The Ultimate Collection (1934-1958) on DVD in anticipation of the studio’s forthcoming The Three Stooges Blu-ray Collection.
More reviews are forthcoming, so be sure keep checking back for them!
The big announcement news today is that Sony has officially set Gil Kenan’s Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire for release on Blu-ray, DVD, 4K Ultra HD, and 4K Steelbook on 6/25. There will also be a Walmart-exclusive Blu-ray Steelbook, as well as a Limited Edition 2-Movie 4K Giftset that includes this film plus Ghostbusters: Afterlife. [Read on here...]
- Wes Carven
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Dennis Seuling
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- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Bob Clark
- Tim Salmons
- Blue Underground
- Starting Over BD review
- Deathdream 4K review
- The Sunday Woman BD review
- Radiance Films
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- The Three Stooges: The Ultimate Collection DVD review
- Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire 4K
- Gil Kenan
- Can’t Hardly Wait 4K
- Star Trek: Discovery The Final Season
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 4K
- Tim Burton
- Red Eye 4K
- Just Mercy
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Focus
- Black Mass
- Game Night
- Icarus Films
- Six in Paris
- Alphaville 4K
- The Food of the Gods BD
- Empire of the Ants BD
- Netflix
- Arcane: League of Legends 4K
- GKids
- Riot Games
- Eureka Entertainment
- Laurel & Hardy: The Silent Years
- StudioCanal
- Ealing Studios
- The Bells Go Down
- Tattooed Life
- A Man on His Knees
- We Still Kill the Old Way
- A Quiet Place in the Country
Universal bows Jaws 3 & Revenge in 4K, plus new KLSC titles, Imprint’s August slate, Blazing Saddles in Ultra HD, Rhino’s Atmos BD-As & The Police: Synchronicity Super Deluxe
As promised, we’re back today with an early update here at The Bits, featuring more announcement news and disc reviews. Let’s get to the latter first...
Stephen has taken a look at our friend Stephen Chiodo’s Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) in 4K Ultra HD from Scream Factory, as well as Kinji Fukasaku’s Yakuza Graveyard (1976) on Blu-ray from Toei via Radiance Films.
Dennis has offered his thoughts on Fritz Lang’s Secret Beyond the Door (1947) and Edgar G. Ulmer’s Bluebeard (1944) both new on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, as well as Karyn Kusama’s Girlfight (2000) on Blu-ray from Criterion.
And Tim has shared a review of Hanna-Barbera’s animated Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears (1988) on Blu-ray from our friends at the Warner Archive Collection.
Now then, the news... based on early word from retail sources, Universal is getting ready to release Joe Alves’ Jaws 3 (1983) and Joseph Sargent’s Jaws: The Revenge (1987) in 4K Ultra HD on 7/23. Also expected that same day is a new Jaws: 3-Movie Collection 4K set that also includes Jeannot Szwarc’s Jaws 2 (1978) which is already available on the format. Look for HDR10 high dynamic range with sound in Dolby Atmos format. Sadly, Jaws 3 will not be included in Blu-ray 3D format. Note that Jaws 3 and Jaws: The Revenge will also be available in 4K Steelbook packaging. You can see the cover artwork for the box set at left and that plus the regular 4K SKUs below the break. [Read on here...]
- Imprint Films August 2024 slate
- Lionsgate
- Boy Kills World (2023) 4K
- Joseph Sargent
- Joe Alves
- Philip Kauffman
- Allan Dwan
- Hal Ashby
- The Rolling Stones
- Let's Spend the Night Together 4K
- Sands of Iwo Jima 4K
- Twisted BD
- Jaws: 3 Movie Collection 4K
- Universal
- Jaws: The Revenge 4K
- Jaws 3 4K
- Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears BD review
- The Criterion Collection
- Girlfight BD review
- Bluebeard BD review
- Secret Beyond the Door BD review
- Radiance Films
- Yakuza Graveyard BD review
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- Killer Klowns from Outer Space 4K review
- Dennis Seuling
- Stephen Bjork
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Tim Salmons
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Hanna Barbera
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Warner Archive Collection
- Crossplot
- Banning
- Jessica
- Synanon
- Woman of Straw
- The Taming of the Shrew
- Franco Zeffirelli
- John Krasinski
- If 4K
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- George Miller
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 4K
- Mad Max: 5 Film Collection 4K
- Mel Brooks
- Blazing Saddles 4K
- The Puppetoon Movie: Volume 3
- Arnold Leibovit
- The Rondo Awards
- Rhino
- Dolby Atmos
- Blu ray Audio
- BD Audio
- The Doors: The Best of the Doors
- Alanis Morisette:s Jagged Little Pill
- Fleetwood Mac: Rumours
- Hootie and the Blowfish: Cracked Rear View
- Joni Mitchell: The Asylum Years
- The Police: Synchronicity Super Deluxe Limited Edition 6 CD box set
- A&M
- Interscope
- The Boy and the Heron 4K
- Can't Stop the Music 4K
- Red Mountain BD
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is official for disc, plus Criterion’s August slate includes The Last Emperor & Albert Brooks films in 4K
Just another quick update today, but new disc reviews here at The Bits this afternoon include...
Stuart’s take on Kōhei Oguri’s The Sting of Death (1990) (aka Shi no toge) on Blu-ray from Shochiku via Radiance Films.
Tim’s look at Tinto Brass’ All Ladies Do It (1992) in 4K Ultra HD from Cult Epics.
And Dennis’ thoughts on Anthony Mann’s Devil’s Doorway (1950) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.
In announcement news today, Lionsgate has officially set Guy Ritchie’s The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024) for release on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on 6/25, with the Digital release expected on 6/18.
The film, which stars Henry Cavill, Eiza González, and Alan Ritchson, is based on a true story and has been well reviewed, with many critics calling it Ritchie’s best work in years. [Read on here...]
- 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
- Dennis Seuling
- Tim Salmons
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Lionsgate
- Guy Ritchie
- The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare 4K
- Criterion's August 2024 slate
- The Last Emperor 4K
- Albert Brooks
- Tinto Brass
- All Ladies Do It 4K review
- The Sting of Death BD review
- Radiance Films
- Devil's Doorway BD review
- The Warner Archive Collection
- Cult Epics
- Brief Encounters
- The Long Farewell
- Two Films by Kira Muratova
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Not a Pretty Picture
- Martha Coolidge
- Real Life 4K
- Mother 4K
Purple Rain 4K, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes in IMAX is worth your time, and more release news & disc reviews
As always, we’re rounding out the week with more new disc reviews here at The Bits, including...
Tim’s take on producer Roy Huggins’s Colt .45: The Complete Series (1957-60) and Hanna-Barbera’s Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose (1987), both on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.
Dennis’ look at Dorothy Davenport and Melville Shyer’s The Road to Ruin (1934) on Blu-ray from Kino Classics and Something Weird.
And Stuart’s thoughts on Paolo and Vittorio Taviani’s Allonsanfàn (1974), Pietro Germi’s The Facts of Murder (1959), and Damiano Damiani’s Goodbye & Amen (1977), all on Blu-ray from Radiance Films.
I’ve also just received Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two (2024) in 4K Ultra HD from Warner Bros., so watch for my in-depth review of that here at The Bits tomorrow sometime. [Read on here...]
- 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
- Dennis Seuling
- Ted Lasso: The Complete Series BD
- Apple TV+
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Purple Rain 4K
- Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
- 20th Century Studios
- Exhuma
- Media Play News
- Fred Meyer
- GameStop
- Studio Distribution Services
- Tim Salmons
- The Warner Archive Collection
- Kino Classics
- Something Weird
- Radiance Films
- Denis Villeneuve
- Dune: Part Two 4K
- Colt 45: The Complete Series BD review
- Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose BD review
- The Road to Ruin BD review
- Allonsanfàn BD review
- The Facts of Murder BD review
- Goodbye & Amen BD review
Godzilla x Kong, Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part 3, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), Ted Lasso on Blu-ray & more, plus tons of art & pre-order links!
We have a big new disc review for you here at The Bits: Stephen has just taken an in-depth look at the Japanese-import version of Takashi Yamazaki’s Godzilla Minus One (2023) in 4K Ultra HD from Toho. I should not there that there are no English subtitles, but the package is pretty spectacular.
We don’t yet know when the film will be released on disc here in the States, but we’re digging into it and hope to learn more soon.
Meanwhile, we also have more new disc reviews up for you today, including...
Stuart’s reviews of Yūzō Kawashima’s Elegant Beast (1962) on Blu-ray from Daiei via Radiance Films, Jean Renoir’s The Golden Coach (1952) on Blu-ray via Raro Video, and André Melançon’s The Dog Who Stopped the War (1984) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome.
Dennis’ thoughts on Lou Breslow’s You Never Can Tell (1951) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And Stephen’s look at the Disney+ series Moon Knight: The Complete First Season (2022) in 4K Ultra HD from Marvel and Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
In terms of announcement news today, Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment and Legendary Pictures have officially set Adam Wingard’s Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) for Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD release on 6/11, with the Digital release expected on 5/14. Both the Blu-ray and 4K will feature Dolby Atmos. [Read on here...]
- Stop Making Sense 4K
- A24
- Navy Seals 4K
- Icons Unearthed: The Simpsons
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- BBC
- Doctor Who: Tom Baker Complete Season Four
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
- Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire 4K
- Apple TV+
- Ted Lasso: The Complete Series BD
- Disney+
- Marvel
- Moon Knight: The Complete First Season 4K review
- You Never Can Tell BD review
- Raro Video
- Radiance Films
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Elegant Beast BD review
- The Dog Who Stopped the War BD review
- The Golden Coach BD review
- Toho
- Godzilla Minus One 4K review
- DC
- Dennis Seuling
- 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
- Stephen Bjork
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Brokeback Mountain 4K
Thunderheart arrives on Blu-ray at last, plus the results of our Lionsgate 4K Steelbook poll, Umbrella’s August slate & Apple TV+ renews For All Mankind for Season 5!
Afternoon, folks! We’ve got a few new disc reviews, some great release news, and a fine bit of streaming TV news for you today as well! First as always, those reviews...
Kicking things off, Stephen has turned in his thoughts on Michael Mann’s Ferrari (2023), as released in 4K Ultra HD by Eagle Pictures in Italy. It’s a great little film, and here’s hoping that Neon and Decal will see fit to release it here in the States in 4K soon as well.
Stephen has also reviewed Lucio Fulci’s City of the Living Dead (1980) in 4K Ultra HD from our friends at Arrow Video.
Not to be outdone, Tim has turned in his thoughts on Jesús Franco’s Night of the Blood Monster (1970), aka The Bloody Judge, in 4K Ultra HD from the good people over at Blue Underground.
Dennis has offered his take on Theodore J. Flicker’s The President’s Analyst (1967) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And Stuart rounds things out today with his review of Yasuharu Hasebe’s Black Tight Killers (1966) on Blu-ray from the team at Radiance Films.
As always, more reviews are on the way so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for them!
Now then, a quick follow up. As many of you know, we’ve been running an interactive poll on our Patreon and Twitter/X pages over the past week on behalf of Lionsgate Home Entertainment. The question was: For the studio’s new 4K catalog Steelbook line, would you prefer new custom artwork or original poster artwork? Nearly three thousand of you voted in all (2,959 to be exact), with 1,166 votes (38.41%) for new custom artwork and 1,793 votes (60.59%) for original poster artwork. [Read on here...]
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Severin Films
- 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
- Lionsgate 4K Steelbook poll
- Tim Salmons
- Michael Mann
- Eagle Pictures
- Stephen Bjork
- Dennis Seuling
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Arrow Video
- City of the Living Dead 4K review
- Ferrari 4K review
- Night of the Blood Monster 4K review
- Blue Underground
- The President's Analyst BD review
- Black Tight Killers BD review
- Radiance Films
- Apple TV+
- For All Mankind renewed for Season 5
- Star City
- Ron Moore
- Matt Wolpert
- Ben Nedivi
- Taxi Driver 4K Steelbook
- Thunderheart BD
- Michael Apted
- Shrek Forever After 4K
- Shrek 4 Movie Collection 4K
- Blown Away 4K
- Immaculate
- Umbrella Entertainment
- The Primevals
- Dating the Enemy
- Love and Other Catastrophes
- The Quiet Family
- Darling
- JSA: Joint Security Area 4K
Dune: Part Two is a wonder, plus Glory (1989) & the Ocean’s Trilogy in 4K, new Kino Lorber Studio Classics, Arrow, Umbrella & Radiance titles & more
We’ve got some more new announcement for you today, including a few interesting ones. And we have new disc reviews today as well. But first, I saw Dune: Part Two last night. So let me just share some very quick and non-spoiler comments. Here’s my initial reaction posted on social media afterwards...
“You see a film like DUNE: PART TWO and you think: That’s either the last great film of a dying Hollywood, or proof that there’s still a bit of life left in this industry. Either way, it’s a wonder. And absolutely perfect. Don’t look now, but Denis Villeneuve has just casually knocked out three of the greatest science fiction films of all time. See it on the BIGGEST POSSIBLE SCREEN.”
I guess “three of the greatest” depends on whether you calculate Dune as a single film or not. But Arrival, Blade Runner: 2049, and the combined Dune adaptation are all superb. I would rank them right up there with Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner and Alien, and the Wachowskis’ The Matrix. Maybe I’d add Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind in there as well. All extraordinary pieces of hard science fiction cinema.
Honestly, if you liked Dune: Part One—and particularly if you loved Frank Herbert’s original novel, which is rightly regarded as the greatest work of science fiction literature—Villeneuve has just nailed the landing. [Read on here...]
- 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
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Imprint Films
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Universal
- DC
- Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Two
- Denis Villeneuve
- Dune: Part Two
- Loaded Guns BD review
- Damage BD review
- Raro Video
- Tim Salmons
- Mille milliards de dollars BD review
- Resident Evil 6 Movie box set 4K review
- Glory 4K
- Edward Zwick
- Little Buddha 4K
- Deadly Circuit
- Umbrella Entertainment
- Primer
- Upstream Color
- Trash Humpers
- You'll Never Find Me
- Night Falls on Manhattan
- Arrow Video
- True Love
- The Long Good Friday 4K
- Narc 4K
- Crimson Peak 4K
- Guillermo del Toro
- Pandemonium
- Quarxx
- Radiance Films
- Shinobi
- Planet of the Vampires
- Trenque Lauquen
- Pitch Black 4K
- Turbine
- 88 Films
- American Pie 4K
- Vinegar Syndrome
- 5 Card Stud 4K
- Warner Bros
- Steven Soderbergh
- Ocean's Eleven 4K
- Ocean's Twelve 4K
- Ocean's Thirteen 4K
Lionsgate bows Belly in 4K & Brian Yuzna’s Dentist Collection on Vestron Video Blu-ray, plus Yamashita’s Big Time Gambling Boss & more
We’ve got no less than five more new disc reviews for you all to enjoy today...
I’ve just posted my thoughts on Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs (1992) in 4K Ultra HD from Lionsgate.
Stephen has checked in with a look at Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986) in 4K Ultra HD from Vinegar Syndrome.
Dennis has reviewed Julien Temple’s Earth Girls Are Easy (1988), the new Vestron Video Collector’s Series title on Blu-ray from Lionsgate.
And Tim has taken a look at Lewis Gilbert’s Damn the Defiant! (1962) on Blu-ray from Imprint Films, as well as Montgomery Tully and Dennis O’Keefe’s The Diamond Wizard (1954) on Blu-ray 3D from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, via a great new restoration by the 3-D Film Archive.
In announcement news today, Lionsgate has set Hype Williams’ Belly for release on 4K Ultra HD on 1/24/23. There will be a wide release that includes a Blu-ray and Digital copy, along with a Best Buy-exclusive Steelbook package. Look for the package to have a new Dolby Atmos mix, along with the following special features: audio commentary with Williams, Spoken Word, a deleted scene, and the Grand Finale music video. [Read on here...]
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Tim Salmons
- Lionsgate
- Belly 4K
- The Dentist Collection: Vestron Video Collector's Series BD
- Big Time Gambling Boss
- Radiance Films
- Hype Williams
- Dennis Seuling
- Stephen Bjork
- Reservoir Dogs 4K review
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 4K review
- Earth Girls Are Easy BD review
- Damn the Defiant! BD review
- Imprint Films
- The 3D Film Archive
- The Diamond Wizard BD 3D review
- Brian Yuzna
- Kosaku Yamashita
- MVD Entertainment