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Election in 4K, Dune: Part Two & Stop Making Sense reviewed, plus SpongeBob, Cannibal Apocalypse, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire & farewell Roger Corman
We’re starting this week off with a pair of major new disc reviews here at The Bits...
Stephen has taken a deep dive into Jonathan Demme’s legendary concert film, Stop Making Sense (1984), newly-restored in 4K Ultra HD and available exclusively from the A24 online shop. This is arguably the greatest concert film ever produced, featuring the music of Talking Heads and the cinematography of Jordan Cronenweth (he shot this right after completing work on Blade Runner and Buckaroo Banzai).
I’ve also finished my in-depth review of Denis Villeneuve’s magnificent Dune: Part Two (2024) in 4K Ultra HD from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment. It’s an epic pure-cinema masterpiece and, along with Dune: Part One, rightly takes its place alongside Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 and Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner as one of the greatest science fiction films of all time. And while one could pick a few nits with Warner’s 4K release, the A/V quality is demo-worthy.
Both films are absolutely not to be missed on disc, so be sure to give the reviews a look. And more reviews are on the way this week, so be sure to watch for those.
In release news today, the big item worth mentioning is that Paramount has just set Alexander Payne’s Election (1999) for release on 4K Ultra HD on 7/30 as a new Paramount Presents title. You can see the cover artwork at left. [Read on here...]
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- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
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- Stop Making Sense 4K review
- Dune: Part Two 4K review
- Jonathan Demme
- A24
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- Alexander Payne
- Paramount Presents
- The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 4K
- Collateral 4K Steelbook
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Cannibal Apocalypse (1980) 4K
- Bad Boys (1983) 4K
- The Lonely Man (1957) BD
- Sony
- Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
- Criterion Collection sale
- Roger Corman RIP