Displaying items by tag: Stuart Galbraith
Indicator’s July slate includes Jet Pilot (1957), plus new Kino Lorber Studio Classics catalog Blu-rays, Gareth Edwards’ The Creator trailer & more
We have a few more new disc reviews for you all to enjoy here at The Bits today...
Stephen has reviewed the animated All-Star Superman in 4K Ultra HD from Warner and DC, as well as Elizabeth Banks’ Cocaine Bear on Blu-ray from Universal. The less said about that last one the better, but tip of the hat to Stephen for taking one for the team on this title.
Also, Stuart has turned in his thoughts on George Sherman’s Tomahawk (1951) and the anthology title If I Had a Million (1932), both on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
There’s not a lot of major release news today, but we do have a couple items to report...
Undercrank Productions is releasing Raymond Griffith: The Silk Hat Comedian on Blu-ray + DVD on 6/13. The set presents two of the star’s surviving silent comedies, Paths to Paradise (1925) and You’d Be Surprised (1926), in new 2K restoration scanned from 35 mm elements in the possession of the Library of Congress. Each will feature new musical scores by Ben Model. [Read on here...]
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- All Star Superman 4K review
- DC
- Stephen Bjork
- Tomahawk BD review
- Stuart Galbraith
- If I Had a Million BD review
- Cocaine Bear BD review
- Undercrank Productions
- Raymond Griffith: The Silk Hat Comedian BD
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- Paths to Paradise
- You'd Be Surprised
- The Event: The Complete Series BD
- Southern Gospel DVD
- Battle Kaiju Series 01: Ultraman vs Red King BD
- The Song of Songs
- Jet Pilot BD
- John Wayne
- Thunderbolt
- Night Has a Thousand Eyes
- The Complete Story of Film
- Razorback (1984) 4K
- Umbrella Entertainment
- Well Go USA
- I Am T Rex
- 52 Pick Up
- Number One with a Bullet
- Gloria
- Duck You Sucker!
- A Fistful of Dynamite 4K
- Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning, Part One trailer
- The Creator trailer
- Gareth Edwards
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Kurosawa Goes Wide: Remembering “The Hidden Fortress” on its 60th Anniversary
“The Hidden Fortress is an irresistible blend of grand comic adventure with Kurosawa’s emblematic humanism and innovative craftsmanship.” — Stuart Galbraith, author of The Emperor and the Wolf: The Lives and Films of Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune
The Digital Bits and History, Legacy & Showmanship are pleased to present this retrospective commemorating the 60th anniversary of the release of The Hidden Fortress, Akira Kurosawa’s influential jidai-geki and starring long-time Kurosawa collaborator Toshiro Mifune (Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, Yojimbo).
The popular Kurosawa film turns sixty this year, and for the occasion, The Bits features a Q&A with film historian and Japanese cinema authority Stuart Galbraith. [Read on here...]