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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
Criterion’s June has Blue Velvet in 4K, plus new Powerhouse/Indicator titles, A24’s Pi Ultra HD, updates on Godzilla Minus One & Boy and the Heron, new Queen & Pink Floyd releases & more!
We’re closing out the week here at The Bits with a bunch of release news and more new disc reviews as well. The reviews include...
Tim’s take on Rocky Morton & Annabel Jankel’s Super Mario Bros. (1993) in 4K Ultra HD from Umbrella Entertainment—the deluxe Trust the Fungus edition.
Stuart’s look at Hal Ashby’s Coming Home (1978) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, as well as his review of Kino Lorber’s Homicide Hills: The Complete Series on DVD.
And Dennis’ reviews of Frank Lloyd’s Blood on the Sun (1945) and Alfred L. Werker and Anthony Mann’s He Walked by Night (1948), both on Blu-ray also from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Also, just to let you know, we’ve been sharing some additional content for our supporters over on Patreon, including essays on Godzilla Minus One’s visual effects Oscar win and the difficulty in creating or evaluating home video transfers for film, along with an exclusive tease about a trio of forthcoming 4K Ultra HD catalog titles that are in the works for later this year, my in-depth film review of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two, and a little behind-the-scenes on a visit with some friends of The Bits who just so happen to have been involved with the Star Trek franchise for over 38 years.
Supporting The Bits on Patreon is a really great way to help us keep the site going, and doing so makes it possible for us to continue our work in support of physical media and disc fans everywhere. So please consider joining us there! [Read on here...]
- Barb Wire 4K
- Turbine Media
- Amsterdamned
- Crocodile
- The Scavengers
- Severin
- Blue Underground
- Synapse Films
- True Detective: Night Country
- Cyrano
- Lisa Frankenstein
- Pink Floyd: Animals Remix BD Audio Atmos
- Queen Rock Montreal + Live Aid 4K
- The Lawyer
- Big Man on Campus
- Tomorrow We Live
- The Shop at Sly Corner
- Obsession
- The Whole Truth
- The Phantom of the Monastery
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Querelle
- The Underground Railroad
- Victims of Sin
- Bound 4K
- David Lynch
- Terry Gilliam
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 4K
- He Walked by Night BD review
- Homicide Hills: The Complete Series DVD review
- Blood on the Sun BD review
- Coming Home BD review
- Super Mario Bros: Trust the Fungus 4K review
- Powerhouse Indicator
- Blue Velvet 4K
- Shout! Studios
- GKids
- Studio Ghibli
- Hayao Miyazaki
- The Boy and the Heron
- Toho
- Godzilla Minus One
- Pi 4K
- Darren Aronofsky
- A24
- Criterion's June 2024 slate
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Aliens 4K
- True Lies 4K
- The Abyss 4K
- 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
- Steelbook
Wonka’s official, Cameron 4K pre-orders begin, Abyss audio errors get fixed (thanks to The Bits), Imprint Asia & Looney Tunes Collector’s Choice: V3!
All right, we’ve got a few interesting items for you today, including some new release news and more. But first, more new disc reviews...
Tim has taken a look at Peter Walker’s House of the Long Shadows (1983) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, a Cannon Films cult title featuring no less than Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, and John Carradine. Tim has also reviewed Umbrella Entertainment’s wide-release 4K UHD edition of Andrzej Zulawski’s Possession (1981) in 4K Ultra HD, and he’s updated his review of the Collector’s Edition 4K too.
Dennis has taken a look at Daphné Baiwir’s King on Screen (2022) documentary on the film adaptations of author Stephen King. That comes to Blu-ray by way of Dark Star Pictures and Vinegar Syndrome.
And Stephen has reviewed another Toho kaiju classic in 4K Ultra HD, this time Ishirō Honda’s Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964). Once again, being a Japanese import title it does not include English subtitles, but there’s a work around for that.
Before we get to the announcement news this afternoon, a number of online retailers have begun taking pre-orders on the 3/12 4K Ultra HD release of James Cameron’s The Abyss (1989), True Lies (1994), and Aliens (1986), with the odd exception of Amazon. The links are up on Amazon (click on the title links in the previous sentence, and we’ll including them on the cover artwork below) but for whatever reason they haven’t been made live yet. I don’t know if this is a Disney oversight, or an Amazon oversight, but we’ll keep our eyes on the situation and update you when they go live. [Read on here...]
- Takeshi Kitano
- The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003) BD
- The Sea Is Watching (2002) BD
- Lost in the Stars (2023) BD
- Ghidorah the Three Headed Monster 4K review
- Toho
- King on Screen BD review
- Umbrella Entertainment
- Possession 4K review
- House of the Long Shadows BD review
- Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 3 BD
- Imprint Asia
- Imprint Films
- The Warner Archive Collection
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Wonka (2023) 4K
- Abyss Special Edition audio errors get corrected
- Aliens 4K
- True Lies 4K
- The Abyss 4K
- Dennis Seuling
- 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
- Tim Salmons
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...]
- IGN
- Christopher Nolan on physical media
- Secret Beyond the Door
- Target
- 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
- Paramount
- StudioCanal
- King Kong (1976) 4K
- Neon
- Michael Mann
- Toho
- Conan the Destroyer 4K
- Conan the Barbarian 4K
- Mothra vs Godzilla (1964) 4K review
- Tremors 2: Aftershocks 4K review
- Stephen Bjork
- Arrow Video
- 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
- Powerhouse Films
- Indicator
- Tim Salmons
- The Nude Vampire 4K
- The Demoniacs 4K
- Ferrari BD
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
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Shout! Studios
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Arrow Video
- Vinegar Syndrome
FUNimation sets Shin Godzilla for U.S. home video release in August
We have a late update of the site with some breaking news...
FUNimation has just announced that it officially plans to release Toho’s live action Shin Godzilla (2016) on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital HD on 8/1. The film was directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi. You’ll be able to watch the film in the original Japanese with English subtitles or in a new English language dub. The package will also include special features TBA. [Read on here…]
Second wave of Toho Godzilla BDs from Sony, plus The Millers: S1 & more
We’ve got a few more new announcements for you today, but first Tim Salmons here at The Bits has posted a new Blu-ray review, looking at Scream Factory’s recent Lake Placid: Collector’s Edition. Do check it out.
Also today, our own Russell Hammond has updated the Release Dates & Artwork section for the week, featuring all the latest Blu-ray and DVD cover artwork and Amazon.com pre-order links. As always, a portion of anything you order from Amazon after clicking to them through our links goes to help support our work here at The Bits and we appreciate it. [Read on here…]
- Bluray Disc
- Bluray
- BD
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Toho
- Sony
- Godzilla 2000
- Rebirth of Mothra Trilogy
- Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
- The Millers: The First Season
- The forbidden Girl
- When Santa Fell to Earth
- The Twilight Zone: The Complete 80s Series
- Tim Salmons
- Lake Placid
- Russell Hammond
- Release Dates & Artwork
- Giant Monsters AllOut Attack