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Warner makes The Maltese Falcon, Cool Hand Luke & Rebel Without a Cause official for 4K on 4/4, plus more reviews, news & announcements
We’ve got a couple more new disc reviews for you today, and a bit more Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD release news as well...
He’s also reviewed Michael Stanley’s Attack of the Beast Creatures (1985) on Blu-ray Disc from our friends over at AGFA and Vinegar Syndrome.
And while it’s not a disc review, I posted my non-spoiler thoughts on Star Trek: Picard – Season Three here at The Bits last night (in case you missed them). The first episode of the new season is now available for streaming on Paramount+, and all I can say is that there had better be a 4K Ultra HD release forthcoming from Paramount Home Entertainment. (Because I want it!) Enjoy!
Now then, Disney sources have officially confirmed that Cinderella (1950) will be released on 4K Ultra HD widely in stores and from online retailers on 8/1. However, note that the title will be also available as a limited Disney Movie Club exclusive for a few months starting on 3/28. So if you want to get your hands on it earlier, DMC is your ticket. [Read on here...]
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Stephen Bjork
- Universal
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Bill's Star Trek: Picard Season Three review
- Serpico 4K
- Primal: The Complete Second Season BD
- All Star Superman 4K
- Rebel Without a Cause 4K
- Cool Hand Luke 4K
- The Maltese Falcon 4K
- Phenomena 4K review
- Synapse Films
- AGFA
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Attack of the Beast Creatures BD review
- Cinderella 4K
- Disney
- The Son BD
- Up in Smoke: 45th Anniversary Stash Box BD
- M3GAN 4K
- Raquel Welch RIP
- Melinda Dillon RIP
- The Inglorious Treksperts
- Terry Matalas
- Jonathan Frakes
- Steve Asbell
Cinderella (1950) is coming to 4K Ultra HD from Disney this year, plus the Oscar nominations are in & more!
All right, it’s been a busy couple of days here at The Bits, and we’re starting as always with more new disc reviews for you to enjoy...
First up, Stephen has taken a look a pair of titles, including Matthew Bright’s Freeway (1996) in 4K Ultra HD from Vinegar Syndrome, along with Dan Wolman’s Maid in Sweden (1971) on Blu-ray from Code Red.
Also, Dennis has reviewed Richard Pearce’s No Mercy (1986) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And Tim has offered his thoughts on Douglas Grossman’s Hell High (1989) on Blu-ray from Arrow Video, along with the first film from Arrow’s fantastic Shawscope: Volume One Blu-ray box set. He’s working his way through the set title by title, and today he covers Jeong Chang-Hwa’s King Boxer (1972, aka Five Fingers of Death).
As always, more reviews are on the way all week, so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for them. [Read on here...]
- B’Twixt Now and Sunrise
- Oscar nominations
- The 95th Academy Awards nominations
- Cauldron Films
- Convoy Busters BD
- MVD Rewind Collection
- LA Wars BD
- Warner Archive Collection
- I'll Cry Tomorrow BD
- Camille BD
- Lee Pfeiffer
- The Boys from Brazil BD
- Reese’s Pieces Flying Bicycles and a Boy’s Life: Remembering ET on Its 40th Anniversary
- Steven Spielberg
- ET the Extra Terrestrial 40th anniversary
- King Boxer BD review
- Five Fingers or Death BD review
- Shawscope: Volume One BD review
- No Mercy BD review
- Arrow Video
- Hell High BD review
- Code Red
- Maid in Sweden BD review
- Freeway 4K review
- Disney Movie Club
- Cinderella (1950) 4K
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- Tim Salmons
- Stephen Bjork
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Paramount
- Dennis Seuling
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Michael Coate
- History Legacy & Showmanship
Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham announced, plus The Green Hornet on Blu-ray, The Legend of 1900 in 4K & more
All right, we have several more new disc reviews for you to close out the week today, and a bit more release news as well...
To start, Tim has turned in his thoughts on Paul Schrader’s Cat People (1982) in 4K Ultra HD from Scream Factory.
He’s also reviewed Sam Raimi’s Army of Darkness (1990) in 4K Ultra HD in both wide-release Amaray and Steelbook packaging, also from Scream Factory.
Stephen has taken a look at Yugo Sakamoto’s Baby Assassins (2021) on Blu-ray from Well Go USA Entertainment, as well as Jack Cardiff’s The Girl on a Motorcycle (1968) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, and also Sergio Bergonzelli’s Blood Delirium (1988) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome.
And Dennis has offered his thoughts on Rick Rosenthal’s Distant Thunder (1988) on Blu-ray from Paramount via Imprint Films.
All of these tiles are worth a look, and as always more reviews are forthcoming in the days ahead. [Read on here...]
- Tim Salmons
- Stephen Bjork
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Paramount
- Dennis Seuling
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Scream Factory
- Well Go USA Entertainment
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Imprint Films
- Cat People 4K review
- Army of Darkness 4K review
- Distant Thunder BD review
- Baby Assassins BD review
- The Girl on a Motorcycle BD review
- Blood Delirium BD review
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- DC
- Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham 4K
- The Green Hornet serial BD
- VCI Entertainment
- Giuseppe Tornatore
- Koch Media
- Plaion Pictures
- Ennio: The Maestro 4K
- The Legend of 1900 4K
- House Quadrilogy 4K
- Michael Coate
- History Legacy & Showmanship
The Star Trek: TNG films are indeed coming in 4K on 4/4, plus Flashdance, a Cameron UHD update, Coppola’s B’Twixt & Tencent’s Three-Body series
Well, there’s never a dull moment in this business and today is certainly a perfect example that. We’ve got some good Star Trek 4K news for you this afternoon, and a little bit of James Cameron 4K news too. Plus some other good announcements and links on top of all that! But first, more new disc reviews...
We start with Stephen, who’s turned in a look at Ivan Passer’s Cutter’s Way (1981), new on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome.
Next up, Dennis has delivered his take on Don Owen’s Nobody Waved Goodbye (1964) on Blu-ray, also from Vinegar Syndrome.
Last but not least: Tim has taken a deep dive into Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, and Corey Yuen’s Dragons Forever (1988) which is new on 4K Ultra HD from the good people of 88 Films.
Keeping on the 4K theme today, retail sources are finally starting to confirm word we first broke here at The Bits back on December 19th (see here), specifically that the Star Trek: The Next Generation feature films are going to be arriving from Paramount on 4/4, just in time for “First Contact Day” and also the final episodes of Terry Matalas’ Star Trek: Picard – Season Three! [Read on here...]
- Three Body Problem TV series
- Tencent Video
- Liu Cixin
- The Film Desk
- XYZ Films
- Umbrella Entertainment
- OCN Distribution
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Cowboy Bebop: The Complete Series 25th Anniversary Edition
- Crunchyroll
- B’Twixt Now and Sunrise
- True Lies 4K
- Avatar: The Way of Water 4K
- The Abyss 4K
- James Cameron
- Avatar 4K
- Flashdance 4K
- First Contact Day
- Star Trek: The Next Generation Motion Picture Collection 4K
- Star Trek: Nemesis 4K
- Star Trek: Insurrection 4K
- Star Trek: First Contact 4K
- Star Trek: Generations 4K
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Dragons Forever 4K review
- Nobody Waved Goodbye BD review
- Cutter's Way BD review
- Dennis Seuling
- The Fisher King 4K
- The Criterion Collection
- Paramount
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Stephen Bjork
- Tim Salmons
- The Seventh Seal 4K
- Ingmar Bergman
- Small Axe: Five Films by Steve McQueen BD
- Lionsgate
The Fabelmans is official for 2/14, plus new Warner 4K catalog titles & street dates, and a Titanic 4K update
We’re rounding out the week here at The Bits with a few more new disc reviews, and some release news as well, including word of new 4K catalog titles, and updates on a title or two that we’ve talked about here previously in recent weeks. But first those reviews...
I’ve posted my thoughts on Wim Wenders’ stunning Wings of Desire (1987) which is now available in 4K Ultra HD from Curzon Film in the UK. The 4K remaster, which was done by the Wim Wenders Foundation, is absolutely stunning. Fans of the film may not realize this, but by the time the film was completed and being shown in theaters back in ‘87, the version we all experienced then was fully six generations away from original camera negative. But now, every inch of this film—save for the little bit of historical and newsreel footage that appears within it—is first-generation right off the negative. And it makes a huge difference, even over the previous Criterion Blu-ray. So if you’re a fan, this 4K release is definitely worth a look.
I’ve also reviewed Jack Ryan: Season Two on 4K Ultra HD, which was released last month on the format by Paramount (along with Season One which we’ve reviewed here). Season Three of the series recently dropped on Amazon Prime and we have word that it’s coming to both Blu-ray and 4K as well later this year.
Also today, Stephen has turned in his thoughts on Adam Rifkin’s The Invisible Maniac on 4K Ultra HD from Vinegar Syndrome.
And we have more reviews on the way as well. I’m personally working on Shout! Factory’s recent WarGames and HBO’s House of the Dragon: Season One, both in 4K Ultra HD. I hope to post those reviews over the weekend or early next week. And the rest of the review team is working on new titles as well, so be sure to watch for them. [Read on here...]
- Curzon Film
- 12 Angry Men (1957) 4K
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- The Fabelmans
- Universal
- Paramount
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- Wings of Desire 4K review
- Stephen Bjork
- Jack Ryan: Season Two 4K review
- The Invisible Maniac 4K review
- Wargames 4K
- House of the Dragon: The Complete First Season 4K
- Steven Spielberg
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- Turbine Media Group in Germany
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4K
- From Beyond 4K
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Stuart Gordon
- Tobe Hooper
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- The Departed 4K
- Martin Scorsese
- Harold Ramis
- National Lampoon's Vacation 4K
- Cool Hand Luke 4K
- The Maltese Falcon 4K
- Rebel Without a Cause 4K
- Titanic 4K
- James Cameron
- Sidekicks 4K
The Way We Were & Dragonslayer are confirmed for 4K disc, plus Grand Tour: Disaster in Time, Road House, Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. & more!
Today’s post is going to be a quick one here at The Bits, but as always we have a few more new disc reviews, and some more good disc release news as well. First the reviews...
Dennis has posted his thoughts on Robert Benton’s Twilight (1998) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And Stephen has offered his take on León Klimovsky’s The Werewolf Versus the Vampire Woman (1971) in 4K Ultra HD from our friends at Vinegar Syndrome.
Now to the news... Kino Lorber Studio Classics will release Orson Welles’ The Lady from Shanghai (1947) on Blu-ray on 1/31. The company has also set Alexander Hall’s Little Miss Marker (1934) and David Greenwalt’s Secret Admirer (1985) for release on Blu-ray on 3/7. Also announced as “coming soon” to Blu-ray from the company are Rouben Mamoulian’s High, Wide and Handsome (1937) and Dave Thomas’ The Experts (1989).
Cult Epics has set Martin Koolhoven’s AmnesiA (2001) for release on Blu-ray on 4/11/23.
ClassicFlix will release Victor Saville’s The Long Wait (1954) on 4K Ultra HD on 3/21/23. [Read on here...]
- Mildred Pierce 4K
- Inland Empire
- Criterion March 2023 slate
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Paramount
- Dragonslayer 4K
- Twilight BD review
- Dennis Seuling
- Stephen Bjork
- The Werewolf vs the Vampire Woman 4K review
- Little Miss Marker
- Secret Admirer
- High Wide and Handsome
- The Experts
- AmnesiA
- The Long Wait 4K
- ClassicFlix
- Road House 4K
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- SciFi from the Vault: 4 Classic Films BD
- Thrillers from the Vault: 8 Classic Horror Films BD
- The Lady from Shanghai BD
- The Grand Tour: Disaster in Time BD
- Timescape BD
- David Twohy
- Unearthed Films
- The Way We Were: 50th Anniversary Edition 4K
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Sydney Pollack
- Three Days of the Condor
- The Quiet Man
- John Ford
- The Running Man BD
- Just Another Girl on the IRT
- Paramount Presents
Black Friday sales abound, plus new 4K and catalog Blu-ray release news & La-La Land’s Tomorrow Never Dies soundtrack CD!
Well, it’s the Friday after Thanksgiving, so I’m sure you all know what that means: There are a HUGE number of Black Friday sales going on at online stores around the Internet and at brick-and-mortar retailers near you. Seemingly everyone is offering 40 or 70% discounts, so be sure to take advantage if there’s something you’re looking for.
Here at The Digital Bits, we’re obviously an Amazon affiliate, so if you are busy shopping for online deals today via that particular retailer, we would certainly appreciate it if you clicked through one of our affiliate links first (like this one for US readers, or these for Canadian, UK, French, Spanish, Japanese, or German readers). Once you click through any of our links, literally anything you purchase in that same shopping session counts in our favor and it makes a big difference in helping to support our work here, so we really do appreciate it.
Of course, we hope all you U.S. readers had a great Thanksgiving holiday yesterday. We certainly did here at The Bits, and—given the holiday—there’s not a ton of release news to report. But we do have a few things of note to talk about, and we have a few new disc reviews as well. So let’s cover those reviews first... [Read on here...]
- Event Horizon 4K
- Black Adam 4K
- Stephen Bjork
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Black Friday Sales
- Tim Salmons
- The Killing 4K review
- The Evil Dead (2013) 4K review
- The Bermuda Depths BD review
- Rawhead Rex 4K
- Road House 4K
- Vinegar Syndrome
- A24
- The Green Knight: Special Edition 4K
- MPI Media Group
- Synapse Films
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- La La Land Records
- Tomorrow Never Dies CD soundtrack
- David Arnold
- Air Force One 4K Steelbook
- The Mask of Zorro 4K Steelbook
- Death Wish 4K
- The Italian Job (1969) 4K
Paramount reveals a new Top Gun Giftset & Frasier on Blu-ray, plus new Star Trek TV BDs & LOTS of new 4K Ultra HD catalog title pre-orders
All right, we’ve got a LOT of Blu-ray and 4K announcement news today, as well as lots of new Amazon pre-order links. But first, we have a few more new disc reviews...
Tim has taken a look at Steve Wang’s Drive (1997) on 4K Ultra HD from 88 Films and the MVD Rewind Collection.
Dennis has turned in his thoughts on Onur Tukel’s Summer of Blood (2014) on Blu-ray Disc from Vinegar Syndrome.
Also here at The Bits, our own Michael Coate has posted a great new History, Legacy, and Showmanship column featuring a retrospective look at George Lucas’ Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones on the occasion of the film’s 20th anniversary. The piece contains a complete rundown of the film’s first-run D-Cinema and IMAX presentations, along with a roundtable interview with historians Stephen Danley, W.R. Miller, and Richard Woloski. If you’re a Star Wars fan in particular, I think you’ll really enjoy it. [Read on here...]
- MVD Rewind Collection
- The Warner Archive Collection
- CBS
- Star Trek: Prodigy Season One BD
- Star Trek: Discovery Season Four BD
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- A Christmas Story 4K
- The Polar Express 4K
- Elf 4K
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 4K
- Jordan Peele
- Universal
- Nope 4K
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Stephen Bjork
- Tim Salmons
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Paramount
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season One BD
- Drive 4K review
- Dennis Seuling
- Summer of Blood BD review
- Dog Soldiers 4K review
- History Legacy & Showmanship
- Michael Coate
- Star Wars: Episode II
- Attack of the Clones
- Top Gun: Maverick 2Movie Collection Limited Edition Steelbook Giftset
- Pulp Fiction 4K
- Escape from Alcatraz 4K
- Mystery Men 4K
- High Plains Drifter 4K
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- The Classic Christmas Specials Collection 4K
- Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer 4K
- Frosty the Snowman 4K
- Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town 4K
- 8 Mile 4K
- Frasier: The Complete Series BD
Wayne’s World 4K, Uni Monsters V2, To Kill a Mockingbird, X-Mas Classics, Amityville Horror & Sony Pictures Classics in Ultra HD
And... we’re back! My wife Sarah and I spent the long holiday weekend here in the States up in rustic Portland, Oregon, where—through the power of the Interwebs—I officiated my niece’s wedding. It was a lovely ceremony, a wonderful trip, and a good time was had by all, as they say.
But, while I was away, The Bits’ team turned in a bunch of great new disc reviews, including...
Stephen’s take on The Incredible Melting Man (1977) in 4K UHD, and Creature from Black Lake (1976), the Vampyr: Limited Edition (1932), and Fire in the Sky (1993) on Blu-ray.
Tim’s thoughts on The Beast (1988) and The Black Phone (2021) on Blu-ray, and Child’s Play (1988) in 4K UHD.
And Dennis’ look at Bright Victory (1951), The Last Train from Madrid (1937), and Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World (1961) all on Blu-ray.
As always, lots more new disc reviews are on the way over the coming days so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for them.
We’ve also got some pretty significant catalog 4K release news to catch you all up on this afternoon, and some TV Blu-ray news too... [Read on here...]
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Blue Hawaii 4K
- Universal
- Stephen Bjork
- Tim Salmons
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Paramount
- Wayne's World 4K
- Universal Classic Monsters: Icons of Horror Collection Volume 2 4K
- To Kill a Mockingbird: 60th Anniversary Edition 4K
- The Amityville Horror 4K
- ET: The Extra Terrestrial 40th Anniversary 4K
- Needful Things 4K
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Sony Pictures Classics 30th Anniversary 4K Ultra HD Collection 4K
- The Classic Christmas Specials Collection 4K
- Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 4K
- Orlando 4K
- Run Lola Run 4K
- The Celluloid Closet 4K
- The City of Lost Children 4K
- SLC Punk 4K
- The Devil's Backbone 4K
- Volver 4K
- Synecodoche New York 4K
- Sill Alice 4K
- Call Me by My Name 4K
- Better Call Saul: Season Six BD
- Better Call Saul: The Complete Serie BD
- Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer 4K
- Frosty the Snowman 4K
- Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town 4K
Via Vision’s Saw Ultimate 4K set, plus Blue Hawaii, Nope, Titans of Cult’s The Thing, a Highlander 4K update, new Star Trek TV Blu-rays & more
All right, folks. This will be our last post until Wednesday next week, as it’s not only the long Labor Day weekend here in the States but by wife and I are also celebrating our thirty-second wedding anniversary. So we’re going to take a little time to relax here in sweltering-in-a-heatwave Southern California.
But, we’ve got a TON of release news to talk about, as well as a pair of new disc reviews to start things off today...
Stephen has turned in his thoughts on Gaspar Noe’s intriguing and doubly-experimental Lux Aeterna (2019) on Blu-ray from Yellow Veil Pictures via Vinegar Syndrome.
And Tim has posted his thoughts on Jeffrey Obrow and Stephen Carpenter’s The Kindred (1987), now available in a new Special Edition Blu-ray release from Synapse Films.
And we’ve got lots more disc reviews coming over the weekend and early next week, so be sure to check back for them.
Meanwhile, our friends at Via Vision Entertainment down under are releasing a Saw: The Ultimate Collection 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray set on 11/9 that’s not only comes in an exclusive “reverse bear trap” replica, but is limited to just 1500 copies. The 13-disc set includes Saw, Saw II, Saw III, Saw IV, Saw V, Saw VI, Saw 3D: The Final Chapter, Jigsaw, Spiral: From the Book of Saw, plus a Bonus Disc packed with extras. You can see the packaging at left. Be sure to visit their website here for all the details and to pre-order. [Read on here...]
- The Little Rascals: The Complete Collection Centennial Edition BD
- Classic Flix
- Paramount
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Saw: The Ultimate Collection 4K
- Via Vision Entertainment
- Synapse Films
- The Kindred BD review
- Tim Salmons
- Stephen Bjork
- Lux Aeterna BD review
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Nope 4K
- Universal
- Jordan Peele
- John Carpenter
- The Thing 4K
- Titans of Cult
- Elvis
- Blue Hawaii 4K
- ClassixFlix
- StudioCanal
- Highlander 4K
- I The Jury 4K 3D
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 4K
- Elf 4K
- The Polar Express 4K
- A Christmas Story 4K
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Star Trek: Discovery Season Four BD
- Star Trek: Prodigy Season One BD
- CBS
- The Warner Archive Collection
- Mark of the Vampire (1935) BD
- Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1931) BD
- Jack Frost 2: The Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman BD
- At Close Range BD
- Ski Patrol BD
- MVD Rewind Collection
- Mr Mayor: The Complete Series BD
- Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends DVD
- Ed Edd n Eddy: The Complete Series DVD
- Cobra Kai: Season Four DVD
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Netflix
- Stranger Things 4K