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Vinegar Syndrome sets Six-String Samurai for 4K, Blue Underground’s Dead & Buried 4K, Scream’s King Kong (1976) BD features & more new announcements
Let’s close out the week today with another new disc review and more release news...
First, Dennis has just turned in his thoughts on Cecile B. DeMille’s The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) on Blu-ray from Paramount Home Entertainment, the 16th title in their Paramount Presents line. It sounds as if the remaster is a nice one, so do give it a look.
A quick disc update: FUNimation is now shipping out fixed replacement discs for their recent release of Akira in 4K Ultra HD. As some of you know, the original discs lacked the HDR option they were supposed to include. The new fixed discs correct this. My own replacement copy arrived a couple of days ago and I’m really pleased with the HDR grade overall, so I’m going to try to get a review of the fixed version up here at The Bits next week.
On a similar note, Amazon UK has just listed Speed for pre-order in 4K and naturally the cover artwork they’ve posted has caused still more confusion in that it correctly lists DTS-HD MA audio in the features grid on the back, but also (incorrectly) shows a Dolby Atmos logo. What’s more, there’s no mention of any special features. [Read on here...]
- Vinegar Syndrome
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Release Dates & Artwork update
- Back the Bits
- Six String Samurai 4K
- Dead & Buried 4K
- King Kong (1976) BD
- Blue Underground
- Dennis Seuling
- The Greatest Show on Earth BD review
- Akira 4K replacement discs with HDR
- Speed 4K
- Mill Creek Entertainment June update
- MVD Entertainment Group
- MVD Marquee Collection June and July titles
Judas and the Black Messiah, a big Warner 4K update, new Imprint titles & remembering a longtime friend of The Bits: Ronnee Sass
We’re picking things up here at The Bits today with more new disc reviews...
I’ve recently posted my thoughts on Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla (2014) in 4K from Warner Bros., Pete Docter’s Soul in 4K from Pixar, Mel Brooks’ Spaceballs in Blu-ray and 4K from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, and Paul Greengrass’ News of the World in 4K from Universal.
Meanwhile, Tim has just posted a look at Alex de la Iglesia’s The Day of the Beast (1995) in 4K from Severin Films.
And Dennis has turned in his review of George Sidney’s Show Boat (1951) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.
In announcement news today, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has officially set Shaka King’s Judas and the Black Messiah for release on Blu-ray and DVD on 5/4 (SRP $35.99 and $28.98), with the Digital release expected on 4/27, and PVOD available on 4/2. Extras on the disc-based versions will include 2 featurettes (Fred Hampton for the People and Unexpected Betrayal). [Read on here...]
- News of the World 4K review
- Spaceballs 4K review
- Soul 4K review
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory: 50th Anniversary 4K
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Judas and the Black Messiah BD
- Ronnee Sass RIP
- Godzilla 4K review
- Show Boat BD review
- The Day of the Beast 4K review
- Space Jam: 25th Anniversary 4K
- The Shawshank Redemption 4K
- A Clockwork Orange 4K
- Gravity 4K
- Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior 4K
- Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome 4K
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- The Middle Earth Collection 4K
- Zack Snyder's Justice League 4K preorders
- Zavvi
- Imprint Films
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Media Play News
- Home Entertainment Awards
- George Segal RIP
- Best Buy reducing physical media footprint in stores
Criterion reveals its May Blu-ray slate, plus Vinegar Syndrome’s first adult 4K title, and Scream sets Event Horizon for 3/23
All right, we’re rounding out the week today with some great release news and some new disc reviews too. First up, those reviews...
I’ve just turned in my thoughts on John Carpenter’s They Live, as recently released in 4K Ultra HD by Scream Factory. Both the UHD and included Blu-ray are mastered from the 2018 4K scan and restoration, and Scream has tossed in a new Dolby Atmos mix to boot. It’s a fine release, so don’t miss it.
I’ve also reviewed Roland Emmerich’s epic disaster flick 2012 on 4K Ultra HD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, and I’ve given a great little indie release a review on Blu-ray too: Dmitriy Kiselev’s Spacewalker (2017) from MPI Home Video, which tells the story of cosmonaut Alexey Leonov and humanity’s first spacewalk in 1965.
Tim’s also posted a review of William Campbell’s Ingagi (1930), recently released on Blu-ray by Kino Classics as part of their Something Weird line-up. Ingagi is definitely something weird.
And just a heads-up: We’re working on reviews of Prince of Darkness in 4K from Scream Factory, along with the new 4K releases of Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing from Universal and Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro from Discotek Media, among other titles. So watch for those starting on Monday. [Read on here...]
- Kino Lorber
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Tim Salmons
- 2012 4K review
- They Live 4K review
- Spacewalker BD review
- Ingagi BD review
- Release Dates & Artwork update
- The Criterion Collection
- May slate
- Trances BD
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High BD
- Merrily We Go to Hell BD
- Flowers of Shanghai BD
- Nightmare Alley BD
- Vinegar Syndrome
- SexWorld 4K
- first adult 4K UHD release
- PG: Psycho Goreman
- Scream Factory
- Event Horizon: Collector's Edition BD
- The Criterion Spines Project
Arrow sets Battle Royale & Donnie Darko for 4K, plus Shout! & GKids’ Earwig and the Witch & more catalog announcements
All right, we’ve got a few new reviews for you today...
I’ve taken a look at Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium (2013) coming to 4K Ultra on 2/9 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. It’s a nice upgrade of the existing Blu-ray release. You’ll find that here.
Also, Tim has reviewed Park Chan-wook’s JSA: Joint Security Area (2000) on Blu-ray from Arrow Video.
More reviews are on the way this week, including 2012 and Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro both in 4K, plus more new and catalog Blu-rays, so be sure to watch for them.
Let’s start with some 4K Ultra HD news... [Read on here...]
- Warner Archive Collection
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Dennis Seuling
- Tim Salmons
- Arrow Video
- Shout! Factory
- GKids
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Severin Films
- Battle Royale 4K (UK only)
- Donnie Darko 4K
- Earwig and the Witch
- Elysium 4K review
- JSA: Joint Security Area BD review
- The Suspect BD review
- Death Has Blue Eyes
- Switchblade Sisters
- Elvira: Mistress of the Dark Steelbook
- Clapboard Jungle
- The Bermuda Depths
- Damn Yankees
- Crossfire
- Thundarr the Barbarian: The Complete Series
- Isle of the Dead
- The Great Caruso
- Ken Burns' Baseball BD
- Ken Burns' Hemingway BD
- The Greatest Show on Earth: Paramount Presents BD
- action
- Drive: Director's Cut
- MVD Rewind Collection
- Spaceballs 4K
- The Good The Bad and The Ugly 4K
The Beastmaster and Mad Max reviewed in 4K, plus our review of Kino’s Mad Max Blu-ray has been updated with new image info
Afternoon, folks. And welcome to 2021!
The news in the home video industry is pretty slow this week, as we’d expect given the recent holiday and the still unfolding (and industry-slowing) pandemic.
But we do have a couple new 4K Ultra HD reviews for you all to enjoy this afternoon.
First, Tim has taken a look at Don Coscarelli’s The Beastmaster (1982), as newly-remastered in 4K by our friends over at Vinegar Syndrome. The limited release appears now to be back in stock at the Vinegar Syndrome website, and we expect it to eventually be released in more traditional Amaray packaging on Amazon at some point in the coming months. [Read on here...]
Collateral is officially set for 4K on 12/8, plus new Imprint Films catalog Blu-rays for December & more
Afternoon, folks! Hope you all had a lovely weekend.
We’ve got some new disc reviews for you to enjoy today...
I’ve taken a look at Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes (2009) on 4K Ultra HD from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. It’s a nice (if modest) image upgrade on the format that fans of the film especially should appreciate. HDR gives the proceedings a nice boost.
Also, Dennis has taken a look at David Lynch’s The Elephant Man, which is now available on Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection. Sounds like it’s a very worthy upgrade, mastered from the new StudioCanal 4K transfer. And for those of you wondering, the “missing” fade from the StudioCanal 4K is also missing here. But do keep in mind that Lynch approved the remaster, so it’s possible he made the change himself (meaning it might not be an error).
Now then, we’ve got more reviews coming over the next few days. Two are already to go for tomorrow and more should follow. So stay tuned for that. [Read on here...]
- Collateral 4K
- Michael Mann
- Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment
- Scream Factory
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Dennis Seuling
- The Elephant Man BD review
- Sherlock Holmes (2009) 4K review
- Imprint Films
- Via Vision Entertainment
- Guy Ritchie
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- The Criterion Collection
- Dead Again BD
- At Close Range BD
- Fire in the Sky BD
- The Deep BD
- Year of the Dragon BD
- Rage BD
- Top Gun 4K steelbook
- Vinegar Syndrome
- The Beastmaster 4K
- Fade to Black BD
- Akira 4K
- Friday the 13th Collection: Deluxe Edition
Second Sight details Romero’s Dawn of the Dead in 4K, plus Urban Cowboy & Flashdance BDs & Rad in 4K
Well, last night I finished the Star Wars—all 11 films in 4K. Pretty good, I have to say. I guess the thing I was most surprised by, now that we know it’s a larger narrative—and that some of the films are admittedly better than others—is that it all works together so well. The larger narrative does fit together pretty nicely. Admittedly, the sequel films feel a little more distant from the original trilogy than the prequels do, but visually and tonally they’re actually closer in spirit. Anyway, it’s an interesting experience and one I’m glad I waited for 4K to have. The films have never looked or sounded better, imperfect though some of them are.
All right, let’s have a news post, shall we?
First up here today, Tim has just turned in a review of Richard Stanley’s Color Out of Space on 4K Ultra HD from RLJ Entertainment. It’s an interesting film (and a solid disc) that’s worth a look. You’ll find that here. [Read on here...]
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Tim Salmons
- Color Out of Space 4K review
- Second Sight
- Dawn of the Dead 4K
- Urban Cowboy BD
- Flashdance BD
- Rad BD
- Rad 4K
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Paramount
- Top Gun 4K
- Days of Thunder 4K
- War of the Worlds 4K
- Friday the 13th: 40th Steelbook BD
- Fist of Fear Touch of Death
- The Film Detective
- Fantasy Island
- Blumhouse
- Guns Akimbo
The Looming Tower, Strike Back: Season Five, Javaro 3D & more new 4K Ultra HD cover art
All right, Universal and Sony have been slow to send us Fury, The Patriot, and the Jurassic Park Collection for review on 4K here at The Bits. We expected them earlier this week and now it looks like we may not get our hands on them until sometime tonight or over the weekend. Rest assured, we’ll get them reviewed as soon as possible when we finally see them.
Fortunately, however, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has sent us Red Sparrow in 4K Ultra HD, and now Paramount has kindly delivered Alex Garland’s Annihilation on UHD, so we’re diving into those now. We’ll get reviews of those posted as soon as we’re able, so keep checking back here (and on our social media pages) over the weekend.
Meanwhile, in announcement news today, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has set the Hulu original drama series The Looming Tower for release on Blu-ray on 9/18, featuring all 10 episodes along with 4 featurettes (Across Three Continents: Creating The Looming Tower, Ali Soufan: In His Own Words, The Looming Tower: Divided We Fail, and The Complexities of Character), as well as audio commentaries on the first and last episodes. [Read on here...]
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- The 4K Ultra HD Release List
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Annihilation 4K review
- Red Sparrow 4K review
- The Looming Tower BD
- Hulu
- Stagecoach: The Texas Jack Story 4K
- Strike Back: The Complete Fifth Season
- Cinemax
- The Con is On
- Javaro Bluray 3D
- Indivisible
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Jack Reacher 4K
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4K
- GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra 4K
- GI Joe: Retaliation 4K
Star Wars: The Last Jedi should be announced this week, plus new BD/4K reviews & more
All right… today is the President’s Day holiday here in the States, but we do have a couple of announcements for you today...
First, if our retail, industry, and studio sources are correct, Disney and Lucasfilm are expected to announce the Blu-ray, DVD, 4K Ultra HD, and Digital release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi this week, possibly as soon as tomorrow. If and when that happens, we’ll have all the official details and cover artwork for you ASAP. [Read on here...]
Disney announces Pirates 5 for BD/4K, Indicator to release another all region Harryhausen BD set in October
All right, no official update yet from Disney on the HDR on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 4K. There are reports that Dolby is claiming Dolby Vision will only be on the 4K streaming version, but we haven’t been able to confirm that yet. So stay tuned.
Disney has however, officially just announced (at D23) that they’re releasing Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on 10/3, with the Digital release due on 9/19. We know that it will have HDR (so HDR-10, no word specifically of Dolby Vision) and that it will include Dolby Atmos audio. “Bonus material includes a collection of behind-the-scenes, making-of stories, including a conversation with directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg; a sit-down with the two young newcomers who play Henry and Carina; the secrets behind the menacing new villain, Salazar, and his ferocious ghost sharks; an on-set visit with Jack’s first mate from all five films; a chat with Sir Paul McCartney who appears as Uncle Jack; and a discussion about the franchise’s legacy; along with hilarious bloopers, deleted scenes and memories from producer Jerry Bruckheimer’s photo diary.” No other details are yet available. You can see the cover art at left.
Meanwhile, we have two new Blu-ray reviews for you today: Tim has checked out Vinegar Syndrome’s Psycho Cop Returns and Psychic Killer, both worth your time if you’re a fan of the genre. Do check them out. [Read on here…]
- D23
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 4K
- James Gunn
- Disney 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray Disc
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Dolby Vision HDR
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales 4K
- Walt Disney Home Entertainment
- Indicator
- Powerhouse Films
- Tim Salmons
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Psycho Cop Returns BD review
- Psychic Killer BD review
- The Wonderful Worlds of Ray Harryhausen Volume One: 1955 to 1960
- George Romero: Between Night and Dawn
- Arrow Films
- Arrow Video
- Spider Man Homecoming 4K
- ET The Extra Terrestrial 4K
- Hero
- Lowriders
- Samsung Cinema LED Screen
- Bram Stoker's Dracula 4K