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We’ve got another long-awaited 4K catalog announcement for you today, as well as more new disc reviews including...
Tim’s take on Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) in 4K Ultra HD and 4K Steelbook from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment.
And my thoughts on Deborah Chow’s Obi-Wan Kenobi: The Complete Series (2023) in 4K UHD Steelbook from Disney and Lucasfilm via Buena Vista Home Entertainment (a pre-Sony release).
Now then... we’ve also updated our 4K Ultra HD Release List here at the site with new titles, and our Release Dates and Artwork section with all the latest Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K UHD cover artwork and Amazon.com pre-order links. Don’t forget that whenever you order anything from Amazon after clicking to them through one of our links (like this one) you’re helping to support our work here at the site and we appreciate it!
Now then, the big release news today is that Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment has just officially announced a 4K title we first told you has been in the works since 2021. And though it was delayed by developments around the planned sequel (which is now expected to start shooting in 2025), we can finally report that Francis Lawrence’s Constantine (2005) is officially coming to 4K Ultra HD and 4K Digital on 2/18! [Read on here...]
All right, we have another Lionsgate/Tarantino 4K update for you today, but first we also have more new disc reviews to share with you...
Stephen has turned in his thoughts on Robert Wynne-Simmons’ The Outcasts (1982) in a new Deluxe Limited Edition Blu-ray from Deaf Crocodile Films, as well as Disney and Marvel’s Loki: The Complete Second Season in 4K UHD Steelbook.
I’ve offered my thoughts on Lee Isaac Chung’s recent sequel Twisters (2024) in 4K Ultra HD from Universal.
And Dennis has offered a look at Christopher Guest’s For Your Consideration (2006) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection, as well as the Coen Brothers’ No Country for Old Men (2007) on Blu-ray from the Criterion Collection.
More reviews will follow tomorrow and throughout the rest of the week.
Now then, Lionsgate has indeed officially announced Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown, Kill Bill: Volume 1, and Kill Bill: Volume 2 today for 4K Ultra HD release on 1/21. There will be Lionsgate Limited-exclusive Steelbook editions (SRP around $40) on that day, along with wide-release Amaray versions as well. [Read on here...]
[Editor’s Update – 12/17/24 12:01 AM: This original post has been updated to include full disc A/V specs and extras details.]
Heads up, Digital Bits readers…
We’ve learned that Lionsgate is about to announce the 4K Ultra HD Steelbook release of Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill: Volumes 1 & 2 (2003/2004) along with Jackie Brown (1997).
All three titles should appear for pre-order on their new Lionsgate Limited direct-to-consumer website sometime early tomorrow.
Jackie Brown stars Pam Grier as a flight attendant who smuggles money into the US from Mexico for a small-time crime boss, and who is then used as bait by the police to catch him. The film is based on Elmore Leonard’s 1992 novel Rum Punch.
Kill Bill: Volumes 1 & 2 are Tarantino’s martial arts actioners and an homage to the Shaw Brothers, Toshiya Fujita’s Lady Snowblood (1972), and exploitation cinema. It stars Uma Thurman as a woman who vows to get revenge upon the assassins who tried to kill her and her unborn child. [Read on here...]
We’re rounding out the week with three more new disc reviews for you to enjoy here today, including...
My joint review (with longtime Bits contributor Todd Doogan) of Ron Howard’s Willow (1988) in 4K Ultra HD Steelbook from Lucasfilm.
Tim’s review of Monk: Season Five on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And Dennis’ take on Glenn Andreiev’s Night (1996) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome.
Now then, the big news this afternoon is that our friends at The Criterion Collection have just announced SEVEN new Blu-ray and 4K titles for release in March of next year, including Henri-Georges Clouzot’s The Wages of Fear (1953) (Spine #36 – 4K + Blu-ray, Blu-ray & DVD) on 3/4, Michael Mann’s Thief (1981) (Spine #691 – 4K + Blu-ray) on 3/11, Kazuki Omori’s Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) (Spine #1254 – 4K + Blu-ray & Blu-ray) and Charles Chaplin’s A Woman of Paris (1923) (Spine #1253 – Blu-ray & DVD) on 3/18, and Alan Rudolph’s Choose Me (1984) (Spine #1256 – 4K + Blu-ray and Blu-ray) and Arthur Penn’s Night Moves (1975) (Spine #1255 – 4K + Blu-ray and Blu-ray) on 3/25! [Read on here...]
We’ve got more interesting release news to report today, along with more new disc reviews. Among the latter are...
My take on Frank Capra’s Lost Horizon (1937) in 4K Ultra HD from Sony’s excellent new Frank Capra at Columbia Collection box set, which is loaded with great films (20 in all, including 9 of them in 4K). If you’re a fan of Capra’s work, it’s definitely a must-have release.
Also today, Sam has taken a look at Robert M. Young’s Triumph of the Spirit (1989)—which features Willem Dafoe, Robert Loggia, and Edward James Olmos—on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And Dennis has offered his thoughts on Mario Garcia’s The Throwback (2023) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber proper.
All three films are worth a look, and we have a few more reviews coming tomorrow, including a look at the new 4K Ultra HD release of Ron Howard’s Willow from Lucasfilm.
Now then, in terms of catalog announcement news, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has once again won the day by announcing that they’re releasing David Fincher’s The Social Network (2010) on 4K Ultra HD in Steelbook packaging on 2/18. This is in addition to Panic Room, which was announced yesterday. Note that this film was available previously from the studio in 4K, specifically in the Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection: Volume 2 box set back in 2021. [Read on here...]