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UPDATE: We’ve got the official A/V specs for Jan de Bont’s SPEED in 4K Ultra HD confirmed by Disney
All right, we’ve got a brief update for you this morning here at The Bits, but it’s an important one.
In the wake of Disney’s announcement Wednesday of their plans to release Jan de Bont’s Speed (1994) in 4K Ultra HD on 5/4, which is a 20th Century Fox (now 20th Century Studios) catalog title, there have been a number of questions raised.
The official press release seemed to indicate that the Digital version of the film in 4K would include object-based Dolby Atmos audio, but the actual physical 4K Ultra HD disc would not.
There have also been rumors that the title would not include HDR, or that the studio would only include HDR on the Digital release.
As you can imagine, I decided to cut through the confusion to ask the studio about this directly. I’ve now heard back, so here are the official confirmed details on this release… [Read on here...]
- Speed: Five Star Collection DVD
- 20th Century Studios
- 20th Century Fox
- Walt Disney Home Entertainment
- Jan de Bont
- Speed 4K
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Heat 4K
- Michael Mann
- Best Buy exclusive Steelbook
- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory: 50th Anniversary 4K
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Soul 4K review
- Spaceballs 4K review
- News of the World 4K review
Disney makes Jan de Bont’s Speed official for 4K on 5/4, plus Raya and the Last Dragon, Nomadland & Final Countdown 4K delayed
We have some good breaking release news to cover today here at The Bits. First though, we’ve got more new disc reviews for you...
And I’ve just posted my thoughts on Andrew Niccol’s neo-noir, science fiction classic GATTACA (1997), which is coming next week on 4K Ultra HD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The film looks and sounds every bit as good as you’d hope, so don’t miss it.
Now then, the big news today is that Disney has officially confirmed the much-anticipated 4K Ultra HD release of director Jan de Bont’s Speed (1994) on 5/4. Mastered from a recent 4K scan, the disc will include a new Dolby Atmos sound mix along with high dynamic range in HDR10 format. [Editor’s Note: Disney’s press materials now suggest that only the Digital 4K will have Atmos. We’ve asked the studio for official confirmation and will post an update here when we hear back.]
Perhaps most interestingly, it appears that at least some of the extras from Fox’s 2002 Five Star Collection DVD are being carried over—many of these were omitted from the previous Fox Blu-ray release. [Read on here...]
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Tim Salmons
- 4K Ultra HD
- Speed 4K
- Raya and the Last Dragon 4K
- Nomadland BD
- The Final Countdown 4K
- Jan de Bont
- Walt Disney Home Entertainment
- 20th Century Fox
- 20th Century Studios
- Speed: Five Star Collection DVD
- Blue Underground
- Play Misty for Me BD review
- GATTACA 4K review
- Zack Snyder's Justice League tonight on HBO Max
- Godzilla (2014) 4K
Warner sets Godzilla for 4K, plus Disney/Fox 4K surprises, more Universal 4K catalog & Hal Holbrook RIP
All right, we’ve got a lot of ground to cover today. But first more new disc reviews...
Dennis has taken a look at Jacob Chase’s Come Play (2020) on Blu-ray from Universal.
And Tim has given Mario Landi’s Patrick Still Lives (1980) a spin on Blu-ray from Severin Films.
Watch for more reviews in the next few days.
Now then, we’ve got BIG 4K Ultra HD news for you today, some of it official and most of it unofficial but tentatively confirmed by our various industry and retail sources. So let’s get right into it...
First up, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has officially set Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla (2014) for release on 4K Ultra HD on 3/23. It will feature HDR10 high dynamic range with Dolby Atmos audio. It will also include the previously released special features, among them the 3-part MONARCH Declassified documentary and the 4-part The Legendary Godzilla documentary. You can see the official cover artwork above left and also below. [Read on here...]
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Come Play BD review
- Patrick Still Lives BD review
- Godzilla (2014) 4K
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Disney
- Pixar
- Soul 4K
- Heat 4K
- Speed 4K
- 20th Century Fox
- 20th Century Studios
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- An American Werewolf in London 4K
- Shrek 4K
- The Sting 4K
- National Lampoon's Animal House 4K
- The Greatest Show on Earth: Paramount Presents BD
- The Alienist: Angel of Darkness
- The Croods: A New Age 4K
- Hal Holbrook RIP
Four-Star General, Four-Star Movie: Remembering “Patton” on its 50th Anniversary
“Patton is the best epic bio pic ever produced.” — Steven Jay Rubin, author of Combat Films: American Realism, 1945-2010
The Digital Bits and History, Legacy & Showmanship are pleased to present this retrospective commemorating the golden anniversary of the release of Patton, the Best Picture-winning biopic of General George S. Patton starring George C. Scott (Dr. Strangelove, The Exorcist III) in the title role.
Patton — directed by Franklin J. Schaffner (Planet of the Apes, Papillon) and which also starred Karl Malden (A Streetcar Named Desire, The Streets of San Francisco TV series) as General Omar N. Bradley — opened 50 years ago this month. For the occasion, The Bits features an historical reference listing of the film’s major-market roadshow engagements and a Q&A with film historian Steven Jay Rubin, who reflects on the film five decades after its debut. [Read on here...]
Tex Avery Screwball Classics, Volume 1 official, plus Jojo Rabbit, Frozen II, and Charlie’s Angels (2019)
All right, we have some big release news for you today...
But first, we’ve got more new Blu-ray Disc reviews for you to enjoy, including...
Tim’s take on John Frankenheimer’s Prophecy (1979) from Scream Factory.
And more reviews are coming tomorrow too, so be sure to stay tuned for those.
Now then, the big news today is that the Warner Archive Collection has officially announced the details of their Tex Avery Screwball Classics, Volume 1 Blu-ray! [Read on here...]
30 Rock BD coming from Mill Creek, plus Warner Archive teases Tex Avery on Blu-ray, Disney drops the “Fox” name
All right, we’ve got some GREAT Blu-ray release news today to close out the week for you. But first, we have a few more new Blu-ray reviews...
First, Dennis has posted his thoughts on Ernest B. Schoedsack’s Doctor Cyclops (1940) and Fritz Lang’s House by the River (1950), both newly released by Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And Tim has taken a look at Paolo Heusch’s Werewolf in a Girl’s Dormitory (1961) from Severin Films and Lucio Fulci’s The House by the Cemetary (1981) from Blue Underground.
Also, I’m currently working on 4K Ultra HD reviews of Zombieland: Double Tap, Gemini Man, and more which I expect to post soon, so be sure to watch for them. [Read on here...]
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- 30 Rock: The Complete Series Bluray
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- Tex Avery classic animated shorts
- Tex Avery on Bluray
- The Warner Archive Collection
- Walt Disney Studios
- 20th Century Studios
- 20th Century Fox
- Jerry Beck
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Doctor Cyclops BD review
- House by the River BD review
- The House by the Cemetary BD review
- Werewolf in a Girl's Dormitory BD review
- Fleischer Studio's Superman animated shorts
In Review: James Gray’s profoundly nonsensical Ad Astra
All right. So first things first: Apologies for the lack of a post yesterday and on Friday. My wife and I have both been dealing with different types of family crises over the past week, so those have been demanding my attention.
But… in order to get a little bit of a break from the stress of it all, I went to see Ad Astra yesterday in Dolby Cinema.
WOW, do I wish I had my $20 back.
Now, I love the realistic spaceflight/science fiction genre. It’s kind of my whole milieu.
And I was really looking forward to Ad Astra, encouraged by all the rave reviews and the promising trailers.
But having now seen it, I really have to get my thoughts about it out before I have a brain aneurysm. [Read on here...]
Get to the Chopper: Remembering “Predator” on its 30th Anniversary
“It’s an amazing accomplishment for a director’s first studio film.” – Action movie authority Eric Lichtenfeld
The Digital Bits and History, Legacy & Showmanship are pleased to present this retrospective commemorating the 30th anniversary of the release of Predator, John McTiernan’s sci-fi/action/horror film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers and Kevin Peter Hall and featuring Saturn Award-winning music, Golden Reel Award-winning sound effects and Academy Award-nominated visual effects. [Read on here...]
UPDATED: The Bits @ CES 2017: The Latest News on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray
All right, the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show is finally under way in Las Vegas today, with a number of the major CE manufacturers holding big press conferences to announce their product line-ups for the year. In fact, I’ve just now sat through Samsung’s big press event (more on that in a minute). I’ll check back in with more tomorrow, but for now let’s get to what news we have so far concerning 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray at the show...
In terms of new 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player hardware, obviously Oppo Digital has just launched their debut player on the format, the UDP-203 (SRP $549). I’ve been testing this unit for about a week now and it’s just tremendous. For a first-generation player, it’s very solid, very fast, and it plays just about everything – Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, DVD, DVD-Audio, CD, and SACD, plus a wide variety of digital video and audio formats via network and USB. It’s compatible with HDR-10 right out of the box, and it’s also hardware compatible with Dolby Vision; a firmware update in the months ahead will add full Dolby Vision compatibility (keep in mind that no Dolby Vision UHD BD software is yet available, though software is forthcoming – again, more in a moment – and you can stream it now via Netflix and Vudu). Oppo is also working on an audiophile-upgraded version of this player, the UDP-205 (SRP around $1K), due for release later this year. [Read on here…]
- Disney 4K
- CES 2017
- Bluray Disc
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- LG
- Samsung
- Panasonic
- Vizio
- Sony
- Oppo Digital
- Dolby Vision
- 4K Ultra HD Bluray
- 4K UHD BD
- Ultra HD Alliance
- UHD Alliance
- BDA
- Bluray Disc Association
- Las Vegas
- Consumer Electronics Show
- Warner Bros
- Universal
- 20th Century Fox
- Lionsgate
- Paramount
- BBC
- HDMI Forum
- HDMI 21
- UHDA
Pick-Ups for the Week of June 21, 2016
Welcome to a new edition of Pick-Ups!
Thank you for tuning in. I’m back from a break with some new reviews for you. By the way, did you folks go out and see The Conjuring 2? If you haven’t yet, you’re in for a treat. It’s easily one of the best horror films of the year. And if you’re seeing it at the Alamo Drafthouse, like I did, you’re in for a selection of some nice horror shorts. Definitely go out and see it if you can. [Read on here...]
- James Goldstone
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Kino Lorber
- 20th Century Fox
- United Artists
- MGM
- Universal Pictures
- Rollercoaster
- thriller
- caper
- crime
- comedy
- horror
- Victor Salva
- Joseph Sargent
- Bluray
- The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
- Jeepers Creepers 2
- Jeepers Creepers
- PickUps
- The Digital Bits
- Tim Salmons
- Dailies
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