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Chinatown (1974) finally comes to 4K from Paramount, along with Matinee, RoboCop 2, RoboCop (2014) & Species II from Shout & more!
Welcome to a new week, Bits-ers! Hope you all had a good one, including all those of you who attended WonderCon in Anaheim this weekend.
Today is obviously April Fool’s Day, but rest assured we aren’t going to waste time with such tomfoolery here at the site this afternoon because we’ve got more new disc reviews for you, as well as some really great actual news too.
Let’s get to those reviews first. Today we have...
Stephen’s review of Ted Kotcheff’s North Dallas Forty (1979) in 4K Ultra HD from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, as well as his take on György Kovásznai’s Bubble Bath (1980) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome.
And Stuart’s look at William Grefé’s Impulse (1974) on Blu-ray from Grindhouse Releasing, as well as Emmanuel Carrère’s Between Two Worlds (2021) on Blu-ray from Cohen Media Group.
Late last week, we also posted Tim’s reviews of Sam Raimi’s Drag Me to Hell (2009) in both regular and limited edition Blu-ray, as well as his reviews of Quentin Tarantino (etc)’s Grindhouse (2007) in both regular and limited edition Blu-ray, all from Via Vision’s Imprint Films.
And not to be outdone, Dennis has also reviewed Peter Yates’ The Dresser (1983) on Blu-ray from Imprint as well. [Read on here...]
- Scream Factory
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- Release Dates & Cover Artwork update
- Stephen Bjork
- Back the Bits
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- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- North Dallas Forty 4K review
- Bubble Bath BD review
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Impulse BD review
- Grindhouse Releasing
- Cohen Media Group
- Between Two Worlds BD review
- The Dresser BD review
- Imprint Films
- Via Vision
- Dennis Seuling
- Tim Salmons
- Drag Me to Hell BD review
- Grindhouse BD review
- Quentin Tarantino
- Sam Raimi
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Roman Polanski
- Chinatown 4K
- Imprint
- The Prisoner: The Complete Series
Sony sets The Way We Were for 4K on 10/17, plus M3GAN on Ultra HD, Universal Monsters 4K singles on 10/3, Sandman on UK Blu-ray & more!
We’re starting today with a couple more new disc reviews including...
Stephen’s take on Disney’s new wide-release 4K Ultra HD version of their animated classic Cinderalla (1950), which looks fantastic and bodes well for future Disney 4K titles.
And Dennis’ review of Harry Beaumont’s The Broadway Melody (1929) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.
Now then, the big announcement news today is that Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has finally (and officially) set Sydney Pollack’s The Way We Were (1973) for 4K Ultra HD release on 10/17 in a new 50th Anniversary Edition. [Read on here...]
- Dennis Seuling
- Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
- Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment
- Stephen Bjork
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Cinderella 4K wide release review
- The Broadway Melody (1929) BD review
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- The Warner Archive Collection
- The Way We Were: 50th Anniversary Edition 4K
- Sydney Pollack
- The Mummy 4K
- The Bride of Frankenstein 4K
- Phantom of the Opera 4K
- Creature from the Black Lagoon 4K
- M3GAN 4K
- Cocaine Bear 4K
- The Black Phone 4K
- Universal Classic Monsters 4K
- Poker Face: Season One BD
- Yellowjackets: Season Two BD
- The Crown: The Complete Fifth Season BD
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- CBS
- The Sandman: Season One BD
- Lionsgate
- Quentin Tarantino
- Miramax
- Jackie Brown BD
- Kill Bill: Volume 1 BD
- Kill Bill: Volume 2 BD
Kill Bill: Volume I, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, The Exorcist, Weird Science & more are coming to 4K Ultra HD!
We hope those of you here in the States are all enjoying the long Memorial Day weekend. As it is a work holiday here today, there’s not a lot of official news to report. But we do have some significant 4K news from retail and other sources.
And we have some new disc reviews for you today as well, including...
Stephen’s look at Robert Rossen’s WWII classic They Came to Cordura (1959) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Stuart’s take on the first season of a French TV title called Paris Police 1900 (2021) on DVD from Kino Lorber.
And Dennis’ review of Alexander Hall’s Little Miss Marker (1934) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
More reviews are forthcoming this all week, so be sure to stay tuned for them. [Read on here...]
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Rio Bravo 4K
- East of Eden 4K
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Lionsgate
- Quentin Tarantino
- They Came to Cordura BD review
- Stephen Bjork
- Dennis Seuling
- Little Miss Marker BD review
- Paris Police 1900 DVD review
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Batman: Mask of the Phantasm 4K
- The Exorcist 4K
- William Friedkin
- Arrow Video August 2023 slate
- Weird Science 4K
- Time Bandits 4K
- The Last House on the Left 4K
- New Fist of Fury
- Film Noir Classics: Volume 3
- The Minus Man BD
- Monk: Season One BD
- Shrek the Third 4K
- Kick Ass 2 4K
- Jackie Brown 4K
- Kill Bill: Volume 2 4K
- Kill Bill: Volume 1 4K
- The Whole Bloody Affair
KLSC sets Marathon Man for 4K, plus Shout! & Scream’s February includes Bubba Ho-Tep, The Magnificent Seven, Dragonheart & more Laika Ultra HD titles
Welcome to the first full week of December, Bits readers!
We’ve got a couple interesting items to report here today, but first a pair of new disc reviews:
I’ve turned in my thoughts on Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction (1994) in 4K Ultra HD from Miramax, via Paramount. The good news is, whether you buy the Steelbook or the regular Amaray version, the 4K remastering is fantastic. Fans should be very pleased.
I’ve also reviewed Andrew Stanton’s CG-animated classic WALL•E (2008) in 4K UHD from Pixar via the Criterion Collection. The highlight here is that it’s a terrific package and the film looks and sounds great, but the new 4K presentation isn’t really dramatically different than the previous Disney 4K edition—it simply now adds HDR10+ and Dolby Vision metadata. But some of the new special features are wonderful.
More new Blu-ray and 4K UHD reviews are coming soon, as always, so please keep checking back for them! [Read on here...]
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Pulp Fiction 4K review
- Quentin Tarantino
- Paramount
- Miramax
- The Criterion Collection
- Andrew Stanton
- Pixar
- WALL•E 4K
- WALLE 4K
- Marathon Man 4K
- The Magnificent Seven 4K
- Bubba HoTep 4K
- The Slumber Party Massacre 4K
- Slumber Party Massacre II 4K
- Kubo and the Two Strings 4K
- The Boxtrolls 4K
- Dragonheart 4K
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- Criterion holiday sale
Sony makes Bullet Train official, plus Lionsgate reveals Reservoir Dogs in 4K, Crunchy Roll’s December slate & more
We’ve got two new disc reviews for you on this lovely Tuesday afternoon, both of them by our own Stephen Bjork...
First up, he’s taken a look at Universal’s CG-animated prequel Minions: The Rise of Gru in 4K Ultra HD.
Stephen has also offered his thoughts on Fernando Di Leo’s The Violent Breed (1984) on Blu-ray from Code Red via Kino Lorber.
As mentioned yesterday, more new disc reviews are on the way including a few great new 4K catalog titles, among them The War of the Worlds from Paramount and The Lost Boys from Warner Bros. So watch for those and more in the coming days.
Now then, in announcement news, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has officially set David Leitch’s Bullet Train (2022) for release on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on 10/18, with the Digital release expected on 9/27. [Read on here...]
- Paramount
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Universal
- Stephen Bjork
- Bullet Train 4K
- Reservoir Dogs 4K
- Lionsgate
- StudioCanal
- Quentin Tarantino
- Crunchy Roll
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Minions: The Rise of Gru 4K review
- The Violent Breed BD review
- Code Red
- Orphan: First Kill BD
- Shrek 2 4K
- Puss in Boots 4K
- Earth Girls are Easy BD
- Vestron Video Collector's Series
- Frozen Planet II 4K
- BBC Earth
- The Piano 4K
- StudioCanal UK
- Babylon 5 reboot
- Star Wars: Andor
- Disney+
- J Michael Straczynski
A new 4K catalog update with Universal Monsters Vol. 2, To Kill a Mockingbird, Highlander, Pulp Fiction, Avatar, The Abyss & more!
We’re back as promised this evening with more upcoming catalog 4K Ultra HD news and rumors from our studio, industry, and retail sources. Keep in mind, some of these titles are not yet officially announced, so the dates and details are subject to change.
First of all, this is a title we’ve known is coming for a few months now and while it’s not yet been officially announced by the studio, we do have the final cover artwork from retailers: Universal Studios Home Entertainment is expected to release their Universal Classic Monsters: Icons of Horror Collection – Volume 2 box set in 4K Ultra HD on 10/11.
The set will include The Mummy (1932), The Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Phantom of the Opera (1943), and Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954). You can see the cover artwork at left and also below.
It’s also believed that the titles in the studio’s Volume 1 set—Dracula (1931), Frankenstein (1931), The Wolf Man (1941), and The Invisible Man (1932)—will finally be released as single-film SKUs, for sure in the UK and possibly in the US as well. We’ll post more as soon as the studio makes any of this official. [Read on here...]
- Lionsgate
- Universal
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Universal Classic Monsters: Icons of Horror Collection Volume 2 4K
- The Mummy 4K
- Phantom of the Opera (1943) 4K
- Bride of Frankenstein 4K
- Creature from the Black Lagoon 4K
- Dracula 4K
- Frankenstein 4K
- The Wolf Man 4K
- The Invisible Man 4K
- To Kill a Mockingbird: 60th Anniversary Edition 4K
- Highlander 4K
- StudioCanal
- The Others 4K
- The Driver 4K
- The Longest Yard 4K
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Saturday Night Fever 4K
- Wayne's World 4K
- Pulp Fiction 4K
- Quentin Tarantino
- Kiss the Girls 4K
- Aeon Flux 4K
- Æon Flux (2005) 4K
- Star Trek V: The Final Frontier 4K
- Apple TV
- iTunes
- digital
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 4K
- Avatar 4K
- 20th Century Studios
- James Cameron
- The Abyss 4K
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture The Director's Edition 4K
Jurassic Park: Dominion is finally official for 8/16, plus Reservoir Dogs in 4K, Shout! & Henson ink distribution deal & more
We’ve got a great new disc review for you this afternoon, and we’ve got some significant release news to report as well. First up, that review...
Tim has just turned in his in-depth look at Rod Serling’s Night Gallery: Season Two (1971-1972) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics as expected. Sounds like it’s another great release that’s loaded with special features, including audio commentary on many episodes. Don’t miss it.
Now then... file this in the “better late than never” category, but Universal has finally made their Blu-ray, DVD, 4K Ultra HD, and Digital release of Colin Treverrow’s Jurassic World: Dominion official, and it is indeed expected to street next Tuesday (8/16). Extras on the Blu-ray SKUs will include the Battle at Big Rock short film, the A New Breed of VFX featurette, and the multi-part Dinosaurs Among Us: Inside Jurassic World Dominion 45-minute documentary. You’ll also get both the Theatrical Version and a new 14-minute longer Extended Edition, which includes an alternate opening and more.
Both Blu-ray SKUs will include DTS-X object-based surround sound, and the 4K Ultra HD release will feature both HDR10 and Dolby Vision high dynamic range. You can see the cover artwork at left and also below. [Read on here...]
- Jurassic World: Dominion 4K
- DC
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Tim Salmons
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Night Gallery: Season Two BD review
- Jurassic World: 6Movie Ultimate Collection 4K
- Reservoir Dogs 4K
- Lionsgate
- Quentin Tarantino
- The Incredible Melting Man 4K
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Cloak & Dagger 4K
- The Jim Henson Company
- Farscape BD
- Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
- Shout! Factory
- distribution deal
- Strange Adventures
- HBO Max
- Olivia NewtonJohn RIP
- David McCullough RIP
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood reviewed in 4K, plus Michael Coate celebrates 40 years of Spielberg’s 1941
Details on Paramount’s Trek 50 BD plans, plus Hateful Eight, Bride of Re-Animator & Panasonic’s 4K DMP-UB900
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All right, we’ve got a couple things for you all today here at The Bits to close out the week...
First, we’ve learned that Panasonic’s forthcoming new Ultra HD Blu-ray player, the DMP-UB900, will feature Blu-ray 3D compatibility. That’s good news for those of you who are serious BD enthusiasts and have been waiting for this unit. It’s only available in Europe at the moment (for around £600, which is about $870) and we don’t have a US street date or SRP yet, but it is coming to our shores by mid-year. Meanwhile, click here to read What Hi-Fi?’s review of the European version of the player. [Read on here…]
- Star Trek: 50th Anniversary
- 4K Ultra HD Bluray
- 4K UHD
- Bluray Disc
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- BD
- Bluray
- The Hateful Eight
- Paramount
- Bride of ReAnimator
- Panasonic 4K DMPUB900
- Bluray 3D
- Star Trek: The Animated Series
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
- Nicholas Meyer
- Quentin Tarantino
- Arrow Video
- Independence Day: 20th Anniversary Edition
- ID4K
- Star Trek 2009
- Star Trek Into Darkness
- Star Trek Beyond
With all due respect to Quentin Tarantino, nothing says Christmas like Force Awakens in Laser 3D at the Cinerama Dome
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So... as planned, I saw Star Wars: The Force Awakens last night in Hollywood, at the Arclight’s iconic Cinerama Dome with a great group of friends. Among them were names you’ve heard before here at The Bits (filmmakers, special edition producers, etc), including the likes of Robert Meyer Burnett, Alec Peters, Charles de Lauzirika, Chris Gore, Mary Forrest, Kevin Rubio, Daren Dochterman, Cliff Stephenson (and his fine young mini-Cliff), Dennis Przywara, Diana Kingsbury, my lovely wife Sarah, of course, and various spouses, partners, friends, etc. We gathered for dinner and drinks beforehand, saw the film, then regrouped for more drinks and discussion afterwards, as alpha-geeks are want to do.
First, let me offer you my thoughts on the film itself, 100% without spoilers... [Read on here…]
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