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A new Jurassic Park 4K Trilogy is coming, plus St Elmo’s Fire, Looney Tunes Collector’s Vault: V1 details, Freaky Tales, Lilly Wachowski Q&A & more!
We’ve got two more new disc reviews to share with you this afternoon, plus a bunch of exciting announcement news. But first as always, those reviews...
Stuart has taken a look at Bruce David Klein’s Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story (2024) on Blu-ray from Atlas Media and Zeitgeist Films via Kino Lorber.
And Stephen has offered his thoughts on John Erick Dowdle’s As Above, So Below (2014) on limited edition Blu-ray from our friends down at Via Vision Entertainment.
Also today, we’ve posted the weekly update of our Release Dates & Artwork Section with all the latest Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD covers and Amazon.com pre-order links. As always, whenever you order literally anything from Amazon after clicking to them through one of our links, you’re helping to support our work here at The Bits and we really do appreciate it!
Now then... today is the day that many of your are finally going to get your hands on George P. Cosmatos’ Tombstone (1993) on 4K Ultra HD Steelbook from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. We’ve reviewed the disc here as you know, and it’s fantastic. But don’t worry if you haven’t been able to order a copy yet—more product is being replicated as we speak and the title should come back in stock online soon. [Read on here...]
- You Can Count on Me 4K
- Carnal Knowledge 4K
- The 400 Blows 4K
- The Adventures of Antoine Doinel 4K
- Francois Truffaut
- Barry Lyndon 4K
- Stanley Kubrick
- The Big Heat 4K
- Hi Jack Highway BD review
- The Warner Archive Collection
- Lionsgate Limited
- Criterion's July 2025 slate
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Stephen Bjork
- Bluray Disc
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Lionsgate
- Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story BD review
- Kino Lorber
- Via Vision Entertainment
- As Above So Below BD review
- Release Dates & Artwork update
- Tombstone 4K
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- St Elmo's Fire 4K
- Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
- Steven Spielberg
- Studio Distribution Services
- Jurassic Park Trilogy: Limited Edition 4K Steelbook
- Looney Tunes Collector’s Vault: Volume 1
- A Working Man
- Day of Reckoning
- Freaky Tales (2024) 4K Steelbook
- Late Night Video Edition VHS packaging
- The Peacemaker 4K
- Andor: The Complete Second Season
- Star Wars
- Lucasfilm
- Disney+
- Tony Gilroy
- Lilly Wachowski interview
The 007 Sean Connery/James Bond 4K set is now available for pre-order, plus Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon is coming to 4K & a discount on Colin Cantwell art!
We have more new disc reviews for you all to enjoy today here at The Bits, including...
Tim’s reviews of Charles Martin Smith’s Trick or Treat (1986) in 4K Ultra HD from Synapse Films and Robert Altman’s McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) in 4K UHD from our friends at The Criterion Collection.
Stephen’s take on Kazuki Ōmori’s Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) in 4K Ultra HD from Criterion.
Dennis’ thoughts on Fred Burnley’s Neither the Sea Nor the Sand (1972) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome.
And Stuart’s looks at Patrice Leconte’s Half a Chance (1998) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics and Montgomery Tully’s The Terrornauts (1967) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome.
In announcement news today—well, it’s not exactly an official announcement yet, but—Studio Distribution Services has just listed the James Bond 007 Sean Connery 6-Film Collection for release in 4K Ultra HD (click here) and 4K Steelbook Limited Edition (click here) on Amazon from MGM and WBDHE. There’s no street date yet listed, but we expect them to arrive on or about 6/3. The sets will include the films Dr. No (1962), From Russia with Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965), You Only Live Twice (1967), and Diamonds Are Forever (1971). There’s no cover art yet, and we’re still awaiting an official press release. Nor is there any sign of UK listings yet, but that’s likely to change soon. Click on the links to pre-order them. [Read on here...]
- Colin Cantwell artwork exclusive Bits reader discount
- Shout! Factory
- GKids
- IMAX
- Princess Mononoke 4K remaster
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Disney
- Tombstone 4K
- Diamonds Are Forever
- You Only Live Twice
- Thunderball
- From Russia with Love
- Goldfinger
- Dr No
- James Bond 007 Sean Connery 4K Collection
- Barry Lyndon 4K
- Stanley Kubrick
- The Terrornauts BD review
- Half a Chance BD review
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Neither the Sea Nor the Sand BD review
- Godzilla vs Biollante (1989) 4K review
- McCabe & Mrs Miller 4K review
- Synapse Films
- Trick or Treat (1986) 4K review
- Dennis Seuling
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Stephen Bjork
- Tim Salmons
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Bluray Disc
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- The Criterion Collection
- Star Wars
Last Breath, Dead Again (1991), Ben 10 on DVD, Rad & BMX Bandits in 4K from Umbrella, Sony’s Little Women (1994) 4K disc replacement & more
We’re starting the week today here at The Bits with a few more new disc reviews from the team, including...
Stuart’s look at Christian-Jaque’s The Black Tulip (1964) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Tim’s take on Piers Haggard’s Venom (1981) in 4K Ultra HD from Blue Underground.
And Stephen’s thoughts on Arthur Penn’s Night Moves (1975) in 4K Ultra HD from Warner Bros. via the Criterion Collection, a film that stars the late Gene Hackman.
More reviews are on the way all this week, so be sure to check back for them.
In announcement news this afternoon, Kino Lorber Studio Classics has revealed that Kenneth Branagh’s Dead Again (1991) is coming soon to 4K UHD.
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment and Cartoon Network have set the animated Ben 10: The Complete Collection for DVD only release on 5/13. [Read on here...]
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Lethal Weapon (1987) 4K
- Richard Donner
- The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Stephen Bjork
- Tim Salmons
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Bluray Disc
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- The Black Tulip BD review
- Night Moves 4K review
- Blue Underground
- Venom 4K review
- Dead Again 4K
- Ben 10: The Complete Collection DVD
- Cartoon Network
- The Warner Archive Collection
- The Criterion Collection
- The Extras podcast
- The Bugs Bunny Show
- Wake in Fright
- Shutter (2004)
- Umbrella Entertainment
- Last Breath
- Universal
- Focus Features
- Michael Haneke Collection
- Ozploitation Rarities: Volume 3
- Intactp
- The Silence of Sleep
- Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare
- When Evil Lurks
- Rad 4K
- BMX Bandits 4K
- Little Women (1994) 4K disc replacement program
- Media Play News Home Entertainment Awards
- Andor: Season Two trailer
- Star Wars
- Lethal Weapon 4K
- A Knight's Tale 4K
- Mickey 17 4K
- Starman 4K
- Love Hurts 4K
More Eastwood 4K updates, plus an Abbott & Costello Horror Collection in Ultra HD, new Eureka Blu-ray titles, the Andor: S2 trailer drops at last & more!
We’ve got several new 4K and Blu-ray reviews for you all to enjoy today, including...
Stephen’s exhaustive and in-depth take on David Fincher’s Panic Room (2002) in 4K Steelbook from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, as well as his thoughts on Peter R. Hunt’s Shout at the Devil (1976) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, and also Tobe Hooper’s Lifeforce (1985) in 4K Ultra HD from Arrow Video in the UK. And for the record, I think Stephen’s take on Panic Room is right on the money and well worth reading for 4K enthusiasts. (Especially you young whippersnappers who seem to think a 4K disc must be absolutely reference quality to have any value—gather ‘round, Professor Bjork is teaching class.)
My review of Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) in 4K Ultra HD from Italy’s Eagle Pictures via their 4Kult line, a disc that features an encode optimized for a 100GB disc (and which is a notable improvement over the Paramount Presents 4K release).
Dennis thoughts on Carl Reiner’s Summer Rental (1985) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And finally Tim’s look at the excellent Tom and Jerry: The Complete CinemaScope Collection on Blu-ray from our friends at the Warner Archive Collection.
More reviews are on the way this week, including my thoughts on Gladiator II and Amadeus in 4K, Tim’s look at Arrow’s Mexico Trilogy in 4K, and more. So be sure to keep your eyes peeled for those.
In announcement news today, Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment has now confirmed that non-Steelbook 4K versions of all the recent Clint Eastwood titles are due on 4/15 as well, including Dirty Harry (1971), The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), and Pale Rider (1985). It looks like all three films will feature new Dolby Atmos mixes with HDR10 high dynamic range. You can see the Amaray covers below the break. [Read on here...]
- The Warner Archive Collection
- Stephen Bjork
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Back the Bits
- Bluray Disc
- Dennis Seuling
- Clint Eastwood 4K Steelbooks
- The Outlaw Josey Wales 4K
- Pale Rider 4K
- Dirty Harry 4K
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Panic Room 4K review
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Shout at the Devil BD review
- Lifeforce 4K review
- Arrow Video UK
- Once Upon a Time in the West 4K review
- Eagle Pictures 4Kult
- Summer Rental BD review
- Tom and Jerry: The Complete Cinemascope Collection BD review
- Abbott & Costello Horror Collection 4K
- Audie Murphy Collection IV
- The Kid from Texas
- The Cimarron Kid
- Drums Across the River
- Eureka!
- Bosso Nova
- The Magnificent Chang Cheh
- The Bells of Death
- Strange New Worlds : Science Fiction at DEFA
- Terror in the Fog : The Wallace Krimi at CCC
- A24
- Babygirl 4K
- The Brutalist 4K
- Love Hurts
- Universal
- Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
- Lucasfilm
- Disney+
- Star Wars
- Andor: Season Two trailer
- Criterion May 2025 slate
VinSyn’s The Keep 4K sells out (while Imprint plans another), plus KLSC reveals Two Jakes & River Wild in Ultra HD & Sony sets Zemeckis’ Here for disc
Afternoon, Bits readers! We’re starting today with some more new disc reviews...
First up, I’ve taken a look at Lucasfilm and Disney’s new 4K Ultra HD release of The Mandalorian: The Complete Third Season (2023) which streets in Steelbook packaging tomorrow.
Also, Tim has given Clint Eastwood’s Play Misty for Me (1971) a look in 4K Ultra HD from Kino Lorber Studio classics.
And Tim has also reviewed the two new Looney Tunes Blu-ray releases from the Warner Archive Collection, including Volume 4 and a collected Volumes 1-4 edition.
More reviews are forthcoming all this week, so be sure to watch for them.
The big news today is that Vinegar Syndrome, over the weekend, sold out its entire 12,000-unit run of their just-announced 4K Limited Edition of Michael Mann’s The Keep (1983). That’s probably no surprise; the title has been a home entertainment holy grail for something like two decades. We do expect at some point that there will be a standard edition more widely available from the company. [Read on here...]
- The Keep (1983) 4K
- Michael Mann
- Vinegar Syndrome
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Back the Bits
- Bluray Disc
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Tim Salmons
- Cyber Monday Deals
- Imprint Films
- Via Vision
- The Two Jakes 4K
- The River Wild 4K
- Robert Zemeckis
- Here (2024) BD
- The Mandalorian: The Complete Third Season 4K review
- Lucasfilm
- Star Wars
- Clint Eastwood
- Play Misty for Me 4K review
- The Warner Archive Collection
- Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 4 BD review
- Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volumes 1 to 4 BD review
- The Hellbenders 4K
- Kill Them All and Come Back Alive 4K
- Two Spaghetti Western Classics 4K
- Hollywood's Big Thanksgiving
- theatrical ticket sales
- Wicked: Part One
- Moana 2
- Gladiator II
Amazon prices on the Disney+ 4K Steelbooks drop, plus updates on The Searchers, Alien: Romulus & a new Star Wars trilogy in the works
Heads up Bits readers…
I just wanted to check in here today to let you all know that we’re working on new disc reviews, the first of which should start going live here on the website over the weekend.
There’s not a ton of release news to report today, however I am happy to say that the SRPs for the new Star Wars Disney+ 4K Ultra HD Steelbooks (due on 12/3) have finally come down to rational levels Amazon. So here are the pre-order links:
The Mandalorian: The Complete Third Season (4K)
Ahsoka: The Complete First Season (4K)
Hawkeye: The Complete First Season (4K)
Loki: The Complete Second Season (4K)
Also today, it appears that the Warner Archive Collection’s new 4K and Blu-ray release of John Ford’s The Searchers (1956) have now been listed on Amazon, but the pre-orders are not yet live. But here are those links... [Read on here...]
- Ward Bond
- Vera Miles
- Jeffrey Hunter
- Natalie Wood
- The Searchers (1956) 4K
- John Ford
- John Wayne
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Back the Bits
- Bluray Disc
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Alien: Romulus 4K
- Star Wars
- Disney+ 4K Steelbooks
- The Mandalorian: The Complete Third Season 4K
- Ahsoka: The Complete First Season 4K
- Hawkeye: The Complete First Season 4K
- Loki: The Complete Second Season 4K
- Warner Archive Collection
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Fade In BD
- Alan Smithee
- Jud Taylor
- Hulu
- Never Let Go
- Lionsgate
- Lucasfilm
- New Star Wars trilogy
- Simon Kinberg
BREAKING: Disney sets THE MANDALORIAN: SEASON 3, AHSOKA, HAWKEYE & LOKI: SEASON 2 for 4K Ultra HD on 12/3!
Here’s a big one, folks! We’ve got more great Disney 4K Ultra HD news to report for you today.
Remember how we’ve been saying that Disney (since their distribution deal with Sony) is going to be expanding their physical 4K UHD releases? Well, today we bring you breaking news of more Disney+ original series coming to 4K Ultra HD! And these are some major titles!
Here’s the studio’s official press release (be sure to read to the very end for some additional comments of our own)...
FOR THE FIRST TIME ON 4K ULTRA HD!
THE MANDALORIAN SEASON 3, AHSOKA SEASON 1, HAWKEYE SEASON 1 AND LOKI SEASON 2
NEW COLLECTOR’S EDITIONS FROM LUCASFILM AND MARVEL STUDIOS, WITH STEELBOOK PACKAGING, EXCLUSIVE ART, NEW BONUS FEATURES, AND COLLECTOR CARDS ARRIVE ON DECEMBER 3
BURBANK, CA. (October 24, 2024) – The Walt Disney Company has revealed that four all-new collector’s editions of popular Disney+ Original series from Lucasfilm and Marvel Studios will be available on 4K UHD on December 3. The special must-have releases feature sleek SteelBook packaging, exclusive concept art cards and never-before-seen bonus content, making them an absolute must-have for fans to add to their collection.
The titles, all to be released on December 3, 2024, are:
- Star Wars: The Mandalorian – The Complete Third Season
- Star Wars: Ahsoka – The Complete First Season
- Marvel Studios’ Hawkeye – The Complete First Season
- Marvel Studios’ Loki – The Complete Second Season
All four titles will be available to pre-order from October 31, 2024.
Like the previous Lucasfilm and Marvel Studios Collector’s Editions released earlier this year (Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars: Andor Season 1, Marvel Studios’ The Falcon and The Winter Soldier Season 1 and Marvel Studios’ Moon Knight Season 1), each of these new releases will be available nationally on 4K UHD SteelBook with brand-new box art designed by popular artist Attila Szarka and collectible concept art card. [Read on here...]
- This Is The Way
- Baby Yoda
- Grogu
- Steelbook packaging
- The Walt Disney Company
- Star Wars
- Marvel Studios
- Lucasfilm
- Disney+ streaming series on 4K Ultra HD
- Breaking News
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Attila Szarka
- The Mandalorian: The Complete Third Season 4K
- Loki: The Complete Second Season 4K
- Ahsoka: The Complete First Season 4K
- Hawkeye: The Complete First Season 4K
His Girl Friday 4K reviewed, plus Ocean’s, Marvel/Star Wars 4K pre-orders, American Sniper, Republic Horror on Blu-ray, Umbrella’s June & more!
All right, it’s been a busy couple of days here at The Bits in the wake of our reviews of the James Cameron 4K titles—The Abyss, Aliens, and True Lies.
Many of you have reported having trouble getting your pre-orders fulfilled, or have seen shipping dates delayed, whether from Amazon, Walmart, Disney Movie Club, Target, or what have you. This is apparently due to distribution issues resulting from—we strongly suspect—demand for these titles outstripping Disney’s expectations. In any case, more product is being replicated and shipped to distributors and retailers, so these issues should clear up over the next week or two.
Hopefully, this will send a strong message to Disney that people still want to buy catalog 4K titles—a good sign for the future.
Meanwhile, we have one new disc review here at The Bits today: Stephen has taken an in-depth look at Howard Hawks’ His Girl Friday (1940) in 4K Ultra HD from Sony’s new Columbia Classics 4K Collection: Volume 4 box set. More reviews from this set will follow soon.
In announcement news today, Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment has now officially set Steven Soderberg’s Ocean’s Trilogy for 4K UHD release on 4/30. [Read on here...]
- The Crow 4K
- The Lady and the Monster
- The Phantom Speaks
- The Catman of Paris
- Final Cut
- Lady Stay Dead
- Crosstalk
- Ozploitation Rarities: Volume 1
- A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
- Republic Pictures Horror Collection
- The Raid 4K
- Remembering Gene Wilder
- Woody Allen
- Coup de Chance
- MPI Home Video
- The Last Kumite
- Kung Fu Panda 4 4K
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- American Hustle 4K
- Craig of the Creek
- Aliens 4K
- True Lies 4K
- The Abyss 4K
- Umbrella Entertainment
- Marvel
- Star Wars
- Disney+
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: The Complete First Season 4K
- Moon Knight: The Complete First Season 4K
- Obi Wan: The Complete Series 4K
- Andor: The Complete First Season 4K
- Ocean's Trilogy 4K
- American Sniper 4K Steelbook
- Columbia Classics 4K Collection: Volume 4
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- His Girl Friday 4K review
- Stephen Bjork
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Back the Bits
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Steven Soderbergh
- Ocean's Eleven 4K
- Ocean's Twelve 4K
- Ocean's Thirteen 4K
- Steelbook
BREAKING: Disney sets ANDOR, OBI-WAN, MOON KNIGHT & THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER for Blu-ray & 4K Ultra HD on 4/30!
All right, we’ve been talking a lot about Disney over the last couple of weeks here at The Digital Bits.
So it’s only fitting that we’re back early this morning here at the site to bring you some great breaking 4K Ultra HD news from the studio.
And for those of you eagerly awaiting the studio’s next wave of Disney+ streaming titles, I think you’ll agree that you simply couldn’t ask for a better selection of titles than the ones they’re announcing this morning!
You’ll find the studio’s complete official press release below, along with expanded-packaging images of each of the Steelbooks in question.
Then I’ll be back at the end of this post (below the break) with some additional comments of my own...
FOR THE FIRST TIME ON 4K UHD AND BLU-RAY!
THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER SEASON 1, MOON KNIGHT SEASON 1,
ANDOR SEASON 1 & OBI-WAN KENOBI
BURBANK, CA. (MARCH 5, 2024) – The Walt Disney Company today announced four new Collector’s Editions of popular Disney+ Original series from Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm will be available on 4K UHD and Blu-ray for fans to add to their collections. These special releases feature Steelbook packaging, concept art cards and some never-before-seen bonus features.
The titles, all to be released on April 30, 2024 are:
- Marvel Studios’ The Falcon and The Winter Soldier: The Complete First Season
- Marvel Studios’ Moon Knight: The Complete First Season
- Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi – The Complete Series
- Star Wars: Andor – The Complete First Season
All titles will be available to pre-order from March 12, 2024.
Like the previous Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm Collectors Editions released last year, each of these new releases will be available nationally on 4K UHD and Blu-ray Steelbook with brand-new box art designed by popular artist Attila Szarka and collectible concept art cards. [Read on here...]
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: The Complete First Season 4K
- Cassian Andor
- Andor: The Complete First Season 4K
- Moon Knight: The Complete First Season 4K
- Obi Wan: The Complete Series 4K
- Attila Szarka
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- Breaking News
- Disney+ streaming series on 4K Ultra HD
- Lucasfilm
- Marvel Studios
- Star Wars
- The Walt Disney Company
- Steelbook packaging
Paramount lists Primal Fear & Major League for 4K Ultra HD, plus a new Star Wars movie announced & Tom Cruise teams up with Warner
We’re just chiming in here quickly again today with a few more pieces of industry news…
The first is physical media related: Paramount Home Entertainment has just listed Gregory Goblit’s Primal Fear (1996) as a new 4K Ultra HD Paramount Presents release on 3/26.
Paramount has also listed David S. Ward’s Major League (1989) for release in 4K Ultra HD and 4K UHD Steelbook format on 4/2 in honor of the film’s 35th anniversary.
We don’t have further details on these yet, but we except the studio to make an official announcement very soon. You can see the cover artwork at left and also below the break. [Read on here...]
- Shout! Studios
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Back the Bits
- Scream Factory
- Paramount
- Primal Fear: Paramount Presents 4K
- Major League 4K Steelbook
- Star Wars
- Lucasfilm
- Tom Cruise teams with Warner Bros
- The Mandalorian & Grogu
- Jon Favreau
- Ahsoka: Season 2