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M3GAN is official for Blu-ray & DVD, plus Scream’s The Exorcist III 4K, A Man Called Otto & a look at Zavvi’s UK Superman 5-Film Ultra HD Steelbook
We just have a couple reviews for you today, plus a few more pieces of release news to close out the week. And it’s starting to seem likely that next week could see a significant announcement or two. But we’ll get to that in a moment. First, those reviews...
As always, we’ve got a lot more reviews on tap for next week, so be sure to check back for them.
Now then, the big announcement news today is that Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has officially set Gerald Johnstone’s M3GAN for release on Blu-ray and DVD on 3/21, with the Digital release expected on 2/24. Unfortunately, there will not be a physical 4K Ultra HD release, at least for now. [Read on here...]
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- The Exorcist III 4K
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- M3GAN BD
- Shawscope: Volume One BD review
- Arrow Video
- Tim Salmons
- A Man Called Otto BD
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Curzon Film UK
- Three Colors Trilogy 4K
- The Double Life of Veronique 4K
- Superman: 5 Film Collection 4K
- Steelbook
- Zavvi
Sony bows a new Starship Troopers 4K Steelbook with Dolby Vision, plus Dr. No: 60th on Blu-ray but not Ultra HD
We have two more new disc reviews for you today...
Tim has taken a look at Criterion’s recent Blu-ray release of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s The Tales of Hoffman (1951).
And Dennis has checked in with a look at Delbert Mann’s Marty (1955) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
In announcement news today, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has just revealed that they’re going to be re-releasing Paul Verhoeven’s Starship Troopers as a new 4K Ultra HD Steelbook edition on 11/1, complete with a new feature: The Starship Troopers 25th Anniversary Reunion, a “virtual” reunion featuring screenwriter Ed Neumeier and actors Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Clancy Brown, Michael Ironside, Jake Busey, Patrick Muldoon, and Seth Gilliam.
The new edition will also include Dolby Vision HDR (the previous release included HDR10 only), along with the previous Dolby Atmos audio mix. And a Blu-ray copy in the package will carry over all of the legacy special features. You can see the cover artwork at left. [Read on here...]
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Dennis Seuling
- Tim Salmons
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Starship Troopers 4K Steelbook
- Dr No: 60th Anniversary BD Steelbook
- Zavvi
- 007 webstore
- The Tales of Hoffman BD
- Marty BD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Criterion
- The Warner Archive Collection
- Rachel Rachel BD
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois BD
- King Kong BD
- Walker: Season One BD
- Phantom of the Open BD
- Outlander: Season Six BD
- Star Trek: The Next Generation The Complete Series BD
- Airplane II 4K streaming
Disney confirms The Beatles: Get Back to arrive on Blu-ray & DVD on 2/8, plus Hotel Transylvania 3 in 3D
We’ve got some good news today for those of you who are fans of The Beatles. But first one more new disc review...
Plus, the set includes a remarkable batch of extras, including many new audio commentary tracks, alternate audio tracks (full or partial audience laugh tracks), and a featurette on the process of saving the negatives and restoring the image and sound. Do give it a look.
Now then, Disney has officially confirmed that they plan to release the 3-part The Beatles: Get Back documentary on Blu-ray and DVD on 2/8. [Read on here...]
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Tim Salmons
- Peter Jackson
- Walt Disney Studios
- The Beatles: Get Back
- IMAX
- Disney+
- ClassicFlix
- Bob Furmanek
- The 3D Film Archive
- The Abbot and Costello Show: Season 1 BD
- Zavvi
- The Rooftop Concert
- Random Space Media
- Hotel Transylvania 3 BD 3D
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- John Lennon
- Paul McCartney
- Ringo Starr
- George Harrison
Sony sets their Columbia Classics 4K Collection: Volume 2 for Ultra HD release on 9/14, plus Studio Canal’s Ran 4K & more
We’ve got some bit 4K release news for you today, but first more new disc reviews...
Stephen has posted his thoughts on Rod Lurie’s The Outpost: Extended Director’s Cut in 4K Ultra HD from Screen Media. Sounds like it’s a good film, but be aware that this is one of those rare 4K releases that doesn’t include HDR.
Also today, Dennis has reviewed Gus Trikonis’ Take The Job and Shove It (1981) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
More reviews are on the way for later this week. (And yes, I’m still waiting on Zack Snyder’s Justice League in 4K, but I will review that the moment it arrives.) [Read on here...]
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Stephen Bjork
- Dennis Seuling
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Zavvi US
- Zavvi
- Akira Kurosawa's Ran 4K
- Studio Canal
- Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection: Volume 2
- Take The Job and Shove It BD review
- The Outpost: Extended Director's Cut 4K review
- Otto Preminger's Anatomy of a Murder 4K
- Carol Reed's Oliver! 4K
- Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver 4K
- Ivan Reitman's Stripes 4K
- Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility 4K
- David Fincher's The Social Network 4K
- Columbia Pictures short films
- Ned Beatty RIP
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
Sony sets Last Action Hero for 4K on 5/18, plus Batman v Superman 4K, The Little Things, Coming 2 America, 46th Saturn Awards nominees & more
All right, we have one last news post for you guys today to close out the week and it’s a good one...
The big news is that Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has now officially set John McTiernan’s Last Action Hero for release on 4K Ultra HD on 5/18. The film is presented newly remastered in 4K from the original camera negative with HDR10 high dynamic range and a new Dolby Atmos mix. You’ll also get the original theatrical SDDS mix presented in 5.1 and the original theatrical stereo audio.
Extras on the disc will include an all-new audio commentary with McTiernan, deleted and alternate scenes—as well as an alternate ending—all presented in 4K with HDR10, AC/DC’s Big Gun music video, the original behind-the-scenes featurette, and the theatrical trailer. The Steelbook packaging also includes a Blu-ray copy and a Digital code.
You can see the cover artwork above left and also below, and you can pre-order the title now on Amazon as well (by clicking on the cover art below)... [Read on here...]
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice IMAX Edition 4K
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Last Action Hero 4K
- Arrow Video
- Weird Wisconsin: The Bill Rebane Collection BD
- The Little Things BD
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- Zavvi
- Back to the Future 4K Zavvi Plutonium Case
- Coming 2 America
- The 46th Annual Saturn Awards nominees
Arrow’s January slate includes Oldboy 4K (in the UK), plus Mill Creek’s Jan, Abbott and Costello Kickstarter & more
We have a little bit more interesting release news for you to check out today (by way of closing out the week)...
First of all, our friends at Arrow Video have just announced their January 2021 slate of home video titles, and it’s pretty terrific. It starts with UK only Blu-ray releases of Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza’s [Rec] and Park Chan-wook’s Oldboy. Oldboy will also be released on 4K Ultra HD (in the UK only), but remember that 4K discs are not region locked.
Next up, Arrow is releasing Park Chan-wook’s JSA: Joint Security Area and Richard Kelly’s Southland Tales on Blu-ray Disc in the UK, US, and Canada.
Finally, those of you who missed out of Arrow’s recent (and fast selling) Gamera box set (reviewed here on The Bits) will be pleased to know that its films are being reissued on Blu-ray (again in the UK, US, and Canada) in a more wide-release configuration. Three SKUs will be available: Gamera: The Heisei Era (3 films plus a documentary and the Gamera the Brave film as a bonus) as both a wide-release box set and as a Steelbook, and Gamera: The Showa Era (8 films) as a wide-release box set. Obviously, you won’t get all the swag their original big box included, but at least this gives more of you access to the films in HD. [Read on here...]
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Scream Factory
- Arrow Video January 2021 BD slate
- Mill Creek Entertainment January BD slate
- 3D Film Archive
- Bob Furmanek
- Abbot and Costello
- Kickstarter
- ClassicFlix
- [Rec]
- Park Chan wook
- Oldboy 4K
- JSA: Joint Security Area
- Southland Tales
- Gamera: The Heisei Era
- Steelbook exclusive
- Zavvi
- Gamera the Brave
- Gamera: The Showa Era
- Ultraman Taro: The Complete Series
- No Time to Die
- Apple TV+
- MGM
- Accepted BD
- Your Highness BD
- Blind Fury
- Like Father Like Son
- Crossroads
- The Freshman
- Borat Subsequent Moviefilm on Amazon Prime
- Jack and the Beanstalk (1952) film restoration
The Expanse: Season 4, Bill & Ted Face the Music, Robert the Bruce 4K in Germany, and more
We’re closing out the week today with a little bit more release news and some new disc reviews. Let’s get to the reviews first...
Tim and Dennis have been busy these last couple days; Tim has posted a new review of David Cronenberg’s Shivers (1975), newly-released on Blu-ray as part of Lionsgate’s Vestron Video Collector’s Series.
Also, Dennis has turned in his thoughts on John Badam’s The Hard Way (1991) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, along with David Roby’s Most Wanted (2020) from Paramount, and Pierre Jourdan’s I Am a Dancer on Blu-ray from Film Movement and StudioCanal.
I’ve also begun working on a pair of new 4K Ultra HD releases, which I expect to have up over the next few days, so be sure to watch for these. [Read on here...]
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Tim Salmons
- Zavvi
- Dennis Seuling
- Shivers BD review
- Vestron Video Collector's Series
- The Hard Way BD review
- Most Wanted BD review
- I Am a Dancer BD review
- The Expanse: Season 4 BD
- Amazon Prime
- The Expanse: Season 5 trailer
- Bill & Ted Face the Music
- Robert the Bruce 4K
- Capelight Germany
- National Geographic's The Right Stuff on Disney+
- David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet documentary on Netflix
- The Boys on Amazon Prime
The New Mutants, TENET, LOTR/Hobbit 4K Steelbooks, ClassicFlix’s Our Gang restoration, Kaleidescape recommendations & more
All right, today’s update on The Bits is going to be a quick one, as yesterday’s post obviously made a big splash on the Interwebs. Yesterday was also my birthday, and I ended up spending most of the day working, so I’m going to take a little bit of a break this afternoon.
BUT... we do have a few things for you...
First, on Tuesday night we posted Tim’s mammoth 2-part and in-depth review of Scream Factory’s outstanding new 12-film/16-disc Friday the 13th Collection: Deluxe Edition Blu-ray box set, which streets next Tuesday (10/13). And it is every bit as awesome as you’re hoping it is. Our hats off to everyone at Scream and elsewhere who were involved in this set. That includes our old friend Peter Bracke, as well as our very own Tim Salmons, who is thanked in the set’s liner notes booklet for contributing rare trailers and TV spots. He’s too modest to mention it, but there you go. The set is amazing, the review is here, and we hope you enjoy both!
Also today, we’ve posted the latest update of our Release Dates & Artwork section here at The Bits, featuring all the latest Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K cover artwork and Amazon.com pre-order links. And just to let you know, the whole section—which had been rather buggy lately—should now be working fully. As always, any time you order literally anything from Amazon by clicking on our links, you’re helping to support our work here at The Bits and we really do appreciate it. [Read on here...]
- Zavvi
- Release Dates & Artwork section
- Tim Salmons
- The Hobbit: The Motion Picture Trilogy 4K
- The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy 4K
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Friday the 13 Collection: Deluxe Edition BD review
- Scream Factory
- ClassicFlix
- Our Gang Little Rascals HD restoration
- Kaleidescape Recommendations
- The New Mutants 4K
- TENET 4K
Better Call Saul: S5, Resident Evil 4K delay, LOTR/Hobbit 4K update, Crown: S3, Steven Universe, Arrow Video Channel & more
We’ve got some interesting news to report today...
First though, our own Michael Coate has posted a new History, Legacy & Showmanship column here at The Bits, featuring a look back at CBS’s The Mary Tyler Moore Show in honor of its 50th anniversary. Michael interviews historians Herbie J. Pilato and Vince Waldron on the popular TV series and its legacy. Enjoy!
Also today, we’ve posted the latest update of our Release Dates & Artwork section with all the latest Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD cover artwork and Amazon.com pre-order links.
Before we get to announcements today, we’ve learned from our sources that Warner should be officially announcing the 4K Ultra HD release of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings sometime in the next two weeks, if all goes well with delivery of the 4K masters. [Read on here...]
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy 4K
- The Hobbit: The Motion Picture Trilogy 4K
- Tim Salmons
- Better Call Saul: Season 5 BD
- Resident Evil Collection 4K
- The Crown: Season 3 BD
- Steven Universe: The Complete Collection DVD
- Arrow Video Channel streaming service
- Eddie Van Halen RIP
- History Legacy & Showmanship
- Michael Coate
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show 50th anniversary
- Release Dates & Artwork section
- El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie BD steelbook
- Zavvi
- Daughters of Darkness 4K
- Antebellum
- Mr Topaz BD
- Friday the 13th Collection: Deluxe Edition
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