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Captain America: Civil War/Winter Soldier 4K, 13 Hours 4K, Twilight, Arrow, Chasing the Moon & more
All right, we’ve got more reviews for you to enjoy today, including...
My take on James Wan’s Aquaman in 4K Ultra HD from Warner.
Dennis’ review of Dan Bush’s The Vault on Blu-ray from FilmRise.
And Chase’s look at Robert Zemeckis’ I Wanna Hold Your Hand on Blu-ray from Criterion.
More reviews are in the works for tomorrow and Friday, so be sure to check back for them.
Meanwhile, we have some new title news and announcements to report today as well...
We’ve now confirmed the 4/23 release of Captain America: Civil War and Captain America: The Winter Soldier on 4K Ultra HD from Disney. [Read on here...]
- War and Peace (1966) BD
- La vie de Jésus
- Bruno Dumont
- A Film Trilogy by Ingmar Bergman
- John Cameron Mitchell
- L’humanité
- Swing Time
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch
- Sergei Bondarchuck's War and Peace restoration
- Disney
- 4K Ultra HD
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- The Criterion Collection
- Captain America: Civil War 4K
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier 4K
- 13 Soldiers 4K
- Twilight Time
- Arrow Video
- Chasing the Moon BD
Retro Release Day: Blade Runner: The Director’s Cut on DVD (1997)
Today’s Retro Release Day title here at The Bits happens to be the very first DVD title I ever purchased and it’s also one of the very first titles released on the format.
I’m talking of course of Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner: The Director’s Cut on DVD, released twenty-two years ago today on March 26, 1997.
The film stars Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, and Daryl Hannah, with cinematography by the great Jordan Cronenweth, and music by Vangelis.
This was not the first time that Blade Runner had been released in its Director’s Cut form for home viewing; it appeared on VHS and LaserDisc in 1993. It would also not be the last version of the film to reach home video. [Read on here...]
Spider-Verse animators’ commentary, Jonny Quest on Blu-ray, Apple TV+, The Abyss/True Lies & more
All right, quick update today...
First of all, I’m going to be finishing my Aquaman 4K review later today, so watch for that sometime before the end of the day.
Meanwhile, Tim has posted a couple more Blu-ray reviews here today, including his look at Herschell Gordon Lewis’s Color Me Blood Red (1965) from Arrow Video and Dennis’ take on Boy Erased from Universal.
And on Friday, Tim posted his thoughts on HGL’s The Wizard of Gore (1970) from Arrow and Geoff Murphy’s The Quiet Earth (1985) from Umbrella Entertainment.
Also here at the site today, Russell Hammond has updated the Release Dates & Artwork section with all the latest Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD cover artwork and Amazon.com pre-order links. Anytime you order literally anything from Amazon after clicking through to them from one of our links (like this one), you’re helping to keep The Bits alive and we really, really appreciate it. So thank you! [Read on here...]
- The 4K Ultra HD Release List
- 4K Ultra HD
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Warner Archive Collection
- Jonny Quest BD
- The Abyss 4K
- True Lies 4K
- James Cameron
- SpiderMan: Into the SpiderVerse animator's commentary
- Color Me Blood Red BD review
- The Quiet Earth BD review
- Boy Erased BD review
- The Wizard of Gore BD review
- Tim Salmons
- Aquaman 4K review
- Dennis Seuling
Toy Story, Captain Marvel & more 4K, plus Criterion Channel & thank you to everyone at 20th Century Fox
All right... we’ve got some big 4K Ultra HD news today, folks.
We can now confirm the street dates for a number of new and catalog 4K Ultra HD titles that we’ve been hearing about from our sources for several months now. But enough independent sources are lining up now that we feel comfortable telling you the following:
Disney and Marvel’s Captain Marvel will arrive on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on 6/11.
That same day (6/11), Paramount is delivering 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi to 4K.
Universal Studios Home Entertainment has also set a few good catalog titles for release on 4K on 6/11, including Fast & Furious, Fast Five, and a Fast & Furious: 8 Movie Collection in 4K. [Read on here...]
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- 4K Ultra HD
- The 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Toy Story 4K
- Toy Story 2 4K
- Toy Story 3 4K
- Captain Marvel 4K
- The Scorpion King 4K
- Criterion Channel launch schedule
- Warner Archive 10th anniversary
- Thanks to everyone at 20th Century Fox
- 13 Hours 4K
- Fast & Furious 4K
- Fast Five 4K
Retro Release Day: The Black Hole on DVD (1999 & 2004)
Today’s Retro Release Day title here at The Bits is none other than Disney’s The Black Hole (1979), directed by Gary Nelson and released by Anchor Bay Entertainment on DVD back on March 30, 1999.
The film stars Maximilian Schell, Robert Forster, Joseph Bottoms, Yvette Mimieux, Anthony Perkins, and Ernest Borgnine, and features a terrific score by composer John Barry.
The single-disc release was a much-dreaded (and double-sided) DVD-10 release, a disc configuration known as a “flipper” to DVD veterans.
The reason for this was that the release included the film in both non-anamorphic (letterboxed) widescreen on one side, and full frame on the other.
Both sides of the disc also includes the film’s theatrical trailer and a gallery of images. Each version of the film also included Dolby Digital 5.1 audio. [Read on here...]
Creed II, A Beautiful Planet & Hunter Killer reviewed in 4K, plus MANY more BDs too!
This here’s just a quick update to let you all know that we’ve posted a bunch of new disc reviews in the last day or two, including…
Hunter Killer in 4K from Lionsgate (by yours truly)
Creed II in 4K from Warner Bros. (by new Bits reviewer Chase Whale)
A Beautiful Planet in 4K from Mill Creek (also by yours truly)
The Deadly Mantis (1957) on Blu-ray from Scream Factory (by Tim)
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume X.2 on DVD from Shout! Factory (also by Tim)
Berserk (1967) on Blu-ray from Powerhouse/Indicator (also by Tim) [Read on here...]
- Dennis Seuling
- Tim Salmons
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- 4K Ultra HD
- Chase Whale
- Creed II 4K review
- Hunter Killer 4K review
- A Beautiful Planet: IMAX 4K review
- The Deadly Mantis BD review
- MST3K: Volume X2 DVD review
- Berserk BD review
- Breakout BD review
- Road to Morocco BD review
- The Kid Brother BD review
- Aquaman 4K
- Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Deadwood: The Movie trailer
- HBO
It’s Retro Release Day on The Bits! Today’s Title: The Abyss: Special Edition on DVD (2000)
We’re starting a new tradition here at The Bits: Every Tuesday and Thursday, we’re officially celebrating Retro Release Day!
Each day, we’ll look back through The Bits’ archives and highlight a classic release on physical media.
Look for lots of DVDs titles, some older Blu-rays, and maybe even Laserdisc release or two. Who knows what we’ll find in the archives!
Longtime Bits readers will definitely remember these discs, and we’ll post pictures so you younger readers can get a look at discs of yore too.
Today’s title is nothing less that James Cameron’s The Abyss: Special Edition, released by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment on DVD on March 21st, 2000. [Read on here...]
Cold Pursuit announced, A Clockwork Orange in 4K, South Park: S22, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote & more
Afternoon, folks. We’ve got some news reviews for you today, plus a couple of release announcements, a new special feature column and more!
First, the Blu-ray reviews... Tim has just posted his thoughts on Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria (2018) from Lionsgate. And Dennis Sueling has offered his take on Rob Marshall’s Mary Poppins Returns from Disney. Both are worth a look, so we hope you enjoy them!
Also here at The Bits today, our own Michael Coate has just a new History, Legacy & Showmanship column looking back at Ken Hughes’ Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in honor of the film’s 50th anniversary. The piece features a great interview with film historian John Cork, an expert of all things Ian Flemming-related. Do give it a look. [Read on here...]
- The 4K Ultra HD Release List
- 4K Ultra HD
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Cold Pursuit
- A Clockwork Orange 4K
- Stanley Kubrick
- South Park: The Complete Twenty Second Season BD
- The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
- Suspiria (2018) BD review
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Mary Poppins Returns BD review
- John Cork
- Michael Coate
- History Legacy & Showmanship
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 50th anniversary
- Release Dates & Artwork update
- Never Grow Old
- Cannibal Apocalypse BD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Shout! Factory
- Sinatra in Palm Springs
- Mystery Science Theater 3000 Volume XI DVD
- My Gun is Quick
- Billy the Kid vs Dracula
- The Whisperers
- Wildland
- The Running Man (1963) BD
- NASA Space Patches
Criterion’s June Slate features War and Peace, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Swing Time & more!
Boy, we’ve got a nice little bit of news for you all today...
Just a few days ago, I raved about the experience of seeing Sergei Bondarchuk’s War and Peace on the big screen. (You can read my thoughts on the experience here.) Well now, Criterion has just officially announced that it will highlight their June Blu-ray and DVD release slate!
The complete wave of titles includes a BD upgrade of A Film Trilogy by Ingmar Bergman (Through a Glass Darkly, Winter Light, and The Silence – Cat #209-211 – Blu-ray and DVD) on 6/4, George Stevens’ Swing Time (Cat #979 – Blu-ray and DVD) on 6/11, Bruno Dumont’s L’humanité (Cat #981 – Blu-ray and DVD) and La vie de Jésus (Cat #980 – Blu-ray and DVD) on 6/18, John Cameron Mitchell punk musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Cat #982 – Blu-ray and DVD) and – yes – Sergei Bondarchuk’s War and Peace (Cat #983 – Blu-ray and DVD) on 6/25! [Read on here...]
- The Criterion Collection
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- 4K Ultra HD
- James Gunn
- Guardians of the Galaxy 3
- Disney
- Criterion June 2019 slate
- Sergei Bondarchuck's War and Peace restoration
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch
- Swing Time
- L’humanité
- John Cameron Mitchell
- A Film Trilogy by Ingmar Bergman
- Bruno Dumont
- La vie de Jésus
- War and Peace (1966) BD
Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now: Final Cut is coming to 4K Ultra HD for its 40th Anniversary
This is just a VERY quick post today and we’ll be back tomorrow with more. But we’ve got some big news to share...
We’ve had the title on our 4K Ultra HD List here The Digital Bits for a while now, but news is finally starting to break that Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now: Final Cut will be screening at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival remastered in 4K from the original camera negative with Dolby Vision high dynamic range and a new Dolby Atmos audio mix.
So yes, you can expect a 4K physical media release from Lionsgate Home Entertainment later this year. Watch for it likely in August to coincide with celebrations of the film’s 40th anniversary. (However, note that this release has not yet been officially announced by Lionsgate – this information comes from news of the film’s Tribeca screening.)
No more details about this release are yet available, but you can read more here at Variety, which features this quote from Coppola:
“Restoring Apocalypse Now: Final Cut 40 years later has been a tremendous undertaking and joy that I am thrilled to be able to share with the world for the first time at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. The audience will be able to see, hear and feel this film how I always hoped it could be — from the first ‘bang’ to the final whimper.”
So there you go. We’ll post more on this as soon as it’s officially announced.
Stay tuned...
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