Displaying items by tag: Dennis Seuling
Arrow’s September Blu-ray & 4K slate, plus their Dune doc is no more, The Herculoids from Warner Archive & new announcements
We’re kicking off the new week with more disc reviews...
For those who missed it, I posted my thoughts on Wolfgang Petersen’s In the Line of Fire (from Sony) and Adam Wingard’s Godzilla vs. Kong (from Warner Bros.) in 4K Ultra HD on Friday. They’re very different films, but each looks and sounds terrific, so do give them a look.
Also, Dennis has turned in his comments on George Sherman’s Larceny, a 1948 film noir that’s coming on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics on 7/13.
And Stephen has reviewed Arthur Barron’s Jeremy (1973) on Blu-ray, as recently released on the format by Fun City Editions.
We also have a brand new History, Legacy & Showmanship column from our own Michael Coate, which looks back at the theatrical release of Gordon Parks’ original Shaft in honor of the film’s 50th anniversary. The in-depth piece (four pages in all!) features a new roundtable interview with historians Josiah Howard and Lee Pfeiffer, as well as Shaft super-fan Chris Utley. You’ll find that here and it’s well worth a look. [Read on here...]
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Stephen Bjork
- Dennis Seuling
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Arrow Video
- Dune 4K
- The Herculoids: The Complete Series BD
- Warner Archive Collection
- In the Line of Fire 4K review
- Godzilla vs Kong 4K review
- Larceny BD review
- Jeremy BD review
- History Legacy & Showmanship
- Michaeo Coate
- Shaft: 50th Anniversary
- Josiah Howard
- Lee Pfeiffer
- Chris Utley
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune documentary
- The Films of Oliver Assayas BD
- Walk on the Wild Side BD
- Death Screams BD
- Children of the Corn Trilogy BD
- Children of the Corn 4K
- The Snake Girl and the Silver Haired Witch BD
- Cold War Creatures: Four Films from Sam Katzman BD
- Ridley Scott's Legend BD
- Those Who Wish Me Dead BD
- Bye Bye Birdie BD
- Pal Joey BD
- Sniper BD
- Objective: Burma BD
- Take Me Out to the Ball Game BD
- I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes BD
- Step by Step BD
- Breaker Morant BD
- Umbrella Entertainment
- Kino Lorber
- Berlin Alexanderplatz BD
- The Pursuit of DP Cooper BD
- Vestron Video Collector's Series
- Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat BD
- Dreambuilders
- Robotech: Part 1 The Macross Saga BD
American Gods: S3, Spiral & new Blu-ray/4K news including Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, Roger Rabbit, The Thing, Unbreakable & more
All right, we’re starting this afternoon with a few more new disc reviews for you to enjoy...
Stephen has posted his thoughts on Curtis Bernhardt’s 1929 silent drama The Woman One Longs For, featuring only the second starring role for actress Marlene Dietrich. That’s now available on Blu-ray from Kino Classics.
Also, Dennis has offered a look at John Farrow’s 1949 film noir Alias Nick Beal, available on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics. Do give both of them a look.
In Blu-ray release news today, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and DC have just set Batwoman: The Complete Second Season for release on Blu-ray and DVD on 9/21 featuring all 18 episodes along with deleted scenes, a gag reel, and 2 featurettes (Villains Analyzed and Never Alone: Heroes and Allies).
WBHE has also set the animated Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog for release on DVD and Digital on 9/14. [Read on here...]
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Dennis Seuling
- Stephen Bjork
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- The Woman One Longs For BD review
- Alias Nick Beal BD review
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit 4K
- Heat 4K
- Unbreakable 4K
- John Carpenter's The Thing 4K
- Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters 4K
- American Gods: Season Three BD
- BatwomanThe Complete Second Season BD
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Lionsgate Home Entertainment
- PBS
- RLJE Films
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- Spiral: From the Book of Saw 4K
- Maniac Cop 2 4K
- Maniac Cop 3 4K
- Blue Underground
- Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway 4K
- In the Heights 4K
- The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It 4K
- Zack Snyder’s Justice League 4K
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
Our review of Indiana Jones in 4K Ultra HD & more, plus Labyrinth: 35th, Flight to Mars, and a brief Star Trek 4K update
All right... we have just a quick update here at The Bits for you today, because I have family visiting this weekend for the first time since before the pandemic.
The big thing we have for you this afternoon is of course this: I’ve posted our in-depth review of the Indiana Jones: 4-Movie Collection in 4K Ultra HD from Paramount Home Entertainment and Lucasfilm. The remastered 4K image on the first three films is spectacular, while the fourth film at least benefits some from HDR and some 4K-scanned footage from the camera negative here and there (shots without VFX). Meanwhile, the new Ben Burtt Dolby Atmos mixes are all demo-worthy across the board.
There are no new extras in the set and the packaging is terrible, but the picture and sound upgrade is so significant that most fans will be willing to overlook it. The set is definitely not to be missed, and you’ll find all the in-depth details right here in our review. [Read on here...]
- Director's Edition
- Robert Wise
- Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment
- Amazon France
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 4K
- Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 4K
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 4K
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture 4K
- Indiana Jones 4 Movie Collection 4K
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Star Trek in 4K
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Stephen Bjork
- Indiana Jones 4 Movie Collection 4K review
- The Won't Believe Me BD review
- Le Magnifique BD review
- Labyrinth: 35th Anniversary Edition 4K
- Brian Henson
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Flight to Mars BD
- American Gods: Season Three BD
- Every Breath You Take BD
- A Discovery of Witches: Season Two BD
- Pennyworth: The Complete Second Season BD
- Looper 4K
- Rian Johnson
- Dr Strangelove 4K
New Blu-ray reviews, plus Indiana Jones 4K streets today (sort of) & the remastered films are now available on Digital
All right, we’ve got a quick update for you today. Sorry for the lack of a post on Monday, but there’s a bunch of stuff going on that’s drawn me down multiple Blu-ray and/or 4K UHD-related rabbit-holes over the last couple of days.
First up today, more disc reviews...
Also, Dennis has turned in a look at the new Criterion Collection edition of Amy Heckerling’s Fast Times at Ridgemont High on Blu-ray. You can find that here. Sounds like it’s pretty great.
And Stephen has given Robert Altman’s Fool for Love a spin on Blu-ray from Scorpion Releasing. The film stars Kim Basinger, Sam Shepard, and Harry Dean Stanton and is well worth a look.
Now then... we’ve been informed by Paramount that our 4K review copy of the Indiana Jones 4-Movie Collection will ship out sometime around midweek. Which means the earliest we expect to have it in hand is Thursday, but it could be Friday or Saturday. Rest assured, I’ll drop everything when it arrives to get the review completed thoroughly and posted on The Bits for you all to check out. And that brings me to the main topic of today’s news post... [Read on here...]
- Indiana Jones 4 Movie Collection 4K
- Stephen Bjork
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Fool for Love BD review
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High BD review
- Deep Blood BD review
- Middle Earth: Ultimate Collector's Edition
- Star Trek in 4K
- Trek Report
- Heavy
- Ben Burtt
- YouTube
- John Roesch
- sound design video
- Lucasfilm
Nobody, Out of Sight & Babadook in 4K, plus a super-deluxe Dune in Germany & new Blu-rays from Shout!, Scream & Imprint
All right, I trust you all had a fine and long Memorial Day weekend—those of you here in the States at least. We’ve got some good Blu-ray and 4K news to report today, but first more new disc reviews...
He’s also weighed in on Vincent Robert’s The Fear (1995) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome.
And Stephen has weighed in as well with a look Michael Ritchie’s Smile (1975) on Blu-ray from Fun City Editions. [Read on here...]
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Dennis Seuling
- Tim Salmons
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- David Lynch's Dune 4K
- Arrow Video
- Stephen Bjork
- Alley Cat BD
- Champagne and Bullets BD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Out of Sight 4K
- Steven Soderbergh
- Second Sight Films
- The Babadook: Limited Edition 4K
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Nobody BD
- Nobody 4K
- Bob Odenkirk
- Kock Media Dune 4K exclusive
- Dune: Extended TV Edition
- Germany
- Imprint Films
- Laika Studios Edition
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- The BoxTrolls BD
- Coraline BD
- AMC
- Lionsgate
- The Walking Dead: Season 10 BD
- The Wraith: Vestron Video Collector's Series BD
- King Kong (1976) BD review
- The Fear BD review
- Damn Yankees BD review
- Smile BD review
- Alan Smithee
The Sleeper Has Awakened: Arrow Video’s August slate includes David Lynch’s DUNE in 4K Ultra HD!
All right, we have some big catalog announcement news to report on today. But first, a few more new disc reviews...
Tim has posted his thoughts on Steve Wang’s Drive (1997), which is newly released on Blu-ray as part of the MVD Rewind Collection.
Just to let you know, I do expect to have a copy of Zack Snyder’s Justice League in 4K soon, imported from Zavvi, and I will be reviewing it here on The Bits as soon as it comes in, probably next week. And there are more Blu-ray and 4K reviews on the way for later next week after the long Memorial Day holiday here in the States. [Read on here...]
Severin sets Overboard & more for August, plus Star Wars turns 44, Happy Towel Day & remembering Quantum Leap
We have a quick news column for you here at The Bits today. But first, a couple more disc reviews...
Now then... our friends at Severin Films have announced four new Blu-ray titles due to street in August (on 8/24), including Cannibal Man (1972), No One Heard the Scream (1973), Eloy de la Iglesia’s Quinqui Collection (1980-84 – which includes Navajeros, El Pico, and El Pico 2), and—surprise!—Overboard (1987), the MGM film starring Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell. You can visit their website here for additional details. [Read on here...]
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Overboard BD
- Severin Films
- Star Wars at 44
- Douglas Adams
- Towel Day
- 42
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- THHGTTG
- Quantum Leap
- Dennis Seuling
- The Blue Lamp BD review
- The Father BD review
- Cannibal Man BD
- No One Heard the Scream BD
- Eloy de la Iglesia’s Quinqui Collection BD
- Star Wars Day
- Michael Coate
- A Force to Be Reckoned With
- History Legacy & Showmanship
- Don Bellisario
- Ars Technica
- Dark Horizons
- A Case for Physical Media
- Adam Yeend
Almost Famous on 4K, plus Donnie Darko, Dr. Strangelove, Abbott and Costello Show & a Zack Snyder’s Justice League update
We begin today’s My Two Cents column with another big new 4K Ultra HD review...
Our own Tim Salmons has taken a look at Richard Kelly’s Donnie Darko (2001), as recently released in a 4K Ultra HD Limited Edition box set by our friends at Arrow Video. It sounds like an excellent set from start to finish, so do give that a look here.
On the same note, we know that some of you have been experiencing a video frame rate/studdering issue on some models of 4K player on this title that Arrow has been quietly investigating for a couple of weeks now. Well, the good news is that they’ve just announced an official disc replacement program for those of you who are having an issue, and you can now find out how to apply for a fixed copy via this page on their website.
Also today, Dennis has posted a review of A. Edward Sutherland’s Every Day’s a Holiday (1937), a classic Mae West film now available on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classic. Enjoy! [Read on here...]
- Back The Bits on PayPal
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Almost Famous 4K
- Almost Famous: Paramount Presents BD
- Every Day's a Holiday BD review
- Dennis Seuling
- Tim Salmons
- Donnie Darko 4K review
- Arrow Video
- Donnie Darko 4K disc replacement program
- Bob Furmanek
- 3D Film Archive Kickstarter
- The Abbott and Costello Show: Season One BD and DVD
- Dr Strangelove 4K single release
- Zack Snyder’s Justice League 4K
- Zack Snyder's Justice League BD
Criterion’s August slate, AT&T to ditch WarnerMedia, Amazon pursues MGM, Shrek at 20, Ran in 4K digital & MUCH more
All right, we’ve got a bit of ground to cover today. First, we’ve got a few new disc reviews for you to enjoy...
I’ve posted my thoughts Doug Liman’s Chaos Walking in 4K from Lionsgate. It’s not a great science fiction film, but it looks fantastic in 4K (it was shot with the Alexa 65 camera) and it features some very nice special features too created by our old friend Cliff Stephenson. So it’s well worth a look.
I’ve also posted my review of George Cukor’s My Fair Lady (1964) on 4K Ultra HD from Paramount, and that is absolutely a reference-grade title. As some of you may know, it was shot using the Super Panavision-70 camera and was restored by our old friend Robert A. Harris back in 2015 in 4K using an 8K scan of the original camera negative. The film just looks absolutely fantastic and it’s a classic Hollywood musical too. Don’t miss it.
Also seriously worth a look is Arrow Video’s new Battle Royale: Limited Edition in 4K Ultra HD, a UK import boxset that I’ve reviewed in-depth here at the site as well. It features both versions of Kinji Fukasaku’s original film in beautifully-remastered 4K, along with both versions of the sequel on Blu-ray, plus an amazing collection of special features and swag. And even though it’s a UK import, the 4K discs will play fine worldwide. The two Blu-rays in the box are Region B locked, but one of them will still play on any US player anyway (details in my review). If you’re a fan of the film, this is a must-have box. [Read on here...]
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Space Jam 4K
- Dennis Seuling
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- HBO
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Tim Salmons
- Criterion's August 2021 slate
- AT&T
- WarnerMedia
- Discovery Communications
- Amazon and MGM
- Shrek turns 20
- History Legacy & Showmanship
- Michael Coate
- Lionsgate
- Akira Kurosawa's Ran 4K
- Chaos Walking 4K review
- My Fair Lady 4K review
- Battle Royale: Limited Edition 4K review
- Charles Grodin RIP
- The Marksman BD review
- Merrily We Go to Hell BD review
- Company
- Ashes and Diamonds
- After Life
- Beasts of No Nation
- Mortal Kombat 4K
- Witness 4K
- The Walking Dead: The World Beyond Season 1 BD
- Parks and Recreation: The Complete Series BD
- Space Jam 4K Titans of Cult Steelbook
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Remastered