Displaying items by tag: Neill Blomkamp
Criterion’s February slate, plus Arrow’s Django in 4K, A24’s Midsommar: Director’s Cut back in stock & more
All right, we’re kicking off the week with several new disc reviews...
I’ve just posted my thoughts on Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash (2014) in 4K from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, along with Neill Blomkamp’s District 9 (2009) in 4K also from Sony, and the new Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: The Complete Collection on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
We also have two new disc reviews from Dennis, including Tay Garnett’s Seven Sinners (1940) from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, and Norman Jewison’s Moonstuck (1987) from Criterion, both on Blu-ray.
Tim’s working on more Blu-ray reviews too, and I have several more new and recent 4K title reviews in progress as well. And yes, if you’re wondering, we are planning to review Second Sight’s Dawn of the Dead: Limited Edition 4K box set as soon as we get our hands on it. [Read on here...]
- Django: Limited Edition BD and Steelbook
- Tim Salmons
- Arrow Video
- Neill Blomkamp
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Dennis Seuling
- Moonstruck BD review
- District 9 4K review
- Whiplash 4K review
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: The Complete Collection BD review
- Django 4K
- Criterion February 2021 BD slate
- A24
- Midsommar: Director's Cut
- Seven Sinners BD review
- The Release Dates & Artwork Update
- Amazon Prime Black Friday sales
- Mandabi BD
- Chop Shop BD
- The Parallax View BD
- Smooth Talk BD
- Man Push Cart BD
Sony sets Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium for 4K on 2/9, plus Arrow and Blue Underground reach a Django deal
We have a couple things for you today...
Also today, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has just officially announced the 4K Ultra HD release of Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium on 2/9. The disc will include Dolby Atmos audio.
Extras on the 4K disc will include 4 featurettes (Exoskeletons, Explosions and the Action Choreography of Elysium, The Hero, The Psychopath and the Characters of Elysium, The Art of the Elysium Miniatures, and Bugatti 2154), plus theatrical trailers. [Read on here...]
Sony is prepping Elysium, Looper, and GATTACA for 4K, plus Giant from the Unknown (1958) & more
All right, first things first today: I’m pleased to report that we did not have to evacuate from these wildfires here in SoCal after all. But it was a long night while we waited to find that out. Thankfully, when I stepped out this morning, it appeared that the fires had moved farther away from us, not closer. And this afternoon the evacuation orders all around us were lifted. So... whew!
It’s going to take a couple days to get back to normal around here, but I count that as a good problem to have, considering the alternative.
Now then... the big news today is that our industry and retail sources are telling us that Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is quietly preparing to release Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium, Rian Johnson’s Looper, and Andrew Niccol’s GATTACA in 4K Ultra HD early in 2021. Elysium and Looper are already available digitally in 4K, and a few European retailers have listed GATTACA for physical 4K release in March. [Read on here...]
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Elysium 4K
- Looper 4K
- GATTACA 4K
- Giant from the Unknown BD
- The Film Detective
- TENET 4K
- Christopher Nolan
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Mandabi
- StudioCanal
- Ousmane Sembène
- The Rental
- We're No Angels BD
- Wonder Boys BD
- Richard E Cunha
- Scream Factory
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- IFC Midnight
- Neill Blomkamp
- Rian Johnson
- Andrew Niccol
Superman: Man of Tomorrow, District 9 4K, Apocalypto, Westworld: Season 3, Criterion’s Ghost Dog & more
Today’s is a quick update, but we do have a couple interesting items to report...
First, Tim has turned in another new Blu-ray Disc review, this of Gene Fowler Jr.’s B-movie classic I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958) from Paramount via Aussie indie Imprint Films/Via Vision Entertainment. The disc is ALL REGION.
In announcement news today, Warner Bros. and DC have just officially set the DC Universe animated movie Superman: Man of Tomorrow for release on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD on 9/8 (the Digital release is set for 8/23).
Extras on both disc versions will include Lobo: Natural Force of Chaos, Martian Manhunter: Lost and Found, Look Back: Justice League vs. The Fatal Five, Look Back: Superman/Batman: Public Enemies, From the DC Vault: Superman: The Animated Series – The Main Man, Part I, From the DC Vault: Superman: The Animated Series – The Main Man, Part II, trailers for Justice League Dark: Apokolips War, Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge, and Superman: Red Son, and A Sneak Peek at the next DC Universe Movie. You can see the cover artwork above left and also below. [Read on here...]
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Tim Salmons
- I Married a Monster from Outer Space BD review
- Superman: Man of Tomorrow 4K
- DC Universe
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Neill Blomkamp
- District 9 4K
- Criterion Collection
- Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai
- Batman: Death in the Family
- Mel Gibson's Apocalypto
- 21 Jump Street 4K
- Westworld Season Three: The New World 4K
- Jim Jarmusch
Elysium on 12/17, new Sony MOD, Jobs, Enterprise: S3, Warner Archive's Jumbo Blu & more!
Afternoon, folks! We trust you all had a great weekend? Your NFL team did well, you enjoyed the finale of Breaking Bad, etc. We’ve got a big week planned for you guys, with Dr. Adam Jahnke’s annual Hell Plaza Oktoberfest officially kicking off here at The Bits tomorrow! Meanwhile, give your coffee a warm up because we’ve got some big announcement news to start your afternoon...
The big news is that Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has set Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium for release on Blu-ray Combo and DVD on 12/17 (SRP $40.99 and $30.99). We don’t think this is the complete list of extras, but the Blu-ray will at least include 8 behind-the-scenes featurettes (Visions of 2154, The Journey to Elysium: Envisioning Elysium, The Journey to Elysium: Capturing Elysium, The Journey to Elysium: Enhancing Elysium, Collaboration: Crafting the Performances in Elysium, The Technology of 2154, In Support of Story: The Visual Effects of Elysium and Engineering Utopia: Creating a Society in the Sky). You can see the BD cover artwork below. [Read on here...]