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Thor: Love and Thunder hits Blu-ray & 4K on 9/27, plus Return of the Living Dead, Shout! Factory’s Army of Darkness 4K statement & more
We’ve got only a quick news update for you today, as we’re busy working on more new disc reviews. Speaking of which...
Stephen has just posted his thoughts on Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Air Doll (2009) on Blu-ray from Dekanalog via Vinegar Syndrome.
More Blu-ray and 4K UHD reviews are definitely on the way.
Now then, the big news this afternoon is that Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution has officially announced that Taika Waititi’s latest Marvel Cinematic Universe entry, Thor: Love and Thunder, will arrive on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on 9/27. The Digital and Disney+ streaming release is set for 9/8. As always, the 4K will feature Dolby Atmos audio and HDR10 high dynamic range. [Read on here...]
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Thor: Love and Thunder 4K
- Stephen Bjork
- Air Doll BD review
- The Return of the Living Dead 4K
- Army of Darkness 4K
- Sam Raimi
- Dan O'Bannon
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- Marvel
- Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Taika Waititi
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Elf 4K
- Casablanca 4K
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 4K
- The Polar Express 4K
- 8 Mile 4K
- Shrek 2 4K
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Puss in Boots 4K
- A Christmas Story 4K
- Cannibal Holocaust 4K
- 88 Films
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Game of Thrones: The Complete Series 4K sale on Amazon
- HBO
- House of the Dragon
- Bel Air: Season One BD
- The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
- Minions: Rise of Gru 4K
Army of Darkness 4K details official, plus E.T. 40th, Running Man, Rise of Gru, Punisher: War Zone, The Police Story Trilogy & much more
All right, sorry for the lack of an update over the last couple of days. We’ve been very busy here at the site, working on reviews, preparing for some big upcoming reviews, and finishing a few more site upgrades. But the major reason is that there’s a ton of breaking and evolving release news to cover, and getting to the bottom of it all—collating all the details, checking in with sources, confirming key pieces of release information—takes a huge amount of time. But I’m always up for a challenge.
Before we get to that, however, let’s share those disc reviews we’ve been working on over the past few days...
First up, I’ve posted my thoughts on John Milius’ Red Dawn (1984) from Shout! Factory and also Colin Trevorrow’s Jurassic World: Dominion (2022) from Universal, both in 4K Ultra HD.
Tim has delivered a look at Joel Schumacher’s Flatliners (1990) in 4K UHD from Arrow Video, as well as John Carpenter’s Escape from New York (1981) in 4K from Scream Factory.
Dennis has reviewed a number of regular Blu-ray titles in the last few days, including Lon Chaney: Before the Thousand Faces – Volume 2 from Undercrank Productions, Josh and Benny Safdie’s Daddy Longlegs (2009) from Criterion, and Jack Gold’s The Tenth Man (1988) and Ken Hughes’s The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960) from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And finally, Stephen has delivered in-depth looks at Paul W.S. Anderson’s Event Horizon (1997)—a Steelbook release that’s getting hard to find here in the States—and Jeff Fowler’s Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) both in 4K Ultra HD from Paramount, along with Michael Findlay’s Shriek of the Mutilated (1974) on Blu-ray from American Films via Vinegar Syndrome.
As always more disc reviews are on the way in the coming days. [Read on here...]
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- ET the Extra Terrestrial 40th Anniversary 4K Steelbook
- Steven Spielberg
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Top Gun: Maverick 4K
- Red Dawn 4K review
- Jurassic World: Dominion 4K review
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Stephen Bjork
- Flatliners 4K review
- Escape from New York 4K review
- Lon Chaney: Before the Thousand Faces V2 BD review
- Daddy Longlegs BD review
- The Tenth Man BD review
- The Trials of Oscar Wilde BD review
- Event Horizon 4K review
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 4K review
- Shriek of the Mutilated BD review
- Michael Coate
- History Legacy & Showmanship
- Stanley Kubrick
- A Clockwork Orange 50th anniversary
- Raymond Benson
- John Cork
- Sheldon Hall
- Peter Krämer
- Army of Darkness: Collector’s Edition 4K
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- Sam Raimi
- The Running Man 4K
- Paramount
- Steelbook
- ET: The Extra Terrestrial 40th Anniversary 4K
- Universal
- Minions: The Rise of Gru 4K
- DC League of Super Pets 4K
- Middle Earth: Ultimate Collector's Edition
- Lionsgate
- Punisher: War Zone 4K
- Blue Underground
- The Final Countdown 4K
- The Police Story Trilogy 4K
- Eureka!
- Jackie Chan
Shout! & Scream Factory bow The Fog, Platoon & Army of Darkness in 4K, plus Trek 4K follow-up, Warner Q4 Ultra HDs & more, plus James Caan RIP
All right, yesterday was a little crazy here at The Bits, what with Paramount finally dropping their long-awaited Star Trek 4K announcement. That deluxe Complete Adventure 4K package for the Star Trek: The Motion Picture – Director’s Edition was unexpected and frankly a fantastic surprise. But it’s worth a quick follow up today just to clarify everything...
The Star Trek: The Motion Picture – The Director’s Edition: The Complete Adventure Limited Edition is a 3-disc set here in the States that includes the DE in 4K, a newly-authored 4K of the previously-released Theatrical Cut as well as the Special Longer Version (included via seamless branching), and a Blu-ray full of bonus content that I’m told includes basically everything ever created and released for the film on home video. (I’m awaiting confirmation of the exact contents from the studio.) But it does NOT include a Blu-ray of the DE itself, nor are Blu-rays of the Theatrical and SLV versions included. The DE is available separately on Blu-ray, and obviously the Theatrical Cut Blu-ray was included in the original 4-Movie Collection from last year.
To be 100% clear, the Special Longer Version is ONLY going to be available in The Complete Adventure package, and producer David C. Fein has said that it’s a genuine limited edition. Much like Sony’s recent Ghostbusters: Ultimate Collection, it’s very likely to sell out in pre-orders, and it’s NOT going to be re-released. So if you were planning to wait for Black Friday to pick it up at a discount, or you’re expecting some future “ultimate” 4K box that includes the TNG films as well all The Complete Adventure content, you’re likely to be disappointed. The new 4K disc with both the Theatrical Cut and the Special Longer Version on it is exclusive to this set and when they’re gone, they’re gone. Be sure to plan accordingly.
[Editor’s Note: It appears that the UK version of this set MAY be a 5-disc set, which includes the Blu-rays of The Director’s Edition and the Theatrical Cut. And its discs should be all-region.] [Read on here...]
- Theatrical Cut
- Special Longer Version
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture The Director’s Edition The Complete Adventure 4K box set
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture The Director's Edition 4K
- Scream Factory
- Shout! Factory
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- The Fog 4K
- John Carpenter
- Sam Raimi
- Army of Darkness 4K
- Evil Dead (2013) 4K
- James Caan RIP
- Elf 4K
- Casablanca 4K
- The Lost Boys 4K
- Poltergeist 4K
- The Funhouse 4K
- Old Henry 4K
- Warrior 4K Steelbook
- War of the Worlds (1953) 4K
- When Worlds Collide (1951) 4K
- George Pal
- Crawl 4K
- Batman: The Long Halloween Deluxe Edition 4K
- The Duke BD
- I Know What You Did Last Summer 4K
- Platoon 4K
- Cool World BD
Breaking 4K news: Tremors, Army of Darkness, Collateral, Final Countdown, Beastmaster, Ladykillers, Ip Man & more!
All right Bits readers, we’ve got a pretty significant news update for you today...
We’ve been tracking many of these titles, but a few of the 4K catalog titles we’re going to talk about today are breaking news, thanks to our old friends over at Media Play News.
They’ve just issued the September 2020 Digital edition of their magazine, which features an extensive look at the recent surge of 4K Ultra HD catalog releases. The publication’s editor, Stephanie Prange (who, full disclosure, I’ve known for many years), wrote a great longform piece for the issue called 4K Ultra HD: Into the Vaults about the process of preparing classic catalog films for release on the format.
Not only is it informative (and I should note that I was among the people interviewed therein), it includes some great news about forthcoming titles. [Read on here...]
- Arrow Video December 2020 slate
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Tim Salmons
- The Mask of Zorro 4K review
- Media Play News
- 4K Ultra HD: Into the Vaults
- Stephanie Prange
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- Army of Darkness 4K
- Sam Raimi
- Universal
- Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment
- Michael Mann
- Collateral 4K
- Well Go USA
- Ip Man: The Complete Collection 4K
- Maniac Cop 2 4K
- Maniac Cop 3 4K
- Fire and Ice 4K
- The Final Countdown 4K
- Dead & Buried 4K
- Blue Underground
- The Lord of the Rings 4K
- The Hobbit 4K
- StudioCanal
- The Ladykillers 4K
- Tremors 4K
- Arrow Video
- Versus BD
- The Beastmaster 4K
- Ron Underwood
- Ryûhei Kitamura
- Don Coscarelli
- Dial Code Santa Claus 4K
- Fade to Black BD
- The New Mutants 4K
- Disney
- Fox
- Marvel
- Nicolas Winding Refn
- Drive 4K
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Second Sight
- George Romero
- Dawn of the Dead 4K
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
Blu-ray News – Pixels, plus Scream reveals their 3-disc Army of Darkness: Collector’s Edition BD (with extras details)!
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We’ve got a quick one for you today...
First up, we have a trio of new disc reviews. Tim Salmons has checked out Shout! Factory’s new Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume 1 DVD reissue a look. Jim Hemphill has done the same for Kino Lorber’s recent Blu-ray release of The Reivers (1969), starring Steve McQueen. Finally, I’ve given Disney’s new Star Wars: Rebels – Complete Season One a spin on Blu-ray and found it to be surprisingly fun and engaging, not just for kids of classic trilogy fans of all ages. Do give them a look. [Read on here…]