Displaying items by tag: Tim Salmons
Avengers: Endgame & Moon 4K reviews, plus It’s a Wonderful Life 4K, Star Trek: Picard set, Good Omens & Galaxy Quest
Today’s new update is a quickie, as we’re in full Blu-ray and 4K review mode here at the site, trying to catch up on a backlog titles worthy of our attention. As such, we’ve just posted my thoughts on the Russos’ Avengers: Endgame in 4K Ultra HD from Marvel and Disney, along with a tag-team review by Tim and myself of Duncan Jones’ Moon in 4K from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Both are well worth a look, and Endgame in particular really shines in 4K with HDR, with a great Dolby Atmos mix to boot. So don’t miss them.
And we’re working on more, including Jonny Quest: The Complete Series, Alita: Battle Angel (4K) and much more.
Now then, the big news today is that Paramount has finally relented to releasing its beloved holiday classic It’s a Wonderful Life on physical 4K Ultra HD. Look for it on 10/29, months after it first became available digitally in 4K. The good news is that the film has been completely restored and scanned in full native 4K from the original nitrate camera negative (along with two fine grain masters made in the 1940s), so it should look and sound fantastic. Extras will include the colorized version of the film on Blu-ray along with the classic extras. You can see the cover artwork at the left. [Read on here...]
Biograph 68mm filmmaking, or “Our Ideas About What Early Movies Looked Like Are All Wrong”
We’re working on couple of things here at The Bits today...
But first, Tim has posted a few Blu-ray reviews in the meantime, including his own take on the Universal Horror Collection: Volume 2 from Scream Factory, BoJack Horseman: Seasons One & Two from Shout! Factory, and a double feature of Day of the Panther and Strike of the Panther from Aussie distributor Umbrella Entertainment, as well as Dennis’ take on Robin Bissel’s The Best of Enemies from Universal and Grace Quigley from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
All are well worth a look, so do take a look and enjoy! [Read on here...]
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- MoMA
- Museum of Modern Art
- 68mm nitrate film
- The Biograph Company
- How to See the First Movies
- short film
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Universal Horror Collection: Volume 2 BD review
- BoJack Horseman: Seasons One & Two BD review
- Day of the Panther BD review
- Strike of the Panther BD review
- The Best of Enemies BD review
- Grace Quigley BD review
- Aeon
- Sean Yetter
- documentary
- early cinema
Daybreakers 4K, upcoming street dates, a new Stanley Kubrick Collection, Shout!’s Space: 1999 5.1 update & more
All right, we’ve got more interesting news for you today...
But first, Tim Salmons has posted some new Blu-ray reviews here at the site (yesterday and this afternoon), including his own thoughts on Weird Science from Arrow Video and Quartermass and the Pit from Scream Factory, as well as Dennis’ take on Michael Radford’s 1984 from the Criterion Collection.
We’ve also updated the Release Dates & Artwork section with all the latest Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K cover artwork and Amazon.com pre-order links. As always, anytime you order literally anything from Amazon after clicking through one of our links, you’re helping to support our work here at The Bits and we really do appreciate it.
And tomorrow morning, be sure to watch for a new History, Legacy and Showmanship column from Michael Coate here at The Bits, this one honoring the recent 30th anniversary of the James Bond film License to Kill. [Read on here...]
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Scream Factory
- Release Dates & Artwork update
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Weird Science BD review
- Arrow Video
- Quartermass and the Pit BD review
- 1984 BD review
- Criterion
- Michael Coate
- History Legacy & Showmanship
- License to Kill 30th anniversary
- Daybreakers 4K
- Men in Black International 4K
- SpiderMan: Far From Home 4K
- 007: The Daniel Craig Collection 4K
- Aladdin (2019) 4K
- Toy Story 4 4K
- Scarface 4K
- American Gangster 4K
- Yesterday 4K
- Stanley Kubrick Collection (2019)
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Network Distributing
- Monty Python's Flying Circus: 50th Anniversary BD
- Shout! Factory
- Space: 1999 51 audio statement
TONS of new Blu-ray & 4K announcements: Godzilla: KotM, The Jetsons, V: Miniseries, Dark Phoenix & MUCH more
All right, we have another big day of Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K title announcements for you, so stand by for that.
First, Tim has posted new reviews of Scream Factory’s Quartermass II on Blu-ray, as well as Dennis’ thoughts on Mother Wore Tights on Blu-ray from Twilight Time. I’m also going to be working on a review of HBO’s From the Earth to the Moon on Blu-ray later today – I’ll try to have that up for tomorrow. And more are coming.
Now then... let’s dive right into the announcement news...
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has just officially set director Michael Dougherty’s Godzilla: King of the Monsters for release on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on 8/27, with the Digital release expected on 8/6. Note that the 4K disc will include HDR10, HDR10+, and Dolby Vision high dynamic range. The 4K disc will also feature an object-based Dolby Atmos soundtrack. Extras will include audio commentary by the director, deleted scenes, and 17 behind-the-scenes featurettes (including Godzilla: Nature’s Fearsome Guardian, Mothra: Queen of the Monsters, King Ghidorah: The Living Extinction Machine, Rodan: Airborne God of Fire, Godzilla 2.0, Making Morthra, Creating Ghidorah, Reimagining Rodan, The Yunnan Temple, Castle Bravo, The Antarctic Base, The Isla de Mara Volcano, The Undersea Lair, Millie Bobby Brown: Force of Nature, Monster Tech: Monarch Joins the Fight, Monsters Are Real, and Welcome to the Monsterverse). You can see the cover artwork above left and also below. [Read on here...]
- SpiderMan: Far From Home 4K
- Charlie's Angels (2000) 4K
- The World's End 4K
- Hot Fuzz 4K
- Shaun of the Dead 4K
- Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy 4K
- Amazon Prime Day
- Scream Factory
- Dennis Seuling
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Shout! Factory
- Tim Salmons
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters 4K
- Quartermass II BD review
- Mother Wore Tights BD review
- XMen: Dark Phoenix 4K
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture Anniversary BD
- The Jetsons: The Complete Original Series BD
- Wagon Master BD
- Moonfleet BD
- V: The Original Miniseries BD
- Lock Up 4K
- The Witches BD
- The Warner Archive Collection
- Jezebel BD
- Riverdale: The Complet Third Season BD
- Batman Beyond: The Complete Series BD
- Superman: The Animated Series BD
- Jonny Quest: The Complete Series BD
- Apollo 11 in 4K
- Apollo 11 50th anniversary
- CBS News
- Apollo 11 in Real Time
- Walter Cronkite
- Mick Garris
- The Stand: The Miniseries BD
- McG
- Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle BD
The Bits at Comic-Con, plus Rambo (2008), Brightburn, Shadow, Casino, Cornetto Trilogy, Akira & more in 4K (and BD)!
We’re back! I have returned from North Dakota, rested, and am now going to be posting like gangbusters here at The Bits, with all kind of Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K release news, catch-up, and whatnot.
First up this morning, today is Amazon Prime Day! As you probably now if you’ve been following The Bits for any length of time, our Amazon affiliate links play a big part in helping us to keep the site going in lean Internet advertising times. So... if you’re planning to do any shopping from Amazon today (or any day), please consider clicking to them from one of our links first (like this one). It makes a huge difference for us. So thank you for doing so!
Now then, Tim and Dennis have been very busy posting Blu-ray reviews this past week here at The Bits and we want to direct your attention to them. We now have reviews up for Lionsgate’s The Evil Dead (1981) in 4K, Scream’s Night of the Creeps: Collector’s Edition, Silent Hill: Collector’s Edition, and Piranha: Limited Edition Steelbook, Arrow Video’s American Horror Project: Volume Two, The Andromeda Strain, and FM, Severin Films’ Robowar, and Grindhouse Releasing’s The Tough Ones (1976) from Tim, as well as Warner’s Shazam!, Arrow Academy’s The Big Clock (1948), and Twilight Time’s Stagecoach (1966) from Dennis. Do be sure to check them all out.
Also, San Diego Comic Con kicks off this week and if you’re going to be there, Bits editor and author Bill Hunt (yours truly) is on two panels at the Con... [Read on here...]
- Tim Salmons
- Shout! Factory
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Dennis Seuling
- The Evil Dead 4K review
- American Horror Project: Volume 2 BD review
- Night of the Creeps BD review
- Silent Hill BD review
- Scream Factory
- ComicCon 2019
- ComicCon panels
- Inglorious Treksperts
- Amazon Prime Day
- The Andromeda Strain BD review
- FM BD review
- Robowar BD review
- The Tough Ones BD review
- Shazam! BD review
- The Big Clock BD review
- Stagecoach BD review
- Inside an Indie Studio: Shout! Factory
- Rambo (2008) 4K
- Brightburn 4K
- Shadow 4K
- Casino 4K
- Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy 4K
- Shaun of the Dead 4K
- Hot Fuzz 4K
- The World's End 4K
- Charlie's Angels (2000) 4K
- Scarface 4K
- Aladdin (2019) 4K
- Toy Story 4 4K
- SpiderMan: Far From Home 4K
- Akira (1988) 4K remaster
- Katsuhiro Otomo
- Zombieland 4K
- Zhang Yimou
Zombieland 4K, Apollo 11 4K (on iTunes for now), Walking Dead, and oh HELL yeah... The Great Waldo Pepper!
All right, we got some goodies for you today...
First, Tim has turned in a new review of Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead in 4K Ultra HD from Lionsgate and Studio Canal.
Also, this week’s update of the Release Dates & Artwork section is now live with all the latest Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD cover artwork and Amazon.com pre-order links. Whenever you plan to shop from Amazon for literally anything, please consider starting by clicking through one of our affiliate links (like this one or any of our cover art links) as it really helps us to keep the site going and supports our work. Thank you!
And I should also let you know that I’m going to be taking a week off of regular news posts here at the site to A) visit family in North Dakota and B) finish editing this science fiction novel I’ve been working on. (In truth, I also need a break before all the Comic-Con 2019 hubbub begins.) But Tim will be posting new Blu-ray reviews the whole time, and I’ll be back with a big news update (and reviews of my own) late next week.
Now then... we’ve got some announcements this afternoon. First up, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release Ruben Fleischer’s Zombieland on 4K Ultra HD on 10/1 in celebration of the film’s 10th anniversary and also the theatrical release of its forthcoming sequel, Zombieland: Double Tap. All of the existing BD extras will carry over and you’ll get the all-new Raised from the Dead: Zombieland a Decade Later featurette. The 4K will include HDR10 and a new Dolby Atmos audio mix too. [Read on here...]
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Zombieland 4K
- Apollo 11 in 4K on iTunes
- The Walking Dead: The Complete Ninth Season
- The Great Waldo Pepper: Shout Select
- Shout! Factory
- Star Trek Trilogy: The Kelvin Timeline 4K
- The Sun Is Also a Star
- Tim Salmons
- Deadwood: The Movie
- Original Star Wars in 70 mm
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- Lucasfilm
- George Lucas
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- ScoobyDoo Where Are You: The Complete Series BD
- Game of Thrones: The Complete Series BD
- American Experience
- Chasing the Moon documentary
- Release Dates & Artwork update
- The Evil Dead 4K review
Moonraker 40th, Bill at Comic-Con (w/Shout! Factory), Omen Collection, Doom Patrol & LOTS more new announcements
Also here at the site today, we’ve got some new disc reviews for you, including Tim’s look at Universal’s Us in 4K Ultra HD, Scream Factory’s Night of the Creeps: Collector’s Edition on Blu-ray, and Warner’s The New Scooby-Doo Movies: The (Almost) Complete Blu-ray Collection.
And speaking of Scream Factory... Bits editor Bill Hunt (yours truly) will once again be moderating the Shout!/Scream panel at San Diego Comic-Con later this month! Inside an Indie Studio: Shout! Factory will be held from 8-9 PM on Saturday, July 20th in Room 23ABC. [Read on here...]
- The 4K Ultra HD Release List
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Monty Python's Flying Circus: 50th Anniversary
- Moonraker 40th Anniversary
- Michael Coate
- History Legacy & Showmanship
- ComicCon
- Shout! Factory
- The Omen Collection
- Doom Patrol: The Complete First Season
- Night of the Creeps: Collector’s Edition BD review
- Tim Salmons
- Us 4K review
- The New ScoobyDoo Movies: The (Almost) Complete Bluray Collection BD review
- Inside an Indie Studio: Shout! Factory panel
- The Blob (1988)
- Private School for Girls
- The Devil Rides Out
- Hammer Films
- The Thin Man
- Last Year in Marienbad
- The Wild Pear Tree
- The Fate of Lee Khan
- Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
- Scarface 4K
- Charlie's Angels 4K
Warner Archive reveals Thin Man, Bronco Billy & Merrill’s Marauders BDs, plus True Detective: S3 & Chernobyl coming
We start this week with a great new Blu-ray review, this one of Scream Factory’s Universal Horror Collection, Volume 1 box set, which includes The Black Cat (1934), The Raven (1935), The Invisible Ray (1936), and Black Friday (1940). Do give it a look.
Also, just a heads-up: We’re going to be reviewing Warner Archive’s new Jonny Quest: The Complete Series Blu-ray soon. A review copy is on the way.
And we’ve posted the weekly update of the Release Dates & Artwork section featuring all of the latest Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K cover artwork with Amazon.com pre-order links. As always, whenever you order literally anything from Amazon after clicking to them through one of our links, you’re helping to support our work here at The Bits and we really do appreciate it. [Read on here...]
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Tim Salmons
- Shout! Factory
- The 4K Ultra HD Release List
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Warner Archive Collection
- HBO
- True Detective: Season Three
- Chernobyl
- The Thin Man BD
- Bronco Billy BD
- Merrill's Marauders BD
- Universal Horror Collection: Volume 1 BD review
- The Black Cat
- The Raven
- The Invisible Ray
- Black Friday
- Release Dates & Artwork
- Manifest: The Complete First Season DVD
- The Intruder
- Timeless: Season Two Finale DVD
- The Missing Link
- Long Shot
- The Survivor
- The Case of Hana & Alice
- GKids
- Powerhouse Films
- Indicator
- Marlene Dietrich & Josef von Sternberg at Paramount 19301935
- Bloody Terror: The Shocking Cinema of Norman J Warren 19761987
- Django the Bastard
- Flesh Gordon
- Endless Night
- Alistair MacLean's The Secret Ways
- Shadow 4K
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment wants your 4K catalog recommendations
Heads-up, Bits readers... we’ve got an important announcement for you.
But first, a quick bit of regular site business: We’ve got a bunch of good new disc reviews for you, including Tim’s take Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XI on DVD from Shout! Factory, The Body Snatcher on Blu-ray from Scream Factory, and The New York Ripper: Limited Edition on Blu-ray from Blue Underground, along with Dennis’ take on Three Coins in the Fountain on Blu-ray from Twilight Time and Swing Time on Blu-ray from Criterion. More are on the way. Enjoy!
Now then... Sony Pictures has asked The Bits for our readers’ opinion on which of the studio’s recent and classic catalog titles you’d like to see them release on 4K Ultra HD. They’ve created an online poll where you can weigh in here until June 30th. And you can write in titles too (we added Lawrence of Arabia, District 9, and Elysium to their list as write-ins). So be sure to click here and respond if you’re a fan of their 4K catalog product. [Editor’s Note: It appears the survey is open in US residents only.] [Read on here...]
- Dennis Seuling
- Tim Salmons
- Shout! Factory
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XI DVD review
- The Body Snatcher BD review
- The New York Ripper BD review
- Three Coins in the Fountain BD review
- Swing Time BD review
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Sony 4K Catalog poll for Bits readers
- Supergirl: The Complete Fourth Season
- Supernatural: The Complete Fourteenth Season
- The Buster Keaton Collection, Volume 2
- A Dog's Journey
Hellboy (2019) officially announced, plus Flight of the Navigator: Limited BD in the UK & the Universal Fire Revisited
Okay, we’ve got a couple things for you today...
First, Tim has posted his thoughts on Teruo Ishii’s Yakuza Law (1969) on Blu-ray from Toei via Arrow Video. And Dennis has turned in a look at a Richard Dreyfuss film from 1979, The Big Fix on Blu-ray via Twilight Time.
Also today, the big announcement news is that Lionsgate has set Hellboy (2019) for release on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on 7/23, with the Digital release expected on 7/9. The film employs a native 4K digital intermediate, so resolution should be very good indeed. The Ultra HD will also feature Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos audio. Extras will include deleted scenes, Previsualizations, and the 3-part Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn documentary. You can see the cover artwork at left. [Read on here...]
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- The 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Shout! Factory
- Hellboy 2019 4K
- Flight of the Navigator: Limited Edition BD
- Universal Fire
- The Day the Music Burned
- The New York Times
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- The Big Fix BD review
- Yakuza Law BD review
- Second Sight Films
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Canyon Passage
- Murder He Says
- The Flame of New Orleans
- The Mind Benders
- Universal Studios Backlot Fire 2008
- Video Vault