• Stephen reviews Julius Onah’s CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD (2025) in 4K Ultra HD from Marvel!
    Stephen reviews Julius Onah’s CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD (2025) in 4K Ultra HD from Marvel!
  • Shout! Studios sets an exclusive 12-disc MARIO BAVA COLLECTION Blu-ray box set for release on 7/31!
    Shout! Studios sets an exclusive 12-disc MARIO BAVA COLLECTION Blu-ray box set for release on 7/31!
  • Stephen reviews John Carpenter’s STARMAN (1984) in 4K Steelbook from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
    Stephen reviews John Carpenter’s STARMAN (1984) in 4K Steelbook from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • Kino Lorber Studio Classics sets Bernardo Bertolucci’s LITTLE BUDDHA (1993) for 4K Ultra HD on 7/22
    Kino Lorber Studio Classics sets Bernardo Bertolucci’s LITTLE BUDDHA (1993) for 4K Ultra HD on 7/22
  • Tim reviews Adam Marcus’ JASON GOES TO HELL (1993) in 4K Ultra HD from Arrow Video!
    Tim reviews Adam Marcus’ JASON GOES TO HELL (1993) in 4K Ultra HD from Arrow Video!
  • StudioCanal reveals a new 4K restoration & disc release of Eleanor Coppola’s Hearts of Darkness documentary!
    StudioCanal reveals a new 4K restoration & disc release of Eleanor Coppola’s Hearts of Darkness documentary!
  • Criterion’s August includes De Sica’s SHOESHINE (1946) in 4K, plus VERMIGLIO & art house classics!
    Criterion’s August includes De Sica’s SHOESHINE (1946) in 4K, plus VERMIGLIO & art house classics!
  • Universal sets Mark Robson’s EARTHQUAKE (1974) for 4K Ultra HD with Sensurround & Atmos on 7/8!
    Universal sets Mark Robson’s EARTHQUAKE (1974) for 4K Ultra HD with Sensurround & Atmos on 7/8!
  • Stephen reviews Robert Wise’s THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN (1971) in 4K UHD from Arrow Video!
    Stephen reviews Robert Wise’s THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN (1971) in 4K UHD from Arrow Video!
  • Imprint’s July slate includes MALCOLM X, MIDNIGHT COWBOY & IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT in 4K!
    Imprint’s July slate includes MALCOLM X, MIDNIGHT COWBOY & IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT in 4K!
  • Tim reviews Tarsem Singh’s THE CELL (2000) in 4K Ultra HD from Arrow Video!
    Tim reviews Tarsem Singh’s THE CELL (2000) in 4K Ultra HD from Arrow Video!
  • WBDHE sets Jared Hess’ A MINECRAFT MOVIE (2025) for Blu-ray, DVD & 4K UHD on 6/24!
    WBDHE sets Jared Hess’ A MINECRAFT MOVIE (2025) for Blu-ray, DVD & 4K UHD on 6/24!
  • Sony set a new 4K Ultra HD Steelbook of David Ayer’s FURY (2014) with Dolby Vision HDR for 7/15!
    Sony set a new 4K Ultra HD Steelbook of David Ayer’s FURY (2014) with Dolby Vision HDR for 7/15!
  • Tim reviews Arrow Video’s 10-film INSIDE THE MIND OF COFFIN JOE Blu-ray box set!
    Tim reviews Arrow Video’s 10-film INSIDE THE MIND OF COFFIN JOE Blu-ray box set!
  • KLSC announces George Stevens’ SHANE (1953) in 4K, plus VinSyn sets THE GOLDEN CHILD (1986) for 4K!
    KLSC announces George Stevens’ SHANE (1953) in 4K, plus VinSyn sets THE GOLDEN CHILD (1986) for 4K!
  • Stephen reviews Mel Brooks’ comedy trailblazer BLAZING SADDLES (1974) in 4K Ultra HD from Warner Bros.!
    Stephen reviews Mel Brooks’ comedy trailblazer BLAZING SADDLES (1974) in 4K Ultra HD from Warner Bros.!
  • Disney & 20th Century confirm THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW is coming to 4K this year!
    Disney & 20th Century confirm THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW is coming to 4K this year!
  • A new restoration of William Wyler’s BEN-HUR (1959) debuts at the TCM Festival—4K disc likely to follow!
    A new restoration of William Wyler’s BEN-HUR (1959) debuts at the TCM Festival—4K disc likely to follow!
  • BITS EXCLUSIVE: Billy Wilder’s SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950) is coming to 4K for its 75th anniversary!
    BITS EXCLUSIVE: Billy Wilder’s SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950) is coming to 4K for its 75th anniversary!
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    If You Value Our Work at The Digital Bits, Please Consider Supporting Us via Patreon!
My Two Cents
Wednesday, 21 May 2025 17:51

We’ve got three more new disc reviews to share with you today, including...

Stephen’s reviews of Julius Onah’s Captain America: Brave New World (2025) in 4K Ultra HD from Marvel via Sony, as well as John Carpenter’s Starman (1984) in 4K UHD Steelbook packaging from Sony.

And Dennis’ look at Edwin Carewe’s Ramona (1928) on Blu-ray from Kino Classics and the Library of Congress.

Also here at the site today, we’ve just posted the weekly update of our Release Dates & Artwork section with all the latest Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD cover art and Amazon.com pre-order links. As always, anytime you order literally anything from Amazon after clicking to them through our links, you’re helping to support our work here at The Bits and we really appreciate it!

In announcement news today, Shout! Studios has just unveiled their first two Hong Kong Cinema Classics releases for 4K Digital on 6/24, including John Woo’s Hard Boiled (1992) and Ringo Lam’s City on Fire (1987). They’ll be followed by Woo’s A Better Tomorrow trilogy (1986-89) in 4K Digital on 7/8, Tsui Hark’s Peking Opera Blues (1986) and Woo’s The Killer (1989) on 7/22, Tony Ching’s A Chinese Ghost Story trilogy (1987-91) on 8/5, and Woo’s Bullet in the Head (1990) on 8/19. [Read on here...]

Tuesday, 20 May 2025 15:34

We’ve got two more new disc reviews for you here at The Bits today...

Tim has shared his thoughts on Steve Miner’s Friday the 13th: Part II (1981) in 4K Ultra HD from the Paramount Scares: Volume 2 box set.

He’s also taken an in-depth look at Adam Marcus’ Jason Goes to Hell (1993) in 4K Ultra HD from New Line via Arrow Video.

In announcement news today, Madman Entertainment in Australia is releasing both Peter Faiman’s Crocodile Dundee: The Encore Cut (1986) and John Cornell’s Crocodile Dundee II (1988) in 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on 7/9.

The company already has six recent 4K Ultra HD titles available, including Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai (1954), Sean Baker’s Anora (2024), Richard Kelly’s Donnie Darko: 20th Anniversary Edition (2001), Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance (2024), and Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite (2019).

A24’s online shop is now taking pre-orders on Isaiah Saxon’s The Legend of Ochi (2025) on Blu-ray. The title is expected to ship in July (street date TBA). [Read on here...]

Tuesday, 20 May 2025 00:00

This is a quick post to let you all know that our Release Dates & Cover Artwork section here at The Digital Bits has just been updated with all the latest Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD cover artwork and Amazon.com pre-order links. Don’t forget that you can select to see just the Blu-ray, DVD, 4K Ultra HD, or even Criterion titles seperately if you like, to help you find exactly the ones you’re looking for. Just click on RELEASE DATES &  ART on the menu bar above to visit the page, and use the search options in the red bar (at the top) to sort by format and date. Once you find a title you like, just click on the cover art and you’ll be taken right to the Amazon.com pre-order page. Thank you for shopping through our links and don’t forget that anytime you order from Amazon through our links, you’re helping to support our work here at The Bits and we really appreciate it! And thanks to our own Russell Hammond for the update work!

- Bill Hunt

Monday, 19 May 2025 15:00

We’ve got a trio of new disc reviews for you to enjoy this afternoon, including…

Tim’s take on Russ Meyer’s Motorpsycho (1965) in 4K Ultra HD from Severin Films.

Stuart’s look at John and Roy Boulting’s Heavens Above! (1963) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.

And Dennis’ thoughts on Billy Ray’s Shattered Glass (2003) on Blu-ray from Imprint Films and Via Vision Entertainment.

In release news today, Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment has begun taking pre-orders on the Blu-ray, DVD, 4K Ultra HD, and 4K Steelbook release of Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein’s Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025), which we hear is a pretty solid entry in the franchise. The street date is still TBA, but you should be able to find listings on all the major retail sites.

It appears that the Warner Archive Collection’s recently-announced 4K Ultra HD release of Charles Walters’ VistaVision classic High Society (1956) has been delayed slightly from May until June, though we expect pre-orders for the title to appear soon on Amazon and elsewhere. [Editor’s Note: I’ve just confirmed with WAC that the street date for this title has now shifted from 5/17 to 6/10 to what should be the final date of 6/24. And I’m told the 4K image is a knock-out.]

As we’ve reported previously, the film has been remastered from new 13.5K scans of the original VistaVision negative. The 4K disc will include Dolby Vision HDR on a 100GB disc, with disc authoring and compression by Fidelity in Motion. The remastered film will also be included in the package on Blu-ray, a BD-50. [Read on here...]

Friday, 16 May 2025 19:17

Our friends at the Criterion Collection have just closed out the week by announcing their August slate of Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD titles, and it’s interesting indeed. There are few, what one might call, major titles this month, but there are some interesting art house gems. The slate includes...

Kon Ichikawa’s Fires on the Plain (1959) (Spine #378 – 4K + Blu-ray and Blu-ray) and The Burmese Harp (1956) (Spine #379 – 4K + Blu-ray and Blu-ray) on 8/5, Youssef Chahine’s Cairo Station (Spine #1273 – Blu-ray and DVD) on 8/12, A Confucian Confusion / Mahjong: Two Films by Edward Yang (1994-96) (Spine #1275 – Blu-ray) and Vittorio De Sica’s Shoeshine (1946) (Spine #1272 – 4K + Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD) on 8/19, and finally Maura Delpero’s Vermiglio (2024) (Janus Contemporaries – Blu-ray and DVD), Alice Wu’s Saving Face (2004) (Spine #1276 – Blu-ray), and Zeinabu irene Davis’s Compensation (1999) (Spine #1274 – Blu-ray and DVD) on 8/26.

Curiously, there aren’t a lot of 4K titles in this batch, but I strongly suspect it’s because they have many more in the works. In any case, you can read more about these titles on Criterion’s website here. And don’t forget that they’re running their Spring Sale until 5/26, offering 30% of all discs. [Read on here...]

Thursday, 15 May 2025 16:54

We’re back!

Sorry for the absence of news posts over these last few days, folks. It’s been a busy and chaotic week here at The Bits—not so much work wise, but personal life. Our family’s had a flurry of doctors appointments (all routine, thanks goodness, but still disruptive) and I’ve had to run a car in for servicing. Man, I hate it when real life intrudes on my 4K disc time! Anyway, things seem to be settling down, so it’s time to catch up on news, and then I’ll be working on some new disc reviews myself over the coming days as well.

First though, we do have a couple of reviews to share with you from the team, including...

Tim’s look at Tarsem Singh’s The Cell (2000) in 4K Ultra HD from Arrow Video—something of a complicated title to review, given its unique production characteristics, as well as the fact that Arrow implemented a disc replacement program.

And Stephen’s thoughts on Robert Wise’s The Andromeda Strain (1971) in 4K Ultra HD, also from Arrow Video, a terrific sci-tech thriller adapting Michael Crichton’s influential 1969 novel of the same name.

Also here at the site this week, we’ve posted a new update of our Release Dates & Artwork section featuring all the latest Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD cover art and Amazon pre-order links. As always, whenever you order literally anything from Amazon after clicking through to them from one of our links, you’re helping to support our work here at the site and we really do appreciate it! [Read on here...]

Monday, 12 May 2025 16:34

We’re starting the week here at The Bits, as we so often do, with a trio of new Blu-ray reviews, including...

Dennis’ look at Herbert Ross and Woody Allen’s Play It Again Sam (1972) on Blu-ray from Imprint Films.

And Stuart’s thoughts on Edward Kull and Wilbur F. McGaugh’s 1935 The New Adventures of Tarzan serial on Blu-ray from Film Masters, as well as Clarence Brown’s Sadie McKee (1935) on Blu-ray from our friends at the Warner Archive Collection.

Also, Stephen and I have just contributed a pair of new subscriber-exclusive blog posts on The Digital BitsPatreon page (here and here). We’re up to 377 subscribers over there, and we’d really love to reach 400, so if you appreciate what we do here at The Bits in support of physical media, please consider subscribing to our Patreon. We have options for doing so that are as low as $6 a month (with discounts for a year-long subscription) and we definitely try to post exclusive content there that will make it worth your while, including regular video updates. Thanks in advance for your consideration! [Read on here...]

Thursday, 08 May 2025 18:36

In announcement news today, the big news is that Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment has just set Jared Hess’ A Minecraft Movie (2024) for Digital release on 5/13, with the physical Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD release set to follow on 6/24. A Limited Edition 4K Steelbook package will also be available.

The 4K disc will include Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos audio.

Extras will include 5 featurettes (among them Building the World of Minecraft: Block Party, Creepers, Zombies, and Endermen Oh My!, A Minecraft Movie: Block Beats, A Minecraft Movie: Pixel Pals, and Marlene + Nitwit). You can see the cover artwork at left and also below the break.

Also today, Kino Lorber Studio Classics has just set Bob Giraldi’s Hiding Out (1987) on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on 7/29. The film stars John Cryer and Annabeth Gish. [Read on here...]