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All right, we’ve got a bunch of great announcement news to start the week, but as always we begin first with new disc reviews. Today we have for you…

My reviews of Akira Kurosawa’s High and Low (1953) in 4K Ultra HD from Criterion, as well as Steve Lisberger’s TRON (1982) and Joseph Kosinski’s TRON: Legacy (2010) in 4K Steelbook from Disney via Sony.

Tim’s review of DC Studios and HBO Max’s The Penguin (2024) spin-off limited series in 4K Ultra HD from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.

Dennis’ look at John Adams, Zelda Adams, and Toby Poser’s Hellbender (2021) on Blu-ray from Arrow Video and Sydney Pollack’s This Property is Condemned (1966) on Blu-ray from Imprint Films.

Stuart’s thoughts on Elliott Nugent’s The Great Gatsby (1949) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.

And Stephen’s take on Savage Steve Holland’s Better of Dead: 40th Anniversary Edition (1985) in 4K Ultra HD from Paramount.

As always, more disc reviews are forthcoming, so be sure to stay tuned for them!

Now then, the big news today is that our friends at The Criterion Collection have officially announced their complete December slate, which is set to include Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray (2023) (Spine #2191 – Blu-ray only) and Howard Hawks’ His Girl Friday (1940) (Spine #849 – 4K + Blu-ray) on 12/2, Mira Nair’s Salaam Bombay! (1988) (Spine #1292 – 4K + Blu-ray and Blu-ray) and Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s I Know Where I’m Going (1945) (Spine #94 – 4K + Blu-ray and Blu-ray) on 12/9, and Tim Burton’s Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985) (Spine #1293 – 4K + Blu-ray and Blu-ray) and Spike Lee’s David Byrne’s American Utopia (2020) (Spine #1294 – 4K + Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD). [Read on here...]