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Welcome to a new week Bits readers—and nearly the start of September!

We’re kicking things off today with several new disc reviews, including…

Stephen’s look at Robert Altman’s Popeye (1980) in 4K Ultra HD from Paramount via Alliance.

Stuart’s review of Robin Davis’ Le Choc (1982) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.

And Todd’s review of James Sweeney’s Twinless (2025) on Blu-ray from Lionsgate.

Watch for more new disc reviews all this week!

And our own Russell Hammond has updated the Release Dates & Artwork section with all the latest Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD cover art and Amazon.com pre-order links. We’re an Amazon Affiliate, so whenever you order or pre-order literally anything from Amazon, you’re helping to support our work here at The Bits and we appreciate it!

Now then… we’ve finally gotten a look at Warner’s official press release for Gone with the Wind (1939) in 4K Ultra HD.

There will be three versions—a standard 4K package, a 4K Steelbook, and the Walmart-exclusive (here in the States) 4K Steelbook Collector’s Edition box set with swag. Each will be a 3-disc set containing the film in 4K Ultra HD, split over two discs, plus a Blu-ray of bonus features. No Blu-ray version is included in any of the US SKUs, but you do get a Digital code. [Read on here...]

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We’re starting the week off with more new disc reviews today, including...

Tim’s look at Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead (1981): 45th Anniversary Steelbook in 4K UHD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Richard Moore’s Circle of Iron (1978): Limited Edition in 4K UHD from Blue Underground.

Todd’s take on Steven Soderbergh’s The Christophers (2026) on Blu-ray from Neon and Decal, Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl (2024) on Blu-ray from Lionsgate, and Jeff Leroy’s The Screaming (2000) on Blu-ray from Visual Vengeance and Wild Eye.

And Stuart’s thoughts on José Giovanni’s La Scoumoune (1974) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, as well as Dorna X. van Rouveroy’s Intensive Care (1991) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome.

In terms of release news, online retailers are now taking pre-orders on the eventual Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD release of David Robert Mitchell’s The End of Oak Street (2026) from Warner Bros. The street date is still TBA.

Pre-orders have begun for Jean-Francois Richet’s Mutiny (2026) on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD on Lionsgate as well. The street date is also TBA.

Speaking of Warner Bros, the studio has officially set Frank Oz’s Little Shop of Horrors (1986) for release on 4K Ultra HD on 10/6. They’ve also set Neil Jordan’s Interview with the Vampire (1994) for 9/22.

And the studio has set HBO’s House of the Dragon: The Complete Third Season for release on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD Steelbook on 12/1. [Read on here...]

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All right, folks… we’ve got one more new disc review for you to enjoy today, if you’re interested, and then we’ve got a bit of Lionsgate news as well.

Let’s get to that review first. Today we have…

Stephen’s in-depth thoughts on Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another (2005) in its new Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD Steelbook from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment, which features not only the film but some actual (and substantial) new special features as well.

More disc reviews are definitely forthcoming, so be sure to keep checking back.

Now then… with that aside, we’ve also got a new list for you today, this of the latest Lionsgate titles that are coming to Movies Anywhere in August. [Read on here...]

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All right, we’ve got a TON of new disc reviews here at the site: Our crack review team has been spinning discs and grinding away on a ton of new reviews. I’ll post a full list of the most recent here tomorrow, but we’ve got some major announcement news to cover here first this afternoon. So in the meantime, be sure to check our review page (click here) for the latest and watch for more new reviews each day.

All right, folks…

The big news today is that our friends at Lionsgate Limited have just announced the 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray release of John Carney’s Sing Street (2016) on 8/11! And get this: A VHS version is also going to be available that same day! The 10th Anniversary release will include the Lionsgate Limited “extra mini-documentary” called The Risk of Rock & Roll: Going Back to Sing Street, and legacy material that includes Making Sing Street, a video discussion with John Carney and Adam Levine, cast audition footage, the theatrical trailer, TV spots, B-roll footage, and the Drive It Like You Stole It music video. The 4K will also feature Dolby Vision HDR with a new Dolby Atmos mix. You can see the cover artwork at left. And it’s now available for pre-order on Lionsgate Limited at this link. This is one of those films that just makes me happy—I love it right down to the ground. So I’m very glad to see Lionsgate bringing it to 4K disc. Another Holy Grail title: check!

And I should take a moment to note here: If you’re a subscriber to The Bits’ Patreon page, you’ve known that this title was coming for a while now! So if you’re not already a subscriber, you can do so for as little as $6 a month and you get even better deals for signing up for a whole year. With all the problems we’ve had with AI companies scraping our website to train their AI models, and with the decline in Amazon affiliate sales, our Patreon has become a lifeline in terms of keeping The Digital Bits’ mission to advocate for physical media alive going forward. So whether you’re new to The Bits or you’ve been a reader since the beginning way back in 1997, if you love what we do, please consider subscribing (click here). And know that we appreciate your support very much and work hard every day to make your subscription with every affordable penny! [Read on here...]

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We’ve got a big post for you here at The Bits today, and per usual we start with new disc reviews. Today, we offer…

Tim’s look at Charles Lamont’s Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951) in 4K Ultra HD from Kino Lorber Studio Classics and Tinto Brass’ The Key (1983) in 4K Ultra HD from Cult Epics.

Stephen’s thoughts on Vincent Ward’s What Dreams May Come (1998) and Gordon Douglas’ Them! (1954) both in 4K Ultra HD from Shout! Studios.

Todd’s take on Stefan Ruzowitzky’s Icefall (2025) on Blu-ray from Decal, Brewce Longo’s Coven of the Black Cube (2024) on Blu-ray from Blood Sick, and Michel Franco’s Dreams (2025) on Blu-ray from Greenwich and Kino Lorber.

Stuart’s look at Irving Reis’ All My Sons (1948) and John Gilling’s The Man Inside (1958) both on Blu-ray from Indicator.

And finally, Dennis’ take on Leon Prudovsky’s My Neighbor Adolf (2022) on Blu-ray from Cohen Media and Kino Lorber.

More reviews for forthcoming, as always, so be sure to keep checking back.

Now then… let’s have some recent announcement news…

First, Warner Bros. officially announced the 8/11 4K Ultra HD release of Tim Burton’s Mars Attacks! (1996) in honor of the film’s 30th anniversary. The 4K disc will include a pair of new features: Looking Back on Mars Attacks! and Ack! Ack! Aesthetic. As is already well known, because pre-orders have been open for a while now, there will be wide release and Steelbook versions [Read on here...]

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Morning, folks!

I’ve got some good Lionsgate news for you today. But first as always, we have more new disc reviews for you to enjoy, including…

Stephen’s look at Albert Pyun’s The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982) and John Woo’s Hard Boiled (1992) in 4K Ultra HD from Imprint, and Damiano Damiani’s Confessions of a Police Captain (1971) on Blu-ray from Radiance.

Tim’s review of James Melkonian’s The Stoned Age (1994) on Blu-ray from the Vestron Video Collector’s Series via Lionsgate Limited, Cesare Canevari’s A Hyena in the Safe (1968) on Blu-ray from Celluloid Dreams, and Norman Jewison’s In the Heat of the Night (1967) in 4K from Imprint.

Todd’s thoughts on Alex Russell’s Lurker (2025) on Blu-ray from Mubi, Urška Djukić’s Little Trouble Girls (2025) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber, and Zak Hilditch’s We Bury the Dead (2024) on Blu-ray from Vertical Entertainment, Kansas Bowling’s Cuddly Toys (2022) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome, and Vinegar Syndrome Film Archive Presents: Reviver 2 on Blu-ray.

And finally, Stuart’s look at Ralph Thomas’ Some Girls Do (1969) on Blu-ray from Imprint and Louis Soulanes, Léonard Keigel, Robert Enrico, and Serge Moati’s Ténèbres Françaises (1970-77) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome.

More reviews are on the way all this week, so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for them!

Now then… as promised, we have the complete list of 245 titles that are hitting Movies Anywhere tomorrow, on Tuesday (June 9)!

The thing to know is that if you’ve redeemed codes for any of these films previously from Lionsgate 4K or Blu-ray titles, they should start appearing in your MA library shortly.

And the way it’s going to work thereafter, is that every month new titles will follow (including a 100 more titles in July, which we’ll share with you next month). [Read on here...]

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This is just a quick post here at The Bits this morning to share an amazing piece of news…

Our friends at Lionsgate have finally joined the Movies Anywhere “digital movie locker” service, joining Universal, Disney, Sony, and Warner Bros. who are already there!

In the initial phase of Lionsgate joining, some 225 of their biggest titles will apparently be added, and the studio expects to add as many as 100 additional films per month through the rest of the year and into 2027.

What this means, of course, is that forthcoming Lionsgate 4K releases should finally come with Movies Anywhere Digital codes.

And it’s very likely that if you already own Lionsgate movies on other Movies Anywhere-linked services (like Apple TV and Amazon Prime), they could be upgraded in your Movies Anywhere library as well.

This is great news indeed, and you can read more about it here today at Deadline.

Huzzah!

Back later with more! Stay tuned…

- Bill Hunt

(You can follow Bill on social media on Twitter/X, BlueSky, and Facebook, and also here on Patreon)

 

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Good afternoon, disc fans!

After yesterday’s big release news of Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair in 4K from Lionsgate, it’s time to start catching up on news that dropped while we were grappling with our AI bot-scraping issue.

To start with today, we’ve got a number of new disc reviews to share with you, and—on that very note—we also have a nice surprise announcement as well…

Our old friend Todd Doogan is returning to The Digital Bits as a review contributor!

Longtime Bits readers will know that Doogan was a founding member of The Bits team, not only reviewing DVD and Blu-ray discs here for many years, but also writing his own Doogan’s Views and Gripe Soda columns here at the site.

Since we have so many great disc releases that need covering, Doogan has offered to revive Doogan’s Views as a new “quick” review format—these will feature the Doogan’s Views banner at the top of the review. And while the reviews won’t be as detailed as our regular review work, they’ll include enough information to highlight discs worth your attention and help you make buying decisions. These are the kinds of titles that would otherwise fall through the cracks, but that deserve some love from fans—indie and boutique deep cuts, genre oddballs, and more.

Todd’s first new Doogan’s Views reviews this afternoon include Chris Stuckmann’s Shelby Oaks (2025) on Blu-ray from Decal Releasing and Johannes Roberts’ Primate (2025) on Blu-ray from Paramount via Alliance.

We’re all thrilled here to have Todd on The Bits team again, and I’m personally very happy to have my friend calling videodisc balls and strikes once more as only he can.

So welcome back, Todd, and watch for more Doogan’s Views reviews in the days and weeks ahead!

Meanwhile today, we have a bunch of new disc reviews from the rest of The Bits review team too, including... [Read on here...]

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All right, here’s another quick post to let you all know that—just as predicted—Lionsgate is officially releasing Quentin Tarantino’s long-awaited Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on 7/28!

The SRP for the wide release SKU, which is available for pre-order now via this link on Amazon (click here) is $49.99.

The package will include the extended film on 2 UHD discs and 2 Blu-rays. Note that the film was spread over two discs to ensure the highest possible image quality, but it’s presented exactly as the director intended with a built-in intermission. And when you put the second disc in your player, it resumes playback automatically.

The 4K presentation will include Dolby Vision HDR. Audio will be lossless 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio.

Also note: The Lionsgate Limited website will have a special Collector’s Edition 4K + BD version available for pre-order later today (at this link) that includes exclusive packaging and swag.

This packaging will include a special “veil” cover that you lift to open the box. You can see that at left and also below. [Read on here...]

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