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We’ve got more new disc reviews to share with you today here on The Bits, including...

Stephen’s look at Nathan Juran’s The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) in 4K Ultra HD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

Tim’s review of Simon McQuoid’s Mortal Kombat II (2026) in 4K Ultra HD from Warner Bros.

Stuart’s take on the Brit Noir Collection I and II collections on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, as well as the Youth Gone Wild! 1950s Juvenile Delinquency box set on Blu-ray from Imprint Films.

And finally, Todd’s thoughts on Alex Chandon’s Cradle of Fear (2001) on Blu-ray from Unearthed Films, and Todd Norris’ The Paranormal (1998) and Donald Farmer’s Scream Dream (1989) both on Blu-ray from Visual Vengeance and Wild Eye.

Now then... just a couple of quick announcements to mention today...

Imprint Films has recently announced their September slate, which includes Toshiharu Ikeda’s Cursed Village in Yudono Mountains (1984) and Kunio Watanabe’s Chushingura: The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958) on Blu-ray for Imprint Asia, Ridley Scott’s G.I. Jane (1997) in 4K UHD (the wide release), Richard Attenborough’s Oh! What A Lovely War (1969), David Greene’s The Strange Affair (1968), Basil Dearden’s Only When I Larf (1968), Sidney Hayers’ All Coppers Are... (1972), and Peter Collinson’s And Then There Were None (aka Ten Little Indians) (1974) on Blu-ray, and Richard Fleischer’s Red Sonja (1985) and the Deathstalker Collection (films 1-3, 1983-2025) in 4K Ultra HD Steelbook. [Read on here...]

All right, we’ve got great release news for you here at The Bits today.

But first, we’ve got more new disc reviews to share with you. Available now for your reading enjoyment are…

My reviews of Chris Miller and Phil Lord’s Project Hail Mary (2025) in 4K UHD from Amazon MGM Studios, Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2004) in 4K UHD from Lionsgate Limited, Wolfgang Peterson’s Outreak (1995) in 4K UHD from Shout! Studios, and Akira Kurosawa’s Madadayo (1993) on Blu-ray from Imprint Asia (that last one a joint review with Todd).

Tim’s look at Looney Tunes Cartoons: The Complete Series (2020-24) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection and Ken Hughes’ Night School (1981) in 4K UHD from Vinegar Syndrome.

Stephen’s take on Béla Ternovszky’s Cat City Collection (1986-2007) on Blu-ray from Deaf Crocodile Films and Abel Ferrera’s Body Snatchers (1993) in 4K UHD from Vinegar Syndrome.

Dennis’ look at Robert Zemeckis’ Flight (2012) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.

And Todd’s thoughts on Mercedes the Muse’s Rise of the Super Tromettes (2025) on Blu-ray from Troma and MVD Entertainment, Alex Phillips’ Anything That Moves (2025) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome, and Vinegar Syndrome Film Archive Presents: Reviver 3 on Blu-ray.

Watch for more new disc reviews all next week from the whole team!

Now then… the big news today is that our friends at the Criterion Collection have just unveiled an extraordinary batch of new Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD titles for November, and it’s one of their best slates in a long while. [Read on here...]

We’ve got more new disc reviews for you today here at The Bits, and then I’m going to share my thoughts on Chrisopher Nolan’s The Odyssey!

But first, reviews. Today we have…

Tim’s look at Enrique López Eguiluz’s Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror (1968) on Blu-ray 3D from Kino Cult (with the help of the 3-D Film Archive), Lam Nai-Choi’s Men from the Gutter (1983) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome, and George Stevens, Jr.’s George Stevens: A Filmmaker’s Journey (1984) in 4K Ultra HD from the Warner Archive Collection.

Todd’s take on Howard Winters’ (aka Cecil Howard) Dead Boyz Can’t Fly (1992) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome, Stephen Fung’s Tai Chi Zero (2012) on Blu-ray from Imprint Films, and Tom Bema’s Colony Mutation (1995) on Blu-ray from Visual Vengeance.

Stephen’s thoughts on Otakar Vávra’s Krakatit (1948) on 4K Ultra HD from Deaf Crocodile and Paul Lynch’s Prom Night (1980) on 4K Ultra HD from Synapse Films.

Dennis’ look at Ronald Neame and Cliff Owen’s A Man Could Get Killed (1966) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.

And Stuart’s take on Gerry and Silvia Anderson’s classic “Supermarionation” series Supercar: The Complete Series (1961-62) on Blu-ray from Imprint Television.

More reviews are forthcoming, so be sure to keep checking back!

Before we continue today… a quick update: Disney and Lucasfilm’s 4K Ultra HD of Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026) is now available for pre-order on Amazon here, here, and here (in various configurations and SKUs). Street date is 8/25. [Read on here...]

Afternoon, everyone! We hope you all had a great weekend, and that those of you here in the States enjoyed a great 4th of July weekend as America celebrated its 250th anniversary.

We’ve got a couple of things to share with you today, but first as always we have a few new disc reviews for you…

Stephen has turned in his thoughts on Val Guest’s Toomorrow (1970) on Blu-ray from Deaf Crocodile Films, Oliver Stone’s Talk Radio (1988) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, and Frank Henenlotter’s Frankenhooker (1990) on Blu-ray from Refuse Films.

Tim’s look at The Eurocrypt of Christopher Lee: Collection 2 Blu-ray box set from Severin Films, Rod Serling’s Night Gallery: The Complete Collection on Blu-ray from Imprint Films, Ringo Lam’s The Adventurers (1995) on Blu-ray from Eureka Entertainment, and Tobe Hooper’s The Mangler (1995) in 4K Ultra HD from Vinegar Syndrome.

Stuart’s take on Michael Winner’s You Must Be Joking! (1965) on Blu-ray from Indicator Films.

And finally, Dennis’ reviews of Howard Zieff’s Private Benjamin (1980) and Victor Fleming’s Captains Courageous (1937) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection, as well as Robert Alan Aurthur’s The Lost Man (1969) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.

As always, lots more reviews are forthcoming, so be sure to check back for them!

Now then, the big release news today is that Kevin Costner’s Dances with Wolves: Extended Edition (1990) is premiering at the Locarno Film Festival in August (in Locarno Switzerland) in a new 4K restoration completed by the Zurich-based Cinegrell! [Read on here...]

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...]

We’ve got a bunch of new disc reviews for you to check out today, including…

Tim’s take on Charlie Chaplin’s A Woman of Paris (1923) on Blu-ray from the Criterion Collection, Taylor Wong’s Buddha’s Palm (1982) on Blu-ray from Arrow’s Shawscope: Volume Three box, and J. Lee Thompson’s 10 to Midnight (1983) in 4K Ultra HD from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.

Stephen’s thoughts on Robert Wise’s The Haunting (1963) in 4K Ultra HD from Scream Factory, John “Bud” Cardos’ Mutant (1984) in 4K Ultra HD from Vinegar Syndrome, and Clive Barker’s Nightbreed (1990) in 4K from Arrow Video.

Todd’s review of Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest (2025) on Blu-ray from A24, Timur Bekmambetov’s Mercy (2026) on Blu-ray from Amazon MGM, and Tony Scott’s The Fan (1996) and David Greene’s Hard Country (1981) on Blu-ray from Imprint Films.

Stuart’s look at Hobart Henley’s Night World (1932), Anthony Mann’s Bend of the River (1952), Allen Smithee’s Death of a Gunfighter (1969 – actually directed by Robert Totten and Don Siegel), and Christian-Jaque’s The Second Twin (1966) all on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.

And Dennis’ thoughts on William Keighley’s The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.

Also today, be sure to check out my recent special feature articles on Apple TV’s For All Mankind and Star City series, as well as Warner’s remastering the Wachowskis’ Speed Racer (2008) in 4K Ultra HD! [Read on here...]

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...]

We’ve got a few more reviews for you today, and a few more great bits of announcement news to round out the week here…

First, Stuart has turned in his thoughts on Howard Zieff’s House Calls (1978) and Gilles Grangier’s Maigret Sees Red (1963) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.

And Dennis has offered his take on John Binder’s UFOria (1985), also on Blu-ray from KLSC.

Now then, here’s something fun: Our friends at Vinegar Syndrome have revealed they’ve licensed Joe Dante’s Explorers (1985) from Paramount and they’ve about to release a new 4K Ultra HD edition! Limited to 8,000 units, it will ship following their next Halfway to Black Friday sale that runs from May 22nd to 25th! And in addition to legacy extras, you’ll get a 40-page book and a new 77-minute documentary on the making of the film by Elijah Drenner! [Read on here...]

We’ve got more new disc reviews for you all to enjoy today, including…

Stephen’s take on Ema Tammi’s Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (2025) in 4K Ultra HD from Universal and also Bill Plympton’s Hair High (2004) on Blu-ray from our friends at Deaf Crocodile Films.

Tim’s review of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) in 4K from Criterion.

Dennis’ look at Terry Jones’ Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979) on Blu-ray from Criterion, as well as Martin Ritt’s Cross Creek (1983) on Blu-ray from Imprint Films.

And finally, Stuart’s thoughts on Raoul Walsh’s Silver River (1948) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.

More reviews are forthcoming all this week, so be sure to keep checking back for them!

Now then… in announcement news today, Kino Lorber Studio Classics has revealed that Howard Hawks’ El Dorado (1966) is “coming soon” to 4K Ultra HD. That’s a Paramount Western featuring John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, and James Caan, featuring a screenplay co-written by Leigh Brackett (The Empire Strikes Back) and music by Nelson Riddle (the 1966 Batman). [Read on here...]

Greetings, Bits readers—I hope this finds you all well!

You may have noticed that there have been very few updates here on the site this week, and also that we’ve had a lot of downtime in which the site wasn’t working or was slow to load.

There’s a reason for that, which is that we’ve been the target of relentless scaping by AI companies trying to train their LLMs. We’ve taken steps to prevent it in the past, but they don’t seem to care that when they scrape us, it causes significant disruptions for both us and you as readers. So it looks like we’re going to have to take further steps to prevent this going forward.

In the meantime, we’ve got a lot of ground to cover today, as I haven’t been able to post a news update since Monday due to these disruptions.

We’ll start with disc reviews! We’ve had a bunch for you this week, including…

My looks at Jeannot Szwarc’s Somewhere in Time (1980) in 4K from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, David Lynch’s The Straight Story (1999) in 4K from StudioCanal (a joint review with former Bits staffer Dan Kelly), Michael Crichton’s Westworld (1973) in 4K from Arrow Video, and Ted Lasso: The Richmond Way (2020-23) in 4K from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.

Tim’s review of Lam Nai-Choi’s The Cat (1991) on Blu-ray from 88 Films.

Dennis’ take on Claude Leloch’s A Man and a Woman (1966) on Blu-ray from the Criterion Collection.

Stuart’s thoughts on Jerzy Skolimowski’s The Lightship (1985) on Blu-ray from Imprint Films and Jeffrey Dell and Roy Boulting’s Man in a Cocked Hat (1959) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.

And finally, Stephen’s look at Dario Argento’s The Phantom of the Opera (1998) and Emmett Alston’s Demonwarp (1988) in 4K from Vinegar Syndrome, and Ti West’s The Innkeepers (2011) on Blu-ray from Umbrella and in 4K Ultra HD from Second Sight. Whew!

Now, let’s get to the news that’s broken since our announcement of James Cameron’s Avatar: Fire and Ash on Blu-ray and 4K on Monday… [Read on here...]