Arrow’s April has Long Kiss Goodnight 4K & a V-Cinema Blu-ray box, plus Sony’s new Stripes 4K Steelbook, Career Opportunities & Sneakers in 4K, A Knight’s War & more!

Friday, 31 January 2025 18:33

Arrow’s April has Long Kiss Goodnight 4K & a V-Cinema Blu-ray box, plus Sony’s new Stripes 4K Steelbook, Career Opportunities & Sneakers in 4K, A Knight’s War & more!

by Bill Hunt

The Long Kiss Goodnight (Arrow UK 4K Ultra HD)

We have just a couple of quick things to report here at The Bits today, news-wise...

First, Kino Lorber Studio Classics has just revealed that John Hughes’ Career Opportunities (1991) and Phil Alden Robinson’s Sneakers (1992) are both coming to 4K Ultra HD on 4/22, each with Dolby Vision HDR.

Second, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has added a single-film 4K Ultra HD Steelbook edition of Ivan Reitman’s Stripes (1981) for release on 4/29. Note that this version of Stripes will include Dolby Vision HDR, unlike the version included previously with the Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection: Volume 2 box set back in 2021.

Likewise, Sony’s newly-announced Gandhi 4K Steelbook (which we talked about yesterday, also for release on 4/29) will include Dolby Vision as well, unlike the edition included with the Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection: Volume 2 box set in 2020.

Meanwhile, Severin has set Aldo Lado’s Night Train Murders (1974) for 4K Ultra HD release on 4/29.

And Arrow Video has finally announced their complete April release slate (in addition to the previously announced Leone titles—see our column yesterday). You’ll find the details and cover artwork below the break. [Read on here...]

The line-up is set to include Mary Dauterman’s Booger (2023) on Blu-ray in UK only on 4/7, Renny Harlin’s The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) in 4K Ultra HD in UK, US, Canada on 4/7-8, an FX & FX2: The Grande Illusion Blu-ray box set in the UK only on 4/14—which includes Robert Mandel’s FX (1986) and Richard Franklin’s FX2 (1991)—and the V-Cinema Essentials; Bullets & Betrayal Blu-ray box set in the UK, US, and Canada on 4/29—which includes Toshimichi Ohkawa’s Crime Hunter: Bullets of Rage (1989), Banmei Takahashi’s Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet (1990), Shunichi Nagasaki’s Stranger (1991), Olivier Assayas’ Carlos (1991), Yoichi Sai’s Burning Dog (1991), Toshiharu Ikeda’s Female Prisoner Scorpion: Death Threat (1991), Teruo Ishii’s The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses (1991), Yasuharu Hasebe’s Danger Point: The Road to Hell (1991), and Masaru Konuma’s XX: Beautiful Hunter (1994).

Note that The Long Kiss Goodnight 4K SKU will include both Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos audio.

Here’s what the cover art for all of those titles looks like...

Arrow Video April 2025 slate

Also, it appears as if Drew Hancock’s Companion (2025) and Mel Gibson’s Flight Risk (2025) are both coming to 4K Ultra HD in the coming weeks, from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment and Lionsgate Home Entertainment respectively. The street dates for each are still TBA.

And Epic Pictures is releasing Natthew Ninaber’s A Knight’s War (2025) on Blu-ray only on 4/15 via their Dread horror label.

That’s all for now. See you back here on Monday with all the latest.

Stay tuned and have a great weekend!

- Bill Hunt

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