Imprint’s October slate, plus Cowboys & Aliens leads more new KLSC 4K titles, an animated Batman Ultra HD box & Arcane: League of Legends pre-orders!

Friday, 19 July 2024 16:14

Imprint’s October slate, plus Cowboys & Aliens leads more new KLSC 4K titles, an animated Batman Ultra HD box & Arcane: League of Legends pre-orders!

by Bill Hunt

Arcane: League of Legends (4K Ultra HD Steelbook)

We have several more new disc reviews for all of you to enjoy today, including...

Stuart’s look at Ting Shan-hsi’s A Queen’s Ransom (1976) on Blu-ray from Eureka Entertainment, Alain Cavalier’s Fill ‘er Up with Super (1976) on Blu-ray from Radiance Films, Peter Bogdanovich’s Daily Miller (1974) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, and William Wyler’s Friendly Persuasion (1956) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.

Dennis’ take on Raoul Walsh’s Pursued (1947) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics and Fred Zinnemann’s Act of Violence (1949) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.

And Stephen’s thoughts on Paul Schrader’s Touch (1997) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome’s Cinématographe line.

We have a bunch more new Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD reviews cooking as well—the whole team is working on reviews over the weekend—so be sure to watch for more here at The Bits next week.

In announcement news today, our friends at Imprint Films have just unveiled their October Blu-ray and 4K slate, which will include Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria (2018) in 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray, The Blair Witch Project Collection on Blu-ray—which includes The Blair Witch Project (1999) and Book of Shadows: Blair Witch (2000)—Alberto De Martino’s The Antichrist (1974) on Blu-ray, James W. Roberson’s Superstition (1982) on Blu-ray, Dick Richards’s Death Valley (1982) on Blu-ray, and the Directed By… Roman Polanski Blu-ray box set—which includes Bitter Moon (1992), Death and the Maiden (1994), and The Ninth Gate (1999). The street date for all is 10/30, and each is limited to 1500 copies. You can see what the titles look like below the break. [Read on here...]

Click here or on the image to pre-order them the Via Vision website.

Also today, Kino Lorber Studio Classics has revealed some more good new 4K catalog titles, including Alberto De Martino’s The Antichrist (1974), Albert Band’s Zoltan… Hound of Dracula (1977), and Richard Franklin’s Link (1986) for release on 9/10, followed by Jon Favreau’s Cowboys & Aliens (2011) on 9/17. Note that Cowboys & Aliens will feature an SDR grade only due to technical issues with the original DI master that could not be resolved. But we think it’s still better to have the film in 4K for those who want it regardless.

Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment has announced a new animated Batman 10-Film Collection 4K box set in honor of the character’s 85th anniversary. Look for that to street on 9/10 and to include Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993), Batman Year One (2011), Batman: Assault on Arkham (2014), Batman: The Killing Joke (2016), Batman and Harley Quinn (2017), Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (2018), Batman: Hush (2019), Batman: Soul of the Dragon (2021), Batman: The Long Halloween (2021), and Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham (2023).

Here’s something exciting: Amazon is now taking pre-orders for the Blu-ray, Blu-ray Steelbook, and 4K Ultra HD Steelbook release of GKids’ Arcane: League of Legends – Season One, which are due to street on 10/8. This is the popular and visually-striking Netflix animated series, the second season of which arrives on the streamer in November. You can see the cover artwork below.

And before we go, I just want to quickly acknowledge yesterday’s passing of the great comic legend Bob Newhart, who will be familiar to many of you for his TV series The Bob Newhart Show (1972-78) and Newhart (1982-1990), as well as for his guest starring role in Jon Favreau’s Christmas classic Elf (2003), and for his cameos on The Big Bang Theory in recent years. I’ll have more to say about Bob’s life and work on Monday.

We’ll leave you today with a look at the cover artwork for some of the titles mentioned above and more, all with Amazon.com pre-order links...

Have a great weekend! Stay tuned...

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