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Star Trek: Picard sticks the landing on its finale, plus Disney Movie Club’s exclusive Peter Pan Blu-ray & Netflix ends disc rentals after 25 years
We’ve got a few interesting pieces of announcement news for you today...
First, Paramount has revealed new 4K Ultra HD Steelbook editions of the Mission: Impossible films today. Look for Mission: Impossible and Mission: Impossible 2 on 6/27, followed by Mission: Impossible 3 and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol on 7/4, and finally Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and Mission: Impossible – Fallout on 7/11. You can see the Steelbook artwork for each below the break.
Paramount is also releasing an Amaray/wide-release version of Young Sherlock Holmes on Blu-ray on 6/27 (for those of you who passed on the Blu-ray Steelbook release).
Some of you will recall that we recently mentioned that Mill Creek is releasing The Event: The Complete Series on Blu-ray on 6/6. Well, Universal is also releasing La Brea: The Complete Second Season on Blu-ray that same day.
Allied Vaughn has set Ben Steinbauer and Berndt Mader’s comedy documentary Chop & Steele for Blu-ray and DVD on 7/18.
The BBC is releasing Doctor Who: Jon Pertwee – Complete Season Three on Blu-ray on 7/11. [Read on here...]
- The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 4K
- Border Incident BD
- Netflix ends DVD rentals
- Terry Matalas
- Picard: Season Three soundtrack
- Frederik Wiedmann
- Stephen Barton
- The Kurlan Naiskos: A Picard Season Three After Show on YouTube
- Robert Meyer Burnett
- The Sword and the Stone (1963) BD
- Peter Pan (1953) BD
- Disney Movie Club
- Doctor Who: Jon Pertwee Complete Season Three BD
- BBC
- Chop & Steele BD
- Paramount+
- CBS Studios
- Young Sherlock Holmes BD
- Mission: Impossible 4K Steelbooks
- Picard finale
- Star Trek: Picard Season Two BD
- The Event: The Complete Series BD
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- John Frankenheimer
- Ronin 4K
- Star Trek: The Next Generation 4 Movie Collection 4K review
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Paramount
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
Creed III, Arrow’s Mallrats & Waterworld in 4K, Shout/Scream’s Creepshow & Motel Hell in 4K, plus Dungeons & Dragons and much more
Welcome to the first week of April, everyone!
As you might expect, over the weekend we’ve posted several more new disc reviews for you all to enjoy, including...
My reviews of Jonathan Frakes’ Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) and Stuart Baird’s Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) in 4K Ultra HD from Paramount. That completes my look at all four of the newly-remastered Star Trek: The Next Generation feature films in 4K.
Stuart’s thoughts on Clarence Brown’s Wife vs. Secretary (1936) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection and Milton Moses Ginsberg’s The Werewolf of Washington (1973) on Blu-ray from Kino Classics.
And last but certainly not least, Stephen’s in-depth review of Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, and Clyde Geronimi’s original classic animated Cinderella (1950) in 4K Ultra HD from Disney, currently available from the Disney Movie Club, but coming widely later this year.
Key note about Cinderella—it looks like Disney’s actually done this one right, with a stunning 4K remaster that respects the film’s original photochemical production by leaving its line-work, fine detail, and grain structure fully intact! This really bodes well for future 4K animated titles from the studio, and one certainly hopes that all of these original animated classics will be revisited on the format going forward. [Read on here...]
- Arrow Video June 2023 slate
- The Warner Archive Collection
- Disney Movie Club
- Walt Disney Studios
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Scream Factory
- Star Trek: Insurrection 4K review
- Stephen Bjork
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Star Trek: Nemesis 4K review
- Cinderella (1950) 4K review
- Wife vs Secretary BD review
- The Werewolf of Washington BD review
- Creed III 4K
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- MGM
- Dead & Buried 4K
- Daughters of Darkness 4K
- Blue Underground
- Shout! Factory
- The Strangler
- Private Parts
- Shaw Brothers Classics: Volume One
- ReBoot: The Definitive Mainframe Edition
- Creepshow III
- Motel Hell 4K
- Creepshow 4K
- George A Romero
- Arrow Video
- June slate
- Warriors Two
- The Lighthouse 4K
- Game Trilogy
- Mallrats 4K
- Kevin Smith
- Waterworld 4K
- Enter the Video Store: Empire of Screams box set
- Dolls
- Cellar Dweller
- Arena
- Robot Jox
- The Dungeonmaster
- Jane Campion
- In the Cut: 20th Anniversary Uncut Director's Edition
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
- Once Upon a Time in the West 4K
- Sergio Leone
BREAKING: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) is coming to 4K this year from Disney, plus new Looney Tunes shorts on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive & more!
We begin as always today with several more new disc reviews for you to enjoy here at The Bits...
First of all, I’ve begun to review Paramount’s new Star Trek: The Next Generation feature films in 4K Ultra HD, and so far I’ve completed David Carson’s Star Trek: Generations (1994) and Jonathan Frakes’ Star Trek: First Contact (1996). I should also have Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) finished by the end of the day as well.
Meanwhile, Tim has posted his thoughts on the regular Amaray 4K and Steelbook 4K Ultra HD versions of Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) from Dark Sky Films. He’s also shared his take on John D. Lamond’s Nightmares (1980) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome. And he’s just posted his look at Don Coscarelli’s Bubba Ho-Tep (2003) in 4K Ultra HD from Scream Factory.
Stuart has delivered a review of Jerry Hopper’s Secret of the Incas (1954) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And Stephen has offered his review of Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive (2011) in 4K Ultra HD, a UK-import title from Second Sight.
More reviews are on the way, including the rest of the Star Trek: TNG films in 4K, as well as All Quiet on the Western Front, Disney’s new Cinderella (1950) 4K, and much more, so be sure to keep checking back. [Read on here...]
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Stephen Bjork
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Star Trek: Generations 4K review
- Star Trek: First Contact 4K review
- Star Trek: Insurrection 4K review
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 4K review
- Dark Sky Films
- Tim Salmons
- Nightmares BD review
- Bubba Hotep 4K review
- Scream Factory
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Secret of the Incas Bd review
- Drive 4K review
- Second Sight
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 4K
- Walt Disney Studios
- Disney Movie Club
- Tim Millard's The Extras podcast
- The Warner Archive Collection
- George Feltenstein
- Looney Tunes Collector’s Choice: Volume One BD
- Beanstalk Bunny (1955)
- Catch as Cats Can (1947)
- Border Incident (1949)
- Clash by Night (1952)
- Fritz Lang
- The Venture Bros: The Complete Series DVD
- Taylor Sheridan
- Tulsa King: Season One BD
- Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre 4K
- Lionsgate
- Guy Ritchie
- Crank 4K
- MVD Rewind Collection
- Killzone
- Witchtrap
- Movern Caller
- Arrow Video June 2023 slate
- Wes Anderson
- Asteroid City
Cinderella (1950) is coming to 4K Ultra HD from Disney this year, plus the Oscar nominations are in & more!
All right, it’s been a busy couple of days here at The Bits, and we’re starting as always with more new disc reviews for you to enjoy...
First up, Stephen has taken a look a pair of titles, including Matthew Bright’s Freeway (1996) in 4K Ultra HD from Vinegar Syndrome, along with Dan Wolman’s Maid in Sweden (1971) on Blu-ray from Code Red.
Also, Dennis has reviewed Richard Pearce’s No Mercy (1986) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And Tim has offered his thoughts on Douglas Grossman’s Hell High (1989) on Blu-ray from Arrow Video, along with the first film from Arrow’s fantastic Shawscope: Volume One Blu-ray box set. He’s working his way through the set title by title, and today he covers Jeong Chang-Hwa’s King Boxer (1972, aka Five Fingers of Death).
As always, more reviews are on the way all week, so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for them. [Read on here...]
- B’Twixt Now and Sunrise
- Oscar nominations
- The 95th Academy Awards nominations
- Cauldron Films
- Convoy Busters BD
- MVD Rewind Collection
- LA Wars BD
- Warner Archive Collection
- I'll Cry Tomorrow BD
- Camille BD
- Lee Pfeiffer
- The Boys from Brazil BD
- Reese’s Pieces Flying Bicycles and a Boy’s Life: Remembering ET on Its 40th Anniversary
- Steven Spielberg
- ET the Extra Terrestrial 40th anniversary
- King Boxer BD review
- Five Fingers or Death BD review
- Shawscope: Volume One BD review
- No Mercy BD review
- Arrow Video
- Hell High BD review
- Code Red
- Maid in Sweden BD review
- Freeway 4K review
- Disney Movie Club
- Cinderella (1950) 4K
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- Tim Salmons
- Stephen Bjork
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Paramount
- Dennis Seuling
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Michael Coate
- History Legacy & Showmanship
KLSC reveals more Man with No Name 4Ks, plus Hitchcock Vol. 2, Shinkai from GKids, Police Around the World & more!
We’re working on new disc reviews here at The Bits at the moment, and we have a few recently-posted ones to catch you all up on today...
I’ve posted my thoughts on Lana Wachowski’s The Matrix Resurrections in 4K Ultra HD from Warner Bros.
Stephen has turned in his review of a Region B Blu-ray double-feature title from All the Anime: Makoto Shinkai’s The Place Promised in Our Early Days and Voices of a Distant Star. Hold that thought for a moment.
Tim has checked in with a look at Christophe Gans’ Silent Hill and Brian Trenchard-Smith’s The Man from Hong Kong on region-free Blu-ray from our friends at Umbrella Entertainment.
And Dennis has offered his take on David Butler’s Lullaby of Broadway (1951) on Blu-ray from The Warner Archive Collection.
I’m also working on a review of Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story on 4K Ultra HD from 20th Century Studios, and I’ve just gotten my hands on Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather Trilogy in 4K from Paramount. So be sure to watch for those reviews to get posted over the weekend and early next week. Rest assured, the rest of the team has more new reviews on tap for the coming week as well. [Read on here...]
- Tim Salmons
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Stephen Bjork
- Dennis Seuling
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Star Wars: Obi Wan Kenobi
- The Man with No Name 4K
- The Matrix Resurrections 4K review
- Voices of a Distant Star BD review
- The Place Promised in Our Early Days BD review
- Silent Hill BD
- The Man from Hong Kong BD
- Lullaby of Broadway BD
- The Warner Archive Collection
- All the Anime
- GKids
- Shout! Factory
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Lullaby of Broadway BD review
- West Side Story 4K
- The Godfather Trilogy 4K
- A Fistful of Dollars 4K
- For a Few Dollars More 4K
- Once Upon a Time in the West 4K
- Sergio Leone
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment
- The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection: Volume 2 4K
- Saboteur 4K
- Shadow of a Doubt 4K
- Marnie 4K
- The Trouble with Harry 4K
- Family Plot 4K
- Makoto Shinkai
- 5 Centimeters Per Second BD
- Children Who Chase Lost Voices BD
- Disney Movie Club
- Darby O'Gill and the Little People BD
- The Gnome Mobile BD
- The Police Around the World BD
Criterion’s December slate, Mad Max sequels & more 4K news, Disney Movie Club animated Blu-rays & LOTS more!
We’re starting today with more new disc reviews...
First up is our review of John Carpenter’s The Thing in 4K Ultra HD from Universal. I did the 4K video, audio, and extras portions and the film review itself is by our old friend and ex-Bits staffer Dr. Adam Jahnke. The film has really never looked or sounded better. It’s a great remaster.
Next, we’ve reviewed Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange on 4K Ultra HD from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Again, I did the 4K video, audio, and extras portions and the actual film review is by our friend Todd Doogan, also a former and longtime Bits staffer. (This review is even written in Nadsat, which fans of the film may appreciate.)
Also, Tim has turned in his thoughts on Eloy de la Iglesia’s Cannibal Man (1972) on Blu-ray from Severin Films. If you’re wondering why the cover artwork is just the title only, it’s because Google Adsense sometimes flags our site when we post images of Blu-ray and 4K titles that feature graphically violent or suggestive imagery. When they do that, we lose advertising revenue. So once in a while, this becomes necessary. But all you have to do is click on the cover in the review to see the actual cover art on Amazon.
And finally today, Stephen has posted a review of Ralph Nelson’s Lilies of the Field (1963), a Sidney Poitier film newly-released on Blu-ray by Kino Lorber Studio Classics. [Read on here...]
- Don't Breathe 2 4K
- Disney Movie Club
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Tim Salmons
- Stephen Bjork
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- The Thing 4K review
- A Clockwork Orange 4K review
- Cannibal Man BD review
- Lilies of the Field BD review
- Criterion December 2021 slate
- One Night in Miami BD
- The Red Shoes 4K
- The Learning Tree BD
- Old 4K
- Hackshaw Ridge 4K
- The Protege 4K
- Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within 4K
- Batman: Year One 4K
- Mad Max Anthology 4K
- Mad Max: The Road Warrior 4K
- Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome 4K
- Make Mine Music BD
- Melody Time BD
- Norm Macdonald RIP
- The Ultimate Richard Pryor Collection: Uncensored DVD
- SpaceX
- Inspiration4
- Netflix
- Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space
Wolf of Wall Street 4K, new Disney Movie Club titles, Sony 4K delays, Bill guests on Let’s Get Physical Media & MUCH more!
Welcome to a new week, folks! Let’s start things off today with some new disc reviews...
First up, Tim has posted his thoughts on Sidney Salkow’s The Last Man on Earth (1964) starring Vincent Price, which is newly-released on Blu-ray by our friends at Kino Lorber Studio Classics. Tim has also taken a look at Arrow Video’s excellent new Cold War Creatures: Four Films from Sam Katzman Blu-ray box set, which streets tomorrow and includes Creature with the Atom Brain, The Werewolf, Zombies of Mora Tau, and The Giant Claw.
Meanwhile, Stephen has offered up his thoughts on Sidney Lumet’s Prince of the City (1981), new on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection, as well as Wolfgang Peterson’s The NeverEnding Story on German-import 4K Ultra HE from Constantin Film. Note that both the 4K and Blu-ray discs in that package are region free.
And finally, Dennis has turned in his thoughts on Douglas Hickcox’s Theater of Blood (1973), also starring Vincent Price, also newly-available on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
All of those titles are worth a look and we’ve got more Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD reviews coming in the days ahead (including my thoughts on The Thing and Black Widow in 4K). So be sure to watch for those. [Read on here...]
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Stephen Bjork
- Tim Salmons
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment
- Dennis Seuling
- The Last Man on Earth BD review
- Cold War Creatures: Four Films from Sam Katzman BD review
- Prince of the City BD review
- The NeverEnding Story 4K review
- Theater of Blood BD review
- The Wolf of Wall Street 4K
- Disney Movie Club
- The Watcher in the Woods BD
- Flight of the Navigator BD
- Something Wicked This Way Comes BD
- Happy Together 4K
- Koch Films
- In the Moon for Live BD
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 4K delays
- Let's Get Physical Media
- Robert Meyer Burnett
- Dieter Bastian
- George Feltenstein
- SpaceX launch tonight over Los Angeles and SoCal
- Don't Breathe 2 4K
Basic Instinct 4K is coming on 6/14 in the UK, plus Universal’s Land announced, and new Disney Movie Club animated Blu-rays
We’re starting things off with another new Blu-ray review here at The Bits today: Tim has offered his thoughts on Jack Hill’s Switchblade Sisters (1975), as soon-to-be-released on the format by our friends at Arrow Video. You’ll find that here.
In announcement news today, the big update is that StudoCanal has finally revealed that their Basic Instinct 4K Ultra HD release will happen in the UK on 6/14. There’s a deluxe edition coming to Amazon UK (click here for that) and an exclusive Steelbook edition coming to Zavvi (click here for the US pre-order link and here for the UK link).
Extras on the 4K disc itself will include audio commentary with Camille Paglia, a second commentary with Paul Verhoeven and Jan de Bont, 4 featurettes (Basic Instinct: Sex, Death and Stone, An Unending Story: Scoring Basic Instinct, Blonde Poison: The Making of Basic Instinct, and Cast & Crew Interviews), 3 Storyboard Comparisons (for the Love Scene, Car Chase, and Elevator Murder), and Screen Tests (4 for Sharon Stone and 1 for Jeanne Tripplehorn). The 4K package will also include a 2-disc Blu-ray edition with the same extras. [Read on here...]
- The Courier BD
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Tim Salmons
- 4K Ultra HD
- Basic Instinct 4K
- StudioCanal UK
- Land
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Disney Movie Club
- Switchblade Sisters BD review
- Zavvi US and UK
- Amazon UK
- The Black Cauldron BD
- Valiant BD
- Tom and Jerry: The Movie BD
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- The Warner Archive Collection
- Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House BD
- Escape from Fort Bravo BD
- The Private Lives of Elizabeth & Essex BD
Bob Chapek is the new Disney CEO, plus Criterion 50% off Flash Sale, Gamera from Arrow & more
All right, today’s post is going to be a quickie and we’re delaying Michael Coate’s next History, Legacy & Showmanship column to tomorrow. However, it’s another good James Bond retrospective interview, so be sure to watch for that in the morning.
In the meantime, we also have a new Blu-ray review for you: Tim has given Arrow Video’s new Ringu Collection an in-depth look. The set includes Ring, Spiral, Ring 2, and Ring 0: Birthday, plus extras. Horror fans will definitely want to check it out.
Now them, we have a couple of bits of business to report on today... [Read on here...]
Big Trouble in Little China extras, Disney Movie Club’s fixed Black Hole BD, Memory doc, Cotton Club Encore & more
We’ve got a few interesting news items to report today, but first some more reviews...
Tim has posted his thoughts on Scream Factory’s new The Omen Collection Blu-ray box set and it sounds like it’s pretty fantastic. The title is well worth a look and you’ll find the review here.
Also, Dennis has turned in his thoughts on The Art of Self-Defense on Blu-ray from Universal and the remake of The Lion King (2019) from Disney also on Blu-ray.
And I’m working on a review of Warner’s The Wizard of Oz in 4K Ultra HD, which looks absolutely fantastic. The title streets on Tuesday and I hope to have my review posted on Monday. So stay tuned for that. [Read on here...]
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Tim Salmons
- The Wizard of Oz 4K
- Scream Factory
- The Omen Collection
- Big Trouble in Little China
- The Art of Self Defense BD review
- The Lion King (2019) BD review
- History Legacy & Showmanship
- The Twilight Zone 60th anniversary
- Michael Coate
- Herbie J Pilato
- Marc Scott Zicree
- Steven Jay Rubin
- Nicholas Parisi
- Dr Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
- The Black Hole
- Disney Movie Club
- Cotton Club Encore
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Lionsgate
- Memory: The Origins of Alien
- The Good Boys
- Superman: Red Son
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