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New disc reviews, plus Changing Lanes, Leviathan & Last Castle in 4K, Arrow & Umbrella’s March slates, Collider’s For All Mankind season finale screening & more!
Good afternoon, everyone! We’re well into the week before Christmas now and—as seems to be true every year—the period right around the holiday tend to be packed with review work, as all of the big fourth quarter titles keep rolling in. Last week was certainly that way, and this week is proving to be no different. So with that in mind, here’s a look at...
Stephen’s review of Gareth Edwards’ terrific sci-fi tale The Creator (2023) in 4K Ultra HD from 20th Century Studios via Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
Tim’s look at Fred Dekker’s The Monster Squad (1987) in 4K Ultra HD form Kino Lorber Studio Classics, Andrzej Zulawski’s Possession: Collector’s Edition (1981) in 4K Ultra HD from Umbrella Entertainment, and ALF: The Complete Series on DVD from Shout! Factory.
Dennis’ take on Marcel Sarmiento and Gadi Harel’s Deadgirl: 15th Anniversary Edition (2008) on Blu-ray from Dark Sky Films via Unearthed Films.
And Stuart’s thoughts on Georg Fenady’s Arnold (1973) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome.
Of course, that’s not all. We’re still working on several more new disc reviews that we hope to share before the Christmas holiday. For my own part, I’m currently checking out Umbrella Entertainment’s new Frank Herbert’s Dune & Children of Dune: Collector’s Edition Blu-ray box set, and I expect any time now have the new Avatar and Avatar: The Way of Water – Collector’s Edition 4K Ultra HDs in hand for review. So watch for those and more in the days ahead. [Read on here...]
- Steve Weintraub
- For All Mankind Season 4 finale screening
- Frosty
- Collider
- Journey to Bethlehem
- The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
- Bushman
- Your Lucky Day
- The Marsh King's Daughter BD
- 88 Films
- The Project A Collection 4K
- BloodRayne 4K
- Uwe Boll
- Frank Capra
- Meet John Doe 4K
- John Wayne
- Larry Clark
- Dead End Drive In 4K
- Them BD
- Bully BD
- Chaser BD
- Umbrella Entertainment
- City of the Living Dead 4K
- Dark Water 4K
- Arrow Video
- The Shootist BD
- Frances BD
- The Last Castle 4K
- Leviathan 4K
- Alaska Seas BD
- Changing Lanes 4K
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Arnold BD review
- Deadgirl BD review
- Dennis Seuling
- ALF: The Complete Series DVD review
- Possession 4K review
- The Monster Squad 4K review
- Tim Salmons
- Stephen Bjork
- The Creator 4K review
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Saint Omer
- James Cameron
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Paramount Home Entertainment
Indicator’s July slate includes Jet Pilot (1957), plus new Kino Lorber Studio Classics catalog Blu-rays, Gareth Edwards’ The Creator trailer & more
We have a few more new disc reviews for you all to enjoy here at The Bits today...
Stephen has reviewed the animated All-Star Superman in 4K Ultra HD from Warner and DC, as well as Elizabeth Banks’ Cocaine Bear on Blu-ray from Universal. The less said about that last one the better, but tip of the hat to Stephen for taking one for the team on this title.
Also, Stuart has turned in his thoughts on George Sherman’s Tomahawk (1951) and the anthology title If I Had a Million (1932), both on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
There’s not a lot of major release news today, but we do have a couple items to report...
Undercrank Productions is releasing Raymond Griffith: The Silk Hat Comedian on Blu-ray + DVD on 6/13. The set presents two of the star’s surviving silent comedies, Paths to Paradise (1925) and You’d Be Surprised (1926), in new 2K restoration scanned from 35 mm elements in the possession of the Library of Congress. Each will feature new musical scores by Ben Model. [Read on here...]
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- All Star Superman 4K review
- DC
- Stephen Bjork
- Tomahawk BD review
- Stuart Galbraith
- If I Had a Million BD review
- Cocaine Bear BD review
- Undercrank Productions
- Raymond Griffith: The Silk Hat Comedian BD
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- Paths to Paradise
- You'd Be Surprised
- The Event: The Complete Series BD
- Southern Gospel DVD
- Battle Kaiju Series 01: Ultraman vs Red King BD
- The Song of Songs
- Jet Pilot BD
- John Wayne
- Thunderbolt
- Night Has a Thousand Eyes
- The Complete Story of Film
- Razorback (1984) 4K
- Umbrella Entertainment
- Well Go USA
- I Am T Rex
- 52 Pick Up
- Number One with a Bullet
- Gloria
- Duck You Sucker!
- A Fistful of Dynamite 4K
- Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning, Part One trailer
- The Creator trailer
- Gareth Edwards
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Midnight Special, Belladonna of Sadness, Blindspot: S1, Star Trek Steelbooks & more new catalog BDs
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All right, it’s a bit of a slow day news-wise, but we do have a little bit of announcement news for you...
First up, Cinelicious Pics has announced that they’re releasing Eiichi Yamamoto’s Japanese animated classic Belladonna of Sadness (1973) on Blu-ray on 7/12 (SRP $39.99). It features a new 4K restoration of the film, a new video interview with the director, vintage interviews with the art director and composer, several trailers, and a 16-page booklet. The film has never been released in the States before – think of it in the vein of Fantastic Planet, Heavy Metal, or Wizards. Note that this is an underground film, however, and is definitely not for children. There’s explicit sexuality and brutal violence, but also extraordinary animation for its time. You can read Glenn Kenny’s review of the current revival screening here at The New York Times (it opens today in L.A. through Cinefamily). [Read on here…]
- Bluray Disc
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- BD
- Bluray
- Midnight Special
- Belladonna of Sadness
- Blindspot: Season One
- The Dark Knight Trilogy: Special Edition
- Star Trek: 50th Anniversary Steelbooks
- A Perfect Day
- The Night Visitor
- Traded
- Hoodlum
- Gang Related
- The Ratings Game
- The Outsider
- Gun the Man Down
- James Arnes
- Neath the Arizona Skies
- John Wayne
- Rawhide
- Canadian Pacific
The Alamo Under Siege
Anybody know a good screenwriter? Here’s true scenario that would offer a perfect studio pitch.
And it’s a thriller, in a way, with a determined adventurer racing against time to seek justice for a hero from a past generation – one who sacrificed finances, reputation and goodwill to slay a dragon that was, in the long run, perhaps beyond even his reach.
This story is about John Wayne. This story is about Robert Harris. This story is about America and the importance of its cultural maintenance. And, ok, it’s also about personal obsession. Duke Wayne did what he said. No backing out. No cutting corners. No half assed. [Read on here...]
Tell MGM it's time – NOW – to save John Wayne's The Alamo before it's lost forever
So... you might recall that last week I had dinner with film restoration expert (and former Bits contributor) Robert A. Harris and some other friends. (You can find a complete archive of his work on the original Digital Bits website here.) Robert, as it happens, is in town working on another fine classic film restoration project which will be announced in due course. But during our conversation last week, Robert alerted us to the fact that another beloved classic film is not faring nearly so well. That film, as you might already suspect, is The Alamo (1960), directed by and starring the legendary John Wayne. [Read on here…]
The Wranglers, Remembering Ron Joy & New Classics on Disc
This was all we needed to hear: The DUKE was coming to Oklahoma City.
It was the year of our Lord, 1972 and The National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center in Oklahoma City (now called the National Cowboy Museum and Western Heritage Center) hosted every year a grand event called the Western Heritage Awards, where they gave a trophy called “The Wrangler” to outstanding theatrical and television Westerns and the winner this particular year was a film called “The Cowboys,” starring, well, you know who. [Read on here...]