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The Cameron 4K reviews are in, plus Hatari!, new Paramount “All Four Formats” UHDs, a doc about Eagles & remembering the great David Bordwell
All right, welcome to a new week Bits readers!
Today is all about James Cameron here at the website, and to that end I’ve just finished knocking out in-depth reviews of the filmmaker’s The Abyss (1989), Aliens (1986), and True Lies (1994) in long-awaited physical 4K Ultra HD and remastered Blu-ray from 20th Century Studios!
The gist is that all three of these discs are worth picking up for Cameron fans and cinephiles, though one of the three titles is a bit complicated. The Abyss is the best looking of the three, nearly on par with the recent Titanic 4K release. Aliens is not far behind in terms of A/V quality and both titles include a nearly complete archive of all past special features created for the films.
True Lies is... well, it looks a lot better than the previous DVD, LaserDisc, and D-VHS releases. Sometimes, it looks fantastic. But at other times, the remastering is a little bit heavy-handed.
It’s still way better looking than StudioCanal’s Terminator 2 4K release though, so it’s a very solid upgrade over previous physical media releases, and it includes some nice features too.
Anyway, you’ll find all of the details in the linked reviews.
But while we’re on the topic of Cameron—and speaking the Terminator—producer Gale Anne Hurd shared over the weekend that plans to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Cameron’s original The Terminator (1984) are soon to be revealed. And we have good word that a new 4K Ultra HD release will chief among them. In the meantime, you can see her post on X/Twitter here. [Read on here...]
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Criterion’s April slate, Powerhouse Films, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, a terrific Greig Fraser interview, Collider’s For All Mankind cast/crew Q&A & more!
All right, we’ve got quite a bit of ground to cover today here at The Digital Bits. But as always, we’re starting first with some more new disc reviews. And they’re good ones...
Stephen has taken a look at a pair of 4K Ultra HD releases, including Walter Hill’s The Warriors (1979) in 4K from Arrow Video—an absolutely fantastic release—as well as Ishirō Honda’s original Godzilla (1954) in 4K from Toho, a Japanese import disc that has no English subtitles. But read on, because Stephen’s thoughts on it are well worth your time.
Now then, the first big piece of news we have today is that our friends at The Criterion Collection have just announced their April Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K UHD slate, which is set to include an update of Mathieu Kassovitz’s La haine (1995) (Spine #381 – 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray) on 4/2, an update or Peter Weir’s Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) (Spine #29 – 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray) on 4/9, Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky’s Werckmeister Harmonies (2000) (Spine #1215 – 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD) on 4/16, Mikhail Kalatozov’s I Am Cuba (1964) (Spine #1214 – 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray, Blu-ray) on 4/23, and Nancy Savoca’s Dogfight (1991) (Spine #1216 – Blu-ray) on 4/30. Of the 4K titles, La Haine will include Dolby Vision HDR. [Read on here...]
- Wrenn Schmidt
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- For All Mankind: Season Four cast and crew Q&A
- Apple TV+
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- Designing Hollywood
- Robert Meyer Burnett
- Well Go USA
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- The President's Analyst BD
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Lots of new disc reviews, new KLSC 4K titles including Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, plus Exorcist at 50, The Abyss 4K gets cancelled in the UK
Afternoon, folks! I certainly hope that those of you who celebrate it have had a great Christmas holiday, and that the rest of you are enjoying the holiday season.
I’ve got just a quick update here for you today and I’ll post a little more as the week goes on. This time of year there’s typically very little news-wise worth reporting, but there are some odds and ends to cover.
First though, I want to catch you up on the latest disc reviews we’ve posted here at The Bits since our last news post last week. Now available for your reading pleasure here are...
My reviews of James Cameron’s Avatar: Collector’s Edition (2009) and Avatar: The Way of Water – Collector’s Edition (2022) in 4K Ultra HD from Lightstorm and 20th Century Studios.
Tim’s thoughts on Richard Donner’s Scrooged: 35th Anniversary Edition (1988) in 4K from Sony and George Mihalka’s My Bloody Valentine: Collector’s Edition (1981) in 4K from Scream Factory.
Dennis’ takes on David Gordon Green’s The Exorcist: The Believer (2023) in both Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD from Universal, as well as Oren Rudavsky’s The Treatment (2006) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber, and Richard Attenborough’s In Love and War (1996) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.
Stephen’s reviews of Charles Kaufman’s Mother’s Day (1980) in 4K from Troma via Vinegar Syndrome, Emma Tammi’s Five Nights at Freddy’s in 4K from Universal, and Ti West’s Pearl (2022) in 4K from A24 via Turbine Media.
And finally Stuart’s look at Succession: The Complete Series on DVD from HBO, Alain Resnais’ La Guerre est finie (1966) on Blu-ray from The Film Desk and Vinegar Syndrome, and Paul Lynch’s The Hard Part Begins (1973) on Blu-ray from Canadian International Pictures via Vinegar Syndrome. [Read on here...]
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Back the Bits
- James Cameron
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Stephen Bjork
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Avatar: Collector's Edition 4K review
- Avatar: The Way of Water Collector's Edition 4K review
- Scrooged 4K review
- My Bloody Valentine 4K review
- The Exorcist: Believer 4K review
- The Treatment BD review
- In Love and War BD review
- Mother's Day 4K review
- Five Nights at Freddy's 4K review
- Pearl 4K review
- Succession: The Complete Series DVD review
- La Guerre est finie BD review
- The Hard Part Begins BD review
- 20th Century Studios
- Lightstorm
- Sony
- Scream Factory
- Universal
- Kino Lorber
- Warner Archive Collection
- Turbine Media
- HBO
- Michael Coate
- History Legacy & Showmanship
- The Exorcist at 50
- Walmart
- The Abyss 4K canceled in the 4K
- Gunfight at the OK Corral 4K
- Film Noir: Volume XVII BD
- Vice Squad
- Black Tuesday
- Nightmare
- Monk: The Complete Fourth Season BD
- Creepshow 4K Walmart Steelbook
- Aces High
- Gas Oil
- Rampage
Sony reveals its Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection: Volume 4, plus KLSC’s Kindergarten Cop 4K & Master and Commander celebrates its 20th anniversary
We’re rounding out the week here with three more new disc reviews, including...
Dennis’ take on Costa-Gravas’ Mad City (1997) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.
And Stuart’s thoughts on Frederic C. Hobbs’s Godmonster of Indian Flats (1973) on Blu-ray from AGFA, Something Weird, and Vinegar Syndrome, and the Villages of the Damned: Three Horrors from Spain Blu-ray release also from Vinegar Syndrome, which includes Pedro Olea’s The Forest of the Beast (1970), Silvio Narizzano’s The Sky Is Falling (1975), and Gonzalo Suárez’s Beatriz (1976).
Meanwhile, the rest of us are already working on a bunch more new Blu-ray and 4K UHD reviews for next week. And I do mean a bunch. So be sure to watch for them.
We also have a couple significant pieces of catalog news for you this afternoon before we go...
The first is that Kino Lorber Studio Classics has just officially set Ivan Reitman’s Kindergarten Cop (1990) for release on 4K Ultra HD on 1/23, featuring two new audio commentaries (by film historians Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson, and a second by film historian Samm Deighan). [Read on here...]
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Columbia Pictures 100th anniversary
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Dennis Seuling
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- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection: Volume 4
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
- 20th Century Studios
- Peter Weir
- Disney
- Kindergarten Cop 4K
- Mad City BD review
- Godmonster of Indian Flats BD review
- Villages of the Damned: Three Horrors from Spain BD review
- Ivan Reitman
- Coming Home BD
- Run Silent Run Deep BD
- The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming BD
- Howard Hawks
- His Girl Friday 4K
- Stanley Kramer
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 4K
- Kramer vs Kramer 4K
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IT’S OFFICIAL: Disney & Lightstorm announce The Abyss, True Lies, Aliens & MORE for 4K Ultra HD!
All right, Digital Bits readers...
Having reported on the long and twisted saga of The Abyss and True Lies on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD for over thirteen years now—and having first broken news of this release all the way back in March—it gives me enormous pleasure to be able to share this with all of you: The day has come at last!
Not only are The Abyss and True Lies finally coming to 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray, so too are Aliens, the recently-announced Titanic, and new versions of both Avatar (with all three versions of the film) and Avatar: The Way of Water!
Here’s the full text of Disney and Lightstorm’s official press release today…
SIX ICONIC JAMES CAMERON FILMS INCLUDING FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ON 4K UHD™ ALIENS, THE ABYSS AND TRUE LIES!
IN ADDITION, SPECIAL COLLECTOR EDITIONS FOR TITANIC, AVATAR AND AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER WITH:
BURBANK, CA. (November 15, 2023) – A piece of cinema history comes home this year when six box-office juggernauts from Oscar®-winning director James Cameron are released. The six titles—The Abyss, True Lies, Aliens, Titanic, Avatar and Avatar: The Way of Water—will be made available in 4K Digital and 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray.
Cameron, who has helmed three of the five highest grossing movies of all time, says “There’s a world of emotions in revisiting these films and I hope we’ve captured some of that in the new bonus materials we created for our fans.”
Oscar®-winning producer Jon Landau added, “We really wanted to deliver the best possible experience at home so viewers could immerse themselves both in the films and the journeys we went through to make them.”
The 4K transfer for each release will be presented in superb Dolby Vision HDR and with an immersive Atmos audio mix. Additionally, most of the releases will arrive with several hours of captivating all-new bonus features. From the eight hours of Avatar: The Way of Water bonus including all-new deleted scenes to the five hours of new and legacy Titanic extras, fans will delight in the numerous hours of never-before-seen materials. [Read on here...]
- Avatar: The Way of Water 4K
- Avatar: Special Edition 4K
- True Lies 4K
- The Abyss 4K
- Aliens 4K
- Lightstorm
- 20th Century Studios
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
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- 4K Ultra HD
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Titanic 4K
- James Cameron
Love Actually & Mimic are coming to 4K Ultra HD, plus The Beatles’ Now and Then (via AI) & Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Good afternoon (or evening as the case may be), Bits readers! My wife and I had a houseguest here visiting yesterday, so today’s post is a little later than usual. But we’re starting as always with some new disc reviews...
First of all, on Monday I posted my thoughts on Christopher McQuarrie’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) on 4K Ultra HD from Paramount, and just today I added a couple of additional Editor’s Notes discussing one of the film’s key story points as well as the 4K video quality (which I’ve revised downward just a tad from A to A-, the reason for which is explained in my review).
Also, Stephen has turned in his thoughts on Hideaki Anno’s (et al) Evangelion: 3.0+1.11 Thrice Upon a Time (2021) in 4K from GKids and Shout! Factory, and for those of you who aren’t familiar, he also gives you a good little primer on the topic.
Meanwhile, Stuart has weighed in with looks at William Dieterle’s The Life of Emile Zola (1937) and Richard Brooks’ The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection, as well as Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret’s The Worst Ones (2022) on DVD from Kino Lorber.
Dennis has offered his take on Julian Schnabel’s Before Night Falls (2000) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive as well as Mark Pellington’s The Severing (2022) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber.
And finally, Tim has delivered an in-depth review of Kevin Connor’s Motel Hell (1980) in 4K Ultra HD from Scream Factory. [Read on here...]
- The Wandering Earth II BD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- 20th Century Studios
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- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
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- 4K Ultra HD
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Love Actually 4K
- Mimic 4K
- Universal Studios
- Guillermo del Toro
- Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One 4K review
- Christopher McQuarrie
- Tom Cruise
- Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
- The Beatles' Now and Then
- AI
- artificial intelligence
- Peter Jackson
- Motel Hell 4K review
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Stephen Bjork
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Scream Factory
- Warner Archive Collection
- The Life of Emile Zola BD review
- Before Night Falls BD review
- Evangelion: Thrice Upon a Time 4K review
- GKids
- Shout! Factory
- The Last Time I Saw Paris BD review
- The Worst Ones DVD review
- The Severing BD review
- The Retirement Plan BD
A Haunting in Venice, Conan 4K pre-orders, new KLSC titles, Rosemary’s Baby & Nightmare Before Christmas updates, Bill on Let’s Get Physical Media & more
Afternoon, Bits readers and welcome to the new week and, of course, Halloween Eve!
We’ve got a little bit of ground to cover here today, but first I wanted to personally thank all those of you who have signed up to support The Digital Bits via Patreon. Since we first launched our Patreon five days ago, we’re up to 77 backers (and 104 members total), and we really appreciate your support. It means a lot, and it will make a real difference here, let me tell you.
Already, I’ve decided on a couple things: I’m making regular (almost daily) blog posts exclusively for our Patreon supporters that are a little different than the kind of thing I post here and on our social media. For example... my first-take thoughts on things I’m hearing from sources (release news, industry developments, and the like), first impressions on new review discs that I’ve had the chance to look at (before I publish the full in-depth reviews here on the site), and other odds and ends—the kinds of things that offer you a essentially a more personal and candid look behind the scenes here at The Bits. I’m also making the occasional public post for all members there, with information that’s relevant to all our readers—the kind of thing I’m going to share here in a minute today (disc replacement news, a PS5 firmware update of relevance to disc fans, the occasional piece of significant breaking news). And we’ll add more Patreon-exclusive features over time as we get used working there, learning what kinds of perks are possible, and what we can do without dramatically increasing our workload.
Anyway, just know that we really, really appreciate those of you who are willing to support our work with your hard-earned money. Thanks to all 77 paying backers (here’s to reaching 100!) and thanks to all of you who are following us there.
Now then... I’m going to be spending the rest of my day working on a review of Paramount’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One in 4K UHD for posting here hopefully tomorrow. But first, there’s some important breaking news... [Read on here...]
- The Conan Chronicles: Limited Edition 4K
- John Milius
- Richard Fleischer
- Conan the Destroyer 4K
- Rosemary's Baby 4K disc replacement program
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Conan the Barbarian 4K
- The Nightmare Before Christmas 4K PS5 audio issue
- PlayStation 5
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
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- A Haunting in Venice BD
- 20th Century Studios
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Gunfight at the OK Corral 4K
- Paint Your Wagon 4K
- Odds Against Tomorrow BD
- No Time to Die 4K
- MGM
- The Wandering Earth II BD
- Well Go USA
- The Man from Nowhere 4K
- The Wailing 4K
- Paul Morrissey
- Flesh for Frankenstein BD
- Blood for Dracula BD
- BBC
- Blackadder: The Complete Series Remastered BD
- Robert Meyer Burnett
- Dieter Bastian
- Let's Get Physical Media
- Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia BD
- GKids
- Umbrella Entertainment
- Depeche Mode: Strange + Strange Too BD
- Steven Caron RIP
- Halloween
- The Man Who Wasn't There BD3D
A Digital Bits Editorial: Hollywood Can Reap the Rewards of Physical Media Again, But Only If…
I’ve been thinking a lot, in recent days, about the future of physical media.
Frankly, I can’t recall a time in this industry that’s offered greater cognitive dissonance than this past week, which began with the news that Best Buy is exiting the disc business—and saw a Digital Bits headline on the subject appear in Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show monologue—but ended not only with the release of Barbie and The Exorcist in 4K, but also with the Ultra HD announcement of Titanic, The Color Purple, and Oppenheimer, to say nothing of the revelation (by Kino Lorber Studio Classics) that Stanley Kubrick’s earliest films are coming to the format!
What’s the opening line of A Tale of Two Cities again? “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity.” Charlies Dickens was nothing if not a visionary.
This coming December, I’ll mark my twenty-sixth year as editor of The Digital Bits, and my thirty-fifth as a working professional in the business of media more generally. For most of that time, I’ve had a front row seat from which to view the ebbs and flows of the disc business—both its public-facing portion, as well a singularly-unique insider’s perspective. I launched The Bits website in 1997, at the height of LaserDisc and the dawn of DVD, to create a nexus between fans of these formats and the industry professionals who create them.
Soon afterwards, I gave the world its first look at Circuit City’s pay-per-view DIVX format, then led the crusade against it. I co-led a campaign that convinced George Lucas to begin releasing his beloved Star Wars films on DVD. I reported from the trenches on—and correctly predicted the outcome of—the high-definition format war between Blu-ray and HD-DVD. And I’ve covered every minute of the Golden Age of Physical Media, the rise and stumbles of Digital and streaming, and the continuing adventures of our favorite little format that could… 4K Ultra HD. [Read on here...]
- Lionsgate
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- The Warner Archive Collection
- James Cameron
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Support The Bits
- Titanic 4K
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- 20th Century Studios
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Support Physical Media!
4K Ultra HD catalog updates: Little Shop of Horrors, Se7en, Gravity, The Color Purple, Aliens, True Lies, The Abyss & more!
All right, we’ve got some ground to cover today here at The Bits, so first things first. We have a trio of new disc reviews for you to enjoy this afternoon, including...
Tim’s take on Amando de Ossorio’s Tombs of the Blind Dead (1972) on Blu-ray from Synapse Films.
And Dennis’ thoughts on William A Wellman’s Westward the Women (1951) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection, as well as James Foley’s After Dark, My Sweet (1990) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Don’t forget, Amazon’s Prime “Big Deal” Days Sale continues until the end of the day today, so be sure to take advantage of all the great prices on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD titles, box sets, and collections. Click here and here to see what’s on sale and act fast!
For the record, some of today’s deals include...
- Universal Classic Monsters: Icons of Horror 4K UHD (regularly $79.99) Now $29
- The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection 4K UHD (regularly $69.98) Now $38
- The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection #2 4K UHD (regularly $69.98) Now $38
- Game of Thrones: The Complete Collection 4K UHD (regularly $219) Now $94
- Batman: The Complete Animated Series Blu-ray (regularly $79) Now $24
- Superman: The Complete Animated Series Blu-ray (regularly $69) Now $19
- The Last of Us: The Complete First Season Blu-ray (regularly $49) Now $26
- Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Series Blu-ray (regularly $99) Now $49
- Bonanza: The Complete Series DVD (regularly $244) Now $159
- Back to the Future: The Ultimate Trilogy 4K UHD (regularly $55) Now $23
- The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy (Extended & Theatrical) 4K UHD (regularly $89) Now $39
- Harry Potter: 8-Film Collection 4K UHD (regularly $178) Now $59
- Mission: Impossible 6-Movie Collection 4K UHD (regularly $83) Now $50
- The Godfather Trilogy 4K UHD (regularly $90) Now $54
- The James Bond Collection 24-Films Blu-ray (regularly $144) Now $54
So be sure to act fast if you’re interested.
Also today here at the site, we’ve got word on some long-awaited 4K Ultra HD catalog titles... [Read on here...]
- Support The Bits
- Amazon Prime Big Deals Days Sale
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Frank Oz
- Little Shop of Horrors (1986) 4K
- Se7en 4K
- David Fincher
- The Color Purple 4K
- Steven Spielberg
- Aliens 4K
- The Abyss 4K
- True Lies 4K
- Gravity 4K
- James Cameron
- 20th Century Studios
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Tombs of the Blind Dead BD review
- Westward the Women BD review
- The Warner Archive Collection
- Synapse Films
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- After Dark My Sweet BD review
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 4K
- Neon
- Oldboy: Deluxe Edition 4K
- Santa Claus: The Movie 4K
- StudioCanal
- The Last Voyage of the Demeter BD
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Paramount Home Entertainment
New Warner Archive Blu-ray titles, plus Questor Tapes, Oldboy 4K, and a brief Titanic Ultra HD update
We’ve got some interesting release news for you today, as well as updates on forthcoming 4K catalog titles we’ve been tracking for a while, and of course more new disc reviews. So let’s get to the latter first...
Our own Stephen Bjork has posted his in-depth review of Loki: The Complete First Season in 4K Ultra HD Steelbook from Marvel Studios and Disney. The short version is that the studio really does seem to have done this title right, in terms of AV quality, which bodes well for forthcoming Disney+ streaming series in 4K UHD.
Stephen has also turned in a look at Barry Levinson’s Rain Man (1988) in 4K Ultra HD from the MVD Marquee Collection.
And Stuart has delivered his take on Kino Lorber Studio Classic’s Audie Murphy Collection II on Blu-ray, which features Sierra (1950), Kansas Raiders (1950), and Destry (1954).
In terms of new release news, we’re hearing from retail sources that Universal’s forthcoming Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD release of David Gordon Green’s The Exorcist: Believer (2023) will arrive in stores on 12/19.
Lionsgate has also delayed their 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray release of Jean-Luc Godard’s Contempt (1963) from 9/26 to 10/24. Adjust your plans accordingly. [Read on here...]
- Looney Tunes Collector’s Choice: Volume 2 BD
- Umbrella Entertainment
- The Warner Archive Collection
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Stephen Bjork
- Loki: The Complete First Season 4K review
- Rain Man 4K review
- Audie Murphy Collection BD review
- The Exorcist: Believer 4K
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Contempt 4K
- Lionsgate
- Young Guns 4K
- James Cameron
- Titanic 4K
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- 20th Century Studios
- The Abyss 4K
- True Lies 4K
- Aliens 4K
- Super Mario Bros (1993) 4K
- Arrow Video
- Enter the Video Store: Empire of Screams BD
- The Questor Tapes BD
- Gene Roddenberry
- Odds Against Tomorrow
- I for Icarus
- Mille Milliards de Dollars
- The Ballad of Little Joe
- The Conformist BD
- Raro Video
- The Devil Doll (1936)
- Tod Browning
- Mad City (1997)
- Double Trouble (1967)
- Dance Fools Dance (1931)
- In Love and War (1996)
- Oldboy 4K
- Decal
- Neon
- Horrors of the Black Museum (1959)
- VCI Entertainment
- The Retirement Plan
- Spider Verse 2 Movie Collection
- Rapa Nui (1994)
- The Last Voyage of the Demeter
- The Hill (2023)
- Congress (2013)