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Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas is coming to 4K Ultra HD, plus Welles’ Touch of Evil from Eureka & more!
Three more new disc reviews are up on The Bits today, including...
Tim has posted his thoughts on Jeff Burr’s From a Whisper to a Scream (1987) on region-free Blu-ray from the good folks at Turbine Media in Germany.
Dennis has offered his take on Rouben Mamoulian’s Queen Christina (1933) on Blu-ray from our friends at the Warner Archive Collection.
And Stuart has given John Brahm’s Rio (1939) a spin on Blu-ray from Universal via Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
There isn’t a great deal of official news to report today, but we do have breaking news from Disney, which has leaked via Amazon and the Disney Movie Club: The studio will release Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) on 4K Ultra HD on 8/22! [Read on here...]
- Happy Birthday Mel Brooks
- Orson Welles
- Touch of Evil 4K
- Eureka
- NCIS: Los Angeles The Final Season DVD
- Paramount
- Disney Movie Club
- Walt Disney Home Entertainment
- Walt Disney Studios
- Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas 4K
- Rio BD review
- Warner Archive Collection
- Queen Christina BD review
- Turbine Media
- From a Whisper to a Scream BD review
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Dennis Seuling
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Tim Salmons
Lionsgate to release Saw in 4K on 5/4, plus Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal is coming to Blu-ray & DVD on 6/1
All right, this is just a very quick update this evening to bring you some breaking release news nuggets...
First though, our own Tim Salmons has just posted his thoughts on Andrew J. Kuehn’s Terror in the Isles (1984) on Blu-ray from Scream Factory, a Universal clip showcase featuring footage from a host of modern and classic horror films. You’ll find that here.
Now then... in announcement news, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has just officially announced Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal: The Complete First Season for release on Blu-ray and DVD on 6/1.
This is interesting, because the first half of the season aired on Adult Swim way back in October 2019. Then, the season’s remaining episodes finally aired in October of 2020. Word is the show has been renewed for a second season as well, though no release date for this has yet been announced. [Read on here...]
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Tim Salmons
- 4K Ultra HD
- Lionsgate
- Saw 4K
- Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal BD
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- The Bird with the Crystal Plumage 4K
- Smokey and the Bandit 4K
- Arrow Video
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Terror in the Isles BD review
- Scream Factory
- Ken Burns
- Hemingway BD
- Encounter of the Spooky Kind BD
- Eureka
King Kong (1976), Explorers, City Slickers II & more from Shout!/Scream in May, plus more new releases & catalog titles on Blu-ray
We’re starting today with a pair of new Blu-ray Disc reviews here at The Bits, including...
My own look at Ric Roman Waugh’s Greenland on Blu-ray, a great new disaster epic starring Gerard Butler from Universal and STX Films which should really be released on physical 4K Ultra HD.
Now then... the big news today is that Shout! Factory and Scream have announced a great slate of catalog Blu-ray titles for release in May, including a King Kong (1976): Collector’s Edition, The Final Stand (2020), The Legend of Hei (with GKids), and All About the Benjamins: Shout Select on 5/11, Wildcats: Shout Select, The Nest, He Knows You’re Alone, and Eyes of a Stranger on 5/18, and The Hand, Explorers: Collector’s Edition – Shout Select, and City Slickers II: The Legend of Curley’s Gold: Shout Select on 5/25. [Read on here...]
- Donnie Darko 4K
- The Final Countdown 4K
- Dennis Seuling
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Godzilla (2014) 4K
- Greenland BD review
- The Court Jester BD review
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- King Kong (1976) BD
- Explorers BD
- All About the Benjamins BD
- Shout Select
- Wildcats BD
- City Slickers II: The Legend of Curley's Gold BD
- Nationtime
- Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
- Amazon Prime
- Michael B Jordan
- Straight Shooting & Hell Bent: Too Films by John Ford
- Eureka
Criterion bows its full July Blu-ray slate including Marriage Story and classic War of the Worlds
The big news today is going to make some of you very happy. The Criterion Collection has just unveiled its full July slate of Blu-ray titles, and it’s set to include the classic War of the Worlds! The full slate is as follows...
Look for Byron Haskin’s War of the Worlds (Spine #1037 – Blu-ray and DVD) on 7/7, the previously-announced Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hits box set (Spine #1036 – includes The Big Boss, Fist of Fury, The Way of the Dragon, Enter the Dragon, and Game of Death – Blu-ray only) and Preston Sturges’ The Lady Eve (Spine #103 – Blu-ray and DVD) on 7/14, and Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story (Spine #1038 – Blu-ray and DVD) and Abbas Kiarostami’s Taste of Cherry (Spine #45 – Blu-ray and DVD) on 7/21. [Read on here...]
- Tim Salmons
- Shout! Factory
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- The Criterion Collection July 2020 BD slate
- Marriage Story BD
- War of the Worlds BD
- Taste of Cherry BD
- The Lady Eve BD
- Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hits BD box set
- Goodfellas 4K Ultra HD review
- The Deer Hunter 4K
- Dolby Vision HDR
- Creepshow: Season One BD
- Vivarium
- Kwaidan
- Eureka
- Disney Digital Sale
- Paramount CYA Live Screenings
Stan Lee & Douglas Rain RIP, plus The Other Side of the Wind, Philadelphia in 4K, Robservations & more
We start the new week with a few more Blu-ray reviews, including Tim’s review of Absurd from Severin Films, David’s look at Street Mobster from Arrow Video, and Dennis’ take on Gun Crazy from the Warner Archive Collection. Enjoy!
Also, we’ve posted another new update of the Release Dates & Artwork section featuring all the latest Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD cover artwork and Amazon.com pre-order links. And as we work our way towards Thanksgiving and Black Friday week, we ask that whenever you’re going to shop on Amazon for literally anything, please consider starting by clicking through one of our links (link this one). It makes a real difference in helping us to keep The Bits and we really do appreciate it.
In terms of announcement news, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has just set Jonathan Demme’s Philadelphia: 25th Anniversary Edition for release on 4K Ultra HD on 11/27, just as we expected. All of the existing extras will carry over, and there will be a new featurette with new Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, and Mary Steenburgen interviews too. Audio will be Dolby Atmos and there will be HDR10 high dynamic range. [Read on here...]
- Dennis Seuling
- Release Dates & Artwork update
- The 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Smallfoot 4K
- Venom 4K
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- reviews
- Tim Salmons
- David Steigman
- Stan Lee RIP
- Excelsior
- Douglas Rain RIP
- HAL 9000
- Orson Welles
- The Other Side of the Wind on Netflix
- They'll Love Me When I'm Dead on Netflix
- Robservations
- Robert Meyer Burnett
- Philadelphia 4K
- The Deuce: Season Two
- White Boy Rick
- Detective Dee
- Eureka
- Khartoum
- Marvel Comics
The Disaster Artist, The House That Dripped Blood, Drive-In Delirium: V3, Solo trailer & more
Afternoon, folks. Let’s get right to business today...
First up, Tim has posted a review of Ian Curteis’ The Projected Man (1966) on Blu-ray Disc from our friends at Scream Factory. Do give it a look.
Also today, our own Michael Coate has just posted a new History, Legacy & Showmanship column celebrating the 50th anniversary of John Boorman’s Point Blank with historian Dwayne Epstein. It’s a fun interview, so be sure to check it out.
In announcement news today, Lionsgate has set A24’s The Florida Project for Blu-ray and DVD release on 2/13, followed by The Disaster Artist on both formats on 3/13. [Read on here…]
- Solo: A Star Wars Story
- Street Date
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi 4K
- Lionsgate
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- The Disaster Artist
- The House That Dripped Blood
- Drive In Delirium Volume 3
- History Legacy & Showmanship
- Michael Coate, Bill Hunt
- The Projected Man BD review
- Tim Salmons
- Point Blank 50th Anniversary
- The Florida Project
- Doctor Blood's Coffin
- The Vampire and the Ballerina
- Spetters
- Pieces
- Two Thousand Maniacs!
- Arrow Video
- Eureka
- Scream Factory
- Umbrella Entertainment
Colossal, Lethal Weapon: S1, Longmire: S5, Duel in the Sun, Walking Dead: S7 & more
We’re kicking things off with a new review today, featuring Tim’s look at Walter Hill’s Rock & Roll 80s fable Streets of Fire, now available on Collector’s Edition Blu-ray from Shout! Factory’s via their Shout Select line. It’s a fun film and a very good disc – well worth your time.
In announcement news today, Universal Studios Home Entertainment has now officially set Hacho Vigalondo’s Colossal for Blu-ray and DVD release on 8/1. The film stars Anne Hathaway and Jason Sudeikis. Universal also has The Ottoman Lieutenant due on Blu-ray and DVD that same day.
Cinedigm has set the western Hickok for release on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on 8/15. The film stars Luke Hemsworth, Kris Kristofferson, Trace Atkins, and Bruce Dern. [Read on here…]
- Wonder Woman 4K
- Bluray Disc
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Colossal
- Lethal Weapon: The Complete First Season
- Longmire: The Complete Fifth Season
- Duel in the Sun
- The Walking Dead: The Complete Seventh Season
- Tim Salmons
- Streets of Fire: Collector's Edition
- Hickok 4K
- Ripper Street: Season Five
- The Big Knife
- One Dark Night
- The Indian Runner
- Clambake
- Harmonium
- Eureka
- Kino Lorber
Star Trek turns 50 this week, plus Café Society, Outlander: S2, Warner Archive, Olive’s November & more
All right, as many of you know, Thursday marks the official 50th Anniversary of the Star Trek franchise. Star Trek: The Original Series debuted on NBC TV way back on September 8, 1966.
As is probably true for many of you, Star Trek’s played an enormous role in my life. It was my first favorite TV show as a very young child, certainly my first exposure to science fiction of any kind, and it’s not an exaggeration to say that my moral compass – the very principles I believe in (a more optimistic future, the idea that we’re stronger working together, that exploration is one of the most noble things Humanity can do, that it’s our differences that make us greater, etc) – all come from classic Star Trek. The series certainly fostered my curious nature and lifelong interests in science, astronomy, writing, and spaceflight technology. Over the past decade, my love of the franchise led to the discovery of Patrick O’Brian’s “Aubrey-Maturin” series of historical novels, which begin with Master and Commander (upon which the 2003 Russell Crowe film was based) – they’re essentially Star Trek stories set in the 19th Century. [Read on here…]
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Bluray Disc
- BD
- 4K UHD BD
- Star Trek 50th Anniversary
- Olive Films November slate
- Cafe Society
- Outlander: Season Two
- Patrick O'Brian
- AubreyMaturin novels
- Skyptrace
- Greenleaf: Season One
- Hannibal: The Complete Series
- Back to the Future: The Complete Adventures
- Paths of Glory
- Eureka
- Warner Archive relaunch
- Child's Play: Collector's Edition
Blu-ray & DVD News – Sicario, Heist, The Ninja Trilogy (UK), CHiPs: S4 & Black Sheep Squadron at last!
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We’re closing out the week with a little more good new release information...
First of all, here’s some great news: I’ve been trying for years now to get Shout! Factory to license and release Universal’s The Black Sheep Squadron on DVD. As fans of the classic 1970s TV series will know, Universal planned to release the series in three volumes on DVD, but only the first two ever came out here in the States (the final volume was available in France only). Well, now it looks like Shout! is indeed releasing Baa Baa Black Sheep: The Black Sheep Squadron on DVD on 2/23 (SRP $19.97)! You can see the pre-order listing here on Amazon. We don’t know if this is the first of multiple volumes or if indeed it’s the complete series. But I think we can safely assume that the complete series IS finally being released on DVD here in the States. Which pleases me right down to the ground. [Read on here…]
- Bluray Disc
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- BD
- Bluray
- The Black Sheep Squadron
- Baa Baa Black Sheep
- Shout! Factory
- Timeless Media
- Sicario
- The Heist
- The Ninja Trilogy
- Eureka
- Life
- One & Two
- The Condemned 2
- Enter the Ninja
- Revenge of the Ninja
- Ninja III: The Domination
- A Touch of Zen
- CHiPs: The Complete Fourth Season
- Experimenter
- MosquitoMan
- Susie's Hope
- Lucky
- Unleashed! A Dog Story
- Anton Corbijn
Cloudy w/Meatballs 2, remastered Robocop, Blue Jasmine, Riddick Complete & Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving, folks! A day early we know, but this is going to be our last post here at The Bits until Monday, as we all go off to celebrate the holiday with family. Couple things for you today…
First, we’re pleased to bring you a trio of additional Blu-ray Disc reviews today. Tim has checked in with his thoughts on Criterion’s Lonesome and The Uninvited in HD, as well as Scream Factory’s The Horror Show. All are now available. [Read on here…]
- Amazon
- Bluray Disc
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- Black Friday
- Criterion
- Black Friday Deals Week
- Gold Box Deal of the Day
- Tim Salmons
- Woody Allen
- Blue Jasmine
- Robocop
- 4K remaster
- Robocop Remastered
- Riddick: The Complete Collection
- Computer Chess
- Eureka
- Wings
- Serpico
- Roma
- White Dog
- Wake in Fright
- Nashville
- Hands Over the City
- Blind Date
- 1: The Movie
- Formula One
- On the Job
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
- Lonesome
- The Uninvited
- The Horror Show