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KLSC sets Marathon Man for 4K, plus Shout! & Scream’s February includes Bubba Ho-Tep, The Magnificent Seven, Dragonheart & more Laika Ultra HD titles
Welcome to the first full week of December, Bits readers!
We’ve got a couple interesting items to report here today, but first a pair of new disc reviews:
I’ve turned in my thoughts on Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction (1994) in 4K Ultra HD from Miramax, via Paramount. The good news is, whether you buy the Steelbook or the regular Amaray version, the 4K remastering is fantastic. Fans should be very pleased.
I’ve also reviewed Andrew Stanton’s CG-animated classic WALL•E (2008) in 4K UHD from Pixar via the Criterion Collection. The highlight here is that it’s a terrific package and the film looks and sounds great, but the new 4K presentation isn’t really dramatically different than the previous Disney 4K edition—it simply now adds HDR10+ and Dolby Vision metadata. But some of the new special features are wonderful.
More new Blu-ray and 4K UHD reviews are coming soon, as always, so please keep checking back for them! [Read on here...]
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Pulp Fiction 4K review
- Quentin Tarantino
- Paramount
- Miramax
- The Criterion Collection
- Andrew Stanton
- Pixar
- WALL•E 4K
- WALLE 4K
- Marathon Man 4K
- The Magnificent Seven 4K
- Bubba HoTep 4K
- The Slumber Party Massacre 4K
- Slumber Party Massacre II 4K
- Kubo and the Two Strings 4K
- The Boxtrolls 4K
- Dragonheart 4K
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- Criterion holiday sale
Poltergeist & Lost Boys are official for 4K Ultra HD from WB, plus Lightyear, Universal Classic Monsters: Volume 2, WarGames, The Score & more!
All right, sorry for the lack of an update yesterday, but I had a bunch of personal life stuff to take care of, as happens now and again. We’ve got some more disc reviews for you today, along with a bunch of good catalog 4K Ultra HD news. So let’s get to those reviews first, as always...
Stephen has turned in his thoughts on Moustapha Akkad’s The Message (1976) on 4K Ultra HD from Shout! Factory.
Dennis has offered his thoughts on Robert Z. Leonard’s Ziegfeld Girl (1941) on regular Blu-ray Disc from our friends at the Warner Archive Collection.
And Tim has checked in with a look at Nathan H. Juran’s The Brain from Planet Arous (1957) newly restored on Blu-ray from the good folks at The Film Detective.
All three titles are worth a look and more disc reviews are on the way.
Now then, we’ve got some 4K UHD announcement news for you today... [Read on here...]
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life 4K
- Stephen Bjork
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- The Message 4K review
- Ziegfeld Girl BD review
- The Brain from Planet Arous BD review
- Poltergeist 4K
- The Lost Boys 4K
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- MiddleEarth 6Film Collection 4K box
- DC League of Super Pets
- Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind
- Lightyear 4K
- Pixar
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- ET: The ExtraTerrestrial 4K
- Universal Classic Monsters: Icons of Horror Collection Volume 2 4K
- The Mummy 4K
- Bride of Frankenstein 4K
- Phantom of the Opera (1943) 4K
- Creature from the Black Lagoon 4K
- Wargames 4K
- Shout! Factory
- The Score 4K
- At Close Range BD
- David Warner RIP
- Paul Sorvino RIP
The Batman is official for disc on 5/24, plus Turning Red, new catalog 4K titles & For All Mankind: Season 3
We’re starting the new week off today with no less than SEVEN new disc reviews that have been posted since Friday, including...
My takes on Al Reinert’s For All Mankind in 4K Ultra HD from the Criterion Collection, Byron Haskin’s Conquest of Space (1955) on Blu-ray from Imprint Films, and Tomas Alfredson’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) in 4K Ultra HD from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, as well as The Little Rascals: The ClassicFlix Restorations – Volume 5 on Blu-ray from ClassicFlix, and Spider-Man: No Way Home in 4K Ultra HD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Marvel Studios.
Also, Dennis has turned in his thoughts on Craig Singer’s 6:45 on Blu-ray from Well Go USA and Stuart Heisler’s Blue Skies (1946) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Lots more reviews are on the way this week, so be sure to stay tuned for them.
Now then... in announcement news today, the big revelation is that Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has officially set Matt Reeves’s The Batman for release on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on 5/24, with the Digital and HBO Max release slated for 4/18. [Read on here...]
- Marvel
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- The Batman
- Matt Reeves
- For All Mankind BD review
- Conquest of Space BD review
- Imprint Films
- The Criterion Collection
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 4K review
- Spider Man: No Way Home 4K review
- The Little Rascals: The ClassicFlix Restorations Volume 5 BD review
- 6:45 BD review
- Dennis Seuling
- Blue Skies BD review
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Cyrano BD
- Turning Red 4K
- Disney
- Pixar
- Kin: Season 1
- Jackie Gleason
- Men in Black 4K
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 4K Steelbook
- Out of Sight 4K
- Killer's Kiss 4K
- Stanley Kubrick
- Ron Moore
- For All Mankind: Season 3
- Apple TV+
- The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 4K
Criterion’s October slate (and possible UHD news), plus Misery 4K, Disney & Pixar’s Luca, Random Space Media & much more
All right, we’ll likely have at least one more review for you to check out later today, and we’re all working on more over the weekend. But in the meantime, we have a couple of quick site updates for you and some big announcement news to catch you all up on...
First, our own Michael Coate has delivered a great new History, Legacy & Showmanship column here at The Bits, featuring a look back at the theatrical release of Richard Lester’s Superman II. The retrospective includes an interview with our old friend Jim Bowers of the excellent Caped Wonder website. And we’d like to dedicate the piece to the memory of director Richard Donner, without whom the film would not be possible. So here’s Battle on Planet Houston: Remembering Superman II on its 40th Anniversary. Enjoy!
Also today, we’ve just posted a major update of our Release Dates & Artwork section, featuring lots of new Blu-ray and 4K UHD cover artwork and Amazon.com pre-order links. As always, whenever you order literally anything from the retailer after clicking through to them from one our links, you’re helping to support our work here at The Bits and we really do appreciate it.
Now then, let’s have some news... [Read on here...]
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Criterion October 2021 slate
- Criterion first 4K Ultra HD releases
- Misery 4K
- Pixar
- Disney
- Luca 4K
- Random Space Media
- Battlestar Galactica: The Definitive Collection BD
- Sound of Metal BD
- Breaking Bad: Complete Series with El Camino BD
- History Legacy & Showmanship
- Michael Coate
- Superman II
- Battle on Planet Houston: Remembering Superman II on its 40th Anniversary
- Jim Bowers
- Caped Wonder
- Release Dates & Artwork update
- The Incredible Shrinking Man BD
- Uncut Gems BD
- Ratcatcher BD
- High Sierra BD
- Devi BD
- Onibaba BD
- Vertigo 4K
- Rear Window 4K
- John Carpenter's The Thing 4K
- The Stand (2021) BD
- Lionsgate Spyglass Media deal
- In the Heights 4K
Warner sets Godzilla for 4K, plus Disney/Fox 4K surprises, more Universal 4K catalog & Hal Holbrook RIP
All right, we’ve got a lot of ground to cover today. But first more new disc reviews...
Dennis has taken a look at Jacob Chase’s Come Play (2020) on Blu-ray from Universal.
And Tim has given Mario Landi’s Patrick Still Lives (1980) a spin on Blu-ray from Severin Films.
Watch for more reviews in the next few days.
Now then, we’ve got BIG 4K Ultra HD news for you today, some of it official and most of it unofficial but tentatively confirmed by our various industry and retail sources. So let’s get right into it...
First up, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has officially set Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla (2014) for release on 4K Ultra HD on 3/23. It will feature HDR10 high dynamic range with Dolby Atmos audio. It will also include the previously released special features, among them the 3-part MONARCH Declassified documentary and the 4-part The Legendary Godzilla documentary. You can see the official cover artwork above left and also below. [Read on here...]
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Come Play BD review
- Patrick Still Lives BD review
- Godzilla (2014) 4K
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Disney
- Pixar
- Soul 4K
- Heat 4K
- Speed 4K
- 20th Century Fox
- 20th Century Studios
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- An American Werewolf in London 4K
- Shrek 4K
- The Sting 4K
- National Lampoon's Animal House 4K
- The Greatest Show on Earth: Paramount Presents BD
- The Alienist: Angel of Darkness
- The Croods: A New Age 4K
- Hal Holbrook RIP
Lionsgate makes Hurt Locker a 4K Digital only, plus Parasite & a 4K Ultra HD street date update
We’ve got a bit of interesting 4K Ultra HD news for you today...
First, on the all digital front, Lionsgate has just set Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker as Digital only 4K release on 2/4.
It’ll feature Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos audio.
Of course, we know that most of you are physical disc consumers, so we’ve got a street date update for you guys today as well—covering forthcoming Blu-ray and 4K new releases.
The following information comes from studio and retail sources, but none of these titles have actually been announced yet.
So just be aware that the dates listed below could change a little bit still, as often happens before the studio makes their street dates official. [Read on here...]
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- The Hurt Locker 4K
- Lionsgate
- Ford v Ferrari 4K
- Jojo Rabbit 4K
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
- Walt Disney Studios
- Pixar
- BBC
- Seven Worlds One Planet 4K
- The 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Neon
- Koch Media
- Parasite 4K
- Frozen 2 4K
- A Bug's Life 4K
- Up 4K
- WALLE 4K
- Monsters Inc 4K
- Monsters University 4K
An LOTR/Hobbit 4K update, new 4K catalog, Shout, Scream & KL Studio Classics titles, Monty Python & more
All right, thanks for your patience while I was away at the end of last week. My father-in-law passed away, so my wife and I flew across the country to attend his memorial and see family.
But there’s a good deal to catch up on today news-wise, so let’s get right to it. First things first...
Yes, we are aware of the rumors that Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is planning to bring The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit films to 4K Ultra HD. They originated on the excellent 4K Filme.de website, which (I’m told) found the titles briefly listed on a Warner B2B website for German retailers. All six films were indicated for release on UHD (with the Extended Editions included) and with a tentative street date given of June 25, 2020. All right, now let’s put this in context...
First of all, there’s no doubt that Warner Bros. is going to release these films on physical 4K Ultra HD. These are literally their most demanded catalog titles on the format. Also, 2021 is the 20th anniversary of Fellowship of the Ring. And Amazon’s new Lord of the Rings prequel series, which reportedly begins production next month and will apparently be in production for two years, is likely to debut on Amazon Prime in late 2022. So the studio is certainly going to want to get those films ready for 4K release by then. [Read on here...]
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- 4K Ultra HD
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Lionsgate
- The Lord of the Rings 4K
- The Hobbit 4K
- Extended Editions
- 4K Filme
- Ready or Not
- Ad Astra
- The Joker
- Ford v Ferrari
- Angel Has Fallen 4K
- Rollerball (1975) 4K
- The Cotton Club 4K
- Rambo: Last Blood 4K
- Gemini Man 4K
- Terminator: Dark Fate 4K
- Top Gun 4K
- Zombieland: Double Tap 4K
- Hustlers 4K
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 4K
- A Bug's Life 4K
- Up 4K
- Pixar
- WALLE 4K
- Monsters Inc 4K
- Monsters University 4K
- Beauty and the Beast (1991) 4K
- Scarface 4K
- Universal Studios
- Monty Python's Flying Circus Norwegian Bluray Edition
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Warner Archive Collection
- Robert Foster RIP
- Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters documentary
- Universal Soldier 4K
Toy Story 4 coming to Blu-ray, DVD and 4K on 10/8, plus Anna and The Wizard of Oz 4K!
We’ve got just a quick update for you here at The Bits today, but it’s a good one...
First, Disney has just officially announced the Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD release of Toy Story 4 on 10/8, with the Digital release expected a week earlier on 10/1.
The 4K disc (and digital release) will include Dolby Atmos audio, while the Blu-ray will feature 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio. Expect the physical to offer HDR10 high dynamic range, while the digital 4K has Dolby Vision. Extras will include audio commentary with director Josh Cooley and his team, 4 featurettes (Toy Stories, Woody & Buzz, Bo Rebooted, and Let’s Ride with Ally Maki), a collection of mini-docs on the film’s characters called Toy Box, 6 deleted scenes with optional commentary (including Scamming Playtime, Bo Knows Hippos, Desperate Toys, Knock-Offs, Recruit Duke, and She’s the One) and more. [Read on here...]
Incredibles 4K on 6/5, Wild at Heart delay, Fleischer Rarities BD, new Warner/DC TV titles & more
All right, we’re waiting on a number of 4K Ultra HD review titles to come in any time now, including The Patriot, Fury, Red Sparrow, and the Jurassic Park set. While we do, we’ve got some release and announcement news for you...
First up, it appears that the official street date for Disney and Pixar’s The Incredibles in 4K Ultra HD is 6/5 and not 6/12. We expect the official press release to go out any time now and we’ll post the details as soon as it does. So adjust your plans accordingly.
Also today, Shout! Factory has announced that review product for their recent Wild at Heart: Shout Select Blu-ray release had a manufacturing error that’s now being corrected for the actual retail product. This means that the street date for the title has been moved from 5/22 to 8/21. Adjust your plans accordingly. [Read on here...]
- Pixar
- Disney
- The Incredibles 4K
- The 4K Ultra HD Release List
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Thunderbean Animation
- Jerry Beck
- Cartoon Rarities
- Fleischer Rarities Bluray
- Wild at Heart BD delay
- Star Wars Rebels: Season Four BD
- Arrow: The Complete Sixth Season
- The Flash: The Complete Fourth Season
- Supernatural: The Complete Thirteenth Season
- The Death of Superman
- Sherlock Gnomes
- The Cured
- Margot Kidder RIP
- Rowan and Martin’s LaughIn: The Complete Fifth Season
- Release Dates & Artwork update
- Joseph Campanella RIP
- Tom Wolfe RIP
Disney and Pixar set The Incredibles for 4K Ultra HD on 6/12, plus Criterion’s August slate announced
All right, the big news today is that, as we first revealed here at The Bits several weeks ago, Disney and Pixar are indeed releasing Brad Bird’s The Incredibles on 4K Ultra HD on 6/12, in support of the theatrical release of The Incredibles 2 that same week. It looks like the 4K release will include Dolby Atmos audio and will also include the Blu-ray edition with all its special features. Note that Best Buy is going to have an exclusive Steelbook version of the title. [Update: It appears that Best Buy is listing the Steelbook 4K version as streeting on 6/5. It’s possible that the wide release will be 6/5 as well, and not 6/12 as currently listed. We expect official details soon from the studio and we’ll update this information then.]
This would mark the very first time that Disney has gone back to release a deeper catalog title on the 4K format (not just a new theatrical release). Here’s hoping we see many more Pixar, Marvel, and Star Wars catalog titles released in 4K soon.
Meanwhile this afternoon, our friends at The Criterion Collection have now officially announced their August slate of Blu-ray and DVD titles as follows… [Read on here...]
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- The 4K Ultra HD Release List
- The Criterion Spines Project
- Criterion's August 2018 slate
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- The Warner Archive
- The Incredibles 4K
- Disney
- Pixar
- The Ballad of Gregorio Cortex
- Heaven Can Wait
- Smithereens
- The Tree of Life
- Memories of Underdevelopment
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
- Escape Plan 2: Hades
- Vestron Video Collector's Series
- Dagon
- Beyond ReAnimator
- Irma La Douce
- Brad Bird
- The Incredibles 2
- 1
- 2