Displaying items by tag: Frailty (2001) 4K

All right, as you may have noticed, we’ve been having some functionality issue here at The Bits website in the last week or two. I’m gonna talk about that a little more in a second, so hold that thought.

But first, I wanted to call your attention to a bunch of new disc reviews we’ve completed here at the site lately…

Over the last three or four days, I’ve completed detailed reviews of four of the films in MGM’s new 007: James Bond – Sean Connery 6-Films Collection in 4K Ultra HD, including Terence Young’s Dr. No (1962), From Russia with Love (1963), and Thunderball (1965), as well as Guy Hamilton’s Goldfinger (1964).

Now, I was in the middle of reviewing You Only Live Twice (1967) when I discovered that the copy of the film on 4K disc in my set was defective (I’m having a layer switch issue late in the film—just a bad disc I think, not a widespread issue). So I’m awaiting a replacement copy from WBDHE and I’ll resume my review work on the set as soon as it arrives. in the meantime, I may knock out another 4K review or two, so be sure to stay tuned.

Also today, Tim has posted reviews of Wyott Ordrung’s Monster from the Ocean Floor (1954) on Blu-ray from Film Masters, as well as Gordon Flemying’s Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965) and Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 AD (1966) in 4K Ultra HD from the good people at Severin Films.

Dennis has turned in his thoughts on Glenn Gordon Caron’s Clean and Sober (1988) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.

And Stephen has offered a genuinely in-depth look at our old friend Vincent Pereira’s A Better Place (1997), which has been newly remastered on Blu-ray from View Askew and the MVD Rewind Collection!

All are well worth your time, so please give them a look. [Read on here...]

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The new week is here, and so we’ve got three new disc reviews to share with you today accordingly...

Stuart’s look at Ken Loach’s Family Life (1971) on Blu-ray from Indicator.

Dennis’ thoughts on Predrag Antonijević’s Savior (1998) on Blu-ray from Imprint Films.

And Tim’s take on another title from Arrow’s Shawscope: Volume Two Blu-ray box set, this time Lau Kar-leung’s Mad Monkey Kung Fu (1979)!

In announcement news today, Shout! Factory has begun to reveal its August slate of titles, which is set to include the Shaw Brothers Classics: Volume Seven Blu-ray box set on 8/5, which features the films The Imperial Tomb Raiders (1973), Legend of the Bat (1978), The Shadow Boxed (1975), The Spiritual Boxer (1975), Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre (1978), Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre 2 (1978), Seven Shaolin Hand Lock (1978), Swordsman and Enchantress (1978), The Proud Twins (1979), A Deadly Secret (1980), and Heroes Shed no Tears (1980). [Read on here...]

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Okay, we’re experiencing a couple of website issues today that are requiring work on both our hardware and software here at The Bits. But while we do that, I wanted to knock out a quick news update in the event we have to take a couple days off from posting. So we’ve got more big catalog 4K news for you this morning, including a big follow-up on the news we posted here on Tuesday!

But first, we’ve got more new disc reviews for you as well...

Stephen has turned in his thoughts on Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi (1983), as newly re-issued in 4K Ultra HD Steelbook packaging from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Tim has reviewed Terrell O. Morse’s Unknown World (1951) on Blu-ray from Severin Films.

And Dennis has offered his take on Steven Soderbergh’s The Good German (2006) on Blu-ray from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment.

Now then, the big news is that our friends at The Criterion Collection have officially announced a title that we first mentioned here at The Bits on Tuesday (and last Sunday on our Digital Bits Patreon page for subscribers): They are indeed releasing The Wes Anderson Archive as a 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray box set on September 30th! [Read on here...]

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