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1. [MY TWO CENTS] The Way of the Gun, Earthquake! in 4K, Vestron’s All of Me, Billy Madison, The Toxic Avenger, Wolf Children, Sinners, Rust & more!

We’re back! Sorry for the absence of news posts over these last few days, folks. It’s been a busy and chaotic week here at The Bits—not so much work wise, but personal life. Our family’s had a flurry ...

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2. [MY TWO CENTS] Our Release Dates & Cover Art section has been updated with all the latest Blu-ray, DVD & 4K Ultra HD titles!

This is a quick post to let you all know that our Release Dates & Cover Artwork section here at The Digital Bits has just been updated with all the latest Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD cover artwork and ...

Created on 14 May 2025

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3. [ULTRA HD BLU-RAY] Andromeda Strain, The (1971) (4K UHD Review)

The Andromeda Strain was hardly the first biological thriller, but in some ways, it still remains the godfather of the entire genre. It may have been preceded by others like the underrated 1965 John Sturges ...

Created on 13 May 2025

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4. [ULTRA HD BLU-RAY] Cell, The (4K UHD Review)

The 1990s saw a spate of psychosexual, film noir-inspired, police procedural thrillers and horror films, mostly due to the success of The Silence of the Lambs and Basic Instinct, but none were ever as ...

Created on 13 May 2025

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[MY TWO CENTS] Warner Archive’s Splendor in the Grass BD, Death Wish 3 & Silent Scream, Imprint sets Malcolm X & Midnight Cowboy for 4K, Kevin Smith talks Dogma & more!

5. [MY TWO CENTS] Warner Archive’s Splendor in the Grass BD, Death Wish 3 & Silent Scream, Imprint sets Malcolm X & Midnight Cowboy for 4K, Kevin Smith talks Dogma & more!

We’re starting the week here at The Bits, as we so often do, with a trio of new Blu-ray reviews, including... Dennis’ look at Herbert Ross and Woody Allen’s Play It Again Sam (1972) on Blu-ray from Imprint ...

Created on 12 May 2025

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6. [BLU-RAY DISC] Play It Again, Sam (Blu-ray Review)

Some movies reference or pay homage to other movies. Scream uses visual references to Hitchcock’s Psycho. In The Faculty, teenagers suddenly turn into soulless, emotionless shells of human beings much ...

Created on 12 May 2025

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7. [BLU-RAY DISC] New Adventures of Tarzan, The (Blu-ray Review)

Film Masters is a terrific label, doing great work restoring and releasing unloved niche titles, but they probably should have shelved this “Restored in HD” Archive Collection release of The New Adventures ...

Created on 12 May 2025

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8. [BLU-RAY DISC] Sadie McKee (Blu-ray Review)

As someone not particularly enamored of glossy 1930s MGM romantic melodramas, especially Joan Crawford vehicles, I nevertheless found Sadie McKee (1934) rather good. Clarence Brown’s (Anna Christie, National ...

Created on 12 May 2025

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[MY TWO CENTS] A Minecraft Movie on Blu-ray & 4K, plus new Imprint, KLSC, and BFI announcements & Tron screens in 4K with Dolby Vision at the Academy Museum on 7/3!

9. [MY TWO CENTS] A Minecraft Movie on Blu-ray & 4K, plus new Imprint, KLSC, and BFI announcements & Tron screens in 4K with Dolby Vision at the Academy Museum on 7/3!

In announcement news today, the big news is that Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment has just set Jared Hess’ A Minecraft Movie (2024) for Digital release on 5/13, with the physical Blu-ray, DVD, ...

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[MY TWO CENTS] Lethal Weapon 4K is finally official, plus Snow White (2025), A24’s A Different Man, Murder, She Wrote Blu-ray follow-up & the new Split-Reel label!

10. [MY TWO CENTS] Lethal Weapon 4K is finally official, plus Snow White (2025), A24’s A Different Man, Murder, She Wrote Blu-ray follow-up & the new Split-Reel label!

We’ve done a bunch of updating here at The Bits today, including our 4K Ultra HD Release List, which should now be up to date with all the latest announcements, details, and pre-order links. We’ve also ...

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11. [THE 4K ULTRA HD RELEASE LIST] The 4K Ultra HD Release List (US/UK/DE)

Here is a list of known 4K Ultra HD titles released, announced, or in the works for the US, UK, and German (select titles) markets through 2025, compiled from our sources and best-available information. Let ...

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[MY TWO CENTS] Fury, The Phantom, official 007: Sean Connery & Jurassic Park Trilogy 4K remastering details, Murder, She Wrote & the Kingdom of Heaven: DC looks fantastic!

12. [MY TWO CENTS] Fury, The Phantom, official 007: Sean Connery & Jurassic Park Trilogy 4K remastering details, Murder, She Wrote & the Kingdom of Heaven: DC looks fantastic!

Afternoon, Bits readers! We’re starting the week with more new disc reviews, as always, including... Stuart’s thoughts on Daniel Petrie’s The Betsy (1978) on Blu-ray from Imprint Films. Dennis’ look ...

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13. [BLU-RAY DISC] Blaxploitation (1972-1973) (Blu-ray Review)

The use of the portmanteau term “blaxploitation” has meant many things: a source of income for film distributors since it was first coined by Junius Griffin, a source of controversy among black artists ...

Created on 05 May 2025

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14. [BLU-RAY DISC] In the Bedroom (Blu-ray Review)

In the Bedroom defies pigeonholing. Spanning drama, romance, thriller, and character study, the film is a leisurely look at family and social dynamics before and after a tragedy befalls a couple in a small ...

Created on 05 May 2025

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15. [BLU-RAY DISC] Betsy, The (Blu-ray Review)

Calling The Betsy (1978) the best adaptation of a Harold Robbins novel isn’t saying much, yet beyond Robbins’s emblematic trashiness and steamy sex scenes, the film is actually pretty entertaining, and ...

Created on 05 May 2025

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16. [ULTRA HD BLU-RAY] Blazing Saddles (4K UHD Review)

Submitted, for your consideration, a mildly hot take regarding the Mel Brooks Western parody Blazing Saddles. No, not that one. If you were thinking, “They couldn’t make a movie like that today,” there’s ...

Created on 02 May 2025

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17. [BLU-RAY DISC] Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe (Blu-ray Review)

José Mojica Marins invented the persona of Zé do Caixão (Coffin Joe) in 1964, co-writing, directing, and starring in the first Brazilian horror film, At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul. Achieving immediate ...

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18. [MY TWO CENTS] Shane (1953) hits 4K on 7/15, Plus The Golden Child, Jade, Sunset Boulevard, Better off Dead, Apple’s See: The Complete Series & more!

We have three more new disc reviews for you today, including… Stephen’s look at both the regular 4K Ultra HD and 4K Steelbook versions of Clint Eastwood’s Pale Rider (1985) in 4K Ultra HD from Warner ...

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19. [ULTRA HD BLU-RAY] Pale Rider: Steelbook (4K UHD Review)

A group of settlers are in crisis. They have claims to the land that they’ve been working, but a ruthless baron is trying to intimidate them into leaving. They’ve been struggling to make a living in their ...

Created on 01 May 2025

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20. [ULTRA HD BLU-RAY] Pale Rider (4K UHD Review)

A group of settlers are in crisis. They have claims to the land that they’ve been working, but a ruthless baron is trying to intimidate them into leaving. They’ve been struggling to make a living in their ...

Created on 01 May 2025

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21. [BLU-RAY DISC] Posse (Blu-ray Review)

Made in the wake of the Watergate scandal, Posse is a Western with a cautionary tale about men whose aspirations mask an ulterior motive. The film follows a lawman as he attempts to capture a notorious ...

Created on 01 May 2025

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22. [MY TWO CENTS] Disney & 20th Century confirm The Rocky Horror Picture Show is coming to 4K, plus Lethal Weapon & 007 Sean Connery special features!

We’re starting the day off today with three more new disc reviews, including… Stuart’s look at George Armitage’s Hit Man (1972) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection. Dennis’ thoughts on Josh ...

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23. [ULTRA HD BLU-RAY] Cheeky! (4K UHD Review)

In 2000, erotic comedy extraordinaire Tinto Brass entered the new millennium with one of the final projects during his latter day filmmaking period: Tra(sgre)dire, released elsewhere in the world as Cheeky! ...

Created on 30 April 2025

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24. [BLU-RAY DISC] Hit Man (1972) (Blu-ray Review)

The Mike Hodges-directed, Michael Caine-starring Get Carter (1971) is today regarded as one of the all-time great British crime films, but when it was new, MGM, which produced it through its British arm, ...

Created on 30 April 2025

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25. [BLU-RAY DISC] Heart Eyes (Blu-ray Review)

Heart Eyes is an unusual thriller. It combines two horror subgenres—the slasher flick and holiday terror—with elements of romantic comedy. And its main characters are two smart people rather than the blundering ...

Created on 30 April 2025

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[MY TWO CENTS] Warner makes Connery 007 4K official, plus a new Jaws: 50th, A24’s Warfare, Grave of the Fireflies & Shout!’s July has Alexander, Battle Beyond the Stars & more!

26. [MY TWO CENTS] Warner makes Connery 007 4K official, plus a new Jaws: 50th, A24’s Warfare, Grave of the Fireflies & Shout!’s July has Alexander, Battle Beyond the Stars & more!

We’ve got four new disc reviews for you to enjoy today, including… Dennis’ look at Frank Wisbar’s Lighthouse (1947) on Blu-ray from Film Masters. Stuart’s take on James Goldstone’s Swashbuckler (1976) ...

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27. [ULTRA HD BLU-RAY] Outlaw Josey Wales, The: Steelbook (4K UHD Review)

The Outlaw Josey Wales was the fifth film that Clint Eastwood directed, and his second time helming a Western. Yet unlike his previous four directorial efforts, it was never planned that way. In fact, ...

Created on 29 April 2025

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28. [ULTRA HD BLU-RAY] Outlaw Josey Wales, The (4K UHD Review)

The Outlaw Josey Wales was the fifth film that Clint Eastwood directed, and his second time helming a Western. Yet unlike his previous four directorial efforts, it was never planned that way. In fact, ...

Created on 29 April 2025

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29. [BLU-RAY DISC] Swashbuckler (1976) (Blu-ray Review)

Many today remember 1970s Hollywood cinema as a golden period of great films from emerging directors like Scorsese, Friedkin, and Bogdanovich, and of blockbusters like The Godfather, Jaws, and Star Wars. ...

Created on 29 April 2025

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30. [BLU-RAY DISC] Lighthouse (1947) (Blu-ray Review)

Lighthouse, a B picture from Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC), is essentially a three-character drama that takes place primarily at a lighthouse station along the Pacific coast. At a mere 60 minutes, ...

Created on 29 April 2025

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