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211. [MY TWO CENTS] Universal makes Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu (2024) official for Blu-ray & 4K on 2/18, plus Sonic the Hedgehog 3, The Fall, Urotsukidoji & more!

Cheers, Bits readers! Here’s our latest batch of new disc reviews for today… Stephen has taken a look at Michael Mann’s The Keep (1983) in 4K Ultra HD from Vinegar Syndrome. Dennis has reviewed Robert ...

Created on 21 January 2025

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212. [ULTRA HD BLU-RAY] Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens (4K UHD Review)

After Supervixens and Up!, the latter not quite as successful as the former, Russ Meyer returned to his “Vixen” trilogy, bringing Roger Ebert and Kitten Natividad along with him for Beneath the Valley ...

Created on 21 January 2025

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213. [BLU-RAY DISC] Beast with Five Fingers, The (Blu-ray Review)

The Beast with Five Fingers has the distinction of being the last Gothic Hollywood horror film of the 1940s. Horror had been a reliable box office money maker since 1931’s Dracula, but other genres were ...

Created on 21 January 2025

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214. [BLU-RAY DISC] Proud and Profane, The (Blu-ray Review)

Fred Zinnemann’s From Here to Eternity (1953), from James Jones’s bestselling novel, had been one of the biggest hits of the entire 1950s. At a time when Hollywood was shifting over to color and widescreen, ...

Created on 21 January 2025

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

In the annals of cinematic history, there have been many prominent films that have become lost to time for one reason or another. These can be divided roughly into three different categories. The first ...

Created on 20 January 2025

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216. [BLU-RAY DISC] Tall Target, The (Blu-ray Review)

Film noir had its heyday from the mid 40s to the mid 50s. Films of this genre were usually contemporary stories in urban settings, with major scenes taking place at night. Occasionally, elements of noir ...

Created on 20 January 2025

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217. [BLU-RAY DISC] Sahara (1943) (UK Import) (Blu-ray Review)

Of Hollywood war movies made during the Second World War, Sahara (1943) is one of the very best, falling somewhere within the Top Ten, maybe even the Top Five. It’s a taut, impressively suspenseful action ...

Created on 20 January 2025

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[MY TWO CENTS] Criterion’s April slate includes Chungking Express in 4K, plus The Third Man & You’re Next from Lionsgate Limited, Imprint’s March Blu-ray slate & more!

218. [MY TWO CENTS] Criterion’s April slate includes Chungking Express in 4K, plus The Third Man & You’re Next from Lionsgate Limited, Imprint’s March Blu-ray slate & more!

We’ve got a bunch of release news to catch you all up on today here at The Bits, but first—as always—we’re closing out the week with a bunch of new and recent disc reviews… I’ve turned in my thoughts ...

Created on 17 January 2025

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219. [ULTRA HD BLU-RAY] Kill Bill: Volume 2 – Lionsgate Limited (Steelbook) (4K UHD Review)

Now that the Bride (Uma Thurman) has vanquished two members of the “Deadly Viper” assassination squad, we finally learn in flashback what happened to her at the wedding chapel in Texas. And we learn how ...

Created on 16 January 2025

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220. [ULTRA HD BLU-RAY] Kill Bill: Volume 1 – Lionsgate Limited (Steelbook) (4K UHD Review)

A young pregnant woman known only as the Bride (Uma Thurman) is rehearsing her wedding in a Texas chapel when a man named Bill (David Carradine) and his “Deadly Viper” assassination squad—which includes ...

Created on 16 January 2025

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221. [ULTRA HD BLU-RAY] Death Becomes Her: Collector's Edition (4K UHD Review

Death Becomes Her was released in 1992 to mixed reviews, but brought in a successful box office take. Hot off of the success of Who Framed Roger Rabbit and the Back to the Future sequels, Robert Zemeckis ...

Created on 16 January 2025

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222. [ULTRA HD BLU-RAY] Reservoir Dogs: Lionsgate Limited (Steelbook) (4K UHD Review)

Part debut film and part cinematic announcement by director Quentin Tarantino, Reservoir Dogs depicts the aftermath (and the lead-up, via flashback) of a Los Angeles diamond heist gone terribly wrong. ...

Created on 16 January 2025

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223. [BLU-RAY DISC] Boob, The/Why Be Good? (Blu-ray Review)

Set during the prohibition era, The Boob (1926) tells the story of Peter (George K. Arthur), a young man with his heart set on the beautiful Amy (Gertrude Olmstead), who has unfortunately fallen for big ...

Created on 16 January 2025

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224. [BLU-RAY DISC] Left Right and Centre (Blu-ray Review)

British comedies of roughly 1946-64 were most commonly done in the Ealing Studios mold: small-scale but witty, eccentric character-driven films built on clever premises, satirical but usually with affection ...

Created on 16 January 2025

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225. [ULTRA HD BLU-RAY] No Country for Old Men (4K UHD Review)

No Country for Old Men, a Best Picture Oscar winner based on the novel of the same name by Cormac McCarthy and adapted and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, is a harsh look at the inevitability of consequences ...

Created on 15 January 2025

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226. [ULTRA HD BLU-RAY] Drag Me to Hell: Collector’s Edition (4K UHD Review)

Drag Me to Hell was, above all things, a triumphant return by Sam Raimi to the genre he so prevalently took part in before becoming a major Hollywood director. After a string of more mainstream films, ...

Created on 15 January 2025

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227. [BLU-RAY DISC] Venture Bros., The: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart (Blu-ray Review)

The Venture Bros. has always been one of TV’s more unique entities, in so much as it’s primarily a pair of people (Doc Hammer and Jackson Publick) responsible for its creation with hardly any outside influence, ...

Created on 15 January 2025

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228. [BLU-RAY DISC] Persuaders!, The: The Complete Series (Blu-ray Review)

Established by Lew Grade in 1954, the company generally known as ITC produced many of Britain’s best-known TV programs, including The Saint, Danger Man, The Prisoner, Thunderbirds (and all the other Supermarionation ...

Created on 14 January 2025

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229. [BLU-RAY DISC] Italian Connection, The (Blu-ray Review)

Broad stereotypes bordering on cartoonish notwithstanding, Fernando Di Leo’s The Italian Connection (La mala ordina, “Mob Orders”) is an entertaining crime thriller, the second-third of Di Leo’s “Millieu” ...

Created on 14 January 2025

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230. [BLU-RAY DISC] Must Love Dogs (Blu-ray Review)

Must Love Dogs, a romantic comedy that pokes fun at online dating, first impressions, and technologically inspired mating, offers amusing characters, witty dialogue, and a first-class ensemble cast.

Created on 14 January 2025

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231. [ULTRA HD BLU-RAY] Jackie Brown: Lionsgate Limited (Steelbook) (4K UHD Review)

Jackie Brown (Pam Grier) is a stewardess who’s spent twenty years trying to improve her circumstances in life, but a handful of mistakes—including carrying drugs for her ex-husband pilot—has ensured that ...

Created on 13 January 2025

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232. [MY TWO CENTS] BREAKING: Warner makes Amadeus 4K official, plus Shout! acquires the Golden Princess Library!

Afternoon, everyone! We’ve got some great breaking news to report here at The Bits today, but first we’ve got more new disc reviews to share with you as always... Dennis has taken a look at Stephen Frears’ ...

Created on 13 January 2025

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233. [BLU-RAY DISC] Grifters, The (Blu-ray Review)

“Grifter,” a word not much used these days, is defined as “a con artist; someone who swindles people out of money through fraud.” The Grifters, adapted from a novel by Jim Thompson, follows three people ...

Created on 13 January 2025

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234. [BLU-RAY DISC] Les Femmes (Blu-ray Review)

A perfectly dreadful French sex comedy starring Brigitte Bardot and Maurice Ronet, Les Femmes (“The Women,” 1969), also known as The Vixen, is rather like François Truffaut’s The Man Who Loved Women but ...

Created on 13 January 2025

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235. [BLU-RAY DISC] Bloodline (Blu-ray Review)

A contender for the worst movie with the greatest cast, (Sidney Sheldon’s) Bloodline (1979), the penultimate theatrical starring film of Audrey Hepburn, isn’t quite as bad as its reputation, though overall, ...

Created on 13 January 2025

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236. [ULTRA HD BLU-RAY] Supervixens (4K UHD Review)

After Russ Meyer had been kicked off the 20th Century Fox lot, despite proving himself to be an effective and profitable director with Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, he chose to return to independent ...

Created on 10 January 2025

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237. [BLU-RAY DISC] Mountains on the Moon (Blu-ray Review)

Mountains of the Moon brings to life a historical mid-19th century struggle with sweep and adventure while also providing an intimate portrait of its two central characters. A quest painted in broad strokes ...

Created on 10 January 2025

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238. [BLU-RAY DISC] In the Line of Duty I-IV (Blu-ray Review)

Some franchises are born; others are made. Still others are... well, made up out of whole cloth. That’s especially true of international productions, where dubbing, new titles, and creative editing can ...

Created on 10 January 2025

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239. [MY TWO CENTS] Nice Guys, Tommy, Night of the Creeps & more 4Ks, plus Con Air, Cold Mountain, Star Trek: Lower Decks, our review of Se7en & a discount on Colin Cantwell art!

We’ve ...

Created on 09 January 2025

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240. [BLU-RAY DISC] Teaserama Plus Varietease and Buxom Beautease (Blu-ray Review)

Teaserama, Varietease, and Buxom Beautease collectively represent an era long-past and nearly forgotten, almost as much as the films themselves. They offer a snapshot of a form of entertainment that doesn’t ...

Created on 09 January 2025

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