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Sony’s Venom 3, KLSC’s The Coneheads & Uncle Buck in 4K, Conclave, A24 exclusives, The Substance & Warner Archive announces new catalog BDs including Tom & Jerry!
Afternoon, everyone! We’ve got a bunch of good release news to report today, but first we have a trio of new disc reviews to share with you, including...
My take on Chris Sanders’ stunning The Wild Robot (2024) in 4K Ultra HD from DreamWorks Animation.
Stephen’s look at the Disney+ streaming series Hawkeye: The Complete First Season (2021) in 4K Ultra HD Steelbook from Marvel.
And Tim’s review of Lau Kar-leung’s Return to the 36th Chamber (1980) on Blu-ray from Arrow’s excellent Shawscope: Volume Two box set.
Also, just to let you guys know, we have a ton of disc reviews in the works for the coming weeks. I myself have just spent the entire weekend reviewing disc, including The Wild Robot (linked above) but also the new Interstellar: 10th Anniversary Release, Ahsoka, Lost Horizon, and more. Plus the entire Bits review team is working on disc Blu-ray and 4K reviews. So watch for lots of them to be posted, a few each weekday between now and Christmas.
Now then... the big news today is that Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has officially set Kelly Marcel’s Venom 3: The Last Dance for Blu-ray, DVD, 4K Ultra HD, and 4K Steelbook on 2/21. The 4K SKUs will feature Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos audio. Extras will include a host of video-based features as follows: Deleted & Extended Scenes, Venomous Laughs: Outtakes & Bloopers, Bonded in Chaos: Tom Hardy, Author of Mayhem: From Writer to Director, Venom’s Inner Circle, Venom Unleashed: The Action & Stunts, Select Scene PreVis, One Last Dance – Tom Morello x Grandson Music Video, Savor the Last Bite: The Venom Legacy, and Brock Bottom: Mrs. Chen Interview. [Read on here...]
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Conclave (2024)
- Universal
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
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- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
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- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Stephen Bjork
- Tim Salmons
- The Wild Robot 4K review
- DreamWorks Animation
- Hawkeye: The Complete First Season 4K review
- Disney+
- Marvel
- Shawscope: Volume Two BD box set
- Return to the 36th Chamber BD review
- Venom 3: The Last Dance
- Here
- Robert Zemeckis
- Lionsgate
- The Coneheads 4K
- I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
- The Last Witch Hunter 4K
- Juror #2
- Clint Eastwood
- Uncle Buck 4K
- Summer Rental
- Hot Pursuit
- Documentary Now! The Complete Series
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- Cnonclave
- Focus Features
- Azrael
- Hundreds of Beavers BD
- Lifeguard
- Racing with the Moon
- Fun City Editions
- Guy Maddin
- Rumors
- Y2K
- A24 Shop
- We Live in Time
- The Substance 4K
- Warner Archive Collection
- Looney Tunes: Daffy Duck’s Quackbusters
- Cheyenne: The Complete Series
- Last Stand at Saber River
- Gabriel Over the White House
- Frankenstein Jr and The Impossibles: The Complete Series
- Spike and Tyke
Dante’s Peak, The Lords of Flatbush, Galaxy of Terror, Ghosts of Mars, Short Night of Glass Dolls & more new 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray announcements
We’ve got several new disc reviews for you today here at The Bits, including...
Stephen’s look at David Fincher’s Zodiac (2007) in 4K Ultra HD from Paramount, along with his look at Shout! Factory’s Limited Edition Collector’s Set of Jim Henson and Frank Oz’s The Dark Crystal (1982) in 4K UHD, as well as Billy Wilder’s One, Two, Three (1961) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Dennis’ reviews of Barnaby Thompson’s Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story (2023) documentary on DVD from Kino Lorber, as well as Rebecca Snow’s The Boy in the Woods (2023) on Blu-ray also from Kino Lorber.
And Stuart’s take on Kurt Neumann’s Cattle Drive (1951) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, as well as Indicator’s Columbia Horror Blu-ray box set, which includes Region B-locked editions of John Francis Dillon’s Behind the Mask (1932), Roy William Neill’s Black Moon (1934), Albert S. Rogell’s Air Hawks (1935), Charles Barton’s Island of Doomed Men (1940), Henry Levin’s Cry of the Werewolf (1944), and Will Jason’s The Soul of a Monster (1944).
More reviews are on the way soon, as always, so be sure to keep checking back both here and on our social media feeds (on Facebook, Twitter/X, and BlueSky). [Read on here...]
- Imprint Films
- Constantine (2005) 4K
- David Fincher
- Stephen Bjork
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Back the Bits
- Bluray Disc
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Criterion
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Dennis Seuling
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Dante's Peak 4K
- The Lords of Flatbush
- Galaxy of Terror 4K
- Ghosts of Mars 4K
- Short Night of Glass Dolls 4K
- Zodiac 4K review
- The Dark Crystal 4K review
- One Two Three BD review
- Billy Wilder
- Jim Henson
- Frank Oz
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- Cattle Drive BD review
- Columbia Horror BD box set review
- Indicator
- Mad About the Boy DVD review
- Kino Lorber
- The Boy in the Woods BD review
- A Chinese Odyssey 1 & 2
- Sick
- Slam Dunk 4K
- A Place Further Than the Universe
- Humanoids from the Deep 4K
- Play It Again Sam VD
- Hot Pursuit
- Legend of the Eight Samurai
- Sirk in Germany
- Eureka Entertainment
- Celluloid Dreams
- Aldo Lado
- ReAnimator
- Eagle Rock Pictures
- Ignite Films
- Universal
- Conclave (2024)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 4K Steelbook
- Peter Jackson
VinSyn’s The Keep 4K sells out (while Imprint plans another), plus KLSC reveals Two Jakes & River Wild in Ultra HD & Sony sets Zemeckis’ Here for disc
Afternoon, Bits readers! We’re starting today with some more new disc reviews...
First up, I’ve taken a look at Lucasfilm and Disney’s new 4K Ultra HD release of The Mandalorian: The Complete Third Season (2023) which streets in Steelbook packaging tomorrow.
Also, Tim has given Clint Eastwood’s Play Misty for Me (1971) a look in 4K Ultra HD from Kino Lorber Studio classics.
And Tim has also reviewed the two new Looney Tunes Blu-ray releases from the Warner Archive Collection, including Volume 4 and a collected Volumes 1-4 edition.
More reviews are forthcoming all this week, so be sure to watch for them.
The big news today is that Vinegar Syndrome, over the weekend, sold out its entire 12,000-unit run of their just-announced 4K Limited Edition of Michael Mann’s The Keep (1983). That’s probably no surprise; the title has been a home entertainment holy grail for something like two decades. We do expect at some point that there will be a standard edition more widely available from the company. [Read on here...]
- The Keep (1983) 4K
- Michael Mann
- Vinegar Syndrome
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Back the Bits
- Bluray Disc
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Tim Salmons
- Cyber Monday Deals
- Imprint Films
- Via Vision
- The Two Jakes 4K
- The River Wild 4K
- Robert Zemeckis
- Here (2024) BD
- The Mandalorian: The Complete Third Season 4K review
- Lucasfilm
- Star Wars
- Clint Eastwood
- Play Misty for Me 4K review
- The Warner Archive Collection
- Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 4 BD review
- Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volumes 1 to 4 BD review
- The Hellbenders 4K
- Kill Them All and Come Back Alive 4K
- Two Spaghetti Western Classics 4K
- Hollywood's Big Thanksgiving
- theatrical ticket sales
- Wicked: Part One
- Moana 2
- Gladiator II
Happy Black Friday! Arrow announces its February slate, plus Vinegar Syndrome bows Michael Mann’s The Keep in 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray!
Greetings folks! I trust all those of you here in the States had a good Thanksgiving holiday, and many of you are now out shopping for Black Friday deals at your local retailers or online.
As always, we ask that if you’re shopping for deals on Amazon today, please consider clicking to them through one of our Affiliate links (like this one) first to help support The Bits! (And thank you!)
Now then... we have a few more new disc reviews today, and also some terrific release news...
Stephen has checked in with a look at Valeri Rubinchik’s The Savage Hunt of King Stakh (1980) on Blu-ray from Deaf Crocodile Films.
Stuart has taken a look at David Hinton’s Made in England: The Films of Powell & Pressburger (2024) documentary on Blu-ray from Cohen Media via Kino Lorber.
And Dennis has reviewed George Sidney’s Bathing Beauty (1944) on Blu-ray, an MGM water extravaganza featuring Ester Williams and Red Skelton from the Warner Archive Collection!
Watch for lots more reviews over the coming days. You might even see one or two drop this weekend. [Read on here...]
- Happy Thanksgiving from The Digital Bits
- Stephen Bjork
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Dennis Seuling
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Bluray Disc
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Black Friday
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Michael Mann
- The Keep (1983) 4K
- Arrow Video's February 2025 slate
- Warner Archive's December 2024 slate
- The Savage Hunt of King Stakh BD review
- Made in England: The Films of Powell & Pressburger BD review
- Bathing Beauty BD review
- Robert Meyer Burnett
- Robservations 1K episode
More 4K & Blu-ray reviews, a lost John Ford film is found, Part Two of Bill’s appearance on The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of is live, and Happy Thanksgiving from The Bits!
All right, we’re closing out the short holiday week here at the site with more new disc reviews, including...
My reviews of Fede Álvarez’s Alien: Romulus (2024) in 4K Ultra HD from 20th Century Studios, as well as the BFI’s edition of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai (1954) in 4K Ultra HD.
Tim’s reviews of Clint Eastwood’s The Eiger Sanction (1975) in 4K UHD and also Monk: Season Three (2004-2005) on Blu-ray, both from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Dennis’ look at Martin Ritt’s Cross Creek (1983) on Blu-ray from KLSC.
And finally, Stuart’s take on Sidney Lumet’s Garbo Talks (1984) also on Blu-ray from KLSC.
We’ll have more reviews on Friday and over the weekend as well.
In news today, 20th Century Studios has just announced that Jared Hess’ Napoleon Dynamite (2004) is now available Digitally in 4K UHD. There’s no word yet on a physical 4K release, but given the title’s popularity, it’s definitely possible that one could follow in the new year. [Read on here...]
- Tim Salmons
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Back the Bits
- Bluray Disc
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Dennis Seuling
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Stephen Bjork
- Russell Hammond
- Sam Cohen
- Alien: Romulus 4K review
- Seven Samurai BFI 4K review
- Akira Kurosawa
- 20th Century Studios
- Fede Álvarez
- The Eiger Sanction 4K review
- Monk: Season Three BD review
- Clint Eastwood
- Cross Creek BD review
- Garbo Talks BD review
- Napoleon Dynamite 4K Digital
- John Ford
- The Scarlet Drop (1918) lost film discovery
- The National
- The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of podcast
- Ryan Condal
- David Mandel
- prop collecting
- HAL 9000
- Happy Thanksgiving from The Digital Bits
Lionsgate’s new Direct-to-Consumer physical media shop—Lionsgate Limited—is now live!
Heads-up Bits readers!
This is just a quick update to let you all know that Lionsgate has just launched their new Direct-to-Consumer website: Lionsgate Limited!
You’ll find it at this link: https://lionsgatelimited.com/
So far it appears to have two 4K titles listed:
- The Conversation: Collector’s Edition (4K UHD Steelbook) – 12/17
- Apocalypse Now: Final Cut (4K UHD Steelbook Reprint) – 12/17
We’ll have more details on all this next week, when the studio makes their official announcement.
In the meantime… stay tuned!
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Paramount sets Pretty in Pink for Ultra HD, plus Armageddon (1998) in 4K & Warner’s 2025 UHD plans include Lethal Weapon & the Connery Bond films!
We’ve got more new disc reviews today to start the short Thanksgiving week out right here at The Bits. Among them are...
Stephen’s take on Fred Zinnemann’s A Man for All Seasons (1966) in 4K Ultra HD from Sony’s new Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection: Volume 5 box set.
Tim’s review of Don Siegel’s Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970) in 4K Ultra HD from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, as well as his on-going film-by-film review of Arrow’s excellent Shawscope: Volume Two Blu-ray boxed set—today featuring his thoughts on Lau Kar-leung’s The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978).
And my review of Dean Parisot’s Galaxy Quest (1999) in 4K Ultra HD Steelbook from our friends at Paramount Home Entertainment.
We’ve all got a lot more reviews in the works here at the site as well, so be sure to check back. In fact, in the next 24 hours or so, I’ll have my reviews of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai (1954) in 4K from the BFI (as compared to the recent Criterion 4K release, which I reviewed here last week), as well as my thoughts on Fede Álvarez’s Alien: Romulus (2024) in 4K UHD from 20th Century Studios.
Also today, I wanted to let you that I just dropped my second My Two Cents: A Video Blog episode exclusively for our supporters on The Digital Bits’ Patreon page. It runs about 26 minutes and includes comments on new and recent 4K titles, a sneak peek of 2025 4K catalog titles, and more. [Read on here...]
- Snowpiercer 4K
- HBO
- The Penguin: Season One 4K
- Criterion
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Bluray Disc
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Tim Salmons
- Stephen Bjork
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- David Fincher
- Seven 4K
- A Man for All Seasons 4K review
- Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection: Volume 5
- Two Mules for Sister Sara 4K review
- Shawscope: Volume Two BD box set
- Arrow Video
- The 36th Chamber of Shaolin BD review
- Galaxy Quest 4K Steelbook review
- Seven Samurai BFI 4K
- Alien: Romulus 4K
- My Two Cents: A Video Blog #2 on Patreon
- Pretty in Pink 4K
- Armageddon (1998) 4K
- Michael Bay
- Armageddon 4K restoration
- Whore
- The Spiral Road
- Invasion of the Bee Girls
- That Funny Feeling
- Houseboat
- Teacher's Pet
- Ken Russell
- The 10th Victim
- The Lords of Discipline
- Save the Tiger
- The Bone Collector 4K
- Constantine (2005) 4K
- Amadeus (1984) 4K
- Richard Donner
- Lethal Weapon (1987) 4K
- James Bond 007 Sean Connery 4K Collection
- Dr No 4K
- Goldfinger 4K
- From Russian with Love 4K
- Thunderball 4K
- You Only Live Twice 4K
- Diamonds Are Forever 4K
- Via Vision
- Imprint Films
- Lipstick
- The Betsy
- Life 4K Ultra HD
- Play It Again Sam
- Woody Allen
- The Liberation of LB Jones
- Swashbuckler
- Willow 4K
- Wicked: Part One 4K
- Ridley Scott
- Gladiator II 4K
- John M Chu
Warner sets Se7en 4K for January, plus Lionsgate’s Snowpiercer in Ultra HD, Seven Samurai reviewed, Bill’s appearance on The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of podcast is live & more!
We’re starting as always today with new disc reviews! And we’ve got some good ones, including…
My look at Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai (1954) in 4K Ultra HD from the Criterion Collection.
Stephen’s take on Ti West’s MaXXXine (2024) in 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray from A24 and Lionsgate.
Tim’s review of Monk: Season Two (2003-2004) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Dennis’ thoughts on James Watkins’ Speak No Evil (2024) on Blu-ray from Universal, as well as Zach Clark’s The Becomers (2023) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome, and Peter Markle’s Youngblood (1986) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Sam Cohen’s look at Marco Bellocchio’s Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara (2023) on Blu-ray from the Coen Media Group and Kino Lorber.
And finally, Stuart’s take on Claude Berri’s Tchao Pantin (1983) on Blu-ray from Radiance Films.
More reviews are forthcoming, including my own look on Dean Parisot’s Galaxy Quest (1999) in 4K Ultra HD from Paramount—that disc is expected to arrive here at the office today, so I’ll definitely be spinning it immediately upon its arrival! [Read on here...]
- Se7en 4K preorders
- Seven 4K
- David Fincher
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Sam Cohen
- Stephen Bjork
- Tim Salmons
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Back the Bits
- Bluray Disc
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Dennis Seuling
- Seven Samurai 4K review
- MaXXXine 4K review
- Monk: Season Two BD review
- Speak no Evil BD review
- The Becomers BD review
- Youngblood BD review
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Criterion
- A24
- Lionsgate
- Universal
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Cohen Media Group
- Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara BD review
- Tchao Pantin BD review
- Radiance Films
- Galaxy Quest 4K
- The Penguin: Season One 4K
- HBO
- DC Studios
- Snowpiercer 4K
- Smile 2
- Terrifier 3 4K
- Arthur Dong Collection BD
- Well Go USA
- How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
- The Screening Room AV Podcast
- JVC Projectors
- John Schuermann
- Sammie Prescott
- Projector Central
- Kris Deering
- Deep Dive AV
- The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of podcast
- Ryan Condal
- David Mandel
- Veep
- Seinfeld
- House of the Dragon
- prop collecting
Watch The Screening Room A/V’s live Video Podcast tonight on the new JVC Projectors!
Heads up, Bits readers! For those of you who are into 4K projector news, our friend John Schuermann at The Screening Room A/V in Colorado Springs is hosting a new episode of their Video Podcast tonight to run down the new 2024 lineup of JVC Projectors!
You may recall that I joined the podcast for an episode last year on the future of physical media (available here).
Tonight, John will be joined by Sammie Prescott of Projector Central and Kris Deering of Deep Dive A/V! They’ll have special coverage of JVC’s new NEW DLA-RS1200 / NZ500 projector as reviewed by Sammie and the TSR Crew!
The fun starts tonight at 7 PM Mountain (9 PM Eastern). [Read on here...]
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Back the Bits
- Bluray Disc
- The Screening Room A/V Video Podcast tonight
- John Schuermann
- Sammie Prescott
- Projector Central
- JVC 2024 video projectors
- Kris Deering
- Deep Dive A/V
- JVC’s new NEW DLARS1200 / NZ500 projector
North by Northwest 4K review, Criterion’s February 2025 slate, Se7en Ultra HD pre-orders are live & OTOY celebrates Star Trek: Generations with 765874 Unification!
We’ve got more new disc reviews to share with you today, to start the new week out right…
As promised, I’ve shared my in-depth thoughts on Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest (1959) in 4K Ultra HD from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment, and you’ll be pleased to know that it’s stunning. What’s more, those of you who saw the promotional trailer for the remaster need not worry—its missing fingers and cigarette are untouched in the actual 4K master. The film looks really great.
Tim has offered his thoughts on Barry Sonnenfeld’s Addams Family Values (1993) in 4K Ultra HD from Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment.
And Sam has reviewed Nikhil Nagesh Baht’s Kill (2023) in 4K Ultra HD Steelbook from Lionsgate.
Next up on my review stack is Mel Brooks’ Blazing Saddles (1974) in 4K Ultra HD from Warner, but first I may share my look at Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai (1954) in 4K UHD from Criterion, provided my copy arrives in the mail today as expected. Either way, both reviews should be posted in the next couple days.
Speaking of Criterion, the company has just unveiled its February 2025 release slate, as follows… [Read on here...]
- Guillermo del Toro
- MGM
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Bluray Disc
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Tim Salmons
- North by Northwest (1959) 4K review
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Jim Henson
- Labyrinth 4K Limited Edition Box review Set
- Stephen Bjork
- Sam Cohen
- Addams Family Values 4K review
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Shout! Factory
- Kill (2023) 4K review
- Lionsgate
- Criterion announces its February 2025 slate
- Punch Drunk Love 4K
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- King Lear (1987)
- Jean Luc Godard
- Crossing Delancey 4K
- Gus Van Sant
- Drugstore Cowboy 4K
- Performance (1970) 4K
- Cronos 4K
- David Fincher
- Seven 4K
- Se7en 4K preorders
- OTOY
- Star Trek: Generations
- William Shatner
- Leonard Nimoy
- The Archive
- Apple Vision Pro
- 765874: Unification
- Mr Spock
- Captain Kirk