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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 Films.
And Stuart’s thoughts on Edward Kull and Wilbur F. McGaugh’s 1935 The New Adventures of Tarzan serial on Blu-ray from Film Masters, as well as Clarence Brown’s Sadie McKee (1935) on Blu-ray from our friends at the Warner Archive Collection.
Also, Stephen and I have just contributed a pair of new subscriber-exclusive blog posts on The Digital Bits’ Patreon page (here and here). We’re up to 377 subscribers over there, and we’d really love to reach 400, so if you appreciate what we do here at The Bits in support of physical media, please consider subscribing to our Patreon. We have options for doing so that are as low as $6 a month (with discounts for a year-long subscription) and we definitely try to post exclusive content there that will make it worth your while, including regular video updates. Thanks in advance for your consideration! [Read on here...]
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Imprint Films July 2025 slate
- Imprint Films
- Via Vision Entertainment
- Bluray Disc
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Dennis Seuling
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Play it Again Sam BD review
- The New Adventures of Tarzan serial BD review
- Sadie McKee BD review
- The Warner Archive Collection
- George Feltenstein
- Tim Millard's The Extras podcast
- Film Masters
- To Catch a Thief 4K Steelbook
- Death Wish 3 (1985) 4K
- Silent Scream (1979) 4K
- Dark Force Entertainment
- Malcolm X 4K
- In the Heat of the Night 4K
- Midnight Cowboy 4K
- Spike Lee
- Clark Gable Collection
- Gary Cooper Collection
- The Citadel (1938)
- A Date with Judy (1948)
- The Enchanted Cottage (1945)
- Executive Suite (1954)
- His Kind of Woman (1951)
- Splendor in the Grass (1961)
- Arrow Video upcoming 4K titles
- Thief 4K
- Creepshow 2 4K
- Nightbreed 4K
- To Live and Die in LA 4K
- Rawhead Rex 4K
- Mona Lisa 4K
- The Apartment 4K
- The Visitor (1979) 4K
- Kevin Smith
- Dogma
- The Mike Calta Show
- Dogma: The Resurrection Tour
- Alessandra William
- 2025 Festival de Cannes
- Criterion Spring Sale
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, and 4K Ultra HD release set to follow on 6/24. A Limited Edition 4K Steelbook package will also be available.
The 4K disc will include Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos audio.
Extras will include 5 featurettes (among them Building the World of Minecraft: Block Party, Creepers, Zombies, and Endermen Oh My!, A Minecraft Movie: Block Beats, A Minecraft Movie: Pixel Pals, and Marlene + Nitwit). You can see the cover artwork at left and also below the break.
Also today, Kino Lorber Studio Classics has just set Bob Giraldi’s Hiding Out (1987) on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on 7/29. The film stars John Cryer and Annabeth Gish. [Read on here...]
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- Disney
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
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- Bluray Disc
- Jared Hess
- Hiding Out (1987) 4K
- Via Vision Entertainment
- Imprint Films
- Imprint Films July 2025 slate
- Blue (1968)
- Fade In (1973)
- Hud (1963)
- This Property is Condemned (1966)
- Track of the Cat (1954)
- You Only Live Once (1937)
- Fritz Lang
- The Juggler (1953)
- Jet Storm (1959)
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Clue (1985) 4K Steelbook
- Aeon Flux (2005) 4K Steelbook
- Æon Flux 4K
- BFI
- British Film Institute
- Women in Love (1969) 4K
- Bhaji on the Beach (1993)
- Human Traffic (1999) 4K
- Shanghai Blues (1984)
- Film Movement
- The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
- Tron (1982) 4K DCP screening with Dolby Vision
- Tron: Ares
- Tron: Legacy
- A Minecraft Movie 4K
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 at Todd Field’s In the Bedroom (2001) on Blu-ray also from Imprint Films.
And Tim’s take on Imprint’s new Blaxploitation (1972-1973) Blu-ray box set, which includes Martin Goldman’s The Legend of Black Charley (1972), Larry G. Spangler’s The Soul of Black Charley (1973), Ron O’Neal’s Superfly T.N.T. (1973), and Arthur Marks’ Detroit 9000 (1973). (Note that two of those films are using their less controversial titles, one of which was apparently changed for use in newspaper theatrical listings and for its original 1970s TV broadcast.)
Also… on Friday, Stephen turned in a detailed look at Mel Brooks’ trail-blazing comedy Blazing Saddles (1974) in 4K Ultra HD from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment.
And finally, Tim also reviewed Arrow Video’s excellent Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe Blu-ray box set, which was released in March.
More reviews are forthcoming this week, so be sure to stay tuned for them.
In announcement news today, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has just revealed a new 4K Steelbook edition of David Ayer’s Fury (2014) for release on 7/15. The title will now include Dolby Vision HDR, whereas the previous 4K release (from May of 2018) had HDR10 only. (You can read our review of that disc here.) All the extras will be the same, with the sole exception that the 4K disc no longer includes the 46-minute Smithsonian Channel documentary The Tanks of Fury. (Nor is it on the Blu-ray in the package, which seems to be identical to the previous Blu-ray.) Presumably, this omission allows for the inclusion of Dolby Vision and perhaps a higher overall 4K data rate. In any case, you can see the Steelbook cover artwork at left. [Read on here...]
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- 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
- Dennis Seuling
- Imprint Films
- Via Vision Entertainment
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- The Betsy BD review
- In the Bedroom BD review
- Blaxploitation (1972 to 1972) BD review
- Detroit 9000
- Superfly TNT
- The Legend of Black Charley
- The Soul of Black Charley
- Blazing Saddles 4K review
- Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe BD review
- Arrow Video
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Fury 4K Steelbook
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- The Phantom (1996) 4K
- America 3000
- Danger: Diabolik 4K
- 007: Sean Connery 6 Film Collection remastering details
- MGM
- Jurassic Park Trilogy 4K Steelbook remastering details
- Murder She Wrote: The Complete Series BD
- Little Buddha 4K
- Beyond Fest
- Ridley Scott
- Kingdom of Heaven: Director's Cut 4K
- Egyptian Theatre
- Steve Asbell
- 20th Century Studios
- Walt Disney Studios Restoration
A new Jurassic Park 4K Trilogy is coming, plus St Elmo’s Fire, Looney Tunes Collector’s Vault: V1 details, Freaky Tales, Lilly Wachowski Q&A & more!
We’ve got two more new disc reviews to share with you this afternoon, plus a bunch of exciting announcement news. But first as always, those reviews...
Stuart has taken a look at Bruce David Klein’s Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story (2024) on Blu-ray from Atlas Media and Zeitgeist Films via Kino Lorber.
And Stephen has offered his thoughts on John Erick Dowdle’s As Above, So Below (2014) on limited edition Blu-ray from our friends down at Via Vision Entertainment.
Also today, we’ve posted the weekly update of our Release Dates & Artwork Section with all the latest Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD covers and Amazon.com pre-order links. As always, whenever you order literally anything from Amazon after clicking to them through one of our links, you’re helping to support our work here at The Bits and we really do appreciate it!
Now then... today is the day that many of your are finally going to get your hands on George P. Cosmatos’ Tombstone (1993) on 4K Ultra HD Steelbook from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. We’ve reviewed the disc here as you know, and it’s fantastic. But don’t worry if you haven’t been able to order a copy yet—more product is being replicated as we speak and the title should come back in stock online soon. [Read on here...]
- You Can Count on Me 4K
- Carnal Knowledge 4K
- The 400 Blows 4K
- The Adventures of Antoine Doinel 4K
- Francois Truffaut
- Barry Lyndon 4K
- Stanley Kubrick
- The Big Heat 4K
- Hi Jack Highway BD review
- The Warner Archive Collection
- Lionsgate Limited
- Criterion's July 2025 slate
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Stephen Bjork
- 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
- Lionsgate
- Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story BD review
- Kino Lorber
- Via Vision Entertainment
- As Above So Below BD review
- Release Dates & Artwork update
- Tombstone 4K
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- St Elmo's Fire 4K
- Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
- Steven Spielberg
- Studio Distribution Services
- Jurassic Park Trilogy: Limited Edition 4K Steelbook
- Looney Tunes Collector’s Vault: Volume 1
- A Working Man
- Day of Reckoning
- Freaky Tales (2024) 4K Steelbook
- Late Night Video Edition VHS packaging
- The Peacemaker 4K
- Andor: The Complete Second Season
- Star Wars
- Lucasfilm
- Disney+
- Tony Gilroy
- Lilly Wachowski interview
Criterion’s July includes Barry Lyndon in 4K, plus Lionsgate Limited’s Kick-Ass art, a Sunset Boulevard 4K from Paramount, Space: 1999, Thunderbirds & more!
We have no less than SIX new disc reviews for you all to enjoy here at The Bits today, including...
Stephen’s thoughts on Abel Ferrara’s King of New York (1990) and Paul Verhoeven’s Basic Instinct (1992) in 4K Ultra HD Steelbook from Lionsgate Limited.
Dennis’ review of Graeme Clifford’s Frances (1982) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Tim’s take on Hanna-Barbera’s animated Wait Till Your Father Gets Home: The Complete Series (1972-74) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection, as well as Via Vision Entertainment’s Firestarter Collection on Blu-ray, which includes both the 1984 original film and the 2002 Sci-Fi Channel miniseries.
And finally, Stuart’s look at Gilles Grangier’s Hi-Jack Highway (1955) (aka Gas-Oil) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
More reviews are forthcoming this week, so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for them!
Also here at the site today, we’ve posted the latest update of our Release Dates & Artwork section featuring all the latest Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD cover artwork and Amazon.com pre-order links. As always, anytime you order literally anything from Amazon after clicking to them through one of our links, you’re helping to support our work here at The Bits and we really do appreciate it.
In announcement news today, the big development is that the Criterion Collection has just revealed their full July slate of titles, and it includes a 4K disc we first told you was coming a few weeks ago: Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon (1975)! [Read on here...]
- Lionsgate
- Dennis Seuling
- 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
- Stephen Bjork
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Tim Salmons
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Criterion's July 2025 slate
- Lionsgate Limited
- King of New York 4K Steelbook review
- Basic Instinct 4K Steelbook review
- Paul Verhoeven
- Abel Ferrara
- Frances BD review
- Wait Till Your Father Gets Home: The Complete Series BD review
- The Warner Archive Collection
- Via Vision Entertainment
- Firestarter Collection BD review
- Hi Jack Highway BD review
- Release Dates & Artwork update
- Fritz Lang
- The Big Heat 4K
- Stanley Kubrick
- Barry Lyndon 4K
- Francois Truffaut
- The Adventures of Antoine Doinel 4K
- The 400 Blows 4K
- Carnal Knowledge 4K
- You Can Count on Me 4K
- All We Imagine As Light
- Janus Contemporaries
- KickAss Steelbook 4K
- Billy Wilder
- Sunset Boulevard 4K 75th anniversary
- Mouse Hunt 4K
- Murder by Decree
- Career Opportunities (1991)
- Uncommon Valor 4K
- King and Country
- Gerry Anderson
- Space: 1999 Breakaway 4K Steelbook
- Thunderbirds 4K Steelbook
- Trapped in the Sky
- Terror in New York City
- Thunderbirds: Super Space Theatre Volume One
- Gerry Anderson Day 2025
Lionsgate Limited’s May 4Ks will include The Crazies & Kick-Ass, plus Clueless, Black Bag, new Vinegar Syndrome, Via Vision & Second Sight titles & more!
We start today with three new disc reviews, including...
Stephen’s look at Lucio Fulci’s Don’t Torture a Duckling (1972) in 4K Ultra HD from Arrow Video.
Stuart’s take on Stephen Soucy’s Merchant Ivory: The Documentary (2023) on Blu-ray from the Cohen Media Group via Kino Lorber.
And Tim’s thoughts on Shane Black’s The Nice Guys (2016) in 4K Ultra HD from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment.
We’re all working on more new disc reviews here this week as well, including yours truly. So watch for those over the coming week.
Over on The Digital Bits’ Patreon on Sunday afternoon, I shared another new 30-minute My Two Cents: A Video Blog update with our subscribers, talking more about Tombstone and Dogma, as well as other recent industry developments. And we’re now taking questions for an Ask Me Anything session we’re planning next weekend. Supporting The Digital Bits via Patreon is a great way to help ensure that we can keep bringing you all great industry coverage here on the site. Do keep in mind that since we’ve been covering this industry since the very beginning of the DVD format back in 1997, nobody has better connections, sources, and knowledge of this industry that we do here on The Bits. So thank you all very much for reading and for your support!
Now then... in release news today, we’ve got exclusive details on the next pair of Lionsgate Limited 4K Ultra HD Steelbook titles, due to become available in May! Look for the studio to release Breck Eisner’s The Crazies (2010) and Matthew Vaughn’s Kick-Ass (2010) on 5/13! Both will include Dolby Vision HDR and new Dolby Atmos mixes, and they’ll both be released on 100GB discs. Each will also include new and legacy special features! [Read on here...]
- Space: 1999
- The Eagle Obsession documentary
- Jeffrey Morris
- A Fistful of Dollars 4K
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 4K Steelbook
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 4K Steelbook
- A Minecraft Movie
- The Monkey
- Osgood Perkins
- Decal Releasing
- Neon
- The Wolf Man (1941)
- She Wolf of London
- Werewolf of London
- The Wolf Man Collection
- The 7th Voyage of Sinbad BD
- Prom Night (2008)
- Via Vision Entertainment
- When Evil Lurks
- Shane Black
- Ti West
- The Coffee Table
- The House of the Devil
- Talk to Me 4K
- Second Sight Films UK
- Cinématographe
- Lucio Fulci
- Murderock
- The Nesting
- Curse of the Voodoo
- Devil Doll 4K
- Drop Zone 4K
- Last Tango in Paris 4K
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Black Bag 4K
- Steven Soderbergh
- Clueless (1995) 4K
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Matthew Vaughn
- Breck Eisner
- Kick Ass 4K Steelbook
- The Crazies (2010) 4K Steelbook
- Lionsgate Limited
- Ask Me Anything (AMA)
- Cohen Media Group
- Kino Lorber
- The Nice Guys 4K review
- Merchant Ivory: The Documentary BD review
- Don't Torture a Duckling 4K review
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Stephen Bjork
- Arrow Video
- Bluray Disc
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- My Two Cents: A Video Blog on Patreon
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Tim Salmons
- The Cell (2000) 4K replacement disc
Street dates for Prophecy & Wayne’s World 2 in 4K, plus Lethal Weapon 4K, Day the Earth Blew Up, Outlander: S7, new Imprint & Powerhouse Films titles & more!
All right, we’ve had a big week here at The Bits. As you can probably tell, I’ve spent most of the week checking in with studio and industry sources, which led to yesterday’s scoop on Tombstone coming to 4K Ultra HD next month. And trust me when I tell you that there’s a lot more great 4K catalog news to come in the months ahead. Given that we’ve been a part of—and reporting on—the home entertainment industry for more than twenty-eight years, I can confidently promise you that we have the best sources in this industry period. So when it comes to confirmed and reliable breaking news, you’re likely to hear about it first here at The Digital Bits.
Given that reality, I would highly recommend that you follow us on social media, which is where we tend to post breaking news first. As the editor-in-chief of The Bits, you’ll find me here on X, Facebook, and Bluesky. You’ll find The Digital Bits on X, Facebook, and Bluesky as well. And you can also find Tim (X, Facebook, and Bluesky) and Stephen (X, Facebook, and Bluesky) on all three social platforms too.
What’s more, if you’re not already a subscriber of our Digital Bits Patreon, please consider doing so! There are very affordable options for subscribing, it’s a great way to support our work here at the site, and we’re offering our Patreon supporters additional news posts, video blogs, the option to ask us questions regularly, and sneak peeks at upcoming titles. Whether you’ve been a Bits reader since the very beginning of the website back in 1997, or you’ve just come to learn of us with 4K Ultra HD, we work our asses off here every day to make your experience of physical media better, to encourage the studios to release great catalog titles, and help support fans of physical media and the industry at large. Regular reader or not, if you’re an avid disc fan you have definitely benefited from our efforts over the years. So if you value that, supporting us on Patreon is a great way to help make sure that we can keep doing this work on behalf of you and everyone who loves movies, TV shows, and music on disc. We’re building a great community over there and we’d love for you all to be a part of it! [Read on here...]
- The Criterion Collection
- Imprint Films
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Back the Bits
- Bluray Disc
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Criterion June 2025 slate
- Dennis Seuling
- Brazil 4K
- Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters 4K
- The Wiz 4K
- Thelonious Monk Straight No Chaser
- Midnight (1939)
- Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould 4K
- William Friedkin
- Sorcerer 4K
- Via Vision Entertainment
- Tim Salmons
- Stephen Bjork
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Shout! Factory
- Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Cracking Collection 4K review
- Thief 4K review
- The Wages of Fear 4K review
- Looking for Mr Goodbar (1977) 4K review
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Powerhouse Films
- Indicator
- The Carpenter BD review
- Arabesque BD review
- Best Defense BD review
- The Boss BD review
- Raro Video
- Juror #2 BD review
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Megalopolis (2024)
- John Frankenheimer
- Prophecy (1979) 4K
- Wayne's World 2 4K
- Nate & Hayes
- I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
- Audie Murphy Collection IV
- Audie Murphy Collection V
- The Peacemaker 4K
- The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
- Richard Donner
- Lethal Weapon (1987) 4K
- Paramount+
- Showtime
- Dexter: Original Sin
- Outlander: Season Seven
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Bewitched: Seasons 3 & 4
- Gidget: The Complete Series
- Carnal Knowledge 4K
- A Day at the Beach
- The Gentle Gunman 4K
- The Ship That Died of Shame 4K
- Basil Dearden
- Fascination 4K
- The Shiver of the Vampires 4K
- Jean Rollin
- The Chalk Garden
- Spring Night Summer Night
- Hellfighters
- The Day of the Dolphin
- Single White Female
Criterion’s June has Sorcerer & Brazil in 4K, plus new WB, Imprint & boutique titles, KLSC’s Dante’s Peak & Daylight delayed, Sony bows a new UHD player & more!
We’ve got one more new disc review to round out the week here at The Bits this afternoon...
Dennis has taken a look at Robert Day’s Two-Way Stretch (1960) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, a classic heist caper starring Peter Sellers.
The big release news today is that our friends at The Criterion Collection have just announced their June slate, which is absolutely fantastic! Look for 4K Ultra HD upgrades of Terry Gilliam’s Brazil (1985) (Spine #51) and Paul Schrader’s Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) (Spine #432) on 6/3, followed by Sidney Lumet’s The Wiz (1978) (Spine #1264) in 4K UHD and Blu-ray on 6/10, Charlotte Zwerin’s Thelonious Monk Straight, No Chaser (1988) (Spine #1265) and Mitchell Leisen’s Midnight (1939) (Spine #1266) both on Blu-ray on 6/17, and François Girard’s Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993) (Spine #1268) and William Friedkin’s Sorcerer (1977) (Spine #1267) in 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on 6/24. Of these, Brazil, The Wiz, and Sorcerer will have Dolby Vision HDR. You can read more here and you can see the cover art for these above left and also below the break. [Read on here...]
- AppleTV+
- Jerry Bruckheimer
- Joseph Kosinski
- F1 (2025)
- Ted Lasso: Season Four
- Con Air 4K Digital
- Simon West
- Sony UBPX700/K 4K player
- Dante's Peak 4K
- Daylight 4K
- Breaking Glass (1980)
- Fun City Editions
- The Beyond 4K
- Lucio Fulci
- Grindhouse Releasing
- Directed by David Lean: Volume 1
- Film Focus: Carroll Baker
- Laurence Olivier’s Shakespeare Trilogy
- Via Vision Entertainment
- The Informant! 4K
- The Good German 4K
- Steven Soderbergh
- Sorcerer 4K
- William Friedkin
- Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould 4K
- Midnight (1939)
- Thelonious Monk Straight No Chaser
- Paul Schrader
- Sidney Lumet
- The Wiz 4K
- Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters 4K
- Brazil 4K
- Terry Gilliam
- Dennis Seuling
- Two Way Stretch BD review
- Criterion June 2025 slate
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Bluray Disc
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Imprint Films
- The Criterion Collection
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock S1, Star Trek: Prodigy S2, Full Moon’s Primevals 3-disc on Blu-ray, plus Shout! teams with Monty Python, Daytime Revolution & more!
All right, our news update for this afternoon begins with a few more new disc reviews, including...
Dennis’ take on Steven Shainberg’s Secretary (2002) on Blu-ray from Via Vision’s Imprint Films, along with Richard Crine’s Synanon (1965) on Blu-ray also from Imprint Films.
And Stuart’s review of Roger Donaldson’s Marie: A True Story (1985) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.
We’ve also posted our weekly update of the Release Dates and Artwork section here at The Bits (last night—thanks to our own Russell Hammond for his hard work on it), which features all the latest Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD cover artwork and Amazon.com pre-order links. As always, whenever you order literally anything from Amazon after clicking to them through one of our links (like this one), you’re helping to support our work here at The Bits and we really appreciate it!
In more announcement news today, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has just revealed the Blu-ray and DVD release of Jim Henson’s Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock – Season 1 on 11/19! This will include all 14 episodes with English Dolby Digital 5.1 audio, audio commentary on 3 episodes with puppeteers John Tartaglia and Karen Prell, a Blooper Reel, and 4 sing-a-longs. You can see the Blu-ray cover art at left. [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
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Secretary BD review
- Imprint Films
- Via Vision Entertainment
- Synanon BD review
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Marie: A True Story BD review
- Warner Archive Collection
- Release Dates & Cover Artwork update
- Russell Hammond
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock Season 1
- Crush (2001)
- Sony Pictures Classics
- CBS Home Entertainment
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Star Trek: Prodigy Season Two
- Full Moon Pictures
- The Primevals (2023) 3 Bluray Collection
- David W Allen
- Well Go USA
- You Gotta Believe 4K
- Erik Nelson
- Daytime Revolution documentary
- Kino Lorber
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- John Lennon
- Yoko Ono
- The Mike Douglas Show
- Little League World Series
- Ancient Aliens: Season 20 DVD
- Lionsgate
- Shout at the Devil BD
- Monte Walsh BD
- Lee Marvin
- Mercury Studios
- Chicago & Friends: Live at 55 4K
- Evolution Limited
- Mr Big: The BIG Finish Live 4K
- Shout! Studios
- Monty Python
- Monty Python's Flying Circus
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail: 50th Anniversary
- Monty Python's Life of Brian
- Criterion January 2025
- Yojimbo 4K
- Sanjuro 4K
- Winchester 73 4K
- Jo Jo Dancer Your Life Is Calling 4K
- The Grifters 4K
- The Mother and the Whore 4K
- Looney Tunes Collector Choice: Volume 4 BD
- The Thin Man Collection BD
Criterion’s December has No Country for Old Men & more, plus Paramount’s Galaxy Quest in 4K, new Sony & KLSC titles, Via Vision’s 175-disc Prisoner box & more!
All right, here’s today’s new disc reviews for all of you to enjoy...
Stephen has taken a look at Aleksandr Ptushko’s Ruslan and Ludmila (1972) on Blu-ray from Mosfilm via Deaf Crocodile and Vinegar Syndrome.
Dennis has reviewed William C. Reilly’s Men of Respect (1990) on Blu-ray from Columbia Pictures via Imprint Films.
And Tim has checked in with his thoughts on Nancy Walker’s Can’t Stop the Music (1980) in 4K Ultra HD from EMI via Kino Lorber Studio Classics!
Now then, we have a bunch of great announcement news for you today, so let’s get right into it...
For starters, Criterion has just announced their December release slate, which is set to include Wim Wenders’ Paris, Texas (1984) (Spine #501 – 4K + Blu-ray and Blu-ray) on 12/3, Joel and Ethan Coen’s No Country for Old Men (2007) (Spine #1243 – 4K + Blu-ray and Blu-ray) and Federico Fellini’s 8½ (1963) (Spine #140 – 4K + Blu-ray) on 12/10, and Sammo Hung’s Eastern Condors (1987) (Spine #1244 on Blu-ray) on 12/17! Paris, Texas and No Country for Old Men will both include Dolby Vision HDR. No Country for Old Men is a Miramax title currently controlled by Paramount, so this is a licensing situation (and a welcome one). More details are available here, and you can see the cover artwork for all of these below the break. [Read on here...]
- Stephen Bjork
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
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