Displaying items by tag: Wes Anderson
The French Dispatch announced, plus Some Like It Hot in 4K, Citizen Kane UK box set, IMAX Enhanced on Disney+ & Dean Stockwell RIP
All right, we’ve got a little more announcement news for you today here at The Bits. But first, a new feature...
Our own Michael Coate has just posted a new History, Legacy & Showmanship column celebrating the 60th anniversary of The Dick Van Dyke Show. It features a great Q&A with television historian Herbie J. Pilato, who reflects on the series’ appeal, impact, and legacy six decades after its debut. We hope you all enjoy it!
Now then, let’s get to the announcement news...
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has just announced Wes Anderson’s latest film, The French Dispatch, for release on Blu-ray and DVD on 12/28, with the Digital release (including 4K) set for 12/14. Audio will be DTS-HD MA. There’s no indication of special features, but you can reasonably imagine that a Criterion special edition is forthcoming next year. The film stars Benicio Del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Timothée Chalamet, Jeffrey Wright, Léa Seydoux, Frances McDormand, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Christoph Waltz, Edward Norton, and Jason Schwartzman. You can see the cover artwork at left and also below. [Read on here...]
- No Time to Die 4K
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- Bluray
- The French Dispatch
- Wes Anderson
- Dean Stockwell RIP
- IMAX Enhanced on Disney+
- Citizen Kane: 80th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition 4K UK box set
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Michael Coate
- History Legacy & Showmanship
- Herbie J Pilato
- The Dick Van Dyke Show 60th Anniversary
- Werewolves Within
- Almost Famous 4K
- Some Like It Hot 4K
Criterion’s April slate has Wes Anderson, Jean-Pierre Melville & more (plus word on their planned 2020 box sets)
Our friends at the Criterion Collection have just announced their April slate of Blu-ray and DVD titles, and it’s a nice line-up.
They include: A re-issue of Jean-Pierre Melville’s Army of Shadows (1969 – Spine #385 – Blu-ray and DVD) on 4/7, George Marshall’s Destry Rides Again (1939 – Spine #1024 – Blu-ray and DVD) on 4/14, Jura Herz’s The Cremator (1969 – Spine #1023 – Blu-ray and DVD) on 4/21, and Miranda July’s Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005 – Spine #1026 – Blu-ray and DVD) and Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014 – Spine #1025 – Blu-ray and DVD) on 4/28.
Naturally, we’ve updated our Criterion Spines Project pages here at The Bits accordingly. [Read on here...]
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- The Criterion Collection
- Criterion April 2020 slate
- Jean Pierre Melville
- Army of Shadows BD
- George Marshall
- Destry Rides Again BD
- Jura Herz
- The Cremator BD
- Miranda July
- Me and You and Everyone You Know BD
- Wes Anderson
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- The World of Wong Kar wai box
- Federico Fellini box set
- Agnès Varda box set
- Bruce Lee box
- The Criterion Spines Project
Game of Thrones 4K review (and giveaway!), plus Isle of Dogs, Valley Girl, a new Dailies column & more
All right, I posted my in-depth review of HBO’s new Game of Thrones: The Complete First Season in 4K Ultra HD last night here at The Bits. I’m really surprised at how good it looks. Way better than I expected given the production resolution. It’s a genuine upgrade over the previous Blu-ray release in terms of A/V quality, so I recommend that fans give it a look.
We’ve got more 4K reviews coming soon and we’re also going to be taking a look at some interesting recent Blu-ray 3D titles thanks to our friends at the 3-D Film Archive. So be sure to watch for those.
One note however: We will probably not be reviewing Disney and Pixar’s The Incredibles in 4K Ultra HD. I picked up a copy of the disc this morning, and have found it to offer a modest (but definite) image and sound improvement over the previous Blu-ray release – probably enough for fans to want to make the upgrade. Note that it has Dolby Vision, HDR10, and Dolby Atmos audio. But Disney chose not to send this title for out review and we have a good number of titles to cover here that the studios (Disney included) have sent out for our consideration. With limited time at our disposal, we feel that we should focus our attenion on those. Just FYI. But if you’re a fan of the film, you might want to check the 4K edition out and Best Buy does have mighty nice exclusive Steelbook packaging. So there you go. [Read on here...]
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- The 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Game of Thrones: The Complete First Season 4K review
- Valley Girl
- City Slickers
- Shout! Factory
- Isle of Dogs
- Wes Anderson
- Tim Salmons
- Dailies
- Freedom Fighters: The Ray
- The Good Place: The Complete Second Season
- Super Troopers 2
- The Incredibles 4K
- 3D Film Archive
- Kino Lorber July slate
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero, Isle of Dogs, Peter Rabbit & speculation on potential late-2018 4K catalog titles
All right, we’re starting the new week this afternoon with a trio of fresh Blu-ray reviews…
First up, Tim has checked out Scalpel (1977) on BD from Arrow Video, as well as Val Guest’s When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970) from the Warner Archive Collection.
I’ve also just posted my thoughts on the Warner Archive’s long-awaited Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero on Blu-ray, a great upgrade of the original direct-to-DVD release and a nice aperitif for their upcoming release of the complete Batman: The Animated Series on Blu-ray later in 2018. Enjoy! [Read on here...]
- 4K Ultra HD Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Tim Salmons
- Batman & Mr Freeze: SubZero BD review
- Scalpel BD review
- When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth BD review
- Warner Archive Collection
- Batman: The Animated Series
- 4K Ultra HD catalog release speculation
- Isle of Dogs review
- Wes Anderson
- Peter Rabbit 4K
- Colossus of Rhodes
- Dark of the Sun
- WonderCon 2018
- The Right Stuff 4K
- Superman: The Movie 4K
- Master and Commander 4K
- The Abyss 4K
- True Lies 4K
- The Terror AMC
- One Strange Rock
A bit of release news, plus Criterion's May slate should include Life Aquatic & Red River
Happy President’s Day, folks! Otherwise known as the day you may or may not be lucky enough to have off. Whatever your case may be, we’ve got a couple of good things for you today...
First up, Doogan’s Queue for this week is now live in Todd’s Gripe Soda section, running down the week’s Blu-ray and DVD releases. Don’t miss it!
Also today, our own Russell Hammond has posted the weekly Release Dates & Artwork update featuring all the latest Blu-ray and DVD cover art and Amazon.com pre-order links. As always, a portion of anything you order from Amazon after clicking through our links (on the right) goes to help support our work here at The Bits and we really do appreciate it. [Read on here…]
- Bluray Disc
- Bluray
- BD
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
- Red River
- Gripe Soda
- Todd Doogan
- Release Dates & Artwork update
- Russell Hammond
- Grudge Match
- Eastbound & Down: Season Four
- Overlord
- Like Someone in Love
- Ace in the Hole
- Billy Wilder
- Howard Hawks
- Wes Anderson
- Criterion
Criterion’s Feb has Hitchcock, Anderson, Truffaut, Goddard, Polanski & Soderbergh, plus Blue Is the Warmest Color
Criterion has just announced their February release slate and it includes great filmmakers and films, both new and old. Starting on 2/4, you’ll get a BD/DVD Dual Format updating of François Truffaut’s Jules and Jim (Cat #281). On 2/11, Abdellatif Kechiche’s Blue Is the Warmest color arrives in separate Blu-ray and DVD versions (Cat #695). This film was a bit of a sensation at this year’s Cannes Film Festival (winning the Palme d’Or), and this is its debut release on home video in the States, thus the separate SKUs. However, Criterion says that a true BD/DVD Dual Format special edition is coming at a later date. Moving on, 2/18 will see Alfred Hitchcock’s Foreign Correspondent (Cat #696) as a Dual Format release along with Wes Anderson’s animated Fantastic Mr. Fox (Cat #700). Finally, Jean-Luc Goddard’s Breathless (Cat #408), Steven Soderbergh’s King of the Hill (Cat #698) and Roman Polanski’s Tess (Cat #697) will all street on 2/25 as Dual Format releases. [Read on here…]
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Bluray Disc
- Wes Anderson
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- trailer
- Midnight Coterie of Sinister Intruders
- Saturday Night Life
- Adventure Time: The Complete Third Season
- Game of Thrones: The Complete Third Season
- Fantastic Mr Fox
- Blue Is the Warmest Color
- The Criterion Collection
- February slate
- Dual Format
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Foreign Correspondent
- Francois Truffaut
- Jules and Jim
- Abdellatif Kechiche
- Cannes
- JeanLuc Goddard
- Breathless
- Steven Soderbergh
- King of the Hill
- Roman Polanski
- Tess