We’re rounding out the week with three more new disc reviews for you to enjoy here today, including...

My joint review (with longtime Bits contributor Todd Doogan) of Ron Howard’s Willow (1988) in 4K Ultra HD Steelbook from Lucasfilm.

Tim’s review of Monk: Season Five on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.

And Dennis’ take on Glenn Andreiev’s Night (1996) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome.

Now then, the big news this afternoon is that our friends at The Criterion Collection have just announced SEVEN new Blu-ray and 4K titles for release in March of next year, including Henri-Georges Clouzot’s The Wages of Fear (1953) (Spine #36 – 4K + Blu-ray, Blu-ray & DVD) on 3/4, Michael Mann’s Thief (1981) (Spine #691 – 4K + Blu-ray) on 3/11, Kazuki Omori’s Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) (Spine #1254 – 4K + Blu-ray & Blu-ray) and Charles Chaplin’s A Woman of Paris (1923) (Spine #1253 – Blu-ray & DVD) on 3/18, and Alan Rudolph’s Choose Me (1984) (Spine #1256 – 4K + Blu-ray and Blu-ray) and Arthur Penn’s Night Moves (1975) (Spine #1255 – 4K + Blu-ray and Blu-ray) on 3/25! [Read on here...]

We’ve got more interesting release news to report today, along with more new disc reviews. Among the latter are...

My take on Frank Capra’s Lost Horizon (1937) in 4K Ultra HD from Sony’s excellent new Frank Capra at Columbia Collection box set, which is loaded with great films (20 in all, including 9 of them in 4K). If you’re a fan of Capra’s work, it’s definitely a must-have release.

Also today, Sam has taken a look at Robert M. Young’s Triumph of the Spirit (1989)—which features Willem Dafoe, Robert Loggia, and Edward James Olmos—on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.

And Dennis has offered his thoughts on Mario Garcia’s The Throwback (2023) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber proper.

All three films are worth a look, and we have a few more reviews coming tomorrow, including a look at the new 4K Ultra HD release of Ron Howard’s Willow from Lucasfilm.

Now then, in terms of catalog announcement news, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has once again won the day by announcing that they’re releasing David Fincher’s The Social Network (2010) on 4K Ultra HD in Steelbook packaging on 2/18. This is in addition to Panic Room, which was announced yesterday. Note that this film was available previously from the studio in 4K, specifically in the Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection: Volume 2 box set back in 2021. [Read on here...]

Heads up, Bits! We’ve got some very great and long-awaited catalog 4K release news for you this morning.

But first, we also have a few more new disc reviews to share with you...

I’ve just posted my thoughts on Ahsoka: The Complete First Season in 4K Ultra HD Steelbook format from Lucasfilm, which (like all of the latest wave of Disney+ titles, now includes Dolby Vision HDR). And yesterday, I reviewed Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar (2014) in a new 10th Anniversary Limited Edition 4K box set release from Paramount.

Sam has shared his take on Oliver Stone’s Born on the Fourth of July (1989) in a new Shout Select Collector’s Edition 4K Ultra HD release from Shout! Factory.

Dennis has reviewed James Ivory’s Roseland (1977) on Blu-ray from the Cohen Film Collection via Kino Lorber.

And yesterday, Tim posted his look at Arrow’s When Titans Ruled the Earth box set, which includes Louis Letterier’s Clash of the Titans (2010) and Jonathan Liebesman’s Wrath of the Titans (2012) in 4K UHD, as well as Kino Lorber Studio Classics’ Monk: Season Four on Blu-ray.

Watching for more reviews each day the rest of the week. And you Marvel fans should know that yes, we are working on a Loki: Season Two 4K review as well. So be sure to stay tuned for that. [Read on here...]

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 Amazon.com pre-order links. Don’t forget that you can select to see just the Blu-ray, DVD, 4K Ultra HD, or even Criterion titles seperately if you like, to help you find exactly the ones you’re looking for. Just click on RELEASE DATES &  ART on the menu bar above to visit the page, and use the search options in the red bar (at the top) to sort by format and date. Once you find a title you like, just click on the cover art and you’ll be taken right to the Amazon.com pre-order page. Thank you for shopping through our links and don’t forget that anytime you order from Amazon through our links, you’re helping to support our work here at The Bits and we really appreciate it! And thanks to our own Russell Hammond for the update work!

- Bill Hunt

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...]

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...]

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...]

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.

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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...]