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Warner Bros makes F1 official for Blu-ray, DVD & 4K UHD on 10/7, plus One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest in 4K & more!
First thought, we have more new disc reviews for you, including…
My take on James Gunn’s Superman (2025) in 4K Ultra HD from Warner Bros.
Tim’s thoughts on George P. Cosmatos’ Cobra (1986) in 4K Ultra HD from Arrow Video.
Dennis’ look at Fritz Lang’s You Only Live Once (1937) on Blu-ray from Imprint Films, as well as Norman Taurog’s That Midnight Kiss (1949) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.
Stuart’s take on Richard Thorpe’s Knights of the Round Table (1953) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection and Otto Preminger’s Bonjour Tristesse (1958) on Blu-ray from Indicator, as well as Steve Ryfle and Ed Godziszewski’s new book Godzilla: The First 70 Years (2025) from Abrams.
And finally, Stephen’s thoughts on Michael Mann’s The Keep (1983) as release in 4K Ultra HD Limited Edition by Imprint Films, and also Peter Yates’ Krull (1983) on 4K Ultra HD Steelbook from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Whew!
Now then, the big piece of news today is that Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has officially set Joseph Kosinski’s F1: The Movie (2025) for Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD release on 10/7. The film is already available for Digital sale on all major platforms. [Read on here...]
- Imprint Films
- Brad Pitt
- F1: The Movie 4K
- Joseph Kosinski
- Exclusive BD review
- Dennis Seuling
- Tim Salmons
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Back the Bits
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Stephen Bjork
- Warner Archive Collection
- Superman 4K review
- Arrow Video
- Cobra 4K review
- You Only Live Once BD review
- That Midnight Kiss BD review
- Knights of the Round Table BD review
- Bonjour Tristesse BD review
- Indicator Films
- Godzilla: The First 70 Years book review
- The Keep 4K review
- Krull 4K Steelbook review
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Dr Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas: 25th Anniversary Edition
- Ron Howard
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- U571 4K Steelbook
- Casino 4K Steelbook
- Out of Africa 4K
- Sydney Pollack
- Once Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 4K
- Miloš Forman
- Weapons 4K
- Lionsgate
- Saw II
- Saw III
- Saw IV
- Foe
- The Gulf of Selves
- Alvaro Zinos Amaro
- The Conjuring: Last Rites
News catch-up: Ballerina, 28 Years Later, Peanuts TV Specials, fixed Superman 4Ks, Sean Connery Bond 4K singles, Imprint’s September slate & more!
We’ve got more new disc reviews for you to enjoy this afternoon, including…
Tim’s review of Steve Miner’s Friday the 13th: Part III (1982) on Blu-ray 3D from Paramount via Turbine Medien in Germany.
Dennis’ review of Mike Nichols’ Carnal Knowledge (1971) on Blu-ray from the Criterion Collection.
And Stephen’s thoughts on Ruggero Deodato’s House on the Edge of the Park (1980) in 4K Ultra HD from Severin Films, as well as Ryan Coogler’s Sinners (2025) in 4K Ultra HD from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment.
We’ll have more reviews tomorrow and all this week, so be sure to check back for them.
Now then… we’ve got more new and recent title announcements for you today, starting with word that Lionsgate has just set Len Wiseman’s From the World of John Wick: Ballerina (2025) for release on Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD, and 4K Steelbook format on 9/9. There will be a wide-release 4K edition, plus Walmart and Amazon-exclusive 4K Steelbooks. Extras will include The Making of Ballerina, Building a Frozen Underworld, The Art of Action, and Deleted & Extended Scenes. Look for the 4Ks to include Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos audio. You can see the cover artwork above left. [Read on here...]
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Warner Bros
- Universal
- Stephen Bjork
- Tim Salmons
- Back the Bits
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Dennis Seuling
- Sinners 4K review
- House on the Edge of the Park 4K review
- Severin Films
- Ryan Coogler
- Criterion
- Carnal Knowledge BD review
- Mike Nichols
- Turbine Medien
- Friday the 13th Part III BD3D review
- 28 Years Later 4K
- Danny Boyle
- Len Wiseman
- From the World of John Wick: Ballerina 4K
- Lionsgate
- The 40 Year Old Virgin 4K
- Peanuts: 75th Anniversary Ultimate TV Specials Collection
- DC Studios
- Aztech Batman: Clash of Empires
- Superman: 5 Film Collection 4K replacement discs
- Superman: The Movie 4K
- Superman II 4K
- Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut 4K
- Superman IV: The Quest for Peace 4K
- MGM
- Sean Connery James Bond 4K singles
- Imprint Films
- Imprint Asia
- Via Vision Entertainment
- Pushing Hands
- Eat Drink Man Woman
- The Wedding Banquet
- Space: 1999 Super Space Theater
- Bewitched: Seasons 7 & 8
- Dr No
- Goldfinger
- From Russia with Love
- Thunderball
- You Only Live Twice
- Diamonds Are Forever
- Wolf Creek 4K
- Tales of Adventure: Collection 7
- Tales of Adventure: Collection 8
- Tales of Adventure: Collection 9
Fallout: Season One, Small Soldiers, Air America, new Imprint & Indicator titles, Sonic Prime & a new Jurassic World 4K Trilogy Steelbook
We have five new disc reviews to share with you today, including...
Stuart’s look at Waris Hussein’s Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970) on Blu-ray from VCI Entertainment and William Wyler’s The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970) on Blu-ray from Imprint Films.
Dennis’ take on Kenneth Macpherson’s Borderline (1930) on Blu-ray from Kino Classics.
Tim’s review of Shōhei Imamura’s The Eel (1997) on Blu-ray from Radiance Films.
And finally Stephen’s review of Lucio Fulci’s The Beyond (1981) in 4K Ultra HD from Grindhouse Releasing!
As always, more disc reviews are on the way, so be sure to check back for them.
In announcement news today, Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment has revealed that the Amazon original series Fallout: Season One is coming to Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on 7/8. The 4K will be released as a limited edition 4K Ultra HD Steelbook exclusively at Amazon.com. Note that the 4K will include HDR10 high dynamic range and Dolby Atmos audio. [Read on here...]
- Jurassic Park Trilogy: Limited Edition 4K Steelbook
- Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
- Lionsgate
- 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
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Criterion's July 2025 slate
- Lionsgate Limited
- Dennis Seuling
- Tim Salmons
- Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx BD review
- The Liberation of LB Jones BD review
- Borderline BD review
- The Eel BD review
- The Beyond 4K review
- VCI Entertainment
- Imprint Films
- Kino Classics
- Radiance Films
- Grindhouse Releasing
- Fallout: Season One 4K
- Amazon
- Small Soldiers 4K Steelbook
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Air America 4K Steelbook
- TV Movie of the Week: Collection 3
- Fame is the Name of the Game
- Brian's Song
- A Matter of Wife and Death
- Saraband for Dead Lovers
- Powerhouse Films
- Indicator
- The Dresser
- The Hireling
- The Taming of the Shrew
- Guest House Paradise
- Carla's Song
- Resurrected
- Moscow on the Hudson
- The Blockhouse
- The People Next Door
- HMS Defiant
- Damn the Defiant!
- Law and Order
- Without Honor
- Sonic Prime: The Complete Series
- Jurassic World Trilogy 4K Steelbook
- The Peacemaker 4K
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
Sinners, The Beyond, Shin Godzilla, more Eastwood films in 4K, King of New York & Caligula disc replacements, Screening Room AV projector shootout results & more!
We have three new disc reviews to start the week out right for you this afternoon, including...
Dennis’ thoughts on Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man (2025) in 4K Ultra HD from Blumhouse via Universal (with an assist on the 4K AV portion by Tim Salmons).
Stuart’s look at Albert Zugsmith’s College Confidential (1960) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And Stephen’s take on Peter Greenaway’s The Belly of an Architect (1987) on Blu-ray from Hemdale via Vinegar Syndrome.
Also today, we’ve got a new update of our 4K Ultra HD Release List here at The Bits, and I also shared a new My Two Cents: A Video Blog update for subscribers on our Patreon page over the weekend, with some exciting catalog news. As always, we have very affordable subscription options for our Patreon and it’s a great way to help support our work here at The Bits website. So we hope you’ll consider joining us there! [Read on here...]
- Lionsgate Limited Steelbook exclusive
- 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
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Tim Salmons
- Lionsgate Limited
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Stephen Bjork
- Wolf Man (2025) 4K review
- College Confidential BD review
- Vinegar Syndrome
- The Belly of an Architect BD review
- My Two Cents: A Video Blog on Patreon
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- Maigret Sees Red
- Dead of Night
- Sinners (2025)
- Ryan Coogler
- Lucio Fulci
- The Beyond 4K
- Grindhouse Releasing
- FUNimation
- Toho
- Shin Godzilla 4K Ultra HD
- Clint Eastwood
- David Fincher
- Wes Anderson
- Steven Soderbergh
- PT Anderson
- King of New York 4K
- Umbrella Entertainment
- Caligula: The Ultimate Cut 4K replacement disc
- DiabolikDVD
- BFI Shop
- tariff surcharge
- The Screening Room AV Projector Shootout
- The Phoenician Scheme
- GKids
A New Restoration of Ben-Hur at the TCM Film Festival, plus Kingdom of Heaven 4K pre-orders, Just Friends BD replacement program, Freaky Tales & more!
Good afternoon, Bits readers!
We’ve got some great release news for you today, but first we’re starting out with more new disc reviews…
Tim has turned in his thoughts on Hanna-Barbera’s animated Magilla Gorilla: The Complete Series (1964-66) on Blu-ray from our friends at the Warner Archive Collection!
And Dennis has offered a look at Wong Kar-wai’s Chunking Express (1994) on Blu-ray from the Criterion Collection.
Also, I wanted to let you know that we’ve been posting regular updates over on The Digital Bits’ Patreon page, including weekly video posts and early word on many upcoming 4K catalog releases. So if you really want the scoop on future 4K UHDs, there’s absolutely no better place to find it. Subscribing to our Patreon is very affordable and a great way to support The Bits in the process. [Read on here...]
- The Warner Archive Collection
- Lionsgate Limited
- Tim Salmons
- 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
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Dennis Seuling
- Lionsgate
- Magilla Gorilla: The Complete Series BD review
- Chungking Express BD review
- The Criterion Collection
- William Wyler
- Ben Hur new restoration
- Ben Hur (1959) 4K
- TCM Classic Film Festival 2025
- Kingdom of Heaven: Director's Cut 4K
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Tombstone 4K
- Promise Her Anything
- Rock Pretty Baby
- Just Friends (2005) BD replacement program
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) BD replacement
- Lionsgate Limited Steelbook exclusive
- Freaky Tales (2024) 4K Steelbook
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
KLSC bows Sabrina & Timecop in 4K, plus Law Abiding Citizen, the Connery 007 4Ks are new scans, and a great article on 4K remastering!
We have two more new disc reviews for you to enjoy today, including...
Stephen’s take on Peter Hyams’ Timecop (1994) in 4K Ultra HD from Shout! Factory.
And Dennis’ look at Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man (2025) on Blu-ray from Blumhouse via Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.
In announcement news this afternoon, our friends at Kino Lorber Studio Classics have revealed a pair of new 4K Ultra HD catalog titles for release on 6/17, including Billy Wilder’s Sabrina (1954)—a Paramount title—and Sean S. Cunningham’s DeepStar Six (1989)—a Carolco Pictures/Tri-Star Pictures film. Both will include Dolby Vision HDR.
Also today, Imprint Films has announced their fiftieth wave of catalog titles for Blu-ray release in June, including Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull (1980) and New York, New York (1977), John Huston’s The Man Who Would Be King (1975), John Milius’ The Wind and the Lion (1975), Gordon Parks’ Leadbelly (1976), Cliff Robertson’s J.W. Coop (1971), and Harold Becker’s The Onion Field (1979). The street date is 6/25, and each is limited to 1500 copies. [Read on here...]
- You Only Live Twice
- Diamonds Are Forever
- Goldfinger
- Thunderball
- From Russia with Love
- Dr No
- 007 James Bond: Sean Connery 4K Collection
- Amazon MGM Studios
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- 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
- Dennis Seuling
- Timecop 4K review
- Wolf Man (2025) BD review
- Blumhouse
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Shout! Factory
- Sabrina (1954) 4K
- DeepStar Six 4K
- Imprint Films June 2025 slate
- Raging Bull
- New York New York
- Martin Scorsese
- The Man Who Would Be King
- John Huston
- John Milius
- The Wind and the Lion
- Leadbelly
- Gordon Parks
- Cliff Robertson
- JW Coop
- The Onion Field
- Harold Becker
- Decal
- Longlegs 4K
- Disney
- Lilo & Stitch (2002) 4K
- Lionsgate
- Law Abiding Citizen 4K
- R Emmet Sweeney
- Filmmaker Magazine
- Arriving at a Resolution: Remastering Movies for 4K Ultra HD
- Ask Me Anything (AMA)
Vinegar Syndrome reveals Brimstone & Treacle in 4K, plus new Red Shirt/Synapse catalog titles, Second Sight’s Blair Witch replacement discs & no Megalopolis from Lionsgate
We’re closing out the week here at The Bits with a trio of new disc reviews, including...
Tim’s review of Alfred Sole’s Alice, Sweet Alice (1976) in 4K Ultra HD from Arrow Video.
Stephen’s review of Howard Hawks’ Hatari! (1962) in 4K Ultra HD from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And Stuart’s review of Bruce Weber’s Let’s Get Lost (1988) on Blu-ray from Kino Classics.
Also today, our friends at Vinegar Syndrome have revealed a number of new March Blu-ray and 4K titles, including Richard Loncraine’s Brimstone & Treacle (1982) in 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray (with Dolby Vision), a double-feature Blu-ray of Hung-Chuen Lau’s Devil Fetus (1983) and Ngai Choi Lam’s Her Vengeance (1988), Forgotten Gialli: Volume Eight on Blu-ray—which includes Alberto Negrin’s Rings of Fear (1978), Tano Cimarosa’s Reflections in Black (1975), and Demofilo Fidani’s A.A.A. Masseuse, Good-Looking, Offers Her Services (1975)—Miguel Angel Martinez’s 38 Especial (1992) on Blu-ray from Degausser Video, Gene Saks’s Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1972) on Blu-ray from Cinématographe, and Peter Greenaway’s The Belly of an Architect (1987) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome Labs. All are set to ship later this month. [Read on here...]
- Steelbook
- Arrow Video
- Stephen Bjork
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Second Sight Films
- Lionsgate
- Back the Bits
- Bluray Disc
- Alice Sweet Alice 4K review
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Hatari! 4K review
- Tim Salmons
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Let's Get Lost BD review
- Kino Classics
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Brimstone & Treacle 4K
- Devil Fetus
- Her Vengeance
- Forgotten Gialli: Volume Eight
- Last of the Red Hot Lovers
- The Belly of an Architect
- 38 Especial
- Red Shirt Pictures
- Synapse Films
- Fright Night: Part II
- Lionsgate Home Entertainment
- Megalopolis (2024)
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II
- Prom Night III: The Last Kiss
- Prom Night IV: Deliver Us from Evil
- 976 Evil II: The Astral Factor
- Angel of Heat
- Gwen and the Book of Sand
- Deaf Crocodile Films
- Plane 4K Steelbook
- Second Sight
- Blair Witch Project BD replacement discs
Dirty Harry, Outlaw Josey Wales, Pale Rider, A Knight’s Tale, Flight Risk, The Florida Project & more in 4K, plus a new Andor: S2 trailer & the Home Media Awards!
We’ve got a new disc review for you all to enjoy today, as well as a much of good announcement news. First the review...
Stephen has taken a look at William Friedkin’s Cruising (1980) in 4K Ultra HD from Arrow Video.
And we’ve posted our weekly update of the Release Dates & Artwork section here at The Bits with all the latest Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD cover artwork and Amazon 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 site and we really appreciate it!
Now then, the big news today is that Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment has officially set the Clint Eastwood films Dirty Harry (1971), The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), and Pale Rider (1985) for 4K Ultra HD, 4K Steelbook, and Digital release on 4/29 (a slight change from the 4/15 date listed previously on retail sites). Not as if everyone didn’t already know, but the studio’s press release has just confirmed it. As expected, all three will feature Dolby Atmos audio mixes and HDR10 high dynamic range.
In terms of special features, Dirty Harry (1971) will include two new featurettes (Generations and Dirty Harry and Lensing Justice: The Cinematography of Dirty Harry) as well as the following legacy features: Audio Commentary by Richard Schickel, five featurettes (American Masters Career Retrospective: Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows, Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso, Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy – Fighting for Justice, Dirty Harry’s Way, and Dirty Harry: The Original), and an Interview Gallery (featuring Patricia Clarkson, Joel Cox, Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, Evan Kim, John Milius, Ted Post, Andy Robinson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Robert Urich).
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) will include two new featurettes as well (An Outlaw and an Antihero and The Cinematography of an Outlaw: Crafting Josie Wales) plus the following legacy features: Audio Commentary by Richard Schickel and four featurettes (Clint Eastwood’s West, Eastwood in Action, Hell Hath No Fury: The Making of The Outlaw Josie Wales, and Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy – Reinventing the West).
And finally, Pale Rider (1985) will include two new featurettes (The Diary of Sydney Penny: Lessons from the Set and Painting the Preacher: Bruce Surtees and Pale Rider) plus three legacy ones (Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy – Reinventing Westerns, Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story, and The Eastwood Factor). You can see the cover artwork above left and also below the break. [Read on here...]
- Bluray Disc
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Stephen Bjork
- Cruising 4K review
- Arrow Video
- William Friedkin
- Clint Eastwood 4Ks
- Dirty Harry 4K
- Pale Rider 4K
- The Outlaw Josey Wales 4K
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- A Knight's Tale 4K
- Steelbook
- Brian Helgeland
- Lionsgate
- Mel Gibson
- Flight Risk 4K
- Second Sight Films
- The Florida Project 4K
- Sean Baker
- Eureka!
- Terror in the Fog: The Wallace Krimi at CCC
- The Curse of the Yellow Snake
- The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle
- The Mad Executioners
- The Monster of London City
- The Racetrack Murders
- Radiance Films
- Palindromes 4K
- The Tale of Oiwa’s Ghost
- La Terra Trema
- World Noir: Volume 2
- Not Guilty
- The Lost One
- Girl with Hyacinths
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Amazon 4K sale
- Media Play News
- Home Entertainment Awards voting
- Star Wars: Andor trailer