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Monday, 10 February 2025 16:53

Better Man hits disc in May, plus Landman, Warner Archive’s excellent March Blu-ray slate, new KLSC titles & Turbine Media reveals more Blu-ray 3D!

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We’re starting the week here at The Bits with three new disc reviews today, including...

Stephen’s look at André Øvredal’s The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023) in 4K Ultra HD from Shout! and Scream Factory.

Stuart’s thoughts on The Alaskans: The Complete Series (1959-60) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.

And Dennis’ take on Vincent Sherman’s Nora Prentiss (1947) also on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.

More reviews will follow each day this week, so be sure to stay tuned for them!

Now then, in terms of announcements this afternoon, the big news is that Paramount has just set Michael Gracey’s Better Man (2024) for 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray and DVD release on 5/13, with the Digital due to become available tomorrow, 2/11. Extras will include a pair of behind the scenes featurettes, including (Let Me Entertain You: The Making of Better Man and Monkey Business: The VFX). [Read on here...]

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They’ve also set the Paramount+ original series Landman: Season One due for release on Blu-ray and DVD on 5/13. The series is produced by Taylor Sheridan and stars Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Hamm, and Demi Moore.

The Warner Archive Collection has announced a great new slate of Blu-ray titles for release in March, including Hanna-Barbera’s animated Magilla Gorilla: The Complete Series (1964-66), the Monogram Matinee: Volume 1 collection—which includes the classic B-pictures Mississippi Rhythm (1949) and Western Renegades (1949)—George Armitage’s blaxploitation crime drama Hit Man (1972), Tom Gries’ ABC TV sci-fi series pilot Earth II (1971), Rex Ingram’s The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921), and Clarence Brown’s Sadie McKee (1934). All are due to street on 3/25. What a great line-up! There’s definitely something for almost everyone in that batch.

Also, Sony has set Lawrence Lamont’s One of Them Days (2025) for Blu-ray and DVD release on 4/1, with the Digital also due tomorrow (2/11).

First Run Features has set Martina Car and Anthony Audi’s J. Robert Oppenheimer documentary Trinity (2024) for DVD and streaming release on 2/18.

Our friends at Kino Lorber Studio Classics have revealed that Gary Fleder’s Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead (1995) is streeting on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on 4/29. Due on Blu-ray only on 4/22 is Charles Frend’s The Cruel Sea (1953). And coming soon to Blu-ray from the company are Hobart Henley’s Night World (1932) and Anthony Asquith’s French Without Tears (1940).

The Criterion Collection has just launched another 30% off sale, including pre-order titles, that’s good for one week until 2/17.

And finally today, Turbine Media in Germany has just launched another batch of Blu-ray 3D titles for release on 2/27, including Scream VI (2023), Friday the 13th: Part 3 (1982), and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023). All three are region free and include both English and German Dolby Atmos audio. You can pre-order them here exclusively at Turbine-shop.de.

We’ll leave you today with a look at the cover artwork for a bunch of titles now available for pre-order on Amazon.com. And don’t forget that whenever you order anything at all from Amazon after clicking through one of our links, you’re helping to support our work here at The Bits and we really appreciate it!

Stripes (4K UHD Steelbook)

Gandhi (4K UHD Steelbook)

Donovan's Reef (4K Ultra HD) Sands of Iwo Jima (4K Ultra HD) Career Opportunities (4K Ultra HD)

Delicatessen (4K Ultra HD) Shaw Brothers Classics: Volume 6 (Blu-ray Disc) Mufasa: The Lion King (4K UHD Steelbook)

Back with more soon. Stay tuned...

- Bill Hunt

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