Displaying items by tag: Kino Lorber Studio Classics
Sony sets Snatch for 4K, KL Studio Classics’ replacement program, vote in Media Play News’ Home Entertainment Awards, and Yaphet Kotto RIP
Today I’m diving into work on more disc reviews here at The Bits, especially new 4K titles. So today’s update will be fairly quick. However, we do have some interesting odds and ends to report after yesterday’s flood of major news, and we have Amazon pre-order links for a bunch of newly-announced titles to share with you too.
First, some Blu-ray reviews... Tim has taken a look at Don Siegel’s The Beguiled (1971), which was released late last year on Blu-ray by Kino Lorber Studio Classics. He’s also given one of the last Hammer Films titles a spin on Blu-ray from Scream Factory, Terence Fisher’s Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974). Both discs are worth your time.
A quick note on the subject of Kino Lorber Studio Classic: It appears that they inadvertently used the wrong master for their recent Blu-ray of Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (reviewed here on The Bits). The company is correcting this by replicating new replacement discs that use the proper 2017 4K restoration and you can request a copy by filling out this form on the Kino Lorber website.
Now then... the big announcement news today is that Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has officially set Guy Ritchie’s Snatch for release on 4K Ultra HD on 6/1. [Read on here...]
- Tim Salmons
- The Criterion Collection
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Snatch 4K
- Guy Ritchie
- Media Play News Home Entertainment Awards
- Yaphet Kotto RIP
- The Beguiled BD review
- Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell BD review
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia BD replacement program'
- Indiana Jones 4Film Collection 4K preorders
- Explorers BD
- The Human Condition Criterion BD
- Pickup on South Street Criterion BD
- The Signifyin Works of Marlon Riggs Criterion BD
- Visions of Eight Criterion BD
- Streetwise & Tiny Criterion BD
- Pariah Criterion BD
New 4K reviews, plus Kino reveals Kolchak: The Night Stalker Blu-ray plans, and a peek at Apollo 11: Quarantine & The Twentieth Century
All right this is just a quick post to round out the week...
We’ve posted a couple new disc reviews today. First up, Tim and I have given John Carpenter’s Prince of Darkness a look in 4K Ultra HD from Scream Factory and found it to be pretty damn solid, with another great 4K film scan and remaster and all the extras you’ve come to expect from Scream (the new Blu-ray in the package features the same 4K scan too). You’ll find that here.
Also, I’ve taken a look at Anthony Spinelli’s Sex World (1977), as newly released on 4K Ultra HD by our friends at Vinegar Syndrome. Yes, it’s an adult title, but we’re not reviewing the film itself—just the disc quality. As this is one of the first such titles to appear in 4K UHD here in the States, the curiosity value makes it worth a look from our perspective. It’s actually a decent film remaster and the review is worth a laugh or two (there’s also nothing offense therein). So do give it a look.
And with a little bit of luck, I hope to have a review of Discotek’s new Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro – 40th Anniversary Collector’s Edition 4K Ultra HD up by the end of the day as well. (The review is up now; you can find it here.) [Read on here...]
- Release Dates & Artwork with 4K search
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Prince of Darkness 4K review
- Sex World 4K review
- Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro 4K review coming soon
- Kolchak: The Night Stalker – The Complete Series BD
- Apollo 11: Quarantine short film
- Todd Douglas Miller
- CNN
- The Twentieth Century
- The Criterion Channel
- Matthew Rankin
- Paramount+
- Paramount Plus
BREAKING: Paramount makes Super 8 and My Fair Lady official for 4K Ultra HD on 5/25
We’re starting things off today with this just in from Paramount Home Entertainment: George Cukor’s My Fair Lady (1964) and J.J. Abrams’ Super 8 (2011) are now official for release on the 4K Ultra HD format on 5/25.
My Fair Lady is presented in 4K, mastered from the 2015 8K film scan and restoration of the original camera negative and surviving 65 mm elements.
Both HDR10 and Dolby Vision will be included (this is now confirmed). Audio will be available in the same English 7.1 Dolby TrueHD mix found on the 2015 Blu-ray edition.
There are no extras on the 4K disc itself, but the package will include that same Blu-ray (along with a Digital code). [Read on here...]
KL Studio Classics is working on Touch of Evil 4K, plus Shout!/Laika’s distribution deal, Warner’s Supernatural: The Complete Series BD & more
We’ve got a couple odds and ends for you today...
First, the big news... Shout! Factory has just reached a multi-year distribution agreement with the Portland-based Laika animation studio. The deal gives Shout! the U.S. packaged media distribution rights to the studio’s first four films: Kubo and the Two Strings (2016), The Boxtrolls (2014), ParaNorman (2012), and Coraline (2009). According to the report on The Hollywood Reporter, new bonus content is already in development for these films. Not only are new Blu-rays obviously in the offing, we can’t help thinking how great these titles would look again on Blu-ray 3D and for the first time on 4K Ultra HD as well.
Also today, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has just announced Supernatural: The Fifteenth and Final Season and Supernatural: The Complete Series for Blu-ray and DVD release on 5/25. The Fifteenth Season set includes 2 new featurettes, deleted scenes, a gag reel, and more (SRP $49.99 for Blu-ray and $44.98 for DVD). The Complete Series set includes all 327 episodes and all the previous bonus content, plus a 68-page book (SRP $359.99 for Blu-ray and $329.99 for DVD). [Read on here...]
- Scream Factory
- Shout! Factory
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Laika distribution deal with Shout! Factory
- ParaNorman
- The Boxtrolls
- Coraline
- Kubo and the Two Strings
- Supernatural: The Complete Series BD
- Supernatural: The Fifteenth and Final Season BD
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Orson Welles
- Touch of Evil 4K
- The Toll
- Treasure of the Four Crowns
- One More Round
- Nosferatu in Venice
- TK Arnold
- 2020: What Now?
- Media Play News
- The Widow
- My Two Cents RSS feed fix
- GATTACA 4K
- Damn Yankees BD
- Thundarr the Barbarian: The Complete Series BD
- Warner Archive Collection
Arrow sets Battle Royale & Donnie Darko for 4K, plus Shout! & GKids’ Earwig and the Witch & more catalog announcements
All right, we’ve got a few new reviews for you today...
I’ve taken a look at Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium (2013) coming to 4K Ultra on 2/9 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. It’s a nice upgrade of the existing Blu-ray release. You’ll find that here.
Also, Tim has reviewed Park Chan-wook’s JSA: Joint Security Area (2000) on Blu-ray from Arrow Video.
More reviews are on the way this week, including 2012 and Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro both in 4K, plus more new and catalog Blu-rays, so be sure to watch for them.
Let’s start with some 4K Ultra HD news... [Read on here...]
- Warner Archive Collection
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Dennis Seuling
- Tim Salmons
- Arrow Video
- Shout! Factory
- GKids
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Severin Films
- Battle Royale 4K (UK only)
- Donnie Darko 4K
- Earwig and the Witch
- Elysium 4K review
- JSA: Joint Security Area BD review
- The Suspect BD review
- Death Has Blue Eyes
- Switchblade Sisters
- Elvira: Mistress of the Dark Steelbook
- Clapboard Jungle
- The Bermuda Depths
- Damn Yankees
- Crossfire
- Thundarr the Barbarian: The Complete Series
- Isle of the Dead
- The Great Caruso
- Ken Burns' Baseball BD
- Ken Burns' Hemingway BD
- The Greatest Show on Earth: Paramount Presents BD
- action
- Drive: Director's Cut
- MVD Rewind Collection
- Spaceballs 4K
- The Good The Bad and The Ugly 4K
Babylon 5 Remastered (on Digital only for now), plus Do the Right Thing 4K official & more BD release news
All right, we have a few interesting news items for you today. But first, another review...
Dennis has turned in his thoughts on Robert Siodmak’s 1944 film noir The Suspect, now available on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Now for the most surprising piece of news... Engadget has confirmed that Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has now completed a six-year effort to upgrade the classic 1990s J. Michael Straczynski science fiction TV series Babylon 5 for the digital age. Babylon 5 Remastered is now available for viewing on HBO Max, and it’s also available for download on iTunes and Amazon. The new HD presentation includes all five seasons of the show with live action film elements scanned in 4K from the original camera negative, digitally cleaned and properly color graded, with VFX upsampled from the original SD. The entire series is available in its original 4x3 broadcast format. The 1998 version of the series’ original pilot film, The Gathering, has also been included, though it’s unremastered and so in 16x9 (as the original film elements were lost during the Northridge earthquake in 1994). [Read on here...]
- Dennis Seuling
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- HBO Max
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Spike Lee
- J Michael Straczynski
- The Suspect BD review
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Helter Skelter: An American Myth
- Warner Archive Collection
- Six by Sondheim
- Harley Quinn: The Complete First and Second Seasons BD
- Kinky Boots BD
- Don't Tell a Soul
- Wander Darkly
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- Finding Forrester BD
- Wild Mountain Thyme
- Mira Furlan Rest in Peace
- Babylon 5 Remastered
- Do the Right Thing 4K
Blue Underground sets The Final Countdown 4K for 4/27, plus Kaleidescape movie rentals & more reviews/news
All right, we’re starting things off this week with more new disc reviews. Four of them, in fact...
Tim has posted his thoughts on Billy Wilder’s The Lost Weekend (1945) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, as well as Michel Lemoine’s Seven Women for Satan (1975) on Blu-ray from Mondo Macabro, and John Guillermin’s 1976 remake of King Kong, a Paramount title on Region B-locked Blu-ray from our friends down at Umbrella Entertainment.
And Dennis has turned in his thoughts on The Buster Keaton Collection: Volume 4 on Blu-ray from the Cohen Film Collection, an excellent release that includes Go West (1925) and College (1923).
All of the above are worth a look if you’re interested. And we’ve got more reviews on the way all week, so be sure to watch for them. [Read on here...]
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- The Ten Commandments 4K
- Tim Salmons
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Dennis Seuling
- The Lost Weekend BD review
- Seven Women for Satan BD review
- King Kong Region B BD review
- The Buster Keaton Collection: Volume 4 BD review
- The Final Countdown 4K
- Blue Underground
- Perfect Planet 4K
- BBC
- David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet documentary on Netflix
Paramount makes The Ten Commandments official for 4K, plus Harley Quinn on Blu-ray, new KL Studio Classics & more
We’re starting things off today with two more new Blu-ray reviews...
Tim has checked out Luigi Cozzi’s The Black Cat (1989) on BD from Severin Films.
And Dennis has shared his thoughts on Frank Darabont’s Buried Alive (1990) on BD from Kino Lorber Studio Classics. Enjoy!
The big announcement news today is that Paramount Home Entertainment has officially revealed the 4K Ultra HD release of Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments (1956), staring Charlton Heston, on 3/30 just as we expected. Per the studio’s press release, the original VistaVision negative was scanned in 6K as part of the 2010 restoration effort and those files were the basis for this new Dolby Vision presentation. “In addition, Paramount spent well over 150 hours doing new color work and clean-up on the scan. The move to Dolby Vision created the opportunity to further improve the look of the film: blacks are enhanced and improvements were made to smooth out special effects mattes to create the most vibrant and pristine image possible. The 4K film presentation contains an introduction by DeMille, an intermission, an overture/exit music card, and an entr’acte card, along with a DTS-HD 5.1 lossless soundtrack.” [Read on here...]
- Monster Hunter 4K
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Tim Salmons
- The Ten Commandments 4K
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Super 8 4K
- My Fair Lady 4K
- Harley Quinn: Seasons 1 and 2 BD
- The Black Cat BD review
- Buried Alive BD review
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- The Babadook 4K
- Second Sight
- Rick and Morty: The Complete Seasons 14 BD
- Freaky BD
- Silk Road
- Eddie
New Blu-ray reviews, Paramount+, and The State of Physical Media in 2020: The Year-End Edition
We’ve got three more reviews for you today, plus some industry news. And we’re going to give you a preview of the final home media sales numbers for 2020. But first those reviews...
Tim has posted his thoughts on William Nigh’s The Ape (1940), staring Boris Karloff, and the joint-effort comedy Amazon Women on the Moon (1987) both now available on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Meanwhile, Dennis has offered up his thoughts on Cornel Wilde’s Beach Red (1967), also new on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
More reviews are on the way, so be sure to watch for them. [Read on here...]
Flintstones replacement BDs are shipping, plus a new 4K review, release news & Michael Apted RIP
Evening, folks. We’ve got a quick news update for you here today at the site.
But first, a new disc review: Tim has just posted his thoughts on William Lustig’s Vigilante (1982) on 4K Ultra HD from the good folks at Blue Underground. And it sounds like it’s a pretty terrific release if you like the film, which stars Robert Forster and Fred Williamson. Do check it out.
Also a reminder today: We posted a new History, Legacy & Showmanship column from our own Michael Coate on Friday—a piece that was delayed from the very end of 2020 due to all of the site maintenance we’ve been doing over the past several weeks. This one is a look back at the early 70mm cut of The Empire Strikes Back, featuring a new roundtable discussion with historian and soundtrack producer Mike Matessino along with director Saul Pincus. We think you’ll really enjoy it, so do give that a look here if you missed it.
Now then... there’s not a lot of release news to report today, but we do have a few things worth mentioning. [Read on here...]
- My Fair Lady 4K
- Super 8 4K
- Saul Pincus
- Mike Matessino
- Empire @ 40: Remembering the Early 70MM Cut
- The Empire Strikes Back
- History Legacy & Showmanship
- Michael Coate
- The Criterion Collection
- Santa Sangre 4K
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- The Ten Commandments 4K
- Tim Salmons
- Vigilante 4K review
- Blue Underground
- Michael Apted RIP
- His Dark Materials: Season Two BD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- The Good The Bad and The Ugly 4K
- The Flintstones: The Complete Series BD replacement program
- News of the World 4K
- GATTACA 4K
- World of Wong Karwai BD
- Monster Hunter 4K