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Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm & Harley Quinn in 4K, Marathon Man is coming to Ultra HD, plus more Blu-ray news & reviews
Today’s update at The Digital Bits is a relatively brief one, as I have family visiting here from North Dakota this week. But we do have some new disc reviews, as always, as well as some interesting release announcements and rumors.
First up, those reviews...
Dennis has offered his take on Robert Siodmak’s Time Out of Mind (1947) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Stephen has reviewed Rene Daalder’s Massacre at Central High (1976) on Blu-ray and Steelbook Blu-ray from Synapse Films.
And Tim has taken a look at Rod Serling’s Night Gallery: Season One (1969-1971) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
FYI, Tim is working on a review of Season Two of the series as well, so watch for that to be posted very soon. [Read on here...]
- Paramount
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- The Score 4K
- Stephen Bjork
- Tim Salmons
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Dennis Seuling
- Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm 4K
- Adult Swim
- DC
- Time Out of Mind BD review
- Massacre at Central High BD review
- Night Gallery: Season One BD review
- Synapse Films
- Harley Quinn: The Complete First Season 4K
- Superman & Lois: The Complete Second Season BD
- In Bruges 4K
- Tropic Thunder 4K
- Marathon Man 4K
- Nope 4K
- Bullet Train 4K
- Top Gun: Maverick 4K
- Paws of Fury: The Revenge of Hank BD
- MVD Rewind Collection
- Doctor Who: Colin Baker The Complete Season One BD
- Jack Frost 2: The Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman BD
- Jurassic World: Dominion 4K
- Indecent Proposal 4K
Heat 4K & more reviews, plus Elvis, Columbia Classics V3, Outlander: S3 delayed, Highlander 4K in Italy & more
We’re finishing the week here at The Bits with a spate of new disc reviews for you to check out and enjoy...
First, I’ve taken a look at Michael Mann’s Heat (1995) which is finally available in a long-awaited new 4K Ultra HD release from 20th Century Studios. The new 4K master is impressive, though not reference-quality.
It’s important to note, however, that Mann made creative changes to the film’s color grading in 2017, as he was preparing his new Director’s Definitive Edition (see his own comments on this at the time here). This means the film is somewhat darker looking, with slightly-desaturated color, than it was before—even with the new HDR grade. This in turn has caused a host of “fan” reviewers to claim that the disc is defective, when the truth is that they simply don’t like the new color grade. Meanwhile, professional reviewers have almost all praised the disc’s image improvements, while acknowledging the darker grading. Those of you with genuinely bright 4K displays (with effective tone-mapping) will appreciate the new color grade the most. The point is, you’re going to see a lot of diverse opinions about this title out there on the Interwebs and social media. It’s only by understanding that these changes were initiated by the director himself that you can sort the reality from opinion. Anyway, I break it down in the review.
Also today, Stephen has turned in his thoughts on Sam Raimi’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness in 4K Ultra HD from Marvel and Disney. [Read on here...]
- Imprint Films
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- Tim Salmons
- Stephen Bjork
- Heat 4K review
- Michael Mann Director's Definitive Edition color grade revisions
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 4K review
- Times Square BD review
- Night Ripper BD review
- Forbidden Love BD review
- A Night to Remember BD review
- Ants! BD review
- Elvis 4K
- Baz Luhrmann
- Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection: Volume 3
- To Sir with Love 4K
- The Score 4K
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Mayor of Kingstown: Season 1 BD
- Paramount
- Ghoster
- Zavvi exclusive James Bond BD Steelbooks
- Outlander: Season Six BD
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High 4K
- Games of Thrones 4K
- Highlander 4K in Italy
- 48 Hours 4K
- Another 48 Hours 4K
Criterion sets Lost Highway & Night of the Living Dead for 4K in October, plus Scream 2 & new Paramount UHD, Blu-ray & Steelbook titles
Boy, we’ve got a LOT of new announcement and catalog release news to report on today, so let’s get right into it…
First up, the big news: Criterion has just announced their October title slate, and as expected it includes a couple of great 4K Ultra HD titles, along with some Blu-ray gems.
It all starts with a title we revealed last week: George A. Romero’s classic zombie film Night of the Living Dead (1968 – Spine #909 – 4K Ultra HD) on 10/4. Following on 10/11 is another title we revealed a couple months ago here at The Bits, David Lynch’s Lost Highway (1997 – Spine #1152 – Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD), as well as Frank Capra’s Arsenic and Old Lace (1944 – Spine #1153 – Blu-ray and DVD). On 10/18, look for Jayro Bustamante’s La Llorona (2019 – Spine #1156 – Blu-ray and DVD) and Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Cure (1997 – Spine #1155 – Blu-ray and DVD). And finally, Kasi Lemmon’s Eve’s Bayou (1997 – Spine #1154 – Blu-ray) round the month out. Lost Highway will include Dolby Vision HDR.
You can read more about these titles here at the Criterion website, and we’ve updated our Criterion Spines Project and 4K Ultra HD Release List pages here at The Bits accordingly. You can also see the cover artwork at left and also below. [Read on here...]
- Scream 2 4K
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Criterion Collection October 2022 slate
- Night of the Living Dead 4K
- Lost Highway 4K
- George A Romero
- David Lynch
- Arsenic and Old Lace BD
- La Llorona BD
- Cure BD
- Eve's Bayou BD
- Frank Capra
- Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- The Criterion Spines Project
- The 4K Ultra HD Release List
- The Mayor of Kingstown: Season One BD
- Catch Me If You Can BD
- Dexter: The Complete Series + Dexter: New Blood BD
- The Godfather Trilogy 4K Steelbooks
- Paranormal Activity: The Ultimate Chills Collection BD
- Johnny Mnemonic: In Black and White BD
- Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story BD
- Nobody's Fool 4K
- Hudson Hawk BD
- Ace High BD
- Warning Shot BD
- Battle of the Worlds BD
- The Film Detective
- Crawl 4K
- Quiet Days in Clichy 4K
In Bruges 4K, Columbia Classics Ultra HD Vol 3, Scream 2, a Star Trek: TMPDE bonus disc update & Shout!’s Bionic Woman Blu-ray audio statement
We’ve got no less than five new disc reviews for you all to enjoy today, with still more on the way…
Tim has reviewed Stephen Soderbergh’s Out of Sight (1998) on 4K Ultra HD from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, as well as Kenneth Branagh’s Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994) on 4K Ultra HD from Arrow Video.
Dennis has offered his thoughts on David Lean’s Summertime (1955) on regular Blu-ray from the Criterion Collection.
And Stephen has taken a look at William Malone’s Scared to Death (1980) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome, as well as Luis Bunuel’s The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) on import 4K Ultra HD from StudioCanal in the UK.
We’ve also got some significant new 4K Ultra HD catalog news today as well… [Read on here...]
- Tim Salmons
- Stephen Bjork
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture The Director’s Edition The Complete Adventure 4K box set
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Dennis Seuling
- Summertime BD review
- Out of Sight 4K review
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein 4K review
- Scared to Death BD review
- The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 4K review
- Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection: Volume 3
- Annie 4K
- The Last Picture Show 4K
- It Happened One Night 4K
- From Here to Eternity 4K
- As Good As It Gets 4K
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- In Bruges 4K
- Scream 2 4K
- Saturday Night Fever 4K
- 3:10 to Yuma 4K Steelbook
- Wayne's World 4K
- Halloween Kills 4K Steelbook
- Best Buy exclusive
- Shout! Factory
- The Bionic Woman: The Complete Series BD
- Fright Night 4K
- War of the Worlds (1953) 4K
- When Worlds Collide BD
- Cool World BD
- Army of Darkness 4K
Sony sets Fright Night for 4K, plus Paramount’s War of the Worlds & When Worlds Collide on Ultra HD, Night of the Living Dead & more!
We’ve got some major catalog release news for you today to start the new week off right…
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has just set Tom Holland’s Fright Night (1985) for release on 4K Ultra HD on 10/4. The release will feature a new 4K scan from the original camera negative, with Dolby Vision HDR and a new Dolby Atmos mix along with the previous 5.1 mix and the original stereo as well.
The title will come a Blu-ray version of the film mastered from the new 4K scan that will feature all-new Deleted Scene Storyboards and the never-before-seen alternate Holland/Beyda Spec Trailer, along with legacy extras that include audio commentary by Holland, actors Chris Sarandon and Jonathan Stark, and filmmaker Tim Sullivan, a second commentary with Holland, actors William Ragsdale and Stephen Geoffreys, FX artist Randall Cook, journalist Jeremy Smith and Tim Sullivan, and 3 featurettes (You’re So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night, What is Fright Night, and Tom Holland: Writing). [Read on here...]
- When Worlds Collide (1951) 4K
- War of the Worlds (1953) 4K
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- George Pal
- Paramount Presents
- Fright Night 4K
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Tom Holland
- George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead 4K
- Criterion Collection
- Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection: Volume 3
- As Good As It Gets 4K
- From Here to Eternity 4K
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 4K Steelbook
- Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons 4K
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Quiet Days in Clichy 4K
- Blue Underground
- RLJ Entertainment
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
Sony sets I Know What You Did Last Summer for 4K, plus Imprint delivers Dersu Uzala & The Road Home on Blu-ray!
We’re wrapping up the week here at The Bits with a few new disc reviews...
I’ve turned in my thoughts on Sony’s recent Heavy Metal: Limited Edition 2-Movie Collection, a 4K Ultra HD Steelbook release that include the original film remastered with Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos audio, plus the Heavy Metal 2000 sequel as a Blu-ray bonus.
Tim has taken a look at Umbrella Entertainment’s new Blu-ray release of Heavy Metal, which is available as an all-region import.
Tim has also turned in his thoughts on Christopher Landon’s Happy Death Day and Happy Death Day 2U in 4K Ultra HD from our friends at Scream Factory.
And Dennis closes out our review selections today with a look at Boomerang (1992) on Blu-ray from Paramount. [Read on here...]
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Dennis Seuling
- Stephen Bjork
- Tim Salmons
- I Know What You Did Last Summer 4K
- Dersu Uzala BD
- The Road Home BD
- Akira Kurosawa
- Heavy Metal: Limited Edition 2Movie Collection 4K review
- Heavy Metal BD review
- Umbrella Entertainment
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Happy Death Day 4K review
- Happy Death Day 2U 4K review
- Candyman 4K review
- Scream Factory
- Out of the Blue 4K review
- Stiff Competition 4K review
- Blue Chips BD
- Harem BD
- Barfly BD
- The Charles Bukowski Tapes BD
- Lolita BD
- Zhang Yimou
- Imprint Films
- Via Vision
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment sets Real Genius (1985) for 4K Ultra HD release on 9/13!
We’ve got just a quick news update for you today, as there’s one piece of significant release news that’s worth sharing this afternoon. But most of my day has been taken up by working on disc reviews, so I wanted to share some of those with you as well...
First, I’ve taken an in-depth look at Kate and Derek Burbidge’s The Police: Around the World (1983), a fan-favorite music documentary that takes you behind the scenes on the band’s 1979-80 world tour and has never been released on DVD much less Blu-ray until now. It’s been fully scanned and remastered from the original 16 mm negative for this release, complete with an editing polish and a new 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio sound mix to go with the original LPCM 2.0 stereo. Plus, the Blu-ray includes 17 minutes of never-before-seen concert footage as a bonus, along with a music CD of rare live performances as well. It’s definitely worth a look for fans of the band.
Also available today is Stephen’s review of Makoto Shinkai’s 2007 anime 5 Centimeters per Second, which is now available on Blu-ray from GKids via Shout! Factory. Shinkai is, of course, the filmmaker responsible for the more recent hits Your Name and Weathering with You. The disc also includes Shinkai’s Voices of a Distant Star (2002) as a bonus feature.
And finally, Dennis has offered his thoughts on John Waters’ Pink Flamingos (1972) which is coming to Blu-ray from the Criterion Collection later this month.
All three titles are well worth your time, so do give them a look. [Read on here...]
Raiders, Bridge & Lawrence reviewed in Steelbook 4K, plus new Blu-ray reviews & KLSC reveals Escape from Alcatraz in Ultra HD
Morning, folks! We’re checking in early here at The Bits today with some new disc reviews.
Over the weekend, I managed to turn out reviews of three new 4K Ultra HD Steelbook releases, including Steven Spielberg’s Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) from Paramount, and David Lean’s Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and Lawrence of Arabia (1962) from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
It should be noted that the 4K Steelbook edition of Bridge on the River Kwai now includes Dolby Vision HDR and the original theatrical mono mix, both of which were missing from the 2017 4K release.
And this marks the first time Lawrence of Arabia has been available in 4K outside of Sony’s expensive (and long out-of-print) Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection: Volume 1 box set from 2020, so this will likely be the first time many of you get to experience the film in 4K UHD at home (and let me tell you, that experience is terrific). [Read on here...]
- Imprint Films
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Tim Salmons
- Stephen Bjork
- Raiders of the Lost Ark 4K Steelbook review
- Bridge on the River Kwai 4K Steelbook review
- Lawrence of Arabia 4K Steelbook review
- Treasure of the Four Crowns 3D review
- Across 110th Street BD review
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- David Lean
- Steven Spielberg
- 3D Film Archive
- Escape from Alcatraz 4K
- Don Siegel
Morbius is official, along with Species, Cat People, JFK Revisited, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Beatles and India & more!
We’ve got one new disc review up here at The Bits today, while we continue our ongoing work to update the website behind-the-scenes...
Tim has posted a look at Random Space Media’s Spider-Man 2-Movie Collection in 4K Ultra HD, which includes Spider-Man: Far From Home and Spider-Man: Homecoming in 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and Blu-ray 3D all in the same package.
But we’ve got a bunch of release news for you today, including a major new title announcement: Sony has just officially set Daniel Espinosa’s Morbius for release on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on 6/14, with the Digital release expected on 5/17.
The 4K disc will include Dolby Atmos audio, while the Blu-ray will feature 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio. Both discs will also include outtakes and bloopers, “Nocturnal” Easter eggs, and no less than 5 behind-the-scenes featurettes (among them Defining the Antihero, From Human to Vampire: Visual Effects, Lights, Camera, Action, The Good, Bad & Ugly: Supporting Cast Doing the Stunt Work, and Living Vampire from Comics to Screen). You can see the cover artwork for the 4K and Blu-ray below. [Read on here...]
- Tim Salmons
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Morbius 4K
- Species 4K
- Cat People 4K
- JFK Revisited BD
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- The Beatles and India DVD
- Random Space Media
- SpiderMan: 2 Movie Collection BD review
- Pompo the Cinephile BD
- Georgia Rule BD
- I'm Charlie Walker DVD
- The Message 4K
- Lion of the Desert 4K
- Starhunter ReduX: The Complete Series BD
- Dog Soldiers 4K
- The Funhouse 4K
- The Six Million Dollar Man: The Complete Series BD
- The Silent Enemy BD
- Blackhawk Films
- GKids
- Flicker Alley
- Lobster Films
- MVD Entertainment Group
- The Batman 4K
- The Beatles and India BD
Battle of the Worlds, Studio 666, Night Gallery: Season 2, Steel Justice & more new Blu-ray releases
We’re wrapping things up here at The Bits this week with three more new disc reviews, all of them from Tim Salmons...
First up is Tim’s take on Jorge Grau’s The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue (1974), which is coming on Blu-ray on 6/7 from Synapse Films in regular Amaray, and is already available in Steelbook packaging. Tim has reviewed both versions here and here.
Tim has also given a look at Genndy Tartakovsky’s Hotel Transylvania 2 on Blu-ray 3D, a throw-back animated title released back in 2016 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
In terms of release news today, Synapse Films has announced that a new 4K Ultra HD edition of Dario Argento’s Tenebrae (1982) is coming on 7/26. Two versions will be available, a 3-Disc 4K UHD Limited Edition (of 6,000 units) and a 3-Disc 4K UHD “Variant Cover” Limited Edition (of just 2,000 units that’s exclusive to DiabolikDVD). [Read on here...]
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Studio 666 BD
- Foo Fighters
- Synapse Films
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Hotel Transylvania 2 BD3D review
- The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue BD review
- Tim Salmons
- Dario Argento
- Tenebrae 4K
- The Film Detective
- Battle of the Worlds BD
- Marty BD
- Steele Justice BD
- Richard Donner
- One More Time BD
- Salt and Pepper BD
- Night Gallery: Season 2 BD
- Rod Serling
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- They Call Me Mister Tibbs! BD
- The Organization BD
- Desperate Hours BD
- Star Trek: Lower Decks Season Two BD
- The Northman 4K
- MVD Rewind Collection
- Vampire's Kiss BD
- Rough Cut: Paramount Presents BD