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BREAKING 4K news: We’ve got cover art for the Star Trek TNG films, plus Warner’s Maltese Falcon, Cool Hand Luke, Rebel Without a Cause, Rio Bravo & more!
All right, we’ve got a LOT of ground to cover today for you 4K Ultra HD catalog fans, especially those of you who like new cover artwork (because we’ve got a bunch for it for you). But first as always, we’ve got a couple more new disc reviews for you to check out...
First, Dennis has checked out Sidney Lanfield’s Sorrowful Jones (1949) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Tim has also reviewed Rafael Romero Marchent’s Santo vs Dr. Death (1973) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome.
Now then, let’s get to come 4K catalog news. We’ll start with a quickie: Our friends at Kino Lorber Studio Classics have confirmed over the weekend that they’re working on a 4K UHD release of Stephen King’s Cujo (1983), as directed by Lewis Teague. As usual, look for the new master to include a Dolby Vision HDR grade.
Any Star Trek fans in the house? Well, we have your first look at the 4K Ultra HD cover artwork for Paramount’s forthcoming Star Trek: The Next Generation catalog films: Generations (1994), First Contact (1996), Insurrection (1998), and Nemesis (2002). [Read on here...]
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Sorrowful Jones BD review
- Santo vs Dr Death BD review
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Cujo 4K
- Stephen King
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Star Trek: The Next Generation 4K
- Star Trek: Insurrection 4K
- Star Trek: First Contact 4K
- Star Trek: Nemesis 4K
- Star Trek Day
- The Maltese Falcon 4K
- Cool Hand Luke 4K
- Rebel Without a Cause 4K
- 100 Years of Warner Bros Classic Hollywood Collection 4K
- 100 Years of Warner Bros New Hollywood 4K Collection
- 100 Years of Warner Bros Modern Blockbusters Collection 4K
- Warner Bros 100th Anniversary 4K Studio Collectio
- Enter the Dragon 4K
- Rio Bravo 4K
- Howard Hawks
- Nicholas Ray
- Stuart Rosenberg
- John Huston
- Steelbook
UPDATED: Station Eleven is official, plus new Paramount 4Ks, Curzon’s Wings of Desire UHD replacement, a look at the Casablanca restoration & more
We’re finishing the week off with a trio of new disc reviews here at The Bits...
Stephen has taken a look at Todd Haynes’ music documentary The Velvet Underground (2021) on Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection.
And Stephen and yours truly have given Ryan Coogler’s latest MCU installment Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) a spin on 4K Ultra HD from Marvel and Disney.
In terms of catalog release news today, our retail sources are reporting that Paramount will be bringing F. Gary Gray’s The Italian Job (2003) remake and Antoine Fuqua’s Shooter (2007)—a wide-release Amaray, as the film was released as a 4K Steelbook last year—to Ultra HD likely on 5/16. We’ve confirmed that Mimi Leder’s Deep Impact (1998) is coming to 4K as well in the next few months (street date is TBD). [Read on here...]
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Stephen Bjork
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- The Boxer from Shantung BD review
- The Velvet Underground BD review
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 4K review
- Tim Salmons
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- The Italian Job (2003) 4K
- Shooter (2007) 4K
- Deep Impact 4K
- The Truman Show 4K
- Primal Fear 4K
- Station Eleven 4K
- Turbine Media
- P2 BD
- Curzon Wings of Desire 4K replacement program
- Casablanca 4K restoration
- AFrame
- CNet
- The Right Stuff 4K
- Excalibur 4K
- Amadeus 4K
- Arrow Video
- Nico Mastorakis
- Dot Com for Murder
It’s official: Paramount sets Matthew Robbins’ Dragonslayer for 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray on 3/21!
All right, Bits-ers... we’re checking in early this morning with more breaking news. But first as always, we have some new disc reviews for you...
First, Stephen has taken a look at Yves Boisset’s The Cop (1970) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Stephen has also taken a deep-dive into Doug Liman’s Edge of Tomorrow (2014 – aka Live Die Repeat) in 4K Ultra HD from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.
As always, more reviews are forthcoming, so be sure to stay tuned for them.
Now then, let’s get to that news: As we first reported here at The Digital Bits back on 12/6 (with follow ups on 12/20 and 1/4, not to mention the first hint way back in 2020), Paramount Home Entertainment has just officially announced the Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD, and Limited Edition 4K UHD Steelbook release of Matthew Robbins’ Dragonslayer (1981) on 3/21! [Read on here...]
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Matthew Robbins
- Dragonslayer 4K
- Tim Burton
- Sleepy Hollow 4K
- Terms of Endearment 4K
- Stephen Bjork
- Edge of Tomorrow 4K review
- The Cop BD review
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- DCU
- DC Studios
- James Gunn
- Peter Safran
- DC Elseworlds
- Gods and Monsters
- Alice Darling BD
- The Big Easy BD
- The Whale BD
- Resident Alien: Season Two BD
Criterion’s April slate announced, plus Devotion, The Core, Red Eye & Training Day in 4K, Walking Dead: Season 11 & more
All right, we have three more new disc reviews for you all to enjoy today, as well as lots more new announcement news including major 4K catalog titles. So let’s get right to it. First those reviews...
Stephen has turned in his thoughts on Atsuko Ishizuka’s animated Goodbye, Don Glees! (2022, aka Gubbai, Don Gurîzu!), which is newly-available on Blu-ray from GKids and Shout! Factory.
And Tim has posted his thoughts on Laika and Shout! Factory’s new 4K Ultra HD editions of Henry Selick’s stop-motion animated Coraline (2009) in 4K Ultra HD—both the wide-release Amaray version and the Steelbook version.
More reviews are forthcoming this week, so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for them.
Now then, Paramount has just officially announced the Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD release of JD Dillard’s Devotion on 2/28. Extras will include two featurettes (The Aviation of a Forgotten War and The Legacy of Jesse Brown). You can see the cover artwork above left and also below. [Read on here...]
- The Fisher King 4K
- Terry Gilliam
- Moonage Daydream
- The Criterion Collection
- Neon
- Paramount
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Stephen Bjork
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Tim Salmons
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Goodbye Don Glees! BD review
- Coraline 4K review
- Coraline 4K Steelbook review
- GKids
- Shout! Factory
- Devotion 4K
- The Core 4K
- Red Eye: Paramount Presents 4K
- Wes Craven
- Training Day 4K
- Antoine Fuqua
- Criterion April 2023 slate
- The Seventh Seal 4K
- Ingmar Bergman
- Small Axe: Five Films by Steve McQueen BD
- Triangle of Sadness 4K
- Ruben Östlund
- BBC
- Frozen Planet II 4K
- AMC
- Lionsgate
- The Walking Dead: The Complete Eleventh Season BD
- Mike Judge
- Beavis and ButtHead: Season One and Original Movie DVD
- Beavis and ButtHead Do the Universe DVD
- Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 4K
Moonage Daydream is coming from Criterion, plus Sudden Death 4K, Turbine’s Knight Rider Blu-ray box & Jodorowsky’s Tron (?!)
Today being a federal holiday here in the States, there’s not a ton of announcement news to report on this afternoon, but we do have a few interesting odds and ends.
First though, a couple more new disc reviews...
Dennis has posted his thoughts on John M. Stahl’s Imitation of Life (1934), which is new on Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection.
And Stephen has taken a look at Louis Malle’s Pretty Baby (1978) on Blu-ray from Paramount via Imprint Films.
Now then... in announcement news today, Neon has confirmed that four of their recent titles—Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness (2022), Brett Morgen’s terrific David Bowie documentary Moonage Daydream (2022), Laura Poitras’ All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022), and Céline Sciamma’s Petite Maman (2021)—are all going to be coming from the Criterion Collection, presumably to Blu-ray and/or 4K Ultra HD. [Read on here...]
- James Cameron
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Turbine Media Group in Germany
- Stephen Bjork
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Paramount
- Universal
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Dennis Seuling
- Neon
- The Criterion Collection
- Imitation of Life BD review
- Pretty Baby BD review
- Imprint Films
- Thelma and Louise 4K
- Pierrot le Fou BD replacement program
- The Price We Pay
- Moonage Daydream
- The Inspection
- B’Twixt Now and Sunrise
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Detective Knight: Independence
- Sudden Death 4K
- The Hell with Heroes
- Cherry 2000
- Miracle Mile
- Steve De Jarnatt
- Knight Rider: The Complete Series: 40th Anniversary Edition BD box set
- Ocean’s Eleven
- Ocean’s Twelve
- Ocean’s Thirteen
- Steven Soderbergh
- Frank Pavich
- Jodorowsky’s Dune
- Midjourney
- This Film Does Not Exist
- AI
- artificial intelligence
- Stable Diffusion
- Jodorowsky’s Tron
- Terry Gilliam
- The Fisher King 4K
The Fabelmans is official for 2/14, plus new Warner 4K catalog titles & street dates, and a Titanic 4K update
We’re rounding out the week here at The Bits with a few more new disc reviews, and some release news as well, including word of new 4K catalog titles, and updates on a title or two that we’ve talked about here previously in recent weeks. But first those reviews...
I’ve posted my thoughts on Wim Wenders’ stunning Wings of Desire (1987) which is now available in 4K Ultra HD from Curzon Film in the UK. The 4K remaster, which was done by the Wim Wenders Foundation, is absolutely stunning. Fans of the film may not realize this, but by the time the film was completed and being shown in theaters back in ‘87, the version we all experienced then was fully six generations away from original camera negative. But now, every inch of this film—save for the little bit of historical and newsreel footage that appears within it—is first-generation right off the negative. And it makes a huge difference, even over the previous Criterion Blu-ray. So if you’re a fan, this 4K release is definitely worth a look.
I’ve also reviewed Jack Ryan: Season Two on 4K Ultra HD, which was released last month on the format by Paramount (along with Season One which we’ve reviewed here). Season Three of the series recently dropped on Amazon Prime and we have word that it’s coming to both Blu-ray and 4K as well later this year.
Also today, Stephen has turned in his thoughts on Adam Rifkin’s The Invisible Maniac on 4K Ultra HD from Vinegar Syndrome.
And we have more reviews on the way as well. I’m personally working on Shout! Factory’s recent WarGames and HBO’s House of the Dragon: Season One, both in 4K Ultra HD. I hope to post those reviews over the weekend or early next week. And the rest of the review team is working on new titles as well, so be sure to watch for them. [Read on here...]
- Curzon Film
- 12 Angry Men (1957) 4K
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- The Fabelmans
- Universal
- Paramount
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- Wings of Desire 4K review
- Stephen Bjork
- Jack Ryan: Season Two 4K review
- The Invisible Maniac 4K review
- Wargames 4K
- House of the Dragon: The Complete First Season 4K
- Steven Spielberg
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- Turbine Media Group in Germany
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4K
- From Beyond 4K
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Stuart Gordon
- Tobe Hooper
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- The Departed 4K
- Martin Scorsese
- Harold Ramis
- National Lampoon's Vacation 4K
- Cool Hand Luke 4K
- The Maltese Falcon 4K
- Rebel Without a Cause 4K
- Titanic 4K
- James Cameron
- Sidekicks 4K
Rocky: The Knockout Collection is official for 2/28, plus Final Dragonslayer 4K & Blu-ray cover artwork is here
We’ve got another new disc review for you this morning...
Tim has taken a look at Peter Medak’s The Changeling (1980) on 4K Ultra HD from the good people of Severin Films.
And we have update on a few titles we’ve been talking about in recent days here at The Bits as well..
First, let’s talk Rocky in 4K Ultra HD... we’ve now learned that the first four films will be available in single-film 4K UHD Steelbooks at Best Buy, while other retailers will carry the 4-film Rocky: The Knockout Collection 4K Ultra HD box set on 2/28. This set will include Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III, and Rocky IV in both the original theatrical cut and Stallone’s new Rocky vs. Drago: The Ultimate Director’s Cut. You can see the cover artwork at left. [Read on here...]
- MGM
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Rocky IV 4K
- Rocky III 4K
- Rocky II 4K
- Rocky 4K
- Paramount
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Tim Salmons
- Rocky: The Knockout Collection 4K
- The Changeling 4K review
- Severin Films
- Rocky vs Drago: The Ultimate Director’s Cut
- The Making of Rocky vs Drago: Keep Punching
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- The Glass Web 3D BD
- The 3D Film Archive
- The Slayer of All Dragons
- Rocky V
- Rocky Balboa
- Sylvester Stallone
The Rocky films are definitely coming to Ultra HD from Warner Bros in Q1, plus new Disney 100 Steelbook 4Ks & more
We’ve got some announcement news and a couple of reviews to share with you for our first My Two Cents update of 2023...
Starting as always with those reviews, Tim has posted his thoughts on Reacher: Season One in 4K Ultra HD from Paramount.
Meanwhile, Dennis has offered his take on Lou Adler’s Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains (1982) on Blu-ray from Paramount via Imprint Films, as well as Nathan H. Juran’s Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (1958) on Blu-ray from our friends at the Warner Archive Collection.
More reviews are forthcoming, so be sure to stay tuned for them.
And in the event you missed it, some of you longtime readers might enjoy my New Year’s Eve look back at twenty-five years of The Digital Bits. It’s certainly been an adventure and we’re all very glad to have you along with us on the journey!
Now then, Disney appears to be re-issuing many of its Disney Animated, Pixar, and Star Wars slate of 4K Ultra HD titles throughout the coming year, exclusively at Best Buy stores, in new “Disney 100” Steelbook packaging. [Read on here...]
- Universal
- Imprint Films
- Via Vision
- Tim Salmons
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Paramount
- Dennis Seuling
- Reacher: Season One 4K review
- Ladies and Gentlemen The Fabulous Stains BD review
- Attack of the 50 Ft Woman BD review
- Reflecting on 25 Years of The Digital Bits
- Disney 100 Steelbook 4Ks at Best Buy
- Rocky 4K
- Rocky II 4K
- Rocky III 4K
- Rocky IV 4K
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- MGM
- Babylon 4K
- Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 4K
- She Said
- Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 4K
- Orange Is the New Black: Complete Series DVD
- Yellowstone: Season 5 Part 1 BD
Paramount may be preparing to release John Huston’s THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951) in 4K Ultra HD in early 2023
I hope all of you are having a good and relaxing Saturday afternoon, or are at least enjoying the weekend in your own unique manner.
We’ve got just two quick news items to report for you this afternoon, a quick site update, and another new disc review to share with you. As always, the review comes first...
There are precious few films that—no matter how often you see them—you finish watching and just immediately think, “Well, that’s a masterpiece.” Casablanca is one of them. The film never gets old. It’s one of the all-time classics. There’s a real argument to be made that it’s the single best film produced in the Golden Age of the Hollywood studio system.
Longtime Bits readers will probably remember that our dear friend and Classic Coming Attractions columnist Barrie Maxwell—who passed away in 2012—wrote a terrific review of this film here at The Bits when it first appeared on HD disc in 2007. Barrie’s enthusiasm for the film shines through in every word, so I’ve taken his thoughts on the film and updated them to include my own commentary on the A/V quality and extras on Warner’s new 4K release.
Whether you’ve seen this film a hundred times or never before, it’s an experience that’s not to be missed, and the new 4K disc is certainly the best way to do so. So I hope you enjoy both the review (linked here) and the disc when you get your hands on it this coming week. [Read on here...]
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Barrie Maxwell
- Michael Coate
- Casablanca 4K review
- Classic Coming Attractions
- History Legacy & Showmanship
- The African Queen 4K
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Warner Bros Motion Picture Imaging
- Humphrey Bogart
- Michael Curtiz
- John Houston
- film restoration
- StudioCanal
Planes Trains & Automobiles, Coraline, Silent Running, WarGames & LOTS more 4K Ultra HD news, plus Arrow, Imprint & Shout! bow December BD slates!
We’re starting things off this week with several more new disc reviews and LOTS of announcement news! First up, those reviews...
Stephen has taken an in-depth look at John Carpenter’s supernatural horror classic The Fog (1980) in 4K Ultra HD from Scream Factory, and we have separate reviews for both the wide-release Collector’s Edition and the Steelbook version as well.
Stephen has also offered his thoughts on Taika Waititi’s latest MCU installment, Thor: Love and Thunder, in 4K Ultra HD from Marvel and Disney.
Meanwhile, Dennis has turned in his take on a pair of classic films on Blu-ray, including Sydney Salkow’s Twice Told Tales (1963) starring Vincent Price from Kino Lorber Studio Classics and also John Cromwell’s Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) from the Warner Archive Collection.
And Tim has delivered a look at Warner and DC’s long-awaited Deluxe Edition of the animated Batman: The Long Halloween (2021) as well as Random Space Media’s import 4K/Blu-ray 3D double feature of Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017).
As always, more reviews are on the way for tomorrow and all this week, so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for them. [Read on here...]
- The Warner Archive Collection
- Imprint Films
- Tim Salmons
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Paramount
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Dennis Seuling
- Stephen Bjork
- The Fog 4K review
- Thor: Love and Thunder 4K review
- Twice Told Tales BD review
- Batman: The Long Halloween 4K review
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois BD review
- Jumanji: The Next Level 4K review
- Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 4K review
- Planes Trains and Automobiles 4K
- Coraline 4K
- ParaNorman 4K
- Laika
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- Operation Seawolf BD
- Black Christmas 4K
- Carrie 4K
- Wargames 4K
- A Walk to Remember BD
- Goodbye Don Glees! BD
- Arrow Video
- The Croupier 4K
- Silent Running 4K
- The Leech BD
- Nightmare at Noon
- Videodrome 4K
- Ju On: The Grudge BD
- The Limey 4K
- Pulp Fiction 4K
- Halloween Ends 4K
- Black Adam 4K
- Rocky 4K
- Rocky II 4K
- Sylvester Stallone
- Rocky III 4K
- Rocky IV 4K
- Rocky V 4K
- Rocky Balboa 4K
- Training Day 4K
- Magic Mike's Last Dance 4K
- Shazam! Fury of the Gods 4K
- The Flash 4K
- Barbie 4K
- Meg 2: The Trench 4K
- Blue Beatle 4K
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- The Killer Elite BD
- The Eagle Has Landed BD
- Burn! BD
- Fear Is the Key BD
- Pork Chop Hill BD
- A Rage to Live BD
- For All Mankind
- Dazzler Media
- 5 25 77 BD