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New announcements from Arrow Video and Kino Lorber, plus a look at the new Africa Screams restoration & more
We’re kicking things off today with a new Blu-ray review from Dennis...
He’s taken a look at Jon Avnet’s Three Christs (2017) now on disc from IFC Films and Shout! Factory. The film stars Richard Gere, Peter Dinklage, Bradley Whitford, and Walton Goggins. Do give it a look.
Meanwhile today, Arrow Video US has announced its June 2020 Blu-ray slate, which is set to include François Reichenbach’s American as Seen by a Frenchman on 6/2, Harley Cokeliss’ Dream Demon and Tomu Uchida’s The Mad Fox on 6/23, and a new Limited Edition of Sergio Corbucci’s Django on 6/30.
From Arrow’s announcement: “The film is presented here in an exclusive new restoration with a wealth of extras including the newly restored bonus feature Texas Adios, which also stars Franco Nero, and was released as Django 2 in several territories.” [Read on here...]
It’s a Bits Review Day: Police Squad!, To Catch a Thief, Rise of Skywalker 3D, 3D Rarities II & D-Day 4K
Today, we’ve got just a very quick My Two Cents update for you, however not with release news.
But as promised, we’ve got a bunch of new disc reviews...
First, our own Tim Salmons has checked out Via Vision Entertainment’s new region-free Blu-ray import version of Police Squad! The Complete Series. (Note that the CBS/Paramount Blu-ray version has also been reviewed here.)
Speaking of Paramount, Dennis has turned in his thoughts on their new Alfred Hitchcock/Paramount Presents title, To Catch a Thief (1955). [Read on here...]
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Police Squad! The Complete Series BD review
- To Catch Thief: Paramount Presents BD review
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker BD3D review
- 3D Rarities: Volume II BD3D review
- DDay: Normandy 1944 4K UHD review
- Tim Salmons
- Flicker Alley
- Dennis Seuling
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- 3D Film Archive
- Disney
- Lucasfilm
- Bob Furmanek
- Shout! Factory
- Via Vision Entertainment
Restored Laurel & Hardy on Blu-ray, and a quick rundown of interesting upcoming indie BD releases
All right, it’s a super slow news day today, but I wanted to take a moment to point out some interesting forthcoming titles that are newly-announced by indie distributors or that might have been overlooked.
But first, we have a pair of great new reviews from our own Dennis Seuling for you to check out, including his thoughts on Todd Haynes’ Dark Waters from Universal and Josef von Baky’s fantasy comedy Munchhausen (1943) from Kino Classics. Do give them a look.
Now then, those titles I mentioned... Kit Parker Films is releasing Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations on Blu-ray on 6/16. The 4-disc set includes 2 feature films (Sons of the Desert and Way Out West) and 17 classic shorts newly scanned from original 35mm nitrate film in 2K and 4K. Among the shorts is the legendary silent film The Battle of the Century, appearing for the first time on home video and nearly complete for the first time in 90 years. The set also includes rare special features, alternate soundtracks, vintage pictures, commentaries and more. You can see the cover artwork at left and below. [Read on here...]
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- The Cold Blue
- Dennis Seuling
- Dark Waters BD review
- Munchhausen BD review
- Gamera: The Complete Collection BD
- Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations
- Kit Parker Films
- Arrow Video
- Kansas City
- The Passion of Darkly Noon
- Alejandro Jodorowsky Collection
- Humans: Complete Collection
- Their Finest Hour: 5 British WWII Classics
- Glengarry Glen Ross
- The Missing
- The Spider
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- An Inspector Calls
- Taza Son of Cochise BD 3D
- 3D Film Archive
- All Night Long
- Alice in Wonderland (1933)
- Cliff Stephenson
- Rian Johnson
- New Lionsgate podcast
- Knives Out
- Lionsgate Unlocked
Major new Shout!, Scream, and Arrow Video announcements, plus Disney/Pixar’s final batch of 4K animated titles on 3/3
All right, we’ve got major new announcements from Shout! Factory and Scream for you today...
For March, the companies have added Jack Smight’s British production of Frankenstein: The True Story (1973) to their 3/24 slate. Shout! is also releasing The Transformers: The Complete Original Series DVD box set on 3/31.
In April, in addition to the Escape from L.A.: Collector’s Edition Blu-ray on 4/28, Shout! and Scream will release Swift and Knives and Skin (for IFC) on 4/7, Homeboy and Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter on 4/14, The Spider (1958) and The Curse of the Werewolf: Collector’s Edition (1961) on 4/21, and Underdog: The Complete Series Collector’s Edition (DVD), Shatter (1974), and The Lost Continent (1968) on 4/28. [Read on here...]
- The 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- 4K Ultra HD
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- Arrow Video
- Disney and Pixar 4K
- Up 4K
- WALLE 4K
- A Bug's Life 4K
- Monsters Inc 4K
- Monsters University 4K
- Flicker Alley
- 3D Film Archive
- 3D Rarities: Volume II
- Frankenstein: The True Story
- Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter
- The Curse of the Werewolf: Collector’s Edition
- The Lost Continent
- Underdog: The Complete Series Collector’s Edition
- Idle Hands: Collector’s Edition
- The Good Place: The Complete Series
- Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
- Hammer Films
- The Evil of Frankenstein: Collector’s Edition
- Danger: Diabolik
- Sixteen Candles
- The Current War BD
- Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
- Solid Metal Nightmares: The Films of Shinya Tsukomoto
Gemini Man, Zombieland: Double Tap & Boyz N The Hood, plus a Joker date & D.C. Fontana, Rest in Peace
We’ve got a lot of ground to cover today and I had to spend the morning at the DMV, so let’s get right to it...
First up, we have a new review from Tim for you today: Alexandre Aja’s Crawl, now available on Blu-ray from Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment.
We’ve also just posted the weekly 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. Anytime you order literally anything from Amazon after clicking to them through our links (like this one), you’re helping to support our work here at The Bits and we really do appreciate it. Thank you!
Now then, the big news today is that Paramount has just announced the Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD release of Ang Lee’s Gemini Man on 1/14, with the Digital release expected on 12/23. And here’s the surprise: The 4K Ultra HD will present the film in 60fps, as was the case with Sony’s 4K release of Lee’s Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk. [Read on here...]
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- DC Fontana RIP
- Christopher Dennis RIP
- Hollywood Superman
- Spock
- Star Trek
- Gemini Man 4K 60 fps
- Zombieland: Double Tap 4K
- Boyz N The Hood 4K
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Joker 4K
- Bob Furmanek
- Abbott and Costello
- Africa Screams restoration
- 3D Film Archive
- Release Dates & Artwork update
- The 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Tim Salmons
- Crawl BD review
- high frame rate
- David Gerrold
Studio Canal’s 2020 4K slate has Elephant Man, Basic Instinct & Flash Gordon, plus the Paramount Consent Decrees & more
All right, we’ve got some big release news today as well as a pretty major piece of industry news. But first, we also have some new disc reviews...
Tim has just turned in his thoughts on Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp in Ultra HD, which means that we finally have every single Marvel Cinematic Universe title reviewed on The Digital Bits in 4K. We hope you enjoy!
Also, Dennis has offered a look a Shout! Factory’s new Snow Falling on Cedars: Collector’s Edition on Blu-ray. It’s the latest entry in the distributor’s Shout Select line-up and it’s pretty great. Don’t miss it.
And we’ve posted the weekly update of the Release Dates & Artwork section with all the latest Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K cover artwork and Amazon.com pre-order links. As always whenever you order literally anything after clicking to them through any one of our links here on The Bits (including this one) we really appreciate it. Thank you! [Read on here...]
- Shout! Factory
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Studio Canal 4K in 2020
- The Elephant Man 4K
- Basic Instinct 4K
- Flash Gordon 4K
- Serpico 4K
- Breathless 4K
- The Paramount Concent Decrees
- antitrust
- US Justice Department
- AntMan and the Wasp 4K review
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Snow Falling on Cedars BD review
- Release Dates & Artwork update
- The 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Total Recall 4K
- Doctor Sleep 4K
- Parasite 4K
- Gemini Man 4K
- The Jungle Book 4K
- Judy 4K
- Judy Garland
- Spike Lee
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Greener Grass
- Titans: Season Two
- Scream Factory
- Mo' Better Blues
- Jungle Fever
- Crooklyn
- Clockers
- Summer of Sam
- Indicator
- Powerhouse Films
- Night Tide BD
- Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Complete Series Bluray 15th Anniversary Limited Edition Steelbook Collection
- X the Unknown
- Rasputin the Mad Monk
- Sliding Doors
- Wings of the Hawk 3D
- Woody Woodpecker 3D
- Hypnotic Hick 3D
- 3D Film Archive
- Spike Lee Joints on BD
- Dune 4K
Jack Reacher, Christine & Van Wilder in 4K, plus Young Sheldon, the final Universal Monster BD sets & much more
All right, we’ve got a LOT of ground to cover here on The Bits today. There’s lots of news to catch up on.
First though, I posted my reviews of Warner’s Tomb Raider (2018) and Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time in 4K Ultra HD here on The Bits on Friday.
Also, Tim has posted a review of Scream Factory’s new Ninja III: The Domination – Collector’s Edition on Blu-ray.
And in case you missed it when we posted it on Thursday, Michael Coate has turned in a new retrospective History, Legacy & Showmanship column looking back at the 007 film Octopussy in honor of its 35th anniversary.
So do give all of those a look. [Read on here...]
Game of Thrones 4K review (and giveaway!), plus Isle of Dogs, Valley Girl, a new Dailies column & more
All right, I posted my in-depth review of HBO’s new Game of Thrones: The Complete First Season in 4K Ultra HD last night here at The Bits. I’m really surprised at how good it looks. Way better than I expected given the production resolution. It’s a genuine upgrade over the previous Blu-ray release in terms of A/V quality, so I recommend that fans give it a look.
We’ve got more 4K reviews coming soon and we’re also going to be taking a look at some interesting recent Blu-ray 3D titles thanks to our friends at the 3-D Film Archive. So be sure to watch for those.
One note however: We will probably not be reviewing Disney and Pixar’s The Incredibles in 4K Ultra HD. I picked up a copy of the disc this morning, and have found it to offer a modest (but definite) image and sound improvement over the previous Blu-ray release – probably enough for fans to want to make the upgrade. Note that it has Dolby Vision, HDR10, and Dolby Atmos audio. But Disney chose not to send this title for out review and we have a good number of titles to cover here that the studios (Disney included) have sent out for our consideration. With limited time at our disposal, we feel that we should focus our attenion on those. Just FYI. But if you’re a fan of the film, you might want to check the 4K edition out and Best Buy does have mighty nice exclusive Steelbook packaging. So there you go. [Read on here...]
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- The 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Game of Thrones: The Complete First Season 4K review
- Valley Girl
- City Slickers
- Shout! Factory
- Isle of Dogs
- Wes Anderson
- Tim Salmons
- Dailies
- Freedom Fighters: The Ray
- The Good Place: The Complete Second Season
- Super Troopers 2
- The Incredibles 4K
- 3D Film Archive
- Kino Lorber July slate
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