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Crystal Lake Memories & BD reviews, plus Thirteen Days, The Following & inside Wizard of Oz 3D!
We’ve got some cool stuff for you today, Bits readers!
First up, we have a trio of Blu-ray reviews for you. Dr. Jahnke has upgraded his reviews of a pair of cheesy horror/sci-fi films on Blu-ray, including Midnight Legacy’s Alien 2: On Earth and FUNimation’s Alien vs. Ninja. Told you they were cheesy.
Also, Tim Salmons has checked in with an in-depth review of 1428 Films’ fantastic new Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th documentary on Blu-ray/DVD Combo. It’s SEVEN HOURS of Friday the 13th behind-the-scenes goodness, and how can any self-respecting slasher film fan pass that up? Enjoy! [Read on here...]
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Alien 2: On Earth
- Bluray Disc
- Alien vs Ninja
- Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
- The Wizard of Oz: 75th Anniversary
- Thirteen Days
- The Following: The Complete First Season
- Cry Danger
- Bang! Bang! You're Dead!
- Bamboo Saucer
- Young at Heart
- Bluray 3D
- Inside Cinema
- Adam Jahnke
- Tim Salmons
- Mario Boucher
Target Into Darkness BD update, Lovelace & new animated DVDs from Fox & DreamWorks
All right, first up here at The Bits today, we’ve got more Blu-ray Disc reviews for you. We’ve updated Adam Jahnke’s reviews of a pair of classic Roger Corman titles from Shout! Factory, including Death Race 2000 and Galaxy of Terror. Also today, our own Joe Marchese has turned in his thoughts on Twilight Time’s more recent Leave Her to Heaven, a 1945 classic from Fox.
You may also have noticed that we’ve modified the Latest Review sidebar (over on the right hand side of the home page) to include our NINE latest reviews (not just six) and also to show the vintage reviews we’re upgrading into the new database as well as the new release title reviews. We figured that for some of you, those older reviews from the original Bits website will be new – you’ll not have seen them before. So we wanted to make sure to highlight them as they go into the new database to make them easier for you to find and read. We hope you enjoy them!
Also today, the good Dr. Jahnke has a new Burnt Offerings column for you. Here’s a surprise some of you may not have been aware of: Universal has released the 1984 film The Wild Life on DVD-R as part of their Vault Series! You’ll find more on that, plus news of new DVD-R/MOD titles from Warner Archive and Paramount, in today’s column.
Now then... I’ve got a bit of an update of you all on Paramount’s Star Trek Into Darkness Blu-ray. Specifically, I’ve now seen the Target-exclusive bonus features... [Read on here...]
- Bluray Disc
- Star Trek Into Darkness
- Lovelace
- Target exclusive
- Best Buy exclusive
- Bad Robot
- The Wild Life
- Universal Vault Series
- Death Race 2000
- Galaxy of Terror
- Leave Her to Heaven
- Burnt Offerings: MOD DVD
- Adam Jahnke
- Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness The Scorpion Sting
- Monsters vs Aliens: Cloning Around
Burnt Offerings For August 27: The Return Of Orlock
Some long out of print titles from both Warner Bros. and Paramount are the focus of this week’s new releases from Warner Archive. There are some first-rate choices this week, so let’s take a look at ‘em.
Targets (1968) – Boris Karloff gave his last great performance as Byron Orlock, a fading horror star who feels irrelevant in the modern world. He comes face to face with real terror in the form of a psychotic sniper, picking off victims at random. A remarkable early film from Peter Bogdanovich.
Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell (1974) – Hammer Films’ final Frankenstein entry finds Peter Cushing continuing his experiments in an insane asylum. David Prowse, still a few years away from becoming Darth Vader, plays the Creature. [...]
Michael Coate on James Bond, plus The Bits at Comic-Con 2013 & more!
All right, we’re pleased as punch today to offer you a brand new History, Legacy & Showmanship column by our very own Michael Coate! In this installment, Michael goes in depth on last year’s 50th anniversary of the James Bond franchise by interviewing a roundtable of leading (and published) authorities on the subject, including Jon Burlingame, John Cork, Bill Desowitz, Paul Duncan, Charles Helfenstein, Mark O’Connell, Lee Pfeiffer, Steven Jay Rubin, Bruce Scivally and Dave Worrall! It’s a really great read, so we hope you all check it out and enjoy 007… Fifty Years Strong: An Interview with Bond Historians!
Also today, the good Dr. Jahnke has turned in a review of Shout! and Scream Factory’s hot new Blu-ray release of the Lifeforce: Collector’s Edition, which hits stores on 6/18. It’s another terrific release from Scream, so you’re definitely not going to want to miss it.