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Star Trek: Lower Decks on Blu-ray, Warner Archive’s April slate, John Wayne’s The Alamo on Blu-ray (sort of), Sony/Lionsgate distribution deal & more
We’ve got several interesting things to report today here at The Bits, but first some more new disc reviews...
As promised, I posted my review of Hayao Miyazaki’s Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro on 4K Ultra HD from Discotek on Friday night.
Tim has also posted his thoughts on Sam Peckinpah’s Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974), Rudy De Luca’s Transylvania 6-5000 (1985), and Rene Cardona Jr’s Tintorera (1977) all on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics (and, in the last case, with Scorpion Releasing).
And Dennis has checked in with his comments on Sidney J. Furie’s Lady Sings the Blues (1972) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics as well. [Read on here...]
- Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro 4K review coming soon
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- CBS
- Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro 4K review
- John Wayne's The Alamo BD
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Lionsgate Home Entertainment
- Warner Archive Collection
- Star Trek: Lower Decks Season One BD
- Robert Harris
- Transylvania 65000 BD review
- Tintorera BD review
- Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia BD review
- Lady Sings the Blues BD review
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- My Fair Lady 4K
- Super 8 4K
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice IMAX Edition 4K
- Quick Change BD
- Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space: The Complete Series BD
- Journey to the Far Side of the Sun remastered BD
- Annie Get Your Gun BD
- Doctor X BD
- Broadway Melody of 1940 BD
- Green Dolphin Street BD
- Fabulous Films
- ESC Editions
- MOD
- Amazon Media on Demand
Spunk: Remembering “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” on its 50th Anniversary
“The Mary Tyler Moore Show opened the floodgates for the kind of grown-up TV comedies that would thrive in the 1970s, and beyond. Although Mary’s show had little in common with M*A*S*H, All in the Family, or Barney Miller, it’s hard to imagine any of those breakthrough sitcoms getting a green light had The Mary Tyler Moore not proven to the TV networks that it was possible to attract a sizable audience to intelligent, risk-taking television shows — that good TV was, in fact, a viable business model.” — Vince Waldron, author of The Official Dick Van Dyke Show Book
The Digital Bits and History, Legacy & Showmanship are pleased to present this retrospective commemorating the golden anniversary of the broadcast premiere of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, the Emmy-winning and multi-spinoff-inspiring television series starring Mary Tyler Moore (The Dick Van Dyke Show, Ordinary People) as Mary Richards that ran on CBS from 1970 to 1977.
The series — created by James L. Brooks (Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News) and Allan Burns (A Little Romance, Just Between Friends) and featuring the memorable supporting cast of Edward Asner as Lou Grant, Valerie Harper as Rhoda Morgenstern, Gavin MacLeod as Murray Slaughter, Ted Knight as Ted Baxter, Cloris Leachman as Phyllis Lindstrom, Georgia Engel as Georgette Franklin Baxter, and Betty White as Sue Ann Nivens — premiered 50 years ago, and for the occasion The Bits features a Q&A with a pair of classic television historians who reflect on the series’ appeal, impact and legacy five decades after its debut. [Read on here...]
- roundtable discussion
- Then Again with Herbie J Pilato
- Herbie J Pilato
- History Legacy & Showmanship
- Michael Coate
- The Digital Bits
- film retrospective
- TV retrospective
- 50th Anniversary
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- Vince Waldron
- Mary: The Mary Tyler Moore Story
- Classic Sitcoms: A Celebration of the Best in PrimeTime Comedy
- The Official Dick Van Dyke Show Book
- Mary Richards
- Edward Asner
- Mary Tyler Moore
- James L Brooks
- Valerie Harper
- Gavin MacLeod
- Ted Knight
- Cloris Leachman
- Georgia Engel
- Betty White
- CBS
- WJM Minneapolis
- Allan Burns
The Irishman & Marriage Story from Criterion, plus Elephant Man 4K, Gunsmoke, new Warner Archive & more
Afternoon, Bits readers! Hope you’re all well. We’ve spent the weekend doing necessary updates to our website software and server here and things seem to be running smoothly. So let’s have a release news update...
Also today, we’ve updated our Release Dates & Artwork section with all the latest Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD cover artwork and Amazon.rom pre-order links, so be sure to give it a look.
Now then... here’s some great news: Netflix has revealed on social media that their Netflix Original films The Irishman, Marriage Story, American Factory, and Atlantics are all coming to Blu-ray later in 2020 from The Criterion Collection. As you know, The Irishman and Marriage Story are currently nominated for Best Picture in this year’s Academy Awards. Release dates and other details are still TBA. [Read on here...]
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- The Irishman
- Marriage Story
- The Criterion Collection
- Netflix Originals
- The Elephant Man 4K
- Motherless Brooklyn BD review
- Dennis Seuling
- Gunsmoke: The Final Season DVD
- Gunsmoke: The Eighteenth Season DVD
- Gunsmoke: The Ninteenth Season DVD
- Warner Archive Collection
- Network Distributing
- Release Dates & Artwork update
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics deal with NBC Universal
- Paramount
- CBS
- Studio Canal UK
- Guys and Dolls
- Victory
- Sparkle
- It Started with a Kiss
- Some Girls Do BD
- Beau Geste
- Lonely Are the Brave
Grease: 40th 4K details, plus The Matrix 4K coming & more new BD/DVD reviews
We’ve got three more new reviews for you today from Tim, each well worth your time, including his thoughts on Shout! and Scream Factory’s A Quiet Place in the Country and Umbrella Entertainment’s region-free Silver Bullet on Blu-ray, as well as Shout!’s Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume VIII box set on DVD. Do check them out.
FYI, I’ve been busy with server work these last couple weeks, but I’m diving back into disc reviews myself as well – on both Blu-ray and 4K – so watch for more of those starting tomorrow. [Read on here…]
- The 4K Ultra HD Release List
- CBS
- Paramount
- Grease: 40th Anniversary Edition 4K
- Tim Salmons
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- The Matrix 4K
- The Wachowskis
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Silver Bullet BD review
- A Quiet Place in the Country BD review
- Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume VII DVD review
- The Dogfather
- Misterjaw
- DePatie Freleng Collection
- Grease 2 on BD
Die Hard: 30th & Grease: 40th coming to 4K UHD, plus celebrating Suspiria at 40 & more
We’ve got a pair of new Blu-ray reviews for you to start the new week off today…
Our own Tim Salmons has checked in with his thoughts on Sam Raimi’s Drag Me to Hell, now available as a new Collector’s Edition from our friends at Scream Factory. Tim has also checked out Lionsgate’s new Vestron Video Collector’s Series release of Mark Lester’s Class of 1999. Do give them a look.
The film was recently restored in 4K by Synapse Films and released in terrific new Blu-ray editions (one of which is reviewed here). It’s a great interview, so be sure to check that out as well. [Read on here…]
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Tim Salmons
- Drag Me to Hell: Collector's Edition BD review
- Class of 1999
- Michael Coate
- History Legacy & Showmanship
- Suspiria: 40th Anniversary Edition
- Vincent Pereira
- Don May Jr
- 4K restoration
- Die Hard: 30th Anniversary Edition 4K
- Grease: 40th Anniversary Edition 4K
- Paramount
- CBS
- Star Trek: Discovery Season One
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
- Indicator Films Powerhouse
- The Phantom Thread 4K
- The 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Fabulous Films Universal TV BDs
- Northern Exposure: The Complete Series BD
- Quantum Leap: The Complete Series BD
- Columbo BD
- Murder She Wrote BD
- Caravan to Vaccares
Still Loverly: Remembering “My Fair Lady” on its 50th Anniversary
[Editor’s Note: This article was originally scheduled to appear a year ago for the film’s 50th anniversary. The article was delayed so that it could be published to coincide with the delayed but now available Blu-ray Disc release.]
“My Fair Lady is probably the greatest popular smart musical ever made. The melodies soar, the characters endear and engage, and the wit of so much pointed commentary on social class, gender, money, and surface appearances never lapses into self-conscious cleverness.” — film historian and author Matthew Kennedy [Read on here...]
Intruders, Extant, Diamond Luxe delay, Supermensch, new Kino & TVD, plus Clone Wars: Lost Missions
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We’ve got just a few quick-but-good pieces of announcement news for you today, before we send you off to your weekend activities of choice.
First, our own Dr. Adam Jahnke has just posed another installment of A Honor to Be Nominated in his Jahnke’s Electric Theatre column, this one looking back at Melvin Frank’s 1973 film A Touch of Class, starring George Segal and Glenda Jackson. Hey, it was good enough for Best Picture consideration, so do check it out. [Read on here…]
- Extant: Season One
- CBS
- Bluray
- BD
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Intruders: Season One
- Supermench: The Legend of Shep Gordon
- Diamond Luxe
- At the Devil's Door
- The Trip to Italy
- Witness to Murder
- The Package
- The Offense
- Hickey & Boggs
- Castle
- Grey's Anatomy
- Nashville
- Revenge
- Scandal
- Once Upon a Time: The Complete Second Season
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- 2014 World Series Film
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars The Lost Missions
Dark Half & Monkey Shines, new Warner, CBS & Fox TV titles & Halloween BD signing next week in LA
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We’ve got another great Blu-ray review for you today, and we suspect it’s one many of you are eager to read: Tim’s thoughts on Sony’s new Ghostbusters 1 & 2 Digipack BD set. Tim talks A/V quality and runs down all the extras, including taking the time to detail which are new, which are legacy items carried over from the previous BD and DVD releases, and what’s been omitted. Don’t miss it. [Read on here…]
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- BD
- Bluray
- CBS
- Scream Factory
- The Dark Half
- Monkey Shines
- Halloween: The Complete Collection
- Tim Salmons
- Ghostbusters 1 & 2
- The Ninth Configuration
- The Art of War
- Looney Tunes: Back in Action
- Shameless: The Complete Fourth Season
- Extant: Season One
- Under the Dome: Season Two
- Napoleon Dynamite: The Complete Animated Series
- King of the Hill
- Dads
- Better Off Ted
- Touch
- Cowboy Bebop: The Complete Series
- Dark Delicacies book store Bluray signing event
THREE new columns, new Twilight Time BDs, a new Altman BD, White Christmas, The Jeffersons & more!
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We’ve got a bunch of stuff for you to enjoy here at The Bits today, starting with a trio of new columns here at the site.
First, the good Dr. Jahnke has turned in his latest installment of Burnt Offerings: MOD DVD, running down the latest in small batch, hand crafted DVDs and Blu-rays. He’s also added new component to the column that he’s calling Wide Awake in Streamland, which details worth deep catalog film and TV titles available for streaming via Warner Archive Instant, Netflix, Hulu Plus and the like. Be sure to check it out.
Also today, our own Michael Coate unloads both barrels of his History, Legacy and Showmanship column to celebrate the 50th anniversaries of TV’s Bewitched and the seminal James Bond film Goldfinger! For each column Michael conducts a roundtable discussion with film historians and experts. You definitely don’t want to miss them – here’s the Bewitched piece and here’s Goldfinger. Enjoy! [Read on here…]
- My Fair Lady: 50th Anniversary Edition
- Robert A Harris
- Shout! Factory
- CBS
- Bluray
- BD
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Michael Coate
- History Legacy & Showmanship
- Adam Jahnke
- Burnt Offerings: MOD DVD
- Warner Archive Instant
- Twilight Time
- The Believers
- The Blob (1988)
- Under Fire
- The Vanishing (1993)
- Audrey Rose
- Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dead Jimmy Dean
- Robert Altman
- The Jeffersons: The Complete Series
- White Christmas: Diamond Edition
- Dick Cavett's Watergate
- Rolling Stones: From the Vaults
Monty Python Live (Mostly), WKRP music update, Penny Dreadful & the My Fair Lady: 50th Anniversary Edition
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We’ve got a new Doogan’s Queue column today from Todd (in Gripe Soda), running down all of this week’s best new releases on Blu-ray and DVD. Don’t miss it!
Also this morning, our own Tim Salmons has turned in a Blu-ray review of Joseph Anthony’s Tomorrow (1972) from B2MP Inc. The film stars Robert Duvall and is an adaptation of a short story by William Faulkner. Do check it out. [Read on here…]
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