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Second Sight bows The Hitcher in 4K Ultra HD at last, plus Watchmen: Chapter I, Caligula: Ultimate Cut, Stardust, Downfall, Bewitched: The Complete Series on Blu-ray & more
We’ve got more interesting release news here today to close out the week, and a few more new disc reviews as well. First the reviews...
Stephen has turned in his thoughts on Abel Ferrara’s Dangerous Game (1993) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome via their fine new Cinématographe line.
And Dennis has reviewed Bryce McGuire’s Night Swim (2024) on Blu-ray from Blumhouse via Universal, as well as Raoul Walsh’s The Man I Love (1947) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.
More reviews are on the way for next week, including my take on Hayao Miyazaki’s animated The Boy and the Huron (2023) in 4K Ultra HD from GKids. So be sure to stay tuned for them.
Also, my apologies for the lack of news updates this week, but I was struck a bout of vertigo last Saturday, and I’ve been having to take it a bit easy to reset everything back to normal. It’s nothing serious—mine is caused by tension in my shoulders aggravating the nerves in my neck, in this case triggered by sleeping with my neck in an awkward position. So the key is to fix my pillow situation and try to relax a little bit more. I’m sure some of you out there can relate!
Anyway, the big news lately is that Second Sight in the UK has finally set their long-awaited 4K remaster of Robert Harmon’s The Hitcher (1986) for release on both 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on 9/30. It’s currently exclusive to their website in a 4K + Blu-ray Limited Edition, as well as separate (and standard) 4K UHD and Blu-ray editions. [Read on here...]
- Shelley Duvall RIP
- Redbox
- Ridley Scott
- Gladiator II
- Bewitched: The Complete Series BD
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- Downfall 4K
- Constantin Film
- Stardust 4K
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Well Go USA
- Exhuma
- The Convent
- Demons 2
- Demons
- Synapse Films
- Kill
- John Wick
- Lionsgate
- Caligula: The Ultimate Cut 4K
- Unobstructed View
- Watchmen: Chapter I 4K
- DC Studios
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- The Hitcher 4K
- Second Sight
- Warner Archive Collection
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Blumhouse
- The Man I Love BD review
- Night Swim BD review
- Dangerous Game BD review
- Stephen Bjork
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Dennis Seuling
- Reacher: Season 2 BD
- Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense BD Audio with Atmos
Arrow’s August includes Desperado in 4K, plus David Fincher’s Zodiac in Ultra HD, Love Lies Bleeding, Monkey Man & the first trailer for Alien: Romulus!
Our second news update of the day starts with a little bit of breaking news: Paramount has just made David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker’s Top Secret! (1984) and David Fincher’s Zodiac (2007) available in 4K Digital on Apple TV, Vudu, Kaleidescape, and more. Given the amount of effort Fincher puts into his remasters, we believe it’s safe to assume that Zodiac will be coming to physical 4K Ultra HD from Paramount sooner than later as well.
Zodiac, it should be remembered, was shot mostly in 10-bit RAW in 1080p HD (4:4:4) using the Thomson Viper FilmStream camera, along with some footage in 35 mm photochemical film (Super 35 format). But anyone who doubts that it could look great upscaled and remastered in 4K would do well to take a look at HBO’s Game of Thrones: The Complete First Season in 4K UHD (which we’ve reviewed here). The advantages of high data rate and low compression, combined with an HDR grade, could really make a difference. Zodiac in particular was very well lit and photographed. Personally, I’m eager to get a look at it.
Also today, Arrow Video has announced their August slate, which includes a UK-only 4K Ultra HD release of Michael Lehmann’s Heathers (1988) on 8/5, followed by a slew of titles on 8/26. Among them are Robert Rodriguez’s Desperado (1995) in 4K Ultra HD and The Mexico Trilogy box set (both in the UK, US, and Canada), which includes El Mariachi (1992) and Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) in Blu-ray, as well as the Desperado 4K. [Read on here...]
- No Way Out 4K
- Fede Álvarez
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Top Secret! 4K
- Zodiac (2007) 4K
- David Fincher
- David Zucker
- Jerry Zucker
- Jim Abrahams
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Heathers 4K
- Desperado 4K
- Robert Rodriguez
- Arrow Video's August 2024 slate
- El Mariachi BD
- Once Upon a Time in Mexico BD
- The Silence of the Lambs 4K
- Jonathan Demme
- The Woman 4K
- Offspring 4K
- When Titans Ruled the Earth
- Clash of the Titans (2010) 4K
- Wrath of the Titans 4K
- Memento Mori: The Jörg Buttgereit Collection
- Nekromantik
- Nekromantik 2
- Der Todesking
- Schramm
- A24
- Love Lies Bleeding 4K
- Via Vision Entertainment
- Imprint Television
- Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased): The Complete Series
- The Sadness
- Monkey Mann
- Universal
- Dev Patel
- Shudder
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Invasion USA
- Exhuma
- Well Go USA
- Dark Force Entertainment
- Mirror Mirror
- 20th Century Studios
- Alien: Romulus trailer
- Drive (2011) 4K Steelbook
- The Lady from Shanghai 4K
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- In and Out 4K
- Peril & Distress: Two Terrifying 1970s Thrillers 4K
- And Soon the Darkness 4K
- In & Out 4K
- Sudden Terror 4K
Purple Rain 4K, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes in IMAX is worth your time, and more release news & disc reviews
As always, we’re rounding out the week with more new disc reviews here at The Bits, including...
Tim’s take on producer Roy Huggins’s Colt .45: The Complete Series (1957-60) and Hanna-Barbera’s Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose (1987), both on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.
Dennis’ look at Dorothy Davenport and Melville Shyer’s The Road to Ruin (1934) on Blu-ray from Kino Classics and Something Weird.
And Stuart’s thoughts on Paolo and Vittorio Taviani’s Allonsanfàn (1974), Pietro Germi’s The Facts of Murder (1959), and Damiano Damiani’s Goodbye & Amen (1977), all on Blu-ray from Radiance Films.
I’ve also just received Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two (2024) in 4K Ultra HD from Warner Bros., so watch for my in-depth review of that here at The Bits tomorrow sometime. [Read on here...]
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Back the Bits
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- Dennis Seuling
- Ted Lasso: The Complete Series BD
- Apple TV+
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Purple Rain 4K
- Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
- 20th Century Studios
- Exhuma
- Media Play News
- Fred Meyer
- GameStop
- Studio Distribution Services
- Tim Salmons
- The Warner Archive Collection
- Kino Classics
- Something Weird
- Radiance Films
- Denis Villeneuve
- Dune: Part Two 4K
- Colt 45: The Complete Series BD review
- Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose BD review
- The Road to Ruin BD review
- Allonsanfàn BD review
- The Facts of Murder BD review
- Goodbye & Amen BD review