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Thunderheart arrives on Blu-ray at last, plus the results of our Lionsgate 4K Steelbook poll, Umbrella’s August slate & Apple TV+ renews For All Mankind for Season 5!
Afternoon, folks! We’ve got a few new disc reviews, some great release news, and a fine bit of streaming TV news for you today as well! First as always, those reviews...
Kicking things off, Stephen has turned in his thoughts on Michael Mann’s Ferrari (2023), as released in 4K Ultra HD by Eagle Pictures in Italy. It’s a great little film, and here’s hoping that Neon and Decal will see fit to release it here in the States in 4K soon as well.
Stephen has also reviewed Lucio Fulci’s City of the Living Dead (1980) in 4K Ultra HD from our friends at Arrow Video.
Not to be outdone, Tim has turned in his thoughts on Jesús Franco’s Night of the Blood Monster (1970), aka The Bloody Judge, in 4K Ultra HD from the good people over at Blue Underground.
Dennis has offered his take on Theodore J. Flicker’s The President’s Analyst (1967) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And Stuart rounds things out today with his review of Yasuharu Hasebe’s Black Tight Killers (1966) on Blu-ray from the team at Radiance Films.
As always, more reviews are on the way so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for them!
Now then, a quick follow up. As many of you know, we’ve been running an interactive poll on our Patreon and Twitter/X pages over the past week on behalf of Lionsgate Home Entertainment. The question was: For the studio’s new 4K catalog Steelbook line, would you prefer new custom artwork or original poster artwork? Nearly three thousand of you voted in all (2,959 to be exact), with 1,166 votes (38.41%) for new custom artwork and 1,793 votes (60.59%) for original poster artwork. [Read on here...]
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Severin Films
- Lionsgate
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- 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
- Lionsgate 4K Steelbook poll
- Tim Salmons
- Michael Mann
- Eagle Pictures
- Stephen Bjork
- Dennis Seuling
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Arrow Video
- City of the Living Dead 4K review
- Ferrari 4K review
- Night of the Blood Monster 4K review
- Blue Underground
- The President's Analyst BD review
- Black Tight Killers BD review
- Radiance Films
- Apple TV+
- For All Mankind renewed for Season 5
- Star City
- Ron Moore
- Matt Wolpert
- Ben Nedivi
- Taxi Driver 4K Steelbook
- Thunderheart BD
- Michael Apted
- Shrek Forever After 4K
- Shrek 4 Movie Collection 4K
- Blown Away 4K
- Immaculate
- Umbrella Entertainment
- The Primevals
- Dating the Enemy
- Love and Other Catastrophes
- The Quiet Family
- Darling
- JSA: Joint Security Area 4K
Sony reveals So I Married an Axe Murder 4K, plus Imprint’s August Blu-ray slate has Film Focus box sets on Jennifer Connelly, Jessica Lange & more
We’ve got three more new disc reviews for you today...
First, I’ve taken a look at Apple TV’s For All Mankind: Season One, as released on Region B Blu-ray in the UK by Dazzler Media. This is one of my favorite series—and alternate history of NASA’s space program in a world where the Soviets beat America to the Moon in the 1960s, co-created by Ron Moore of Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Outlander, which starts as a Mad Men-like period drama and gradually moved into the territory of science fiction with each new season. Dazzler’s release is the only place you can get the series on physical media, and I’ll be reviewing Season Two on Blu-ray shortly as well.
Also, Dennis has reviewed Mike Hodges’ I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead (2003) and Bernardo Bertolucci’s Little Buddha (1993) on Blu-ray from Imprint Films and Via Vision in Australia.
Speaking of Imprint Films, the company has just unveiled its August Blu-ray slate, which is set to include the following... Film Focus: Jennifer Connelly—which includes Career Opportunities (1991), Waking the Dead (2000), and House of Sand and Fog (2003)—Film Focus: Jessica Lange—which includes Frances (1982), Crimes of the Heart (1986), Music Box (1989), and Losing Isaiah (1995)—Alan Rudolph’s Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994), Karen Moncrieff’s Blue Car (2002), and Steven Zaillian’s Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993). [Read on here...]
- Fast X
- Audie Murphy Collection II
- A Dandy in Aspic (1968)
- Nevada Smith (1966)
- Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
- Blue Car (2002)
- Mrs Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
- Losing Isaiah (1995)
- Music Box (1989)
- Crimes of the Heart (1986)
- Frances (1982)
- Film Focus: Jessica Lange
- House of Sand and Fog (2003)
- Waking the Dead (2000)
- Career Opportunities (1991)
- Film Focus: Jennifer Connelly
- Ron Moore
- Apple TV+
- Dennis Seuling
- Via Vision
- Imprint Films
- Little Buddha BD review
- I'll Sleep When I'm Dead BD review
- For All Mankind: Season One BD review
- Dazzler Media
- So I Married an Axe Murderer 4K
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
For All Mankind returns for a terrific third season on Apple TV+, plus new disc reviews and more!
We’re finishing the week with several new disc reviews today, including my joint review (with our old friend Todd Doogan) of Stanley Kubrick’s Killer’s Kiss (1955) on 4K Ultra HD from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Dennis has also turned in his thoughts on George Sidney’s The Three Musketeers (1948) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.
And Stephen has delivered a look at John Ford’s The Horse Soldiers (1959) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, along with a music title: The Prince and the Revolution: Live – Collector’s Edition, a 3-LP, 2-CD, and Blu-ray box set which is exclusive to the Paisley Park Records webstore.
As always, more reviews are on the way next week, so be sure to check back for them.
I also wanted to take a moment this afternoon to talk about For All Mankind, which returns today for the start of its terrific third season on Apple TV+. I’ve talked about the series here at The Bits before. It’s essentially an alternate history of the manned space program, which attempts to answer the question: What if the Soviets had beaten NASA to the Moon in 1969? [Read on here...]
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Stephen Bjork
- Dennis Seuling
- The Three Musketeers BD review
- The Horse Soldiers BD review
- The Prince and the Revolution: Live BD review
- For All Mankind
- Apple TV+
- For All Mankind: Season Three
- Killer's Kiss 4K review
- Todd Doogan
- Ron Moore
- Battlestar Galactica
- Outlander
- Prince
- Paisley Park Studios
The Batman is official for disc on 5/24, plus Turning Red, new catalog 4K titles & For All Mankind: Season 3
We’re starting the new week off today with no less than SEVEN new disc reviews that have been posted since Friday, including...
My takes on Al Reinert’s For All Mankind in 4K Ultra HD from the Criterion Collection, Byron Haskin’s Conquest of Space (1955) on Blu-ray from Imprint Films, and Tomas Alfredson’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) in 4K Ultra HD from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, as well as The Little Rascals: The ClassicFlix Restorations – Volume 5 on Blu-ray from ClassicFlix, and Spider-Man: No Way Home in 4K Ultra HD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Marvel Studios.
Also, Dennis has turned in his thoughts on Craig Singer’s 6:45 on Blu-ray from Well Go USA and Stuart Heisler’s Blue Skies (1946) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Lots more reviews are on the way this week, so be sure to stay tuned for them.
Now then... in announcement news today, the big revelation is that Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has officially set Matt Reeves’s The Batman for release on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on 5/24, with the Digital and HBO Max release slated for 4/18. [Read on here...]
- Marvel
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- The Batman
- Matt Reeves
- For All Mankind BD review
- Conquest of Space BD review
- Imprint Films
- The Criterion Collection
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 4K review
- Spider Man: No Way Home 4K review
- The Little Rascals: The ClassicFlix Restorations Volume 5 BD review
- 6:45 BD review
- Dennis Seuling
- Blue Skies BD review
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Cyrano BD
- Turning Red 4K
- Disney
- Pixar
- Kin: Season 1
- Jackie Gleason
- Men in Black 4K
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 4K Steelbook
- Out of Sight 4K
- Killer's Kiss 4K
- Stanley Kubrick
- Ron Moore
- For All Mankind: Season 3
- Apple TV+
- The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 4K
Do the Right Thing reviewed in 4K, plus For All Mankind on Apple TV+ is a series you should be watching
All right, we have two things for you today…
The first, is that I’ve just posted my in-depth review of Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing (1989), newly released on 4K Ultra HD by Universal Studios Home Entertainment. It’s a great disc, with a beautifully-remastered transfer and a great new DTS:X sound mix as well. Do check it out here.
The other thing is a recommendation for a great TV series that’s streaming right now on Apple TV+: Ron Moore’s For All Mankind.
Trust me when I say that if you’re a fan of science fiction, or human spaceflight, or alternate history, or just great character drama, this is absolutely a series that you should be watching. So let me tell you why you should be, and I promise there will be no spoilers. [Read on here...]