Displaying items by tag: Speed 4K
Scream & Shout!’s July includes Dead Zone & Brotherhood of the Wolf, plus In the Line of Fire 4K from Sony & more
Welcome to a new week, folks. We’ve got some ground to cover here at The Bits today, so let’s get right to it...
First, we start with a new Blu-ray review from our own Tim Salmons, a look at Paul W.S. Anderson’s Event Horizon (1997) as newly released on disc by our friends at Scream Factory. Do give it a look.
While we’re talking Scream (and Shout! Factory), that’s a perfect place to start with today’s release news. The company has just announced a slate of great Blu-ray and DVD titles for July, including The Pianist: Shout Select (BD), No Man’s Land (BD and DVD), The Night (BD and DVD), House of Wax: Collector’s Edition (BD), and Ernest & Celestine (BD and DVD) on 7/13, followed by A Stranger is Watching (BD), Little Big League: Shout Select (BD), Fire (BD and DVD), and Eight Legged Freaks (BD) on 7/20, and State and Main: Shout Select (BD), The Dead Zone: Collector’s Edition (BD), Chamber of Horrors (BD), and Brotherhood of the Wolf: Collector’s Edition (BD) on 7/27. Extras on all of these are still TBA. You can see the cover art for The Dead Zone at left, with more covers visible below the break. [Read on here...]
- 4K Ultra HD
- Tim Salmons
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- The 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Event Horizon BD review
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- The Pianist: Shout Select BD
- The Dead Zone: Collector's Edition BD
- Brotherhood of the Wolf: Collector's Edition BD
- Eight Legged Freaks BD
- Ernest & Celestine BD
- Little Big League: Shout Select BD
- Last Action Hero 4K
- In the Line of Fire 4K
- Greenland 4K in Germany
- The NeverEnding Story 4K in Germany
- Speed 4K
- Doctor X BD
- The Warner Archive Collection Amazon brand store
- Chamber of Horrors BD
- House of Wax: Collector's Edition BD
Vinegar Syndrome sets Six-String Samurai for 4K, Blue Underground’s Dead & Buried 4K, Scream’s King Kong (1976) BD features & more new announcements
Let’s close out the week today with another new disc review and more release news...
First, Dennis has just turned in his thoughts on Cecile B. DeMille’s The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) on Blu-ray from Paramount Home Entertainment, the 16th title in their Paramount Presents line. It sounds as if the remaster is a nice one, so do give it a look.
A quick disc update: FUNimation is now shipping out fixed replacement discs for their recent release of Akira in 4K Ultra HD. As some of you know, the original discs lacked the HDR option they were supposed to include. The new fixed discs correct this. My own replacement copy arrived a couple of days ago and I’m really pleased with the HDR grade overall, so I’m going to try to get a review of the fixed version up here at The Bits next week.
On a similar note, Amazon UK has just listed Speed for pre-order in 4K and naturally the cover artwork they’ve posted has caused still more confusion in that it correctly lists DTS-HD MA audio in the features grid on the back, but also (incorrectly) shows a Dolby Atmos logo. What’s more, there’s no mention of any special features. [Read on here...]
- Vinegar Syndrome
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Release Dates & Artwork update
- Back the Bits
- Six String Samurai 4K
- Dead & Buried 4K
- King Kong (1976) BD
- Blue Underground
- Dennis Seuling
- The Greatest Show on Earth BD review
- Akira 4K replacement discs with HDR
- Speed 4K
- Mill Creek Entertainment June update
- MVD Entertainment Group
- MVD Marquee Collection June and July titles
UPDATE: We’ve got the official A/V specs for Jan de Bont’s SPEED in 4K Ultra HD confirmed by Disney
All right, we’ve got a brief update for you this morning here at The Bits, but it’s an important one.
In the wake of Disney’s announcement Wednesday of their plans to release Jan de Bont’s Speed (1994) in 4K Ultra HD on 5/4, which is a 20th Century Fox (now 20th Century Studios) catalog title, there have been a number of questions raised.
The official press release seemed to indicate that the Digital version of the film in 4K would include object-based Dolby Atmos audio, but the actual physical 4K Ultra HD disc would not.
There have also been rumors that the title would not include HDR, or that the studio would only include HDR on the Digital release.
As you can imagine, I decided to cut through the confusion to ask the studio about this directly. I’ve now heard back, so here are the official confirmed details on this release… [Read on here...]
- Speed: Five Star Collection DVD
- 20th Century Studios
- 20th Century Fox
- Walt Disney Home Entertainment
- Jan de Bont
- Speed 4K
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Heat 4K
- Michael Mann
- Best Buy exclusive Steelbook
- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory: 50th Anniversary 4K
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Soul 4K review
- Spaceballs 4K review
- News of the World 4K review
Disney makes Jan de Bont’s Speed official for 4K on 5/4, plus Raya and the Last Dragon, Nomadland & Final Countdown 4K delayed
We have some good breaking release news to cover today here at The Bits. First though, we’ve got more new disc reviews for you...
And I’ve just posted my thoughts on Andrew Niccol’s neo-noir, science fiction classic GATTACA (1997), which is coming next week on 4K Ultra HD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The film looks and sounds every bit as good as you’d hope, so don’t miss it.
Now then, the big news today is that Disney has officially confirmed the much-anticipated 4K Ultra HD release of director Jan de Bont’s Speed (1994) on 5/4. Mastered from a recent 4K scan, the disc will include a new Dolby Atmos sound mix along with high dynamic range in HDR10 format. [Editor’s Note: Disney’s press materials now suggest that only the Digital 4K will have Atmos. We’ve asked the studio for official confirmation and will post an update here when we hear back.]
Perhaps most interestingly, it appears that at least some of the extras from Fox’s 2002 Five Star Collection DVD are being carried over—many of these were omitted from the previous Fox Blu-ray release. [Read on here...]
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Tim Salmons
- 4K Ultra HD
- Speed 4K
- Raya and the Last Dragon 4K
- Nomadland BD
- The Final Countdown 4K
- Jan de Bont
- Walt Disney Home Entertainment
- 20th Century Fox
- 20th Century Studios
- Speed: Five Star Collection DVD
- Blue Underground
- Play Misty for Me BD review
- GATTACA 4K review
- Zack Snyder's Justice League tonight on HBO Max
- Godzilla (2014) 4K
Wonder Woman 1984 official, plus Kino Lorber’s April slate, catalog 4K updates, Zack Snyder’s Justice League & more
Today’s big news is that Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has finally officially set Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman 1984 for release on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on 3/30. The Digital release is expected on 3/16, with PVOD rental set for this week on 2/12.
The 4K Ultra HD release will include Dolby Vision, HDR10, and HDR10+ high dynamic range, with Dolby Atmos audio. Extras will include 8 featurettes (The Making of Wonder Woman 1984: Expanding the Wonder, Gal & Kristen: Friends Forever, Small But Mighty, Scene Study: The Open Road, Scene Study: The Mall, Gal & Krissy Having Fun, and Meet the Amazons), the Black Gold Infomercial, a Gag Reel, and a Wonder Woman 1984 Retro Remix feature.
You can see the 4K cover artwork above left and also below the break, along with the regular Blu-ray artwork. Both versions are now available for pre-order on Amazon.com. [Read on here...]
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Kino Lorber
- Wonder Woman 1984 4K
- Zack Snyder’s Justice League 4K
- My Fair Lady 4K
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Super 8 4K
- Heat 4K
- Speed 4K
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- Cliff Stephenson
- Robert Meyer Burnett
- Let's Get Physical Media
- Radio Garden
- Harley Quinn: The Complete First and Second Seasons BD
Warner sets Godzilla for 4K, plus Disney/Fox 4K surprises, more Universal 4K catalog & Hal Holbrook RIP
All right, we’ve got a lot of ground to cover today. But first more new disc reviews...
Dennis has taken a look at Jacob Chase’s Come Play (2020) on Blu-ray from Universal.
And Tim has given Mario Landi’s Patrick Still Lives (1980) a spin on Blu-ray from Severin Films.
Watch for more reviews in the next few days.
Now then, we’ve got BIG 4K Ultra HD news for you today, some of it official and most of it unofficial but tentatively confirmed by our various industry and retail sources. So let’s get right into it...
First up, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has officially set Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla (2014) for release on 4K Ultra HD on 3/23. It will feature HDR10 high dynamic range with Dolby Atmos audio. It will also include the previously released special features, among them the 3-part MONARCH Declassified documentary and the 4-part The Legendary Godzilla documentary. You can see the official cover artwork above left and also below. [Read on here...]
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Come Play BD review
- Patrick Still Lives BD review
- Godzilla (2014) 4K
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Disney
- Pixar
- Soul 4K
- Heat 4K
- Speed 4K
- 20th Century Fox
- 20th Century Studios
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- An American Werewolf in London 4K
- Shrek 4K
- The Sting 4K
- National Lampoon's Animal House 4K
- The Greatest Show on Earth: Paramount Presents BD
- The Alienist: Angel of Darkness
- The Croods: A New Age 4K
- Hal Holbrook RIP