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The Star Trek: TNG films are indeed coming in 4K on 4/4, plus Flashdance, a Cameron UHD update, Coppola’s B’Twixt & Tencent’s Three-Body series
Well, there’s never a dull moment in this business and today is certainly a perfect example that. We’ve got some good Star Trek 4K news for you this afternoon, and a little bit of James Cameron 4K news too. Plus some other good announcements and links on top of all that! But first, more new disc reviews...
We start with Stephen, who’s turned in a look at Ivan Passer’s Cutter’s Way (1981), new on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome.
Next up, Dennis has delivered his take on Don Owen’s Nobody Waved Goodbye (1964) on Blu-ray, also from Vinegar Syndrome.
Last but not least: Tim has taken a deep dive into Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, and Corey Yuen’s Dragons Forever (1988) which is new on 4K Ultra HD from the good people of 88 Films.
Keeping on the 4K theme today, retail sources are finally starting to confirm word we first broke here at The Bits back on December 19th (see here), specifically that the Star Trek: The Next Generation feature films are going to be arriving from Paramount on 4/4, just in time for “First Contact Day” and also the final episodes of Terry Matalas’ Star Trek: Picard – Season Three! [Read on here...]
- Three Body Problem TV series
- Tencent Video
- Liu Cixin
- The Film Desk
- XYZ Films
- Umbrella Entertainment
- OCN Distribution
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Cowboy Bebop: The Complete Series 25th Anniversary Edition
- Crunchyroll
- B’Twixt Now and Sunrise
- True Lies 4K
- Avatar: The Way of Water 4K
- The Abyss 4K
- James Cameron
- Avatar 4K
- Flashdance 4K
- First Contact Day
- Star Trek: The Next Generation Motion Picture Collection 4K
- Star Trek: Nemesis 4K
- Star Trek: Insurrection 4K
- Star Trek: First Contact 4K
- Star Trek: Generations 4K
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Dragons Forever 4K review
- Nobody Waved Goodbye BD review
- Cutter's Way BD review
- Dennis Seuling
- The Fisher King 4K
- The Criterion Collection
- Paramount
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Stephen Bjork
- Tim Salmons
- The Seventh Seal 4K
- Ingmar Bergman
- Small Axe: Five Films by Steve McQueen BD
- Lionsgate
Paramount appears to be bringing The Core to 4K in addition to Dragonslayer, plus new Paramount 4K digital titles & Sony’s The Way We Were in Ultra HD
All right, obviously we broken some significant news over the weekend, namely that director James Cameron has confirmed to a French reporter (during the PR push for Avatar: The Way of Water) that The Abyss is finally coming to 4K Ultra HD by March of next year. (See our reporting on this yesterday here at The Bits. The director also mentioned The Abyss in an interview with Space.com last year). So rest assured we’ll post more details as soon as we have them.
In the meantime, we have some more great 4K catalog news to share with you today, as well as new disc reviews. So let’s start with the latter first, as always...
On Friday evening, I posted my in-depth review of Phil Tippett’s stunning stop-motion magnum opus Mad God on limited edition Steelbook Blu-ray from the folks at Shudder. The film is just astonishing. It’s really something—definitely not for all tastes, but boy is it something to see.
I also posted my review of the John Krasinski TV actioner Jack Ryan: Season One in 4K Ultra HD from Paramount. Both that and Season Two are being released in UHD in anticipation of the debut of Season Three on Amazon Prime on 12/21. And the picture quality is stunning.
Tim has also reviewed another Amazon Original on Blu-ray from Paramount, specifically Reacher: Season One which also has tremendous image quality. It’s also available in 4K and soon as we have our hands on that (and Jack Ryan: Season Two in 4K), we’ll post the reviews here.
In addition, Tim has reviewed a pair of new Scream Factory 4K Ultra HD titles, including Brian De Palma’s Carrie (1976) and Bob Clark’s Black Christmas (1974).
And I’m not kidding when I say that we have a lot more Blu-ray and 4K UHD reviews coming over the next week or two, so be sure to check back for them. [Read on here...]
- Dragonslayer 4K
- The Abyss 4K
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Paramount
- James Cameron
- Avatar 4K
- Avatar: The Way of Water 4K
- Mad God BD review
- Tim Salmons
- Jack Ryan: Season One 4K review
- Reacher: Season One BD review
- Carrie 4K review
- Black Christmas 4K review
- Phil Tippett
- Say Anything 4K
- The Core 4K
- Chicago Steelbook BD
- Deep Impact 4K
- Bring Out Your Dead 4K
- Marcel the Shell with Shoes On 4K
- A24
- The Way We Were: 50th Anniversary Edition 4K
- Sydney Pollack
- Sony
- Bubba HoTep 4K
- Rawhead Rex 4K
- Marathon Man 4K
- Amazon Prime Original
- 20th Century Fox
BREAKING: James Cameron confirms THE ABYSS is coming to 4K Ultra HD by March 2023
All right, I’m very pleased to break in with a rare weekend My Two Cents post here on The Bits this evening to report some very good news: Director James Cameron has now confirmed the impending 4K Ultra HD release of The Abyss!
The news comes from French journalist Arthur Cios of Konbini, who had the chance to interview the director briefly this weekend about the upcoming theatrical release of Avatar: The Way of Water.
After the formal interview was completed, Cios asked Cameron about The Abyss, who confirmed that he “had a new master and it would be out by March 2023 max.”
You can read Cios’ own comments directly here on Twitter. (And special thanks to Bits reader Stéphane L. for the heads up!) [Read on here...]
Our exclusive 4K Ultra HD catalog update for early 2023 is here with news of Avatar, Abyss, Dragonslayer, Swamp Thing, African Queen, Maltese Falcon & much more!
All right, we’ve got a bunch of ground to cover today, and the subject for today’s My Two Cents post is what we’re hearing from our industry and retail sources about forthcoming 4K Ultra HD catalog titles expected in the new year. But first, we have a pair of new reviews for you this afternoon...
Dennis has turned in his thoughts on Daniel Man’s 1952 drama Come Back, Little Sheba, which is now available on region-free Blu-ray from the Aussie label Imprint Films. The film stars Burt Lancaster and Shirley Booth.
And Stephen has delivered his in-depth take on AGFA and Something Weird Video’s nine-film, three-disc The Films of Doris Wishman: The Moonlight Years Blu-ray box set, distributed by Vinegar Syndrome.
As always, more new disc reviews are on the way over the coming days, so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for them.
Now then, we’ve been circling back with our many industry and retail sources here at The Bits, and we’ve got an update on some interesting titles that are coming to 4K Ultra HD in the months ahead. [Read on here...]
- Paramount
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Avatar 4K
- The Abyss 4K
- Dragonslayer 4K
- Swamp Thing 4K
- MVD Entertainment Group
- The African Queen 4K
- The Maltese Falcon 4K
- Warner Bros
- The Films of Doris Wishman: The Moonlight Years BD review
- Come Back Little Sheba BD review
- Star Trek: Generations 4K
- Star Trek: First Contact 4K
- Star Trek: Insurrection 4K
- Star Trek: Nemesis 4K
- Training Day 4K
- Superman II 4K
- Superman III 4K
- Superman IV: The Quest for Peace 4K
- Se7en 4K
- The Exorcist 4K
- Clint Eastwood movies in 4K
- Sylvester Stallone
- Rocky films in 4K
- The Man Who Fell to Earth 4K
- StudioCanal
- Lionsgate
- Kevin Smith
- Smodcastle Film Festival
- Eric D Wilkinson
- MVD Rewind Collection
- Kristie Alley RIP
A new 4K catalog update with Universal Monsters Vol. 2, To Kill a Mockingbird, Highlander, Pulp Fiction, Avatar, The Abyss & more!
We’re back as promised this evening with more upcoming catalog 4K Ultra HD news and rumors from our studio, industry, and retail sources. Keep in mind, some of these titles are not yet officially announced, so the dates and details are subject to change.
First of all, this is a title we’ve known is coming for a few months now and while it’s not yet been officially announced by the studio, we do have the final cover artwork from retailers: Universal Studios Home Entertainment is expected to release their Universal Classic Monsters: Icons of Horror Collection – Volume 2 box set in 4K Ultra HD on 10/11.
The set will include The Mummy (1932), The Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Phantom of the Opera (1943), and Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954). You can see the cover artwork at left and also below.
It’s also believed that the titles in the studio’s Volume 1 set—Dracula (1931), Frankenstein (1931), The Wolf Man (1941), and The Invisible Man (1932)—will finally be released as single-film SKUs, for sure in the UK and possibly in the US as well. We’ll post more as soon as the studio makes any of this official. [Read on here...]
- Lionsgate
- Universal
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Universal Classic Monsters: Icons of Horror Collection Volume 2 4K
- The Mummy 4K
- Phantom of the Opera (1943) 4K
- Bride of Frankenstein 4K
- Creature from the Black Lagoon 4K
- Dracula 4K
- Frankenstein 4K
- The Wolf Man 4K
- The Invisible Man 4K
- To Kill a Mockingbird: 60th Anniversary Edition 4K
- Highlander 4K
- StudioCanal
- The Others 4K
- The Driver 4K
- The Longest Yard 4K
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Saturday Night Fever 4K
- Wayne's World 4K
- Pulp Fiction 4K
- Quentin Tarantino
- Kiss the Girls 4K
- Aeon Flux 4K
- Æon Flux (2005) 4K
- Star Trek V: The Final Frontier 4K
- Apple TV
- iTunes
- digital
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 4K
- Avatar 4K
- 20th Century Studios
- James Cameron
- The Abyss 4K
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture The Director's Edition 4K
Disney & Marvel set Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness for Blu-ray & 4K on 7/26, plus Flatliners, Paths of Glory & more
I’m about to dive back into disc reviewing here this afternoon, but before I do we have two new reviews for you this morning and a major piece of release news as well. First those reviews...
Stephen has checked in with his thoughts on a fascinating Russian fantasy film from 1956, Aleksandr Ptushko’s Ilya Muromets, which also happens to be the first Russian film in both anamorphic widescreen and color. Russian cinema is fascinating, and this film is no exception, so it’s definitely worth a look on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome.
Stephen has also given Cy Endfield, Roger Corman, and Gordon Hessler’s De Sade (1969) a look on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber, also a fascinating film from American International Pictures.
Now for that news... Marvel and Disney have just officially set Sam Raimi’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness for release on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD release on 7/26, with the Digital release anticipated for 6/22. [Read on here...]
- Adventures of Don Juan BD
- The Frisco Kid BD
- The Warner Archive Collection
- Stephen Bjork
- Heat 4K
- Disney
- Michael Mann
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Ilya Muromets BD review
- De Sade BD review
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 4K
- Marvel Studios
- 20th Century Studios
- James Cameron
- The Abyss 4K
- Avatar 4K
- Avatar: The Way of Water
- Quiet Days in Clichy 4K
- Blue Underground
- Paths of Glory 4K
- Flatliners 4K
- Arrow Video
- When Tomorrow Comes BD
- Mercenary Fighters BD
- The A Team: The Complete Series BD
Criterion reveals its April slate, plus Indicator comes to the US, and LOTS more new 2022 catalog 4K Ultra HD titles!
First things first today: The Criterion Collection has just announced their April Blu-ray and 4K release slate and—as always—it’s another great list of titles.
Look for Alex Cox’s Walker (Spine #423 – Blu-ray and DVD) on 4/12, Vittorio De Sica’s Miracle in Milan (Spine #1119 – Blu-ray and DVD) and Frank Tashlin’s The Girl Can’t Help It (Spine #1120 – Blu-ray only) on 4/19, and Arie and Chuko Esiri’s Eyimofe (This Is My Desire) (Spine #1121 – Blu-ray and DVD), Bertrand Tavernier’s ‘Round Midnight (Spine #1122 – Blu-ray and DVD), and Al Reinert’s For All Mankind (Spine #54 – 4K Ultra HD – Blu-ray and DVD already available) on 4/26. You can see the 4K art for For All Mankind on the left, and we’ll post the rest of the cover artwork over the next few days as the titles become available for pre-order on Amazon.
Here’s some more great breaking news: Our friends at Powerhouse Films have just informed us that their outstanding Indicator label—which already delivers fantastic special edition Blu-ray titles to the UK and European market—is officially coming to the US!
The company has partnered with Distribution Solutions, a division of Alliance Entertainment, to ensure that retailers throughout North America will be able to carry Indicator releases. These will include Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Sunrise, Critics Choice, and DiabolikDVD. The first Indicator titles should start becoming available here in the US starting this week. [Read on here...]
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- The Godfather Trilogy 4K Ultra HD
- Francis Ford Coppola
- The Godfather 50th Anniversary
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- 4K restoration
- Powerhouse Films
- Indicator comes to the US
- Criterion April 2022 slate
- For All Mankind 4K
- Walker BD
- Miracle in Milan BD
- The Girl Can't Help It BD
- Eyimofe BD
- This Is My Desire BD
- Round Midnight BD
- Al Reinert
- Alex Cox
- American Underdog 4K
- Kurt Warner biopic
- Lionsgate
- Downton Abbey: The Motion Picture 4K
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Dead Heat 4K
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Touch of Evil 4K
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- The Matrix Resurrections 4K
- Heavy Metal 4K
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 4K
- Scream (2022) 4K
- The Abyss 4K
- James Cameron
- 20th Century Entertainment
- Disney
- Tombstone 4K
- Avatar 4K
- Avatar 2
- Titanic: 25th Anniversary 4K
- The Conversation 4K
- Lionsgate Home Entertainment
- The Green Mile 4K
- Constantine 4K
- Giant 4K
- Elf 4K
- A Christmas Story 4K
- The Lost Boys 4K
- Poltergeist 4K
- Edge of Tomorrow 4K
- Singin' in the Rain: 70th Anniversary 4K
- Casablanca 4K
- Titan Books
- The Art of Rob Cobb book
- Robert Meyer Burnett
- Dieter Bastian
- Let's Get Physical Media YouTube show
Spider-Verse animators’ commentary, Jonny Quest on Blu-ray, Apple TV+, The Abyss/True Lies & more
All right, quick update today...
First of all, I’m going to be finishing my Aquaman 4K review later today, so watch for that sometime before the end of the day.
Meanwhile, Tim has posted a couple more Blu-ray reviews here today, including his look at Herschell Gordon Lewis’s Color Me Blood Red (1965) from Arrow Video and Dennis’ take on Boy Erased from Universal.
And on Friday, Tim posted his thoughts on HGL’s The Wizard of Gore (1970) from Arrow and Geoff Murphy’s The Quiet Earth (1985) from Umbrella Entertainment.
Also here at the site today, Russell Hammond has updated the Release Dates & Artwork section with all the latest Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD cover artwork and Amazon.com pre-order links. Anytime you order literally anything from Amazon after clicking through to them from one of our links (like this one), you’re helping to keep The Bits alive and we really, really appreciate it. So thank you! [Read on here...]
- The 4K Ultra HD Release List
- 4K Ultra HD
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Warner Archive Collection
- Jonny Quest BD
- The Abyss 4K
- True Lies 4K
- James Cameron
- SpiderMan: Into the SpiderVerse animator's commentary
- Color Me Blood Red BD review
- The Quiet Earth BD review
- Boy Erased BD review
- The Wizard of Gore BD review
- Tim Salmons
- Aquaman 4K review
- Dennis Seuling
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero, Isle of Dogs, Peter Rabbit & speculation on potential late-2018 4K catalog titles
All right, we’re starting the new week this afternoon with a trio of fresh Blu-ray reviews…
First up, Tim has checked out Scalpel (1977) on BD from Arrow Video, as well as Val Guest’s When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970) from the Warner Archive Collection.
I’ve also just posted my thoughts on the Warner Archive’s long-awaited Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero on Blu-ray, a great upgrade of the original direct-to-DVD release and a nice aperitif for their upcoming release of the complete Batman: The Animated Series on Blu-ray later in 2018. Enjoy! [Read on here...]
- 4K Ultra HD Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Tim Salmons
- Batman & Mr Freeze: SubZero BD review
- Scalpel BD review
- When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth BD review
- Warner Archive Collection
- Batman: The Animated Series
- 4K Ultra HD catalog release speculation
- Isle of Dogs review
- Wes Anderson
- Peter Rabbit 4K
- Colossus of Rhodes
- Dark of the Sun
- WonderCon 2018
- The Right Stuff 4K
- Superman: The Movie 4K
- Master and Commander 4K
- The Abyss 4K
- True Lies 4K
- The Terror AMC
- One Strange Rock