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Celebrating Red October at 30, plus new Kino Lorber Studio Classics, new 4K catalog upcoming & more
All right, we’re starting the new week off with a new History, Legacy & Showmanship column from our own Michael Coate, who’s celebrating the 30th anniversary of John McTiernan’s The Hunt for Red October with a new film retrospective that features a look back at the original theatrical release, the 70mm engagements, and a new interview with author and film historian Eric Lichtenfeld. Enjoy!
Meanwhile, our friends at Kino Lorber have announced some fun new Studio Classics titles that are coming soon to Blu-ray, including Joe Dante, John Landis, Carl Gottlieb, Robert K. Weiss & Peter Horton’s Amazon Women on the Moon (1987) and Peter Hyams’ Narrow Margin (1990), along with a trio of titles newly announced for release on Blu-ray and DVD on 5/5—Fred Coe’s A Thousand Clowns (1965) and Me, Natalie (1969—featuring Al Pacino’s first screen role), and Guy Hamilton’s An Inspector Calls (1954). [Read on here...]
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- The Hunt for Red October
- 30th anniversary
- Michael Coate
- Blue Underground
- Zombie 4K
- Amazon Women on the Moon BD
- Narrow Margin BD
- Apollo 13 Steelbook 4K
- Requiem for a Dream 4K
- The Invisible Man 4K
- The Mask of Zorro 4K
- Call of the Wild
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- The Lord of the Rings 4K
- Warner Bros
- The Hobbit 4K
- The UnXplained
Defection or World War III?: Remembering “The Hunt for Red October” on its 30th Anniversary
“The Hunt for Red October had a big problem in that the Cold War kind of… ended while they were in post-production. So The Hunt for Red October should have been dated before it even opened — which means that the fact that it not only succeeded at the time, but has endured over the thirty years since, says a lot.” — Eric Lichtenfeld, author of Action Speaks Louder
The Digital Bits and History, Legacy & Showmanship are pleased to present this retrospective commemorating the 30th anniversary of the release of The Hunt for Red October, the Cold War action thriller based upon Tom Clancy’s best-selling novel and which ultimately launched the Jack Ryan franchise.
The Hunt for Red October was directed by John McTiernan (Predator, Die Hard) and starred Sean Connery (James Bond, The Untouchables) and Alec Baldwin (Beetlejuice, Glengarry Glen Ross). [Read on here...]
- History Legacy & Showmanship
- Michael Coate
- The Digital Bits
- film retrospective
- 30th anniversary
- The Hunt for Red October
- Sean Connery
- Tom Clancy
- Jack Ryan
- CIA
- Alec Baldwin
- Scott Glenn
- James Earl Jones
- Basil Poledouris
- Sam Neill
- John McTiernan
- Eric Lichtenfeld
- Cold War
- Action Speaks Louder: Violence Spectacle and the American Action Movie
- 70mm
Universal sets Parasite for 1/28, plus a Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD Release Update
Before we get started today, we have a pair of new Blu-ray reviews for you from Dennis—he’s taken a look at George Cukor’s Holiday, newly available on disc from The Criterion Collection, and also Judy from Lionsgate. Enjoy!
In announcement news today, we’ve got word that Universal plans to release Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite on Blu-ray and DVD on 1/28. The disc will include the Q&A with Director Bong Joon-ho featurette. There are no plans yet for a UK 4K Ultra HD release here in the States, though the film is coming to physical 4K in France, German, and elsewhere. Unfortunately, those discs will not have English subtitles for the original Korean language audio. Fingers crossed that Universal will decide to release a 4K if sales of the Blu-ray are strong. You can see the Blu-ray artwork above left.
Also today, we’ve updated our 4K Ultra HD Release List to reflect a bunch of new street dates and pre-order information we’ve gotten in from retail and industry sources. Here’s the gist (and if you click on the titles links provided, you can pre-order the titles on Amazon if available)... [Read on here...]
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Judy BD review
- Dennis Seuling
- Holiday BD review
- Parasite
- Universal
- Bong Joonho
- 4K Ultra HD Release Update
- Ford v Ferrari
- JoJo Rabbit
- Knives Out
- Spies in Disguise
- Seven Worlds One Planet
- Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie
- Color Out of Space
- Akira
- Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro
- Midway
- Cats
- Shutter Island
- The Hunt for Red October
- Jumanji: The Next Level
- Charlie's Angels (2019)
- Beauty and the Beast (2017)
- Queen & Slim
- 1917
- The Jungle Book (2016)
- Frozen 2
- A Bug's Life
- WALLE
- Monsters Inc
- Monsters University
- Up
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
- Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga 4K
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- Doctor Sleep
- Superman: Red Son
- Ne Zha
- Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Boxtrolls reviewed, plus SEVEN more classic BD reviews added to The Bits & a Universal Monsters Amazon deal
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All right, there’s not a lot of release news today, so I thought we’d catch up on some Blu-ray reviews...
First up today, we have a new review from our own Tim Salmons of Universal and Laika’s excellent The Boxtrolls on Blu-ray. It’s a great little film, and we always love seeing stop-motion animation get its due in this time when CG seems to dominate for such titles. [Read on here…]