Displaying items by tag: The Warner Archive
Lionsgate re-announces Terminator 2 in 4K w/Endo Arm, plus news from Scream, KL Studio Classics & more
All right, I’m working on more reviews today and a couple of other behind-the-post items here at The Bits, so today’s post will be a quick one. But...
As promised, I posted my reviews of Paramount’s Forrest Gump and Terminator Genisys in 4K Ultra HD on Friday night, so those are available this morning in case you missed them.
Up on deck for review next in 4K are A Wrinkle in Time, Fury, Escape Plan, and Game of Thrones: Season One (possibly not in that order), so be sure to watch for them.
Also, Tim will have a new Dailies column for you here at the site tomorrow.
The big news today is that Lionsgate has just announced that their Terminator 2: Judgment Day 4K Ultra HD is going to be re-released on 7/17 in both regular and long-delayed Endo Arm packaging. [Read on here...]
A Quiet Place, Rampage, Bad Boys 1 & 2, plus our review of Jurassic Park 4K & more 4K/BD reviews
All right, we’ve been busy with reviews here at The Bits this week and the work continues through the weekend.
Case in point: I’ve just completed my in-depth review of Universal’s Jurassic Park 25th Anniversary Collection in 4K Ultra HD, which includes Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park III, and Jurassic World in both Blu-ray and 4K. You should read the review, obviously, but the cliff’s notes version is that the films all sound fantastic with DTS:X sound, but the transfers are a mixed bag. Jurassic Park looks better than ever (but don’t expect a miracle), The Lost World and Jurassic World look fantastic, and Jurassic Park III is barely an upgrade over the previous Blu-ray. The box is recommended for diehard fans of the franchise, certainly, and others if you can get a good sale price.
Not finished though, I’ve also posted my review of Universal’s Darkest Hour in 4K Ultra HD, which is not only a terrific film it’s a gorgeous 4K presentation of some of the best cinematography in recent years. I highly recommend this one.
By the end of the day (fingers crossed) I’ll also have posted my reviews of Paramount’s Forrest Gump and Terminator Genisys in 4K Ultra HD. [Read on here...]
- Warner Archive
- Paramount Pictures
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- The 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Tim Salmons
- The Warner Archive
- A Quiet Place 4K
- Rampage 4K
- Rampage 3D
- Bad Boys 1 & 2 4K
- Jurassic Park 25th Anniversary Collection 4K review
- Forrest Gump 4K review
- Terminator Genisys 4K review
- Darkest Hour 4K review
- Release Dates & Artwork with 4K search
- Rick and Morty: Season 2
- The Lodgers BD review
- Death Smiles on a Murderer BD review
- The Return of the Swamp Thing BD review
- MST3K: The Singles Collection DVD review
- The Incredibles 4K
- Lucifer: The Complete Third Season
- Gotham: The Complete Fourth Season
- Police Story
- Police Story 2
- Eureka!
- Flesh+Blood
- Jackie Chan
- George Carlin Commemorative Collection DVD
Paramount sets the Mission: Impossible films for 4K in June, plus Ash vs Evil Dead: S3 & Counterpart: S1
All right, we’re kicking things off today with two more new Blu-ray reviews...
We start with Tim’s take on Larry Cohen’s It’s Alive Trilogy, new on Blu-ray from our friends at Scream Factory. He’s also got a review of Herschell Gordon Lewis’s Two Thousand Maniacs! on Blu-ray from the good folks at Arrow Video.
I’m working to wrap up that review of The Patriot in 4K Ultra HD from Sony, and I should have that up later this afternoon. So be sure to watch for it. Fury is on deck along with Escape Plan from Lionsgate.
Universal swears that they’re sending us the Jurassic Park Collection for review as well, so we do intend to cover it as soon as we’re able. [Read on here...]
- The Warner Archive
- Tim Salmons
- The 4K Ultra HD Release List
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Mission: Impossible 4K
- Mission: Impossible 2 4K
- Mission: Impossible III 4K
- Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol 4K
- Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation 4K
- Ash vs Evil Dead: Season 3
- Counterpart: Season 1
- Starz
- Lionsgate
- Paramount Pictures
- It's Alive Trilogy BD review
- Two Thousand Maniacs! BD review
- Scream Factory
- Arrow Video
- Counterpart: The Complete First Season
- The Escape of Prisoner 614
- Blindspot: The Complete Third Season
- Warner Archive
- Jack Reacher 4K
- Game of Thrones: The Complete First Season 4K
Ready Player One is set for 7/24 and more announcements, plus reviews of Annihilation & Red Sparrow in 4K
All right, we’ve got some big announcement news for you today, but first we also have some new disc reviews for you...
To start with, I’ve posted my thoughts on Francis Lawrence’s Red Sparrow from 20th Century Fox and Alex Garland’s Annihilation from Paramount, both in 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray. Both are interesting films that definitely deserve a second look on disc.
Also, Tim has turned in his thoughts on Paul Mazursky’s Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice from Twilight Time and George P. Cosmatos’ Of Unknown Origin from Scream Factory, both in regular Blu-ray Disc.
More reviews of both formats are on the way, including Sony’s The Patriot and Fury in 4K, though we still do not have Universal’s Jurassic Park 4K Collection in hand, so it may be a few days before we get to review it for you. [Read on here...]
- Red Sparrow 4K review
- Annihilation 4K review
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- The 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Ready Player One 4K
- Ready Player One Bluray
- Ready Player One 3D
- Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice BD review
- Tim Salmons
- Of Unknown Origin BD review
- Chappaquiddick
- You Were Never Really Here
- Acrimony
- Krystal
- Gloria
- Twilight Time August 2018
- The Virgin Soldiers
- The Hot Rock
- Rapid Fire
- Sneaky Pete: Season One
- Double Lover
- The Warner Archive
- The Leisure Seeker
Disney and Pixar set The Incredibles for 4K Ultra HD on 6/12, plus Criterion’s August slate announced
All right, the big news today is that, as we first revealed here at The Bits several weeks ago, Disney and Pixar are indeed releasing Brad Bird’s The Incredibles on 4K Ultra HD on 6/12, in support of the theatrical release of The Incredibles 2 that same week. It looks like the 4K release will include Dolby Atmos audio and will also include the Blu-ray edition with all its special features. Note that Best Buy is going to have an exclusive Steelbook version of the title. [Update: It appears that Best Buy is listing the Steelbook 4K version as streeting on 6/5. It’s possible that the wide release will be 6/5 as well, and not 6/12 as currently listed. We expect official details soon from the studio and we’ll update this information then.]
This would mark the very first time that Disney has gone back to release a deeper catalog title on the 4K format (not just a new theatrical release). Here’s hoping we see many more Pixar, Marvel, and Star Wars catalog titles released in 4K soon.
Meanwhile this afternoon, our friends at The Criterion Collection have now officially announced their August slate of Blu-ray and DVD titles as follows… [Read on here...]
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- The 4K Ultra HD Release List
- The Criterion Spines Project
- Criterion's August 2018 slate
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- The Warner Archive
- The Incredibles 4K
- Disney
- Pixar
- The Ballad of Gregorio Cortex
- Heaven Can Wait
- Smithereens
- The Tree of Life
- Memories of Underdevelopment
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
- Escape Plan 2: Hades
- Vestron Video Collector's Series
- Dagon
- Beyond ReAnimator
- Irma La Douce
- Brad Bird
- The Incredibles 2
Warner Archive’s Black Scorpion BD, plus Lionheart, The Old Dark House, our review of Darkest Hour & more
All right, we’ve got a trio of new new Blu-ray reviews for you to start the new week...
I’ve actually managed to find time to write a few myself, so we start with my take on Joe Wright’s outstanding Darkest Hour, on Blu-ray from Focus Films and Universal. The disc streets tomorrow.
Also, I’m pleased to be able to report that there’s ONE good Blu-ray edition of the Frank Herbert’s Dune miniseries available on Blu-ray for US fans, and it comes from Alive AG in Germany. It’s an all-region release with English audio (but no subs), lots of the previous DVD extras, and no 4% PAL audio speed-up. There’s also a good Children of Dune BD too (from Umbrella Entertainment) that I’ll be reviewing here later this week, so be sure to watch for that.
And Tim has checked out the Warner Archive’s fine new Blu-ray release of Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III. Enjoy! [Read on here...]
- The Commuter 4K
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Get well Kevin Smith
- Darkest Hour BD review
- Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre BD review
- Frank Herbert's Dune BD review
- Lionheart
- The Old Dark House
- The Warner Archive
- The Black Scorpion
- Tim Salmons
- While the City Sleeps
- Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
- The Americans
- Archer
- The Bloodthirsty Trilogy
- Annihilation 4K
Sony sets Across the Universe for 4K, plus Marvel’s Thor: Ragnarok likely on 4K, Dracula (1931) live in SF, Stronger, Detroit & more
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has just officially announced the 4K Ultra HD release of Julie Taymor’s Across the Universe on 1/9/18. The disc will include HDR10, Dolby Atmos audio, and the previous Blu-ray edition with all the previous special features. You can see the cover artwork at the left there.
Also on the 4K front, it’s beginning to look like Thor: Ragnarok will be Disney and Marvel’s next 4K Ultra HD release, due day and date with its Blu-ray and DVD counterparts in early 2018. We don’t have a street date yet, but a number of international retailers – including Zavvi – are already taking pre-orders on the title. We’ve updated our 4K Ultra HD Release List accordingly. [Read on here…]
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Across the Universe 4K
- Thor: Ragnarok 4K
- Stronger
- Detroit
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Marvel
- Disney
- Acts of Vengeance
- Leap!
- Victoria & Abdul
- Home Again
- Doc Hollywood
- The Warner Archive
- George Gently: The Complete Collection
- Acorn
- The Apartment
- Kino Lorber
- Arrow
- Dracula
- Philip Glass
- The Kronos Quartet
Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer tonight, thoughts on Blade Runner: 2049, South Park, Tribulation & more
All right, I hope you guys all had a great weekend. I turned 50 and got a new cat, whose name is Max. So all things considered, I think I came out ahead.
First of all today, we trust you all saw the outstanding news we posted late yesterday, which is that our friends at The Warner Archive have revealed that they’re going to be releasing – due to popular demand, we imagine – the outstanding Batman: The Animated Series on Blu-ray in 2018! It was announced at a New York Comic-Con panel celebrating the series’ 25th anniversary. We don’t have any other information at the moment, but we expect that they’re going to be starting work soon, or have just recently started. We’d guess it’ll be a few months yet before we have significant details, but rest assured we’ll keep you posted. We’ve been lobbying for this for some time now; the show is a big favorite here at The Bits. Thanks to everyone at Warner and Warner Archive for making this possible. Very exciting indeed! [Read on here…]
- NYCC
- New York ComicCon
- The Warner Archive
- Batman: The Animated Series on Bluray
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi tickets on sale
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi final trailer
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- South Park on Bluray
- Adam Jahnke
- Tribulation
- Tim Salmons
- The Lodger BD review
- Children of the Corn BD review
- Blade Runner: 2049 no spoiler review
- Release Dates & Artwork update
- Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis BD
- Shout! Factory
BREAKING NEWS: Warner Archive to release Batman: The Animated Series on Blu-ray in 2018!
We interrupt your Sunday afternoon with a great piece of breaking news from New York Comic-Con today:
The Warner Archive has just announced that it’s finally going to be bringing Batman: The Animated Series to Blu-ray Disc in 2018!
We don’t have any other details at the moment, but the announcement happened at a panel this afternoon celebrating the 25th anniversary of Batman: The Animated Series featuring Bruce Timm, Alan Burnett, Kevin Conroy, and Tara Strong. [Read on here…]
The Dark Tower, Criterion’s December, Warner Archive’s Superman: Extended Cut, new Twilight Time & more
Let’s start today with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, which has just officially set The Dark Tower for release on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on 10/31, with the Digital HD release due on 10/17. Extras on the Blu-ray versions will include deleted scenes, a blooper reel, A Look Through the Keyhole, and 5 behind-the-scenes featurettes (including Last Time Around, The World Has Moved On…, The Man in Black, The Gunslinger in Action, and Stephen King Inspirations). We’ve updated our new 4K Ultra HD Release List here at The Bits accordingly.
Note that Sony will also release Preacher: Season Two on Blu-ray and DVD on 11/14. [Read on here…]
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Bluray Disc
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- The Dark Tower 4K
- The Warner Archive
- Twilight Time
- Preacher: Season Two
- The 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Gladiator 4K
- Election
- Monterey Pop
- The Complete Monterey Pop Festival
- General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait
- The Criterion Spines Project
- Wuthering Heights
- Alice
- Forever Amber
- Rememory
- Superman: The Movie Extended Cut
- The Green Slime
- Night School
- Scarecrow
- The Sea Wolf
- The Hidden
- iZombie: The Complete Third Season
- The Leftovers: The Third and Final Season
- Deathdream
- Dead of Night
- Cadillac Man