Displaying items by tag: VUDU
Disney sets Free Guy for 10/12, plus The Howling in 4K, updates on Star Trek, Neon Genesis Evangelion & more
All right, we’re starting today with a couple of new disc reviews...
First of all, Stephen has checked out Michael Mann’s Collateral on 4K Ultra HD, as released late last year on the format by Paramount Home Entertainment. It’s a modest upgrade, but might be worth a look for fans.
Also, Dennis has turned in his thoughts on D.A. Pennebaker’s 1970 documentary film Original Cast Album: Company, as newly released on Blu-ray by the Criterion Collection. Do check it out.
Now then, the big release news today is that Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment and 20th Century Studios have just officially set Shawn Levy’s Free Guy for release on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on 10/12, with the Digital release expected on 9/28. The 4K disc will include HDR10 high dynamic range and Dolby Atmos audio. [Read on here...]
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- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Free Guy 4K
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- 20th Century Studios
- Stephen Bjork
- Dennis Seuling
- Collateral 4K review
- Original Cast Album: Company BD review
- Shawn Levy
- Marvel
- Black Widow 4K Digital release
- Paramount Studios Home Entertainment
- Star Trek: Original 4 Film Collection 4K
- iTunes
- Apple TV
- VUDU
- Star Trek
- The Howling 4K
- Joe Dante
- StudioCanal
- Dune 4K
NBCUniversal’s Fandango to purchase Vudu, plus a poll: Who wants Star Trek II in physical 4K?
All right, we’ve got a couple things to report today...
First up, NBCUniversal’s Fandango service is going to purchase Vudu from Walmart, according to reports in the trades today (see this link at Variety). This is interesting and it doesn’t surprise me. I expect there will be lots of consolidation in the Digital space in the months and years ahead, and I also expect every major studio to try and grow their own footprint in the digital space or to team up with others who have. And of course the Digital category includes not just streaming/subscription services but transactional purchases too. So it makes a lot of sense.
Also today, I’ve been invited—and have just begun—to check out the high-end digital movie service Kaleidescape. I’ll have more on that experience here at The Digital Bits in a few weeks, after I’ve really given it a thorough test and tryout. [Read on here...]
Valerian official for November, Atomic Blonde, Crown & Disney Movies Anywhere bumps Guardians 2 to 4K
We’ve got a few things for you today here at The Bits, so let’s get right to it...
First up, we’ve posted a trio of new disc reviews, including Tim’s thoughts on Arrow’s The Slayer and Sony’s The Amazing Spider-Man: Limited Edition Collection on Blu-ray, and also Jim Hemphill’s take on CBS’s NCIS: The Complete Fourteenth Season on DVD. Enjoy and know that more reviews are on the way, including more 4K!
Also here at The Bits today, we’ve just posted the weekly Release Dates and Artwork update, featuring all the latest Blu-ray, 3D, DVD & 4K Ultra HD cover artwork and Amazon.com pre-order links. As always, whenever you order literally anything from Amazon (in the same session) after clicking through to them from our links, you’re helping to support our work here at The Bits and we appreciate it very much. [Read on here…]
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Bluray Disc
- Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets 4K
- Atomic Blonde 4K
- The Emoji Movie 4K
- The Crown: The Complete First Season
- Disney Movies Anywhere
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 digital 4K upgrade
- VUDU
- Longmire: The Complete Fifth Season
- Afterimage
- Hell Night: Collector's Edition
- Netflix
- Dolby Vision
- The Slayer BD review
- The Amazing SpiderMan Limited Collection BD review
- NCIS: Season 14 DVD review
- Tim Salmons
- Jim Hemphill
- Release Dates & Artwork with 4K search
- Luc Besson
- Gun Shy
- God of War BD
- Red Christmas
- Churchill
- Friday Night Lights: The Complete Series BD
- Andrzej Wajda
- Film Movement
- Lionsgate
Scream reveals The Resurrected details, new Amazon-exclusive Universal catalog BDs, Disney ditches Netflix & more
We’re kicking things off today with a new Blu-ray review. Tim has posted his thoughts on Andrés Torres’ Bag Boy Lover Boy (2014) now available on BD from Severin Films. You’ll find that here. Note that I’m currently at work on a number of 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray reviews, which I expect to post starting tomorrow, so be sure to watch for those.
In announcement news today, Scream Factory has revealed the extras that will be included on their forthcoming Blu-ray release of Dan O’Bannon’s The Resurrected (due on 9/12). Look for a new 2K transfer of the film, a new interview with actress Jane Sibbett (Claire’s Conundrum), a new interview with author S.T. Joshi (The Strange Case of Charles Dexter Ward), audio commentary (with producers Mark Borde and Kenneth Raich, screenwriter Brent V. Friedman, actor Richard Romanus and make-up effects artist Todd Masters), 4 additional interview featurettes (The Resurrected Man with Chris Sarandon, Abominations & Adaptations with screenwriter Brent Friedman, Grotesque Melodies with composer Richard Band, Lovecraftian Landscapes with production designer Brent Thomas, and Human Experiments with special effects artist Todd Masters), deleted and extended scenes from the workprint, the Japanese trailer and home video trailer, and a photo gallery. You can see the cover artwork at left and pre-order it on Amazon at this link. [Read on here…]
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- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
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- Tim Salmons
- Bag Boy Lover Boy BD Review
- Disney ditches Netflix
- Scream Factory
- The Resurrected
- Atomic Blonde 4K
- The Dark Tower 4K
- Amazon preorders
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
- Universal catalog BD exclusives
- Valdez is Coming
- Down Down the Deep River
- The Last Face
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 4K
- Disney streaming
- Dolby Vision HDR
- VUDU
Paramount Has a Blu-ray Problem
All right Bits readers – this post I’ve wrestled with all night and all morning as well.
Yesterday afternoon, I received a Blu-ray review copy of Paramount’s Star Trek Into Darkness. As regular readers will probably know, I actually liked the film. But when it was finally announced for Blu-ray release, I was surprised at the list of bonus content in the press release, specifically the lack thereof – just seven featurettes. I quickly sent an e-mail to the studio PR people, asking if this was indeed the complete list of bonus content, and was told that it was. But somehow, I guess I just didn’t believe it. So somehow, I was still excited to see and review the disc. [Read on here...]