Displaying items by tag: CinemaScope
Sony sets Krull for 4K Steelbook, Kino Cult’s Xanadu Ultra HD, plus TONS of new Warner Archive, Indicator Films, and Imprint Films titles!
All right, it’s been a busy week here at The Bits. And we’ve got a bunch of ground to cover today, so let’s get right to it.
First, some a couple of disc reviews…
Tim has completed his exhaustive coverage of Severin Films new Doctor Who releases with a look at both the Blu-ray and 4K versions of their Total Extermination: The Peter Cushing Doctor Who Collection, which includes Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965) and Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 AD (1966).
And we have a lot more new disc reviews on the way. For my part, I’m currently working on a review of a major upcoming Criterion 4K title, and of course I’ll be finishing up our Bond 4K reviews as well early next week.
In terms of announcement news today, we have a bunch of stuff to report, starting with the fact that Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has just officially announced that they’re releasing Peter Yates’ Krull (1983) in 4K Ultra HD Steelbook on 9/16! [Read on here...]
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 AD 4K review
- Dr Who and the Daleks 4K review
- Tim Salmons
- Bluray Disc
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Warner Archive Collection
- Invasion Earth 2150 AD BD review
- Severin Films
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Xanadu 4K
- Kino Cult
- Krull 4K Steelbook
- Indicator Films
- Imprint Films
- Via Vision Entertainment
- Total Extermination: The Peter Cushing Doctor Who Collection
- The Amateur 4K
- 20th Century Studios
- Brainstorm
- Bright Leaf
- Melidna
- The Prisoner of Zenda
- CinemaScope
- Technicolor
- Knights of the Round Table
- The Cobweb
- Two Weeks with Love
- They Died with Their Boots On
- The Annihilation of Fish
- Kino Lorber
- Charles Burnett
- Death Carries a Cane 4K
- The Perfume of the Lady in Black 4K
- Point Break 4K
- Rain Man 4K
- The Hitchcock Nine
- Hitchcock: The Early Years Volume One
- The ThirtyNine Steps (1978)
- The Lady Vanishes (1979)
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: Season One
- The Cinema of Powell & Pressburger: Collection One
Looking Back at CinemaScope
“The Modern Miracle You See Without Glasses!”
The Digital Bits is pleased to present this retrospective commemorating the 60th anniversary of the release of The Robe, the first motion picture produced in CinemaScope.
In addition to a detailed history of the film’s original theatrical release, the article features a roundtable interview with three authorities on widescreen history.
THE ORIGINAL ENGAGEMENTS OF “THE ROBE”
Presented here is a chronological listing of the original first-run theatrical engagements of The Robe for the major and selected secondary markets in the United States and Canada. The number of weeks the film played has been provided for some of the entries. [Read on here...]