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Coppola’s The Conversation in 4K, plus Twister & more Warner Ultra HDs, a new restoration of John Ford’s The Searchers, New Adventures of Batman & more
We have four new disc reviews to share with you today, as well as some exciting catalog 4K release news! But first those reviews...
Stephen has taken a look at Jack Nicholson’s Goin’ South (1978) in 4K Ultra HD from Paramount and Vinegar Syndrome via their new Cinématographe label.
Dennis has turned in his thoughts on Henry Hathaway’s western 5 Card Stud (1968) on Blu-ray also from Paramount via Vinegar Syndrome.
Stuart has reviewed Franklin J. Schaffner’s Islands in the Stream (1977) on Blu-ray via Imprint Films.
And I’ve just given Peter Gabriel: Back to Front – Live in London (2014) a review in 4K Ultra HD from Real World and Eagle Rock via Mercury Studios.
Now then, the big news today is that StudioCanal has set a new 4K restoration of Francis Ford Coppola’s neo-noir thriller The Conversation (1974) for release on 4K Ultra HD on July 15 in the UK. This is in honor of the film’s 50th anniversary. The film is also returning to theaters in the UK on July 5.
The legendary film stars Gene Hackman as San Francisco surveillance expert Harry Caul, who finds himself confronted with a moral dilemma when his wiretapped conversation recordings reveal a possible murder. The supporting cast includes John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Cindy Williams, Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Robert Duvall, and Harrison Ford. [Read on here...]
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Criterion Collection
- Janus Contemporaries
- Anselm BD
- Stephen Bjork
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Back the Bits
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Cinématographe
- Goin South 4K review
- Dennis Seuling
- 5 Card Stud BD review
- Islands in the Stream BD review
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Imprint Films
- Mercury Studios
- Peter Gabriel: Back to Front Live in London 4K review
- Francis Ford Coppola
- The Conversation 4K
- StudioCanal
- The Conversation 4K restoration
- Twister 4K Steelbook
- Jan de Bont
- Gravity BD with Dolby Atmos
- North by Northwest 4K
- Little Shop of Horrors (1986) 4K
- Caddyshack 4K
- Dances with Wolves 4K
- Dirty Harry 4K
- Lethal Weapon 4K
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 4K
- Purple Rain 4K
- John Ford
- The Searchers 6K restoration
- American Cinematheque
- Aero Theatre
- The New Adventures of Batman: The Complete Collection BD
- DC
- Abel Ferrara
- Dangerous Game BD
- The Man from UNCLE 4K
- Red Line 7000
Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron announced for 4K & Blu-ray, plus Shout’s July slate, Civil War, Anchorman, Captain Phillips, Anselm, Purple Rain & more!
We’ve got some great release news for you today to start out the new week.
And we’ve also got more new disc reviews for you, so let’s get to the latter first...
Over the weekend, Stephen posted his thoughts on Disney+ and Marvel’s new release of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: The Complete First Season (2024) in 4K Ultra HD. He’s also given Riccardo Freda’s The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962) a review in 4K Ultra HD from Vinegar Syndrome.
Not to be outdone, Tim has reviewed Hanna-Barbera’s animated The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones (1987) on Blu-ray from our friends at the Warner Archive Collection, as well as Paul Leni’s The Cat and the Canary (1927) on Blu-ray from Eureka Entertainment.
Lots more reviews are on the way this week, so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for them!
Now then, in announcement news, let’s start with the big one first... GKids and Shout Factory have officially set Hayao Miyazaki’s animated The Boy and the Heron (2023) for release on Blu-ray + DVD, 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray, and 4K UHD + BD Steelbook on 7/9! The Digital release expected on 6/25. [Read on here...]
- Tim Salmons
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Warner Archive Collection
- Stephen Bjork
- Marvel
- Disney+
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: The Complete First Season 4K review
- The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones BD review
- The Horrible Dr Hichcock 4K review
- The Cat and the Canary BD review
- Eureka
- GKids
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Studio Ghibli
- Shout! Factory
- Shout Studios
- Scream Factory
- The Boy and the Heron 4K
- Who's That Girl
- UHF 4K
- Natural Born Killers 4K
- Steelbook
- Weird: The Al Yankovic Story 4K
- Point Break 4K
- Dark Angel 4K
- Storytelling
- The Good Place DVD
- Phantoms 4K
- House of Gucci 4K
- Ali G Indahouse: The Movie
- Shaun the Sheep: The Complete Series DVD
- Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Cracking Collection DVD
- Alex Garland
- Civil War (2024) 4K
- Lionsgate
- Boy Kills World (2023) 4K
- Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 4K
- Paramount
- Captain Phillips 4K
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Wake Up Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
- Wim Wenders
- Anselm BD
- Janus Contemporaries
- Criterion Collection
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Purple Rain 4K
The Departed, Ocean’s Trilogy, Cry-Baby, Warner out of Paramount merger talks, Home Entertainment Media Play Awards & more
Happy Leap Day, Bits readers! February 29th only comes around once every four years, so enjoy it while you can.
I want to take a moment to thank all of you for your patience. We haven’t done a news update here for a couple days, and the reason is that I’ve been doing a lot more digging about that Disney and Sony physical media distribution deal, and I have in fact learned a little bit more information that will put the deal in better context. So after having a few last conversations with sources tonight, I’ll have a bit more to share on that front in tomorrow’s news update here at The Bits.
In the meantime, we’ve posted a bunch more new disc reviews here at the site as follows...
Dennis has posted his thoughts on Raoul Walsh’s The Roaring Twenties (1939) on Blu-ray from our friends at The Criterion Collection, as well as Ralph Murphy’s The Man in Half Moon Street (1945) on Blu-ray from Imprint, Robin Spry’s One Man (1977) and Elly Kenner and Norman Thaddeus Vane’s The Black Room (1982) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome, and Damien LeVeck’s A Creature Was Stirring (2023) on Blu-ray from Well Go USA.
Stewart has taken a look at Norman Jewison’s The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, Nigel Cole’s Saving Grace (2000) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection, and Alan Rudolph’s Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994) on Blu-ray from Imprint.
And finally, Stephen has check in with his take on David Cronenberg’s eXistenZ (1999) on 4K Ultra HD from Vinegar Syndrome. All are well worth a look (both the films and the discs). [Read on here...]
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Stephen Bjork
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Back the Bits
- Kino Cult
- Indicator
- Dennis Seuling
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Warner Archive Collection
- Imprint Films
- Paramount
- Once Upon a Time in the West 4K
- Paramount Presents
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- HBO Max
- The Departed 4K
- Martin Scorsese
- The Roaring Twenties BD review
- The Man in Half Moon Street BD review
- One Man BD review
- The Black Room BD review
- A Creature Was Stirring BD review
- Well Go USA
- The Criterion Collection
- The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming BD review
- Saving Grace BD review
- Mrs Parker and the Vicious Circle BD review
- eXistenZ 4K review
- David Cronenberg
- Steven Soderbergh
- Ocean's Trilogy 4K
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- DC Studios
- Harley Quinn: The Complete Fourth Season BD
- Cry Baby 4K
- John Waters
- Bluebeard BD
- Secret Beyond the Door
- Fritz Lang
- All that Breathes
- Janus Contemporaries
- The Cinema Guild
- Trenque Lauquen
- Discotek Media
- Belladonna of Sadness 4K
- Good Burger 2
- Land of Bad
- Skydance Media Paramount Global deal
- Media Play News
- Home Entertainment Media Play Awards
- Crimson Peak 4K
- American Pie 4K
- 88 Films
- Arrow Video
- Radiance
- Shinobi
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is official for 9/5, plus Air, The Boogeyman, The Johnstown Flood, new 4K catalog titles & more
In reviews today, Stephen has taken a great in-depth look at Terry Gilliam’s acclaimed Time Bandits (1981) in 4K Ultra HD from the Criterion Collection.
And Tim has weighed in with his thoughts on Chris McKay’s horror comedy Renfield (2023) on Blu-ray from Universal. The film stars Nicolas Cage, Nicholas Hoult, and Awkwafina.
As far as title announcements, the big one today is that Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has officially set the animated sequel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse for release on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on 9/5. The Digital version becomes available on 8/8. The 4K will include Dolby Atmos audio, while the Blu-ray will feature 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio. Extras will include audio commentary with the filmmakers, a deleted scene (Miguel Calling), lyric videos, and 10 behind-the-scenes featurettes (Obscure Spiders and Easter Eggs, I’mma Do My Own Thing, Across the Worlds: Designing New Dimensions, Designing Spiders and Spots, Scratches, Score and The Music of the Multiverse, Escape from Spider-Society, Across the Comics-Verse, Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie, Raising a Hero, and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Cast). You can see the final cover artwork for the 4K UHD at left and also below, along with the wide release Blu-ray cover. Note that there will also be retail-exclusive packaging SKUs, including a Steelbook at Best Buy.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has also set Cobra Kai: Season 5 for DVD only release on 9/12. [Read on here...]
- Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Cracking Collection BD
- Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment
- Tim Salmons
- Stephen Bjork
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- SpiderMan: Across the SpiderVerse 4K
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Renfield BD review
- Time Bandits 4K review
- The Criterion Collection
- Cobra Kai: Season Five DVD
- Air BD
- Ben Affleck
- Matt Damon
- Michael Jordan
- The Boogeyman
- 20th Century Studios
- The Johnstown Flood restoration
- Robert A Harris
- James Mockoski
- Janus Contemporaries
- The Innocent
- EO
- No Bears
- Violent Night 4K
- Kiss the Girls 4K
- Robodoc: The Creation of Robocop
- Decision to Leave 4K
- Mubi
- Confidential Informat
- Past Lives
- Lionsgate