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About Steelbooks, Paramount’s Mean Girls 4Ks, plus Rocky V & Rocky Balboa in Ultra HD Steelbook, Guillermo del Toro teases new 4K remasters & more
We have a new disc review for all of you to enjoy today here at The Bits...
Our own Tim Salmons has just weighed in on the Warner Archive Collection’s Looney Tunes: Collector’s Choice – Volume 1 Blu-ray, which includes 20 classic animated shorts from 1945 to 1959, among them some real rarities. Tim will be reviewing Volume 2 and Volume 3 on Blu-ray soon as well, so watch for those to follow in the coming days.
We’ve also updated our 4K Ultra HD Release List here at The Bits today with some new titles and Amazon.com pre-order links, so you’ll definitely want to check that out here.
And over on our Patreon page today, I’ve shared a feature entitled Steelbooks (And Why Hollywood Loves Them)! that looks back at the origins and history of Steelbook packaging, and why it’s become so popular with both the Hollywood studios and retailers. This post is free and open to everyone for a couple of reasons.
First, we want to give you all a taste of the kinds of content we’re creating exclusively for our paying supporters on Patreon. And second, we’re going to be running a poll on our Patreon page on behalf of a major Hollywood studio that wants your opinion on a Steelbook project they’re considering. That will appear in the next couple days there and it too will be free and available to all. [Read on here...]
- Tim Salmons
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Bubble Bath BD review
- 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
- Release Dates & Cover Artwork update
- 4K Ultra HD Release List update
- Warner Archive Collection
- Looney Tunes Collector’s Choice: Volume One BD review
- Steelbooks And Why Hollywood Loves Them
- Mean Girls (2004) 4K
- Mean Girls (2024) 4K
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Severin Films
- Cemetery Man 4K
- MGM
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Sylvester Stallone
- Rocky V 4K Steelbook
- Rocky Balboa 4K Steelbook
- Gruv
- Rocky: The Knockout Collection 4K errors
- Guillermo del Toro
- Cronos 4K
- Blade II 4K
- Mimic 4K
- Crimson Peak 4K
- Arrow Video
- Daniel Isn't Real BD
- Witch Story 4K
- Navy Seals 4K
- China O'Brien 4K
- China O'Brien 2 4K
- La Femme Nikita 4K Steelbook
- Dune: Limited Edition BD
- Via Vision Entertainment
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Chinatown 4K
- Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 40th anniversary
- Dune: Part Two 4K
- Andor: The Complete First Season 4K
- Obi Wan Kenobi: The Complete Series 4K
- Once Upon a Time in the West 4K
Bad Lieutenant, The Gate, Lair of the White Worm, Jack Ryan: S4 in 4K & more, plus the Alien: Romulus teaser trailer is here!
We have six new disc reviews for all of you to enjoy today, including...
Stuart’s look at Denys Arcand’s Dirty Money (1972) and Paul Vecchiali’s The Strangler (1970) both on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome.
Dennis’ take on Norman Jewison’s The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics
And Stephen’s look at Robert Benton’s Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and Stanley Kramer’s Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967) in 4K from Sony’s Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection: Volume 4 box set, as well as Michael Mann’s Ferrari (2023) in Blu-ray from Neon via Decal Releasing.
All are well worth a look, so we hope you enjoy them. And more are forthcoming.
Before we get to announcement news today, Amazon has finally made Andor: The Complete First Season and Obi-Wan Kenobi: The Complete Series available for pre-order in 4K Ultra HD Steelbook format. (The Blu-ray Steelbook pre-orders should soon be live as well.) We’ve included the links and cover art below. [Read on here...]
- Decal
- Paramount
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- 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
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- Bad Lieutenant 4K
- The Gate Steelbook
- Walmart exclusive Steelbook
- The Lair of the White Worm
- Jack Ryan: Season Four 4K
- Alien Romulus teaser
- 20th Century Studios
- Dennis Seuling
- Dirty Money BD review
- The Strangler BD review
- Andor: The Complete First Season 4K
- Obi Wan Kenobi: The Complete Series 4K
- Batman (1989) 4K Steelbook
- American Sniper 4K
- Capelight Pictures
- The Roundup: No Way Out 4K
- Sci Fi Chillers Collection
- The Unknown Terror (1957)
- The Colossus of New York (1958)
- Destination Inner Space (1966)
- Galaxy Quest 4K
- Fede Álvarez
- Bound 4K
- Once Upon a Time in the West 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
Newly-announced for 4K Ultra HD: The Crow, Once Upon a Time in the West, Steel Magnolias, plus new Warner Archive Blu-rays, True Detective: Night Country & more!
Well, yesterday was kind of a big day in terms of industry news, but as it happens, there have been quite a lot of interesting 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray announcements in the last 24 hours too!
But before we get to those, we have a few more new disc reviews for you...
I’ve just taken a look at John Sturges’ Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) in 4K Ultra HD from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, as well as Ron Maxwell’s cult classic Little Darlings (1980) in 4K UHD from Vinegar Syndrome’s new Cinématographe Films label.
Stephen has turned in his thoughts on Nia DaCosta’s The Marvels (2023) in 4K Ultra HD from Marvel and Disney, along with Yoshimitsu Banno’s Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) on 4K UHD (sans English subs) from Toho Studios in Japan.
Dennis has given Ted Kotcheff’s Split Image (1982) a look on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, along with Vincente Minnelli’s Madame Bovary (1949) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.
And Stuart has reviewed Andrew V. McLaglen’s The Devil’s Brigade (1968) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics and Steve Zaillian’s Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) on Blu-ray from Imprint Films.
Many more reviews are forthcoming, including Footloose, Conan the Destroyer, and Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part One in 4K, so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for them.
Now then... in terns of title announcements, Paramount’s just dropped a couple of big ones starting with confirmation of a title we’ve mentioned here at The Bits recently: Alex Proyas’ The Crow (1994) officially streets on 4K Ultra HD and 4K Steelbook on 5/7. The 4K disc will include Dolby Vision and HDR10 high dynamic range. [Read on here...]
- The Guyver 4K
- Pursued
- The Proud and the Profane
- Monk: The Complete Sixth Season
- The Ladykillers 4K
- Stand and Deliver
- The Little Drummer Girl
- Money Talks
- The Boob
- Why Be Good?
- They Drive by Night
- 3 Godfathers
- HBO Max
- True Detective: Night Country
- Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Two
- DC
- Universal
- Migration 4K
- Steel Magnolias 4K
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Paramount Presents
- Once Upon a Time in the West 4K
- Sergio Leone
- Alex Proyas
- The Crow 4K
- Paramount
- Imprint Films
- Warner Archive Collection
- Marvel
- Searching for Bobby Fischer BD review
- The Devil's Brigade BD review
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Dennis Seuling
- Split Image BD review
- Madame Bovary BD review
- Godzilla vs Hedorah 4K review
- Cinématographe
- Little Darlings 4K review
- Gunfight at the OK Corral 4K review
- Indicator
- Toho Studios
- Kino Cult
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Stephen Bjork
- Columbia Noir 6: The Whistler
- Vinegar Syndrome
Creed III, Arrow’s Mallrats & Waterworld in 4K, Shout/Scream’s Creepshow & Motel Hell in 4K, plus Dungeons & Dragons and much more
Welcome to the first week of April, everyone!
As you might expect, over the weekend we’ve posted several more new disc reviews for you all to enjoy, including...
My reviews of Jonathan Frakes’ Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) and Stuart Baird’s Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) in 4K Ultra HD from Paramount. That completes my look at all four of the newly-remastered Star Trek: The Next Generation feature films in 4K.
Stuart’s thoughts on Clarence Brown’s Wife vs. Secretary (1936) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection and Milton Moses Ginsberg’s The Werewolf of Washington (1973) on Blu-ray from Kino Classics.
And last but certainly not least, Stephen’s in-depth review of Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, and Clyde Geronimi’s original classic animated Cinderella (1950) in 4K Ultra HD from Disney, currently available from the Disney Movie Club, but coming widely later this year.
Key note about Cinderella—it looks like Disney’s actually done this one right, with a stunning 4K remaster that respects the film’s original photochemical production by leaving its line-work, fine detail, and grain structure fully intact! This really bodes well for future 4K animated titles from the studio, and one certainly hopes that all of these original animated classics will be revisited on the format going forward. [Read on here...]
- Arrow Video June 2023 slate
- The Warner Archive Collection
- Disney Movie Club
- Walt Disney Studios
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Scream Factory
- Star Trek: Insurrection 4K review
- Stephen Bjork
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Star Trek: Nemesis 4K review
- Cinderella (1950) 4K review
- Wife vs Secretary BD review
- The Werewolf of Washington BD review
- Creed III 4K
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- MGM
- Dead & Buried 4K
- Daughters of Darkness 4K
- Blue Underground
- Shout! Factory
- The Strangler
- Private Parts
- Shaw Brothers Classics: Volume One
- ReBoot: The Definitive Mainframe Edition
- Creepshow III
- Motel Hell 4K
- Creepshow 4K
- George A Romero
- Arrow Video
- June slate
- Warriors Two
- The Lighthouse 4K
- Game Trilogy
- Mallrats 4K
- Kevin Smith
- Waterworld 4K
- Enter the Video Store: Empire of Screams box set
- Dolls
- Cellar Dweller
- Arena
- Robot Jox
- The Dungeonmaster
- Jane Campion
- In the Cut: 20th Anniversary Uncut Director's Edition
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
- Once Upon a Time in the West 4K
- Sergio Leone
Criterion’s March includes Lynch’s Inland Empire, plus Texas Chain Saw Massacre in 4K from Dark Sky, new Warner Archive Blu-ray titles & more
We’ve got some breaking release news to cover today here at The Bits, so let’s get right to it...
Criterion has just announced their new March 2023 titles, and fans of David Lynch should be very pleased. The slate includes a 4K upgrade of Michael Curtiz’s classic noir Mildred Pierce (Spine #860 – 4K + Blu-ray Combo) on 3/7, John Woo’s Last Hurrah for Chivalry (Spine #1174 – Blu-ray only) on 3/14, David Lynch’s long awaited remaster of Inland Empire (Spine #1175 – Blu-ray only) on 3/21, and Joan Micklin Silver’s Chilly Scenes of Winter (Spine #1176 – Blu-ray only) on 3/28.
We’ve been hoping for an actual 4K UHD release of Lynch’s Inland Empire, but like so many of the other Criterion titles that have been remastered in 4K yet released on Blu-ray first (only to be upgraded later), we suspect that an Ultra HD edition will come in time.
Also coming to 4K Ultra HD from Dark Sky Films on 2/28 is Tobe Hooper’s Texas Chain Saw Massacre, with Dolby Vision HDR, Dolby Atmos audio, and a new documentary called The Legacy of the Texas Chain Saw Massacre. [Read on here...]
- Dragonslayer 4K
- Paramount
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Sergio Leone
- Once Upon a Time in the West 4K
- Criterion March 2023 slate
- David Lynch
- Inland Empire
- Mildred Pierce 4K
- Dark Sky Films
- Tobe Hooper
- Texas Chain Saw Massacre 4K
- The Warner Archive Collection
- Chilly Scenes of Winter
- Last Hurrah for Chivalry
- John Woo
- Arsène Lupin Collection
- Silent Avant Garde
- Our Dancing Daughters
- Rancho Notorious
- Wife vs Secretary
- The Long Long Trailer
- Goodbye Mr Chips
- Till
Strange World, The Fabelmans, Crimes of the Future, The Adventures of Batman & updates on Dragonslayer & Once Upon a Time in the West in 4K
We start with two more new disc reviews today (and there might be one more from me later this evening, but it should certainly be up by tomorrow morning)...
Tim has reviewed Crane Wilbur’s The Bat (1959), which is available in a fine new Blu-ray edition from our friends at The Film Detective.
And Dennis has offered his thoughts on Lynne Littman’s Testament (1983), a post-apocalyptic drama from PBS’ American Playhouse and Paramount Pictures that includes William Devane, Jane Alexander, Kevin Costner, Rebecca De Mornay, and Lukas Haas. That’s new on Blu-ray from the good folks at Imprint Films.
Now then, the big announcement news today is that Disney has just officially set Don Hall and Qui Nguyen’s animated Strange World for release on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on 2/14. Look for the Digital and Disney+ streaming release to happen on 12/23. Audio will be Dolby Atmos on the 4K and DTS-HD MA on Blu-ray, as always. Extras will include 4 featurettes (Anatomy of a Scene: Creating A Strange World, Strange Science, Creature Feature, and The Hidden Secrets of Strange World), outtakes, and 4 deleted scenes (The Ballad of Jaeger Clade, Lightning Lynx, Funerals and Promises, and Ethan and Searcher). You can see the cover artwork at left and also below. [Read on here...]
- Once Upon a Time in the West 4K
- Sergio Leone
- Arrow Video
- Warner Bros
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Paramount
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Disney
- Strange World 4K
- Steven Spielberg
- The Fabelmans 4K
- David Cronenberg
- Crimes of the Future 4K
- The Adventures of Batman BD
- Dragonslayer 4K
- The Film Detective
- The Bat BD review
- Imprint Films
- Testament BD review
- Tar BD
- Legion of Super Heroes 4K
- DC
- The Adventures of Batman: The Complete Collection BD
- Filmmation
- The Dunwich Horror BD
- Heat (1986)
- If I Had a Million
Bones and All, Prey for the Devil, Jackie Chan: Volume 1 & more, plus updates on To Live and Die in LA & Once Upon a Time in the West in 4K
Today’s My Two Cents update begins as always with more new disc reviews...
Tim and I have taken a look at Kino Lorber Studio Classics’ new 4K Ultra HD upgrade of the classic Joseph Sargent heist thriller The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), which stars Robert Shaw and Walter Matthau. Among other things, it’s a great New York City movie and if you’ve ever wondered where director Quentin Tarantino got the idea for his character names in Reservoir Dogs, look no further.
Also today, we’ve gone in-depth on Via Vision’s new Dirty Dancing: Limited Edition Steelbook 4K Ultra HD release, which takes Lionsgate’s already fine remastering work on the title and adds a few more extras via their own exclusive bonus Blu-ray Disc.
And Tim has also reviewed Bob Clark’s Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things: 50th Anniversary Edition in 4K Ultra HD from VCI Entertainment, which includes a new 4K scan and remaster but only Standard Dynamic Range, as well as Nico Mastorakis’s Nightmare at Noon (1988) on Blu-ray from our friends at Arrow Video.
More reviews are on the way tomorrow and beyond, so be sure to watch for them. [Read on here...]
- 20th Century Fox
- Tim Salmons
- Paramount
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- Bluray
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bones and All BD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Warner Bros
- The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 4K review
- Via Vision
- Dirty Dancing: Limited Edition Steelbook 4K review
- VCI Entertainment
- Nightmare at Noon BD review
- Arrow Video
- Prey for the Devil 4K
- Lionsgate
- Warm Bodies Best Buy 4K Steelbook
- Detective Knight: Redemption BD
- To the End
- The Prince of Egypt 4K
- Shout! Factory
- The Jackie Chan Collection: Volume 1 BD
- The Return of Tanya Tucker
- Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted DVD
- To Live and Die in LA 4K
- William Friedkin
- Sergio Leone
- Once Upon a Time in the West 4K
- Say Anything
- The Magnificent Seven 4K
- Three Colors Trilogy 4K
- The Remains of the Day 4K
KLSC reveals more Man with No Name 4Ks, plus Hitchcock Vol. 2, Shinkai from GKids, Police Around the World & more!
We’re working on new disc reviews here at The Bits at the moment, and we have a few recently-posted ones to catch you all up on today...
I’ve posted my thoughts on Lana Wachowski’s The Matrix Resurrections in 4K Ultra HD from Warner Bros.
Stephen has turned in his review of a Region B Blu-ray double-feature title from All the Anime: Makoto Shinkai’s The Place Promised in Our Early Days and Voices of a Distant Star. Hold that thought for a moment.
Tim has checked in with a look at Christophe Gans’ Silent Hill and Brian Trenchard-Smith’s The Man from Hong Kong on region-free Blu-ray from our friends at Umbrella Entertainment.
And Dennis has offered his take on David Butler’s Lullaby of Broadway (1951) on Blu-ray from The Warner Archive Collection.
I’m also working on a review of Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story on 4K Ultra HD from 20th Century Studios, and I’ve just gotten my hands on Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather Trilogy in 4K from Paramount. So be sure to watch for those reviews to get posted over the weekend and early next week. Rest assured, the rest of the team has more new reviews on tap for the coming week as well. [Read on here...]
- Tim Salmons
- 4K Ultra HD Release List
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bluray
- Stephen Bjork
- Dennis Seuling
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Star Wars: Obi Wan Kenobi
- The Man with No Name 4K
- The Matrix Resurrections 4K review
- Voices of a Distant Star BD review
- The Place Promised in Our Early Days BD review
- Silent Hill BD
- The Man from Hong Kong BD
- Lullaby of Broadway BD
- The Warner Archive Collection
- All the Anime
- GKids
- Shout! Factory
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Lullaby of Broadway BD review
- West Side Story 4K
- The Godfather Trilogy 4K
- A Fistful of Dollars 4K
- For a Few Dollars More 4K
- Once Upon a Time in the West 4K
- Sergio Leone
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment
- The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection: Volume 2 4K
- Saboteur 4K
- Shadow of a Doubt 4K
- Marnie 4K
- The Trouble with Harry 4K
- Family Plot 4K
- Makoto Shinkai
- 5 Centimeters Per Second BD
- Children Who Chase Lost Voices BD
- Disney Movie Club
- Darby O'Gill and the Little People BD
- The Gnome Mobile BD
- The Police Around the World BD