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Wednesday, 15 June 2016 20:23

Star Trek Into Darkness 4K reviewed, plus a 4K release update with Man of Steel & Watchmen

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All right, we’ve got a new 4k Ultra HD Blu-ray review for you: I was up late last night working on my thoughts on Paramount’s Star Trek Into Darkness which, I have to say, is right up there with Fox’s Deadpool and The Revenant in terms of establishing a bar for reference quality on this format. It’s well worth your time if you’ve upgraded to the format.  [Read on here…]

A quick update on The Martian: Extended Edition… I fully intend to review the 4K release as soon as it arrives, but review product still hasn’t even shipped from Fox yet so I’m not sure if it’s going to get here this week or not. Rest assured, I’ll get on it when it arrives. I know a lot of you have been asking about it.

Here at the site today, our own Russell Hammond has updated the Release Dates & Artwork section with all the latest Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray cover artwork and Amazon.com pre-order links. As always, whenever you order anything from Amazon after clicking to them through our links, you’re helping to support our work here at The Bits and we really do appreciate it!

Also today, we’ve got a quick update for you with regard to known future 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray releases, listed by street date. Here you go:

Divergent (Lionsgate), The Divergent Series: Allegiant (Lionsgate), The Divergent Series: Insurgent (Lionsgate), IMAX: Rocky Mountain Express (Shout!), IMAX: Flight of the Butterflies (Shout!) – 7/12

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Warner), Man of Steel (Warner), Watchman: Ultimate Cut (Warner) – 7/19

Criminal (Lionsgate) – 7/26

IMAX: Humpback Whales (Shout!) – 8/2

Lucy (Universal), Lone Survivor (Universal), Oblivion (Universal) – 8/9

The Huntsman: Winter’s War (Universal), Snow White and the Huntsman (Universal) – 8/23

IMAX: Wonders of the Arctic (Shout!), IMAX: The Last Reef – Cities Beneath the Sea (Shout!) – 9/13

Labyrinth: 30th Anniversary Edition (Sony) – 9/20

Warcraft (Universal), X-Men: Apocalypse (Fox), Ice Age 5 (Fox), Independence Day: Resurgence (Fox), Pacific Rim (Warner), The Town (Warner), Argo (Warner), Mad Max (Warner), Star Trek: Beyond (Paramount), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (Paramount), Ghostbusters (2016) (Sony) – TBA

By the way, Man of Steel and Watchmen: Ultimate Cut are both now available for pre-order on Amazon via the title links in this sentence. That is the official cover art for Man of Steel above.

Back tomorrow with more. Stay tuned...

- Bill Hunt (@BillHuntBits)