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Andor 4K reviewed, plus the Media Play Awards, Anchorman in Ultra HD, RIP Eleanor Coppola & more news
We’ve got a big new disc review for you all today here at The Bits, and it’s a title that a lot of you have been waiting for: My look at Tony Gilroy’s Andor: The Complete First Season (2023) in 4K Ultra HD Steelbook from Lucasfilm and Disney! All the details are in the review, but suffice it to say that the release absolutely does not disappoint. The video quality is stunning.
We’ve also got a bunch of recent reviews that our staffers have shared over the last few days that I need to round up here for you guys, including...
Stephen’s reviews of Sergio Martino’s The Great Alligator (1979) in 4K Ultra HD from Severin Films, Rod Lurie’s The Last Castle (2001) in 4K Ultra HD from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, John Ford’s 3 Godfathers (1948) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection, and Walter Hill’s The Long Riders (1980) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Tim’s reviews of Frank Henenlotter’s Basket Case (1982) in 4K Ultra HD from Arrow Video, Michael Laughlin’s Strange Invaders (1983) on Blu-ray from Imprint, and Hanna-Barbera’s animated Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers (1987) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.
And finally, Dennis’ review of Nancy Savoca’s Dogfight (1991) on Blu-ray from the Criterion Collection.
Meanwhile, we have a couple or housekeeping items to report here at The Bits today... [Read on here...]
- South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
- Team America: World Police
- Tim Salmons
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- 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
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Lionsgate
- Paramount
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Release Dates & Artwork update
- Media Play News
- Home Entertainment Media Play Awards
- Stephen Bjork
- Dennis Seuling
- The Great Alligator 4K review
- The Last Castle 4K review
- The Long Riders BD review
- Walter Hill
- Andor: The Complete First Season 4K review
- Tony Gilroy
- Lucasfilm
- Disney+
- Severin Films
- 3 Godfathers BD review
- Warner Archive Collection
- Arrow Video
- Basket Case 4K review
- Strange Invaders BD review
- Imprint
- Hanna Barbera
- Scooby Doo Meets the Boo Brothers BD review
- Dogfight BD review
- Criterion
- American Fiction
- When Eight Bells Toll
- Dark City
- No Man of Her Own
- Beware My Lovely
- Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XIX
- Death and the Maiden
- The Getaway
- Shout! Factory
- Rocky V 4K Steelbook
- Rocky Balboa 4K Steelbook
- MGM
- Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 4K
- Deathdream 4K
- Blue Underground
- Eleanor Coppola RIP
- Terry Carter RIP
- 12 Strong 4K
- Shrek Forever After 4K
- Shrek 4 Movie Collection 4K
Eclipse 2024, the Dune: Part Two street date, One from the Heart: Reprise, Drive-Away Dolls & Warner fixes the Rocky: Knockout Collection 4K discs!
All right, I hope all of you guys here in the States checked out the solar eclipse this morning! Here in Southern California, the Moon only covered about 54% of the Sun at maximum, but I took the scope out this morning anyway and got a couple good pictures that I’ll share below the break.
In the meantime, the big news today is unofficial, but it comes from enough retail sources now that I’m confident it’s accurate: Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment will release Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two (2024) on Blu-ray, DVD, 4K Ultra HD, and 4K UHD Steelbook on 5/14. And while we’ll have to wait for the official press release (expected anytime now) to be sure, based on the promo images the studio is sharing with some of the pre-order listings, it looks like the aspect ratio for the title may be full 1.78:1. This would replicate the maximum IMAX image area for home viewing. Again, that’s not certain yet. So fingers crossed, we’ll know more very soon. You can see the 4K Steelbook art at left and also below the break.
[Editor’s Note: The 5/14 date is now official per WBHE, but we’ve confirmed that the aspect ratio will be 2.39:1 only. Don’t attack the messenger please; we’re only passing on what we’ve learned.]
Also newly announced today by Lionsgate is Francis Ford Coppola’s One from the Heart: Reprise (1982), which will finally arrive here in the States in 4K Ultra HD on 5/7. The entire film has been restored from the original camera negative and six minutes of footage have been added back to the film by Coppola himself. The 4K package will include a UHD disc of the new cut plus the original 1982 Theatrical Version on Blu-ray, with all of its legacy special features. [Read on here...]
- Dune: Part Two 4K
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Rocky: The Knockout Collection 4K errors
- Rocky Balboa 4K Steelbook
- Rocky V 4K Steelbook
- Sylvester Stallone
- Warner Bros Discovery Home Entertainment
- 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
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Solar Eclipse 2024
- One from the Heart: Reprise 4K
- Lionsgate
- Drive Away Dolls
- Ethan Coen
- Universal
- Rocky 4K replacement discs
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Denis Villeneuve
- StudioCanal
- Narrow Margin 4K
- Are You Being Served? The Movie
- Madam Web 4K
- Kung Fu Panda 4 4K
- Well Go USA
- Noryang: Deadly Sea BD
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