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BREAKING ON THE BITS – It’s official: THE ABYSS, TRUE LIES & ALIENS are coming to 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on 3/12/24! Plus new
#4K
Collector’s Editions of AVATAR & AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER on 12/19/23! Full details here...👇
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BREAKING on The Digital Bits – Disney sets LOKI, WANDAVISION & MANDALORIAN: SEASONS 1 & 2 for
#Bluray
&
#4K
#UltraHD
!!
@marvelstudios
@lokiofficial
@wandavision
@starwars
@themandalorian
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BREAKING on The Digital Bits –
@20thCentury
sets Dan Trachtenberg’s PREY (2022) for
#Bluray
,
#DVD
&
#4K
#UltraHD
on 10/3!
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#4K
Review –
@stephenbjork
revisits the 1954 original GODZILLA, available in a new
#4K
#UltraHD
Japanese import from Toho with an exclusive
#4K
restoration.
@BillHuntBits
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Here are some quick answers for the questions you might have:
1. Both versions of The Abyss will be included on both 4K UHD and Blu-ray.
2. Both versions of Aliens will be included on both 4K UHD and Blu-ray.
3. ALL THREE VERSIONS of Avatar will be included on both 4K UHD and…
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BREAKING/EXCLUSIVE on The Digital Bits – Best Buy is exiting the physical media business for good in 2024
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Today on The Bits – Hey
@CBS
&
@ParamountMovies
: STAR TREK: PICARD – SEASON THREE deserves to be released in
#4K
#UltraHD
! (If you agree, share widely!)
@TheDigitalBits
@StarTrekOnPPlus
@StarTrek
#StarTrekPicard
@TerryMatalas
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#4K
Review – Todd Doogan,
@BillHuntBits
, and
@timsalmons
combine their efforts for CONAN THE BARBARIAN, available in an amazing new
#4K
#UltraHD
#Bluray
release with a great picture and a monstrous extras package from
@ArrowFilmsVideo
.
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#4K
Review –
@BillHuntBits
checks Jon Favreau’s original
#IronMan
on
#UltraHD
from
@ParamountMovies
, a fine start to the
#MCU
with great
#DolbyAtmos
sound but a disappointing 2K DI upsampled image
#Marvel
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Today on The Bits – Universal confirms it will release the
#BacktotheFuture
trilogy on
#4K
#UltraHD
in 2020 for its 35th anniversary, plus Network reveals its
#MontyPython
#Bluray
extras
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#BD
Review – This is the one you've been screaming for...
@timsalmons
dives deep into a massive 2-Part review of the new FRIDAY THE 13TH COLLECTION
#Bluray
#boxedset
from
@Scream_Factory
.
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Today on The Bits –
#StarWars
: The Skywalker Saga is coming to
#4K
#UltraHD
in March (also
#TheRiseofSkywalker
is pretty damn good)
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#4K
Review – At long last,
@BillHuntBits
takes an in-depth look at Robert Wise’s upgraded and remastered STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE – DIRECTOR’S EDITION in a 3-disc COMPLETE ADVENTURE LIMITED EDITION
#UltraHD
release from
@ParamountMovies
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This, right here... 👇
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#4K
Review –
@stephenbjork
tackles the original 1962 Japanese version of KING KONG VS. GODZILLA, available as a
#4K
#UltraHD
Japanese import from Toho.
@BillHuntBits
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Heads-up: Mel Brooks' SPACEBALLS is headed to
#4K
#UltraHD
from
@KLStudioClassic
. No word on the release date or extras, but it WILL be presented in Dolby Vision! May the Schwartz be with us!
#MelBrooks
#UHD
#comedy
#StarWars
#scifi
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Criterion’s September, Warner Archive’s Batman: Mask of the Phantasm BD, celebrating Batman Returns & more
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10/13/23 Update: Variety and Media Play News have now confirmed my reporting that Best Buy is phasing out physical media in the new year, following the 2023 holiday shopping season. The company will apparently still continue to sell videogames. A Best Buy spokesperson provided…
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#4K
Review –
@timsalmons
dives deep into the new GHOSTBUSTERS ULTIMATE COLLECTION
#UltraHD
and
#Bluray
#boxset
from
@SonyPicsHomeEnt
, featuring three films in excellent
#4K
quality and a mountain of bonus materials, both old and new!
@BillHuntBits
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Heads-up: 007: The Daniel Craig Collection (Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, Skyfall, SPECTRE) is now set for release on
#4K
#UltraHD
on 10/15 (SRP $54.99). Official announcement should be coming soon. This is temp art only.
#JamesBond
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The Fugitive, JFK & Color Purple are coming to
#4K
#UltraHD
, plus Barbie & Dead Reckoning P1 updates, support
@IngloriousTrek
’s To Boldly Go Trek doc & much more!
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Today on The Bits – BREAKING:
@DisneyStudios
sets Robert Zemeckis' Who Framed Roger Rabbit for
#4K
#UltraHD
on 12/7!
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#4K
Review – IT’S HERE!
@BillHuntBits
reviews the long-awaited STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL 4-MOVIE COLLECTION in
#UltraHD
and remastered
#Bluray
from
@ParamountMovies
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#4K
Review –
@BillHuntBits
spins Kenneth Branagh’s original
#Thor
on
#UltraHD
from
@MarvelStudios
, the fourth film in the
#MCU
with a nicely upsampled image (an upgrade over the previous
#Bluray
), good
#HDR
, and a fine new
#DolbyAtmos
sound mix
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#4K
Review –
@timsalmons
reviews (and defends) the 1984 Richard Fleischer-directed follow-up CONAN THE DESTROYER (w/
@BillHuntBits
), available in a beautiful
#4K
#UltraHD
#Bluray
release from the
@ArrowFilmsVideo
.
@BillHuntBits
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#4K
Review –
@BillHuntBits
checks out Daniel Craig’s final outing as MI6 Agent 007, NO TIME TO DIE, in a reference quality
#UltraHD
release from MGM & Universal
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Heads-up, Part Deux: Reliable retail sources are telling us to expect
#Marvel
's
#AvengersEndgame
on
#Bluray
and
#4K
#UltraHD
on 8/20. Look also for Warner and Legendary's
#GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters
on 8/27.
#MCU
#Godzilla
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BREAKING on The Bits – Lucasfilm & Disney set INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY for
#Bluray
,
#DVD
&
#4K
#UltraHD
on 12/5!
@IndianaJones
@thedigitalbits
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Bits 4K Review –
@BillHuntBits
checks out John Frankenheimer’s terrific action thriller RONIN (1998) in sublime
#UltraHD
quality from
@KLStudioClassic
, featuring Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, and some of the best high-speed car chases ever captured on film!
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Today on The Bits – It’s official!
@ParamountMovies
sets Francis Ford Coppola’s restored THE GODFATHER TRILOGY for release on
#4K
#UltraHD
on 3/22/22 in honor of the original film’s 50th anniversary! Details here...
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Today on The Bits – The Star Trek: The Motion Picture – Director’s Edition is a
#4K
restoration triumph, plus new
@ShoutFactory
and
@Scream_Factory
#Bluray
&
#UltraHD
titles for June, and more
@ParamountMovies
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BREAKING NEWS! Howard Hawks' The Thing From Another World coming to
#Bluray
from
@WarnerArchive
in November!
@BillHuntBits
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#4K
Review –
@timsalmons
revisits Nick Castle's 1984 space opera classic THE LAST STARFIGHTER, available on
#4K
#UltraHD
May 30th with a beautiful
#4K
restoration and tons of extras from
@ArrowFilmsVideo
.
@BillHuntBits
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Heads-up: Here's a nice surprise from our friends at
@KinoLorber
– they've announced a
#4K
#UltraHD
release of George Miller's original MAD MAX. The full details are not known at this time, but it will feature Dolby Vision and is slated for November 24th.
#UHD
@BillHuntBits
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#4K
Review –
@BillHuntBits
thrills to Denis Villeneuve’s DUNE (2021), a magnificent pure-cinema sci-fi epic and a demo-worthy
#UltraHD
release from
@WBHomeEnt
.
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A Moment of Reflection: Looking Back on Twenty-Five Years of The Digital Bits!
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Heads-up, Part Deux: Per our industry/retail sources, Disney and
#Marvel
’s
#AntManAndTheWasp
should arrive on
#Bluray
, DVD &
#4K
#UltraHD
on 10/16. You heard it here first, folks! As always, that’s subject to change until the title is officially announced.
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Today on The Bits – Fincher’s SE7EN in Ultra HD at last, plus FOOTLOOSE (1984) 4K, BEVERLY HILLS COP III (and a 3-Film 4K set), THE CROW (1994) is coming to 4K & more!
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#4K
Review –
@BillHuntBits
reviews Francis Ford Coppola’s epic THE GODFATHER TRILOGY in
#UltraHD
from
@ParamountMovies
, featuring all 3 films (plus 2 alternate cuts of Part 3) with stunning image restoration & a wealth of new and legacy extras
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#BD
Review –
@timsalmons
checks out Paul W. S. Anderson's 1997
#scifi
#horror
film EVENT HORIZON—now available on
#Bluray
from
@Scream_Factory
with a new
#4K
scan of the OCN.
@BillHuntBits
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#4K
Review –
@BillHuntBits
looks back at Nicholas Meyer’s gripping galactopolitical thriller STAR TREK VI: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY (1991) in
#UltraHD
and remastered
#Bluray
from
@ParamountMovies
@NicholasMQ
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This morning on The Bits – It’s official:
@ParamountMovies
sets James Cameron’s TITANIC (1997) for
#4K
#UltraHD
& 4K Collector’s Edition on 12/5! Look for Dolby Vision HDR, Atmos audio, a 100GB UHD disc & a Blu-ray bonus disc with new & legacy extras.
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Heads-up: Get your ass to Mars! Paul Verhoeven's TOTAL RECALL is coming to
#4K
#UltraHD
on December 8th for its 30th Anniversary through
@Lionsgate
in the US and
@STUDIOCANAL
in the UK. 3-Disc
#steelbook
and
#boxset
options will be available. More as it comes in!
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#4K
Review –
@BillHuntBits
spins Jonathan Frakes’ debut film STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT (1996) in a terrific new
#UltraHD
and
#Bluray
remaster from
@ParamountMovies
. This one has NEVER looked better!
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#4K
Review –
@stephenbjork
extensively reviews Walter Hill's STREETS OF FIRE, available next Tuesday in a 3-Disc
#4K
#UltraHD
&
#Bluray
set from
@ShoutFactory
with a new scan of the OCN and rich extras, including a doc by
@ballyhoofilms
.
@BillHuntBits
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Today on The Bits – Disney sets a 100-film/118-disc DISNEY LEGACY ANIMATED FILM COLLECTION Blu-ray box for Walmart-only release on 11/14 (and we have exclusive details on its contents and bonus features)
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BREAKING on The Digital Bits: Lucasfilm sets James Mangold’s INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY for Digital on 8/29 (Discs to be announced later)
#IndianaJones
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#4K
Review –
@timsalmons
revisits Peter Jackson's
#horror
#comedy
classic THE FRIGHTENERS, available in a new massive 6-Disc Region Free
#4K
#UltraHD
#Bluray
release with both cuts of the film and excellent extras from
@turbinemedien
.
@BillHuntBits
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#4K
Review –
@BillHuntBits
checks out David Lean’s magnificent LAWRENCE OF ARABIA in
#UltraHD
, only available (for now) in
@SonyPicsHomeEnt
’s new COLUMBIA CLASSICS VOLUME 1 box set
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Heads-up
@TheDigitalBits
readers:
@SonyPicsHomeEnt
would like to know what titles you’d like to see in a future Columbia Classics
#4K
Collection: Volume 2 box set, as well as separately on
#UltraHD
. Take their online poll here (I wrote in GATTACA.):
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Today on The Bits – Sony reveals its Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection: Volume 4, plus KLSC’s Kindergarten Cop
#4K
& Master and Commander celebrates its 20th anniversary
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#4K
Review –
@stephenbjork
revisits Walter Hill's 1979 cult classic THE WARRIORS, available in a new 2-Disc
#4K
#UltraHD
#Bluray
release with both cuts of the film and lots of extras from
@ArrowFilmsVideo
.
@BillHuntBits
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Now available for pre-order on Amazon: The INDIANA JONES 4-MOVIE COLLECTION in
#4K
#UltraHD
from
@ParamountMovies
&
#Lucasfilm
. Street date 6/8/21. Dolby Vision HDR & Dolby Atmos audio (new mixes by Ben Burtt)! Click here to order...
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Heads-up: The 1994
#miniseries
of Stephen King's The Stand directed by
@PostMortemMG
is coming to
#Bluray
for the first time September 24th in a Collector's Edition set "Brilliantly Restored" by CBS Home Entertainment. No word on extras just yet.
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#4K
Review –
@stephenbjork
revisits David Cronenberg's 1999
#scifi
#horror
shocker EXISTENZ, available on
#4K
#UltraHD
#Bluray
for the first time from
@VinegarSyndrome
.
@BillHuntBits
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Today on The Bits – Holy Moley,
#TheAbyss
on
#Bluray
&
#4K
#UltraHD
might finally ACTUALLY be happening! (Plus, Criterion’s 50% FLASH sale & more new announcements)
#JamesCameron
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#4K
Review –
@BillHuntBits
checks out the
#4K
#UltraHD
re-release of Don Taylor's THE FINAL COUNTDOWN from
@blunderground
featuring the same great presentation and extras, minus the additional
#Bluray
and
#CD
soundtrack.
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#4K
Review –
@stephenbjork
returns with a look at the 1964
#kaiju
classic MOTHRA VS. GODZILLA, available as a Japanese import on
#4K
#UltraHD
from Toho.
@BillHuntBits
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Heads-up: Newly-Announced for
#Bluray
from
@Scream_Factory
– The Fly Collection, featuring 1958's The Fly, Return of the Fly, Curse of the Fly, 1986's The Fly, and The Fly II.
#horror
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#4K
Review –
@stephenbjork
revisits the
#animated
#DC
classic BATMAN: MASK OF THE PHANTASM, now available on
#4K
#UltraHD
from
@WBHomeEnt
.
@BillHuntBits
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#4K
Review –
@timsalmons
sings the praises of Sidney Lumet's celebrated debut 12 ANGRY MEN, now available on
#UltraHD
#Bluray
with a new
#4K
scan and the 1997 version directed by William Friedkin alongside it from
@KLStudioClassic
.
@BillHuntBits
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#BD
Review –
@timsalmons
and
@BillHuntBits
dive deep into Ridley Scott's 1985 fantasy epic LEGEND—now available in a gorgeous
#Bluray
package from
@ArrowFilmsVideo
with excellent A/V presentations, and tons of extras. Well worth your money and time!
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#4K
Review –
@BillHuntBits
checks out David Carson’s STAR TREK: GENERATIONS (1994) in a lovely new
#UltraHD
and
#Bluray
remaster from
@ParamountMovies
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#4K
Review –
@timsalmons
revisits the 1993 live action version of SUPER MARIO BROS., available in a new 3-Disc TRUST THE FUNGUS: 30TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTOR’S EDITION
#4K
#UltraHD
#Bluray
package from
@UmbrellaEnt
.
@BillHuntBits
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Now available for pre-order on Amazon:
#PoliceSquad
: The Complete Series on
#Bluray
from
@ParamountMovies
! Street date 4/14 (SRP $24.99)
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#4K
Review –
@timsalmons
also revisits Brian De Palma's excellent CARLITO'S WAY, available in a 2-Disc Limited Edition
#4K
#UltraHD
#Bluray
release from
@ArrowFilmsVideo
.
@BillHuntBits
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#4K
Review –
@BillHuntBits
spins Joseph Kosinski’s TOP GUN: MAVERICK (2022) in reference-quality
#UltraHD
from
@ParamountMovies
, with Dolby Vision HDR, Dolby Atmos, and a variable-aspect presentation that preserves the IMAX experience
#TopGunMaverick
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#BD
Review –
@timsalmons
takes a look at the 1988 remake of The Blob, directed by Chuck Russell, in a new Collector's Edition
#Bluray
from
@Scream_Factory
.
@BillHuntBits
#horror
#remake
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Heads-up: We’ve just confirmed with
@ParamountMovies
that
#TopGunMaverick
on
#Bluray
and
#4K
#UltraHD
WILL indeed feature a variable aspect ratio presentation that shifts back and forth from 2.39 to 1.78 for IMAX sequences.
@thedigitalbits
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Today on The Bits – Thanksgiving Eve brings our Barbie
#4K
review, plus Oppenheimer’s inbound, and the amazing Vinegar Syndrome Lost Picture Show box set!
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BREAKING on The Bits – Mill Creek signs a multi-year catalog home entertainment distribution deal with Disney—and we have exclusive details!
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#4K
Review –
@BillHuntBits
reviews Jan de Bont’s SPEED (1994) on
#UltraHD
from Disney &
@20thHomeEnt
!
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