Here's the full look at Ringo Lam's CITY ON FIRE in a tasty 4K edition from ViaVision in Australia -- although note that I did have one issue:

Bits #4K Review – @sbjork.bsky.social takes another look at Ringo Lam's 1987 #action film CITY ON FIRE, available in a 2-Disc #4K #UltraHD #Bluray release from @imprintfilms.bsky.social & Via Vision Entertainment. thedigitalbits.com/reviews/item...

And, here's the full look at the franchise that was never meant to be, co-starring an actor who never should have played the role that he did, now in glorious 4K!

Bits #4K Review – @sbjork.bsky.social also revisits Guy Hamilton's 1985 #action #adventure REMO WILLIAMS: THE ADVENTURE BEGINS, available in a 2-Disc #4K #UltraHD #Bluray release from @kinolorber.com. @billhuntbits.bsky.social thedigitalbits.com/reviews/item...

Here's the full look at Tsui Hark's classic PEKING OPERA BLUES, now in 4K from Imprint using the same restoration as the Shout! Studios version, but with added multichannel mixes and a boatload more extras:

Bits #4K Review – @sbjork.bsky.social revisits Tsui Hark's 1986 #action #comedy PEKING OPERA BLUES, available in a Limited Edition 2-Disc #4K #UltraHD #Bluray release from @imprintfilms.bsky.social & Via Vision Entertainment. @billhuntbits.bsky.social thedigitalbits.com/reviews/item...

A review of Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985) It’s not often that a director is given the opportunity to establish a franchise that doesn’t just stand the test of time, but also has enormous multigenerational cultural impact. It’s even less often...

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I actually pre-ordered it when it was first announced. I was going to review it back then, but it was bad enough that it didn't seem worth the time. But I just reviewed the new Umbrella Blu-ray, so it seemed like a good time to revisit this disc. It's definitely the worst UHD that l own.

Here's the full look at one of the best films in either the Empire Pictures or Full Moon catalogues, TRANCERS, in one of the worst 4K releases in the history of the format, thanks to Full Moon. (The previous sentence pretty much sums up Charles Band in a nutshell.)

Bits #4K Review – @sbjork.bsky.social revisits Charles Band's 1984 #scifi #action film TRANCERS, available in a disappointing 2-Disc #4K #UltraHD #Bluray release from @fullmoonfeatures.bsky.social. @billhuntbits.bsky.social thedigitalbits.com/reviews/item...

A review of Peking Opera Blues (1986) Tsui Hark’s PEKING OPERA BLUES (aka DO MA DAAN) opens with a credit sequence that features male Peking Opera performers in full costume and elaborate makeup. They’re looking directly into the camera a...

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A review of City on Fire (1987) Stop me if you've heard this one before: A group of criminals stage a robbery at a jewelry store that goes horribly, horribly awry. The survivors hole up while trying to avoid the police, and they dis...

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Here's a look at Simon Wincer's unabashedly wonderful (and still woefully underappreciated) adaptation of Lee Falk's THE PHANTOM, now with every single one of Billy Zane's muscles perfectly defined in 4K:

Here's a look at Simon Wincer's unabashedly wonderful (and still woefully underappreciated) adaptation of Lee Falk's THE PHANTOM, now with every single one of Billy Zane's muscles perfectly defined in 4K:

Here's the full look at Umbrella's third Full Moon Fright Box, featuring PUPPET MASTER II, PUPPET MASTER III, TRANCERS, and SLAVE GIRLS FROM BEYOND INFINITY -- a very nice selection of titles:

Bits #BD Review – @sbjork.bsky.social delves into the FULL MOON FRIGHT BOX VOL. 3 featuring PUPPET MASTER II & III, TRANCERS, and SLAVE GIRLS FROM BEYOND INFINITY, a 4-Disc #Bluray #boxset import from @umbrellaent.bsky.social. @billhuntbits.bsky.social thedigitalbits.com/reviews/item...

Heads up @thedigitalbits.bsky.social readers: Pre-orders are up for Disney's ALICE IN WONDERLAND 4K. Street date 5/5.👇
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A review of Trancers (1984) All that glitters is not gold, and all that is part of the Full Moon catalogue didn’t necessarily have its origins there. Such is the case with TRANCERS, a film that Charles Band produced and directed...

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Today on @thedigitalbits.bsky.social website – Criterion’s July Slate, plus: G**dammit… Disney has a #4K Disc Problem (Again!)
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Bits #4K Review – @sbjork.bsky.social revisits the highly underappreciated 1996 superhero adventure THE PHANTOM, available in a 2-Disc #4K #UltraHD #Bluray release from @kinolorber.com. @billhuntbits.bsky.social thedigitalbits.com/reviews/item...

Bits #BD Review – @timsalmons.bsky.social dives into the 2025 #horror documentary HEARTS OF DARKNESS: THE MAKING OF THE FINAL FRIDAY in a 2-Disc #Bluray release from Red Shirt Home Video & @synapsefilms.bsky.social. @billhuntbits.bsky.social thedigitalbits.com/reviews/item...

A review of Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge (1991) Charles Band wasted no time putting the third PUPPET MASTER installment into production, with the finished product hitting the shelves just eight months after PUPPET MASTER II. This time, producer Dav...

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David Byrne - Life During Wartime - Live at Coachella 2026 YouTube video by Coachella

The man may not move like he used to, but he still can put on a helluva show when doing "Life During Wartime":

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Today on @thedigitalbits.bsky.social website – Warner Archive’s May slate has 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, plus Fight Club in #4K Digital, a new Spielberg box & Speed Racer in IMAX!
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Bits #BD Review – @sbjork.bsky.social revisits the highly underappreciated 1996 superhero adventure THE PHANTOM, available on #Bluray from @kinolorber.com (#4K #UltraHD forthcoming). @billhuntbits.bsky.social thedigitalbits.com/reviews/item...

Here's the full look at Leni Riefenstahl's debut feature THE BLUE LIGHT, now on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber (in its original 1932 version, too):

Bits #BD Review – @sbjork.bsky.social examines Leni Riefenstahl's 1932 film THE BLUE LIGHT, available on #Bluray from @kinolorber.com as part of the Kino Classics line. @billhuntbits.bsky.social thedigitalbits.com/reviews/item...

That's funny, I just double-checked my full reviews of the UHD and Blu-rays, and I had David everywhere else. So I my brain just wasn't in sync that one time.

A review of Puppet Master II (1990) Full Moon Entertainment officially launched in 1989 with PUPPET MASTER, a film that would come to define Full Moon in more ways than one. Directed by David Schmoeller (who had already brought mannequi...

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Whoops, my brain was typing faster than my fingers. I'll fix it.