NEW RELEASE RUNDOWN - Sergio Leone and The Crow on 4K, Arrow, Radiance, Imprint, and More! 

Seeing the crow back in the day in the theatre was amazing. Being 14 at the time I loved it. The mid 90s ruled!

You are right, Heath~we just had fun in the 80s. The joy of it all. I miss it too. Great rundown!

I personally love both Spaghetti westerns as well as American Westerns. I think your spot on about your assessment of Spaghetti Westerns being very formulaic and kind of Comic booky. I’d also add that typically I find the music in Italian Westerns and Italian films in general, to be much more prominent and in your face, which I love. Gotta give a shout out to the Corbucci westerns, as The Great Silence is one of my personal favorite westerns of all time.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is my favorite Leone Western. Once is number #2. There is still another Spaghetti western (not Leone's but his idea) I'd like see get an upgrade, "My Name is Nobody" which has an opening shootout that rivals "once". Leone's gangster epic "Once Upon a Time in America" could do with an upgrade as well.

Alan Smithee is a cinematic genius. How DARE you question him!!! 😂

Thanks as always! The Shinobi films star Raizo Ichikawa, a major star of the samurai/ninja genre. He tragically died young of cancer and has a James Dean-type following in Japan. He also did a twelve-film series called The Sleepy Eyes of Death where he plays the classic ronin loner.

Thanks man. You make great videos and always have a great disposition. Appreciate all the dedication.

I used to subscribe to Entertainment Weekly last century. They ran an article which was titled something like "Is the Crow a Cursed Movie?" A couple of weeks later Brandon Lee was killed on set. So the answer was yes.

Thanks, Heath! God bless and stay safe!

As a 24-year-old and lover of the classics, I love the grain texture to film. Thanks again Heath for an entertaining video!

Great update Heath! Thanks

I appreciate these kind of videos. I don't comment very often, but have been watching you on RU-vid for a few years now. I find your videos entertaining and informative. I'm always interested in what's coming out. With a collection of over 2800 movies and TV shows, I'm always interested in movies that are completely unknown to me. You help me with that. Thank you for everything you do.

hoping I like the Once Upon West transfer - such a great western!

LET'S GET HARRY was directed by Stuart Rosenberg, a director probably best known for COOL HAND LUKE, AMITYVILLE HORROR, and THE POPE OF GREENWICH VILLAGE. Apparently, Rosenberg asked his name to be taken off the film because without his involvement additional footage of Mark Harmon was shot and edited into the film to capitalize on Harmon's growing fame. Rosenberg only directed one more film in his life. He died in 2007.

I got my MVD rewind copy of Joysticks today.

Stealth = Shinobi

I’m very excited for the Crow! I love watching it as it transports me back in time

I've never seen The Crow and still know much about it. Thanks for sharing what you know

Heath, I highly recommend LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL. Since you're a fan of old school talk shows, and horror films, this should be right up your street. It's also both fun and dark.

I enjoy the Crow but it does have its issues. Especially, he never has any any threat of re-dying. Kind of no risk. Dark City is his masterpiece.

1983 Strange invaders ive got on MGM midnite movies dvd.

By the way, Lewis Allens 1945 the Unseen is coming out on blu ray double feature from Imprint.

Carpenter Movies aren’t just Westerns….they’re all (essentially) Rio Bravo. Assault on Precinct 13, Halloween, The Thing, Escape From New York, Ghost of Mars- it’s ALL Rio Bravo!

Your Tin Star review was great, please do one for OUATITW, and please ask Kino to release more of The Man With No Name slipcovers, or even better a trilogy of the three... 😁

Richard Harris and MacArthur Park … crazy that he made that song, more crazy is that it was a big hit, and even crazier, yet that many (like me) were slow to make the connection

Once Upon a Time in the West, looking forward to my UK special edition release, and if it looks better than previous releases, then that's what counts, grain or no grain, but admittedly I like grain too... 😊

Regarding Once, I’ve never understood why some people will say, “If you don’t like it, just don’t buy it”. I’ve heard that said a lot with the Aliens 4K. I don’t understand that logic.

I'll need to see it myself but I don't like that Paramount often reduces the grain and other characteristics of film sources.

I just watched Assault on Precinct 13 on the Criterion Channel and thought to myself that it was a lot like a western. Funny you had mentioned that in your video. Thanks Heath. Great stuff as always

Nice mention of MacAuther park. Maybe the most obscure song Weird Al would ever use for a parody? (Jurassic Park)

Hey Heath. Great vid as always. I totally agree the 80s were a fun time and sadly it can’t & won’t be ever duplicated again. If it was up to me I would live in a time loop from mid 60s-1988-89-ish.

Once Upon a Time In the West, We Used To Have Grain. I don't care. I am still excited about this.

Also got Dario Argentos Creepers on 4k UHD aka Phenomena! Looks great on 4k.

I picked up several DC animated from the "Golden" days of Dollar Tree movie drops. Dvds and Blu-rays. Probably wasn't great for WB, but I appreciated it 🤙

I enjoy grain unless it is so bad due to a higher resolution. I am thinking the Scottish highlands battle scene in Highlander. It was always grainy to a fault but they 4k cleaned it up just enough without wrecking it.

Leonard Martin goes live almost every Sunday

Crazy William Friedkin was also associated with Jason Miller from the exorcist with the father to Jason Patrick....

What could possibly be the reason to remove grain only to put it back? What?

Such good releases...!!!

Beastie Heath 😂

I loved the commentary on Kill Zone. Carrie Anne Moss was on the FX series (based on the Brian Brown movie)

Thanks for another great video Heath. Have to agree, O.U.A.T.I.T.W is Leone's masterpiece. Got it on pre order, so looking forward to it... As I've said before, I'm not a fan of heavy or excessive grain, but even I didn't like the 4k of American Graffiti. It looked too smoothed-over. It looked weird, no AI restoration/upscale applied. Those Walmart and Best Buy exclusives are really annoying, because while they look awesome, they're not available in places like Aus, they won't ship here, can only find them later on eBay but for 2-3 times the price

Sean Penn's, The Indian Runner also had a real child birth as well. I remember when it came out and the poster had a warning about it. I was sent Pandemonium to review , the release date is May 27 to be on the Arrow channel. With your words on the movie and how you feel after watching certain movies, I would suggest you pass on The Coffee Table, I was messed up for days after.

The crow wasn’t shot in NC to avoid unions it just happens to be a right to work state. It was a paramount feature with a union crew using the former DeLaurentis turned Carolco turned Screen Gems stages

Is The Crow essentially an extended snuff film?

I used to bring “Leonard Maltin’s TV Movies” book to high school. But I was so embarrassed that hid it with a book cover.

In my opinion, most Italian cowboy movies just tend to have scene to drawn out to a fault. That being said, they are excellent movies.

About OUATITW, why would they put this on a BD66 disc? I'm sure the picture looks fine (i do wish they'd leave the grain alone) but a strong bitrate is always better, so that's kinda disapointing. Anyway, can't wait to get mine (tomorrow probably)

Excellent video as always! I’d have to go with the sadly underrated DUCK YOU SUCKER for my fave Leone film, with TGTBATU number two and ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA number three. Re: THE CROW, I was underwhelmed by it in the theatre but I might be up for a rewatch sometime to see if I like it any better. I would agree, DARK CITY is a better film from what I remember, quite good indeed.

Great update! For BOBBY DEERFIELD, Columbia had US distribution rights and Warners had distribution rights outside the US. BOBBY DEERFIELD and CASTLE KEEP is a very strange double feature. DC Animated announced that they will be releasing an animated version of WATCHMEN after the third part of CRISIS. So, I wouldn't listen to sub space chatter. I remember LET'S GET HARRY as a pretty good film. Mark Harmon originally only appeared at the end of the film. He blew up before the movie opened, and the producers added a couple of new scenes with Harmon being abducted, etc. The director, Stuart Rosenberg, didn't agree with the additions and asked for his name to be taken off the film. STRANGE INVADERS is a very entertaining follow-up to the great STRANGE BEHAVIOR (aka DEAD KIDS). Paul Le Mat is the co-star, and several of the actors in STRANGE BEHAVIOR are in INVADERS Louise Fletcher, Charles Lane (you'll recognize him), June Lockhart, Kenneth Tobey, and the amazing Fiona Lewis. You should try to interview David J. Schow. In addition to his fiction and work on films, he has written several amazing books on the original "The Outer Limits" series. Remember, Heath, it can't rain all of the time. What's up with the hair?

Richard Harris was great in many movies, but my favourite is The Wild Geese with Richard Burton and Roger Moore. Love to see The Wild Geese & The Wild Geese II come out on 4K...

For some odd reason I really like both Once Upon a Time in the West and The Crow but have never owned either. Guess this will be my opportunity to get both and in the top format ... plus it sounds like I can get at least one of them in store with cash. Also funny that you named titles there that have a cast I love and yet have not seen. Gotta fix that.

I agree with you on The Crow. Didn’t care for the grunge style or the story very much. Not bad exactly just not my jam.

Interesting comments on film 'heaviness'. Recently purchased the Kino Lorber edition of the Duane Jones thriller GANJA AND HESS. It is a disturbing film that also stayed with me for days after viewing. Not particularly gory - only a couple scenes with blood - but an uncomfortable film that expects you to do some of the heavy lifting. It actually serves as an excellent companion to Jone's previous NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. A real winner but a heavy pic indeed.

What does drain mean?

Thank you for the review of 4k Once upon a time in the west. I love film grain, saw it in a Cinema long long time ago, but come on, iam getting this soon, if its going the way like, Abyss+Aliens "they look great" i won`t mind. The ending in this movie were every thing falls into place, is just awesome, this is a movie master piece.

I am older and I love black and white movies and like some grain.....BUT its the quality of the movie that counts way more......These older movies way so much more class compared to the garbage that these new movies are........I dont care.......grain, no grain, 4k, blu ray or DVD......I just appreciate these movies that were a huge part of my childhood....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

“This is controversial because….everything is controversial” this is statement is so true 😂 I watched this transfer and thought it was great. I mean I’ve seen better 4k films but it was still really good, imo. And not nearly as bad as some have made it out be and I would easily recommend it to anyone who’s a fan of the film. It’s disappointing when there’s a negative label attached to a transfer like this, before it releases. Saw way too many people canceling preorders

Really disappointed that The Crow does not have blu ray disc! Cmon Paramount

Still waiting for Via Vision, the man who haunted himself 1970. Also got Joysticks from Diabolik dvd.

Heys guys , can somebody tell me if it is 100 or 66 gb.....thx

What doea grain mean

Even though I’m a big, spaghetti western fan, I admit that most of them rip off American westerns and even other Italian westerns … and yet they have a secret sauce (spaghetti?) that makes them beautiful.

Nothing to do with Vinegar Syndromes Pandemonium slasher movie.

Bobby Deerfield is a split rights deal it was Sony US / Warners had intl - a first artists production which was Paul Newman Sidney Poitier and Barbara Streisand’s prodco. Sony has their own pick pack and ship and skus mill creek only takes lesser titles that Sony doesn’t want to spend any money for back room operations. I think Sony now handling Disney physical yes ,

Overall i also prefer american western, and ive seen probably thousands, but i consider once upon a time in the west the best western of all time, it has pretty much everything

Did you say it's pretty queen?

A NEW FILM RU-vid CHANNEL RAGING DRAGON CINEMA.

Alex Cox did a lousy commentary track for MAN OF THE EAST. Complained about the opening title song. Complained about the editing. Slammed Terrence Hill for not being Clint Eastwood. I only got 10 minutes into it before turning it off. I hope he doesn't spend time whining on the ONCE UPON A TIME release.

Hi Heath! Love your show! IMPORTANT QUESTION ABOUT THE 4K “ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST”! Pop your disc into your player and go to the very end with the title credits and listen to the music. DOES THE FILM FADE OUT WITH A JAUNTY, WHISTLING PIECE (Addio Cheyenne) OR WITH FULL STRING ORCHESTRA WITH VOICE (Finale)??? All HD physical media versions have the wrong ending with the altered musical soundtrack! The film should end with the beautiful elegiac music by Ennio Morricone’s full orchestra and voice, NOT with his “happy-go-lucky” whistling piece! The altered music ruins the emotional impact of the ending. I don’t want to buy another copy of this great film with the weaker revisionist ending! I read that Paramount was going to fix this… have they?

I can't say movie subject matter really gets me dark. Usually I'm dark by default and movies are the reprieve from that. That's why I spend all my free time watching them. For me, a movie can only make things worse when it's bad, mediocre or dull. Which, unfortunately is more often than not the case. Especially new movies. But I'm always looking for the great ones. Always chasing that high

I’m guessing the vast majority of the OUATITW buyers are over 50, and the vast majority of those grew up with and appreciate film grain and true archival restoration. Bad move Paramount!

im not going to buy the crow i dont have a 4k player yet. i already have it on bluray

Making Once upon a time in the West look less filmic than the Blu-Ray is just absurd. The colors look better, but on the other hand they've removed grain which makes the copy not as sharp and details in many instances. Paramount is just botching their releases at this point.

You know I’m very disappointed with the crow and these studios because we’re seeing more now them just releasing these 4ks with no blu ray disc which means there’s no blu ray remastered with the 4k scan. So the blu ray only people like myself who don’t have and has no interest in the format at the moment can’t enjoy this new release for the crow and can’t watch the new special features. Studios are doing this more often now and I’m sick of it

I dont care about 4k!!!!

I think this constant fetishisation of grain is just ridiculous. If you want it grainy, watch a DVD copy. The whole point of higher definition formats is to experience a clearer picture. Overly grainy 4Ks look like trash and are complete waste of the format.