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Adding to its line of updated 4k home media, Lionsgate has released a 2009 Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler police procedural thriller -- Law Abiding Citizen. And it's a good one. Well scripted, and with a nice performance by Mr. Butler as the LAC in a cat & mouse game with Philadelphia DA Jamie...

The Spy Who Dumped Me, directed by Susanna Fogel, probably sounded great in pitch. Get two great comic actresses and drop them into a fish out of water, international spy drama, using every bit of serious drama from previous Bond and other productions as a basis, and simply turn it on its head...

Ol Parker, possibly best known for his Exotic Marigold Hotel films, moves the locale from India to Greece, for the second in the Mamma Mia! series. If you enjoyed the first film, the second is more of the same, with a few new faces, and more songs from the great Swiss band Sha-Na-Na, only now...

I've always considered Steven Spielberg's Hook to be half a terrific film. Re-visiting the production via Sony's new 4k UHD Blu-ray, my feeling remains the same, with a single exception. The parts that I like, the basic premise, the opening - basically everything except the lost boys - seem...

Robert Harris submitted a new blog post A few words about...™ Step Brothers -- in 4k UHD Blu-ray Continue reading the Original Blog Post.

The Twilight Saga, based upon the incredibly popular YA novels penned by Stephanie Meyer, seems to have been on video since the time of VHS. Multiple permutations and combinations. I believe the last entry was a beautifully prepared boxed set of the entire series, which was an extremely high...

Robert Harris submitted a new blog post A few words about...™ The Evil Dead -- in 4k UHD Blu-ray Continue reading the Original Blog Post.

I was at a screening yesterday of the new Star is Born, and overheard an excited cinephile explaining to a friend, that this is not only a re-make, but the fourth version of the film - after the 1937 Technicolor Selznick, which went to WB, allowing for the 1954 and 1976. While I thought "not so...

Fox's new 4k 3-film collection of the X-Man series (2003-2006) is a quality affair. with an appropriate amount of extras for fans of the series. All three look very nice, with nicely resolved imagery, and a extra kick from HDR. The first was shot scope, the second and third, S35, with the...

Mary Harron's American Psycho is a wonderful, and interesting tribute to what is percevied as the male psyche, hormonal or otherwise. The great Mr. Ebert hit the nail on the head with his 2000 review: "It's just as well a woman directed "American Psycho." She's transformed a novel about...

This should be the Halloween that fans have been waiting for since CED and VHS days, and it's higher in quality than either. John Carpenter's original 1978, low-budget horror masterpiece, has arrived on 4k, courtesy of Lionsgate's program of newly harvesting images of their catalog titles...

Being unfamiliar with Marvel's The Punisher, which was released in 2004, I expected some sort of super-hero, crime genre, thriller. Nope. While it makes for a pretty 4k UHD Blu-ray, the film is a relentlessly dark, unappealing, revenge film, which I can only presume had it's routes as a...

Solo: A Star Wars Story, reminds me of any series of young teen or YA books that keep on coming, as there's a perceived audience for them, but with evermore tired storylines, and little imagination. Disney's latest Star Wars project, Solo, directed by Ron Howard is a gorgeously mounted...

Gary Ross delivers a fun couple of hours of entertainment (in color), with this distaff take on the Ocean's caper films, which go back to the original Ocean's 11 in 1960. Featuring a notable cast for the leads, and accessing older talent for bits, which I love -- keep an eye peeled, and you'll...

In many ways, the latest Jurassic production is more of the same. Good guys. Bad guys. Money / Greed. Dinosaurs -- many on the loose. Some chasing the good guys. Some chasing the bad guys. Some both. What the viewer receives is an enormous amount of CGI, along with a very loud and...

As Michael Bay's initial directorial feature effort, Bad Boys wasn't a bad place to begin. Stylish, fast-paced, beautifully photographed (in Toronto dressed as Miami). The initial tale is led by two comic actors, who wise-crack their way through a couple of hours of violence and mayhem...

Robert Harris submitted a new blog post A few words about...™ Christine -- in 4k UHD Blu-ray Continue reading the Original Blog Post.

Not certain how to precisely categorize Robert Wiene's Hereditary. It's rather placid for the first hour. Certainly no horror. A bit of "huh, what's going on..." That slowly builds as absolute dread begins to set in around the 90 minute mark, as Toni Collette and Alex Wolff begin to move to...

I have one of the last 1080P LED TVs made from Samsung purchased a few years back. I\ll eventually upgrade to a 4K OLED display when this current TV dies. My question is: I'm interested in buying new titles in 4K packaging since they also include the Blu-ray. What's going to occur with the HDR...

In looking around, I've come across several titles that are available to rent/purchase in iTunes via the Apple TV 4K, that are in Dolby Vision. But when I look at the 4K UHD Blu-ray releases of these same titles, they were never released in anything but HDR10. So is Apple/iTunes converting them...

The fact that there is an upcoming Jack Ryan Amazon series, premiering on August 31, makes a perfect time for Paramount to release the feature films - all five of them - on 4k. The films arrived over a 24-year span, beginning in 1990 with The Hunt for Red October, followed in 1992 with Patriot...

Three of the finest films to ever grace the silver sheet have had a running time of 222 minutes. Gone with the Wind, Lawrence of Arabia, and now... The Super Duper Cut of Deadpool 2, one of those extremely rare Marvel productions. While it plays a bit long - the short cut runs only 119 - it...

I would like to start a list and would like everyone to add to this list so we all know what 4K UHD TV's have HDR & Dolby Vision! Please format like this: Brand - Size Of Display - LED or OLED - List if it has HDR, HDR+ and or Dolby Vision and if you would like MSRP

Unfortunately, there's both good and bad news for fans of the Predator series, as Fox releases its new 4k home theater variant. Let's get the bad out of the way first. At just under $50 for the three films at street price, this is a fair deal, but it guarantees an expensive August for said...

I recently ordered this title to put my new Atmos setup through it's paces. Thanks @George_W_K for the recommendation. :) When I tried playing the UHD disc I received the below message. The only component in my system that is not HDCP 2.2 compatible is my projector [correctly identified as...

I've always felt that Steven Soderbergh should try his hand at a caper film, and he finally did in 2017. I've only recently caught up with this delightful Coenesque dramady on 4k, and loved every minute of it. Shot via a Red Epic Dragon, and yielding a final 4k DI, fans of the format have...

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Todd Erwin The Equalizer UHD Review To help promote the upcoming sequel, Sony has released The Equalizer on 4K UHD Blu-ray with upgraded picture and Dolby Atmos sound. [review]

Heads Up. Just read on The Digital Bits FB page that Superman, The Movie (1978) will be released onto UHD 4K Blu-ray in time for the 40th Anniversary of the theatrical release late this year. Don’t have any further info and I couldn’t copy the FB link to here on iPhone but check out TDB...