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Wes Ball's Death Cure, the final installment in the Maze Runner YA series, proves two things once again. First, that even terrible films, even when prepared for IMAX exhibition, can look superb via 4k Blu-ray... and second, that some films are best left in screenplay form, never to come before...

Since 4k UHD Blu-rays arrived on the planet in March of 2016, there has been a dearth of true 4k product. With well over 300 releases to date, I doubt that 20% are fully 4k data, as opposed to up-rezzed 2k. One of the early ethics of new technology has generally been to flood the marketplace...

Todd Erwin Black Panther UHD Review Marvel Studios’ Black Panther succeeded where many others before it have failed, an origin story of a black superhero that ultimately earned over $1.33 billion at the worldwide box office. [review]

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For those who may have felt cheated by a lack of in-your-face grain, in Paramount's recent release of Grease, there will be no such concern for Steven Speilberg's 1998 Saving Private Ryan, as it perfectly replicates the look of a first generation print, directly derived from the cut camera...

Todd Erwin Saving Private Ryan UHD Review To commemorate the film’s 20th anniversary, Paramount is releasing Saving Private Ryan on 4K UHD Blu-ray, featuring a new 4K transfer that is reference-quality. [review]

Todd Erwin Peter Rabbit UHD Review Beatrix Potter’s classic children’s stories get a modern-day updating in Peter Rabbit, a live action/computer animated comedy from Will Gluck, the director of Easy A. [review]

The Post, a film about the freedom of the press, is an old-fashioned production, as told by a master filmmaker. It's an intelligent, absorbing tale, with nary a car chase in sight. Mr. Spielberg's work on shot on film (S35/3), by Janusz Kaminski, and finished as a 4k DI, which should give you...

Todd Erwin Grease UHD Review Forty years ago, Grease hit movie screens and became a cultural phenomenon and cemented John Travolta as a movie star. For its anniversary, Paramount has released the film on 4K UHD Blu-ray, featuring a restored picture and soundtrack. [review]

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Liam Neeson is The Commuter, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra (Non-Stop, Run All Night, The Shallows), and the film is a perfect Collet-Sera / Neeson take on one of the best mystery thrillers, Murder on the Orient Express. It's a quality whodunit, with digital style to spare. As a 4k UHD mit HDR...

Leave it to Lionsgate, which has an exemplary reputation with their 4k UHD releases, to give us Scott Cooper's Hostiles, as photographed by Masanobu Takayanagi... on 35mm Eastman stock, in Panavision, and finished in 4k. Along with its DTS-HD MA 5.1 track, expect a magnificent home theater...

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The Greatest Showman, is a terrific piece of cinema, and one of my favorite films of 2017. It follows the birth of The Greatest Show on Earth, and it's creator, one, Phineas T. Barnum. Filled with almost constant motion, it's a beautifully crafted production, which is shown to great advantage...

hey guys so I need some help, so I bought the Samsung 65 inch MU8500, and I bought a $200 4K Sony blue ray player, I first watched Thor ragnarok and it looked pretty good, still felt some scenes didn’t look very clear when they were showing them from a distance, so I went online to see which tv...

Knowing, directed by Alex Proyas, is an interesting sci-fi / thriller. In 1959, a young girl contributes a strange page of numbers to a school time capsule, while her classmates draw pictures for inclusion. 2009, the capsule is opened, and the tale begins. What did the young schoolgirl know...

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Those Star Wars films just keep on comin'! Especially, now with Disney at the wheel. The nice thing is that Last Jedi, from Rian Johnson, is a quality effort. One either loves the Star Wars universe, or probably couldn't care less. I find myself somewhere in the middle. How many ways can one...

I'd never seen Joe Johnston's original Jumanji until viewing it via Columbia's new 4k UHD release. While I'd like to presume that it may have been a better film 20+ years ago, I have my doubts. What is in no way problematic, are the tech specs of the release. In typical Columbia fashion...

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I'm a huge fan of Guillermo Del Toro's work, so please access the other piece I'm posting today. The Shape of Water, an etherial, mystical tale falls somewhere between the old fairy tale Beauty & the Beast, and the newer one, Creature from the Black Lagoon. Shot digitally, and completed as a...

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If you're seeking a pleasant evening of torturous cinematic escapism, and La La Land or Beauty and the Beast don't seem to fill that bill, Jigsaw, now available from Lionsgate, may fill that void. The next installment in the ever-pleasant Saw journey, that arrived back in 2003, with James Wan's...

I was forewarned that Justice League was a horrific experience, and that possibly if Zack Snyder's original cut were available... While that may have lowered my expectations, and affected my final take on the film, I came away finding it decidedly okay. Not really fun. Not a great film by any...

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