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Fox is doing a superb job with their 4k UHD releases, and this one fooled me. Finished as a 2k DI, TBOE,M, at least to my eye, looks like true 4k. And that speaks volumes about Ben Davis' cinematography. Details are so meticulously presented -- and I'm referring to dashboard instrumentation...

Fox's new 4k Blu-ray of Kenneth Branagh's Murder on the Orient Express, is a perfect example of the fact that quality of image and sound are of supreme importance. I attempted to view the film a couple of months ago on a DVD screener, and gave up after about twenty minutes, resolved to the...

Todd Erwin Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life UHD Review Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, Angelina Jolie’s second outing as the video game adventurer, manages to capture much of the fun of the first film despite its ridiculous plot involving Pandora’s Box. [review]

Todd Erwin Lara Croft: Tomb Raider UHD Review Paramount is releasing their two entries on 4K UHD Blu-ray. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, from 2001, benefits from a spiffy new 4K transfer. [review]

"In a world" where young people are taught to bully and hate, Stephen Chbosky's (Beauty and the Beast, Perks of Being a Wallflower) Wonder makes us believe that A. there may be some good out there, and B. there may be hope. It's film about a young (middle school) boy, with distorted facial...

Cloverfield (2008), and 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016), are a pair of High-Concept horror/thrillers, from Matt Reeves and Dan Trachtenberg (via J.J. Abrams), and they're both fun. My personal preference is the Lane variant. The first was shot HD, which means that up-rezzing to 4k will allow...

Presumably with an eye toward aiding the forthcoming Tomb Raider, with Alicia Vikander in the lead, (or the other way 'round) Paramount has released their two Croft productions, Lara Croft Tomb Raider, and Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life in 4k. The first film, released in 2001, and...

I'm a fan of David Mackenzie's Hell or High Water, and was greatly appreciative of the original Blu-ray release, which arrived late in 2016. Some fifteen months later, Lionsgate has re-issued the film, now as part of their 4k program. Here's what I'm seeing. The original Blu-ray, based upon...

Todd Erwin Daddy's Home 2 UHD Review Daddy's Home 2 is a waste of talent and time, an infrequently humorous attempt at a family Christmas film that is neither heartwarming nor charming. Although the 4K UHD Blu-ray from Paramount does boast a nice, colorful video transfer and somewhat...

Todd Erwin Cloverfield UHD Review Originally intended as a tie-in to the theatrical release of The Cloverfield Paradox (which has since been cancelled after being acquired outright by Netflix), Paramount has released Cloverfield in a new 4K UHD Blu-ray. Unfortunately, due to the film's...

Todd Erwin IT UHD Review The rediscovery of Stephen King's work in 2017 came to a successful close with the release of IT, a remake of the 1990 TV mini-series and based on King's 1986 best-selling novel. [review]

Todd Erwin Groundhog Day 25th Anniversary Edition UHD Review Harold Ramis' classic comedy, Groundhog Day, arrives on 4K UHD Blu-ray as a Best Buy Exclusive just in time for, well, Groundhog Day, and has never looked or sounded better. [review]

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Todd Erwin 10 Cloverfield Lane UHD Review Dan Trachtenberg made a big splash with his directorial debut, 10 Cloverfiled Lane, a superb psychological thriller that has now been released on 4K UHD Blu-ray from Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment. [review]

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With over two hundred films now in release in 4k format, I'd often wondered why the very first to come to mind, as the quintessential 4k release had not yet appeared. Now, thanks to the wonderful folks at Columbia, it has. Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell can now be yours, exclusively from Best...

Todd Erwin submitted a new blog post Across the Universe UHD Review Continue reading the Original Blog Post.

Blade Runner 2049, directed by Denis Villeneuve, is an interesting film, with terrific production design by Dennis Gassner, and cinematography by Roger Deakins. It also a bit of slow slog, at 164 minutes. I'd have loved to have taken a pair of digital scissors to it, as I feel that in a...

Not sure if this problem has been mentioned before, but my 5040UB seems to suddenly be having a problem recognizing HDR signals from my Sony X800 4K Blu-ray player. The projector has worked flawlessly for months, now all of a sudden when I put a 4K HDR disc in, the Epson reads it as SDR...

It, directed by Andy Muschietti, is a film that I really had no desire to see, for a variety of reasons, but was told that the new 4k mit HDR was something special. So I dived into the murky well. As a film, it works, with enough scares to keep it going for over two hours. The young teen cast...

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Not my cup of tea but interesting. 2500 lumens to boot. https://www.engadget.com/2018/01/04/lg-4k-projector-ces-2018/

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One might presume, that as the Men in Black Trilogy has made its way to 4k UHD via Columbia, that all would not only be well, but perfectly rendered. And one would be correct. Not a great deal to discuss here. More than a few readers will know of these interesting little, sci-fi productions...

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