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BLU-RAY REVIEW / SDR SCREENSHOTS Oscar-nominated actress Fernanda Torres plays Eunice Paiva, a mother of five children, whose husband, ex-Brazilian congressman Rubens Paiva (Selton Mello), has been taken away for interrogation. She and her second-oldest daughter, Eliana, are also taken in for questioning. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) SDR screenshots courtesy of Sony Picture Classics and click the jacket for an Amazon purchase “I’M STILL HERE” Blu-ray; 2024

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Director/writer/producer Francis Ford Coppola invested $7 million of his own money into “ Apocalypse Now ” (1979) as the film ’ s expenses ran out of control. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of Lionsgate/StudioCanal - Click the jacket for an Amazon purchase “HEARTS OF DARKNESS: A FILMMAKER'S APOCALYPSE” 4K Ultra HD, 1991, R for language; Digital copy via Fandango Home (4K) Best (and only) extra:  Th

TRUE 4K MASTERING / HDR SCREENSHOTS THE LIST of movies is the very best in 4K viewing from a physical disc. The criteria required the source to be mastered in 4K or higher and nothing less. No upconversion from 2K to 4K on this list. A big surprise, most of the top 4K discs were originally captured on 65mm or 35mm film stock. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment just edged out Universal Pictures with the most 4K titles in our Top 10 and honorable mentions. While Arrow Video,

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Teyana Taylor plays Perfidia Beverly Hills, the charismatic co-leader of the radical group French 75. Her partner is Bob Ferguson, a revolutionary foot solider and explosion expect, played by Leonardo DiCaprio. The two comfort their baby daughter Charlene. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment - Click the jacket for an Amazon purchase “ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER”   4K Ultra

Sound off with your picks! THE LIST, in alphabetical order, features the very best in 4K viewing from a physical disc. The criteria required the source to be mastered in 4K or higher and nothing less. No upconversion from 2K to 4K on this list. Continuing from last year, most of the top 4K discs were originally captured on 35mm film stock. When we post the final list, over 100 HDR screenshots will be included with mini-reviews of the Top 10 picks.

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS In what director Tim Burton, who made his feature debut with “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure,” calls the sports sequence, our hero leaves a posse of racers in his dust. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of The Criterion Collection/Warner Bros. - Click the jacket for an Amazon purchase “PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE: THE CRITERION COLLECTION”
   4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray, 1985, PG for rude humor   

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4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Robin Williams plays the soft-spoken and eccentric Dr. Malcolm Sayer, who discovered that using an experimental drug could possibly awaken Leonard Lowe, played by Robert De Niro. In the 1920s, Leonard and five million others worldwide had been afflicted by what was labeled “sleeping sickness,” encephalitis lethargica. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of Sony Pictures via Filmmakers Mode - Click the ja

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / SDR SCREENSHOTS Center, Emma Thompson in her Academy Award performance as Margaret Schlegel, left, Helena Bonham Carter plays her sister Helen, and Anthony Hopkins as Mr. Henry Wilcox, a prominent London banker. (2) Howards End, the English countryside home of Mrs. Ruth Wilcox. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of Cohen Film Collection - Click the jacket for an Amazon purchase “HOWARDS END” 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray; 1992;

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Austin Butler stars as Hank Thompson, an East Village bartender who’s on the run with his neighbor’s cat Bud, from Russian gangsters, partnered with a gun-crazed Puerto Rican and a tough NYPD detective. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of Sony Pictures - Click the jacket for an Amazon purchase “CAUGHT STEALING” 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray; 2025; R for strong violent content, pervasive profanity, some sexual

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW /HDR SCREENSHOTS English actress Emilia Jones plays teenager Ruby Rossi, and she and her family log in to the Berklee College of Music website to see if she’s been accepted to the preeminent college for music. Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family, and tells her family in the American Sign Language (ASL) symbol, “ I love you. ”   (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of Apple Films via the Filmmakers Mode - Cl

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Korean actor Song Kang-ho, known for his role in the Academy Award Best Picture “Parasite,” plays ‘The Weird,’ Yoon Tae-goo, a resourceful bandit who gets his hands on a treasure map. (2) Lee Byung-hun plays ‘The Bad,’ Park Chang-yi, who was hired to steal the map first. Now he and his gang are chasing Tae-goo across the desert wilds of Manchuria to retrieve it.   (Click an image to scroll the larger versions)   4K screenshots courtesy of

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Bombs away! Veteran pilot Vern Demerest (Dean Martin) tries to talk down-on-his-luck passenger D.O. Guerrero (Van Heflin) into handing over his briefcase. Why? Its packed with dynamite. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions)   4K screenshots courtesy of KL Studio Classics/Universal Pictures - Click the jacket for an Amazon purchase “AIRPORT”   4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray, 1970, rated G   Best extra: The commentary by authors Julie Kirgo