4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / SDR SCREENSHOTS Brad Pitt received a best actor Oscar nomination for his nuanced performance as Billy Beane, the driving Oakland A’s GM who bucked the system, and rewrote the playbook, when he used sabermetrics to field a team. Leaving his comedy roots behind, Jonah Hill earned a supporting actor nod as Peter Brand, the Yale-trained economist and analytics savant. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of Sony Pictures - Cl

BLU-RAY REVIEW / SDR SCREENSHOTS James Stewart stars as wagon train foreman Glyn McLyntock in his second of five Anthony Mann Westerns. Most of the on-location footage was captured in the spring of 1951, near Mount Hood and along the Columbia River in Oregon. (2) The green typography during the title sequence has been restored, which was strangely blue during the 2019 KL Studio Classics Blu-ray. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) Screenshots courtesy of KL Studio.

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Serial criminals John Reilly (Ron Eldard) and Tommy Marcano (Billy Crudup) listen to the testimony of a witness during their murder trial of killing reform school guard Sean Nokes (Kevin Bacon), who had beaten and sexually assaulted them two decades earlier. (2) Longtime friend Lorenzo "Shakes" Carcaterra (Jason Patric) and Father Bobby Carillo (Robert De Niro) will stand by John and Tommy. (Click an image to scroll through the larger vers

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Rita Hayworth finally makes her on-screen appearance as Gilda at the 17-minute and 30-second mark, and it’s a doozy. (2) She flings back her lustrous red hair and catches the eye of her former lover, Johnny Farrell (Glenn Ford). (Click an image to scroll through the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of The Criterion Collection / Sony Pictures - Click the jacket for an Amazon purchase “GILDA: THE CRITERION COLLECTION” 4K Ultra HD &

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Charlton Heston as Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish prince arrested by his childhood friend Messala, a Roman commander played by Irish actor Stephen Boyd. (2) Judah’s first encounter with Jesus of Nazareth. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of Warner Bros. Discovery - Click for an Amazon purchase “BEN-HUR” 4K Ultra HD; 1959; not rated, contains scenes of action violence; Digital copy via Amazon Video (4K), App

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Legendary actor Christopher Lee stars as Count Dracula, and Patrick Troughton plays his creepy assistant Klove. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of KL Studio Classics/StudioCanal - Click for an Amazon purchase “SCARS OF DRACULA” 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray; 1970; R for violence and nudity Best extra: Archival commentary by director Roy Ward Baker, star Christopher Lee, and Hammer films historian Marcus Hear

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Jake Gyllenhaal gives one of his finest performances as Louis Bloom, who sells graphic, overnight news footage to a struggling Los Angeles TV station. (2) Rene Russo, center, is Nina Romina, the news director at KWLA. She sees a ratings bonanza in Bloom’s videos.

 (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of Shout! Studios - Click the steelbook for an Amazon purchase “NIGHTCRAWLER”
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4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS The Criterion Collection 4K version (2026) Italy’s Eagle Pictures 4K version (2024) Both 4K Ultra HD versions are nearly identical, with only the video bitrate numbers varying. In this shot, the Criterion disc runs between 45.5 Megabits-per-second to 43.1 Mbps, and the Italian disc - 43 Mbps to 40.3 Mbps. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as World War I veteran Ernest Burkhart, and Lily Gladstone stars as his wife, Mollie Burkhart. (Click an

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Glenn Ford plays charismatic outlaw Ben Wade, who is arrested inside the Bisbee watering hole. A crowd gathers to get a glimpse of the notorious gunman. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of The Criterion Collection/Sony Pictures - Click for an Amazon purchase “3:10 TO YUMA: THE CRITERION COLLECTION” 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray; 1957; Not Rated Best extra: An interview with author Elmore Leonard from 2013. CE

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Russell Crowe stars as the Nobel-winning mathematician John Nash Jr. and Jennifer Connelly as his wife, Alicia. Both were nominated for Oscars, and Connelly won for Best Supporting Actress. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of Universal Studios - Click for an Amazon purchase “A BEAUTIFUL MIND: 25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION” 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray; 2001; PG-13 for intense thematic material, sexual content, and

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS English actor Michael Redgrave plays cabaret ventriloquist Maxwell Frere, whose dummy Hugo seems to have a mind – and a voice – of his own, in one of the mysterious stories told in “Dead of Night.” (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of KL Studio Classics/StudioCanal - Click the jacket for an Amazon purchase “DEAD OF NIGHT” 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray, 1945, Not Rated Best extra: Commentary by novelist/

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) and Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) use a typewriter to communicate with each other, since Woodward was told by his source ‘Deep Throat’ that their lives are in danger and that his apartment is likely bugged and telephone wiretapped. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment - click the steelbook for an Amazon purchase “A

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Val Kilmer stars as FBI agent Ray Levoi, who’s one-fourth Sioux but has buried his heritage. He’s assigned to a murder case that took place on the Oglala Sioux Pine Ridge Reservation. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of Sony Pictures - Click the jacket for an Amazon purchase “THUNDERHEART” 4K Ultra HD; 1992; R for profanity and for some areas of violence; Digital copy via Amazon Prime Video (4K), Apple

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

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”
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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;