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Courtesy of Mr. Crisp's team at Columbia, comes an absolute perfect 4k UHD release of Herb Ross' 35 year-old Steel Magnolias. Wonderful...

This is the 165-66 minute cut.

As I understand it both Fall & El CID were transferred from new low-contrast prints (some years ago now), & that’s just not good enough...

Its not an exaggeration when you screen it on a 150" curved scope screen. Its horrible and again I say the worst print I have out of...

Is there any one BD copy of Fall of the Roman Empire thats good qaulity? My BD copy is one of the worst I have out of 3000 BDs, its...

I would love The Big Country in 4K. Does anyone know if there was ever a stereo or 5.1 track, all we have on the BD is mono.

Here is a NY Times article I have shared about AI being used for film restoration and how some fans believe this makes the films seem...

The Arrow Blu-ray appears to be region-free because I didn't have to change the region on my Oppo 203. It's one gorgeous looking...

There's a special look to black & white VistaVision productons, and that attribute is shown of beautifully in Arrow's new Blu-ray of the...

Yes that is certainly my home cinema! I was a cinema projectionist for 35+ years and trained at the age of 16 by two real old showmen...

murrayThompson is that really your home cinema? Goodness me! That's a 2.55:1 original CinemaScope! Anyways it seems so to me. I've...

My Favourite film of all time. I was dissapointed with the black crush in the HDR copy when my BD copy never had it. Just check and...

I gave the the first half of the disc a spin last night. The color is gorgeous (as Technicolor often is) and the subtle use of HDR was...

Paint Your Wagon, a 1969 motion picture based upon the 1951 Broadway musical by Lerner and Lowe has been derided since it appeared on...

The audience reaction was very good. At least I think it was because they were all behind me. I was in the front row so I could be...