High-Def Watch

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,