Just a few months after its tremendous Blu-ray package, Arrow upgrades Oldboy to full fat native 4K Dolby Vision and, perhaps frustratingly, delivers a must-have package.
Thirty years later and Bill & Ted are back to save the world with rock, although long term franchise fans will need some hardcore rose-tinted specs, preferably with HDR, as the 4K disc doesn't have any.
Disaster movie maestro Roland Emmerich delivers a greatest hits effort here with his epic 2012, which can't really be faulted for doing exactly what it says on the tin, and provides a pretty effective experience in 4K with Dolby Atmos
One Night in Miami takes some artistic liberties with its portrayal of a real historic meeting of minds but grounds itself so forcefully in politics and humanity that it forms what might well be one of the most realistic and striking films of this year.
This year's answer to The Babadook isn't quite as adept at trading in metaphorical (and actual) horror, but nonetheless affords welcome depth to the dementia-driven drama.
The Stand Season 1 Premiere (Starz) TV Show Review
by Cas Harlow
Stephen King's epic novel The Stand gets a second shot at TV life following the memorable 1994 incarnation, charting a timely story of weaponised influenza.
Hitting that perfect emotional note once again, this sublime visual and tonal companion-piece to Inside Out sees Disney/Pixar dig deep for further reflections on mortality following their excellent work on Onward and Coco.
Earnest and fun, but also flabby and fatally over-indulgent, Patty Jenkins' sequel WW84 is a valiant throwback to superhero classics like Donner's Superman, but trades in some heavy-handed messaging.
Nolan's latest, Tenet, comes to 4K Blu-ray courtesy of Warner, with a native 4K presentation, expanded IMAX scenes, and a soundtrack where the dialogue is slightly more intelligible.
The Mandalorian Season 2 (Disney Plus) TV Show Review
by Cas Harlow
CONTAINS SPOILERS, please do not read until you have finished Season 2! John Favreau's The Mandalorian delivers a second season that is comfortably the best Star Wars viewing in decades, if ever.
A wonderful addition to Netflix’s slate of films, a fitting tribute to the late Chadwick Boseman, and a welcome break from the wall-to-wall Christmas romcoms dominating the homepage at the moment.
One of the best films of the year, Let Him Go reunites Diane Lane and Kevin Costner for a brilliant, brutal and blisteringly tense Neo-western thriller.