Reviews

Pixar shoots for Italian culture, blending in Aardman-meets-Studio Ghibli-style animation, and pulls off a love letter to everything from Fellini to Cinema Paradiso.  

Godzilla vs. Kong, the biggest mash-up since the potato ricer, comes to 4K UHD in a stunning presentation.  

This ingeniously inventive meta-zom-com whips out a succession of reveals to make for an engaging romp through amateur zombie filmmaking, earning a Limited Edition set from Third Window Films.  

The Hitman's Bodyguard had no reason to be as fun as it was, raising expectations for a sequel that unfortunately doesn't deliver.  

The Lumina I was one of the surprise products of 2020. Now, the scaled up Lumina II is here to show us what it can do - is bigger always better?  

The latest version of the long running Diamond series is here and it features design input from an industry luminary. Is this the budget speaker to beat?  

The supposedly more comprehensive extended cut of Advent Children lands on 4K with gorgeous visuals and tremendous Atmos, but a largely impenetrable plot for those not versed in the events of the preceding game.  

Wolfgang Petersen's finest Hollywood thriller cemented Eastwood's late career resurgence, following his tremendous comeback in Unforgiven, earning a spectacular Native 4K release with a superb Dolby Atmos track.  

The Netflix adaptation of Jeff Lemire’s comic series balances perfectly the childhood wonder of fairy tales with the dystopian horror of the post-apocalypse without outstaying its welcome.  

Taking erotic thrillers to blockbuster heights, Paul Verhoeven's biggest hit is a surprisingly intoxicating neo-noir, now remastered in native 4K with Dolby Vision.  

The Zidoo Z1000 Pro takes all the excellent features found on the company's cheaper Android TV media boxes and adds a high-end chassis, built-in HDD bay and antennas, and a full-sized Bluetooth remote control. Nice!  

Running with a solid sleep deprivation premise, Awake is an occasionally surprisingly gritty apocalyptic drama which just about defies the Netflix curse.  

The first episode of Marvel’s latest spin-off TV show remains a little LOW KEY but knows how to pull the stops out when it needs to.  

From the creator of John Wick and the director of Hardcore Henry, Nobody is a darkly witty action thriller that gives Bob "Better Call Saul" Odenkirk a whole new string for his bow.  

Easily the outlier in an otherwise near-perfect franchise, the fourth Indy outing proved - at least 13 years ago - that Ford could still pull it off, but otherwise nuked the fridge with wild CG abandon, at least looking good in 4K with Dolby Vision and Atmos.  

One of the greatest sequels of all time, Last Crusade afforded Indy the perfect foil - his own father - played fabulously by Connery, and it earns a stellar native 4K release, also with Dolby Vision and Atmos.  

The Outpost is a very bog-standard movie about war heroism in Afghanistan, elevated far beyond what anyone could have expected by sheer force of everybody bringing their A-game.  

The fabulously exciting and surprisingly dark Temple of Doom is a veritable roller-coaster ride of a sequel, and also looking better than ever in native 4K with Dolby Vision and Atmos.  

One of the greatest adventure films of all time, the timeless classic that is Raiders has been wowing audiences for over 40 years, and looks and sounds better than ever in Native 4K Dolby Vision with Atmos.  

The Titan models have left quite an impression but what can Kudos do at more terrestrial price points? The Cardea C10 is here for us to find out.  

Anthony Hopkins astonishingly delivers a career-defining performance in Florian Zeller’s heart-breaking depiction of dementia.  

Breaker Breaker, Smokey and the Bandit coming at you on 4K Blu-ray, come back, good buddy.  

Amazon's The Hunger Games meets Truth or Dare teen drama shoots for small-town indie drama but overextends in its 10-episode run.  

Director John "Die Hard" McTiernan's Shane "Lethal Weapon" Black-scripted Arnie-starring fantasy action parody thriller thingy earns an Atmos-backed native 4K release.  

The Samsung QN900A is the company's flagship Neo QLED 8K TV, and while it includes every technology the Korean giant has to offer, it also comes with a decidedly premium price.  

The biggest member of the 600 Series gets the Anniversary treatment - does this burly floorstander bring some of the Signature class down to a more affordable price point?  

The delayed sequel to horror breakout, A Quiet Place, Part II offers a small shake up of the dynamic with some efficient but familiar scares.  

Attempting to do for 101 Dalmations' villain what Maleficent did for Sleeping Beauty's antagonist, Emma Stone transforms Cruella de Vil into a 70s punk rebel teenager-turned-thief-turned-fashion designer with vengeance on her mind.  

The IE 900 is the most expensive and sophisticated earphone that Sennheiser has ever made and it arrives days after the announcement that the consumer division has been sold. Last hurrah or the shape of things to come?  

Morgan Freeman earns the single point worth awarding this contender for one of the worst theatrically released movies of the past decade, yet another achingly painful example of why Ruby Rose is way out of her depth as a lead in anything other than a fight-to-the-death tournament for celebrities with jewel-themed names.  

The hilarious Animal House comes to 4K Blu-ray sporting an all new picture and all new sound.  

Almost sixty years on, and this all-time classic musical adaptation of Shaw's Pygmalion - perhaps somewhat surprisingly - turns out to be one of the best looking 4K presentations of 2021.  

The bona fide classic that is The Sting, comes to 4K Blu-ray, and it might take some getting used to...  

The LG C-series has long been the sweet spot of the range and the C1 continues that trend. With superb gaming credentials, stunning image accuracy out of the box and a new OS system design, is this the best all-round TV of the year? Let's find out...  

The pairing of Spielberg and Abrams produced a special something, can the 4K release live up to it?  

The BenQ V6050 ultra-short-throw 4K HDR DLP projector promises to make your large-panel TV redundant with its gorgeous big-screen laser images.  

Taking some obvious cues from the greats of the RPG genre, Biomutant is a charming action-adventure that’s light on action but has a rich open world that’s ripe for leisurely looting and near-endless exploration.  

Zack Snyder's Justice League lands its UK 4K UHD Blu-ray debut without any sign of a US disc, splitting its epic 4 hour runtime over two 100GB discs, affording that extra room to look stunning in native 4K and wow with Atmos.  

Two months after its Disney+ premier, Raya and the Last Dragon comes to 4K Physical Media, we take a look.  

The latest iteration of the original Ruark all in one promises more of the same stylish convenience but with some added tweaks. Is it still a class act?