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Unlike its predecessor, Advent Children, this surprisingly exciting Final Fantasy entry is a great jumping-in point for newcomers and a fabulous 4K release.  

Writer/director (and composer, sound designer and editor) Thomas Clay's labour of love, Fanny Lye, treads that fine line between accomplished and indulgent, taking the best part of 5 years to see the light of day, as possibly one of the least likely 4K Limited Edition releases.  

Arguably Disney's greatest modern classic animation outing, the flawless Moana finally sees the 2019 US 4K release make it to UK shores, but can it best Disney+'s Dolby Vision presentation?  

Ahead of its time, and one of those career-defining debuts that some directors never manage to best, Andrew Niccol's eugenics sci-fi is still an absolute classic.  

After a tremendous first season, Yellowstone returned for a strong second tour which built to an epic conclusion, finally making it to UK digital and Blu-ray almost two years after its release.  

Following their slew of trashily entertaining Resident Evil adaptations, the Paul Anderson / Milla Jovovich duo set their sights on the Monster Hunter videogame franchise, with the film hitting US 4K Blu-ray before it's even had a UK cinema release.  

Taylor Sheridan's excellent modern western show - basically tailor-made for Kevin Costner - finally lands in the UK on Digital and Blu-ray.  

Following suit from their excellent Watchmen follow-up, HBO's Lovecraft Country effortlessly blends Lovecraftian horror-fantasy with arguably even more terrifying hate and race-crimes still shockingly as relevant as ever.  

Continuing our look at the Demons 4K Box-set, things get even more 80s but the lavish Box-set from Arrow makes up for it.  

Italian shock horror has never been so cheesy, we take a look at Lamberto Bava's Demons films, newly released as a 4K Box-set by Arrow.  

We check out the UK release of Ender's Game - is it all new or just a US port?  

Neill Blomkamp's Matt Damon-starring sci-fi actioner Elysium gets a stunning native 4K upgrade and a stomping Atmos track to boot.  

David Cronenberg's son Brandon unleashes an impressive sophomore directorial effort with this dark sci-fi that trades in Ex Machina and Ghost in the Shell vibes, by way of classic Cronenberg body horror.  

The latest wildlife documentary from the BBC is a contender for the best picture ever.  

British filmmaker Gerard Johnson's Muscle is an oppressive and punishing indie gem with an admirable stylistic streak, eliciting a surprisingly threatening performance from Craig Fairbrass.  

Michael Mann's 2004 Neo-noir thriller affords Cruise a superb, atypical, lead opposite an upcoming Jamie Foxx, landing on US UHD Blu-ray with 4K and Dolby Vision.  

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  

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.  

If you have a 4K projector, do you feed it 4K discs and TV shows exclusively or are you happy to slum it with 1080p? If so, are you happy with the results?  

Having looked at single 4K disc releases, it seems only fair we take a look at the biggest and best Box Sets of the year.  

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.  

George Miller's 1979 classic, which kick-started an enduring franchise, and launched Mel Gibson's career, gets the 4K Dolby Vision treatment.  

Cronenberg's controversial sex-and-car-crashes drama gets the deluxe Arrow treatment with this stunning native 4K release packed with extras.  

The simply wonderful, Tremors, comes to 4K Blu-ray courtesy of Arrow Films, with a limited edition set to rule them all.  

BBC's four-part drama, Roadkill, enjoys placing the ever-watchable Hugh Laurie centre-stage in this compelling tale of politics and corruption.  

The success of this tremendous pre-Matrix superhero actioner basically kicked Marvel into high gear, with an effortlessly cool Wesley Snipes slicing and dicing with the edge of a blade, earning a superb native 4K release with one hell of a bass-laden Atmos track.  

HBO's Perry Mason is a challenging slow-burn; a blend of Chinatown and a period-set Goliath which just about comes together in the end, and makes for a solid Blu-ray release.  

At the height of his critical and commercial success, Coming to America was a fabulous spin on the romantic comedy genre, highlighting Eddie Murphy's multi-role versatility, and earning a gorgeous UHD release with native 4K and Dolby Vision.  

Train to Busan's sequel loses some of the emotion but doubles down on the intense ferocity, blending elements of Fast and Furious, The Raid and Mad Max to trashy but pretty entertaining effect.  

Attempting to reposition the third movie as less a sequel and more an epilogue, Coppola's new 'Coda' cut isn't drastically different, but does afford an opportunity to revisit this often maligned entry.  

Katsuhiro Otomo's 1988 cyberpunk classic is arguably one of the greatest anime features ever created, earning itself a gorgeous native 4K presentation in a set that is not without its potentially deal-breaking drawbacks.  

The greatest movie about movies earns a fitting native 4K restoration, complete with Dolby Vision, courtesy of Arrow.  

Continuing our look at the Lord of the Rings trilogy on 4K, we come to the conclusion, The Return of the King.  

Continuing our look through the Lord of the Rings trilogy on 4K, we turn our attention to The Two Towers.  

The epic Lord of the Rings comes to 4K Blu-ray, we look at them in all their splendour, starting with Fellowship...  

Darren Aronofsky's visually magnificent but brutally unflinching look at drowning in drug addiction celebrates its 20th Anniversary with a gorgeous native 4K release boasting both Dolby Vision and Atmos.  

Controversially polemic director Liliana Cavani kick-started her "transgressive" trilogy with her most notorious feature, 1974's The Night Porter with Dirk Bogarde and Charlotte Rampling.  

Eddie Murphy's big break into superstardom was an unlikely leading role which was basically moulded into an improvised Murphy vehicle to genius effect, impressing in its UHD debut thanks to a native 4K transfer with Dolby Vision.