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Video broadcaster (QD-OLED) : Sony Bravia XR-65A95L
Sources (4K) : Oppo UDP-203 Audiocom Reference | Zappiti Reference
Pregnant (5.1.4): Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar Max, SB-4000

Image Modes : Professional (SDR or HDR) | Dolby Dark Vision | IMAX Enhanced
Listening modes : Dolby Atmos | Dolby Surround | DTS:X | DTS Neural:X

Contents

Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero

Source France | Publisher : Crunchyroll | Release date : 05 December 2023

Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.78
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 2K

Soundtrack
Japanese Dolby Atmos
Japanese Dolby TrueHD 5.1
English Dolby TrueHD 5.1

Subtitles
French

Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
Rated 4 out of 5

Artistic : 7.5 | Video : 8.5 | Audio : 8.5

WORK – As he returns to the beginnings of the Manga d'Akira Toriyama and revered the coat of arms of the duo Piccolo/Gohan, this 21st animated film of the universe Dragon Ball break (finally) its mould by tasting the synthetic images (with more or less successful animation) and decentralizing its plot away from the Vegeta/Goku duo. A wind of freshness saving for the saga, where humor (very funny) of the Dr. Slump and the (very destructive) fighting of the shōnen is in harmony. The path is all set.

IMAGE – Coming from a DI 2K, this UHD Dolby Vision transfer hardly differs from its HD counterpart in terms of clarity and sharpness. The Blu-ray is perfectly defined, so is it here. But the input of WCG and HDR hollows the gap with colors with increased saturation (see onomatopoea) and contrasts otherwise more precise. Blacks thus gain in depth and light sources (ki aura and energy waves) in intensity. A bit of postrization.

SON – Generous in effects (the regular use of kikoha) and explosions (a good training for the LFE channel) during the clashes, the Japanese track Dolby Atmos uses a good multichannel distribution (the verticality benefits Cell Max) despite the glaring lack of atmospheres (if this is the pedestrians at the Pan school). Dynamics are offensive and music is well projected. Even if limited to the horizontal layer, the VF Dolby TrueHD 5.1 gives everything it has. Coupling well incorporated.

Kill Bill: Volume 1

Source United States | Publisher : Lionsgate Films | Release date : 21 January 2025

Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.40
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 2K

Soundtrack
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
English (Quebec) Dolby Digital 5.1

Subtitles
English

Kill Bill: Volume 1
Rated 3.5 out of 5

Artistic : 9 | Video : 7 | Audio : 9.5

WORK – Bloody prelude to an unforgettable diptych, this furious frenzy of revenge as beautifully directed as savorably referenced (chanbara, HK society) Shaw Brothers, the « rape and revenge » Cold crime, the US series Green Frelon, etc.) is a marvel of style where Tarantino, who enjoys himself, declares his love for the cinema of exploitation of the 70s. No doubt the blood bride, armed with the blade of anger, slices into the alive.

IMAGE – Oversampled*, this UHD Dolby Vision upgrade is distinguished by an increased vibrance of its colors and a better capping of its high luminances. As for details, they gain in finesse even if the definition remains not sharp. But as with the muddy grain that has a hard time remaining in place, it is a limitation of the source. Certainly unaesthetic (though not without charm), these « injuries » evidence (without IA) of an era today past.

* No negatives cut (just like Inglourious BasterdsA bad habit of the 2000s was the DI 2K used. To have a DI 4K, it would have been necessary to digitize one by one of the thousands of sockets (out of the complete reel) and then re-edit them together (including digital post-production) to match the editing of the digital master. A tedious and very expensive process unwanted by QT.

SON – Harmonious and particularly energetic (a solid dynamic), the VO DTS-HD MA 5.1 is a soundtrack fully engaging in spectacular clarity (sword clicks) and active spatialization (blood spills in the surrounds). The dialogues are intelligible, the musical compilation (just memorable) extended and the low frequencies tight (see animated sequence). Less upset, the VF (with monotonous dubbing) is no less combative.

Kill Bill: Volume 2

Source United States | Publisher : Lionsgate Films | Release date : 21 January 2025

Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.40
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 2K

Soundtrack
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
English (Quebec) Dolby Digital 5.1

Subtitles
English

Kill Bill: Volume 2
Rated 4 out of 5

Artistic : 9 | Video : 7.5 | Audio : 9.5

WORK – Less blades, more tears, for the postlude of prayer that marries western spaghetti, kung-fu pian and ancient tragedy in a last heartbeat giving way to melancholic redemption. A pulp work of divine elegance, where cold vengeance calms in the innocent eyes of a child. And for the super-cineaste Tarantino, the result of a quest for filmphile whose love for her amazone blonde sweats film with infinite accuracy.

IMAGE – From DI 2K (at QT's request), this UHD Dolby Vision transfer lacks some refinement in the return of details, very good anyway. But unlike its elder, the 35 mm grain is better solved. Perfectly encoded, it has more marked colours (between avid primary and enhanced deaturation at Pai Mei) and greatly improved contrasts. Shadows increase in density and high luminance in precision (white blue-bye burned).

SON – Pleasantly wide and full of an eclectic BO restored with excellent fidelity, this blend encoded in DTS-HD MA 5.1 where they prevail is still as impressive in making its environmental atmospheres and its effects of violence. Even if denigrated by his director, a Dolby Atmos track would have hit the coffin. Despite very little dubbing and a smaller scale, the VF fights properly.

Vampires (1998)

Source United States | Publisher : Shout Factory | Release date : 11 February 2025

Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.35
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K

Soundtrack
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
English DTS-HD MA 2.0

Subtitles
English

Vampires (1998)
Rated 4 out of 5

Artistic : 7.5 | Video : 9.5 | Audio : 8.5

WORK – As vampires rise in the dust of the desert, John Carpenter (New York 1997, The Thing) draw a horrific western where the colts are replaced by the crossbows and other piles. A series B watered with sweat that at dusk, bites with full teeth in guilty pleasure while leaving behind it a trail of blood. The scope is classy and James Woods, bake as thick as its cynicism is sharp, excelling in its badass role between The Duke and Snake Plissken.

IMAGE – Resulting from a 4K scan of the original 35 mm negative, this UHD Dolby Vision transfer magnifies Gary B. Kibbe's ultra warm photography. The colours dominated by orange red enjoy an increased richness and the range of contrasts, which is significantly extended, displays better defined blacks (cf. the abandoned house of New Mexico) as well as exacerbated lights (the tactical lamps). The details are clearer and the silver texture finely preserved.

SON – If its atmospheres (rare except the wind) catch fire in the sun, this DTS-HD MA 5.1 soundtrack rhythmized by a thundering music (to the fantastic extent) does not lack directionality (the surrounds have the crocs) when action and telepathic links occur. The dynamic kicks a good kick in the ass as soon as the weapons are released, the dialogues are clearly exuded by the power station and the caisson de grave dispense des basses d ́outre-tombe.

The Last Trip of the Demeter

Source United States | Publisher : Shout Factory | Release date : 11 February 2025

Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K

Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
English DTS-HD MA 2.0

Subtitles
English

The Last Trip of the Demeter
Rated 3.5 out of 5

Artistic : 6 | Video : 9 | Audio : 9.5

WORK – To avoid the sinking of his artistic direction (of the gothic horror which does not take water), this crossing sewn with white thread (the damage is crushed) and far too chatty (the crew spends its time talking about events already occurred) misses his stop for fear. A gold concept (the chapter of Bram Stoker's novel on the secret crossing of the Dracula account by boat) to the failed maneuver, for a (beautiful) survival on the high seas with no tension.

IMAGE – Now its clarity even in the stifling shadow of the hold (to the black ink), this incredibly sharp UHD Dolby Vision transfer (a digital capture without an ounce of grain) runs its HD counterpart. The textures are finer, the colorimetric palette more nuanced and the contrasts better used (see candles and moonlight in shade). As on the Blu-ray and for some reason, fleeting traces of crenellation are visible when CGIs appear.

SON – The sound of the waves, the cracking of the wood, the wind's breath and the howlings in the distance carry us on the deck and in the ship's cabins using a perfectly balanced mix where spatialisation feeds the space fully. A powerful Dolby Atmos soundtrack (dynamics slam and bass roar) and enveloping, locked by Bear McCreary's overburdened score (10 Cloverfield Lane) and the appearances of the beast, whether it crawls down or flies in the air.

Cure

Source France | Publisher : The Jokers | Release date : 06 November 2024

Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.85
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K

Soundtrack
Japanese DTS-HD MA 2.0

Subtitles
French

Cure
Rated 4 out of 5

Artistic : 9 | Video : 9 | Audio : 8

WORK – As terror deeply macerates, Kiyoshi Kurosawa triggers the inception in its darkest corners to reveal the darkness of humanity (submerged by an impulse of death) as well as the evils of contemporary society. And when a police officer (Kōji Yakusho) and an amnesiac fight in a battle of wills, the mystery under hypnosis makes a cross over consciousness. In the glow of a lighter, this anxiety black polar keeps haunting the psyche.

IMAGE – Supervised by the Ops chef Tokuhso Kikimura (from the original negative 35 mm), this 4K restoration surpasses (and by far) the old HD master (exploited in 2021 by Carlotta). Now free of damage and endowed with exemplary stability, it maintains an excellent level of detail (strengthened textures and granularity found) while bringing heat to its hues (goodbye greenish drifts). The darkness is more impenetrable and lighting, willful, more healthy.

SON – Less rough than the previous 5.1 track, which in any case focused on the front, the VO 2.0 (which is true to its original mixing) is a subtle efficiency. Concerned in its atmospheres (the wind), sparse in its effects (voluntarily discordant) and deep in its basses, it avoids any free grandioseness (even during the earthquake and the shootings) to exude a most disturbing calm. Dialogues are clear and saturation does not exist.

Smile 2

Source France | Publisher : Paramount Pictures | Release date : 19 February 2025

Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.00
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K

Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
Dolby Digital 5.1 English

Subtitles
English
French

Smile 2
Rated 4 out of 5

Artistic : 7 | Video : 10 | Audio : 9.5

WORK – If she accords herself a well-feeling abyss of the star-system, famous to devour its icons, this sequel to the mastered staging lacks originality vis-à-vis the Part one. But since the surprise effect is no longer there, it is by defusing its stakes and nightmare (in a measured auction) that it shows a formidable efficiency. When madness prevails over the gore, the pathetic Naomi Scott sinks into paranoia. Fear that gives a smile?

IMAGE – This digital capture in 4.5K and 6.5K is completed in 4K with Dolby Vision UHD. An exceptional sharpness thanks to a reinforced resolution (see the panoramas of the city of New York), increased details (the make-up and the stage costumes) and an increased range of contrasts (the flashes of light in the darkness are incredible), it also benefits from the enrichment of its colorimetric palette (the lipstick).

SON – The VO Dolby Atmos, regorging off-field atmospheres and effects (more or less discreet), is provided with an advantageous surround activity and verticality fan of all the pop star performances (repetitions included). The music is particularly well spaced, the noises perfectly integrated, the dynamic full of energy (the detonation of falsification, accidents of the road), the low frequencies lightly massive and the dialogues always clear.

Kill (2024)

Source Germany | Publisher : Capelight Pictures | Release date : 12 December 2024

Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K

Soundtrack
Hindi Dolby Atmos
German Dolby Atmos

Subtitles
English
German

Kill (2024)
Rated 4 out of 5

Artistic : 7.5 | Video : 9 | Audio : 9

WORK – When The Raid Meeting Bullet Train, the popular Indian cinema offers us to board a rail massacre where mandals rain, white weapons cut and blood flows. A peak of burglarry that skillfully takes advantage of its confined space and neutralizes the thinness of its scenario (a member of the special forces upset by a deadly hostage taking) by the extent of its confrontations with the assumed savagery.

IMAGE – While the American record is limited to CSD, the German edition was calibrated in Dolby Vision. In comparison to Blu-ray, the high luminances are otherwise more detailed (electric lines, clouds) and the shadow, much less noisy, much more legible. Little difference, however, on the side of the extended colorimetric space, if not a slightly browner carnation. As for the contribution of resolution, there is clearly an additional veil of sharpness.

SON – While it is too rarely activated in the heights (some musical effects) and misses multiple opportunities conducive to verticality (the vibrations of the train, the aerodynamic churning), this Dolby Atmos blending is lastingly impressive in its horizontal distribution and combativity (the dynamics and bass are not there to laugh). The blows are very painful, the positioning of the assailants is officially 360° and the energetic partition has revenge in the skin.

Mutante 2

Source United States | Publisher : Shout Factory | Release date : 11 June 2024

Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.85
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K

Soundtrack
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
English DTS-HD MA 2.0

Subtitles
English

Mutante 2
Rated 3 of 5

Artistic : 5 | Video : 9 | Audio : 9

WORK – Less sensual (Natasha Henstridge is relegated to the background) but more gore (births) « tearing »), this suite which capitalizes on the success of his first time is only a male survivor, resulting in a series of brutal deaths without any dramaturgy behind. Michael Madsen (Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill: Volume 2) makes no effort, the action scenes are mullassonnes and only the practical effects draw its tentacles from the game. We're a long way from orgasm.

IMAGE – Resulting from a new 4K restoration of the original 35 mm negative, this UHD Dolby Vision transfer shimmers with its more intimate details (face features, bare bodies), its more aguily colorimetric palette (assaine and primary carnation better saturated) and its more crispy contrasts (blacks are deeper and whites brighter). The silver texture is finely preserved and there are only composite planes which are slightly below.

SON – Continuously using surround channels (comfortably installed atmospheres and end-in-train effects), this DTS-HD MA 5.1 soundtrack offers a beautiful multichannel immersion with large spectrum coverage. The low frequencies hit strongly, the sound distribution is tangible, the dialogues are strongly exuded by the central and the partition relies on crystal instrumentalization. In DTS Neural:X, helicopter overflights are increasing in height.

No return

Source France | Publisher : The image workshop | Release date : 04 February 2025

Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.85
HDR10 | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K

Soundtrack
English DTS-HD MA 2.0
French DTS-HD MA 2.0

Subtitles
French

No return
Rated 4 out of 5

Artistic : 8 | Video : 8.5 | Audio : 8

WORK – While Vietnam's ailments are moving in Louisiana Bayous, Walter Hill (Driver, Dead for a Dollar) plays the war by placing his bidasses in a cajun-controlled bourbier. A run down to the peaty underworld with raw violence and feverish staging, where American triumphalism dies in hostile nature. Therefore, the message of this survival populated by « Gules » is clear: no one can impinge with impunity on the territory of others!

IMAGE – Based on a 4K scan of a 35 mm interpositive created in 2001 (the original negative was not located), this HDR10 UHD transfer preserves the « Dirty » from the photograph of Andrew Laszlo to the small debris during optical effects. The very thick grain is better solved, the details are in no way muddy (cf. the fineness of textures), the colorimetric palette with colder hues becomes natural (the brown marsh, the greens) and contrasts stimulate brightness.

SON – With no weight (the freight train) or impact (the cabin explosion) for a monophonic soundtrack, the VO is a solid track unloaded from any age-related deterioration. The dialogues are clear, the atmosphere of the marshes palpable and the magnetic partition of Ry Cooder of a noticeable sharpness. Even though the VF dual mono is always as exquisitely dubbing, it is much more choked and presents itself with many less atmospheres.

The Ender Strategy

Source United States | Publisher : Lionsgate Films | Release date : 08 August 2023

Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.40
HDR10 | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 2K

Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos

Subtitles
English

The Ender Strategy
Rated 4.5 out of 5

Artistic : 7.5 | Video : 10 | Audio : 10

WORK – Film adaptation of the incontrovertible SF novel by Orson Scott Card, this deep (but a bit over) anticipatory film to visually bluffing action scenes and welcome humanist reflections (the fascist state takes it for its rank), is guided by a cruel scenario to the strong point. As a team leader, young Asa Butterfield is surprisingly credible. The Starship Troopers Our children kicking in the anthill?

IMAGE – While it was necessary to switch the player's color mode to Full RGB instead of YCbCr (4:4:4) on the disc released in 2016 to avoid blacks (magnifically deep once reworked) being unwashed, this new version corrects the problem. The rest does not change with an obvious gain in definition (a 5K capture taking advantage of finer textures), richer colours at increased saturation (yellow uniforms) and a well visible HDR (cf. the luxury of lighting).

SON – Solidly built and singularly immersive with swinging effects/ambiences on all sides (fights in weightlessness benefit from an excellent verticality between student positioning and the directionality of lasers) and ardent basses (the rocket motors), this Dolby Atmos soundtrack marks by its efficiency. The dynamics excel, the dialogues always remain clear and the score of Steve Jablonsky (Transformers) exploits space generously.

Thanksgiving: Horror Week

Source United States | Publisher : Sony Pictures | Release date : 15 October 2024

Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K

Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
French (Quebec) DTS-HD MA 5.1

Subtitles
English
French

Thanksgiving: Horror Week
Rated 4 out of 5

Artistic : 6.5 | Video : 9.5 | Audio : 9.5

WORK – If he resumes with the tripaille of his beginnings and vomits his hatred of forceful consumerism, Eli Roth (Cabin Fever, Hostel, Borderlands) looses a slasher which is far too inconsistent in its execution despite the intoxicating effluves of the old franchises of the 90s (where Remember... last summer preside over the table). A turkey sauté(s) way stacking of flesh certainly tasteful, but away from the scented bouquet of Z of the fake trailer Grindhouse. Nothing to whip a pilgrim!

IMAGE – This UHD Dolby Vision transfer with imperishable encoding significantly improves the taste of Blu-ray. The increase in detail is obvious (within the limits of digital capture), the sweeter colorimetric palette (from more unhealthy to visceral reds) and the better contrast management. The sources of light (often reduced) thus become brighter and the darkness (to the deep shadows) becomes more apparent.

SON – Everything but subtle, the VO Dolby Atmos is a delicious concentrate of power (dynamics is wild and bass heavy) and directionality (a mesmerously immersive sound field) with characterized lethal intentions. A crunchy mixing where verticality is heated to a point when baking in the oven! A little less deviant in its recipe, the VF DTS-HD MA 5.1 remains no less extensive and generous (cf. implacable advance of the crowd in front of the RightMart doors).

The Guardians

Source France | Publisher : Warner Bros. | Release date : 16 October 2024

Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.85
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K

Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
Dolby Digital 5.1 English

Subtitles
English
French

The Guardians
Rated 3.5 out of 5

Artistic : 6.5 | Video : 8 | Audio : 9

WORK – Walking in the footsteps of his illustrious father (Mr. Night Shyamalan), including final turning, Ishana knits a secret melodrama where mysteries accumulate on the marked paths of the folk horror. This semi-horrifying concept film (Dakota Fanning, Olwen Fouéré) is well-packed and performed, and manages to keep its suspense in spite of a sloppy scenario (summary characters and overexplaining dialogues). Knowing each other through the other means thinking in the mirror of the monsters.

IMAGE – Stimulated by a Dolby Vision encoding that brings readability to the ambient darkness and ardour to the ceiling of the henhouse, this digital capture (in 6.5K) is also displayed with enhanced details (Irish forest, worn clothes) and deliberately unsaturated colors where primarys are better captured in daylight. Compression is, however, more visible than creatures (at well integrated CGIs) when fog rises in the undergrowth.

SON – Habited by the frightening presence of watchers (between murmuring and rumbling) and the heavy breathing of nature (the movement of birds, the rustling of trees), the VO Dolby Atmos plays its dynamic when the calm settles too much. The effects are subtly distributed at the back and in the heights, the LFE channel delivers notable ultra-lows and the dialogues are clear. Less accurate but well distributed, the VF lossy is provided with careful dubbing.

Mrs Web

Source France | Publisher : Sony Pictures | Release date : 19 June 2024

Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K

Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
English DTS-HD MA 5.1

Subtitles
English
French

Mrs Web
Rated 3 of 5

Artistic : 4 | Video : 9 | Audio : 9.5

WORK – Continuing to weave (no matter how) his canvas without Spider-Man, the SSU (Venom, Morbius) is completely lost with this inconsequential story that advances blindly. The narrative threads hang from all sides, the dialogues are a terrifying sham, the effects of staging are ridiculous, the actors think to play in a telenovela and the action scenes, not very exciting, are very poorly cut. Worse than a failure, an unheroic disaster.

IMAGE – More beautiful than in HD but still as flat and any, the photography of Mauro Fiore (Spider-Man: No Way Home) wears a Dolby Vision costume that magnifies the brightness of lighting, the depth of the night (as during the final fight) and the saturation of colors (greenness in Peru). Increased resolution requires, the plans are filled with even more details (see the combination of Ezekiel). Apart from digital grain on a handful of planes, encoding is solid.

SON – Between the urban jungle (crowd effects, road traffic, metro lines) and Cassie's visions (the upcoming events overlap with a differentiated volume), the VO Dolby Atmos uses with as much precision as generosity of all the channels available. Barred with noise, this effective acoustic bubble also manages to preserve the clarity of the dialogues. As large and powerful, the VF lossless must just lay down because of its horizontal distribution.

Sicario

Source France | Publisher : Metropolitan Video | Release date : 06 December 2024

Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.40
HDR10 | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K

Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
English DTS-HD MA 5.1

Subtitles
French

Sicario
Rated 4.5 out of 5

Artistic : 9 | Video : 9.5 | Audio : 9.5

WORK – Driven by a strong woman with a tetanized look (incarnate by Emily Blunt) and sprinkled with scenes of action to the chiseled violence, this twilight narco-polar weapon of Denis Villeneuve's scraped staging (Blade Runner 2049, Dune) to create a suffocating tension in a dying Mexico. Deeply pessimistic, while revenge and justice are confused dangerously, it removes security and shoots live bullets at the evil that is in each of us.

IMAGE – Details that gain in precision (facial features, interior decoration, textile fibres, building wear), a richer colorimetric palette (beige ochre gradation, night vision) and better sculpted contrasts (the darker ones take full advantage of it) are recruited by this solid UHD HDR10 transfer where the increased realism of light sources (brighter ones) helps to manage back-days (the interior of the Chevrolet Tahoe is now visible from the rear bezel).

SON – A wide and immersive sound image on the broad front, with low-ends, tenacious rear scene (urban agitation, shootings), clear dialogues and visceral music. Thanks to its verticality (the inaugural explosion with its debris falls, the overflight of helicopters, the resonances in tunnels), the VO Dolby Atmos is victorious (from the cartel war) against the (very good) VF DTS-HD MA 5.1. The French dubbing is well incorporated in the original mixing.

Me, Christiane F., 13, drugged, prostitute...

Source France | Publisher : Metropolitan Video | Release date : 10 January 2025

Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.77
CSD | BT2 BT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2
HEVC encoding | DI 4K

Soundtrack
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
French DTS-HD MA 2.0

Subtitles
French

Me, Christiane F., 13, drugged, prostitute...
Rated 3.5 out of 5

Artistic : 8 | Video : 7.5 | Audio : 7

WORK – Adapted from the eponymous biographical novel and dedicated to three real victims, this work of testimony on the nauseous spiral of a youth in perdition shows the ravages of drugs without detourism. A descent to hell in the underground Berlin (and without escape) of the mid-1970s, which captures the distress of a teenager in bad identity (magistrally interpreted by Natja Brunckhorst) with a sometimes unsustainable raw realism.

IMAGE – With the exception of a brand of gum now blurred (the company having been purchased), a mirror plan (to correct an error of continuity) and a more or less sharp attenuation of grain, this UHD SDR transfer from a 4K scan of the original 35 mm negatives dominates the 2009 Blu-ray head and shoulders. The image has been cleaned (still few white dots), details have been obtained of precision and the colorimetric palette (always glauque) has been alived.

SON – Singled by David Bowie's hypnotic musical universe, the VO remixed in 5.1 remains faithful to its monophonic origins (the front stage continues to dominate) while spatializing here and there from all small atmospheres (urban life). Totally anemic and recorded at an abnormally low sound volume, the VF dual mono is particularly unbalanced with its dubbing (unconvincing and sometimes deaf) coming to stifle a large part of the noise.

Phase IV

Source United States | Publisher : Vinegar Syndrome | Release date : 27 February 2024

Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.85
HDR10 | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K

Soundtrack
English DTS-HD MA 2.0

Subtitles
English

Phase IV
Rated 4 out of 5

Artistic : 8 | Video : 8.5 | Audio : 8

WORK – In the digital age, as AI and social networks transform our way of thinking and acting as a society, this avant-garde metaphysical SF resonates more than ever when it questions intelligence (collective and individual), the nature of consciousness and our place in the universe. A nugget of the amazingly minimalistic but fizzling ideas, where microcosm and macrocosm merge into cosmic horror at the end of Humanity.

IMAGE – From a 4K scan of the original 35 mm negative, this UHD HDR10 transfer from the cinema installation offers details that are more textured than in the past (see macrophotography), richer saturated colours (the yellow poison) and more confident contrasts (densified blacks and reinforced light sources). The large granularity is fully preserved and despite damage (like many stains) during the optical games, the source is in good condition.

SON – Very experimental and devoid of low frequencies, this 2.0 mono soundtrack making the ants communicate (by the clever amplified sounds) is of great clarity. Dialogues are clear, electronic music suffers no distortion, and the sound effects, especially the roaring insects, create an increasingly palpable anxiety. Available on the 2nd Blu-ray, the Preview Cut offers two tracks, one without narration (London) and the other with (California).

Joker: Two-sided

Source France | Publisher : Warner Bros. | Release date : 12 February 2025

Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.90, 2.20
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K

Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
Dolby Atmos

Subtitles
English
French

Joker: Two-sided
Rated 4.5 out of 5

Artistic : 8.5 | Video : 10 | Audio : 9.5

WORK – Against the foot of its predecessor (reviewed by the trial prism) and turning away from expectations by punishing by the death penalty the political icon created (despite it), this melodrama 100% depressive and almost introspective consumes its idol (the curtain falls on the realistic illusion) while the « shared psychotic disorder » accompanied by a disenchanted musical show, performed live by a duo (Phoenix/Gaga) who leads the dance. After the ascent, the fall of a psychotic!

IMAGE – Thought for the IMAX, this state-of-the-art digital capture (up to 6.5K) that alternates between two ratios (1.90 and 2.20) fully benefits from the appeal of 4K Ultra HD support. A large veil of extra sharpness officiated throughout, the light granular texture (added in post-prod) is more palpable, the luxuriant colors during musical escapes use the WCG thoroughly and the sophisticated contrast management has been improved (enhanced darkness and refined lighting).

SON – From the prison atmospheres to the pop jazz standards of the 60s to the pleadings at the Palace of Justice, this soundtrack Dolby Atmos (in VO and VF) uses the entire stage available (despite a discreet verticality) to scaffold an increasingly heavy and punitive acoustic universe. The dialogues are clear (a careful French dubbing), detailed spatialization, efficient surround effects and dynamics, especially during musical issues, which are very marked.

Ghosts of Mars

Source United States | Publisher : Shout Factory | Release date : 11 February 2025

Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.35
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K

Soundtrack
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
English DTS-HD MA 2.0

Subtitles
English

Ghosts of Mars
Rated 4 out of 5

Artistic : 7 | Video : 9 | Audio : 9

WORK – Free-shooter insensitive to modes, the « Master of horror » spits at the mouth of territorial expansionism with this outrageous galactic western with squeaky casting, guaranteed kitschitude and a frantic rhythm. A trash metal bourrin festival with a certain retro charm, where Big John revisits from a feminine angle (Badass Natasha Henstridge) a large part of his filmography*. And despite a small budget (28 M)$), this bis defouler manifests obvious know-how.

* Originally planned to be the third part of the franchise featuring anti-hero Snake Plissken, Escape from Earth has become Ghosts of Mars (once the scenario is adapted with « Desolation » Williams) following the failure of the box office of Los Angeles 2013. No wonder to find in this dingo prepared with a touch ofAssault, of Fog and The Thing, ingredients of New York 1997.

IMAGE – Drawn from a 4K scan of the original 35 mm negative, this UHD DV transfer with robust encoding is a significant upgrade to its HD counterpart. The silver grain is more finely textured, the details benefit from significantly increased accuracy (even if the optical compositions are thicker), the colorimetric palette with the assanity carnation (too dewed by the past) shows an enlarged red/orange shade and the contrasts better capture the darkness of the night.

SON – Aggressive dynamics, hard rock sending heavy and rabid backstage for a hard hit DTS-HD MA 5.1 soundtrack. And between acutes far from being attenuated and an effervescent directionality, the diet declines of the previous Dolby TrueHD mixing are only a distant memory. Even when chaos rages, dialogues and atmospheric effects remain very clear. It's certainly not very fine, but it's fucking spectacular.

Constantine

Source France | Publisher : Warner Bros. | Release date : 12 February 2025

Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K

Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
Dolby Digital 5.1 English

Subtitles
English
French

Constantine
Rated 4 out of 5

Artistic : 7 | Video : 8.5 | Audio : 9.5

WORK – Quite consensual and serious mortal, this fantastic polar adapted from the series of cynical and casual comics Hellblazer Thank God receives the blessing of captivating issues, successful artistic direction, ambiguous characters and applied staging. Out of Hell, Keanu Reeves (Speed, Matrix, John Wick) lends his features to a laconic and blasé John Constantine who dezinguates from the demon the beaked cigarette by making a finger of honor to Satan.

IMAGE – Although limited by the 2K rendering of plans containing CGIs (a lot softer and rougher), this UHD Dolby Vision transfer from a 4K scan of the original 35 mm negative sends his HD colleague into the flames. The fine details gain in finesse, the silver texture grips the place more, the burning aesthetics is increased (red lighting at Papa Midnite) and the contrasts, fully enhanced, solidify the shadows and light sources (the flashes of Holy Shotgun).

SON – A remixing of Dolby Atmos which, from the Luciferian orchestral score to the hustle and bustle of the streets of Los Angeles by making a small detour through the burned land of Hell, exorcises all the speakers available for a particularly enveloping soundscape. The dynamic screams, the bass roars, the rear scene shakes and the high channels are in Paradise (rain, wind, winged creatures). Anchored on the ground and very narrow, VF is not as positively chaotic.

Panic Room

Source France | Publisher : Sony Pictures | Release date 26 March 2025

Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K

Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
English DTS-HD MA 5.1

Subtitles
English
French

Panic Room
Rated 3.5 out of 5

Artistic : 8 | Video : 7.5 | Audio : 10

WORK – Taken between four walls of a basic but ingenious scenario of prolific David Koepp, Fincher (Se7en, The Killer) redefines the Hitchcockian anxiety in this Window on courtyard 2.0 (which robs Dogs of straw) where views are multiplied. An in camera style exercise of a great formal virtuosity, for a home invasion reference to high-fly interpretation (Jodie Foster, Forest Whitaker, Kristen Stewart, Jared Leto) and paranoid tension.

IMAGE – Supervised by the director, this 4K Dolby Vision remastering from 2K elements (which was completed in DI in 2002) is tempered by certain limitations of the time (the lower resolution CGIs). It does not prevent that the details are sharper, the glacial colors reinforced and the contrasts much more natural (cf. sifted lighting). But here's the digital changes.*, the application of DNR (one grain too softened) and the improvement of contours lower the value of the property.

* Already at work on the 4K restoration of Se7en, AI was used for revisionism on the curtains in Meg Altman's room (to the veil now perfectly parallel), several shadows (just removed), the opacity of some windows, the lasers of the Panic Room and I pass it. Another joy, the Coca-Cola logo on a can and the addition of many lens flare.

SON – Ultra immersive since charged with felted atmospheres and more effects (noise coming from outside the safety room is stifled inside) or less (gunshots) discreet to the out-of-standard directionality (movement of intruders), this Dolby Atmos soundtrack shapes an anxious playground where the presence of verticality (very audible) and the increased depth of bass (very impacting) stand out from the (very good) mixing of the VF DTS-HD MA 5.1.

City of Darkness

Source United States | Publisher : Well Go USA | Release date : 19 November 2024

Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 2K

Soundtrack
Cantonese DTS:X
Cantonese Dolby Atmos
English DTS-HD MA 5.1

Subtitles
English
French

City of Darkness
Rated 4 out of 5

Artistic : 8 | Video : 9 | Audio : 9.5

WORK – That energy bomb where Soi Cheang (Limbo) walking in the steps of Time and Tide and Crazy Kung-Fu, adapts the eponymous manhua not without galvanizing an audience fond of martial arts. For if there is a question of survival and a spiral of revenge in a cinegenic concrete jungle, this epic and romantic revisit of a dark episode of Hong Kong's history is just a pretext for a tornado of high-voltige batons. A dazzling tribute to the Golden Age HK movie!

IMAGE – Although it's a scale-up, this 4K version, calibrated in Dolby Vision, puts the Blu-ray to the ground. Fine details are significantly improved (weaving of clothes, wiring, dilapidation of the shantytown), the colorimetric palette emerges more (reds, yellows and greens are much brighter) and the contrasts have been accentuated. The levels of black are more dense (see lower level lanes) and the light sources are much more intense.

SON – The 3D VO, set by a burning Kenji Kawai, shows a grandiose scale and a truly fantastic rear activity. Extremely well separated, the effects and other atmospheres envelop the room. The verticality is noticed (the population of the Kowloon citadel, the wind, the aircraft), the LFE channel hit hard and the dialogues are exuded clearly by the power plant. More energetic and physical, the DTS:X proposal is exclusive to the Ultra HD 4K drive.

Shaft (2019)

Source United States | Publisher : Warner Bros. | Release date : 24 September 2019

Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.40
HDR10 | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 2K

Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
English Dolby Digital 5.1

Subtitles
English
French

Shaft (2019)
Rated 4 out of 5

Artistic : 7 | Video : 10 | Audio : 9

WORK – Last opus of the franchise Shaft, this 2019 vintage gives to the card the recipe for blaxploitation (including The Red Nights of Harlem is the iconic film) by modernising it with a consensual blockbuster sauce. This intergenerational police comedy (John, his nephew and his son) is clearly less rough and disputing, but it remains no less cool and very entertaining with a Samuel L. Jackson show that regularly gives a smile.

IMAGE – More detailed (see the textures of the urban places visited) and contrasted (deeper blacks) than its HD counterpart, this UHD HDR10 transfer at any sublime point also greatly improves the colorimetric palette with earthy hues (where the primaries are violently detached in clubs and clothing choices) and the different lights (light of the day, neons and interior atmospheres benefit from a completely different intensity) of the photograph.

SON – The Dolby Atmos soundtrack, which is accurately combined with a solid dynamic, ensures a serious performance. The effects of action (gunshots, roaring motors) are as well spatialized as they make the subwoofer grunt, the surrounds give life to the environments, the aerial scene follows events well on screen (box music, some voices, the introductory shooting, etc.), the score composed by Christopher Lennertz has a chest and the dialogues remain clear.

Stuber

Source United States | Publisher : 20th Century Fox | Release date : 15 October 2019

Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | HDR10+ | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 2K

Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
French (Quebec) SDR 5.1

Subtitles
English
French

Stuber
Rated 4 out of 5

Artistic : 7 | Video : 9 | Audio : 9.5

WORK – By multiplying comic situations and scenes of muscular violence without worrying about any credibility, this comedy of action « Uber » where humor born of the differences between the two main protagonists (the improbable duo Bautista/Nanjiani works) taps in the mile. And if she's really not in the lace, she completely assumes her bias where laughter is as much as bullets. A five-star undercover race?

IMAGE – Simply impressive, this UHD HDR10+ transfer is enhanced by its definition (the exteriors), its accented details (the decorative elements, the sports items), its enhanced colorimetric palette (the blue wardrobe, the orange shades in Vic's apartment), its solidified contrasts (the weakly lit places are provided with more distinct backgrounds) and its enhanced light sources (light of the day, night lights, interior lamps).

SON – Expressive and immersive, this Dolby Atmos soundtrack gives us a hearty joy to embark with ludism on adventure. Multichannel activity overflows everywhere, the overall dynamics are formidable, the score is missed and the basses are not lacking in enthusiasm. Less furious and (as of course) deprived of the verticality of its 3D consoeur (resonances, rain, urban atmospheres), the VF still ensures the race with professionalism.

Angel Heart

Source France | Publisher : Studiocanal | Release date : 1 March 2023

Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.85
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K

Soundtrack
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
French DTS-HD MA 2.0

Subtitles
French

Angel Heart
Rated 3.5 out of 5

Artistic : 8 | Video : 8 | Audio : 7

WORK – At the crossroads of the polar and the fantastic, this black film with a disturbing aura and a moist atmosphere is carried by a cast of legend (Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Charlotte Rampling) which, in the garden of evil, finds itself faced with an obscure narrative puzzle with (or not) memorable dream scenes. Unclassifiable and deeply strange, this Faust voodoo sauce today only suffers from its rare but clearly outdated SFX. Searching memory is finding the Devil!

IMAGE – Restored from a new scan of the original 35 mm negatives and approved by Alan Parker, the brand new image of this 4K master is otherwise more convincing than in the past. In addition to healthier colours (greenish drifts are from ancient history), more penetrating shadows and higher luminances better trimmed (the views of the sky), special attention was paid to cleaning, respect for the silver (weedy) grain and the resolution of details.

SON – Although sufficiently dynamic and open (as when atmospheric rains invade the rear scene) for such an intimate aging soundtrack, it does not prevent the rudimentary spatialization on the surrounds from doubting the up-mixed nature of the VO. More frontal and dull (see dubbing) even though the stereo space does exist, the VF (2.0 surround) leaves the bass behind without abandoning the clumsy rivets of the score.

X-Men: Dark Phoenix

Source France | Publisher : 20th Century Fox | Release date : 16 October 2019

Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | HDR10+ | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 2K

Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
French SDR 5.1

Subtitles
English
French

X-Men: Dark Phoenix
Rated 4 out of 5

Artistic : 7 | Video : 9.5 | Audio : 10

WORK – Far from the industrial catastrophe announced even if the franchise is clearly out of breath, this final part of the saga X-Men is a man-made tragedy that favours human feelings rather than cosmic action scenes (very spectacular). And despite an overly linear scenario that remains on the surface, this farewell to women is far from demeriting, especially since the large mutant show is a little less vain than the usual one.

IMAGE – An excellent technical invoice that gratifies us with a flawless definition, a high level of detail, particularly rich colors and magnificent contrasts. The piqué is more pointed (suits, faces, decorations), the colorimetric palette with better saturated primary (reds and blues) is more beautifully nuanced, the darkness is more drawn and the light sources are even more notable (the flashes of Tornado, the burning of Jean Grey).

SON – The Dolby Atmos VO is a dreadfully immersive soundtrack to the ultra-powerful LFE channel (explosion-deflagration), incredible surround activity, spectacular vertical placements (the take-off of the space shuttle, the extraterrestrial presence on the roof of the train) and a dramatic-epical score that is accurately transcribed. More « calm » without being shameful, the little VF releases its guts despite voices somewhat in retreat.

Double relaxation

Source France | Publisher : Studiocanal | Release date : 23 October 2019

Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.85
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K

Soundtrack
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
French DTS-HD MA 2.0

Subtitles
French

Double relaxation
Rated 3 of 5

Artistic : 6 | Video : 8 | Audio : 7

WORK – A buddy movie full of action and sarcastic humor (punchlines kill) with vintage charm, where the duo of antithetical cops formed by Schwarzy (the soviet taciturne) and Belushi (the Yankee extraverti) masks both the basic investigation that is being played and the living stereotypes that are the characters (especially the villain). Viewed by Walter Hill (No return, Last appeal), peaceful coexistence is a reshaping of its 48 Hours.

IMAGE – Presented in Dolby Vision and taken from a 4K scan, the image benefits from an increased definition (the decorations), finer details (faces, clothes), a more harmonious 35 mm grain (even if dense by nature), warmer (the carnation) and better saturated colours (reds and blues), a well-educated shadow and improved light sources (night lights). Remains a few white dots, sweetness and a light cropping (a zooming pötit front).

SON – Even if limited to the rear, the VO 5.1 is far more ambitious than the fully plated front (and narrowed) VF. Dry and deliberately exaggerated, it gives itself to its maximum (especially when the original tape signed James Horner makes itself heard) despite a sound design dated (the noises during the different batons are ridiculous). For your information, this is the first film where the legend of French dubbing Daniel Beretta lent his voice to Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Zootopia

Source United States | Publisher : Disney | Release date : 05 November 2019

Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 2K

Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
English (Quebec) Dolby Digital Plus 7.1

Subtitles
English
French

Zootopia
Rated 4 out of 5

Artistic : 8 | Video : 10 | Audio : 8.5

WORK – Stuffed with references to pop culture, rhythmic by a constant inventiveness, sprinkled with a funnyly intelligent humour and populated by endearing characters, this animal-like buddy movie where the investigation is skillfully conducted is a real animated jewel signed Disney. When animal utopia deconstructs prejudices, anthropomorphism denounces the social faults of humans. Against the background of equality and friendship, an ode to living together in rabbit skin.

IMAGE – The rich details, the fineness of textures (furs), the variety of colours (often pimping) and the consistency of contrasts allow this UHD HDR10 presentation to reach the highest qualitative spheres of the format. In front of the Blu-ray, the improvement of fine detail, the brand new shine of light sources (inner lighting, reflections on the water) and the increased subtlety of shades (the red coat of Nick Wilde) make the difference.

SON – Live voices, rigorous spatialization, subtle effects on all channels and a moving soundtrack. But mixing « Dolby Atmouse » requires, if not for bass, solid during the action scenes, you should not hesitate to push the volume to enjoy this 3D soundtrack to the moderately violent dynamic. Not as immersive (less pronounced atmospheres and no air scene), the VF still has biting.

Rocketman

Source France | Publisher : Paramount Pictures | Release date : 09 October 2019

Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 2K

Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
Dolby Digital 5.1 English

Subtitles
English
French

Rocketman
Rated 4.5 out of 5

Artistic : 8 | Video : 9 | Audio : 10

WORK – Exuberant biopic and exciting musical, Rocketman embraces the extraordinary life of Sir Elton Hercules John in a fantasy therapy where solitude and glory go hand in hand. Rhythmed by the reorchestrated tubes of the pop-star and led by the performance of a fantastic Taron Egerton, this gold glitter score that avoids the traps of the hagiography is the anti Bohemian Rhapsody. Sex, drugs and rock!

IMAGE – With an excellent technical invoice, this UHD Dolby Vision transfer is adorned with a precise definition, clearer details (faces, clothes), more shimmering colours (the chameleon singer's costumes), brighter contrasts (the whites are amazing), much deeper blacks (the concerts enjoy it well) and much bolder light sources (the projectors, the big wheel, the flashes, the sign of Troubadour).

SON – Sensational, the Dolby Atmos track takes advantage of all the channels during crazy energy music sequences. The sounds come from all directions, the bass are wonderful and the voices never drown in this controlled cacophony. The rest of the time, the atmospheres are well restored (urban agitation, crowd cheers) and the dialogues clearly presented. Neither enveloping nor as large, the VF lossy is less impressive.

Love

Source France | Publisher : Studiocanal | Release date : 19 February 2025

Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K

Soundtrack
French Dolby Atmos
French DTS-HD MA 2.0

Subtitles
French
English

Love
Rated 4.5 out of 5

Artistic : 8 | Video : 9.5 | Audio : 9.5

WORK – Deeply drawn from cinema (a little too much for his own good), this romance on the background of gangster films is a crazy rock-like fresco as ambitious (it spreads over nearly 20 years) as it makes the heart vibrate for three hours. And even if little nuanced and naive, this flirts between Scorsese and West Side Story driven by an incredible soundtrack and taking shape in a XXL casting (like everything else), makes you want to love more than anything else because the rest is nothing!

IMAGE – Warm and huddled by the softness of its light and then cold and oppressed by the hardness of its lighting, this devouring passion captured in digital (while having the crush for a false silver texture) rests on a committed UHD Dolby Vision transfer. The details are clearer (faces, industrial landscapes of the North), brighter colours (especially blues and reds) and reinforced contrasts (increased brightness and firm darkness).

SON – As vibrant as the passionate love story she accompanies, this Dolby Atmos soundtrack beats to the rhythm of an iconic playlist, a character in his own right that characterizes the feelings of both protagonists. The dynamics are electrical (see the decisive shot), clear dialogues, particularly wide spatialisation (good exploitation of the field) and the energetic LFE channel. Even if punctual, verticality is there (rain, carbbling).

Nyctalope like Riddick and with a very good hearing, I am ready to jump on physical editions and SVOD platforms. But if the quality isn't on the rendezvous, stop at the bite! #WeLovePhysicalMedia

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