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The culmination of a life of formats: Happy birthday, 4K Ultra HD
Chapter after chapter, format after format, I had already crossed everything before 4K UHD support.
I knew the VHS, its breaths, its rewindings, its colors that vibrated despite everything. I knew the LaserDisc, this revelation which made it clear that the image could be a territory to explore. I knew the DVD, which structured my way of collecting. I knew the Blu-ray, who gave relief to my films.
So no, the 14 February 2016 wasn't a first for me... But it was a turning point. The moment when physical support reached a form of maturity, precision and absolute respect for cinema.
When the first 4K UHD came out, I felt that this whole path was making sense. It was not just a new format: it was the result of shared fidelity. Same gesture, but more precise. The same ritual, but more noble. The same passion, but more assumed.
In February, I celebrate this date that matters to me. And I feel perfectly in my place. Built on decades of viewing, this passion is made of patience, transmission, repeated gestures, records that are opened, protected, shared.
Ten years. And I am always there, like so many others, to defend what brings us together: materiality, memory, respect for the film, the simple and immense joy of holding the cinema in our hands... and give him a place in our lives.
Let us celebrate what makes us vibrate: physical support. We like it. We defend him. We make him live, again and again, with the same fervor.
It is brought to the attention of our dear readers that, in addition to the specified and used viewing equipment, the rendering may differ from one installation to another, whether or not it is calibrated, as well as personal preferences and expectations may influence notation.
QD-OLED Television : Sony Bravia XR-65A95L
Universal reader : Oppo UDP-203 Audiocom Reference
Multimedia player : R_volution PlayerPro 8K Signature Edition
Modular home cinema pack (5.1.2): Yamaha True X Surround 90A
Image Modes : Professional (SDR or HDR) | Dolby Dark Vision | IMAX Enhanced
Listening modes : SURROUND:AI (Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, Auro-3D) | 3D MUSIC Auro-Matic (LPCM, DTS-HD, Dolby TrueHD, DTS, Dolby Digital) | STRAIGHT (2.0 Dual Mono, 1.0)
Contents
Bad Guys 2
Source United States | Publisher : Universal Pictures | Release date : 07 October 2025
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 2K
Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
English (Quebec) Dolby Digital Plus 7.1
Subtitles
English
French
Rated 4.5 out of 5
Artistic : 8 | Video : 10 | Audio : 9.5
WORK – This suite succeeds the most delicate break: overtaking its own concept. More sharpened, more rhythmic, she juggles with humour and panache between Cartoon actions and true tenderness. The "Good Guys" band regains a tasty dynamic, driven by vibrant animation and fly-fly gags. This is not a perfect robbery, but a truly jubilatory entertainment, conducted with a malice that would make even the toughest wolf smile. Nice shot.
IMAGE – This UHD transfer takes away chiselled textures, bright colours and contrasts that bite like a real master of the team. The environments are full of details while the characters retain a more refined and perfectly assumed style. The DV energizes every scene, from hangar to orbit, without artifacts or weaknesses. In front of his HD accomplice, the gain of precision is obvious. An image that runs as well as these "experts in discretion".
SON – This Atmos mix plunges into action immediately, with a wide, precise and always moving sound scene. The engines roar, the pursuits run, and the atmospheres, from the raging ring to the spatial sequences, benefit from a lively and perfectly controlled spatialization. The dialogues remain clear, the LFE channel strikes just, and the whole keeps the speakers on permanent alert. The VFQ, less daring and enveloping, is a bit of a "discreet blow".
The Mécano of the General
Source France | Publisher : Factoris Films | Release date : 28 January 2026
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.33
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
Musical DTS-HD MA 5.1
Subtitles
French
Rated 4 out of 5
Artistic : 9 | Video : 8 | Audio : 8
WORK – A burlesque mechanics launched with full steam: Romanesque breath, gags at 100 per hour and acrobatic virtuosity nestled in a silent spectacle among the most expensive of its time. Inspired by the 1862 Andrews raid (Great Locomotive Chase), the intrigue runs like an indomitable train, each gear finding its mark in a real steel symphony where Buster Keaton reigns as a stoic master. A deliciously funny and irresistible whirlwind of invention d'élan.
IMAGE – Drawn from a 4K scan of the original negative 35 mm, the restoration of the N&B version (not sepia) signed Cohen Film Collection reveals an image of unexpected purity: exemplary stability, rigorous cleaning, fine grain that breathes naturally. The definition, often spectacular, reveals a host of unexpected details, while more assertive contrasts model the grey range with a renewed subtlety. Accuracy and encoding, despite a light flow, surpass the BD.
Back then, The Mécano of the General was not subjected to a uniform rate: each projectionist adjusted the speed, usually between 18 and 22 frames per second. Archives indicate, however, that approximately 22 i/s correspond to its pace « natural ». However, if the purists of the mute resent this modern presentation in 24 fps, the rare saccades hardly alter the experience.
SON – The DTS-HD MA 5.1 track propels Carl Davis' compositions (1987) with a magnitude that evokes the power of a galloped locomotive: full stamps, sharp attacks and generous orchestral breath. The dynamic, flexible and expressive, gives relief to each flight, while the heat of the mix enhances the rhythmic malice and kinetic elegance of Keaton's cinema. The accompaniments of Lee Irwin, Robert Israel and Joe Hisaishi are absent from this edition.
Equal weapons
Source Australia | Publisher : Imprint | Release date : 26 January 2026
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
English LPCM 2.0
Subtitles
English
Rated 3.5 out of 5
Artistic : 8 | Video : 7 | Audio : 9
WORK – A muscular dive into human tenacity, supported by a staging that strikes just and dominated by a G.I. Moore (The Substance) a magnetic hardness, cut for each confrontation. The story of female emancipation advances with the precision of intensive training, mixing sweat, will and bursts of heroism without sinking into caricature. And if some dramatic facilities touch, they do not enter the power of a course that defies codes.
IMAGE – Coming from a 4K scan of a 35 mm internegative, this UHD DV transfer gains in definition, revealing a sharper grain and sharper details. But this change in calibre, coupled with more vigorous contrasts (from the density of blacks to the brightness of whites) and from more natural colors to enhanced saturation (even if the abandonment of era filters comes from aesthetic rewriting), suffers from a clearly misadjusted shot: the frame, too tightened, wrinkles down and sides.
SON – The DTS-HD MA 5.1 mix pushes like a tensioned training ground: deep rumbling, stinging shots, helicopters that split space with the rigor of a military manoeuvre. The voices slam, the orders smear, and the steps, mixed with the collisions of the metal, compose a sound decor in perpetual movement. The martial score envelops the set of nerve heat, while every impact, every rotor, every zone atmosphere reinforces gross immersion.
One battle after another
Source France | Publisher : Warner Bros. | Release date : 04 February 2026
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.78
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
Dolby Atmos
Subtitles
English
French
Rated 4.5 out of 5
Artistic : 9 | Video : 10 | Audio : 9.5
WORK – A fierce and playful political charge, where PTA (Boogie Nights) transforms contemporary paranoia into narrative fuel. Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn and Benicio Del Toro enjoy their own myths while revealing the folly of a world in permanent revolution, which nourishes the nervous momentum of the story. Between acid humour, social tension and virtuoso staging, the film transforms each scene into a jubilatory escarm that strikes just and long.
IMAGE – This UHD transfer, more than manic in its technical requirement, impresses with a surgical definition, a sumptuously preserved VistaVision grain and exemplary image stability. The textures flourish, the broad planes overflow with details and the faces reveal each micro-relief. The Dolby Vision, measured but precise, reinforces a palette sometimes austere, sometimes warm, without ever betraying the density of photography. Solid and clean black compression.
SON – An Atmos soundtrack of formidable accuracy: clear dialogues, nerve dynamics, wide spatialization and fluid transitions between channels. Directional effects, rare but perfectly targeted, exploit heights with calculated accuracy, whether they are explosions, helicopters or obsessive pulses of music. Low firmness, wide sound scene, clear separation: it is immersive, tense, in perfect resonance with creeping paranoia.
Re-Animator
Source United Kingdom | Publisher : Second Sight | Release date : 15 December 2025
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
English LPCM 1.0
Subtitles
English
Rated 4 out of 5
Artistic : 7 | Video : 9 | Audio : 8
WORK – When the B series turns into opera gore under the impulse of a macabre energy, the staging, traversed by a strange tension, slides black humour with surgical precision. Jeffrey Combs embodies a deliciously obsessive Dr. whose presence in the narrative gives rise to controlled madness. From there, the SFX, outrageous but assumed, prolongs the impression of being the guest of a broken laboratory where the « serum » concocted, between horror and satire, remains alive. Cult!
IMAGE – Approved by Brian Yuzna, the 4K restoration, taken from a new 35 mm scan and calibrated in Dolby Vision, reveals a staggering accuracy without betraying the delicious craze of photography: intact fine grain, organic textures, deep blacks and more frank colors. The flesh grows naturally, the toxic greens burst, and the gore effects regain almost indecent legibility. With a robust encoding, this visual resurrection is worthy of Dr. West.
SON – The three tracks (restored mono, stereo 2.0 and remix 5.1) each offer a distinct sound identity. The mono, raw and authentic, faithfully restores the mix of time. Stereo, wider and better balanced, clarifies dialogues and music without betraying the material. The DTS-HD MA 5.1, cleaner but less carpented, remains (too) discreet in its atmospheres. A generous choice, which ring resolutely well, and should delight purists as well as soundtrack enthusiasts in « relief ».
Lake Mungo
Source Australia | Publisher : Umbrella Entertainment | Release date : 17 December 2025
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.77
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Subtitles
English
Rated 4.5 out of 5
Artistic : 8 | Video : 9.5 | Audio : 9.5
WORK – Fogful as a poorly tidy memory, this found footage advances by felted steps until cracking the real, then lets the domestic worry settle down as one more presence in the room. From silence to silence, he slips a chill, turns the image found into an emotional trap, and his false documentary, deceptive sobriety, turns into a session of modern spiritism where every revelation weighs heavy. A funeral mirage that haunts long after the last cut.
IMAGE – This 4K restoration calibrated in DV focuses on precision rather than on the blubber. Controlled grain, dense black and subtle depth of field reinforce the documentary illusion. The segments 16 and 35 mm breathe; sources « amateurs » HDCAM remain raw but clean, without unwanted artifacts (an encoding FiM). Simple colours (nuanced lands, felted skies, amber interiors), natural skins, more or less fine textures: haunted, it looks at each corner.
SON – With a precise, quasi-clinical mix, where each breath, parasite or micro-distortion is recorded as an index, the DTS-HD MA 5.1 soundtrack (track 2.0 not tested) plays with restraint. Surrounds favour air, distance, off-the-shelf, nourishing the impression of capture on the alive. The lows, discreet but firm, support without ever looking for impact. Clear dialogues, stable placements, voluntary variations: everything serves this atmosphere of sound spectrum that slides under the skin.
Children wolves, Ame & Yuki
Source France | Publisher : All the Anime | Release date : 21 January 2026
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.78
HDR10 | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 2K
Soundtrack
Japanese DTS-HD MA 5.1
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Subtitles
English
French
Rated 4.5 out of 5
Artistic : 9.5 | Video : 9 | Audio : 9.5
WORK – The delicacy of this anime strikes first by the correctness of his gaze on motherhood, then spreads in an animation with instinctive grace, slipping from daily to wonderful without ever breaking the momentum. The metamorphosis of children, the beating heart of the story, then becomes the mirror of an education of doubts, courage and wild love. Then, when everything calms down, remains a tenacious sweetness, like a breath of undergrowth, a scent of forest and freedom.
IMAGE – HDLU magnifies Children wolves with new precision: refined lines, more legible textures, revitalized colors without betraying the original aesthetics. The respectful HDR highlights the depth of the blacks, light variations and modeled in landscapes as in metamorphoses. Absence of artifacts, rigour of encoding and stability of the image, for a measured but brilliant 4K upgrade, revealing the tenderness and visual power of this masterpiece.
SON – The soundtrack has a remarkable richness of sound, carried by a 5.1 blend that breathes fully. Clear dialogues, precise spatialization and extensive dynamics: storms, schools, forests and other atmospheres come to life with a striking natural. Seriouss bring weight to emotional impulses, and Masakatsu Takagi's melancholic score envelopes with a delicate grace. The French dubbing, well integrated and faithful to the intimate tone of the film, preserves its sensitivity.
Animal
Source Germany | Publisher : Plaion Pictures | Release date : 11 December 2025
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
French DTS-HD MA 5.1
German DTS-HD MA 5.1
Subtitles
German
Rated 4 out of 5
Artistic : 7.5 | Video : 8.5 | Audio : 8.5
WORK – Under his quiet exteriors, the story unfolds like a fever that takes body, allowing an intimate violence to rise up where the eruption of desire, the emergence of an instinct buried and difficult to contain, becomes the metaphor of a reconstruction after break-in. The staging, carnal and under stress, follows this inner journey without ever reducing it, while the performance of Oulaya Amamra carries the trouble with a fierce dignity. A path that burns as much as it does.
IMAGE – Photography becomes more precise: better defined textures, more nuanced Camargue light and perfectly controlled black. The DV strengthens solar radiance and shadow zones without smoothing the desired roughness. Electronic noise, inherited from the capture (the signature of the RED V-Raptor in high sensitivity), persists in low light, but remains clearly attenuated thanks to a more robust compression. A 4K presentation that enhances the sensory load and intensifies organic tension.
SON – A multichannel track that affirms its presence: clear dialogues (a local phrase, stripped and often elliptical), chiseled and dynamic atmospheres controlled. The mixing sculpts the space with natural, between deaf rumblings, intimate breathings and sharper pops. The music, ample without invading, supports affective inflections with measured intensity. A soundscape that envelops, reinforces the feeling of tightness and prolongs the underlying tension of the ensemble.
The Orphans
Source France | Publisher : Gaumont | Release date : 20 December 2025
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.35
HDR10 | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
French Dolby Atmos
Subtitles
French
English
Rated 4 out of 5
Artistic : 7.5 | Video : 9.5 | Audio : 9
WORK – While imposing its own pace, this hexagonal buzzy movie assumes its legacy with Fatal weaponNot without a rejoicing plumb. The staging, dries like a badly lunar somonce, aligns the action sequences with the exemplary legibility. The characters, calibrated to the millimetre, find a rare balance between gourilla and gravity, so that the central duo, a real dramatic engine, turns the ensemble into a small bomb of tension and tenderness. Hello.
IMAGE – Enriched by the singular texture of anamorphic optics Panavision (cf. the feeling of relief), this UHD transfer to the formidable precision imposes its outfit. HDR10 strongly supports bright flashes, deep blacks and explosions, while maintaining warm colorimetry at measured saturations. Benefiting from a compression of great discretion, guaranteeing visual rigour almost tactical and rock stability, the image gains in micro-details and never misses its target.
SON – The Dolby Atmos mix orchestrates a wide acoustic space, where the dialogues detach themselves with impeccable sharpness. Shots, ambush and other sheet metal bursts arise with a nerve impulse, while the score circulates with magnitude in the sound field. The laterals wrap the listener with precise effects, the upper tracks intervene sparingly but efficiently, and the serious, firm and deep channel gives weight to each assault. It just strikes.
Minority Report
Source France | Publisher : 20th Century Studios | Release date : 11 February 2026
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitles
English
French
Rated 4 out of 5
Artistic : 9 | Video : 8.5 | Audio : 9.5
WORK – In a blind future, this thriller of anticipation unfolds a relentless mechanics where each vision becomes a trap and every decision a vertigo. The staging of Tonton Spielberg, with almost programmed tempo, orchestrates a forward flight that auscultates our obsession with control. Between intrusive technology, elegant paranoia and clinical precision, the vise tightens as if the future itself were tense. A precog tower whose echo persists for a long time.
IMAGE – This 4K master instills a new sharpness to Minority Report, magnifying photography* cold and futuristic surfaces. The Dolby Vision refines the contrasts and strengthens the luminous radiances, while strengthening a voluntarily austere palette. The textures benefit from an extra definition, and the Super 35 grain, preserved, retains its authenticity... Even if the encoding, a little stiff, blurs his breathing. Despite this restraint, a much higher refund than Blu-ray.
* Signed Janusz Kamiński, it is based on a treatment without bleaching (the bleach bypass effect), reducing saturation, increasing contrast and preserving metallic silver. Combined with controlled overexposure, marked optical diffusion and aggressive directional sources, it generates burned whites, steel blues, compressed blacks and abrasive grain, sculpting a hard and clinical world.
SON – Supporting every acceleration of the narrative, the VO DTS-HD MA 5.1 promotes sharp spatialization, generously distributed effects, nerve dynamics and clear dialogues. The VF, confined to the Dolby Digital (against DTS in the past), remains correct but loses in scope in the face of the energy of its sister. Taking into account the air means specific to Precrime, the activation of a DSP 3D significantly enhances immersion, since the added verticality is not an anecdotal.
Tron: Ares
Source France | Publisher : Disney | Release date : 11 February 2026
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
English Dolby Digital Plus 7.1
Subtitles
English
French
Rated 4.5 out of 5
Artistic : 7.5 | Video : 10 | Audio : 10
WORK – A suite that skilfully weaves its code with that of the first two parts: preserved aesthetic heritage, prolonged mythology, but more programmed narrative architecture. However, when echoes to the course of the pioneer and the next rebellion line up with the action, scratching its own light signature between raw energy and laser-cut geometric elegance, the Grid reinvents itself and feels this old thrill of data-vertige come back, almost vintage.
IMAGE – A UHD transfer of clinical purity: 8K capture operated at full speed, micro-details readable up to the interfaces and tentacular settings of the Grid. The DV ignites the new red palette, propelling neon and light drags with great vigour, while close-ups gain in relief and texture. But if the visual demonstration is there, it remains a frustration: the ratio frozen in 2.39, which excludes any variation in opening during IMAX sequences.
SON – An Atmos mix of a formidable magnitude: 3D spatialization of almost acrobatic precision, sound objects circulating with implacable logic, and lows that anchor each impact with a rejoicing authority. The effects (motors, digital materials, light cuttings) fuse with a bluffing sharpness, while the partition of NIN, toning, wraps the multichannel space without ever stifling dialogues. Even though clear and timbled, VF 7.1 remains less expansive.
Danger Diabolik
Source France | Publisher : Sidonis Calysta | Release date : 16 January 2026
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.85
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English DTS-HD MA 2.0
French DTS-HD MA 2.0
Subtitles
French
Rated 3.5 out of 5
Artistic : 7 | Video : 8 | Audio : 7
WORK – Jubilatory pop-cinema where each plane seems to be filled with desire, speed and insolence. The direction of Mario Bava (The Three Faces of Fear), all in curves and colors, slides from one turn to another with an almost criminal elegance. The duo conspires, conspires, electrizes, giving the film its fiery magnetism. The result: a pure gesture of style, a « Break » aesthetics that assures up to vertigo. A guilty pleasure? More like Diabolik pleasure!
IMAGE – From the recent restoration KL, this UHD transfer breathes into the lush photo of Antonio Rinaldi a more poisonous aura. The DV, while warming the epidermis, releases a palette of crazy intensity, where toxic greens, acid yellows and feverish reds dynamit the frame. Despite silvery residues, a formidable organic and piqué texture maintains a feline presence. The Blu-ray Shh! Factory is distracted, when that of publishing, too bright, fades the criminal universe.
SON – The audio section, all mono immaculate dressed, remains true to the original material... and at its limits, preserved as it is: the VO, wider and better integrated, offers a solid restitution of the score of Ennio Morricone despite sometimes anemic voices and a dynamic period. The VF, correct but more narrow, often requires to mount the volume. Note the absence of Italian dubbing, the national assembly being shorter than the restored international version.
Way of the Gun
Source France | Publisher : The image workshop | Release date : 03 February 2026
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.85
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Subtitles
French
Rated 4 out of 5
Artistic : 7 | Video : 9.5 | Audio : 9
WORK – Tight atmosphere and bursts of violence are imposed from the outset, supported by the verve of dialogues that slam like a detonation. The actors, James Caan (The Solitaire) and Benicio del Toro (The Phoenician Scheme), inject a disordery intensity that reinforces the exchanges. A few script lengths, however, brake the momentum, as if the plot, yet full of nerves, was lost at times in dusty terrain. Remains a dry polar, animated by a certain biting.
IMAGE – This UHD transfer reveals a much more stable and detailed image, resulting from a new 35 mm scan that fully restores the visual roughness of the Dick Pope photo. The fine grain, solid encoding and measured WCG reinforce the dry heat of the landscapes and density of the faces. Colours regain an ochre vitality, far from the magenta davantan drifts. Decors, materials and sweat gain in raw presence. Thanks to Dolby Vision, the sub-exposure is no longer.
SON – Clear dialogues, percussive Wild West music, excavated atmospheres and shootings having nothing to envy at Heat : the VO Atmos deploys a wide and nervous sound scene. During the exchanges of fire, rising moderately here and there, the surrounds and the LFE are rightly solicited. The VF DTS-HD MA 5.1, wide and dynamic despite a little dubbing forward, remains cut for this disused western. Whether you choose one or the other, the soundtrack keeps the trigger very safe.
Stories of Chinese Ghosts (1987)
Source France | Publisher : Metropolitan Video | Release date : 14 February 2026
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.85
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
Cantonese DTS-HD MA 5.1
Cantonese DTS-HD MA 2.0
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
French DTS-HD MA 2.0
Subtitles
French
Rated 4 out of 5
Artistic : 8 | Video : 8.5 | Audio : 8.5
WORK – Deploying a feverish romanticism where the elegance of the wu xia pian encounters a deliciously baroque spectral imagery, this ghost kung-fu comedy chained its spells with an enchanting fluidity, transforming each appearance into a macabre and tender dance. In this continuous movement, Ching Siu-tung's virevoltant staging and hazy humour seal the birth of a legendary saga, which will continue to irradiate Chinese fantasy cinema.
IMAGE – Coming from a 4K scan of the original 35 mm negative, this UHD DV transfer reveals a fine and lively grain, as well as a new definition where decorations, costumes and make-up increase in precision... until the cables and transparencys of the period, clearly visible. The shades (fantasmagorical reds, indigo lunars) regain their unreal brilliance, while the darkness, once stifled, appears lightened. Sweeped film defects, exorcised blue filter and stability worthy of a soothing mind.
SON – Whether in 5.1 remixed or 2.0 original, the four blends, with great clarity, offer a surprisingly consistent and respectful restitution: clear dialogues, controlled balance, discreet basses, and ample music. The atmospheric effects (winds, murmurs, supernatural assaults) are easily deployed on the front stage, and the multichannel tracks reach a small excess of depth without inopportune modernization. French dubbing applied, but too highlighted.
Close Dialing on: The Editorial Content of Chinese Ghost Stories - Trilogy.
Along with the two suites offered in Blu-ray via solid 2K restorations, the box reveals a maze of mist and secrets worthy of a Taoist sanctuary. The 44-page booklet, photos and posters form the first door, before sinking into a series of particularly rich modules: river exchange HK Revised, where Christophe Ganz, David Martinez and Léonard Haddad revisit the trilogy with passion, the retrospective documentary dedicated to Leslie Cheung, true emotional heart of the ensemble, then the episodes Hong Kong Confidential, where Grady Hendrix puts each film in its cultural and political context. Interviews with James Wong, Yun Bun and David West's analysis complete this exciting journey, mixing memory, technique and history of Hong Kong cinema.
RoboCop (2014)
Source United States | Publisher : Shout Factory | Release date : 18 June 2024
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 2K
Soundtrack
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Subtitles
English
Rated 4 out of 5
Artistic : 7 | Video : 9 | Audio : 9.5
WORK – Go to Verhoeven (Starship Troopers) falls under the bruise, but José Padilha delivers a surprisingly sure remake of him. Exits the cyberpunk varnish: action remains lively, but the ultra-violence disappears in favor of a dramatic tension where man discovers his mechanical part. Social satire, corruption, media manipulation, bioethics: the founding themes remain, to the taste of the day with precision and winks of complicity. Down from expectations, a review that works.
IMAGE – With this 4K recasting of the original digital intermediary, the update of RoboCop benefits from more detail on facial textures, metal surfaces and digital interfaces. The colors assert more, between clinical whites, bright reds and steel blues, while the blacks gain in depth. Although the brightness remains wise for the format, the contrast is more accurate. A successful upgrade, calibrated to satisfy even OmniCorp.
SON – Without updating compared to the Blu-ray, this dreadfully immersive 5.1 mix nevertheless fully exploits its potential: deep bass, impacting explosions and firmly structured multichannel deployment accompany every shot and mechanical displacement. The voices impose with the same rigour as a directive, the music effectively supports dramaturgy, and the surrounds restore with scale drones, robotic units, debris and office atmospheres.
Tai Chi Master
Source France | Publisher : Factoris Films | Release date : 03 December 2025
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.85
HDR10 | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
Cantonese DTS-HD MA 2.0
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Subtitles
French
Rated 3.5 out of 5
Artistic : 8 | Video : 8 | Audio : 7
WORK – This martial arts film unfolds the energy of a well placed palm stroke: direct, nervous, jubilatory. Under the inspired direction of Yuen Woo‐ping, chaos becomes harmony, where humour, fraternity and fury respond without false note. Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh dance there as much as they fight, transforming each exchange into a martial calligraphy. Between virtuosity, counter philosophy and assumed mischievousness, this classic triumphs by its fervour and breathes mastery.
IMAGE – More stable and nuanced thanks to a 4K restoration from the original negatives, it reveals a nerve 35 mm grain, clearly enhanced details and a colorimetry with more frank hues. The textures, from shaved skulls to complex fabrics, gain in relief, and the blacks in depth. Some high overexposed lights remain, but the whole, properly encoded, outclasses the previous Blu-ray. Dolby Vision calibration for US/UK discs only.
SON – More limited than the image but consistent with its age, the VO rests on a clear but thin dual-mono, lacking bass and quickly running short, with a sometimes rough mix where music is systematically crushed by action and its totally artificial sounds. Despite a slight simplicity, the voices remain audible. The VF 5.1, well lined, offers more scope and a handful of ambiences aft (sweet birds), but loses the lyrics of a song.
Some users with Oppo players or PS4 consoles report crashes while browsing, lack of sound on the menu and the original version, as well as almost inaudible VF even maximum volume. After verification, the editor excludes any pressing defects and attributes these problems to the lack of updates on the devices concerned.
G.O.A.T.
Source United States | Publisher : Universal Pictures | Release date : 11 November 2025
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
English (Quebec) Dolby Digital Plus 7.1
Subtitles
English
French
Rated 4 out of 5
Artistic : 6 | Video : 9.5 | Audio : 9.5
WORK – This narcissistic fable advances like an endless drive, each yard won costing a soul share. Toxic mentorship turns to the playbook of domination, the mental pressure of the sports elite strikes stronger than a blind sneak, and the real steals, caught by hallucinations that recall the mental drifts of Jacob's Scale. The ambition is there, but the story ends up losing the ball in its own visions, unable to control the game it wanted to impose. Fumble?
IMAGE – This UHD DV transfer has a sharp visual signature: (false) carved grain, abyssal black, surgical textures captured in 4.6K, and almost liturgical glows. The ascetic palette reinforces the fever of the narrative, while the brighter reds slice like stigma. The X-Ray plans, of demonological precision, add an organic disorder to the photograph, and the "traditional" catches benefit from a net extra definition. Touchdown!
SON – The VO Dolby Atmos immediately plunges into action: jets that tear the sound space, screams from the audience, triumphal theme enveloping the room, hard contact and throws balloons that fuse with exemplary directionality. The mix tightens briefly within the family home, before returning to an orchestral scale in the isolated White complex, supported by large US rap, deep bass and effects that gravitate to 360°. Without reaching the end zone, the VF progresses.
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