Shep Houghton

32 films on Best Blurays4 in 4K27 in HD1 in SD

27 of 32 films match · Page 1 of 2

By format

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Underworld (1927)

Supporting role · Director: Josef von Sternberg

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

3.8

The Last Command (1928)

Supporting role · Director: Josef von Sternberg

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Criterion Blu-ray although MoC OOP Blu-ray looks similar, it's likely slightly worse

Best Audio:

Only the MoC edition has the Gaylord Carter organ score from the old VHS/LaserDisc release while Criterion has only the orchestral score by Robert Israel and electronic/percussion score by Alloy Orchestra.

4.0

Inside Daisy Clover (1966)

Small role · Director: Robert Mulligan

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.1

For Me and My Gal (1942)

Small role · Director: Busby Berkeley

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.4

At the Circus (1939)

Small role · Director: Edward Buzzell

Best English-Friendly:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Best Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray new 4K restoration

3.4

The Leopard Man (1943)

Small role · Director: Jacques Tourneur

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Shout! Factory Blu-ray

Sources: blah-ray.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

WB 2005 DVD

Audio Notes:

https://blah-ray.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-leopard-man-1943.html

3.6

To Be or Not to Be (1942)

Small role · Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab) · blah-ray.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab)

Upcoming Release:

StudioCanal 4K

Video Notes:

Criterion Blu-ray > StudioCanal https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=6600&d2=6586&c=2691

Best Audio:

2005 WB DVD

Audio Notes:

2005 WB DVD > Criterion Blu-ray > StudioCanal Blu-ray. Maybe 1998 LaserDisc better? See Blah-Ray

4.3

The Big Sleep (1946)

Small role · Director: Howard Hawks

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1991 MGM LaserDisc

4.0

Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

Small role · Director: Stanley Kramer

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK BFI Blu-ray

Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

UK BFI Blu-ray is very similar to Germany Capelight Blu-ray but Capelight is slightly more sharpened see caps

Both Kino Lorber and Twilight Time OOP Blu-ray suffer from Quicktime Gamma Bug see caps

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)

Small role · Director: Frank Tashlin

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK MoC OOP Blu-ray

Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

UK MoC OOP Blu-ray is strongly preferred over US Twilight Time OOP Blu-ray: the color on Twilight Time looks very off and loses a lot of shadow details, overall just looks wrong see caps

Otherwise HD Streaming is available