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James Remar

James Remar

14 films on Best Blurays11 in 4K3 in HD

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William James Remar (born December 31, 1953) is an American actor. Some of his best known film roles are as Ajax in The Warriors (1979), as homicidal maniac Albert Ganz in 48 Hrs. (1982), as Dutch Schultz in The Cotton Club (1984), and as Lord Raiden in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997). He has had smaller roles in many other notable films, including Drugstore Cowboy (1989), Boys on the Side (1995), Judge Dredd (1995), Psycho (1998), What Lies Beneath (2000), 2 Fast 2 Furious (2002), Blade: Trinity (2004), Ratatouille (2007), Pineapple Express (2008), RED (2010), X-Men: First Class (2011), Django Unchained (2012), Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), Oppenheimer (2023), and Megalopolis (2024). He was originally cast as Corporal Hicks in Aliens (1986) before being replaced by Michael Biehn. On television, Remar's recurring roles include Richard Wright, the on-off tycoon boyfriend of Samantha in Sex and the City (2001 - 2004), Harry Morgan in Dexter (2006 - 2013) and Dexter: Resurrection (2025 - present), the voice of Vilgax in Ben 10 (2009 - 2012), Tonraq in The Legend of Korra (2013 - 2014), and Peter Gambi in Black Lightning (2018 - 2021). He also voices Executor Hideo in the Destiny video game series. Remar has been married to Atsuko Remar since 1984. They have two children.

Biography from TMDB

11 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Leading role · Director: Walter Hill

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Leading role · Director: Gus Van Sant

4K · Excellent

Supporting role · Director: Robert Zemeckis

4K · Excellent

Supporting role · Director: Walter Hill

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Disappointing
Video Notes:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray has atrocious HDR10 encode, Dolby Vision is altogether better but still mediocre

Supporting role · Director: John Singleton

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Cinema DTS

Small role · Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Best English-Friendly:

UK Entertainment in Video 4K Blu-ray

Small role · Director: William Friedkin

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

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

Additional Info:

Plaion have also released a BD sourced from Arrow's recent 4K remaster, holds up strongly in comparison https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=19341&d2=19005&c=5415

Small role · Director: Matthew Vaughn

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox 4K Blu-ray or Blu-ray?

Small role · Director: Quentin Tarantino

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Christopher Nolan

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Michael Bay

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

3 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Supporting role · Director: Simon Wincer

4K · Worse Than BD
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

4K is defective with color space issues and poor encoding, UHD replacement disc is also defective with worse encode. The UHD has visible artifacts from the bad encoding. The HDR is overdone and the Paramount 4K master has grain management.
The new Kino Blu-ray has none of the UHD's problems and is superior to the UHD in every way though it still uses the same Paramount master.

Best Audio:

DVD 5.1 or LaserDisc 5.1 AC3, LD PCM 2.0 for the matrix stereo version. The LD and DVD seem to be the theatrical audio mix untouched with plenty of low end. This low end like a number of 90's Paramount titles was mixed out or tamed on subsequent releases. 

Additional Info:

The Lionsgate BD and Paramount BD share the same lackluster HD master with DNR and image distortion. The Lionsgate is much better encoded but has a 7.1 remix which messed up the original mix design by lessening all the great Foley work in favor of the score. The Paramount BD had a 5.1 lossless version of the original mix but it's a new version where the bass has been tamed so the track has lost its punch. The Kino Lorber UHD and Blu-ray recycle this same lesser 5.1 mastering. The original mix can still be heard on LD and DVD. The 2.0 stereo on the Kino is matrixed but also does not sound as good as the 2.0 matrix audio on DVD or LD.
Kino has a replacement program for the defective UHD to fix the color space issue. The new disc is not marked, has a worse encode AND DOES NOT FIX THE COLOR SPACE! Thus it is a worse defective disc version of the original defective disc.
The Billy Zane interview on the Kino BD has technical issues in the editing and clip quality used.

Supporting role · Director: Quentin Tarantino

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Anchor Bay Blu-ray

Video Notes:

US Anchor Bay Blu-ray > International Sony Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Best Buy, Target, and Walmart exclusive editions all have a exclusive extra each.

Supporting role · Director: David S. Goyer

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB/New Line Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

4K possibly teased?

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