Kevin J. O'Connor

11 films on Best Blurays7 in 4K4 in HD

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An American actor. He is known for playing character roles in major studio films such as There Will Be Blood, The Mummy, Clive Barker’s Lord of Illusions, F/X2 and Van Helsing. He is a favorite of writer/director Stephen Sommers, who usually casts him in his films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kevin J. O'Connor (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Biography from Wikipedia via TMDB

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7 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Lord of Illusions (1995)

Leading role · Director: Clive Barker

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

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Video Notes:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray caps, very impressive upgrade, VFX shots look a bit better as well thanks to the new scan and HDR, magenta touch in the old master is no longer there

3.1

No Escape (1994)

Supporting role · Director: Martin Campbell

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Australia Umbrella 4K Blu-ray

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Video Notes:

Australia Umbrella 4K Blu-ray (native 4K sourced) is better than Turbine Germany 4K Blu-ray which is an upscale, not a true 4k source see caps

3.0

The Mummy (1999)

Supporting role · Director: Stephen Sommers

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Universal 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

US Universal 4K Blu-ray for the original forced subtitle fonts

Best Audio:

3.6

Van Helsing (2004)

Supporting role · Director: Stephen Sommers

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

2.9

Steel Magnolias (1989)

Supporting role · Director: Herbert Ross

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Sony 4K Blu-ray (review)

3.8

Virtuosity (1995)

Supporting role · Director: Brett Leonard

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Vinegar Syndrome 4K Blu-ray

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Video Notes:

Caps by cinemaniac, look great but

Audio Notes:

Vinegar Syndrome 4K Blu-ray boosted the audio and introduced clipping. Old Paramount Blu-ray maybe better?

2.8

Widows (2018)

Small role · Director: Steve McQueen

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

3.5

4 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

There Will Be Blood (2007)

Leading role · Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Japan Blu-ray 2021 reissue

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

Video Notes:

Japan Blu-ray has better encode than other BDs.

Additional Info:

US and UK Blu-rays have their framing slightly positioned higher and lower respectively caps. JP BD is closest to center frame.

4.5

Deep Rising (1998)

Supporting role · Director: Stephen Sommers

Best English-Friendly & Video:

OOP Kino Lorber Blu-ray

3.1

The Master (2012)

Supporting role · Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Various Blu-ray available

4.0

Amistad (1997)

Small role · Director: Steven Spielberg

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount Blu-ray

3.5

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