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James Cosmo

James Cosmo

8 Films

James Cosmo

8 Included Films

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia James Cosmos is known for his film roles as Angus MacLeod in Highlander, Campbell in Braveheart and as Father Christmas in the adaptation of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Over the years he has also had roles in films such as Trainspotting, The Last Legion, Troy, and 2081 . He also appeared in Take the High Road as Alex Geddes from 1982-83. He is also a staple of British television, with credits in hundreds of television shows, Cosmo made a name for himself playing Scottish "tough guy" characters.

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

US Paramount 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

US Paramount 4K Blu-ray has Dolby Vision, while other countries Fox 4K Blu-ray only has HDR

Braveheart poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

US Paramount 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

US Paramount 4K Blu-ray has Dolby Vision, while other countries Fox 4K Blu-ray only has HDR

Trainspotting poster
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UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 2026 4K Blu-ray (UPC 715515334617)

Best Video:

Criterion 2026 4K Blu-ray (UPC 715515334617) > Criterion 2024 4K Blu-ray > Film4 4K Blu-ray

  • Criterion 2026 redid the encoding and none of the blocking issues any more, see disc info and nicolas' review

  • Criterion 2024 encode struggles with brighter areas of the image but still superior to Film4

Best Audio:

5.1: Universal EU Blu-ray - Criterion and Lionsgate are missing LFE, otherwise the same
Stereo: Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Film4 4K Blu-ray is on a BD-66, both Criterion releases are on BD-100 discs. 

Criterion 2024 release bitrate: 94.67 mbps

Criterion 2026 release bitrate: 93.66 mbps

Film4 bitrate: 62.00 mbps

Trainspotting poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 2026 4K Blu-ray (UPC 715515334617)

Best Video:

Criterion 2026 4K Blu-ray (UPC 715515334617) > Criterion 2024 4K Blu-ray > Film4 4K Blu-ray

  • Criterion 2026 redid the encoding and none of the blocking issues any more, see disc info and nicolas' review

  • Criterion 2024 encode struggles with brighter areas of the image but still superior to Film4

Best Audio:

5.1: Universal EU Blu-ray - Criterion and Lionsgate are missing LFE, otherwise the same
Stereo: Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Film4 4K Blu-ray is on a BD-66, both Criterion releases are on BD-100 discs. 

Criterion 2024 release bitrate: 94.67 mbps

Criterion 2026 release bitrate: 93.66 mbps

Film4 bitrate: 62.00 mbps

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray , but also has encoding issues like the first one.

Additional Info:

Disc info

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray , but also has encoding issues like the first one.

Additional Info:

Disc info

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray Both cuts are excellent in 4K. See caps

Best Audio:

Director's cut: 2007 WB Blu-rayArrow is a lossy transcode with dynamics compression.
2007 BD's AC-3 track with dynamic range compression enabled is nearly identical to Arrow's, see comparison

Theatrical cut is fine.

Troy poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray Both cuts are excellent in 4K. See caps

Best Audio:

Director's cut: 2007 WB Blu-rayArrow is a lossy transcode with dynamics compression.
2007 BD's AC-3 track with dynamic range compression enabled is nearly identical to Arrow's, see comparison

Theatrical cut is fine.

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe poster
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4K Streaming
Best English-Friendly:

Theatrical Cut: Streaming

Extended Cut: 2006 Disney DVD

Best Video:

Theatrical Cut: Streaming: Kaleidescape > Movies Anywhere > Disney+

Extended Cut: 2006 Disney DVD

Best Audio:

Theatrical Cut: 2008 Disney Blu-ray has the original 5.1 mix in LPCM or Dolby TrueHD depending on the region, both sound identical.
Streaming has a Dolby Atmos remix. Kaleidescape is lossless (TrueHD 7.1), others are all lossy (E-AC-3 5.1 JOC) at varying bitrates.

Extended Cut: 2006 Disney DVD DTS 5.1

Best English-Friendly:

Theatrical Cut: Streaming

Extended Cut: 2006 Disney DVD

Best Video:

Theatrical Cut: Streaming: Kaleidescape > Movies Anywhere > Disney+

Extended Cut: 2006 Disney DVD

Best Audio:

Theatrical Cut: 2008 Disney Blu-ray has the original 5.1 mix in LPCM or Dolby TrueHD depending on the region, both sound identical.
Streaming has a Dolby Atmos remix. Kaleidescape is lossless (TrueHD 7.1), others are all lossy (E-AC-3 5.1 JOC) at varying bitrates.

Extended Cut: 2006 Disney DVD DTS 5.1

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

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