Malcolm McDowell

12 films on Best Blurays6 in 4K6 in HD

Malcolm McDowell is an English actor with a career spanning over forty years. McDowell is principally known for his roles in the controversial films Caligula, If...., O Lucky Man! and A Clockwork Orange. His versatility as an actor has led to his presence in many films and television series of different genres, including Tank Girl, Star Trek Generations, the TV serial Our Friends in the North, Entourage, Heroes, Metalocalypse, animated film Bolt and the 2007 remake of Halloween and the 2009 sequel Halloween II. He is also well known for his narration of the seminal 1982 documentary, The Compleat Beatles.

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A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Leading role · Director: Stanley Kubrick

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Included in the Complete Kubrick box set with FiM encode of the same master from the WB release without the filtering Comparison between the Criterion and WB.

Best Audio:

5.1: WB 4K Blu-ray, a remix but has higher fidelity

Mono: Criterion 4K Blu-ray (restored for the box set)

if.... (1968)

Leading role · Director: Lindsay Anderson

Best English-Friendly:

MoC or Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

MoC = Criterion

Video Notes:

But better extras

3.8

O Lucky Man! (1973)

Leading role · Director: Lindsay Anderson

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly:

HD Streaming or WB DVD

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

Best Video:

HD Streaming only

Video Notes:

Criterion has the rights to it, but no news on releases https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=375463

3.8

Time After Time (1979)

Leading role · Director: Nicholas Meyer

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.5

Cat People (1982)

Leading role · Director: Paul Schrader

4K · Disappointing

Best English-Friendly:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray has DNR applied and encoding could be better. Possible issues in Dolby Vision

Great source, poorly encoded but it does look significantly better than the Blu-Rays.