War Dogs (2016)
Comedy, Crime, Drama • 1h 54m
Director: Todd Phillips
Cast: Miles Teller, Jonah Hill, Ana de Armas, Bradley Cooper, Kevin Pollak, Patrick St. Esprit, Shaun Toub, JB Blanc, Gabriel Spahiu, Julian Sergi, Andrei Finti, Jeremy Tardy, Barry Livingston, Jeff Pierre, Said Faraj, Ashley Rae Spillers, Mehdi Merali, Aaron Lustig, Ashli Haynes, Max Daniels, Daniel Berson, Steve Lantz, Gregg Weiner, Eddie Jemison, Edson Jean, Daimion Johnson, Bethuel Fletcher, Gabriela Alvarez, Dan Bilzerian, Ali Chen, Alisa Allapach, Tucker Merrick, Mosa Omari, Mansour Badri, Mohammed Omari, Bahram Khosraviani, Randy Jay Burrell, Stoney Westmoreland, Wallace Langham, Roy Jenkins, Richard Coley, Ira Kay, Ben Wise, Benny Figgins, Mircea Stoian, Alin Georgiou Popa, Florin Stancu, Petre Marin, Bogdan Albulescu, Liliana Cristina Circei, Caroline Lowe, Lita Lopez, Vincent Teixeira, Jimmy Badstibner, Brian Blu, Santos Caraballo, Gina Beatriz Castro, Bryan Chesters, Timothy Colangelo, Xavier Cortes, Tom Crisp, Ellen Marguerite Cullivan, Christopher De Stefano, Lucas Di Medio, Maxwell Acee Donovan, Marquest Douglass, Ely Feldman, Robert J. Fox, Adam E. Ginsberg, Jasmine Golden, Nicole Ilene Greensher, Phillip Allen Hall III, Avo Jabourian, Michaelanthony Jeffers, Gregory Kasyan, Frederick Keeve, Trevor Keveloh, Brenda Koo, Steven Krasner, Tracy Lee, Rob Marchitti, Andrei Mateiu, Chiko Mendez, Roman Mitichyan, Ryan Morgan, Lisa Nygard-Pugh, Ron Provencal, Brittney Rae, Daniel E. Rodriguez, Mark Roman, Efren John Rowan, Hassan Said, Leland Smith, Jeffry Tamara, Rene Toledo, Alan Trujillo, Courtney Hope Turner, Zachary Vazquez, Maegan Vogel, André B. Walker, Jonathan Yaskoff, Christopher Cho
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Overview
Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.
Director: Todd Phillips
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray is a poor new master with digital anomalies like smearing, flattening etc.
Director: Roman Polanski
Director: Michael B. Jordan
Caveat: No IMAX expanded aspect ratio
Director: James Gunn
Commentary is only on Streaming
Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray (includes Extended Cut on regular Blu-ray)
Original theatrical 6.1 mix: 2009 Warner Bros Blu-ray Ultimate Edition (Theatrical Cut only)
Extended Cut 5.1 mix: Warner Bros Blu-ray
DTS:X remix: Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray
The film is titled Sorcerer's Stone in the US, India, and the Philippines.
Wizard's/Hogwarts Collection has all the bonus features for all the 8 films.
The lossless version of the original 6.1 mix is only available on the ultimate edition blu-ray not to be confused with the ultimate collectors edition blu-ray.
Criterion Box Set coming October 20th with FiM encode, work done to un-Nolan the 4K master, the first ever appearance of the 35mm mono track on physical media and a new restoration/remastering of the 70mm 6-track mix.
(early pressing has errors of a shot, later pressings fixed)
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Criterion Box Set coming October 20th with FiM encode, new restoration/remastering of the mono mix which should be better than the 1999 WB DVD, revised colour timing to make the film look more like it did in 1987 and for the first time ever on physical media, the film will be in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1.
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Criterion Box Set coming October 20th with FiM encode, new restoration of mono mix which should be better than what was on the WB 4K Blu-ray and 1999 DVD and revised colour timing to make the film look more like it did in 1971.
WB 4K 5.1: a remix but has higher fidelity
Mono: 4K Blu-ray/1999 DVD
Director: Stanley Kubrick
US Cut: WB 4K Blu-ray
International Cut: Old 2007 Europe Blu-ray
Criterion Box Set coming October 20th with FiM encode, both the US and the International Cut, new restoration/remastering of the mono mix which should be better than the 1999 WB DVD, revised colour timing to make the film look more like it did in 1980 and for the first time ever on physical media, the film will be in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1.
No Blu-ray or DVD release has presented the movie in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1 for the US cut or 1.66:1 for the International cut.
The packaging on the back of the 4K Blu-ray incorrectly states it as 1.85:1 when the movie is actually 1.78:1 as is the original Blu-ray.
More Comedy on Blu-ray
Director: Preston Sturges
No information on French Elephant Films Blu-ray
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Director: Tommy O'Haver
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Eureka UK are considering doing a 4K and actively exploring the possibility: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=24363810&postcount=264
Wonderful underlying remaster by Criterion and Resillion, but NexSpec encode has clipped highlights with the occasional blockiness. The Criterion Blu-Ray, sourced from their 4K remaster, ironically makes for a more consistent and overall pleasing experience.
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Director: Terry Jones
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
The Criterion BD, which is sold separately, has a clunky encode unlike the Criterion UHD, even if it plays better in motion than the caps would suggest. Still, provided you're equipped to play 4K discs, UHD or bust for this one. https://slow.pics/c/hmDYlKgE
Director: Paul Leni
Theatrical/Original A negative: MoC Blu-ray
European C/D negative but better picture quality: Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
From DVDBeaver: The MoC Blu-ray is scanned from the American A negative, as opposed to the European C or D negatives used by Photoplay and others (Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray), so it is identical with the film US audiences saw in 1927
See caps for comparison
In addition, the Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has sepia tinting throughout while the MoC Blu-ray has yellow for normal scenes, blue for night scenes, and some even green tintings.
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