STACK #205 Nov 2021

4K UHD HIGHLIGHTS

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4K UHD BEST-SELLERS for OCTOBER 2021

DISCS OF THE MONTH

MAD MAX 2: THE ROAD WARRIOR (1981) MAD MAX: BEYOND THUNDERDOME (1985) I t’s one of the most enduring franchises in Australian cinematic history. It’s Mad he’s found the motherlode to steal, Max ends up staying and

Thunderdome , saw legendary singer Tina Turner enter the fray, as the domineering queen of Bartertown, Aunty Entity. Max is thrust into gladiatorial combat, then banished, only to come across a tribe of lost children. Is he the saviour they’ve been waiting for? No expense has been spared in restoring these two classic movies for 4K Ultra HD release, with both being given the full HDR-enhanced, native 4K treatment, and both

1 Black Widow 2 Free Guy (Steelbook JB Exclusive) 3 A Clockwork Orange 4 Jungle Cruise 5 Free Guy 6 The Shawshank Redemption 7 Zack Snyder’s Justice League

helping to defend a group of relatively peaceful types from the rampaging Humungus and his band of marauders. The third film in the franchise, Mad Max: Beyond

Max , and fans are going to be able to watch the second and third adventures of Mel Gibson as Max Rockatansky in better quality than they’ve ever seen – or likely imagined – before. In Mad Max 2 , coming to us with the American

afforded spacious new Dolby Atmos audio mixes that are definitely set to enliven proceedings, especially in the Thunderdome. Extras will include an audio commentary from director George Miller and cinematographer Dean Semler on Mad Max 2 .

titling The Road Warrior added, Max drives the post-apocalyptic highways of the Aussie outback,

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where the most in- demand resource is fuel. Thinking that

DID YOU MISS?

THE BABADOOK Writer/director Jennifer Kent’s creepy-as 2014 horror-drenched drama is set to give us the shivers in more detail than ever as it makes its way onto the 4K Ultra HD format. If you missed it first time around, it’s the tale of a widowed mother who struggles to deal with her son’s heightened fear

UNBREAKABLE The kicking-off point for what has become a trilogy of films from M. Night Shyamalan, Bruce Willis and Samuel Jackson star as two very different humans in this noir-tinged superhero thriller. After a run-in with a train, Willis’ David Dunn is the only

There were some big 4K releases that hit in October, with titles that you may have missed at the cinema including Disney’s Jungle Cruise,

survivor and, when he encounters Jackson’s Elijah Prince, Dunn learns the stranger’s theory that some people are, basically, Unbreakable … This one is heading our way with an HDR-enhanced native 4K transfer, and a new DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 mix.

of monsters, which hits overdrive when a strange book about a monster that lives in the shadows – the Babadook – turns up in their home. Expect HDR enhancement and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 sound.

Space Jam: A New Legacy, Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins and M. Night Shyamalan’s Old . Meanwhile, collectors of back catalogue titles certainly didn’t miss out, with the likes of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Carlito’s Way, The Evil Dead, The Thing and Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds all making their way to the 4K Ultra HD format.

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