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4K UHD HIGHLIGHTS

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Words Amy Flower

RUN LOLA RUN Tom Tykwer’s wild ride of a race against time thriller, starring Franka Potente with flame red hair, bursts onto the 4K Ultra HD format in native 4K. It features both Dolby Vision and HDR10 enhancement and boasts both original German and

THE ITALIAN JOB G et ready to blow the bloody doors off your home theatre room, as one of the greatest caper flicks of all time makes its way to 4K Ultra HD. Michael Caine and friends come to our screens in native 4K, complete with Dolby Vision and HDR10 enhancement. Meanwhile, audio comes via DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1. A boot full of extras includes two audio commentaries, a deleted scene (with commentary), two trailers, a featurette on the mighty Mini, and three documentaries. Out August 21 DISC OF THE MONTH

dubbed English soundtracks in DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1. Two audio commentaries lead the extras, which also number a near 40-minute long making-of, another featurette, a music video, and a trailer. Out August 21

DREDD The thrilling - and brutal - futuristic action blast, penned by Alex Garland and based on the Judge Dredd comic strip, finally makes it to 4K Ultra HD in Australia. Smashing onto our screens with HDR10 enhancement accompanied by searing Dolby Atmos

sound, the tale of a cop and a trainee going up against a drug lord and her gang within a locked-down building also delivers six featurettes, a motion comic, a trailer, and not only a standard Blu-ray, but also a 3D one. Out August 28

On August 7, StudioCanal deliver us three more of their Classics Remastered, with Francis Ford Coppola’s spy thriller The Conversation (native 4K, Dolby Vision/HDR10, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1), Scorsese’s One from the Heart: Reprise (native 4K, Dolby Vision/HDR10, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1), and Ralph Nelson’s brutal 1970 western Soldier Blue

CHINATOWN Regarded as one of the genuine masterpieces of cinema, Roman Polanski’s neo-noir mystery Chinatown has been high on the wish lists of many 4K Ultra HD fans. Now it arrives on the format via a native 4K transfer, restored from the

ELECTION From writer/director Alexander Payne, who most recently gave us awards darling The Holdovers , comes the

(native 4K, HDR10, DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0). Speaking of westerns, on August 21, Sergio Leone’s 1968 classic Once Upon a Time in the West also arrives (native 4K, Dolby Vision/HDR10, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1), while the American Psycho Collection , featuring the first movie

now classic high school black comedy that really set Reese Witherspoon’s career alight, thanks to her

in 4K (Dolby Vision/HDR10, Dolby Atmos) plus its sequel on standard Blu-ray, hits August 28. Rounding things out is Park Chan-wook’s excellent war thriller JSA: Joint Security Area (HDR10, Dolby Atmos (Korean)), which arrives on August 7.

original camera negative, with Dolby Vision and HDR10. The audio, meanwhile, comes via Dolby TrueHD 5.1. An array of bonus features includes a selection of Interviews, an audio commentary, a raft of featurettes, and a trailer. Out August 21

portrayal of perennial overachiever Tracy Flick. It hits 4K Ultra HD via a native 4K transfer, with Dolby Vision and HDR10. Dolby TrueHD 5.1 ably handles the audio side of things, while bonuses include a commentary from Payne, four featurettes, and a standard Blu-ray. Out August 7

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