One doesn't expect much from a 20 - year - old Roger Corman movie, but
this 1.78:1 anamorphic transfer looks surprisingly good.
Not exact matches
THE DVD For all the weaknesses of the film, Warner DVD's beautiful
1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen presentation of American Outlaws is a showcase piece for its audio / visual
transfer.
The
1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen
transfer is exactly as the makers would want it to be.
But this dual - layer DVD is filled nearly to its size limit, which means the
1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen
transfer looks superb, with striking color and contrast.
is showcased in an excellent
1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen
transfer so fine in its shadow detail that every pock on Burton's face is like a cave in a lunar landscape.
THE DVD Innerspace is available on DVD from Warner Home Video in a presentation that contains a
1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen
transfer of the film along with 5.1 Dolby Digital sound likely based off the six - track mix that accompanied 70 mm prints.
Found footage movies are supposed to look real, not great and Deborah Logan aspires to that with its jerky video that is capably but unremarkably presented in the DVD's
1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen
transfer.
It plays under a crisply - detailed, well - compressed
anamorphic widescreen
transfer that for no explicable reason dispenses with the Super35 film's projected aspect ratio of 2.35:1 in favour of its negative aspect ratio of
1.78:1.
for the picture — lovingly restored, as is the film itself (save some unchecked pinholes)-- rounds out the presentation, which has as its central attraction the revitalization of Harry Waxman's stabbingly - bright cinematography in a
1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen
transfer.
The print used for the
1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen
transfer is free of debris, but it looks worn all the same, with fleshtones on the pink side and an absence of deep blacks.
THE DVD DreamWorks presents Millennium Actress on DVD in a
1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen
transfer that is as sharp and colourful as the palette warrants, though edge enhancement does prove occasionally distracting.
The
1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen
transfer is strictly utilitarian.
The
1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen
transfer is unremarkable and often soft, exposing the TV - cheap production values (perfect for the material, as it happens), while the Dolby 2.0 stereo audio underutilizes the soundstage to the extreme.
Caddyshack looks pretty terrific here in its
1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen
transfer.
THE DVD Released by Fox in a DVD
transfer that can only be described as low - rent and murky (excuses for this are perhaps provided by The Rats» origin as a telefilm), shadow detail within the
1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen image is incredibly soft and undefined.
THE DVD by Bill Chambers Columbia TriStar presents the gentle Broken Wings on DVD in a
1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen
transfer.
THE DVD by Bill Chambers Sony presents Junebug on DVD in a lovely
1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen
transfer.
On the upside, Tarzan II is presented in a practically flawless
1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen
transfer.
THE DVD Warner has seen fit to remaster Beetle Juice for a «20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition» DVD, whose
1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen
transfer sports crisper definition and brighter colours than the comparatively electronic - looking 1998 platter.
Director / co-writer Niall Johnson contributes a feature - length yak - track to the Keeping Mum DVD over a crackerjack
1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen
transfer.
The
1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen
transfer is true, in other words, to the trademark grit of DP Bruce Surtees (Dirty Harry, Lenny, The Outlaw Josey Wales), while the DD 1.0 audio is shockingly retro in its modesty.
Approximating the 1.85:1 ratio of theatrical exhibition, the
1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen
transfer is a bit drab, grainy, murky, and dark.
THE DVD Warner's
1.78:1 anamorphic DVD
transfer of Watership Down was definitely struck from a degraded source, though the image is more than passable.
The unrated director's cut of 99 Women debuts on the format in a simply beautiful
1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen
transfer.
Individual episodes sport brilliant video
transfers that improve as the mythology progresses, of course, but are never shoddy besides, and though it's not noted anywhere on the packaging, the series switches from fullscreen to
1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen for the two episodes («Redux» and «Redux II») that close out «Black Oil», never to return.
As hinted at earlier, the photography is rich, warm, and varied and the disc's
1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen
transfer preserves the visuals in all their glory.
THE DVD Released on DVD by Warner to capitalize on the upcoming Peter Jackson films, the
1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen
transfer is grainy and dark.
THE DVD Peace Arch brings The Babysitters to DVD in a
1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen
transfer that renders Michael McDonough's uselessly beautiful cinematography with apparent fidelity.
The film is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.66:1 window - boxed in an
anamorphic 1.78:1 transfer.
But alas, it wasn't and we do indeed get a
1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen
transfer here.
Still, the
1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen
transfer is most satisfactory for DVD.
The film itself boasts a broad palette (scenes of Daniel's adulthood are typically pale blue; flashbacks are always draped in a yellow - sepia) the disc accommodates with a clear, sharp
1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen
transfer that invokes the quality of Paramount's Godfather set at its best.
The
1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen
transfer given One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest leaves it looking super for most of its runtime.
The otherwise irreproachable and film - like
1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen
transfer of Once Upon a Time in Mexico is marred by a few motion blurs endemic to HiDef and a few compression artifacts for which the abundance of bonus material is to blame.
THE DVD A
1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen
transfer is the flipside to a pan-and-scan DVD presentation of The Sandlot 2, both of which exhibit almost exactly the same flat, blooming colours and, particularly in the daytime sequences, the same subtle patina of overexposure haloing and bleed.
Reeves's indispensable yakker adorns a
1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen
transfer that buggers standard analysis, given that the intention is uglification.
Sex and the City comes to DVD and Blu - ray in a
1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen
transfer that adds a sliver of information vertically to its 1.85:1 theatrical ratio.
THE DVD Though TH!NKFilm's
1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen
transfer of Going to Pieces is a little bit washed - out and grainy, greens and blacks stand out strongly.
Presented, like all of today's DisneyToon Studios creations are, in a
1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen
transfer, the film boasts immaculate picture quality.