Gremlins Edition [4K Ultra HD + Blu-Ray]

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Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. Directed by Joe Dante ( The Howling, Explorers, Matinee), written by Chris Columbus (director of Home Alone and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and writer of The Goonies), and produced by Steven Spielberg, Gremlins is a fairly typical example of a kind of teen comedy/horror filmmaking that was common in the 1980s. In its day it was cute, clever, and darkly edgy. It was also slammed for being too violent for its target audience, leading the MPAA to establish a new PG-13 rating for films. Gizmo (and his eventual Gremlin counterparts) were created using practical and mechanical puppets, that—again for the day—were pretty groundbreaking. Gremlins even has a fine Jerry Goldsmith score. But there’s also not a lot to it; the plot is paper thin and the film feels surprisingly dated at this point, even refreshed in 4K. Six of the aforementioned alternate TV takes from the original 1987 broadcast version of the film are presented separately. Entertainment journalist Geoff Boucher hosts the Who You Gonna Call? retrospective documentary featuring interviews with Ivan Reitman and Dan Aykroyd. The Ecto-1 featurette is dedicated to showing a team of experts restoring the original car to its former glory. Following that is the Library Ghost Scream Test from the original Laserdisc, a set of Multi-Angle Explorations and Storyboard Comparisons, and extensive Photo Galleries featuring a total of 939 stills. Finally, there’s the music video for Ray Parker, Jr.’s Ghostbusters, four trailers—all presented in HD, and a promo for the 1999 DVD release featuring Ivan Reitman. DISC EIGHT: BONUS DISC #2 (BD) Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.

A number of family favourites, cult classics and overseas imports will be taking to the silver screen once again on the the run up to December 25. It begins on December 8 with Diehard and Its a Wonderful Life, with the essential Christmas film being screened every night until December 24. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous. – Making Gremlins– this extensive piece is a great retrospective on the film. The movie would go on to get a sequel roughly six years later (also directed by Joe Dante), “Gremlins 2: The New Batch” (1990). Speaking of it as a film franchise, there is actually an upcoming Gremlins sequel (tentatively titled “ Gremlins 3“) in development with Chris Columbus and Steven Spielberg already signed on to executive produce – according to IMDb. In terms of video quality on this 4K UHD Blu-ray release, it is a presentation that does come across solid and pretty impressive with the amount of newfound detail. However, the fact the aspect ratio is incorrectly in 1.78:1 when claiming to be in the original 1.85:1 is a bit of a bummer. It’s also a bit confusing as to why the actual film seems to have been cropped at the top and slightly on the sides. The cropping and aspect ratio issues are forgivable (to me), but will surely upset some purists. I personally really don’t mind it. evaluated the 1080p disc's video, nor can I say whether I would have given it the same score as Dustin, had I been the reviewerAudio is included on the 4K disc in the same English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio mix that was available on the previous Blu-ray edition. It offers excellent clarity, clean dialogue, a medium-wide front soundstage, lightly atmospheric use of the surrounds (except when the chaos begins, when there’s very nice directionally and movement), and a full sound. Low end is moderate but sufficient. This isn’t a mix that really wows, but it’s never sounded better and it serves the film well. Audio is also available in French, German, Italian, Castilian Spanish, Latin Spanish, Czech voice-over, Hungarian, and Russian 5.1 Dolby Digital. Subtitle options include English (for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing), German for the Hearing Impaired, French, Italian for the Deaf, Castilian Spanish, Dutch, Chinese, Latin Spanish, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian, Norwegian, Russian, Swedish, and Thai. re-released the 2009 disc in 2014 as part of its short-lived effort to create a premium line called

Photo Galleries: Gallery 1988 Ghostbusters 30th Anniversary Print Collection (Upscaled HD – 31 in all) This is one UHD presentation that I had been extremely excited about. There are very noticeable improvements over the unimpressive and outdated Blu-ray from 2009. Fine detail shows vast improvement. Keep in mind that the film is visually fairly reserved with brown, grey, and muted colors for the most part. For collectors like myself, the old disc will become a frisbee. That said – is this UHD impressive on par with the amazing presentations we have seen on newer films or Close Encounters of the Third Kind? Not so much. But fans of the film are going to be excited to finally have a truly quality release of this classic film. Audio: How’s it sound? The Take 2 Access screenings have our house lights up, volume turned down and freedom of movement for families attending. particularly true in well-lit scenes, where facial pores, fabric patterns and the individual hairs on Making-of Featurette (6:21) is a short promotional featurette from 1984 with behind-the-scenes footage.Gremlins was shot using Arriflex 35 IIC cameras on 35mm film. The source for this release was made from the original camera negative which was scanned at 4K resolution and then utilised for the creation of this Ultra HD Blu-ray release. The disc presents a native 4K 3840 x 2160p resolution image in the widescreen 1.85:1 aspect ratio, and uses 10-bit video depth, High Dynamic Range, and is encoded using the HEVC (H.265) codec. We reviewed the Region free UK Ultra HD Blu-ray release of Gremlins on a Panasonic 65DX902B Ultra HD 4K TV with a Panasonic DMP-UB400 Ultra HD Blu-ray player. Hanging with Hoyt on the set of Gremlins– a few minutes of Hoyt messing around on camera while they were filming the EPK. Join Glasgow Live's Whatsapp Community here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages. Wing's shop that were previously obscured, and the enchanted small-town world of Bedford Falls—excuse me, Kingston Falls—is more Filmmakers’ Audio Commentary with Director Joe Dante, Producer Michael Finnell, and Special Effects Artist Chris Walas

Note: The screen captures were taken from the Blu-ray disc and do not represent the 4K Ultra HD transfer.Making Of – this archival feature showcases director Joe Dante, producer Steven Spielberg, and actors Hoyt Aston, Phoebe Cates, and Zach Galligan. This is a fun and short piece. Gremlins” was a 1984 comedy/fantasy film with a nice touch of horror, executive produced (and presented) by Steven Spielberg. Spielberg is a filmmaker who really needs no introduction. This movie was directed by Joe Dante, best known for also directing films like “Piranha” (1978), “The Howling” (1981), “The Burbs” (1989), “Matinee” (1993), and [this film’s] sequel “Gremlins 2: The New Batch” (1990). The screenplay was written by Chris Columbus. Most know Columbus for directing films such as “Adventures in Babysitting” (1987), “Home Alone” (1990), “Mrs. Doubtfire” (1993), “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” (2001), and its first sequel “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” (2002). Lastly, you get the same old bonus materials from a decade ago included on the Blu-ray as well as the two audio commentaries conveniently found on the 4K UHD Blu-ray Disc. It’s not a whole lot but it is enough to leave any fan of the film with something to learn about how it came to be and enjoy. Still, it would have really been nice to have seen some new extras produced for this, considering it is celebrating its 35th anniversary. All three films are presented on separate 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray discs, representing six of the discs in this new Ultimate Collection. The other two discs are devoted to additional bonus materials for all three films, including a mix of brand new and vintage material. Each disc includes the following: DISC ONE: GHOSTBUSTERS (UHD)

All of this “deep” thought aside, Gremlins is a wildly fun movie, and one of my staple Christmas watches for the last 20+ years. The movie gets better and better with age, and the new 4K UHD release only sweetens the pot. Sadly I really was hoping for Warner to release Gremlins 2 at the same time on 4K UHD, but I guess we’ll just have to make do with the original for now. Motion Comics: Gremlins– The Gift of the Mogwai– and Gremlins– The Last Gremlin– these two motion comics recap the film. Oh, those adorable, undeniably cute mogwais of Gremlins with their sweet, little smiles and how they roll their eyes at you. Who wouldn't want one in their house and record those lovable furballs for hours as they play toy trumpets, hum to their heart's content and model a Santa hat. This is the same batch of vintage material as before. The additional scenes are good, and I particularly like Trailer #2, which playfully opens with the Handel music from Barry Lyndon before revealing itself. There’s also a Digital code on a paper insert.Jason’s Sneak Peek features the director on the set briefly speaking about how excited he is to be making the film. Last is a series of trailers for the film. It should also be noted that each of these bonus discs comes with subtitle options in English, English SDH, Chinese (Traditional), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Castilian), Spanish (Latin American), and Thai. Additional Scenes – a little over ten minutes of cut scenes from the film. There is an optional commentary by director Joe Dante. Regardless, this film still sounds good here in the new DTS-HD MA 5.1 lossless mix. Dialogue is delivered distinctly through the center channel with no volume adjustments needed. The sound effects come across as pretty realistic and are effective here. Still, with that being said, I found this mix to be pretty much identical to the original Blu-ray’s audio presentation – but if it’s not broken, there is really no reason to fix it. Right? It is enough to certainly do the film the justice that it deserves and should leave most of the fans pleased. It is a solid mix with a handful of somewhat impressive moments along the way, namely near the end of the film during some of the action scenes. Every couple of years we hear about a revival or remake of Joe Dante’s Explorers, the wonderful fantasy about junior high schoolers that fly an amusement park capsule into outer space. I hope something happens, just to get Paramount off its duff for a Blu-ray of the original show. So many genre favorites have hit Blu-ray this year, that anything seems possible. That being said, it’s perfectly entertaining and the technical, special effects work was pretty top-notch and of course Gizmo himself is a cute furry creature, its near-undetectable speaking voiced by Howie Mandel. The human cast led by Zach Galligan and Phoebe Cates were fine, of course, but the Gremlins (a.k.a. Mogwai) are the stars of this Joe Dante ( Innerspace) helmed film.