Ed Begley Jr.

4 Ed Begley Jr. films on 4K Blu-ray, ranked S to D by transfer quality. 1 S-Tier pick including This Is Spinal Tap.

This Is Spinal Tap(1984)

dir. Rob Reiner

S-Tier Criterion 4K. The IMDB page rates it out of 11 instead of 10, which feels right. The in-character DVD commentary where the band complains about being misrepresented is worth owning on its own.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

Pineapple Express(2008)

6.9/10

dir. David Gordon Green

A-Tier

A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder.

Ghostbusters(2016)

6.8/10

dir. Paul Feig

B-Tier

Sony's 4K of the 2016 reboot dropped Oct 11 2016 as a 4D+3D Extended Edition with HDR10, adding 17 minutes and a 3D Blu-ray. The standalone went OOP within a couple of years and trades secondhand only. Sony's 2024 Ghostbusters Ultimate Collection box gathered the original four films and skipped this one, so franchise completionists have to source the 2016 disc separately.

Sony Pictures · 4D + 3D - Extended Edition

Strange Darling(2024)

7.0/10

dir. JT Mollner

Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.