Michelle Pfeiffer · 2010s

dir. Kenneth Branagh

Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.

dir. Darren Aronofsky

Criterion flash sale pickups are pushing this one back into conversations. The A-Tier Paramount disc benefits from HDR more than most because the lighting design carries most of the tension. Aronofsky's biblical allegory disguised as a home invasion film, and the 4K presentation makes both halves hit harder.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Peyton Reed

Disney mastered this from a 2K digital intermediate which keeps it at B-Tier on hidef-digest, but the Dolby Vision grade still gives the Quantum Realm sequences real depth. WeET did a steelbook (Exclusive #13) that's the premium variant if you collect MCU steels. Otherwise the standard US 4K is the efficient pick.

Walt Disney Studios · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Joachim Rønning

Maleficent and her goddaughter Aurora begin to question the complex family ties that bind them as they are pulled in different directions by impending nuptials, unexpected allies, and dark new forces at play.

dir. Tim Burton

Shout! Studios picks up Burton's gothic vampire comedy for its 4K debut, fourteen years after theatrical. Amazon-exclusive Steelbook only at announcement, with no standard edition confirmed. The film rides on Bruno Delbonnel's saturated photography, lava-lamp purples and stained-glass yellows that have always read flat on Blu-ray. The grade is the reason to upgrade.

Shout! Studios · Limited Edition Steelbook