Samuel L. Jackson

dir. Mikael Håfström

S-Tier Lionsgate 4K. The steelbook came out in January. The big question is which ending you get, since the theatrical and director's cut have different ones, and collectors prefer the theatrical. ViaVision also has a limited edition in the works.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Renny Harlin

S-Tier Arrow Video 4K. Deep sea sharks. Arrow's genre catalog is broad.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Quentin Tarantino

S-Tier Lionsgate 4K. Tarantino's most underrated film. He personally signed off on the 4K restoration and vetoed an earlier release because it wasn't good enough, which tells you how much he cares about this one. Comparison shots show a real upgrade from the Blu-ray. Imprint also put out an Australian release at their usual eyebrow-raising price.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Quentin Tarantino

S-Tier Deltamac 4K with a 4.5 score. Tarantino's defining film, and the 4K announcement was met with enormous excitement. Someone ordered from Best Buy and received an unsealed copy with no disc inside, which became its own little saga. The steelbook front art was disliked while the back and inside were praised. Tarantino personally approved the transfer.

Deltamac · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Tim Story

Criterion's push into Black cinema alongside Menace II Society and Do the Right Thing. Gordon Parks' 1971 original, not the 2019 sequel. The packaging came as a standard case rather than the expected digipak, which was a welcome surprise for shelf uniformity. Collectors noted the Criterion approach to Blaxploitation catalog titles is filling a real gap.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Darren Lynn Bousman

Lionsgate S-Tier 4K. The Saw franchise entry with Chris Rock. The steelbook was part of a Lionsgate restock wave that sold through quickly, and the Saw crowd tends to grab these as a set. The 4.5 score and S-Tier rating suggest the disc itself is stronger than the film's reputation.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Renny Harlin

Samantha Caine is a small-town schoolteacher and mom with no memory of her life before washing up on a beach eight years ago. After a car accident and a violent home invasion trigger flashes of her past, she discovers she used to be a deadly CIA assassin. Teaming up with a wisecracking private investigator, Samantha must return to her old ways to take down the people who tried to erase her.

Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Joe Russo, Anthony Russo

After the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers, Steve Rogers, aka Captain America is living quietly in Washington, D.C. and trying to adjust to the modern world. But when a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague comes under attack, Steve becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue that threatens to put the world at risk. Joining forces with the Black Widow, Captain America struggles to expose the ever-widening conspiracy while fighting off professional assassins sent to silence him at every turn. When the full scope of the villainous plot is revealed, Captain America and the Black Widow enlist the help of a new ally, the Falcon. However, they soon find themselves up against an unexpected and formidable enemy—the Winter Soldier.

dir. David R. Ellis

FBI agent Neville Flynn boards a flight from Honolulu, Hawaii to Los Angeles, escorting a key witness to testify against a mob boss at an upcoming trial. An on-board assassin releases a crate full of hundreds of deadly venomous snakes in an attempt to eliminate the witness. Flynn and a host of frightened passengers and crew must band together to survive the slithery threat.

dir. Jon Watts

Sony A-Tier 4K with a 3.0 score. The Holland MCU Spider-Man films are upscaled rather than native 4K, which puts them a step behind the Raimi trilogy and the Amazing films on a technical level. The steelbook market is active but the artwork hasn't won many fans.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

dir. Nia DaCosta

When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, Carol's powers become entangled with that of Jersey City super-fan Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, and Carol's estranged niece, now S.A.B.E.R. astronaut Captain Monica Rambeau. Together, this unlikely trio must team up and learn to work in concert to save the universe.

dir. M. Night Shyamalan

Shyamalan's Unbreakable trilogy closer with a B-Tier transfer that's a step down from what the cinematography deserves. The film divides people but the disc sells steadily because Unbreakable and Split fans want the complete set.

dir. Matthew Vaughn

The story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.