Physical Specimens: New 4K Reviews (Feb. 2025)
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Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. When it comes to movies, physical media’s back. Kind of. Like, okay, barely. It’s back for a certain, specific kind of person—movie fans willing to search out Blu-ray reissues or limited edition 4Ks and pay anywhere from $15 to $50 (or more) for a single movie. If you’re interested in the history of movies, don’t live near one of the very few video stores that still exist, and don’t want to be limited to whatever small selection of “classics” are on the major streamers at any given moment, you’ll want to consider building your own physical movie collection like it’s the damn 20th century again. Fortunately it’s not that hard to do that today, if you’re willing to shop online and know where to look.It’s been clear for years that we can’t trust streaming services. We can’t trust them with their own originals—they cancel their shows quickly, with large gaps between seasons, and will then straight-up remove them for a...