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BLUE REVISION · FEATURE2. 1Int. feature presentation · Home Cinema · night1 Explainer, 3 minutes. The lights go down. Where to put your soundbar and subwoofer: try four spots The critic A soundbar and subwoofer sound very different depending on where you put them. Corners boost bass but tend to blur it, a cabinet can muffle a bar, and a simple crawl around the room beats guessing… Props in this scene: TCL Soundbar (S55HE)€163LG DSC9S Soundbar - Krachtige 3.1.3-kanaals Dolby Atmos Soundbar met draadloze subwoofer€399Sonos Arc Ultra Zwart€999 (continued) read the piece →
WHITE · NOW PLAYING3.

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Int. Horror · Review Other Mommy ★★☆☆☆ A good premise and a committed Jessica Chastain, undone by rushed pacing, heavy CGI and borrowed scares. The imposter-mother idea has real hurt in it, and Arabella Olivia Clark… 3 min read
02 Int. Pan's Labyrinth, restored · Restorations Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth returns in a new 4K restoration, and the critics' verdict has barely moved: a dark… 4.5out of 5 03 Int. Where to put your soundbar and subwoofer: try four spots · Home Cinema A soundbar and subwoofer sound very different depending on where you put them. Corners boost bass but tend to blur it… 3′min read 04 Int. Matchbox: The Movie · Streaming Sam Hargrave's Matchbox: The Movie sends John Cena's spy and his old friends after a stolen warhead. Critics split… 2.5out of 5 05 Int. Fatherland · New Releases A cool, tightly made chamber piece: Pawlikowski follows Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika across a divided Germany in… 4.5out of 5 06 Int. Hokum · Streaming Damian McCarthy's Hokum sends Adam Scott's grieving writer to a remote Irish hotel with a witch story attached. Critics… 4out of 5
PINK REVISION · PICKERS4.

Ext. the lobby · can't decide · night

Answer a few questions

Get a film, a setup or a decade.

Picker#01 Which soundbar do you need? Answer four questions Four quick questions about your room, your viewing and your budget, and this picker tells you which kind of… Begin · 4 min → Picker#02 Which projector fits your room? Answer three questions A projector fits your room when its throw ratio matches the distance you have: distance = ratio × picture… Begin · 4 min →
YELLOW REVISION · PROPS5.

Int. the prop room · day

Prop list

What our reviews come back to most.

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Splurge Sonos Arc Ultra Zwart 9.1.4 channels · Dolby Atmos · HDMI eARC (as seen in “Where to put your soundbar and subwoofer: try four spots”)
€999 Coolblue
2.
Best value Sony WH-1000XM5 Draadloos Zilver Over-ear · Wireless · Noise cancelling (as seen in “Two notes, one shark: how John Williams scored Jaws”)
€229 Coolblue
3.
Bargain TCL Soundbar (S55HE) 2.1 channels · Dolby Atmos · Wireless subwoofer (as seen in “Where to put your soundbar and subwoofer: try four spots”)
€163 Coolblue
4.
Best value LG DSC9S Soundbar - Krachtige 3.1.3-kanaals Dolby Atmos Soundbar met draadloze subwoofer 3.1.3 channels · Dolby Atmos · Wireless subwoofer (as seen in “Where to put your soundbar and subwoofer: try four spots”)
€399 Coolsound
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Bargain SHURE SRH440A Professionele studio-koptelefoon hoofdtelefoon Wired, closed-back · 40mm drivers · Detachable cable (as seen in “Three heroes, three voices: how Morricone scored The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”)
€98 Markstein
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Splurge Apple AirPods Max koptelefoon goud Wireless · Noise cancelling · Up to 20h battery (as seen in “Three heroes, three voices: how Morricone scored The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”)
€429.95 Yorcom
GREEN REVISION · INDEX6.

Scene index

01Animation3 Hand-drawn, stop-motion and CG. 02Documentary3 True stories, well told. 03Home Cinema7 Screens, sound and snacks. 04Horror4 Dread, ghosts and the occasional jump. 05New Releases7 In cinemas this month. 06Restorations4 Old films, new scans. 07Series3 Shows worth a whole weekend. 08Soundtracks3 Scores worth hearing without the picture. 09Streaming7 New on the services worth paying for.
GOLDENROD REVISION · NOTES7.

Production notes

How we score and how the prop list works.

  1. 01.Every film gets one score out of five: what it does well and badly, weighed against what critics have written. We link the reviews we read.
  2. 02.Films are scored out of five. Products are suggestions that suit the film and aren’t scored.
  3. 03.No spoilers past the first act unless the review says so at the top.
  4. 04.Links are affiliate links, marked sponsored. We may earn a commission, but your price doesn’t change, and nobody pays for a score.