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BLUE REVISION · FEATURE2. 1Int. feature presentation · Soundtracks · night1 Explainer, 4 minutes. The lights go down. A church organ in space: how Hans Zimmer scored Interstellar The critic Hans Zimmer wrote the heart of Interstellar in one night, from a single page about a father leaving his child. The result is a space score built around a church organ: a machine that can only speak… Props in this scene: Anker Soundcore Space One Draadloos Zwart€92Sony WH-1000XM5 Zwart€249Sennheiser Momentum 5 Zwart€399 (continued) read the piece →
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Int. Streaming · Review The Disciple: A Wu-Tang Fable ★★★½☆ A strange true story, told by its most devoted participant. The Disciple is at its best on the single-copy Wu-Tang album and the fan who helped make it, and weakest as an… 3 min read
02 Int. A church organ in space: how Hans Zimmer scored Interstellar · Soundtracks Hans Zimmer wrote the heart of Interstellar in one night, from a single page about a father leaving his child. The… 4′min read 03 Int. Why a dim light behind your TV makes blacks look blacker · Home Cinema A dim, neutral light on the wall behind your TV is said to make a dark room easier on the eyes and blacks look blacker… 4′min read 04 Int. I Am Frankelda · Animation Arturo and Roy Ambriz's Netflix stop-motion fantasy is gorgeous to look at, and critics broadly agree on that: handmade… 4out of 5 05 Int. Musk · Documentary The critics are close to unanimous: Alex Gibney's four-hour portrait of Elon Musk is thorough, damning and heavy going… 4out of 5 06 Int. Below · Series A six-part Netflix sea-monster series set in a Newfoundland fishing town. It is at its best early, when the dread… 3.5out of 5
PINK REVISION · PICKERS4.

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Picker#01 Which headphones for film night? Answer four questions Pick headphones for film night by your evening, not the brand: where you sit, how the sound gets from the… Begin · 3 min → Picker#02 What screen size for your room? Answer four questions Pick the screen size from where you sit, not from the shop shelf. A screen that fills roughly 30 to 40… Begin · 2 min → Picker#03 TV or projector? Answer four questions Light decides it. A TV is brighter and always ready; a projector wins on size but only in a room you can… Begin · 4 min → Picker#04 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#05 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 Sony WH-1000XM6 Draadloos zwart Wireless · Noise cancelling · Over-ear (as seen in “Two notes, a tuba, a shark: how John Williams scored Jaws”)
€345 Coolblue
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Best value Audio-Technica ATH-M50X Zwart Wired · Closed-back · Studio monitor (as seen in “Two notes, a tuba, a shark: how John Williams scored Jaws”)
€158 Coolblue
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Splurge Sonos Arc Ultra Zwart 9.1.4 Dolby Atmos · Speech Enhancement · HDMI eARC · Sound Motion woofer (as seen in “Why you can't hear the dialogue on your TV”)
€999 Coolblue
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Bargain Anker Soundcore Space One Draadloos Zwart Over-ear · Wireless · Noise cancelling (as seen in “A church organ in space: how Hans Zimmer scored Interstellar”)
€92 Coolblue
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Best value Sony WH-1000XM5 Zwart Over-ear · Wireless · Noise cancelling (as seen in “A church organ in space: how Hans Zimmer scored Interstellar”)
€249 Coolblue
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Best value Optoma Ds-9106Mga - Projectiescherm - 106 (268 Cm) - 16:9 - Matte White 106 inch · 16:9 · Matte white (as seen in “What screen size for your room? Answer four questions”)
€350 Informatique
GREEN REVISION · INDEX6.

Scene index

01Animation8 Hand-drawn, stop-motion and CG. 02Documentary8 True stories, well told. 03Home Cinema16 Screens, sound and snacks. 04Horror8 Dread, ghosts and the occasional jump. 05New Releases16 In cinemas this month. 06Restorations8 Old films, new scans. 07Series8 Shows worth a whole weekend. 08Soundtracks8 Scores worth hearing without the picture. 09Streaming16 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.