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BLUE REVISION · FEATURE2. 1Int. feature presentation · Home Cinema · night1 Explainer, 4 minutes. The lights go down. Why a dim light behind your TV makes blacks look blacker The critic 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. The sources agree on two numbers: a neutral white at about 6500 K, and roughly… Props in this scene: Govee TV Backlight 3 Lite led strip€72Govee TV Backlight 3 Pro (voor 55-65 inch TVs) led verlichting€159.99Philips Hue Play Gradient LED Strip 55 tot 65 inch TV + HDMI Sync Box 4K€250 (continued) read the piece →
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Int. Home Cinema · Explainer Why a dim light behind your TV makes blacks look blacker 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. The sources agree on two numbers: a neutral white at about… 4 min read · 3 props
02 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 03 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 04 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 05 Int. Ali G: Who Iz I? · New Releases Sacha Baron Cohen brings Ali G back after two decades, and the critics cannot agree: Chortle gives it four stars, Time… 2.5out of 5 06 Int. The Cycle · Horror The Cycle is a patient, well-made creature feature: a cold forensic procedural that spends its first half on a mystery… 3out 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.

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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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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
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Sound first LG S60T, Soundbar, 3.1 kanalen, 340 3.1 channels · 340 W · Soundbar (as seen in “TV or projector? Answer four questions”)
€159 Informatique
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Best value BenQ TK700 dlp-projector 4K · 3000+ ANSI lumens · 1.13-1.46:1 zoom · HDR10 and HLG (as seen in “How far back should the projector sit? Throw ratio, explained”)
€949 Coolblue
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. 08Soundtracks7 Scores worth hearing without the picture. 09Streaming15 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.