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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. Animation · Review Arrietty, restored ★★★★☆ Studio Ghibli's quietest film returns in a new 4K restoration: a hand-drawn world seen from the height of a household pest, with sound design that makes a dropped pin an event… 4 min read
02 Int. Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie · Documentary A documentary built on one voice: Rushdie reading his own memoir of the 2022 stabbing, over hospital footage shot by… 4out of 5 03 Int. East of Eden · Series Zoe Kazan's seven-episode East of Eden widens Steinbeck's novel to the full Trask story, and critics mostly rave… 4out of 5 04 Int. Verity · New Releases Verity is a muddled Colleen Hoover adaptation that never decides whether it is a serious psychological thriller or a… 2.5out of 5 05 Int. Other Mommy · Horror A good premise and a committed Jessica Chastain, undone by rushed pacing, heavy CGI and borrowed scares. The… 2out of 5 06 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
PINK REVISION · PICKERS4.

Ext. the lobby · can't decide · night

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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
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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

01Animation4 Hand-drawn, stop-motion and CG. 02Documentary4 True stories, well told. 03Home Cinema7 Screens, sound and snacks. 04Horror4 Dread, ghosts and the occasional jump. 05New Releases8 In cinemas this month. 06Restorations4 Old films, new scans. 07Series4 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.