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The Otto Preminger Film Noir Collection review
Anton van Beek  |  Dec 20, 2015  |  0 comments

While his name may not carry quite the same cachet as the likes of Billy Wilder or Howard Hawks these days, Otto Preminger stands alongside them as one of the most influential Hollywood directors of the 1940s and 1950s. And although he worked across various genres over the course of five decades, he remains famous for his pioneering crime dramas – three of which are collected together in this boxset.

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Insidious: Chapter 3 review
Anton van Beek  |  Dec 19, 2015  |  0 comments

In the best instalment yet in the supernatural fright franchise from the people behind the Saw movies, psychic medium Elise Rainier (Lin Shaye) comes out of self-imposed retirement to help a bedridden young girl battle the ghosts that are plaguing her.

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Star Wars: Rebels - Complete Season One
Anton van Beek  |  Dec 18, 2015  |  0 comments

One of the biggest disappointments of Disney's buy-out of Lucasfilm came with the cancellation of the excellent Clone Wars cartoon. Thankfully, rather than wave goodbye to exec producer Dave Filoni and the animation team he put together, Disney enlisted them to create a new animated series designed to mine the extended gap between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope.

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Televisions
Sony KD-65S8505C review
John Archer  |  Dec 17, 2015  |  0 comments

While some love the look of curved TVs, others worry about the impact curved screens can have on the viewing experience in the form of issues like viewing angles, onscreen reflections and distorted geometry. Cue the Sony KD-65S8505C: a 65in TV that tries to balance curved aesthetics with less controversial picture characteristics by using a markedly shallower curve than rival screens.

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News
Home Cinema Choice 255 on sale now!
Team HCC  |  Dec 17, 2015  |  0 comments

Issue #255 of Home Cinema Choice is now on sale – and as usual it's packed with AV goodness...

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Games
LEGO Dimensions review
Anton van Beek  |  Dec 16, 2015  |  0 comments

Following in the wake of Skylanders and Disney Infinity comes the most logical addition to the toy-to-life genre to date: LEGO Dimensions.

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News
Now TV celebrates World Darts Championships with limited edition calendar
Team HCC  |  Dec 16, 2015  |  0 comments

With the World Darts Championships starting tomorrow, online streaming service Now TV has teamed up with some of the sport's best players to create the Now TV Men of Darts pin-up calendar. Inspired by some of the most iconic movie moments, the limited edition calendar sees the likes of Phil 'The Power' Taylor doing his best impression of The Godfather's Vito Corleone and James 'The Machine' Wade being given a Terminator-style makeover.

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News
Denon confirms dates for DTS:X update
Mark Craven  |  Dec 16, 2015  |  0 comments

An early Christmas present for owners of DTS:X-ready Denon AV receivers – the company has confirmed that the long-awaited firmware update bringing DTS:X decoding capability to (some of) its AVRs is finally arriving in late January/February.

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AVTech Media Awards
AVTech Awards 2015/2016
Anton van Beek  |  Dec 16, 2015  |  0 comments

Welcome to the AVTech Awards for 2015/16, the distillation of knowledge from the UK’s trio of premium AV magazine brands – Hi-Fi Choice, Home Cinema Choice and Hi-Fi News & Record Review. 

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Avengers: Age of Ultron 3D review
Anton van Beek  |  Dec 16, 2015  |  0 comments

While Joss Whedon's 2012 smash Avengers Assemble remains one of the crown jewels (or should that be Infinity Stones?) of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, his blockbuster sequel is unlikely to be so fondly remembered by fans.

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