{"id":20327,"date":"2019-01-09T19:20:20","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T03:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=20327"},"modified":"2019-01-09T19:20:41","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T03:20:41","slug":"review-castle-rock-s1-4k-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2019\/01\/review-castle-rock-s1-4k-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Castle Rock: The Complete First Season 4K UHD & Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Castle Rock: The Complete First Season<\/em><\/strong> is a fun and entertaining show and that\u2019s coming from someone who generally isn\u2019t the biggest fan of Stephen King; however as a movie buff, there are cool references to some of the King-adapted feature films.<\/p>\n

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Castle Rock: The Complete First Season<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Drama, Suspense, Mystery
\nWarner Bros. | NR \u2013 500 min. \u2013 $44.98 | January 8, 2019<\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 01\/09\/2019 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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SEASON INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Various
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Stephen King (characters)
\nCast: <\/strong>Andre Holland, Melanie Lynskey, Bill Skarsg\u00e5rd, Jane Levy, Sissy Spacek, Scott Glenn, Noel Fisher, Ann Cusack, Terry O\u2019Quinn, Rory Culkin, Frances Conroy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Featurettes
\nSlip Cover: <\/strong>Yes
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>Yes
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>4K, Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio (4K): <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1)
\nAudio (BD): <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
\nVideo (4K): <\/strong>2160p\/Widescreen 2.00
\nVideo (BD): <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.00
\nDynamic Range: <\/strong>HDR10
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, French, Spanish
\nCodecs: <\/strong>HEVC \/ H.265 (4K), MPEG-4 AVC (BD)
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A, B, C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.<\/strong><\/span>
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THE MOVIE \u2014 3.75\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Season Synopsis: <\/strong>A psychological-horror series set in the Stephen King multiverse, Castle Rock<\/em><\/strong> combines the mythological scale and intimate character storytelling of King’s best-loved works, weaving an epic saga of darkness and light, played out on a few square miles of Maine woodland. The fictional Maine town of Castle Rock has figured prominently in King’s literary career: \u2018Cujo\u2019, \u2018The Dark Half\u2019, \u2018IT\u2019 and \u2018Needful Things\u2019, as well as novella \u2018The Body\u2019 and numerous short stories such as Rita Hayworth and \u2018The Shawshank Redemption\u2019 are either set there or contain references to Castle Rock. Castle Rock<\/em><\/strong> is an original suspense\/thriller – a first-of-its-kind reimagining that explores the themes and worlds uniting the entire King canon, while brushing up against some of his most iconic and beloved stories.<\/p>\n

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Quick Hit Review: <\/strong>I\u2019ll be upfront, I\u2019m not exactly the biggest fan of Stephen King though have enjoyed a few adaptations of his novels including The Shining<\/em>, Misery<\/em> and The Mist<\/em>. Castle Rock<\/em><\/strong> is an anthology series collecting various characters from King\u2019s novels and was produced by J.J. Abrams. I think for big fans of King, this series might be a blast with iconic settings and characters such as one of the main locations, Shawshank State Prison, and of course the series takes place in Maine, as most (with few exceptions) of King\u2019s novels do.<\/p>\n

While I\u2019m not an avid King reader, Castle Rock<\/em><\/strong> is still a fascinating and ultimately engaging drama-thriller with some top-notch performances from the likes of (newcomer to me) Andre Holland, Bill Skarsgard and the lovely Jane Levy, whose character, Jackie, is the niece of one Jack Torrance from The Shining<\/em>. Not going to say this is mind-blowingly great, but it is certainly watchable and with only 10 episodes, can be done over a weekend.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 3.75\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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The 4-discs are housed in an HD keep case which side slides into a glossy slip cover<\/strong>. Inside is a redemption code for the Digital HD<\/strong> copy.<\/p>\n

Inside the Episodes<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 Each episode of the series has a short featurette with interviews by creators Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason discussing the events of that episode.<\/p>\n

Castle Rock<\/u><\/em><\/strong>: Blood on the Page (19:40; HD)<\/u><\/strong> explores the methods Stephen King utilizes in his works and how these techniques inspire the Castle Rock<\/em> mythology.<\/p>\n

Clockwork of Horror (4:51)<\/u><\/strong> looks at how the writers of Castle Rock<\/em> merge the distinct styles of Stephen King and J.J. Abrams into a tale of mystery and horror.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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4K VIDEO \u2013 4.5\/5, BD VIDEO \u2013 4.25\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Warner Bros. releases Castle Rock<\/em><\/strong> on 4K UHD and Blu-ray presented with a 2.00 widescreen aspect ratio as originally streamed on Netflix. The 2160p high-definition transfer (1080p on Blu-ray) looks pretty good albeit I can\u2019t go as far to say it\u2019s stunning, though detail is fairly sharp, black levels are stark and while there aren\u2019t incredible colors, in keeping with the darker tone of the series, there is some brightness with a boost by the HDR10. The Blu-ray itself also doesn\u2019t look at all bad, detail is maybe ever so slightly less defined but otherwise it is still a nice presentation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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AUDIO \u2013 4.25\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Both the 4K UHD and Blu-ray comes with a standard DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track which is more than serviceable showing off crisp and clean dialogue levels and there is a modest amount of depth outputting from the rear channel. It\u2019s nothing incredible yet does still sound quite nice even if it\u2019s not a track that will give one\u2019s surround system much of a workout.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Overall, Castle Rock: The Complete First Season<\/em><\/strong> is a fun and entertaining show and that\u2019s coming from someone who generally isn\u2019t the biggest fan of Stephen King; however as a movie buff, there are cool references to some of the King-adapted feature films. This 4K UHD\/Blu-ray combo pack has good video and audio transfers and a solid selection of bonus features.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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The screen captures came from the Blu-ray copy and are here to add visuals to the review and\u00a0do not<\/span> represent the 4K video.
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