Next month, MGM+ will add Daniel Craig James Bond films Skyfall (2012), Casino Royale (2006), Quantum of Solace (2008), as well as early Sean Connery classic Goldfinger (1964). Directed by Sam Mendes ( Road to Perdition, American Beauty), Skyfall marked the Craig era’s return to a more traditional style of Bond film, with gadgets, a supervillian, and the all-important Aston Martin DB5. But following a strong start and ominous foreshadowing, the film’s villain (Javier Bardem) is meant to be strange and unsettling but is weirdly mirthful instead and kills the momentum. And after M's great Tennyson speech, the film’s conclusion offers too many plot contrivances (including Q’s lapses of infosec and someone forgetting to switch off a flashlight) to be truly satisfying. It’s also a little odd that this is only Craig’s third 007 film and yet his character is already regarded as long-in-the-tooth. Still, the Roger Deakins cinematography makes this by far the best looking of the recent Bond films, and much is gained by the addition of Naomie Harris (Moneypenny), Ben Whishaw (Q), and Ralph Fiennes (Gareth Mallory) to the cast. Spectre BD - SPECTRE: Bond’s Biggest Opening Sequence, Video Blogs: - Director Sam Mendes - Supercars - Introducing Léa Seydoux and Monica Bellucci - Action - Music - Guinness World Record, Stills Gallery

MGM+ (formerly Epix) is a newly-launched streaming service that offers quite a few classic James Bond films in 4k Ultra HD such as Live and Let Die (1973), The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), and License To Kill (1989), to name a few. (See a list of movies and series on MGM+.)From Doctor No to the upcoming No Time To Die marking 25 official films in the franchise - with a couple of side entries if you chose to accept those entries - that's a hell of a long run for any franchise. Craig has arguably left an indelible mark of the series depending of course on who you ask. Some love his turn that started with Casino Royale, the franchise's first true sequel Quantum of Solace, the excellent Skyfall, and the somewhat divisive but return to traditional formula Spectre. Others are less passionate. Synopsis: THE DANIEL CRAIG COLLECTION: the 8 disc complete collection of the four James Bond films starring Daniel Craig as 007, containing each film on 4K Ultra HD in Dolby Vision and on Blu-ray.

After going all-digital with Skyfall, SPECTRE was shot mostly on 35 mm photochemical film again, though some scenes were still captured digitally in ARRIRAW (at 3.4 and 6.5K). It was finished as a native 4K Digital Intermediate at the 2.39 “scope” ratio. For its UHD release, the film has been graded for high dynamic range (both HDR10 and Dolby Vision are available). The film looks fantastic here on disc, though I would say that Skyfall has the slight edge on it, not for its digital capture but rather for Roger Deakins’ lovely cinematography. Detail is crisp and clean, texturing is refined, shadows and highlights are appropriately enhanced, while the film’s somewhat muted color palette is more nuanced for the wider gamut. As is the case with all four of these films, the Dolby Vision offers just a little more pop and dimensionality (especially on the native 4K titles). Primary audio this time is English 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, the same mix found on the previous Blu-ray. It delivers a pleasingly wide soundstage, with lively and atmospheric surrounds, excellent clarity, and firm bass. (But yes, we wish MGM had sprung for Atmos.) Additional audio options include English 5.1 Descriptive Audio, Spanish, Czech, Hungarian and Polish 5.1 Dolby Digital, and French, Castilian, German, and Italian 5.1 DTS, with subtitles available in English for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Spanish, French, Castilian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, Czech, Hungarian, Korean, Polish, and Portuguese. The MGM+ streaming service offers higher-quality video than cable and satellite services that only broadcast in interlaced 1080 resolution (labeled as 1080i). James Bond Movies Streaming in 4k Ultra HD Quantum Of Solace BD - “Another Way To Die” Music Video, Trailers, Bond On Location Feature, Crew Files, 5 Featurettes: - Start of Shooting - On Location, - Olga Kurylenko and the Boat Chase, - Director Marc Forster - The MusicSkyfall UHD - Commentary by Director Sam Mendes, Commentary by Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli and Production Designer Dennis Gassner There are no extras on the 4K disc, sadly, and that’s a shame because there are rumors that director Marc Foster recorded an audio commentary for the film that was never released. You do at least get the previous Blu-ray version of the film (the same one included in the Bond 50 set) that adds the following (in SD and HD): Daniel Craig’s first outing as 007 is not only his best, it’s one of the best films in the Bond franchise to date. Producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson returned to the series’ roots by adapting the very first Ian Fleming Bond novel for the big screen. Casino Royale - 4/5 - This Unrated Version runs scarcely a minute longer mostly adding extra violence to the action and doesn't dramatically alter the film. This is actually a lot less material that it appears to be and again there’s no commentary. It is, at least, everything from the previous Blu-ray release. And you do get Digital copy codes, so that’s something.