The Asus drive I have is pretty solid but on occasion, discs just fail. Repeated attempts don't work either.

I’ve just given a pair of titles from Sony’s new Columbia Classics: Volume 2 box set a look in 4K Ultra HD, including Carol Reed’s Oliver! (1968) and Otto Preminger’s Anatomy of a Murder (1959). That last review includes film comments by our dear friend Barrie Maxwell, the late great Digital Bits classic film columnist. In some cases crossflashing an Asus drive to an LG or the other way around you may no longer be able to burn disks-SamuriHL Alien 3, Alien Resurrection – TBD (4K release possible in 2024 linked to the FX debut of the in-development Noah Hawley TV series) – N4K Interview gallery with cast, director and crew including stars Mark Dacascos and Kadeem Hardison, director Steve Wang, second unit director Wyatt Weed and stunt coordinator Koichi Sakamoto (HD, 24:41) It is shot to absolute perfection, steeped in imagery, fable and mythology, and bathed in a sweeping, emotionally tangible torrent of pulses and beats; modern yet 80s-styled electro-pop enhancing the experience in much the same way that Daft Punk did on Tron: Legacyand that The Chemical Brothers did for Hanna.All UHD Friendly drives have the sleep bug, this is when a UHD disk is left idle in the drive for 2 minutes. Once the drive goes to sleep, the UHD Friendly drive will no longer be able to read the disk without opening and closing the disk tray and will make horrible seeking noises until this is done. The Driver: Limited Edition* (1978) (Steelbook) ( US/ UK all-region/ France) – UK date 12/16/22 – REVIEW – N4K, DV

This is by and large a very winning looking presentation, though once again I'm not completely sure the increased resolution is a consistent "friend" to War of the Worlds (1953) / When Worlds Collide (1951) Double Feature Limited Edition ( US/ UK) – 9/27/22 – REVIEW – N4K, DV True Romance: Limited Edition (UK only Zavvi-exclusive Steelbook) ( US via Zavvi/ UK via Zavvi) – 7/19/21 – N4K, DV

Cinderella** (1950) (Disney Movie Club exclusive with collectable lithograph) (US/UK) – 3/28/23 – REVIEW – N4K The Halloween 4K Collection (1995-2002)* (includes both cuts of The Curse of Michael Myers in 4K, along with H20 and Resurrection only in this box set) ( US/UK) – 10/4/22 – REVIEW – N4K, DV Touch of Evil (1958 – includes Theatrical Cut, Preview Cut, and Reconstruction Cut all in 4K) (US release available from KLSC/ UK) – 9/25/23 – N4K, DV They Live: Collector's Edition** (Deluxe Edition with NECA figure & swag) (US/UK) – 1/19/21 (delayed from 12/8/20) – N4K, DV, DA

Drive: a 70-minute conversation with Nicolas Winding Refn, Editor Mat Newman and Composer Cliff Martinez or two from the original release (the Deleted Scenes on this disc is considerably shorter than on the MVD release). All of the SD material Dirty Dancing: Limited Collector's Edition* (Steelbook) (US/UK/ Australia via ViaViaion) – 11/16/22 – REVIEW – N4K, DV, DATrue Lies (1994) – TBA Q4 2023 (4K remaster finished and approved per James Cameron, 4K and remastered BD release coming per Cameron and producer Jon Landau in the second half of 2023 – film anniversary in 2024) – N4K Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary 4K Studio Collection (30 Films) (US/ UK) – TBA 9/19/23 (UK date 9/18) - N4K The screenshots used do not represent the 4K UHD because of the resolution and HDR downscaling used to take screenshots. ----