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15/12/2025

Best Movies, TV and 4K Blu-rays of 2025 - Editor's Choice Awards
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AVForums closes out 2025 by taking a look at some of the best , and discs of the year. From blockbusters to restored classics and from streaming series to documentaries - see if you agree with the choices in our Editor's Choice Awards.

AVForums runs through the best theatrical & streaming movie releases, TV shows and 4K discs of 2025

15/12/2025

Forum Discussion - Are there any reasons to keep landline telephones as a consumer option?
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https://www.avforums.com/threads/landlines-no-longer-a-thing.2543119/

This ponders the demise of the traditional landline in the UK as mobile & VOIP use increases, but is there still value in the old school tech for those who can't (or won't) move on?

15/12/2025

Boogie Nights 4K Blu-ray Review
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's tour de force Goodfellas-meets-70s-porn epic comes (ahem) to 4K in Warner Bros.'s decent disc set.

Paul Thomas Anderson's tour de force Goodfellas-meets-70s-porn epic... AND 4K COMPETITION ADDED!

13/12/2025

F1 Movie (AppleTV ) Review
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Apple enters the Pitt lane as summer blockbuster F1 is now available on its streaming service.

Apex blockbuster moviemaking, Joe "Top Gun: Maverick" Kosinski does for Brad Pitt and F1 racing cars what he did for Tom Cruise and fighter planes.

13/12/2025

Wake Up Dead Man (Netflix) Movie Review
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returns for , a darker mystery less interested in sun-drenched stereotypes and more in smaller, more grounded characterisations. And what it loses in Hollywood glamour, it more than makes up for with superb and truly satisfying whodunnit storytelling...

Benoit Blanc returns in another smaller, darker but truly satisfying Knives Out mystery...

13/12/2025

Christy Movie Review
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sees a pair of unrecognisable, career-best, performances from and but can they elevate this traumatic boxing biopic beyond its dismissive Box Office Bomb status?

Can a pair of unrecognisable, career-best, performances from Sydney Sweeney and Ben Foster elevate this traumatic boxing biopic beyond its dismissive Box Office Bomb status?

13/12/2025

Creative Stage Pro 2.1 Soundbar and Subwoofer Review
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Creative has added a few processing features to the new Stage Pro which distinguish it from the V2 we reviewed in 2023. It's still competitively priced but would we upgrade?

Creative Labs

Review of the Creative Stage Pro 2.1 Soundbar and Subwoofer with Dolby Audio, HDMI ARC and 100 watts power output

13/12/2025

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Trilogy 4K Blu-ray Review
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The original totally tubular Turtles finally hit 4K in a bodacious boxset release from the wicked folks at AArrow Videothat is sure to get fans all "Gnarly!"

The original Turtles return in a boxset from Arrow, complete with gorgeous new restorations and enough bodacious extras to make us scream "COWABUNGA DUDE!"

12/12/2025

Sennheiser HDB 630 Headphones - Video Review
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The reality vs. the hype! The Sennheiser HDB 630 delivers software that has functionality (and no less importantly, a means of using that functionality) that is significantly in advance of rivals.
Does this put Sennheiser's latest ahead of the competition?

The Sennheiser HDB 630 delivers a software platform that has functionality (and no less importantly, a means of using that functionality) that is significant...

12/12/2025

The Shrouds Movie Review
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's latest is , an elegant study of grief. Does it reach the same heights of thunderous body & techno horror blended with societal skewering that his best works have done in the past?

David Cronenberg returns with an elegant study of grief that doesn't quite deliver the thunderous blend of body and techno horror and societal skewering the best of his works have done in the past.

11/12/2025

The Abandons (Netflix) TV Show Review
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Kurt "The Shield / Sons of Anarchy" Sutter pitches Gillian Anderson vs. Lena Headey in the Old West but does warrant a long form exploration?

Kurt "The Shield / Sons of Anarchy" Sutter pitches Gillian Anderson vs. Lena Headey in the Old West but does it warrant a long form exploration?

11/12/2025

Philips OLED+910 TV Overview Video
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The Philips OLED+910 may be late to the 2025 battle but it has two advantages over its Primary RGB Tandem Panel toting rivals. One is the company's proprietary Ambilight feature... and find out what the other one is in our video short.

The Philips OLED+910 has the latest Primary RGB Tandem Panel, but adds in four-sided AMBILIGHT and a stunning Bowers & Wilkins sound system. So is this the b...