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4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Austin Butler stars as Hank Thompson, an East Village bartender who’s on the run with his neighbor’s cat Bud, from Russian gangsters, partnered with a gun-crazed Puerto Rican and a tough NYPD detective. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of Sony Pictures - Click the jacket for an Amazon purchase “CAUGHT STEALING” 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray; 2025; R for strong violent content, pervasive profanity, some sexual

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW /HDR SCREENSHOTS English actress Emilia Jones plays teenager Ruby Rossi, and she and her family log in to the Berklee College of Music website to see if she’s been accepted to the preeminent college for music. Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family, and tells her family in the American Sign Language (ASL) symbol, “ I love you. ”   (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of Apple Films via the Filmmakers Mode - Cl

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Korean actor Song Kang-ho, known for his role in the Academy Award Best Picture “Parasite,” plays ‘The Weird,’ Yoon Tae-goo, a resourceful bandit who gets his hands on a treasure map. (2) Lee Byung-hun plays ‘The Bad,’ Park Chang-yi, who was hired to steal the map first. Now he and his gang are chasing Tae-goo across the desert wilds of Manchuria to retrieve it.   (Click an image to scroll the larger versions)   4K screenshots courtesy of

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Bombs away! Veteran pilot Vern Demerest (Dean Martin) tries to talk down-on-his-luck passenger D.O. Guerrero (Van Heflin) into handing over his briefcase. Why? Its packed with dynamite. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions)   4K screenshots courtesy of KL Studio Classics/Universal Pictures - Click the jacket for an Amazon purchase “AIRPORT”   4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray, 1970, rated G   Best extra: The commentary by authors Julie Kirgo

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Jim Carrey stars as the anti-social and bad-tempered The Grinch, who lives in a cave on Mount Crumpit, overlooking the town of Whoville. He visits the town during a Christmas celebration. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of Universal Pictures - Click for an Amazon purchase “HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS: 25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION” 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray; 2000; PG for crude humor; Digital copy via Amazon

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Jim Carrey became a Hollywood superstar in 1994 through his roles in “The Mask,” “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,” and “Dumb and Dumber.” Here, he plays nerdy bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss, who finds a mysterious wooden mask that changes his life! (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of Arrow Video and New Line Cinema - Click for an Amazon purchase “THE MASK” 4K Ultra HD; 1994; PG-13 for stylized violence Best ext

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / SDR SCREENSHOTS Her face horribly disfigured in a car accident caused by her father, Christiane (Edith Scob) must wear a mask as he tries to perfect a transplant.

 (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of The Criterion Collection via Filmmaker Mode - Click for Amazon purchase “EYES WITHOUT A FACE: THE CRITERION COLLECTION”
   4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray, 1960, unrated, graphic surgery, violence

   Best extra:  “The Unreal Real

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS 2:17 A.M., and 17 third-graders from the same Maybrook Elementary classroom mysteriously run from their homes. (2) Amy Madigan plays the creepy Aunt Gladys, as 3rd-grade teacher Justine (Julia Garner) is attacked by her ex, Paul Morgan (Alden Ehrenreich), who’s under a witchcraft spell. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of Warner Bros Discovery Entertainment via Filmmaker Mode - Click for an Amazon pur

BLU-RAY REVIEW / SDR SCREENSHOTS (1) Dakota Johnson plays Lucy, an upscale matchmaker, and Chris Evans plays her ex-boyfriend John, a struggling actor in New York City. (2) The film opens with a caveman and his female love, and he twists a small flower into a ring. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) Screenshots courtesy of A24 - Click for an Amazon purchase “MATERIALISTS” Blu-ray; 2025; R for profanity, nudity, adult situations, smoking Best extra:  Commentary b

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Sharon Stone as Ellen “ The Lady, ” a vengeance-seeking gunslinger. (2) Right, Gene Hackman as Mayor John Herod, who gets 50 cents for every dollar in the Texas border town. He tries to entice Russell Crowe as Cort, a former gunfighter turned preacher, to take part in the four-day quick-draw shooting contest. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots from the Filmmaker Mode courtesy of Sony Pictures - Click for an Amaz

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Julie Andrews plays the free-spirited young postulant Maria, who loves to sing and the mountains. The Mother Abbess sends Maria to the home of retired naval officer Captain Georg von Trapp, played by Christopher Plummer, to be the governess to his seven children. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of 20th Century Studios via Filmmaker Mode - Click for an Amazon purchase “THE SOUND OF MUSIC: 60th ANNIVER

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Suitor John Willoughby (Greg Wise) escorts Marianne Dashwood (Kate Winslet) on a countryside walk near Barton Cottage, a small home where Mrs. Dashwood lives after being evicted from their home, Norland Park. (2) Mrs. Dashwood (Gemma Jones) and her daughters and her daughters, Elinor (Emma Thompson), Margaret (Emilie Francois) and Marianne, arrive at their new home. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of