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4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays the French high-wire artist Philippe Petit, and Charlotte Le Bon as Parisian street musician Annie. The two become lovers in the Robert Zemeckis docudrama, which he captured mostly with wide-angle lenses for a more powerful 3D viewing experience. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of Sony Pictures - Click the jacket for Movie Zyng “THE WALK” 4K Ultra HD; 2015; PG for thematic

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS 19-year-old George Stevens operates a camera during the filming of Rex, a star horse, in two 1925 Westerns for the Hal Roach Studios. (2) 40 years later, Stevens filmed the Biblical epic “The Greatest Story Ever Told” at the Arches National Park in Utah. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of Warner Archive - Click for a Movie Zyng purchase “GEORGE STEVENS: A FILMMAKER’S JOURNEY”
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Marilyn sings her rendition of “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend.” SDR screenshot from the 20th-Century Fox Blu-ray (2013). We include 22 screenshots (16 SDR, 8 4K/HDR) from seven motion pictures in our physical library. Click an image to see the larger versions. TODAY would’ve been Norma Jeane Mortenson – Marilyn Monroe’s – 100th birthday, born June 1, 1926, at the Los Angeles County Hospital. The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures just opened an exhibit at its Los Angele

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Director Kenneth Branagh stars in dual roles as cynical Los Angeles private eye, Mike Church, and Viennese composer Roman Strauss. And, Emma Thompson plays Grace, a woman who has lost her memory and is mute, and as Strauss’ wife Margaret. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of KL Studio Classics / Paramount Pictures - Click the jacket for an Amazon purchase “DEAD AGAIN” 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray; 1991; rated

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / SDR SCREENSHOTS Brad Pitt received a best actor Oscar nomination for his nuanced performance as Billy Beane, the driving Oakland A’s GM who bucked the system, and rewrote the playbook, when he used sabermetrics to field a team. Leaving his comedy roots behind, Jonah Hill earned a supporting actor nod as Peter Brand, the Yale-trained economist and analytics savant. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of Sony Pictures - Cl

BLU-RAY REVIEW / SDR SCREENSHOTS James Stewart stars as wagon train foreman Glyn McLyntock in his second of five Anthony Mann Westerns. Most of the on-location footage was captured in the spring of 1951, near Mount Hood and along the Columbia River in Oregon. (2) The green typography during the title sequence has been restored, which was strangely blue during the 2019 KL Studio Classics Blu-ray. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) Screenshots courtesy of KL Studio.

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Serial criminals John Reilly (Ron Eldard) and Tommy Marcano (Billy Crudup) listen to the testimony of a witness during their murder trial of killing reform school guard Sean Nokes (Kevin Bacon), who had beaten and sexually assaulted them two decades earlier. (2) Longtime friend Lorenzo "Shakes" Carcaterra (Jason Patric) and Father Bobby Carillo (Robert De Niro) will stand by John and Tommy. (Click an image to scroll through the larger vers

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Rita Hayworth finally makes her on-screen appearance as Gilda at the 17-minute and 30-second mark, and it’s a doozy. (2) She flings back her lustrous red hair and catches the eye of her former lover, Johnny Farrell (Glenn Ford). (Click an image to scroll through the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of The Criterion Collection / Sony Pictures - Click the jacket for an Amazon purchase “GILDA: THE CRITERION COLLECTION” 4K Ultra HD &

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Charlton Heston as Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish prince arrested by his childhood friend Messala, a Roman commander played by Irish actor Stephen Boyd. (2) Judah’s first encounter with Jesus of Nazareth. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of Warner Bros. Discovery - Click for an Amazon purchase “BEN-HUR” 4K Ultra HD; 1959; not rated, contains scenes of action violence; Digital copy via Amazon Video (4K), App

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Legendary actor Christopher Lee stars as Count Dracula, and Patrick Troughton plays his creepy assistant Klove. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of KL Studio Classics/StudioCanal - Click for an Amazon purchase “SCARS OF DRACULA” 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray; 1970; R for violence and nudity Best extra: Archival commentary by director Roy Ward Baker, star Christopher Lee, and Hammer films historian Marcus Hear

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Jake Gyllenhaal gives one of his finest performances as Louis Bloom, who sells graphic, overnight news footage to a struggling Los Angeles TV station. (2) Rene Russo, center, is Nina Romina, the news director at KWLA. She sees a ratings bonanza in Bloom’s videos.

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4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS The Criterion Collection 4K version (2026) Italy’s Eagle Pictures 4K version (2024) Both 4K Ultra HD versions are nearly identical, with only the video bitrate numbers varying. In this shot, the Criterion disc runs between 45.5 Megabits-per-second to 43.1 Mbps, and the Italian disc - 43 Mbps to 40.3 Mbps. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as World War I veteran Ernest Burkhart, and Lily Gladstone stars as his wife, Mollie Burkhart. (Click an