Madcap comedy at its best – “A Night at the Opera”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Right, Groucho Marx plays Otis B. Driftwood, who has dinner with the venerable Mrs. Claypool (Margaret...
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Mike Reynolds
- Sep 26
- 4 min
Fun ‘60s thriller – “Arabesque” Special Edition
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Gregory Peck stars as American hieroglyph expert Dr. David Pollock and Sophia Loren as Persian knock-out...
Peggy Earle
- Sep 7
- 4 min
Follow the dogged chase of “The Truffle Hunters”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS (1) 84-year-old truffle hunter Aurelio Conterno finds a prized truffle in the Piedmont forests of Italy. (2)...
Peggy Earle
- Aug 23
- 5 min
“A Place in The Sun” shines on Paramount Presents Blu-ray
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Montgomery Clift stars as George Eastman, nephew of Charles Eastman president of a swimsuit company. And,...
Mike Reynolds
- Aug 15
- 5 min
James Stewart stars in “Shenandoah” from Kino Lorber
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS James Stewart in one of his last great performances as farmer and family man Charlie Anderson welcoming his...
Mike Reynolds
- Aug 10
- 5 min
Classic Jackie Chan gets an upgrade in “Drunken Master II” – Warner Archive Collection
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Jackie Chan as Wong Fei-hung, trained in the martial art of “drunken boxing.” (Click on an image to scroll...
Mike Reynolds
- Jul 25
- 6 min
Ride Paramount Present’s “Last Train from Gun Hill” for Western action
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Toward the climax, Marshal Matt Morgan, (Kirk Douglas) brings the man who killed his wife, Rick Belden,...
Peggy Earle
- Jul 23
- 5 min
Criterion Collection upgrades screwball classic “Bringing Up Baby”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Cary Grant as David Huxley, a clueless bespectacled paleontologist, and his dog George, with Katharine...
Mike Reynolds
- Jul 11
- 5 min
Great cast and story drive “The Yearling” – Warner Archive Collection
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Gregory Peck plays homesteader Ezra “Penny” Baxter and his son Jody, played by newcomer Claude Jarman Jr.,...
Bill Kelley III
- Jul 2
- 6 min
In bed with the reds – “Pickup on South Street” – The Criterion Collection”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Pickpocket artist Skip McCoy (Richard Widmark) eyes his next mark, Candy (Jean Peters), and steals her...
Peggy Earle
- Jun 28
- 4 min
Robert Young goes film noir in “They Won’t Believe Me”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Robert Young plays Wall Street broker Larry Ballentine, who meets his wife’s friend Janice Bell (Jane Greer)...
Peggy Earle
- Jun 10
- 4 min
Hopkins’ genius on display – “The Father”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Anthony Hopkins won his second Best Actor Academy Award as Anthony, a man who has been slowly losing...
Craig Shapiro
- Jun 1
- 5 min
Cary Grant is right at home in “Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Cary Grant stars as advertising man Jim Blandings and Myrna Loy as Muriel, Jim’s wife/foil. Their Manhattan...
Peggy Earle
- May 28
- 6 min
The family film you need to see – “Minari”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Jacob Yi (Steven Yeun) and his wife Monica (Han Ye-ri) are shocked by the latest medical update on...
Peggy Earle
- May 23
- 6 min
“Nomadland” explores life on the road in modern-day America
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Frances McDormand won her third Best Actress Academy Award as 61-year-old Fern, a widow who lost her...
Peggy Earle
- May 14
- 5 min
Modern noir lives in “The Little Things”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Denzel Washington stars as the aging Kern County Deputy Joe Deacon, a former Los Angeles County...
Bill Kelley III
- May 8
- 2 min
Free Blu-ray giveaway – “The Marksman”
HOT RELEASE NEWS / MINI-REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Liam Neeson plays ex-Marine and hardened Arizona rancher Jim Hanson, who takes aim at a...
Peggy Earle
- May 7
- 5 min
Catch early horror flick “Doctor X” from Warner Archive
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Six strange murders involving cannibalism have taken place during a full moon and in the vicinity of a...
Craig Shapiro
- May 3
- 5 min
Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell light up the screen in “Broadway Melody of 1940”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Eleanor Powell “The Queen of Tap” plays Broadway star Clare Bennett and Fred Astaire plays hoofer Johnny...
Bill Kelley III
- Apr 23
- 6 min
“The Furies” – classic Western-noir – now on Criterion
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS In his final role, Walter Huston plays T.C. Jeffords, A New Mexico Territory cattle and land baron, and his...