“The Crimson Rivers” – French thriller hits all the noir notes
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS French actors Jean Reno and Vincent Cassel play Detective Commissioner Pierre Niemans from Paris and local...
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Peggy Earle
- Feb 22
- 4 min
Before “Kill Bill,” “The Bride Wore Black”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS French actress Jeanne Moreau plays Julie Kohler, the widow of a man who was shot to death on the church...
Peggy Earle
- Jan 30
- 6 min
She’s nothin’ but trouble – “The Lady from Shanghai”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Writer/director/actor Orson Welles and his wife actress Rita Hayworth, play a forbidden couple Michael...
Peggy Earle
- Jan 18
- 5 min
Getting to the truth: “She Said” and #MeToo
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1) New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) and Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan) listen as...
Peggy Earle
- Jan 8
- 4 min
Huston, Williams and Burton deliver a classic on Blu-ray: “The Night of the Iguana”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Richard Burton plays Reverend T. Lawrence Shannon, a disgraced, defrocked Episcopal minister, who is pursued...
Peggy Earle
- Dec 23, 2022
- 4 min
1950s taboos drive William Wyler’s “Detective Story”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Kirk Douglas plays James McLeod, a hard-edged New York City police detective, who rough-ups Karl Schneider...
Peggy Earle
- Nov 27, 2022
- 4 min
“The Good Boss” – Comedy and commentary on workplace dynamics
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Spanish actor Javier Bardem plays Julio Blanco, owner of Blanco Scales, a factory where precision weighing...
Peggy Earle
- Nov 8, 2022
- 5 min
Captivating WWII spy drama “The Counterfeit Traitor” from Kino Lorber
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS William Holden stars as real-life World War II Allied spy, Eric Erickson. He was an American who became a...
Peggy Earle
- Oct 19, 2022
- 4 min
Burt Lancaster brings the magic to Kino Lorber’s “The Rainmaker”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Burt Lancaster stars as Bill Starbuck, an itinerant con-man traveling in a painted wagon who sells...
Peggy Earle
- Sep 28, 2022
- 4 min
Fashion fades; kindness is eternal – “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS The extraordinarily versatile Lesley Manville plays Mrs. Ada Harris, a meek cleaning lady who goes...
Peggy Earle
- Aug 29, 2022
- 4 min
A true heist story, “The Duke” mixes drama and comedy with a star cast!
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS (1) Jim Broadbent plays 60-year-old Kempton Bunton who, in 1961, was arrested and tried for stealing the...
Peggy Earle
- Jul 1, 2022
- 4 min
Judy Garland excels in 1st non-musical role – “The Clock” –Warner Archive Collection
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Robert Walker stars as U.S. Army Corporal Joe Allen on a two-day pass in New York City and Judy Garland...
Peggy Earle
- Jun 17, 2022
- 5 min
Anderson’s highly personal “Licorice Pizza” is a walk down memory lane
4K ULTRA HD/BLU-RAY REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS First-time actor Cooper Hoffman plays 15-year-old Gary Valentine, who’s smitten by the much...
Peggy Earle
- May 26, 2022
- 3 min
History haunts Almodóvar’s “Parallel Mothers”
4K ULTRA HD & BLU-RAY REVIEW / SDR FRAME SHOTS The two unwed mothers Ana (Milena Smit) and Janis (Penélope Cruz) who first met in the...
Mike Reynolds & Kay Reynolds
- May 20, 2022
- 5 min
Peter Dinklage leads the musical “Cyrano” to the screen
4K ULTRA HD & BLU-RAY REVIEW / HDR & SDR FRAME SHOTS Differences in color grading between 4K Ultra HD (digital) & Blu-ray. Peter Dinklage...
Peggy Earle
- May 11, 2022
- 4 min
Oscar-winner “Ordinary People” – Paramount Presents – now on Blu-ray & 4K (digital)
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW/BLU-RAY REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Mary Tyler Moore plays Beth Jarrett, mother of 18-year-old Conrad played by Timothy...
Mike Reynolds
- Apr 4, 2022
- 5 min
Prohibition-era gangster film “Miller’s Crossing” shines in The Criterion Collection
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS (1&2) Irish actor Gabriel Byrne plays Tom Reagan the trusted advisor to the Irish Gang Leader, Leo O’Bannon...
Peggy Earle
- Apr 1, 2022
- 4 min
War and love, faith and truth highlight “A Journal for Jordan”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1&2) Michael B. Jordan stars as First Sergeant Charles Monroe King and Chanté Adams as journalist...
Craig Shapiro
- Mar 25, 2022
- 5 min
Kenneth Branagh triumphs with memorable and moving “Belfast”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1) Newcomer Jude Hill plays 9-year-old Buddy. (2) Buddy’s parents Pa (Jamie Dornan) and Ma...
Peggy Earle
- Mar 2, 2022
- 5 min
Big drama, big stars dazzle in Scott’s “House of Gucci”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Stefani Germanotta, or Lady Gaga as she’s known to the world plays Patrizia Reggiani Gucci. (Click...
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