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“Stan & Ollie” paints a moving, wholehearted portrait of the comedy greats
BLU-RAY REVIEW “STAN & OLLIE” Blu-ray, 2018, PG for some language and for smoking; Streaming Amazon Video/Prime, FandangoNOW, Google...
High-Def Watch Staff
Apr 9, 20193 min read
“Four Weddings and a Funeral” gets a complete 4K makeover for its 25th Anniversary
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Uh oh. Charles (Hugh Grant), the best man in wedding No. 1, forgot the rings. (Frame shots courtesy of...
High-Def Watch Staff
Mar 28, 20193 min read
Shout’s “Legally Blonde Collection” gets a 4K makeover
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Reese Witherspoon stars as Elle Woods and her sassy chihuahua Bruiser - in signature pink - arrive at the...
Kay Reynolds
Mar 8, 20194 min read
Three great performances rule “The Favourite”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS An upset last month when Olivia Colman as Queen Anne won the Best Actress Academy Award over the...
High-Def Watch Staff
Mar 8, 20194 min read
Thirty-four years on, Michael Cimino’s “Year of the Dragon” is still a drag
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS NYPD Capt. Stanley White (Mickey Rourke), a Vietnam vet has been assigned to Chinatown controlled by the...
High-Def Watch Staff
Mar 6, 20193 min read
French coming of age classic “Peppermint Soda” now on Blu-ray
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS “PEPPERMINT SODA” Blu-ray; 1977; PG Best extra: Interview with Director Diane Kurys FRESH FROM a 40th...
High-Def Watch Staff
Feb 21, 20193 min read
Capturing Van Gogh’s vision “At Eternity’s Gate”
BLU-RAY REVIEW “AT ETERNITY’S GATE” Blu-ray and Digital copy; 2018; PG-13 for some thematic content; streaming via Amazon Video/Prime,...
High-Def Watch Staff
Feb 9, 20194 min read
“Boy Erased” uncovers a dangerous practice
BLU-RAY REVIEW “BOY ERASED” 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD, Digital copy; 2018; R for sexual content including an assault, some profanity and...
High-Def Watch Staff
Jan 31, 20192 min read
Glenn Close closes in on her first Oscar with “The Wife”
BLU-RAY REVIEW “THE WIFE” Blu-ray, DVD, Digital copy; 2017, R for language and some sexual content; Streaming via Amazon Video,...
High-Def Watch Staff
Jan 29, 20193 min read
Errol Flynn swings into HD action in “The Sea Hawk”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS “THE SEA HAWK: WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION” Blu-ray; 1940; Not Rated, contains action violence Best extra:...
High-Def Watch Staff
Jan 24, 20194 min read
Hitchcock’s “Notorious” gets a complete Criterion 4K restoration
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Cary Grant plays U.S. intelligence agent T. R. Devlin, who arrived to rescue German-born Alicia Huberman...
High-Def Watch Staff
Jan 23, 20196 min read
Calling all Samuel Fuller fans: You need a copy of “Forty Guns”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Desperate to escape the hangman’s noose after being convicted of murder, Brock Drummond (John Ericson), uses...
Craig Shapiro
Jan 21, 20194 min read
The classic romantic comedy “When Harry Met Sally...” celebrates a milestone
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS “WHEN HARRY MET SALLY…”: 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION Blu-ray and DVD; 1989; R for adult material including...
High-Def Watch Staff
Jan 18, 20194 min read
Good story, fine extras, “Interpreter” is finally on Blu-ray
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS “THE INTERPRETER” Blu-ray; 2005; PG-13 for violence some sexual content and brief strong profanity;...
High-Def Watch Staff
Jan 10, 20193 min read
Paramount’s “Yellowstone” captures the new West
BLU-RAY REVIEW “YELLOWSTONE: SEASON 1” Blu-ray and DVD; 2018; not rated but plenty of scenes of violence, sex, disturbing images...
High-Def Watch Staff
Jan 7, 20194 min read
Criterion comes through (again) with Billy Wilder’s classic “Some Like It Hot”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS "Look at that!" Jack Lemmon (Jerry/Daphne) tells Tony Curtis (Joe/Josephine) as they watch Marilyn Monroe...
High-Def Watch Staff
Jan 6, 20193 min read
Popeye still packs a punch, but his Blu-ray debut deserves better
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS “POPEYE THE SAILOR: THE 1940s, VOLUME 1” Blu-ray, 1943-45, not rated Best extra: Nada, zero, zilch A FEW...
High-Def Watch Staff
Jan 4, 20192 min read
Bergman’s “The Serpent’s Egg” explores the rise of Nazism in 1920s Germany
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS “THE SERPENT’S EGG” Blu-ray; 1977; R for profanity, nudity, violence Best extra: Archival featurette with...
High-Def Watch Staff
Dec 29, 20183 min read
Keep watching the screen: “The Thing from Another World” is still buckets of fun
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS “THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD” Blu-ray, 1951, not rated Best extra: There’s just one – a trailer (Boo!) SEE...
High-Def Watch Staff
Dec 23, 20182 min read
Tracking down the notorious Adolf Eichmann in “Operation Finale”
4K ULTRA HD / BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS “OPERATION FINALE” 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD and Digital copy, PG-13 for disturbing thematic...
High-Def Watch Staff
Dec 18, 20184 min read
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