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“Auntie Mame” still a feast for one and all
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS “AUNTIE MAME: WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION” Blu-ray; 1958; Not Rated, family friendly Best extra: Music only...
High-Def Watch Staff
Jan 4, 20183 min read
Take a chance and be rewarded with “Brad’s Status”
BLU-RAY REVIEW ''BRAD'S STATUS" Blu-ray, DVD, Movie Everywhere copy; 2017; R for language; streaming via Amazon Video, Google Play,...
High-Def Watch Staff
Jan 3, 20182 min read
First-timer director Hallie Meyers-Shyer takes a familiar rom-com path with "Home Again"
BLU-RAY REVIEW “HOME AGAIN” Blu-ray, DVD, Digital Everywhere; 2017; PG-13 for thematic and sexual material; streaming via Amazon Video,...
High-Def Watch Staff
Dec 29, 20172 min read
Past and present cultures blend in Merchant Ivory’s “Heat and Dust”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS “HEAT AND DUST” Blu-ray and DVD; 1983; R for nudity, profanity and drugs; streaming via Amazon Video, Google...
High-Def Watch Staff
Dec 26, 20173 min read
Celebrate the season with “Miracle on 34th Street: 70th Anniv. Edition”
BLU-RAY REVIEW “MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET: 70TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION” Blu-ray, DVD; 1947; black and white full-screen; Not Rated Best...
High-Def Watch Staff
Dec 23, 20174 min read
The price of obsession revealed in “Letter from an Unknown Woman”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS “LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN: OLIVE SIGNATURE EDITION” Blu-ray, DVD; 1948; Not Rated Best extra: "Passion's...
High-Def Watch Staff
Dec 10, 20173 min read
American classic “The Philadelphia Story” gets the Criterion treatment
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Katharine Hepburn stars as Tracy Lord the eldest of two daughters living in an estate on Philadelphia's...
Peggy Earle
Nov 16, 20173 min read
Go home with Warner Archive's “Brigadoon”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS "BRIGADOON: WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION" Blu-ray; 1954; PG; streaming via Amazon Video Best extra: "Outtake...
Kay Reynolds
Oct 20, 20173 min read
Nothing fishy here: "A Fish Called Wanda" is still tons of fun
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS "A FISH CALLED WANDA: SPECIAL EDITION" Blu-ray; 1988; R for brief nudity, sexuality, mild violence,...
High-Def Watch Staff
Oct 12, 20173 min read
Restored picture and footage highlight Sony’s “Lost Horizon: 80th Anniversary Edition”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS "LOST HORIZON: 80th ANNIVERSARY EDITION" Blu-ray, Digital HD copy; 1937; Not Rated Best extra: A new 30-page...
High-Def Watch Staff
Oct 9, 20174 min read
Hitchcock’s “Rebecca” arrives with a striking 4K restoration
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS “Rebecca” is the only Alfred Hitchcock film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. The original camera...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 2, 20173 min read
Criterion presents comedy classic “Lost in America”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS "LOST IN AMERICA: THE CRITERION COLLECTION" Blu-ray, DVD; 1985; R for profanity Best extra: Interview with...
High-Def Watch Staff
Aug 23, 20173 min read
Attention, Batman fans: “Mask of the Phantasm” is out and you need to own it
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) “BATMAN: MASK OF THE PHANTASM: WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION”...
Craig Shapiro
Aug 2, 20173 min read
Follow the people and the facts in “Silkwood”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS "SILKWOOD" Blu-ray; 1983; R for profanity, brief nudity and sexual contact Best extra: Interview with...
High-Def Watch Staff
Jul 25, 20173 min read
Frankenheimer’s “Seven Days in May” resonates now more than ever
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Burt Lancaster stars as General James M. Scott and Kirk Douglas as Colonel Martin Casey, who intercepts a...
Bill Kelley III
May 10, 20173 min read
Criterion’s “Woman of the Year” finally gets the Blu-ray treatment!
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Spencer Tracy plays sports columnist Sam Craig and Katharine Hepburn the smart political writer Tess...
High-Def Watch Staff
Apr 20, 20175 min read
Soldiers battle the enemy and the elements in “Battleground”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS "BATTLEGROUND: WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION" Blu-ray, 1949, Not Rated Best extra: A short MGM cartoon by Tex...
High-Def Watch Staff
Jan 22, 20174 min read
"On Dangerous Ground" makes a bold come-back
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS "ON DANGEROUS GROUND: WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION" Blu-ray, 1951, black-and-white, Not Rated, contains scenes...
High-Def Watch Staff
Oct 12, 20163 min read
Samuel Fuller is in vintage form with Korean War drama "Fixed Bayonets!"
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS "FIXED BAYONETS!" Blu-ray full-frame, 1951, not rated (combat violence, but not explicit) Best extra: A...
Craig Shapiro
Sep 19, 20162 min read
“The Wave” sweeps us away!
BLU-RAY REVIEW “THE WAVE” Blu-ray, DVD; 2015; R for some profanity and action violence; streaming via Amazon Video, FandangoNow, Google...
High-Def Watch Staff
Jun 27, 20162 min read
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