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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...
Craig Shapiro
Mar 25, 20225 min read
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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...
Peggy Earle
Mar 2, 20225 min read
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“La Dolce Vita” – a Fellini classic – returns on Blu-ray
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni stars as litterateur-turned-gossip columnist Marcello Rubini. (Click on...
Peggy Earle
Feb 22, 20224 min read
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Fritz Lang’s first American film – “Fury” – Warner Archive Collection
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Spencer Tracy stars as mechanic Joe Wilson and Sylvia Sidney plays his fiancée, Katherine Grant, who leaves...
Mike Reynolds
Feb 13, 20224 min read
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“The Long Goodbye,” one of 1973s 10 Best, on Blu-ray
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Elliott Gould stars as 1970s Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe. (Click on an image to scroll through...
Peggy Earle
Feb 6, 20225 min read
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“The Dry” – Gripping mystery, excellent cast!
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Eric Bana plays Australian federal agent Aaron Falk, who helps in the investigation of a shocking...
Peggy Earle
Feb 3, 20224 min read
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Politics and romance mix in Paramount’s 4K restoration of “Reds: 40th Anniversary Edition”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Warren Beatty, who co-wrote, directed, co-produced, and stars as American journalist John “Jack” Reed, who...
Peggy Earle
Jan 13, 20225 min read
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Blending truth and fiction, “Ragtime” – Paramount Presents, stands up today
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Howard Rollins Jr. received an Oscar nomination as Coalhouse Walker, Jr., a piano player, harassed by racist...
Peggy Earle
Dec 22, 20215 min read
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It’s all fun and games until someone dies – “The Last of Sheila” – Warner Archive Collection
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Movie producer Clinton Green (James Coburn) invites six of his movie world acquaintances – Philip (James...
Peggy Earle
Dec 8, 20214 min read
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The love’s still there – “L.A. Story: 30th Anniversary Edition”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Steve Martin stars as “wacky” TV weatherman Harris K. Telemacher and his love interest British writer Sarah...
Peggy Earle
Nov 19, 20215 min read
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Cool cast and gothic thrills – “Eye of the Devil” – Warner Archive Collection
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Legendary British stars Deborah Kerr and David Niven play the wealthy French couple Catherine and Philippe...
Peggy Earle
Nov 1, 20213 min read
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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...
Mike Reynolds
Oct 11, 20215 min read
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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...
Mike Reynolds
Sep 26, 20214 min read
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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
Sep 7, 20214 min read
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“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,...
Peggy Earle
Aug 23, 20215 min read
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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 15, 20215 min read
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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
Aug 10, 20215 min read
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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,...
Mike Reynolds
Jul 25, 20216 min read
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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...
Peggy Earle
Jul 23, 20215 min read
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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.,...
Mike Reynolds
Jul 11, 20215 min read
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