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Doris Day debuts in “Romance on the High Seas”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Band singer Doris Day made her Hollywood debut in the musical comedy “Romance on the High Seas.” (Click an...
Kay Reynolds
Jul 6, 20206 min read
Warner Archive delivers the goods with unconventional Western “Blood on the Moon”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Robert Mitchum plays drifter Jim Garry, who’s planning to work with old friend Tate Riling (Robert Preston)....
Craig Shapiro
Jun 20, 20204 min read
Find charm and romance in “Rachel and the Stranger” – The Warner Archive Collection
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Hunter and balladeer Jim Fairways (Robert Mitchum) provides after-dinner entertainment for young Davey (Gary...
Kay Reynolds
Jun 18, 20204 min read
Criterion excels with “The Great Escape”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Natural film grain dances across the German countryside as Steve McQueen stars as Captain Virgil Hilts “The...
Bill Kelley III
Jun 11, 20206 min read
“The Good Place” Complete Series is good!
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Kristen Bell stars as Eleanor Shellstrop and Ted Danson as Eternal Architect and Guide Michael, who shows...
Kay Reynolds
May 25, 20204 min read
Kirk Douglas shines in little-known Western – “Lonely are the Brave”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Kirk Douglas stars as loner cowboy Jack Burns, who plans to get his buddy Paul Bondi out of jail. (Click an...
Bill Kelley III
May 17, 20206 min read
Elvis’ best screen performance – “King Creole” gets a 4K restoration
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Elvis Presley as Danny Fisher, a busboy who quickly becomes an overnight success at the Blue Shade...
Bill Kelley III
May 4, 20205 min read
Bromance in Regency era England – “Beau Brummell” Warner Archive Collection
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Elizabeth Taylor stars as Lady Patricia Belham and Stewart Granger as 19th-century fashion icon Englishman...
Kay Reynolds
Apr 7, 20203 min read
Two of Hollywood’s best pandemic thrillers hit home
BLU-RAY REVIEWS / FRAME SHOTS (1) Jude Law plays Alan Krumwiede a conspiracy theorist and blogger in San Francisco, who says Forsythia...
Bill Kelley III
Mar 14, 20207 min read
Calling all cartoon-anistas: Warner Archive gives the great Tex Avery his due
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Droopy gets his man in 1943’s “Dumb Hounded.” (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) “TEX AVERY...
Craig Shapiro
Mar 2, 20203 min read
Two lifestyles – one Oscar-winning film: “Roma: The Criterion Collection”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Newcomer Yalitza Aparicio plays Cleo Gutiérrez, an indigenous live-in housekeeper for an upper-middle-class...
Bill Kelley III
Feb 26, 20208 min read
“Out of the Past” reveals film-noir perfection
UPDATED BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Robert Mitchum plays service station owner Jeff Bailey, a former New York cool-headed private eye....
Bill Kelley III
Feb 9, 20204 min read
“Fail-Safe,” Sidney Lumet’s Cold War classic, shines in Criterion’s hands
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS U.S. military leaders inside the Pentagon's War Conference Room listen to the President played by Henry...
Craig Shapiro
Jan 27, 20204 min read
Going mad with Robert and Max Eggers in “The Lighthouse”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Lighthouse keepers are the young assistant, Thomas Howard (Robert Pattinson) and the old salt Thomas Wake...
Peggy Earle
Jan 9, 20204 min read
“The Bad and the Beautiful” examines the ruthless side of Tinseltown
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Kirk Douglas stars as domineering producer Jonathan Shields and Lana Turner as Hollywood glamour queen...
Peggy Earle
Jan 2, 20204 min read
“White Christmas: Diamond Anniversary Edition” still sparkles
UPDATED BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS "White Christmas" stars Bing Crosby as entertainer Bob Wallace, Danny Kaye as stage partner Phil...
Bill Kelley III
Dec 25, 20195 min read
“Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice” chronicles the trailblazer’s career
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Linda Ronstadt wears a Cub Scout uniform during a performance with Emmylou Harris in the 1970s. (Click an...
Peggy Earle
Dec 23, 20194 min read
“Operation Crossbow” delivers the rousing, World War II action goods
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS German actress Barbara Rütting plays Hanna Reitsch considered one of the best-known test pilots of the...
Craig Shapiro
Dec 22, 20194 min read
Find lots of fun in “Abbott and Costello: Universal Pictures Collection”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS "Ride 'Em Cowboy" (1942) - Lou Costello and Bud Abbott play peanut vendors on the run from their rodeo show...
Bill Kelley III
Dec 10, 20199 min read
Peter O’Toole at his comedic best – “My Favorite Year”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Mark Linn-Baker as Benjy Stone, the junior comedy writer for a 1950s NBC variety show, with guest star...
Peggy Earle
Dec 5, 20194 min read
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