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“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
Bette Davis delivers the best – “All About Eve” Criterion Collection
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS "Margo, let's make peace," says Director Bill Simpson, played by Gary Merrill. Actress Margo Channing played...
Peggy Earle
Dec 2, 20195 min read
Divided Berlin is the backdrop for Carol Reed’s “The Man Between”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS British actress Claire Bloom stars as Susanne Mallison, on a three-week vacation in Berlin visiting her...
Bill Kelley III
Dec 1, 20197 min read
Howling in a delicious new Collector’s Edition: “An American Werewolf in London”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS The full moon rises over London and American David Kessler (David Naughton) begins his first transformation...
Peggy Earle
Nov 27, 20195 min read
“The Peanut Butter Falcon” delivers a heartwarming drama
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Tyler (Shia LaBeouf) a scruffy fisherman who's on the run with Zak (Zack Gottsagen) a young man with Down...
Peggy Earle
Nov 21, 20194 min read
Warner Archive’s remastered “The Set-Up,” earns a spot with the classics
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS (1) The violent exchange between Bill "Stoker" Thompson (Robert Ryan) and Tiger Nelson (Hal Baylor) during...
Bill Kelley III
Nov 19, 20197 min read
“The Farewell” is a heart-warming must-see
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Nai Nai (Zhao Shuzhen) shows her granddaughter Billi (Awkwafina) a breathing exercise that involves shouting...
Peggy Earle
Nov 14, 20194 min read
Thirty years later, John Sayles’ masterful “Matewan” has lost none of its urgency
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Mingo County coal miners vote to keep scab workes out of the Stone Mountain mines in southern West Virginia....
Craig Shapiro
Nov 6, 20195 min read
Talented, messy and honest: “David Crosby: Remember My Name”
BLU-RAY REVIEW /FRAME SHOTS David Crosby is still writing songs, recording albums, and keeping a grueling concert schedule. (Click an...
Peggy Earle
Nov 3, 20194 min read
Grit and hope turn “Maiden” into a winner
BLU-RAY REVIEW “MAIDEN” Blu-ray; 2018; PG for profanity and thematic elements; streaming via Amazon Prime Video, Apple, FandangoNOW,...
Peggy Earle
Oct 26, 20193 min read
Mike Flanagan sets the standard for scares – “The Haunting of Hill House” Extended Director’s Cut
BLU-RAY REVIEW Episode 1 - "Steven Sees a Ghost" expanded with optional commentary from creator Mike Flanagan. Little Nell Crain (Violet...
Kay Reynolds
Oct 24, 20198 min read
The “Lubitsch touch” shines in Criterion’s new “Cluny Brown”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Charles Boyer and Jennifer Jones star as Adam Belinski and Cluny Brown in the last film directed by Ernst...
Kay Reynolds
Oct 15, 20197 min read
Bette Davis and William Wyler – together again for “The Letter” – Warner Archive Collection
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Robert Crosbie (Herbert Marshall) comforts his wife Leslie (Bette Davis) after she's killed a man she says...
Kay Reynolds
Oct 10, 20197 min read
Singer, lover, philanthropist, “Pavarotti” was all that and more
BLU-RAY REVIEW Legendary tenor Luciano Pavarotti (1935-2007) “PAVAROTTI” Blu-ray, DVD and Digital copy; 2019; PG-13 for profanity and a...
High-Def Watch Staff
Oct 7, 20193 min read
Relive the California sound – some of it – in “Echo in the Canyon”
BLU-RAY REVIEW “ECHO IN THE CANYON” Blu-ray; 2018; PG-13 for drug references and suggestive content; streaming via Amazon Video Prime,...
High-Def Watch Staff
Oct 2, 20192 min read
Bette Davis’ “Jezebel” – Warner Archive Collection – sparkles in new remaster
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Henry Fonda and Bette Davis star in "Jezebel" as banker Preston "Pres" Dillard and Julie Marsden. David...
High-Def Watch Staff
Sep 27, 20196 min read
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