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They ride in 4K – “The Magnificent Seven: Collector’s Edition”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Yul Brynner plays Chris Adams, Horst Buchholz plays Chico, and Steve McQueen as Vin Tanner. The...
Bill Kelley III
Feb 20, 20238 min read
The birth of a storyteller: “The Fabelmans”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Mitzi Fabelman (Michelle Williams) gives her young son Sammy (Mateo Zoryan) his father’s 8mm film...
Bill Kelley III
Feb 13, 20238 min read
She’s nothin’ but trouble – “The Lady from Shanghai”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Writer/director/actor Orson Welles and his wife actress Rita Hayworth, play a forbidden couple Michael...
Peggy Earle
Jan 30, 20236 min read
Tiny cars, BIG action – “The Italian Job” in 4K UHD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Right, Michael Caine plays small-time thief Charlie Croker, who assembled the gang to pull off the...
Bill Kelley III
Jan 25, 20236 min read
Criterion gives Terry Gilliam’s marvelous ‘Baron Munchausen’ it’s overdue due
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Acclaimed for his performances on the British stage in “Romeo and Juliet,” “Richard II,” and...
Craig Shapiro
Jan 22, 20236 min read
Getting to the truth: “She Said” and #MeToo
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1) New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) and Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan) listen as...
Peggy Earle
Jan 17, 20235 min read
Released in 4K, the groundbreaking “Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” defies its age
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / SDR FRAME SHOTS The somnambulist Cesare (Conrad Veidt) is wakened to do the sinister bidding of Dr. Caligari....
Craig Shapiro
Jan 11, 20235 min read
Huston, Williams and Burton deliver a classic on Blu-ray: “The Night of the Iguana”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Richard Burton plays Reverend T. Lawrence Shannon, a disgraced, defrocked Episcopal minister, who is pursued...
Peggy Earle
Jan 8, 20234 min read
Top 10: 4K UHDs of 2022
TRUE 4K MASTERING / HDR FRAME SHOTS THE LIST of movies is the very best in 4K viewing from disc or streaming. The criteria required the...
High-Def Watch Staff
Jan 3, 202319 min read
Remastered in 4K, “The Taking of Pelham One Two Three” needs to be on your shelf
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1-3) Mr. Blue (Robert Shaw) and three other armed hijackers commandeer a New York City subway train...
Craig Shapiro
Dec 26, 20225 min read
1950s taboos drive William Wyler’s “Detective Story”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Kirk Douglas plays James McLeod, a hard-edged New York City police detective, who rough-ups Karl Schneider...
Peggy Earle
Dec 23, 20224 min read
1980’s hackers take on the world – “WarGames”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Matthew Broderick stars as computer hacker and high school senior David Lightman and Ally Sheedy as...
Bill Kelley III
Dec 17, 20226 min read
“Smile” – And run! It's Coming for you!
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW /HDR FRAME SHOTS Therapist Dr. Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) starts experiencing frightening occurrences as her patients...
Kay Reynolds
Dec 15, 20225 min read
4K remastered “Nobody’s Fool” – Accepting family, like ‘em or not!
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Paul Newman received his eighth Oscar nomination playing Sully Sullivan, a 60-something construction...
Peggy Earle & Bill Kelley III
Dec 11, 20225 min read
There is no crime; there’s only the game – “Rollerball” on 4K UHD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1) James Caan plays No. 6 Rollerball superstar Jonathan E., Houston team captain, during a game...
Bill Kelley III
Dec 5, 20226 min read
Looking for style over substance? De Palma’s ‘Dressed to Kill’ fills the bill
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Angie Dickinson plays Kate Miller, an attractive, middle-aged housewife, who fantasizes about sex...
Craig Shapiro
Nov 28, 20224 min read
“The Good Boss” – Comedy and commentary on workplace dynamics
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Spanish actor Javier Bardem plays Julio Blanco, owner of Blanco Scales, a factory where precision weighing...
Peggy Earle
Nov 27, 20224 min read
Misfit superheroes make the 4K grade: “Mystery Men”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1&2) Ben Stiller plays Mr. Furious, and William H. Macy as The Shoveler, part of a ragtag team of...
Bill Kelley III
Nov 22, 20226 min read
Beloved comedy gets disappointing 4K image – “Planes, Trains And Automobiles: 35th Anniversary”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAMES SHOTS Steve Martin as Neal Page, a well-dressed Chicago advertising man, and John Candy as Del Griffith,...
Bill Kelley III
Nov 16, 20226 min read
You want monsters? Universal serves a second 4K helping in ‘Icons of Horror Collection’
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS The great Boris Karloff takes the guise of Egyptian historian Ardeth Bey 10 years after the mummy of...
Craig Shapiro
Nov 13, 20225 min read
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