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FREE 4K Ultra HD giveaway – “F9: The Fast Saga”
HOT 4K NEWS / 4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Helicopters and explosions dominate much of the “F9: The Fast Saga” action sequence...
Bill Kelley III
Sep 17, 20216 min read
Arrow Video scores again with Dario Argento’s “The Bird With the Crystal Plumage”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS After witnessing an assault at an art gallery during which co-owner Monica Ranieri (Eva Renzi) is...
Craig Shapiro
Sep 17, 20215 min read
King’s best – “The Shawshank Redemption” – gets 4K upgrade
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Tim Robbins plays Maine banker Andy Dufresne. Sentenced to two life terms for the murder of his wife...
Bill Kelley III
Sep 13, 20217 min read
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
The best of the best – “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” on 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Ricardo Montalban is excellent as villain Khan Noonien Singh. He and his crew have commandeered the...
Bill Kelley III
Sep 5, 20217 min read
Another scary chapter from the Warren’s casebook: “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Ed Warren (Patrick Wilson) carries young David Glatzel (Julian Hilliard) from his bedroom to the...
Mike Reynolds
Aug 28, 20216 min read
Humans and bunnies bring the fun in “Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Center, Peter Rabbit (James Corden) left, Cottontail (Aimee Horne), Benjamin (Colin Moody), Flopsy...
Bill Kelley III
Aug 26, 20214 min read
“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 22, 20215 min read
Sony’s “Labyrinth: 35th Anniversary Edition” gets a new 4K makeover
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS 16-year-old Sarah Williams (Jennifer Connelly) is on a quest to find her baby brother Toby with...
Bill Kelley III
Aug 16, 20215 min read
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
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 9, 20215 min read
Summer friends unite in Pixar’s “Luca”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS New best friends Alberto Scorfano (Jack Dylan Grazer) and Luca Paguro (Jacob Tremblay) finally get...
Bill Kelley III
Aug 3, 20215 min read
A worthy sequel at last: “A Quiet Place Part II”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Evelyn Abbott (Emily Blunt) tries to quiet her son, Marcus (Noah Jupe) after he injures his leg in a...
Bill Kelley III
Jul 28, 20216 min read
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
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 22, 20215 min read
Killer cast – Statham, Pitt, Del Toro & more – ride Ritchie’s “Snatch” to 4K UHD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1&2) (Bottom left) London boxing promoter Turkish (Jason Statham) and his longtime partner Tommy...
Bill Kelley III
Jul 18, 20216 min read
Influential Western “Django” gets a stellar 4K upgrade from Arrow Video
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Newcomer Franco Nero plays a former Union soldier, now a gunrunner, who rescues Maria (Loredana...
Craig Shapiro
Jul 14, 20215 min read
It’s Scrumdiddlyumptious! – “Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory” on 4K Ultra HD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Gene Wilder is the iconic Willy Wonka, who welcomes the five Golden Ticket winners to his chocolate...
Bill Kelley III
Jul 12, 20217 min read
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 10, 20215 min read
In bed with the reds – “Pickup on South Street” – The Criterion Collection”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Pickpocket artist Skip McCoy (Richard Widmark) eyes his next mark, Candy (Jean Peters), and steals her...
Bill Kelley III
Jul 1, 20216 min read
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