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NYC lives and breathes in Criterion’s 4K remastering of “The Naked City”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Homicide Detective Jimmy Halloran (Don Taylor, left) and Lt. Dan Muldoon (Barry Fitzgerald, center) pursue a...
Craig Shapiro
Nov 6, 20205 min read
Tragic love story still touches the heart in “Waterloo Bridge”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS After the success of “Gone with the Wind” (1939), British actress Vivien Leigh was given top billing as...
Peggy Earle
Nov 5, 20204 min read
“Dr. No” started it all for Sean Connery
1930 - 2020 4K frame shots courtesy of Apple - “Bond. James Bond,” as agent 007 announces himself to Syliva Trench during “Dr. No.” The...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 31, 20203 min read
Michael Caine’s “The Ipcress File” is overdue for a 4K do-over, but don’t let 2K stop you
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Michael Caine is the unconventional spy Harry Palmer, one of the defining roles in his long and...
Craig Shapiro
Oct 28, 20206 min read
“El Camino” polishes “Breaking Bad” finale
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Aaron Paul returns as Jesse Pinkman and offers $125,000 to the Disappearer, Ed Galbraith for a new life....
Peggy Earle
Oct 25, 20204 min read
“Back to the Future: 35th Anniversary Edition” jumps to 4K with striking results
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Michael J. Fox plays 17-year-old high school senior Marty McFly, who discovers he’s seated beside...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 24, 20206 min read
A true warrior queen arrives in “The Legend of Tomiris”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Almira Tursyn, 26, of Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, plays warrior queen Tomiris. (Click an image to scroll the...
Kay Reynolds
Oct 20, 20204 min read
“District 9” still has a powerful message during these uncertain times
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1&2) Afrikaner bureaucrat Wikus van der Merwe (Sharlto Copley) was assigned to oversee the...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 16, 20206 min read
Tremble, viewers, with the “Stephen King 5 Movie Collection”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS (1) In Stephen King’s adaptation of the apocalyptic “The Stand,” Stu Redman (Gary Sinise) and a pregnant...
Kay Reynolds
Oct 15, 202012 min read
Billy Wilder’s early, unconventional WWII drama shows the master at the top of his game
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS British Cpl. J.J. Bramble (Franchot Tone), the sole survivor of his tank crew, hides behind the front desk...
Craig Shapiro
Oct 12, 20204 min read
Soaring high with John Wayne and remastered “Flying Leathernecks”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS John Wayne stars as Major Dan Kirby, a commander of a U.S. Marine Corps squadron in the South Pacific. Wayne...
Kay Reynolds
Oct 10, 20204 min read
Zack Snyder’s “300” reveals a new level of grit and grain on 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS King Leonidas played by Gerard Butler, leads his Spartan men into battle against the Persian Empire...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 8, 20205 min read
Ritchie’s “Sherlock Holmes” films shine on Ultra 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1) In the reimagined “Sherlock Holmes” right, Robert Downey Jr. plays the eccentric, athletic, and...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 5, 20206 min read
Fox favorite “Home Alone: 30th Anniversary Edition” makes it to 4K Ultra HD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Nine-year-old Macaulay Culkin plays Kevin McCallister, who’s accidentally left behind when his...
Bill Kelley III
Sep 27, 20206 min read
“Sony jazzes up “Whiplash” in 4K Ultra HD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Academy Award best-supporting actor J.K. Simmons brilliantly plays the brutal instructor Terence...
Bill Kelley III
Sep 25, 20206 min read
The future is now: “Ghost in the Shell”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Special agent Major Motoko Kusanagi of Section 9 and Section Chief Aramaki find a woman being hacked...
Kay Reynolds
Sep 19, 20205 min read
“First Cow” – a kinder, gentler, frontier tale
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS (1) Skilled cook “Cookie” (John Magaro) and his fried biscuit partner “King-Lu” (Orion Lee) a Chinese...
Peggy Earle
Sep 17, 20204 min read
Warner salutes Kubrick’s “Full Metal Jacket” with a new 4K restoration
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1) Retired Marine Drill Sgt. R. Lee Ermey plays the abusive and profane Gunnery Sgt. Hartman at the...
Bill Kelley III
Sep 14, 20207 min read
“Beetlejuice,” “Beetlejuice,” “Beetlejuice” has never looked or sounded better
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Michael Keaton as the scene-stealing ad-libbing Betelgeuse, with teenager Winona Ryder as Lydia...
Craig Shapiro
Sep 9, 20205 min read
Sports and comedy mix it up in “Pat and Mike”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS (1) Spencer Tracy plays sports manager Mike Conovan and Katharine Hepburn plays college coach Pat Pemberton,...
Kay Reynolds
Sep 8, 20205 min read
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