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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
Emotionally compelling, fine acting make “Waves” a must-see family drama
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS High school seniors Tyler (Kelvin Harrison Jr.) and his girlfriend Alexis (Alexa Demie) enjoy the...
Peggy Earle
Feb 29, 20205 min read
Outlandish and touching, “Jojo Rabbit” pulls off a balancing act you don’t want to miss
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS JoJo Betzler, played by newcomer Roman Griffin Davis, gets a pep talk from his imaginary friend...
Craig Shapiro & Bill Kelley III
Feb 27, 20205 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
Spectacular “Midway” salutes WWII heroes
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1) A shot down U.S. Navy pilot watches as a Japanese aircraft carrier gets hit by U.S dive bombers...
Bill Kelley III
Feb 21, 20208 min read
Scorsese’s compelling “Shutter Island” doesn’t touch all the bases, but it comes close enough
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS U.S. Marshals Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo) and Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) arrive on Shutter...
Craig Shapiro
Feb 17, 20205 min read
Norton’s “Motherless Brooklyn” takes a ‘50s film noir twist
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Edward Norton as canny private detective Lionel Essrog, who tries to piece together a mystery that...
Peggy Earle
Feb 17, 20206 min read
“Doctor Sleep” Shines in Director’s Cut
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1) Rose the Hat (Rebecca Ferguson) the leader of the True Knot, a cult of psychic vampires and the...
Kay Reynolds & Bill Kelley III
Feb 15, 20206 min read
Modern bromance fuels classic Le Mans in “Ford v Ferrari”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1) Weekend racing warrior Ken Miles (Christian Bale) drives the open-cockpit Shelby Cobra at the...
Bill Kelley III
Feb 13, 20207 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
“Terminator: Dark Fate” builds on nostalgia and effects
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Columbian actress Natalia Reyes has become the new face of the franchise as Dani Ramos, battling the...
Bill Kelley III
Feb 4, 20207 min read
Finely crafted “Hell or High Water” gives a peek into West Texas life
UPDATED 4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS On the edge of losing the Howard family farm, brothers Tanner (Ben Foster) and Toby (Chris...
Bill Kelley III
Feb 4, 20205 min read
“Harriet” leads the way!
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS British actress Cynthia Erivo plays Harriet Tubman the most famous conductor of the Underground...
Kay Reynolds & Bill Kelley III
Jan 31, 20205 min read
“Doctor Sleep” is full of 4K eye-catching visuals
4K ULTRA HD MINI-REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1) Rose the Hat (Rebecca Ferguson) and her True Knot followers breathe the "steam" from one of...
Bill Kelley III
Jan 30, 20203 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
DreamWorks shines again with “Abominable”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Teenagers Yi (Chole Bennet) and Jin (Tenzing Norgay Trainor), with his younger cousin Peng (Albert...
Kay Reynolds
Jan 19, 20205 min read
A striking 4K image dominates Ang Lee’s “Gemini Man”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1&2) The two faces of actor Will Smith: 51-year-old Henry Brogan a retired government assassin is...
Bill Kelley III
Jan 18, 20207 min read
While “Joker” misses the mark, Joaquin Phoenix’s mesmerizing performance hits the bull’s-eye
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Joaquin Phoenix inhabits Arthur Fleck (aka Joker), as he prepares to take the stage at the Murray...
Craig Shapiro
Jan 12, 20205 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
Renée Zellweger earns Golden Globe for “Judy”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Renée Zellweger stars in the biopic "Judy" as legendary entertainer Judy Garland. For five-weeks in...
Kay Reynolds
Jan 7, 20205 min read
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