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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
Disney+ 4K streaming “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS "Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father," says Darth Vader. "He told me enough. He told...
Bill Kelley III
Nov 16, 20196 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
Not perfect, but Disney’s naturalistic “The Lion King” is a winner, and dazzles in 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Best friends Nala (Beyoncé) and Simba (Donald Glover) with caretaker Zazu (John Oliver), the...
Bill Kelley III
Nov 11, 20197 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
“Scarface” returns in a 4K restoration
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Al Pacino's larger-than-life portrait of Tony Montana, a former Cuban soldier, and prisoner who...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 31, 20197 min read
Frolic with the gators in Paramount’s “Crawl”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS College student Haley Keller (Kaya Scodelario) encounters a killer gator in the crawl space of the...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 28, 20196 min read
“It’s a Wonderful Life” makes a second 4K splash
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS George Bailey (James Stewart) begs for his life and discovers his lip is bleeding and police officer...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 25, 20196 min read
“There’s no place like home...” “The Wizard of Oz” sparkles in 4K Ultra HD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland) and her new friends the Tin Man (Jack Haley), the Scarecrow (Ray Bolger)...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 23, 20198 min read
True 4K mastering dominates the 24th Bond – “SPECTRE”
4K UTRA HD REVIEW / FIRST BATCH HDR FRAME SHOTS Daniel Craig plays 007 in his fourth installment of the Bond franchise. He's on a mission...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 20, 20195 min read
Look out – “Annabelle Comes Home” to her friends
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson return as occult investigators Lorraine and Ed Warren in "Annabelle...
Kay Reynolds
Oct 17, 20196 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
Pixar lands another winner with “Toy Story 4”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Woody (Tom Hanks) and Bo Peep (Annie Potts) reunite at a playground in Grand Basin, U.S.A. (Click an...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 14, 20198 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
Reference quality 4K shines in “The Shining”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall star as Jack and Wendy Torrance in Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of...
Kay Reynolds
Oct 9, 20195 min read
How to kill a good thing – “X-Men: Dark Phoenix”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Jean Gray/Dark Phoenix, played by Sophie Turner of "Game of Thrones," is slowly overwhelmed by a...
Kay Reynolds
Oct 8, 20197 min read
“The Dead Don’t Die” dies
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS It's freak-out time in small town Centerville. Police officers Ronnie Peterson (Adam Driver)...
High-Def Watch Staff
Oct 8, 20196 min read
De Toro’s Spanish fable “Pan’s Labyrinth” transfers to 4K with a mixed outcome
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Captain Vidal's housekeeper Mercedes (Maribel Verdu) comforts 11-year-old Ofelia (Ivana Baquero),...
Craig Shapiro
Oct 6, 20195 min read
Horror-comedy “Gremlins: 35th Anniversary Edition” in perfect 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1) Mogwai renamed Gizmo sings in perfect pitch as Billy Peltzer plays a song on his Casio keyboard....
Bill Kelley III
Oct 5, 20196 min read
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