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“Pet Sematary: 30th Anniversary Edition” gets an ultra-fine UHD 4K restoration
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS “PET SEMATARY: 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION” 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD, Digital copy; 1989; R for intense...
High-Def Watch Staff
Mar 31, 20194 min read
Weta’s “Mortal Engines” soars into Ultra 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Would-be assassin Hester Shaw (Hera Hilmar) and apprentice historian Tom Natsworthy (Robert Sheehan)...
High-Def Watch Staff
Mar 29, 20195 min read
“Four Weddings and a Funeral” gets a complete 4K makeover for its 25th Anniversary
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Uh oh. Charles (Hugh Grant), the best man in wedding No. 1, forgot the rings. (Frame shots courtesy of...
High-Def Watch Staff
Mar 28, 20193 min read
Give “Mary Poppins Returns” its due – it just had big shoes to fill
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS British actress Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins. (Click on an image to scroll through the larger...
Bill Kelley III
Mar 25, 20195 min read
“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” opens a bleak Wizarding World
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) returns with his Bowtruckle friend, Pickett; Jude Law plays the young...
High-Def Watch Staff
Mar 22, 20194 min read
Thrilling and revolutionary, “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” is the gift that keeps giving
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Hold on, what the heck is happening here? Brooklyn middle-schooler Miles Morales has just jumped over a...
Craig Shapiro
Mar 21, 20196 min read
Straightforward “Green Book” is an Oscar-winning journey to the heart
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Hired driver Frank Anthony Vallelonga, aka Tony Lip (Viggo Mortensen), teaches Dr. Don Shirley...
Bill Kelley III
Mar 17, 20197 min read
Real life lessons from writer-director Sean Anders leads to an “Instant Family”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Pete and Ellie Wagner (Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne) visit Lizzy, Juan and Lita at their foster parents...
High-Def Watch Staff
Mar 14, 20193 min read
“Creed II” – Another hit for Stallone and Jordan
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Adonis "Donnie" Johnson-Creed (Michael B. Jordan) and Bianca (Tessa Thompson) discover they are...
Bill Kelley III
Mar 12, 20195 min read
Shout’s “Legally Blonde Collection” gets a 4K makeover
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Reese Witherspoon stars as Elle Woods and her sassy chihuahua Bruiser - in signature pink - arrive at the...
Kay Reynolds
Mar 8, 20194 min read
Three great performances rule “The Favourite”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS An upset last month when Olivia Colman as Queen Anne won the Best Actress Academy Award over the...
High-Def Watch Staff
Mar 8, 20194 min read
Thirty-four years on, Michael Cimino’s “Year of the Dragon” is still a drag
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS NYPD Capt. Stanley White (Mickey Rourke), a Vietnam vet has been assigned to Chinatown controlled by the...
High-Def Watch Staff
Mar 6, 20193 min read
Disney brings charm and laughs to Oscar-nominated “Ralph Breaks the Internet”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS “RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET” 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, Digital copy; 2018; PG for some action and rude humor;...
High-Def Watch Staff
Mar 3, 20195 min read
Action – not legend – shoots 2018 “Robin Hood” over the moon
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS “ROBIN HOOD” 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD, Digital copy; 2018; PG-13 for extended sequences of violence and...
High-Def Watch Staff
Mar 2, 20193 min read
“Mary Queen of Scots” – More present-day, less history
4K ULTRA HD / FRAME SHOTS “MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS” 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and Digital copy; 2018; R for some violence and sexuality; streaming...
High-Def Watch Staff
Feb 26, 20194 min read
It’s Raimi Malek for the win in “Bohemian Rhapsody”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS “BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY” 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, Digital copy; 2018; PG-13 for thematic elements, suggestive...
High-Def Watch Staff
Feb 25, 20196 min read
“A Star is Born” shines in 4K with Cooper and Lady Gaga onstage
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS “A STAR IS BORN” 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, Digital copy, 2018; R for language throughout, some...
High-Def Watch Staff
Feb 23, 20194 min read
French coming of age classic “Peppermint Soda” now on Blu-ray
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS “PEPPERMINT SODA” Blu-ray; 1977; PG Best extra: Interview with Director Diane Kurys FRESH FROM a 40th...
High-Def Watch Staff
Feb 21, 20193 min read
Anniversary Edition of “The Little Mermaid” offers Disney classic at its best
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Ariel (Jodi Benson) and Flounder (Jason Marin) search for human articles while excavating a ship...
Bill Kelley III
Feb 20, 20195 min read
GIs vs. Nazi zombies? “Overlord” is loaded with po’ but misses the target
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS “OVERLORD” 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and Digital copy; 2018, R for strong bloody violence, disturbing images,...
High-Def Watch Staff
Feb 18, 20193 min read
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