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Silence equals survival in "A Quiet Place"
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOT Evelyn Abbott (Emily Blunt) reacts to her youngest son playing with a Space Shuttle toy with a...
High-Def Watch Staff
Jul 7, 20185 min read
“Jack Reacher” hits 4K with a bang!
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher and Rosamund Pike as defense attorney Helen Rodin. (Click an image to...
Bill Kelley III
Jul 2, 20184 min read
“Mission: Impossible III” and “Rogue Nation” deliver the 4K thrills
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS “MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III” 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, Digital copy; 2006; PG-13 for intense sequences of...
High-Def Watch Staff
Jun 27, 20185 min read
Bacall and Peck are the odd couple in “Designing Woman” from Warner Archive Collection
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS “DESIGNING WOMAN: WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION" Blu-ray, DVD; 1957; Not Rated; streaming via Amazon Video,...
High-Def Watch Staff
Jun 23, 20184 min read
Madness is the goal in “King of Hearts”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Private Charles Plumpick (Alan Bates) reads a code book before sending messages with the homing pigeons....
Peggy Earle
Jun 22, 20183 min read
"Mission: Impossible" series given new life in 4K - Best of the bunch "I:M-4"
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS “MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL” 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and Digital copy; 2011; PG-13 for sequences...
High-Def Watch Staff
Jun 18, 20184 min read
“Tomb Raider” – Here we go again. And again.
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS “TOMB RAIDER” 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD, Digital HD copy; 2018; PG-13 for sequences of violence and...
High-Def Watch Staff
Jun 12, 20184 min read
Genre-defying Western “The Great Silence” wears its hearts on its sleeve
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS (1) Veteran French actor Jean-Louis Trintignant is Silence, the mute gunfighter who is recruited by a widow...
Craig Shapiro
Jun 11, 20183 min read
Look out – “Terminator Genisys” upgrades Arnie to 4K!
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1) The lethal T-1000 Terminator. (2) John Conner leads an assault on a Los Angeles work camp,...
High-Def Watch Staff
Jun 10, 20184 min read
“Forrest Gump” 4K is a mixed bag of chocolates
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Tom Hanks won his second Best Actor Oscar as Forrest Gump. For two days in the summer of 1994...
Bill Kelley III
Jun 6, 20185 min read
Seeing is believing: “The Matrix” on 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1) The Wachowskis painted the Matrix world in a greenish hue as hacker Neo (Keanu Reeves) sleeps...
Bill Kelley III
Jun 2, 20185 min read
“Gun Crazy” hits film noir bull’s eye
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS British actress Peggy Cummins stars as Annie Laurie Starr and John Dall as Bart Tare. (Click an image to...
Kay Reynolds
May 30, 20184 min read
Superbly remastered in 4K, “The Patriot” is sure to stir the red, white and blue in you
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1) The Continental soldiers and the South Carolina militia celebrate a victory over the British....
Bill Kelley III
May 26, 20184 min read
Friendship crosses barriers in “The Two of Us”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS “THE TWO OF US: 50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION” Blu-ray, DVD; 1967; Not Rated Best extra: Feature commentary by...
High-Def Watch Staff
May 23, 20183 min read
Willis and Rickman slug it out on “Die Hard: 30th Anniversary Edition” 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS John McClane mocks expectations as he struggles through an air vent: "Come out to the coast, we'll...
Kay Reynolds
May 20, 20184 min read
Still under siege, “Braveheart” battles onto 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Producer/director Mel Gibson also stars as freedom fighter William Wallace, leading 13th-century...
Bill Kelley III
May 20, 20186 min read
Are we entertained? Yes! Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator” in 2018
ESSAY / 4K FRAME SHOTS “GLADIATOR” 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, Digital Copy; 2000; R for intense, graphic combat; streaming via Amazon Video,...
High-Def Watch Staff
May 17, 20185 min read
Time bending “Source Code” gets a boost in 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW/ FRAME SHOTS “SOURCE CODE” 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, Digital copy, 2011, PG-13 for some violence including disturbing...
High-Def Watch Staff
May 15, 20183 min read
Sofia Coppola’s debut – “The Virgin Suicides” – gets the Criterion treatment
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS “THE VIRGIN SUICIDES: THE CRITERION COLLECTION” Blu-ray, DVD; 1999; R for strong thematic elements involving...
High-Def Watch Staff
May 14, 20183 min read
Ridley Scott's "Gladiator" makes an impressive 4K upgrade
4K FRAME SHOTS "GLADIATOR" 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, Digital Copy; 2000; R for intense, graphic combat; streaming via Amazon Video, Google...
High-Def Watch Staff
May 12, 20183 min read
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