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Denzel saves the day again – “The Equalizer 3”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Denzel Washington’s third round as Robert McCall, a former CIA assassin turned vigilante, who tries...
Bill Kelley III
Nov 17, 20235 min read
“The Fugitive” – 30th Anniversary shines on 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Harrison Ford plays respected vascular surgeon Dr. Richard Kimble, wrongly accused of murdering his...
Bill Kelley III
Nov 15, 20235 min read
A road rage horror show – Spielberg’s “Duel” on 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Actor Dennis Weaver took a short break from his role as Marshal Sam McCloud to play salesman David...
Bill Kelley III
Nov 13, 20235 min read
Behind the veil with “The Others” – The Criterion Collection
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / SDR FRAME SHOTS Nicole Kidman stars as Grace Stewart, a devout Roman Catholic mother, who lives with her two young...
Peggy Earle
Nov 6, 20236 min read
Hold onto your seat! “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” is here
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS For the seventh time Tom Cruise stars as IMF agent Ethan Hunt, who tries to hang on with...
Bill Kelley III
Nov 3, 20236 min read
REVISITED: “The Revenant” wins again in 4K Ultra HD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Leonardo DiCaprio won an Academy Award for Best Actor as mountain man Hugh Glass. The story is...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 25, 20235 min read
Polanski’s lauded ‘The Pianist’ is even more compelling in 4K Ultra HD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Oscar-winner Adrien Brody plays Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish musician, who was relocated into the...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 20, 20235 min read
Beware below: “U-571” on 4K UHD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Matthew McConaughey plays U.S. Navy Lieutenant Andrew Tyler who overtakes the German U-571 submarine...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 15, 20236 min read
‘Batman: Mask of the Phantasm’ in flawless 4K? Yes, please!
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1-2) The late Kevin Conroy, a Juilliard-trained actor grounded in Shakespeare, defined Batman – in...
Craig Shapiro
Oct 9, 20234 min read
Orson Welles makes it personal in Kafka’s classic “The Trial”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / SDR FRAME SHOTS Anthony Perkins stars as Josef K. a young bureaucrat, arrested for an unnamed crime. He appears in...
Peggy Earle
Oct 4, 20235 min read
There’s nothing like it: “Natural Born Killers: Collector’s Edition”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis as star-crossed serial killers Mickey and Mallory Knox. (Click on...
Josh Boone, producer/writer/director
Sep 29, 20239 min read
Remastered by Kino Lorber in TRUE 4K, ‘The Train’ was worth the wait
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Burt Lancaster stars as French resistance leader Paul Labiche and British actor Paul Scofield as...
Bill Kelley III
Sep 21, 20235 min read
Baddies don’t have a chance with “Matilda”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Precocious Matilda is played by Mara Wilson and her cruel parents (Harry & Zinnia), played by Danny...
Bill Kelley III
Sep 13, 20236 min read
Politics and paranoia highlight “Three Days of the Condor”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Robert Redford stars as Joe Turner, a “reader” at Manhattan’s Upper East Side, American Literary...
Bill Kelley III
Sep 8, 20237 min read
Done up in 4K Ultra HD, ‘Swamp Thing’ is f-u-n with a capital ‘F’
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Move over, Jean Cocteau: Adrienne Barbeau is government agent Alice Cable and stuntman Dick Durock...
Craig Shapiro
Aug 28, 20234 min read
Filling your dreams with delight: “The Nightmare Before Christmas: 30th Anniversary Edition”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Skeleton Jack Skellington (Chris Sarandon) has Santa (Edward Ivory) abducted from Christmas Town and...
Bill Kelley III
Aug 25, 20236 min read
Ida Lupino pushes Hays Code envelope with “Outrage”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS 18-year-old Mala Powers, a newcomer to Hollywood plays Ann Walton, who’s raped after a late night at work....
Peggy Earle
Aug 18, 20235 min read
Home on the range with Heston’s favorite: “Will Penny”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Charlton Heston plays Will Penny, an aging cowhand, searching for work after a long cattle drive in Montana...
Mike Reynolds
Aug 16, 20236 min read
William Friedkin’s ‘To Live and Die in LA’ punches even harder in 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS William Petersen, in his big-screen debut, plays hotshot Secret Service agent Richard Chance, who...
Craig Shapiro
Aug 14, 20236 min read
Paramount’s classic “Roman Holiday” gets a 4K update for its 70th Anniversary
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS 4K Ultra HD vs. Blu-ray: (top) The new HDR grading is darker than the 2020 Blu-ray (bottom), and...
Peggy Earle & Bill Kelley III
Aug 11, 20236 min read
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