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Arrow Video gives Sam Raimi’s superb ‘A Simple Plan’ the kid-glove treatment
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS
In one of his few starring roles, the late Bill Paxton is rock-solid as Hank Mitchell, who has a...

Craig Shapiro
Dec 27, 20245 min read
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Plenty of evil found in “Speak No Evil”
4K ULTRA HD (DIGITAL) REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Americans Ben (Scoot McNairy) and Louise Dalton (Mackenzie Davis) are unsure of the...

Peggy Earle
Dec 23, 20245 min read
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Outstanding “Interstellar” gets an outstanding 4K treatment
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Matthew McConaughey plays Joseph Cooper, a former NASA test pilot, turned corn farmer as the world...

Bill Kelley III
Dec 20, 20247 min read
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UPDATED: The maiden “Mission: Impossible” at its stunning best
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / NEW HDR SCREENSHOTS Tom Cruise as I.M.F. agent Ethan Hunt during the climatic bullet train sequence filmed at...

Bill Kelley III
Dec 8, 20244 min read
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Still top of its game: “Topkapi” 60th Anniversary Edition
BLU-RAY REVIEW / SCREENSHOTS (1-3) Austrian actor Maximillian Schell plays Walter Harper, who leads the gang on top of the Topkapi...

Peggy Earle
Dec 6, 20245 min read
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Kino Lorber serves up a double 4K helping of classic ‘70s Clint Eastwood
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Clint Eastwood made his directorial debut with the suspense thriller “Play Misty for Me.” He also...

Craig Shapiro
Nov 27, 20246 min read
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Eastwood and MacLaine chemistry spark in Kino Lorber’s “Two Mules for Sister Sara” 4K Ultra HD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Shirley MacLaine is Sister Sara, a nun – maybe – who is helping the Mexicans in their fight against...

Craig Shapiro & Bill Kelley III
Nov 22, 20245 min read
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Cold war spies, and guns and killers: “North by Northwest: 65th Anniversary”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Cary Grant stars as New York a dvertising executive Roger Thornhill, who finds himself being chased...

Bill Kelley III
Nov 15, 20245 min read
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Tense Friedkin action-drama “Rules of Engagement” makes its way to 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Samuel L. Jackson plays U.S. Marine Colonel Terry Childers, who leads a rescue mission to the U.S....

Bill Kelley III
Nov 8, 20245 min read
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A 4K upgrade only goes so far in Brian De Palma’s faux thriller ‘Body Double’
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Craig Wasson plays Jake Scully, a likable, struggling actor – and voyeur -- who crashes at a house...

Craig Shapiro
Nov 8, 20244 min read
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Gobble up the horror of “Thanksgiving” on 4K Ultra HD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS The pitchfork from the masked killer aims at Katherine Wright (Karen Cliche). The annual Plymouth,...

Peggy Earle
Nov 1, 20246 min read
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Brando at his best – “On the Waterfront” Columbia Classics Collection: Volume 5
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Marlon Brando stars in his Oscar-winning role as former boxer and longshoreman Terry Malloy, who...

Bill Kelley III
Oct 30, 20247 min read
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Scorsese gem gets the 4K treatment – “Bringing Out the Dead” – Paramount Presents
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS (1&2) Nicolas Cage stars as burned-out New York City EMS Paramedic Frank Pierce , haunted by the...

Peggy Earle
Oct 23, 20245 min read
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You want spectacular? Then catch Hitch’s ‘To Catch a Thief’ in 4K Ultra HD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Grace Kelly plays Frances Stevens, an heiress who’ll do anything to get her man, John Robie a...

Bill Kelley III
Oct 19, 20247 min read
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Settle in for a hoot and a half with Kino Lorber’s ‘The Ladykillers’
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Alec Guinness is fantastic as Professor Marcus, a self-styled criminal mastermind masquerading as a...

Craig Shapiro
Oct 16, 20244 min read
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A classic with class! - “Murder on the Orient Express”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS British actor Albert Finney plays the famed Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. He received a Best...

Peggy Earle
Oct 9, 20246 min read
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UPDATED: Branagh’s “Murder on the Orient Express” revamps 1974 classic
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / NEW HDR SCREENSHOTS Actor/producer/director Kenneth Branagh plays the celebrated Belgian detective Hercule Poirot....

Bill Kelley III
Oct 8, 20245 min read
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Alain Delon hits “Le Samouraï” with killer style
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS French actor Alain Delon plays cool contract killer Jef Costello, who’s been rounded up as a suspect...

Bill Kelley III
Oct 4, 20245 min read
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What a perfect sequel! Pixar’s “Inside Out 2”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Riley Anderson has just turned 13, and puberty is in full swing. Her emotional headquarters...

Bill Kelley III
Sep 27, 20245 min read
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A double dip of Melville crime classics? Thank you, Kino Lorber
4K ULTRA HD REVIEWS / SDR SCREENSHOTS “Bob le flambeur” - Roger Duchesne stars as ex-gangster Bob Montagné, who wins big at the track,...

Craig Shapiro
Sep 20, 20245 min read
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See it for yourself: “Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS (1) Kevin Costner spent nearly 35 years trying to get the story of “Horizon: An American Saga –...

Bill Kelley III
Sep 16, 20247 min read
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The series continues – “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Noa (Owen Teague) searches for his mother and eagle clan and encounters the peaceful Raka (Peter...

Bill Kelley III
Aug 30, 20245 min read
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Criterion covers all the bases with Sam Peckinpah’s ‘Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid’
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS James Coburn is Pat Garrett, the outlaw-turned-sheriff hired by New Mexico cattle barons to hunt...

Craig Shapiro
Aug 20, 20246 min read
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Faith and perseverance fuel “Unsung Hero”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS The Smallbone family from Australia races through LAX airport trying to catch their connection to...

Bill Kelley III
Aug 17, 20244 min read
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