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“District 9” still has a powerful message during these uncertain times
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1&2) Afrikaner bureaucrat Wikus van der Merwe (Sharlto Copley) was assigned to oversee the...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 16, 20206 min read
Tremble, viewers, with the “Stephen King 5 Movie Collection”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS (1) In Stephen King’s adaptation of the apocalyptic “The Stand,” Stu Redman (Gary Sinise) and a pregnant...
Kay Reynolds
Oct 15, 202012 min read
Wesley Snipes’ horror thriller “Blade” gets a 4K release - Dec. 1
HOT 4K NEWS DECEMBER 1st is going to be one busy day for Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. First, the highly anticipated “The Lord of the...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 13, 20201 min read
Billy Wilder’s early, unconventional WWII drama shows the master at the top of his game
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS British Cpl. J.J. Bramble (Franchot Tone), the sole survivor of his tank crew, hides behind the front desk...
Craig Shapiro
Oct 12, 20204 min read
Soaring high with John Wayne and remastered “Flying Leathernecks”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS John Wayne stars as Major Dan Kirby, a commander of a U.S. Marine Corps squadron in the South Pacific. Wayne...
Kay Reynolds
Oct 10, 20204 min read
Zack Snyder’s “300” reveals a new level of grit and grain on 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS King Leonidas played by Gerard Butler, leads his Spartan men into battle against the Persian Empire...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 8, 20205 min read
Sean Astin makes it official: “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” Trilogies on 4K – Dec. 1
HOT 4K NEWS THE HIGHLY anticipated Peter Jackson trilogies “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” will be released by Warner Bros. Home...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 7, 20201 min read
Horror thriller Antebellum arrives on 4K – Nov. 3
HOT 4K NEWS ORIGINALLY intended for an April theatrical release, COVID-19 derailed those plans, and Lionsgate decided to release the...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 6, 20201 min read
Ritchie’s “Sherlock Holmes” films shine on Ultra 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1) In the reimagined “Sherlock Holmes” right, Robert Downey Jr. plays the eccentric, athletic, and...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 5, 20206 min read
Coppola’s new edit of “The Godfather: Part III” arrives on Blu-ray & MIA on 4K Ultra HD - Dec. 8
HOT BLU-RAY NEWS FOR THE 30th anniversary of “The Godfather: Part III,” director/screenwriter Francis Ford Coppola has re-edited the...
Bill Kelley III
Sep 30, 20202 min read
Michael Mann’s “Collateral” jumps to 4K Ultra HD – Dec. 8
HOT 4K NEWS PARAMOUNT PICTURES and director Michael Mann may be going out on a limb with releasing his action thriller “Collateral”...
High-Def Watch Staff
Sep 28, 20201 min read
“Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: 20th Anniversary Edition” gets a 4K Steelbook upgrade - Dec. 1
4K HOT NEWS TO CELEBRATE the 20th anniversary of Ang Lee’s Oscar-winning film “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” Sony Pictures Home...
Bill Kelley III
Sep 28, 20201 min read
Fox favorite “Home Alone: 30th Anniversary Edition” makes it to 4K Ultra HD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Nine-year-old Macaulay Culkin plays Kevin McCallister, who’s accidentally left behind when his...
Bill Kelley III
Sep 27, 20206 min read
“Sony jazzes up “Whiplash” in 4K Ultra HD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Academy Award best-supporting actor J.K. Simmons brilliantly plays the brutal instructor Terence...
Bill Kelley III
Sep 25, 20206 min read
A good time with Eddie Murphy: “Beverly Hills Cop” & “Coming to America” on 4K - Dec 1
HOT 4K NEWS Click for Amazon purchase - “Beverly Hills Cop” Click for Amazon purchase - “Coming to America” TWO OF Eddie Murphy’s most...
Bill Kelley III
Sep 21, 20202 min read
The future is now: “Ghost in the Shell”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Special agent Major Motoko Kusanagi of Section 9 and Section Chief Aramaki find a woman being hacked...
Kay Reynolds
Sep 19, 20205 min read
“First Cow” – a kinder, gentler, frontier tale
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS (1) Skilled cook “Cookie” (John Magaro) and his fried biscuit partner “King-Lu” (Orion Lee) a Chinese...
Peggy Earle
Sep 17, 20204 min read
Warner salutes Kubrick’s “Full Metal Jacket” with a new 4K restoration
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1) Retired Marine Drill Sgt. R. Lee Ermey plays the abusive and profane Gunnery Sgt. Hartman at the...
Bill Kelley III
Sep 14, 20207 min read
DC’s “V for Vendetta” lands on 4K Ultra HD – Nov. 3
HOT 4K NEWS “V FOR VENDETTA” the thought-provoking action-thriller from the Wachowskis, the creators of “The Matrix” trilogy, will be...
Bill Kelley III
Sep 10, 20201 min read
HBO’s award-winning series “Chernobyl” on 4K Ultra HD - Dec. 1
HOT 4K NEWS THE MULTIPLE Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning miniseries "Chernobyl," will be released by HBO/Warner Bros. Home...
Bill Kelley III
Sep 10, 20202 min read
“Beetlejuice,” “Beetlejuice,” “Beetlejuice” has never looked or sounded better
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Michael Keaton as the scene-stealing ad-libbing Betelgeuse, with teenager Winona Ryder as Lydia...
Craig Shapiro
Sep 9, 20205 min read
Sports and comedy mix it up in “Pat and Mike”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS (1) Spencer Tracy plays sports manager Mike Conovan and Katharine Hepburn plays college coach Pat Pemberton,...
Kay Reynolds
Sep 8, 20205 min read
The twists and turns of “The Burnt Orange Heresy”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Danish actor Claes Bang plays the mysterious art critic James Figueras and Australian actress Elizabeth...
Peggy Earle
Sep 7, 20204 min read
“Psycho’s” terrorizing shower sequence comes alive in 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Hitchcock’s original edit has been included for the first time, featuring 18 additional seconds....
Bill Kelley III
Sep 5, 20204 min read
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