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Cue up “Two Mules for Sister Sara” and watch the stars come out
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Shirley MacLaine is Sister Sara, a nun – maybe – who is helping the Mexicans in their fight against the...
Craig Shapiro
Nov 15, 20204 min read
Sci-fi thriller “Elysium” lands on 4K Ultra HD – Feb. 9
HOT 4K NEWS SONY PICTURES Home Entertainment will release the sci-fi thriller “Elysium,” the follow-up to director Neill Blomkamp’s...
Bill Kelley III
Nov 12, 20201 min read
Celebrating a hero: “Sergeant York” – Warner Archive Collection
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Gary Cooper won an Academy Award as Sergeant Alvin York, the most decorated United States Army hero of World...
Kay Reynolds
Nov 11, 20206 min read
A binge-worthy bounty for 4K lovers - “Game of Thrones: The Complete Collection”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Season One - Episode Nine: The close-up shots are excellent with fine detail even though the series...
Bill Kelley III
Nov 10, 20206 min read
NYC lives and breathes in Criterion’s 4K remastering of “The Naked City”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Homicide Detective Jimmy Halloran (Don Taylor, left) and Lt. Dan Muldoon (Barry Fitzgerald, center) pursue a...
Craig Shapiro
Nov 6, 20205 min read
Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” arrives on 4K Ultra for the Holiday Season – Dec. 15
HOT 4K NEWS AFTER ITS theatrical release was delayed by COVID-19, Christopher Nolan’s action-thriller “Tenet,” still grossed over $350...
Bill Kelley III
Nov 5, 20201 min read
Tragic love story still touches the heart in “Waterloo Bridge”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS After the success of “Gone with the Wind” (1939), British actress Vivien Leigh was given top billing as...
Peggy Earle
Nov 5, 20204 min read
“Dr. No” started it all for Sean Connery
1930 - 2020 4K frame shots courtesy of Apple - “Bond. James Bond,” as agent 007 announces himself to Syliva Trench during “Dr. No.” The...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 31, 20203 min read
Michael Caine’s “The Ipcress File” is overdue for a 4K do-over, but don’t let 2K stop you
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Michael Caine is the unconventional spy Harry Palmer, one of the defining roles in his long and...
Craig Shapiro
Oct 28, 20206 min read
“El Camino” polishes “Breaking Bad” finale
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Aaron Paul returns as Jesse Pinkman and offers $125,000 to the Disappearer, Ed Galbraith for a new life....
Peggy Earle
Oct 25, 20204 min read
“Back to the Future: 35th Anniversary Edition” jumps to 4K with striking results
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Michael J. Fox plays 17-year-old high school senior Marty McFly, who discovers he’s seated beside...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 24, 20206 min read
Emmerich’s disaster flick “2012” makes a 4K appearance - Jan. 19
HOT 4K NEWS THERE’S NO denying Roland Emmerich is the king of the disaster flick. After “Independence Day” (1996), “Godzilla” (1998),...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 21, 20201 min read
A true warrior queen arrives in “The Legend of Tomiris”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Almira Tursyn, 26, of Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, plays warrior queen Tomiris. (Click an image to scroll the...
Kay Reynolds
Oct 20, 20204 min read
“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 17, 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 11, 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
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