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Ride along with Neil Armstrong in Chazelle’s space drama “First Man”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Director Damien Chazelle and cinematographer Linus Sandgren used the 15-perf 65mm IMAX camera to...
Bill Kelley III
Jan 29, 20196 min read
Glenn Close closes in on her first Oscar with “The Wife”
BLU-RAY REVIEW “THE WIFE” Blu-ray, DVD, Digital copy; 2017, R for language and some sexual content; Streaming via Amazon Video,...
High-Def Watch Staff
Jan 29, 20193 min read
Errol Flynn swings into HD action in “The Sea Hawk”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS “THE SEA HAWK: WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION” Blu-ray; 1940; Not Rated, contains action violence Best extra:...
High-Def Watch Staff
Jan 24, 20194 min read
Hitchcock’s “Notorious” gets a complete Criterion 4K restoration
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Cary Grant plays U.S. intelligence agent T. R. Devlin, who arrived to rescue German-born Alicia Huberman...
High-Def Watch Staff
Jan 23, 20196 min read
Calling all Samuel Fuller fans: You need a copy of “Forty Guns”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Desperate to escape the hangman’s noose after being convicted of murder, Brock Drummond (John Ericson), uses...
Craig Shapiro
Jan 21, 20194 min read
The classic romantic comedy “When Harry Met Sally...” celebrates a milestone
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS “WHEN HARRY MET SALLY…”: 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION Blu-ray and DVD; 1989; R for adult material including...
High-Def Watch Staff
Jan 18, 20194 min read
Good story, fine extras, “Interpreter” is finally on Blu-ray
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS “THE INTERPRETER” Blu-ray; 2005; PG-13 for violence some sexual content and brief strong profanity;...
High-Def Watch Staff
Jan 10, 20193 min read
A “dream cast,” paradox and noir flourish drive “Bad Times at the El Royale”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS “BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE” 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and Digital copy; 2018; R for strong violence,...
High-Def Watch Staff
Jan 8, 20194 min read
Paramount’s “Yellowstone” captures the new West
BLU-RAY REVIEW “YELLOWSTONE: SEASON 1” Blu-ray and DVD; 2018; not rated but plenty of scenes of violence, sex, disturbing images...
High-Def Watch Staff
Jan 7, 20194 min read
Criterion comes through (again) with Billy Wilder’s classic “Some Like It Hot”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS "Look at that!" Jack Lemmon (Jerry/Daphne) tells Tony Curtis (Joe/Josephine) as they watch Marilyn Monroe...
High-Def Watch Staff
Jan 6, 20193 min read
Don’t mess with Denzel’s McCall: “The Equalizer 2”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS “THE EQUALIZER 2” 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, Digital copy; 2018; R for brutal violence throughout,...
Bill Kelley III
Jan 4, 20194 min read
Popeye still packs a punch, but his Blu-ray debut deserves better
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS “POPEYE THE SAILOR: THE 1940s, VOLUME 1” Blu-ray, 1943-45, not rated Best extra: Nada, zero, zilch A FEW...
High-Def Watch Staff
Jan 4, 20192 min read
Top 15 – 4K Ultra HD’s of 2018
THE LIST of movies and TV shows is the very best in 4K viewing from disc or streaming. The criteria required the original source to be...
High-Def Watch Staff
Dec 31, 201813 min read
Bergman’s “The Serpent’s Egg” explores the rise of Nazism in 1920s Germany
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS “THE SERPENT’S EGG” Blu-ray; 1977; R for profanity, nudity, violence Best extra: Archival featurette with...
High-Def Watch Staff
Dec 29, 20183 min read
“Schindler’s List: 25th Anniversary Edition” brings heroes to life
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS “SCHINDLER’S LIST: 25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION” 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, Digital copy; 1993; R for...
Bill Kelley III
Dec 28, 20185 min read
Keep watching the screen: “The Thing from Another World” is still buckets of fun
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS “THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD” Blu-ray, 1951, not rated Best extra: There’s just one – a trailer (Boo!) SEE...
High-Def Watch Staff
Dec 23, 20182 min read
Technology gone wrong spawns Marvel’s “Venom”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) shows the first signs of turning into the Venom. (Click an image to scroll...
Bill Kelley III
Dec 21, 20184 min read
Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” has never looked better
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS “The Dawn of Man" sequence when a primate discovers a bone can be a powerful weapon. (Click an image...
Bill Kelley III
Dec 20, 20185 min read
Tracking down the notorious Adolf Eichmann in “Operation Finale”
4K ULTRA HD / BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS “OPERATION FINALE” 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD and Digital copy, PG-13 for disturbing thematic...
High-Def Watch Staff
Dec 18, 20184 min read
Regina Hall garners a slew of awards for her no-frills performance in “Support the Girls”
BLU-RAY REVIEW “SUPPORT THE GIRLS” Blu-ray and DVD; 2018; R for language, sexual references, nudity; Streaming via Amazon Video,...
Peggy Earle
Dec 16, 20182 min read
The droids go to war in “Westworld Season Two: The Door”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS “WESTWORLD SEASON TWO: THE DOOR” 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD copy; 2018; TV-MA for extreme...
High-Def Watch Staff
Dec 14, 20183 min read
“It’s a Wonderful Life” looks wonderful in 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS “IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE” 4K Ultra HD; 1946; unrated; Streaming via Amazon Video, FandangoNOW (4K),...
Bill Kelley III
Dec 12, 20184 min read
“The Nun” haunts The Conjuring Universe
4K ULTA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Sister Irene (Taissa Farmiga) is confronted by the presence of The Nun in a mirror. (Click on an...
High-Def Watch Staff
Dec 8, 20185 min read
Altman’s whodunit “Gosford Park” gets a 4K restoration and more
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS GOSFORD PARK” Blu-ray; 2001; R for violence, language Best extra: New commentary by critics Geoff Andrew and...
High-Def Watch Staff
Dec 7, 20184 min read
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