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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
UPDATE: “Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny” gets 4K supersize 100GB disc – Dec. 5
HOT 4K NEWS LUCASFILM’S will release director James Mangold’s (“Logan,” 3:10 to Yuma”) final chapter in the Indiana Jones saga “Indiana...
High-Def Watch Staff
Oct 11, 20232 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
DC Universal’s superhero “Blue Beetle” arrives on 4K Ultra HD (digital) 9/26 & (disc) 10/31
HOT 4K NEWS WARNER BROS. Home Entertainment and DC Universe tell the action-packed, modern origin story of recent college grad Jaime...
High-Def Watch Staff
Sep 20, 20232 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
OFFICIAL: Academy Award winner “Terms of Endearment” gets a 40th Anniversary 4K remaster – 11/14
HOT 4K NEWS TO CELEBRATE the 40th Anniversary of James L. Brooks’ five Academy Award winner “Terms of Endearment,” Paramount Home...
High-Def Watch Staff
Sep 13, 20231 min read
OFFICIAL: The highly praised “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” arrives on 4K – 10/31
HOT 4K NEWS SURPRISINGLY Tom Cruise’s seventh installment in the “Mission: Impossible” franchise didn’t set the summer box office on fire...
High-Def Watch Staff
Sep 12, 20232 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
Sports favorite “Rudy: 30th Anniversary Edition” jumps to the 4K big leagues – Nov. 14
HOT 4K NEWS THE 30th Anniversary of the football classic “RUDY” will feature two cuts of the crowd-pleaser. Sony Pictures and director...
High-Def Watch Staff
Sep 1, 20232 min read
Disney catches the 4K fire releasing the classic “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” – Oct. 10
HOT 4K NEWS AFTER THE recent 4K restoration of animation classics “Cinderella” (1950) and Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas”...
High-Def Watch Staff
Aug 30, 20231 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
Disney+ series “Loki,” “WandaVision” and “The Mandalorian,” will arrive on 4K disc – this fall
HOT 4K NEWS STARTING SEPTEMBER 26, Disney Company will release the Disney+ series “Loki: The Complete First Season.” on physical discs 4K...
High-Def Watch Staff
Aug 21, 20232 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
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