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...
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Mike Reynolds
- Aug 16
- 6 min
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...
Bill Kelley III
- Jul 24
- 9 min
Yippie-yi-oh – Saddle up for Criterion’s “The Ranown Westerns: Five Films by Budd Boetticher”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS The leathered Randolph Scott was in his late 50s when he starred in Budd Boetticher’s “The Tall T.”...
Craig Shapiro
- Jun 30
- 6 min
‘The Manchurian Candidate’ is even more electric thanks to Kino Lorber’s 4K master
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Angela Lansbury received a supporting actress Oscar nomination as the ruthless, manipulative Mrs....
Craig Shapiro
- Apr 17
- 4 min
Warner Bros.’ 4K remastering of Paul Newman’s iconic ‘Cool Hand Luke’ isn’t so hot
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Paul Newman, one of filmdom’s great non-conformists plays Luke Jackson, who was arrested and...
Peggy Earle
- Feb 22
- 4 min
Before “Kill Bill,” “The Bride Wore Black”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS French actress Jeanne Moreau plays Julie Kohler, the widow of a man who was shot to death on the church...
Bill Kelley III
- Feb 21
- 8 min
They ride in 4K – “The Magnificent Seven: Collector’s Edition”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Yul Brynner plays Chris Adams, Horst Buchholz plays Chico, and Steve McQueen as Vin Tanner. The...
Bill Kelley III
- Jan 25
- 6 min
Tiny cars, BIG action – “The Italian Job” in 4K UHD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Right, Michael Caine plays small-time thief Charlie Croker, who assembled the gang to pull off the...
Peggy Earle
- Jan 8
- 4 min
Huston, Williams and Burton deliver a classic on Blu-ray: “The Night of the Iguana”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Richard Burton plays Reverend T. Lawrence Shannon, a disgraced, defrocked Episcopal minister, who is pursued...
Peggy Earle
- Nov 8, 2022
- 5 min
Captivating WWII spy drama “The Counterfeit Traitor” from Kino Lorber
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS William Holden stars as real-life World War II Allied spy, Eric Erickson. He was an American who became a...
Bill Kelley III
- Oct 15, 2022
- 7 min
‘Real courage’ lives in “To Kill A Mockingbird: 60th Anniversary Edition”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Legendary actor Gregory Peck in his Oscar-winning role as country attorney Atticus Finch. He...
Bill Kelley III
- Mar 31, 2018
- 8 min
Seven great films for Easter & Passover
HERE’S A guide to some of the most powerful stories about the Jewish people and a man called Jesus – now available on disc or streaming....
Kay Reynolds
- Mar 22, 2018
- 5 min
Newman stars in Warner Archive restored “Harper” and “The Drowning Pool”
BLU-RAY REVIEW /FRAME SHOTS Paul Newman played Ross Macdonald’s Lew Archer – who became Lew Harper onscreen – in “Harper” and “The...
Bill Kelley III
- Oct 23, 2017
- 5 min
Celebrate the seasons with “Peanuts: Holiday Collection” in 4K Ultra HD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS "A Charlie Brown Christmas" (1965) Charlie Brown and Linus go looking for a Christmas tree....
Bill Kelley III
- May 10, 2017
- 3 min
Frankenheimer’s “Seven Days in May” resonates now more than ever
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Burt Lancaster stars as General James M. Scott and Kirk Douglas as Colonel Martin Casey, who intercepts a...
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