Original ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ has its moments in 4K UHD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Becky Driscoll (Dana Wynter), left, Jack Belicec (King Donovan), Teddy Belicec (Carolyn Jones) and...
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Bill Kelley III
- May 31
- 6 min
What it takes to wear “The Tin Star”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / 1080p SCREENSHOTS Twenty-four-year-old Anthony Perkins plays the inexperienced and fill-in sheriff Ben Owens, and Henry...
Bill Kelley III
- May 7
- 7 min
Do not forsake “High Noon” 4K remaster!
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS (1) Gary Cooper won the Academy Award for Best Actor as Marshal Will Kane. (2) Outlaws James Pierce,...
Peggy Earle
- Apr 3
- 6 min
Before “Dragnet” and “CSI,” there was “He Walked By Night”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / SCREENSHOTS Ruthless killer Roy Morgan (Richard Basehart) shows up at the home of electronic store owner Paul Reeves...
Peggy Earle
- Feb 21
- 6 min
Take a dark walk on “Scarlet Street”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Right, Edward G. Robinson was paid $100,000 to play hapless New York bank cashier Chris Cross, and...
Kay Reynolds
- Feb 5
- 5 min
Dive into suspense: “Run Silent, Run Deep”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / SCREENSHOTS Right, Clark Gable - “The King of Hollywood” - plays Commander P.J. “Rich” Richardson, and co-star Burt...
Bill Kelley III
- Dec 5, 2023
- 5 min
“These Nazis ain’t kosher!” – Wilder’s “Stalag 17” now on 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS William Holden won the Academy Award for Best Actor as Sgt. J.J. Sefton. The next morning after an...
Peggy Earle
- Oct 4, 2023
- 5 min
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...
Josh Boone, producer/writer/director
- Sep 29, 2023
- 9 min
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...
Bill Kelley III
- Sep 22, 2023
- 5 min
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...
Peggy Earle
- Aug 18, 2023
- 5 min
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 & Bill Kelley III
- Aug 11, 2023
- 6 min
Paramount’s classic “Roman Holiday” gets a 4K update for its 70th Anniversary
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS 4K Ultra HD vs. Blu-ray: (top) The new HDR grading is darker than the 2020 Blu-ray (bottom), and...
Craig Shapiro
- Aug 7, 2023
- 5 min
Kino Lorber’s remastered ‘Force of Evil’ is a must for your film noir library
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS John Garfield, left, gives one of his finest performances as Joe Morse, an unscrupulous attorney who tries...
Craig Shapiro
- Jul 28, 2023
- 4 min
Fritz Lang’s ‘Human Desire’ checks all the film noir boxes
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Gloria Grahame and Glenn Ford, who starred in Fritz Lang’s “The Big Heat” in 1953, reunited the next year...
High-Def Watch Staff
- Jul 12, 2023
- 2 min
The enchanting “Roman Holiday” gets a 4K Ultra HD upgrade for its 70th Anniversary – Aug. 15
HOT 4K NEWS THREE YEARS after its Paramount Presents release on Blu-ray, the classic “Roman Holiday” starring Audrey Hepburn will jump to...
Craig Shapiro
- Jun 30, 2023
- 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
- Jun 7, 2023
- 5 min
Kino Lorber notches another winner with Charles Laughton’s masterful ‘The Night of the Hunter’
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1) In arguably the best performances of his career, Robert Mitchum stepped away from his tough-guy...
Bill Kelley III
- May 22, 2023
- 6 min
Subtle, moving fantasy “Wings of Desire” on Criterion 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / SDR FRAME SHOTS Swiss actor Bruno Ganz plays the invisible angel Damiel, who comforts a critically injured...
Bill Kelley III
- Apr 21, 2023
- 5 min
Seeking Justice – “12 Angry Men” – 4K Ultra HD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Inside the New York City Jury Room, Juror No. 8 (Henry Fonda) and Juror No. 3 (Lee J. Cobb) recreate...
Bill Kelley III
- Apr 6, 2023
- 6 min
Warner’s “The Maltese Falcon” in 4K Ultra HD – ‘The stuff that dreams are made of’
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1) The package is quickly opened and everyone touches the statue of the Maltese falcon. (2)...
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