American Treasure “Rocky Balboa” - even better on 4K UHD with a new Director’s Cut
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Sylvester Stallone credits George Foreman’s comeback in the ring as inspiration for Rocky’s final...
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Bill Kelley III
- Jul 23
- 5 min
Find true high-seas drama in “Captain Phillips” – now in 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Tom Hanks plays Capt. Richard Phillips of the Maersk Alabama, a massive cargo ship, that was...
Bill Kelley III
- Jul 9
- 6 min
‘Taxi Driver’ gets a striking 4K/HDR restoration courtesy of Sony
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Robert De Niro plays a disturbed NYC taxi driver, in his Oscar-nominated performance. (Click an...
Bill Kelley III
- Jul 5
- 6 min
Before Scissorhands, before Sparrow – Johnny Depp was “Cry-Baby”!
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Johnny Depp stars as high school rebel and gang leader Wade “Cry Baby” Walker. Cry Baby’s family and...
Craig Shapiro & Bill Kelley III
- Jun 21
- 6 min
Treat yourself to the “Matinee: Collector’s Edition” from Shout!
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS John Goodman stars as B-budget filmmaker/master pitchman Lawrence Woolsey, who rolls into Key West,...
Craig Shapiro
- Jun 12
- 5 min
Flawlessly remastered in 4K, ‘Narc’ will haunt you long after the final credits
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS The late, great Ray Liotta gives one of the finest performances of his career at Lt. Henry Oak, a...
Kay Reynolds
- Jun 7
- 7 min
30 Seconds; 30 Bullets in classic “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Left, Kirk Douglas plays John H. ‘Doc’ Holliday, a dentist, gambler, and a gunfighter, suffering...
Bill Kelley III
- Jun 6
- 3 min
Remembering D-Day – June 6, 1944 – in Spielberg’s “Saving Private Ryan”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / UPDATED HDR SCREENSHOTS Right, Tom Hanks stars as Captain John H. Miller, the U.S. Army commanding officer of C...
Craig Shapiro
- May 22
- 4 min
Put on the popcorn! Sam Raimi’s ‘Darkman’ is unleashed in 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Liam Neeson stars as Dr. Peyton Westlake, who is nearly scarred beyond recognition when no-goods...
Bill Kelley III
- May 20
- 5 min
The original hits a milestone – “Steel Magnolias: 35th Anniversary Edition”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS M’Lynn Eatenton (Sally Field) pins a honeymoon corsage onto her excited daughter Shelby (Julia...
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 25
- 5 min
Bizarre award-winner “Poor Things” gets an exclusive 4K digital release
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Emma Stone received the Best Actress Oscar for her performance as Bella Baxter. Willem Dafoe plays...
Bill Kelley III
- Apr 19
- 5 min
Chilling and believable – “The Manchurian Candidate”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Denzel Washington stars as Army Major Ben Marco, who tries to get the attention of Vice President...
Bill Kelley III
- Apr 10
- 5 min
True disaster revealed in Bigelow’s “K-19: The Widowmaker”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Harrison Ford plays Soviet Navy Captain Alexei Vostrikov, of the top-secret ballistic missile...
Craig Shapiro
- Apr 5
- 5 min
Criterion hits the bull’s eye with Raoul Walsh’s ‘The Roaring Twenties’
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS In one of his finest performances, James Cagney, left, plays Eddie Bartlett, a Prohibition...
Bill Kelley III
- Mar 20
- 6 min
It’s viewer’s choice: “Aliens: Ultimate Collector’s Edition” or earlier editions
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Sigourney Weaver returns as Ellen Ripley the sole survivor from The Nostromo. During the mission to...
Craig Shapiro
- Mar 13
- 5 min
Clouzot’s masterful ‘The Wages of Fear’ grips you even tighter in 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS In one of the film’s most iconic sequences, Mario (Yves Montand) pulls Jo (Charles Vanel) from an...
Bill Kelley III
- Mar 8
- 6 min
Who rules “The Last Castle”?
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Robert Redford plays General Eugene Irwin who is serving a 10-year sentence for disobeying a direct...
Kay Reynolds
- Feb 24
- 6 min
Evolution of evil: “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS English actor Tom Blyth plays Academy student and Hunger Games mentor Coriolanus Snow. Rachel Zegler...
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...
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