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John Lee Hancock’s modern noir “The Little Things” upgrades to 4K UHD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS (1) Denzel Washington stars as the aging Kern County Deputy Joe Deacon, a former Los Angeles Sheriff...
Peggy Earle & Bill Kelley III
Aug 275 min read
“Sunset Boulevard” – This picture is BIG, especially in 4K!
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Gloria Swanson plays the aging silent screen legend Norma Desmond, who comes to life during a...
Bill Kelley III
Aug 158 min read
A film noir landmark, Criterion’s ‘The Big Heat’ grabs you and never lets go
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Glenn Ford, right, plays Homicide Sgt. Dave Bannion, whose investigation of a policeman’s suicide...
Craig Shapiro
Jul 245 min read
Arrow’s 4K UHD remaster of the visionary ‘Dark City’ is one of the year’s best releases
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Ian Richardson is Mr. Book, leader of The Strangers, a subterranean sect that controls the city with...
Craig Shapiro
Jun 276 min read
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
Apr 3, 20246 min read
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...
Peggy Earle
Feb 21, 20246 min read
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
Aug 7, 20235 min read
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...
Craig Shapiro
Jul 28, 20234 min read
“The Crimson Rivers” – French thriller hits all the noir notes
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS French actors Jean Reno and Vincent Cassel play Detective Commissioner Pierre Niemans from Paris and local...
Mike Reynolds
Apr 12, 20233 min read
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)...
Bill Kelley III
Apr 6, 20236 min read
Blending film noir & melodrama, “Mildred Pierce: Criterion Collection” gets the 4K treatment
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Joan Crawford won an Oscar for Best Actress as Mildred Pierce, a businesswoman, mother, and wife....
Bill Kelley III
Mar 20, 20236 min read
She’s nothin’ but trouble – “The Lady from Shanghai”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Writer/director/actor Orson Welles and his wife actress Rita Hayworth, play a forbidden couple Michael...
Peggy Earle
Jan 30, 20236 min read
Remastered in 4K UHD, Criterion’s “Double Indemnity” is one of the year’s top titles
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Barbara Stanwyck stars as the cunning Mrs. Phyllis Dietrichson and Fred MacMurray as Walter Neff,...
Craig Shapiro
Jun 22, 20225 min read
In bed with the reds – “Pickup on South Street” – The Criterion Collection”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Pickpocket artist Skip McCoy (Richard Widmark) eyes his next mark, Candy (Jean Peters), and steals her...
Bill Kelley III
Jul 1, 20216 min read
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