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“Awakenings” – The summer miracle of ‘69 now on 4K UHD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Robin Williams plays the soft-spoken and eccentric Dr. Malcolm Sayer, who discovered that using an experimental drug could possibly awaken Leonard Lowe, played by Robert De Niro. In the 1920s, Leonard and five million others worldwide had been afflicted by what was labeled “sleeping sickness,” encephalitis lethargica. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of Sony Pictures via Filmmakers Mode - Click the ja
Bill Kelley III
Dec 31, 20256 min read
Get “Caught Stealing” 4K UHD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Austin Butler stars as Hank Thompson, an East Village bartender who’s on the run with his neighbor’s cat Bud, from Russian gangsters, partnered with a gun-crazed Puerto Rican and a tough NYPD detective. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of Sony Pictures - Click the jacket for an Amazon purchase “CAUGHT STEALING” 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray; 2025; R for strong violent content, pervasive profanity, some sexual
Peggy Earle
Dec 9, 20256 min read
Choosing between perfect or less-than lessons from Celine Song’s “Materialists”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / SDR SCREENSHOTS (1) Dakota Johnson plays Lucy, an upscale matchmaker, and Chris Evans plays her ex-boyfriend John, a struggling actor in New York City. (2) The film opens with a caveman and his female love, and he twists a small flower into a ring. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) Screenshots courtesy of A24 - Click for an Amazon purchase “MATERIALISTS” Blu-ray; 2025; R for profanity, nudity, adult situations, smoking Best extra: Commentary b
Peggy Earle
Oct 22, 20256 min read
Cold war spies, and guns and killers: “North by Northwest: 65th Anniversary”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Cary Grant stars as New York a dvertising executive Roger Thornhill, who finds himself being chased...
Bill Kelley III
Nov 15, 20245 min read
Scorsese gem gets the 4K treatment – “Bringing Out the Dead” – Paramount Presents
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS (1&2) Nicolas Cage stars as burned-out New York City EMS Paramedic Frank Pierce , haunted by the...
Peggy Earle
Oct 23, 20245 min read
‘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 8, 20246 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
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
Is it safe? Gripping and propulsive, ‘Marathon Man’ is all that and then some
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1) Laurence Olivier plays Dr. Christian Szell, a Nazi war criminal who uses the tools of his trade...
Craig Shapiro
Feb 26, 20235 min read
Getting to the truth: “She Said” and #MeToo
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1) New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) and Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan) listen as...
Peggy Earle
Jan 17, 20235 min read
Remastered in 4K, “The Taking of Pelham One Two Three” needs to be on your shelf
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1-3) Mr. Blue (Robert Shaw) and three other armed hijackers commandeer a New York City subway train...
Craig Shapiro
Dec 26, 20225 min read
1950s taboos drive William Wyler’s “Detective Story”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Kirk Douglas plays James McLeod, a hard-edged New York City police detective, who rough-ups Karl Schneider...
Peggy Earle
Dec 23, 20224 min read
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