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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 20, 20245 min read
Scorsese’s ‘The Departed’ gets a decent 4K Ultra HD upgrade; it deserves better
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS In his last great role, Jack Nicholson plays South Boston crime boss Frank Costello and Leonardio...
Craig Shapiro
May 10, 20245 min read
True horror – “Killers of the Flower Moon” 4K Ultra HD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Leonardo DiCaprio stars as World War I veteran Ernest Burkhart and Lily Gladstone stars as his wife...
Bill Kelley III
Feb 9, 20245 min read
History lives on Stone’s “JFK: Directors Cut” 4K UHD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Kevin Costner plays Orleans Parish District Attorney Jim Garrison, who arrested and charged New...
Bill Kelley III
Jan 26, 20248 min read
Groundbreaking “The Color Purple” shines on 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Whoopi Goldberg earned an Academy Award nomination for her performance as Celie, a Southern woman...
Bill Kelley III
Jan 1, 20246 min read
“True Lies” on 4K is true fun!
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis play Harry Tasker, who leads a double life to his legal...
Bill Kelley III
Dec 22, 20234 min read
Visually stunning “Days of Heaven” on 4K from Criterion
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Richard Gere and Brooke Adams play soulmates and brother (Bill) and sister (Abby) in Terrence...
Bill Kelley III
Dec 8, 20234 min read
“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...
Bill Kelley III
Dec 4, 20235 min read
Five Oscars = “Security” “Terms of Endearment” now on Paramount Presents 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger play mother and daughter Aurora and Emma in the Academy Award...
Peggy Earle
Nov 30, 20234 min read
Can “Titanic” get any better? Yes, it can!
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio were both in their early 20s when they played star-crossed lovers...
Bill Kelley III
Nov 23, 20235 min read
Does the new 4K UHD master of ‘Fargo’ belong on your shelf? You bet’cha.
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1) Frances McDormand won her first Best Actress Oscar as Marge Gunderson, the resourceful, very...
Craig Shapiro
Nov 19, 20234 min read
“The Fugitive” – 30th Anniversary shines on 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Harrison Ford plays respected vascular surgeon Dr. Richard Kimble, wrongly accused of murdering his...
Bill Kelley III
Nov 15, 20235 min read
REVISITED: “The Revenant” wins again in 4K Ultra HD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Leonardo DiCaprio won an Academy Award for Best Actor as mountain man Hugh Glass. The story is...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 25, 20235 min read
Polanski’s lauded ‘The Pianist’ is even more compelling in 4K Ultra HD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Oscar-winner Adrien Brody plays Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish musician, who was relocated into the...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 20, 20235 min read
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...
Bill Kelley III
Sep 21, 20235 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
Filling your dreams with delight: “The Nightmare Before Christmas: 30th Anniversary Edition”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Skeleton Jack Skellington (Chris Sarandon) has Santa (Edward Ivory) abducted from Christmas Town and...
Bill Kelley III
Aug 25, 20236 min read
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...
Peggy Earle & Bill Kelley III
Aug 11, 20236 min read
Friedkin’s supernatural classic “The Exorcist” gets a 50th Anniversary 4K Ultra HD – 9/19
HOT 4K NEWS PART OF the year-long centennial celebration of Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary, the iconic supernatural film “The Exorcist:...
High-Def Watch Staff
Aug 1, 20232 min read
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...
High-Def Watch Staff
Jul 12, 20232 min read
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