OFFICIAL: Academy Award winner “Terms of Endearment” gets a 40th Anniversary 4K remaster – 11/14
HOT 4K NEWS TO CELEBRATE the 40th Anniversary of James L. Brooks’ five Academy Award winner “Terms of Endearment,” Paramount Home...
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High-Def Watch Staff
- Sep 12
- 2 min
OFFICIAL: The highly praised “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” arrives on 4K – 10/31
HOT 4K NEWS SURPRISINGLY Tom Cruise’s seventh installment in the “Mission: Impossible” franchise didn’t set the summer box office on fire...
Bill Kelley III
- Sep 8
- 7 min
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...
Peggy Earle
- Aug 18
- 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....
Mike Reynolds
- Aug 16
- 6 min
Home on the range with Heston’s favorite: “Will Penny”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Charlton Heston plays Will Penny, an aging cowhand, searching for work after a long cattle drive in Montana...
Peggy Earle & Bill Kelley III
- Aug 11
- 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
- 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...
High-Def Watch Staff
- Jul 12
- 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...
Mike Reynolds
- Jul 8
- 5 min
A war story for adults – “The Bridges at Toko-Ri”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS William Holden plays Lieutenant Harry Brubaker, a former WWII Navy pilot reactivated for the Korean conflict...
Bill Kelley III
- Jun 28
- 8 min
“Reality” exposé gets a solid 4K update: “The Truman Show: 25th Anniversary Edition”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Jim Carrey plays Truman Burbank, raised from infancy to adulthood in front of 5,000 television...
Bill Kelley III
- Jun 4
- 7 min
Fierce and fun, “The Longest Yard” scores on 4K UHD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Burt Reynolds plays ex-NFL quarterback Paul “Wrecking” Crewe, serving an 18-month sentence for...
Bill Kelley III
- Mar 27
- 6 min
“Red Eye” climbs to 4K from Paramount Presents
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Lisa Reisert (Rachel McAdams) is attacked at 30,000 feet during her red-eye flight to Miami by...
Craig Shapiro
- Feb 27
- 5 min
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...
Bill Kelley III
- Jan 25
- 6 min
Tiny cars, BIG action – “The Italian Job” in 4K UHD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Right, Michael Caine plays small-time thief Charlie Croker, who assembled the gang to pull off the...
High-Def Watch Staff
- Jan 3
- 19 min
Top 10: 4K UHDs of 2022
TRUE 4K MASTERING / HDR FRAME SHOTS THE LIST of movies is the very best in 4K viewing from disc or streaming. The criteria required the...
Peggy Earle
- Dec 23, 2022
- 4 min
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...
Kay Reynolds
- Dec 15, 2022
- 5 min
“Smile” – And run! It's Coming for you!
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW /HDR FRAME SHOTS Therapist Dr. Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) starts experiencing frightening occurrences as her patients...
Peggy Earle & Bill Kelley III
- Dec 11, 2022
- 5 min
4K remastered “Nobody’s Fool” – Accepting family, like ‘em or not!
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Paul Newman received his eighth Oscar nomination playing Sully Sullivan, a 60-something construction...
Bill Kelley III
- Nov 16, 2022
- 6 min
Beloved comedy gets disappointing 4K image – “Planes, Trains And Automobiles: 35th Anniversary”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAMES SHOTS Steve Martin as Neal Page, a well-dressed Chicago advertising man, and John Candy as Del Griffith,...
Peggy Earle
- Nov 8, 2022
- 5 min
Captivating WWII spy drama “The Counterfeit Traitor” from Kino Lorber
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS William Holden stars as real-life World War II Allied spy, Eric Erickson. He was an American who became a...
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