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Classic scares arrive in “Dead of Night” 4K UHD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS English actor Michael Redgrave plays cabaret ventriloquist Maxwell Frere, whose dummy Hugo seems to have a mind – and a voice – of his own, in one of the mysterious stories told in “Dead of Night.” (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of KL Studio Classics/StudioCanal - Click the jacket for an Amazon purchase “DEAD OF NIGHT” 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray, 1945, Not Rated Best extra: Commentary by novelist/
Peggy Earle
Feb 206 min read
Documentaries don’t get better than ‘Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse’
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Director/writer/producer Francis Ford Coppola invested $7 million of his own money into “ Apocalypse Now ” (1979) as the film ’ s expenses ran out of control. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) 4K screenshots courtesy of Lionsgate/StudioCanal - Click the jacket for an Amazon purchase “HEARTS OF DARKNESS: A FILMMAKER'S APOCALYPSE” 4K Ultra HD, 1991, R for language; Digital copy via Fandango Home (4K) Best (and only) extra: Th
Craig Shapiro & Bill Kelley III
Jan 265 min read
Luis Buñuel’s “Diary of a Chambermaid” gets the Kino Lorber treatment
BLU-RAY REVIEW / SDR SCREENSHOTS (1) French actress Jeanne Moreau stars as Célestine, the chambermaid, who arrives from Paris to work...
Peggy Earle
May 4, 20255 min read
More than 70 years on, WWII epic “The Cruel Sea” has lost none of its power
BLU-RAY REVIEW / SDR SCREENSHOTS Survivors of the HMS Compass Rose hang on after the ship is torpedoed by a German U-boat. Lt. Commander...
Craig Shapiro
Apr 20, 20254 min read
“Murder by Decree” – The hunt for Jack the Ripper
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / SDR SCREENSHOTS Right, Christopher Plummer plays Sherlock Holmes, who examines the latest murder victim in the...
Peggy Earle
Feb 8, 20256 min read
A double dip of Melville crime classics? Thank you, Kino Lorber
4K ULTRA HD REVIEWS / SDR SCREENSHOTS “Bob le flambeur” - Roger Duchesne stars as ex-gangster Bob Montagné, who wins big at the track,...
Craig Shapiro
Sep 19, 20245 min read
Top 10 and a couple more: 4K UHDs of 2023
TRUE 4K MASTERING / HDR SCREENSHOTS THE LIST of movies is the very best in 4K viewing from a physical disc or streaming. The criteria...
High-Def Watch Staff
Jan 11, 202416 min read
Behind the veil with “The Others” – The Criterion Collection
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / SDR FRAME SHOTS Nicole Kidman stars as Grace Stewart, a devout Roman Catholic mother, who lives with her two young...
Peggy Earle
Nov 6, 20236 min read
Beware below: “U-571” on 4K UHD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Matthew McConaughey plays U.S. Navy Lieutenant Andrew Tyler who overtakes the German U-571 submarine...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 15, 20236 min read
Orson Welles makes it personal in Kafka’s classic “The Trial”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / SDR FRAME SHOTS Anthony Perkins stars as Josef K. a young bureaucrat, arrested for an unnamed crime. He appears in...
Peggy Earle
Oct 4, 20235 min read
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