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“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 86 min read
Revenge Western “Winchester ’73” finally gets 4K upgrade
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / SDR SCREENSHOTS James Stewart stars as marksman Lin McAdam, and Millard Mitchell plays his riding partner, Frankie...
Bill Kelley III
Jan 316 min read
The annual Top 10 4K UHDs of 2024
TRUE 4K MASTERING / HDR SCREENSHOTS THE LIST of movies is the very best in 4K viewing from a physical disc. The criteria required...
Bill Kelley III
Jan 1720 min read
Controversial “Conclave” earns Oscar buzz
BLU-RAY REVIEW / SDR SCREENSHOTS (1) Ralph Fiennes plays English Cardinal Thomas Lawrence, who’s in charge of the election of a new Pope...
Peggy Earle
Jan 105 min read
Criterion delivers again with 4K UHD remaster of Howard Hawks’ influential ‘Scarface’
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / SDR SCREENSHOTS (1) The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. Most of the violence in “Scarface” in the shadows or...
Craig Shapiro
Jan 35 min read
Twisted mystery “SE7EN” finally arrives on 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Detective David Mills (Brad Pitt) and soon-to-be-retiring Detective William Somerset (Morgan...
Bill Kelley III
Dec 30, 20244 min read
Arrow Video gives Sam Raimi’s superb ‘A Simple Plan’ the kid-glove treatment
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS
In one of his few starring roles, the late Bill Paxton is rock-solid as Hank Mitchell, who has a...
Craig Shapiro
Dec 27, 20245 min read
Plenty of evil found in “Speak No Evil”
4K ULTRA HD (DIGITAL) REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Americans Ben (Scoot McNairy) and Louise Dalton (Mackenzie Davis) are unsure of the...
Peggy Earle
Dec 23, 20245 min read
Outstanding “Interstellar” gets an outstanding 4K treatment
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Matthew McConaughey plays Joseph Cooper, a former NASA test pilot, turned corn farmer as the world...
Bill Kelley III
Dec 20, 20247 min read
Kino Lorber serves up a double 4K helping of classic ‘70s Clint Eastwood
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Clint Eastwood made his directorial debut with the suspense thriller “Play Misty for Me.” He also...
Craig Shapiro
Nov 27, 20246 min read
Eastwood and MacLaine chemistry spark in Kino Lorber’s “Two Mules for Sister Sara” 4K Ultra HD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Shirley MacLaine is Sister Sara, a nun – maybe – who is helping the Mexicans in their fight against...
Craig Shapiro & Bill Kelley III
Nov 22, 20245 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
Tense Friedkin action-drama “Rules of Engagement” makes its way to 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Samuel L. Jackson plays U.S. Marine Colonel Terry Childers, who leads a rescue mission to the U.S....
Bill Kelley III
Nov 8, 20245 min read
A 4K upgrade only goes so far in Brian De Palma’s faux thriller ‘Body Double’
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Craig Wasson plays Jake Scully, a likable, struggling actor – and voyeur -- who crashes at a house...
Craig Shapiro
Nov 8, 20244 min read
Gobble up the horror of “Thanksgiving” on 4K Ultra HD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS The pitchfork from the masked killer aims at Katherine Wright (Karen Cliche). The annual Plymouth,...
Peggy Earle
Nov 1, 20246 min read
Brando at his best – “On the Waterfront” Columbia Classics Collection: Volume 5
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Marlon Brando stars in his Oscar-winning role as former boxer and longshoreman Terry Malloy, who...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 30, 20247 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
You want spectacular? Then catch Hitch’s ‘To Catch a Thief’ in 4K Ultra HD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Grace Kelly plays Frances Stevens, an heiress who’ll do anything to get her man, John Robie a...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 19, 20247 min read
Settle in for a hoot and a half with Kino Lorber’s ‘The Ladykillers’
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Alec Guinness is fantastic as Professor Marcus, a self-styled criminal mastermind masquerading as a...
Craig Shapiro
Oct 16, 20244 min read
UPDATED: Branagh’s “Murder on the Orient Express” revamps 1974 classic
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / NEW HDR SCREENSHOTS Actor/producer/director Kenneth Branagh plays the celebrated Belgian detective Hercule Poirot....
Bill Kelley III
Oct 8, 20245 min read
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