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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...
High-Def Watch Staff
Sep 12, 20232 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
Done up in 4K Ultra HD, ‘Swamp Thing’ is f-u-n with a capital ‘F’
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Move over, Jean Cocteau: Adrienne Barbeau is government agent Alice Cable and stuntman Dick Durock...
Craig Shapiro
Aug 28, 20234 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
Disney+ series “Loki,” “WandaVision” and “The Mandalorian,” will arrive on 4K disc – this fall
HOT 4K NEWS STARTING SEPTEMBER 26, Disney Company will release the Disney+ series “Loki: The Complete First Season.” on physical discs 4K...
High-Def Watch Staff
Aug 21, 20232 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
Warner celebrates one of its best – “Rio Bravo” – on 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS John Wayne plays Presidio County Sheriff John T. Chance in West Texas. He and his two deputies and...
Bill Kelley III
Aug 3, 20237 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
Criterion goes 3-for-3 with Terry Gilliam’s marvelous, magical ‘Time Bandits’
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS A history buff of the first order, 11-year-old Kevin (Craig Warnock, third from the left) joins the...
Craig Shapiro
Jul 26, 20235 min read
Yippie-yi-oh – Saddle up for Criterion’s “The Ranown Westerns: Five Films by Budd Boetticher”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS The leathered Randolph Scott was in his late 50s when he starred in Budd Boetticher’s “The Tall T.”...
Bill Kelley III
Jul 23, 20239 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
‘The Manchurian Candidate’ is even more electric thanks to Kino Lorber’s 4K master
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Angela Lansbury received a supporting actress Oscar nomination as the ruthless, manipulative Mrs....
Craig Shapiro
Jun 29, 20236 min read
“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 27, 20238 min read
UPDATE: ‘50s classics “East of Eden” & “Rio Bravo” have a new 4K release date - Aug. 1
HOT 4K NEWS Amazon preorder Amazon preorder CONTINUING the celebration of Warner...
High-Def Watch Staff
Jun 27, 20232 min read
Outstanding 4K upgrade on fan favorite “Ronin: 25th Anniversary Edition”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Robert De Niro plays Ex-CIA agent Sam, who joins an elite international crew to get a metal...
Bill Kelley III
Jun 19, 20236 min read
Kino Lorber notches another winner with Charles Laughton’s masterful ‘The Night of the Hunter’
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1) In arguably the best performances of his career, Robert Mitchum stepped away from his tough-guy...
Craig Shapiro
Jun 7, 20235 min read
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
Jun 4, 20237 min read
Groundbreaker “Rebel Without a Cause” wins on 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS James Dean plays high school student Jim Stark, who’s alienated from his parents Frank (Jim Backus)...
Peggy Earle
May 12, 20236 min read
It’s summertime! “National Lampoon’s Vacation” gets a 40th Anniversary 4K Ultra HD release – 6/27
HOT 4K NEWS WARNER BROS. makes it official to announce the 40th Anniversary release of director Harold Ramis’ comedy classic “Nation...
High-Def Watch Staff
May 10, 20231 min read
Up, up and away on 4K – “Superman: The Movie”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Superman races to stop an ICBM missile from hitting its target after it was redirected by Lex...
Bill Kelley III
May 7, 20239 min read
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