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Bill Kelley III
3 days ago20 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...
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Craig Shapiro
Jan 35 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...
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Bill Kelley III
Dec 30, 20244 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...
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Craig Shapiro
Dec 27, 20245 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...
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Peggy Earle
Dec 23, 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...
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Bill Kelley III
Dec 20, 20247 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...
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Bill Kelley III
Dec 8, 20244 min read
UPDATED: The maiden “Mission: Impossible” at its stunning best
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / NEW HDR SCREENSHOTS Tom Cruise as I.M.F. agent Ethan Hunt during the climatic bullet train sequence filmed at...
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Craig Shapiro
Nov 27, 20246 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...
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Craig Shapiro & Bill Kelley III
Nov 22, 20245 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...
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Bill Kelley III
Nov 15, 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...
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Bill Kelley III
Nov 8, 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....
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Craig Shapiro
Nov 8, 20244 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...
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Peggy Earle
Nov 1, 20246 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,...
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Bill Kelley III
Oct 30, 20247 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...
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Peggy Earle
Oct 23, 20245 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...
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Bill Kelley III
Oct 19, 20247 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...
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Craig Shapiro
Oct 16, 20244 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...
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Peggy Earle
Oct 9, 20246 min read
A classic with class! - “Murder on the Orient Express”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS British actor Albert Finney plays the famed Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. He received a Best...
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Bill Kelley III
Oct 8, 20245 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....
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Bill Kelley III
Oct 4, 20245 min read
Alain Delon hits “Le Samouraï” with killer style
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS French actor Alain Delon plays cool contract killer Jef Costello, who’s been rounded up as a suspect...
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