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Kevin Costner and Diane Lane propel the redemptive drama “Let Him Go”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Diane Lane gives a powerful performance as Margaret Blackledge, grandmother to little Jimmy. She...
Craig Shapiro & Bill Kelley III
Feb 16, 20215 min read
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Paramount Presents a handsome “Love Story” for Valentine’s Day
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Ryan O’Neal and Ali MacGraw became instant stars after “Love Story,” the biggest box office movie of 1971....
Bill Kelley III
Feb 13, 20216 min read
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Danny Kaye rules in “The Court Jester” – Paramount Presents
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Danny Kaye in one of his best onscreen performances as Hubert Hawkins, an ex-carnival performer. "The Court...
Kay Reynolds
Feb 6, 20216 min read
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“The Lost Weekend,” Billy Wilder’s sobering Oscar winner, gets terrific upgrade
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Welsh actor Ray Milland won an Academy Award for Best Actor as alcoholic New York writer Don Birnam. (Click...
Peggy Earle
Jan 20, 20214 min read
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All hands on deck for Warner Brothers’ “Mister Roberts”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Henry Fonda, right, reprising his Broadway role as Lt. JG Douglas Roberts. James Cagney plays the psycho...
Kay Reynolds
Jan 5, 20214 min read
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“Rio Grande” rides on in Olive Signature Collection
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS John Wayne teams up with Maureen O’Hara for the first of their five films together. As Lieutenant Colonel...
Kay Reynolds
Dec 26, 20206 min read
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Beautifully remastered “The Shop Around the Corner” still has holiday charm
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan play co-workers, Alfred Kralik and Klara Novak. Both have an anonymous...
Peggy Earle
Dec 20, 20204 min read
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Warner Archive brings Hammer’s game-changing “The Curse of Frankenstein” back to life
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Christopher Lee, a fixture of Hammer horror films, brought a real sense of pathos to his memorable...
Craig Shapiro
Dec 16, 20205 min read
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UPDATED: It’s Grand, it’s Bold – it’s the 60th Anniversary Edition of “The Big Country”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / NEW FRAME SHOTS (1) Gregory Peck as Jim McKay the ex-ship captain who traveled to Texas to marry Pat Terrill played by...
Bill Kelley III
Dec 9, 20206 min read
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Criterion’s exceptionally remastered “Brute Force” has lost none of its punch
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Already a leading man in his second role, the great Burt Lancaster stars as Joe Collins, who plots an escape...
Craig Shapiro
Dec 6, 20204 min read
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Mementoes are the right recipe for “The Broken Hearts Gallery”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Geraldine Viswanathan plays the witty Lucy and Dacre Montgomery as Nick, a dreamer who’s converting a...
Toni Guagenti
Dec 4, 20203 min read
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Scorsese trades sentimentality for poignancy in rich, rewarding “The Irishman”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Robert De Niro plays Frank Sheeran, the mob hit man and Teamsters leader whose memoir, “I Heard You Paint...
Craig Shapiro
Nov 28, 20208 min read
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The rise of Nazi Germany infuses the little-known “The Mortal Storm”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Martin Breitner (James Stewart) and Freya Roth (Margaret Sullavan) are shocked at how quickly Nazism has...
Peggy Earle
Nov 17, 20204 min read
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Cue up “Two Mules for Sister Sara” and watch the stars come out
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Shirley MacLaine is Sister Sara, a nun – maybe – who is helping the Mexicans in their fight against the...
Craig Shapiro
Nov 15, 20204 min read
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Celebrating a hero: “Sergeant York” – Warner Archive Collection
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Gary Cooper won an Academy Award as Sergeant Alvin York, the most decorated United States Army hero of World...
Kay Reynolds
Nov 12, 20206 min read
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NYC lives and breathes in Criterion’s 4K remastering of “The Naked City”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Homicide Detective Jimmy Halloran (Don Taylor, left) and Lt. Dan Muldoon (Barry Fitzgerald, center) pursue a...
Craig Shapiro
Nov 6, 20205 min read
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Tragic love story still touches the heart in “Waterloo Bridge”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS After the success of “Gone with the Wind” (1939), British actress Vivien Leigh was given top billing as...
Peggy Earle
Nov 5, 20204 min read
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Michael Caine’s “The Ipcress File” is overdue for a 4K do-over, but don’t let 2K stop you
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Michael Caine is the unconventional spy Harry Palmer, one of the defining roles in his long and...
Craig Shapiro
Oct 28, 20206 min read
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“El Camino” polishes “Breaking Bad” finale
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Aaron Paul returns as Jesse Pinkman and offers $125,000 to the Disappearer, Ed Galbraith for a new life....
Peggy Earle
Oct 25, 20204 min read
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A true warrior queen arrives in “The Legend of Tomiris”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Almira Tursyn, 26, of Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, plays warrior queen Tomiris. (Click an image to scroll the...
Kay Reynolds
Oct 21, 20204 min read
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