UPDATED: Warner Archive gives Sam Peckinpah’s “Ride the High Country” its due
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Joel McCrea (right) plays Steve Judd, an aging lawman who hires his former cohort, Gil Westrum, played by...
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Craig Shapiro
Aug 24, 20204 min read
Gripping and involving, “Shanghai Triad” is set in the 1930s, but still speaks to today
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS The great Gong Li plays Jinbao, a nightclub star in 1930s Shanghai and the mistress of a mob boss. “Shanghai...
Peggy Earle
Aug 18, 20204 min read
Sexy, smart and comic, “The Lady Eve” arrives on Criterion
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Barbara Stanwyck plays the seductive Jean Harrington and Henry Fonda as the wealthy snake enthusiast Charles...
Kay Reynolds
Aug 15, 20204 min read
Get in the swim with restored “Million Dollar Mermaid”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS With the biggest smile in Hollywood, Esther Williams plays champion Australian swimmer, vaudeville, and film...
Peggy Earle
Aug 12, 20203 min read
Classic 1940 romance “Pride and Prejudice” remastered
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Elizabeth Bennet (Greer Garson) is taken back by Fitzwilliam Darcy's (Laurence Olivier) proposal. (Click an...
Bill Kelley III
Aug 12, 20205 min read
Buster Keaton fans will want to focus on Criterion’s “The Cameraman”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Silent superstar Buster Keaton plays an aspiring newsreel cameraman. (Click an image to scroll the larger...
Craig Shapiro
Aug 3, 20204 min read
“Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations” delivers in every possible way
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Laurel & Hardy perform the soft-shoe routine “At the Ball, That's All” with The Avalon Boys as singing...
Toni Guagenti
Jul 30, 20208 min read
Arrow Video examines the Not-So-PC complexities of “Sixteen Candles”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Molly Ringwald plays sophomore Samantha 'Sam' Baker who still rides the school bus home and Anthony Michael...
Bill Kelley III
Jul 26, 20208 min read
Rooney & Garland still have it: “Strike Up the Band” & “Girl Crazy”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Judy Garland as high schooler Mary Holden and Mickey Rooney as senior Jimmy Connors provides hot Latin...
Craig Shapiro
Jul 13, 20204 min read
Fans of The Band (and who isn’t?) will find a lot to like with “Once Were Brothers”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Founder/guitarist/songwriter Robbie Robertson of The Band, remembers how he came up with the lyrics for the...
Kay Reynolds
Jul 6, 20206 min read
Doris Day debuts in “Romance on the High Seas”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Band singer Doris Day made her Hollywood debut in the musical comedy “Romance on the High Seas.” (Click an...
Craig Shapiro
Jun 20, 20204 min read
Warner Archive delivers the goods with unconventional Western “Blood on the Moon”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Robert Mitchum plays drifter Jim Garry, who’s planning to work with old friend Tate Riling (Robert Preston)....
Kay Reynolds
Jun 19, 20204 min read
Find charm and romance in “Rachel and the Stranger” – The Warner Archive Collection
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Hunter and balladeer Jim Fairways (Robert Mitchum) provides after-dinner entertainment for young Davey (Gary...
Bill Kelley III
Jun 11, 20206 min read
Criterion excels with “The Great Escape”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Natural film grain dances across the German countryside as Steve McQueen stars as Captain Virgil Hilts “The...
Kay Reynolds
May 26, 20204 min read
“The Good Place” Complete Series is good!
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Kristen Bell stars as Eleanor Shellstrop and Ted Danson as Eternal Architect and Guide Michael, who shows...
Bill Kelley III
May 18, 20206 min read
Kirk Douglas shines in little-known Western – “Lonely are the Brave”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Kirk Douglas stars as loner cowboy Jack Burns, who plans to get his buddy Paul Bondi out of jail. (Click an...
Bill Kelley III
May 5, 20205 min read
Elvis’ best screen performance – “King Creole” gets a 4K restoration
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Elvis Presley as Danny Fisher, a busboy who quickly becomes an overnight success at the Blue Shade...
Kay Reynolds
Apr 7, 20203 min read
Bromance in Regency era England – “Beau Brummell” Warner Archive Collection
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Elizabeth Taylor stars as Lady Patricia Belham and Stewart Granger as 19th-century fashion icon Englishman...
Bill Kelley III
Mar 14, 20207 min read
Two of Hollywood’s best pandemic thrillers hit home
BLU-RAY REVIEWS / FRAME SHOTS (1) Jude Law plays Alan Krumwiede a conspiracy theorist and blogger in San Francisco, who says Forsythia...
Craig Shapiro
Mar 2, 20203 min read
Calling all cartoon-anistas: Warner Archive gives the great Tex Avery his due
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Droopy gets his man in 1943’s “Dumb Hounded.” (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) “TEX AVERY...
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