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Peggy Earle
Feb 17, 20214 min read
“Ammonite” swims in risk and romance
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Kate Winslet plays Mary Anning a lifelong fossil-collector and paleontologist and Saoirse Ronan plays...
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Craig Shapiro & Bill Kelley III
Feb 16, 20215 min read
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...
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Bill Kelley III
Feb 13, 20216 min read
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....
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Bill Kelley III
Feb 8, 20216 min read
The future is grim – again – on “Elysium” 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Matt Damon plays ex-con Max DeCosta, who works on the assembly line at a robot plant in 2154 Los...
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Kay Reynolds
Feb 6, 20216 min read
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...
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Kay Reynolds
Feb 5, 20216 min read
John Carpenter’s “Prince of Darkness” Collector’s Edition has arrived on 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS One by one, the mentors and graduate students who were monitoring the canister of swirling green...
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Bill Kelley III
Jan 26, 20218 min read
Master of Disaster’s “2012” crashes onto 4K!
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1) From Times Square, thousands watch President Wilson (Danny Glover) address the country, as the...
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Bill Kelley III
Jan 25, 20216 min read
UPDATED: “Independence Day: 20th Anniversary Edition” is a 4K blast
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / NEW HDR FRAME SHOTS July 3 - Hostile alien fighters attack a U.S. military base after a failed counterattack...
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Peggy Earle
Jan 20, 20214 min read
“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...
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Peggy Earle
Jan 13, 20215 min read
Ode to movies, “Cinema Paradiso,” sparkles in 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS The charming Salvatore Cascio plays little Toto, a young apprentice to movie projectionist Alfredo...
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Bill Kelley III
Jan 8, 20216 min read
Heart, hope and 4K make “Love and Monsters” a win!
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Joel Dawson (Dylan O’Brien) tries to keep his best friend “Boy” quiet as a giant monster tries to...
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Kay Reynolds
Jan 5, 20214 min read
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...
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Bill Kelley III
Dec 31, 202014 min read
Top 10: 4K Ultra HD’s of 2020
TRUE 4K MASTERING / HDR FRAME SHOTS THE LIST of movies is the very best in 4K viewing from disc or streaming. The criteria required the...
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Kay Reynolds
Dec 26, 20206 min read
“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...
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Craig Shapiro
Dec 24, 20204 min read
Buckle up: “Mad Max” thunders out of the gate with a lively 4K makeover
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS In his breakout role, 23-year-old Mel Gibson plays Max Rockatansky, the Federal police officer who...
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Kay Reynolds
Dec 22, 20205 min read
Juicier than ever – “Blade” in 4K UHD!
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Wesley Snipes gives an all-out performance as half-human/half-vampire Daywalker Blade. (Click an...
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Peggy Earle
Dec 20, 20204 min read
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...
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Kay Reynolds
Dec 19, 20206 min read
“Weathering with You” Limited Collector’s Edition anime a winner!
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS “Sunshine Girl” Hina Amano (Nana Mori) has mysterious abilities to clear the sky, and she meets...
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Bill Kelley III
Dec 17, 20209 min read
Dazzling visuals rule Nolan’s complex spy-thriller “Tenet”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Former professional football player John David Washington, plays the nameless CIA secret agent “The...
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Craig Shapiro
Dec 16, 20205 min read
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...
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