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Bill Kelley III
Dec 12, 20208 min read
HBO’s retelling of the true-life “Chernobyl” horror story in striking 4K Ultra HD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1&2) Pripyat firefighters were the first responders at the Chernobyl nuclear site and within hours...
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Bill Kelley III
Dec 9, 20206 min read
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...
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Craig Shapiro
Dec 6, 20204 min read
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...
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Toni Guagenti
Dec 4, 20203 min read
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...
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Bill Kelley III
Dec 2, 20205 min read
“The Return of the King” gets a first-class 4K remaster
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood) prepares to cast The Ring into the volcanic fires of the Crack of Doom....
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Bill Kelley III
Nov 30, 20206 min read
“The Lord of the Rings: Trilogy” has never looked better – “The Fellowship of the Ring” 4K review
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1) Peter Jackson’s masterful fantasy based on Tolkien’s beloved novel, as the first chapter begins...
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Kay Reynolds
Nov 28, 20205 min read
“Train To Busan presents: Peninsula” – Race to survive!
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1&2) Jung-hyun Lee as Min Jung and Dong-Won Gang as former Marine Captain Jung Seok attempt to...
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Craig Shapiro
Nov 28, 20208 min read
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...
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Peggy Earle
Nov 17, 20204 min read
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...
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Craig Shapiro
Nov 15, 20204 min read
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...
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Kay Reynolds
Nov 12, 20206 min read
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...
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Bill Kelley III
Nov 10, 20206 min read
A binge-worthy bounty for 4K lovers - “Game of Thrones: The Complete Collection”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Season One - Episode Nine: The close-up shots are excellent with fine detail even though the series...
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Craig Shapiro
Nov 6, 20205 min read
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...
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Peggy Earle
Nov 5, 20204 min read
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...
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Bill Kelley III
Nov 1, 20203 min read
“Dr. No” started it all for Sean Connery
1930 - 2020 4K frame shots courtesy of Apple - “Bond. James Bond,” as agent 007 announces himself to Syliva Trench during “Dr. No.” The...
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Craig Shapiro
Oct 28, 20206 min read
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...
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Peggy Earle
Oct 25, 20204 min read
“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....
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Bill Kelley III
Oct 24, 20206 min read
“Back to the Future: 35th Anniversary Edition” jumps to 4K with striking results
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Michael J. Fox plays 17-year-old high school senior Marty McFly, who discovers he’s seated beside...
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Kay Reynolds
Oct 21, 20204 min read
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...
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Bill Kelley III
Oct 17, 20206 min read
“District 9” still has a powerful message during these uncertain times
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1&2) Afrikaner bureaucrat Wikus van der Merwe (Sharlto Copley) was assigned to oversee the...
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