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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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“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...
Bill Kelley III
Nov 1, 20203 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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“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...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 24, 20206 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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“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...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 17, 20206 min read
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Tremble, viewers, with the “Stephen King 5 Movie Collection”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS (1) In Stephen King’s adaptation of the apocalyptic “The Stand,” Stu Redman (Gary Sinise) and a pregnant...
Kay Reynolds
Oct 16, 202012 min read
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Billy Wilder’s early, unconventional WWII drama shows the master at the top of his game
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS British Cpl. J.J. Bramble (Franchot Tone), the sole survivor of his tank crew, hides behind the front desk...
Craig Shapiro
Oct 12, 20204 min read
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Soaring high with John Wayne and remastered “Flying Leathernecks”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS John Wayne stars as Major Dan Kirby, a commander of a U.S. Marine Corps squadron in the South Pacific. Wayne...
Kay Reynolds
Oct 11, 20204 min read
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Zack Snyder’s “300” reveals a new level of grit and grain on 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS King Leonidas played by Gerard Butler, leads his Spartan men into battle against the Persian Empire...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 8, 20205 min read
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Ritchie’s “Sherlock Holmes” films shine on Ultra 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1) In the reimagined “Sherlock Holmes” right, Robert Downey Jr. plays the eccentric, athletic, and...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 5, 20206 min read
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Fox favorite “Home Alone: 30th Anniversary Edition” makes it to 4K Ultra HD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Nine-year-old Macaulay Culkin plays Kevin McCallister, who’s accidentally left behind when his...
Bill Kelley III
Sep 28, 20206 min read
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“Sony jazzes up “Whiplash” in 4K Ultra HD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Academy Award best-supporting actor J.K. Simmons brilliantly plays the brutal instructor Terence...
Bill Kelley III
Sep 26, 20206 min read
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The future is now: “Ghost in the Shell”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Special agent Major Motoko Kusanagi of Section 9 and Section Chief Aramaki find a woman being hacked...
Kay Reynolds
Sep 20, 20205 min read
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“First Cow” – a kinder, gentler, frontier tale
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS (1) Skilled cook “Cookie” (John Magaro) and his fried biscuit partner “King-Lu” (Orion Lee) a Chinese...
Peggy Earle
Sep 17, 20204 min read
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Warner salutes Kubrick’s “Full Metal Jacket” with a new 4K restoration
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1) Retired Marine Drill Sgt. R. Lee Ermey plays the abusive and profane Gunnery Sgt. Hartman at the...
Bill Kelley III
Sep 14, 20207 min read
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“Beetlejuice,” “Beetlejuice,” “Beetlejuice” has never looked or sounded better
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Michael Keaton as the scene-stealing ad-libbing Betelgeuse, with teenager Winona Ryder as Lydia...
Craig Shapiro
Sep 10, 20205 min read
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Sports and comedy mix it up in “Pat and Mike”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS (1) Spencer Tracy plays sports manager Mike Conovan and Katharine Hepburn plays college coach Pat Pemberton,...
Kay Reynolds
Sep 8, 20205 min read
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The twists and turns of “The Burnt Orange Heresy”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Danish actor Claes Bang plays the mysterious art critic James Figueras and Australian actress Elizabeth...
Peggy Earle
Sep 7, 20204 min read
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