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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Bill Kelley III
Jul 23, 20206 min read
A job well-done: “Spartacus: 60th Anniversary Edition” 4K Ultra HD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Producer/actor Kirk Douglas plays Roman slave Spartacus, who leads a revolt that eventually spreads...
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Kay Reynolds
Jul 15, 20204 min read
UPDATED 4K disc review: Crime doesn’t pay in “21 Bridges”
Special 4K review - disc from Germany
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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...
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Toni Guagenti
Jul 9, 20205 min read
John Hughes’ “Pretty in Pink” finally gets a 4K reboot
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Molly Ringwald stars in her third John Hughes' film as Andie, a senior at Meadowbrook High School....
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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...
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Josh Boone, producer/writer/director
Jul 2, 20208 min read
Crowe’s “Jerry Maguire” inspired the career of another filmmaker – A personal journey
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1) Tom Cruise stars as sports agent Jerry Maguire. (2) Renee Zellweger, as single mother Dorothy...
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Bill Kelley III
Jun 29, 20205 min read
From Germany with love – “The Princess Bride” on 4K Ultra Disc
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS British actor Cary Elwes was 23 when he played Westley the farm boy and American actress Robin...
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Bill Kelley III
Jun 25, 20206 min read
Capra’s “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” reveals a new level of clarity in 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS James Stewart plays U.S. Senator Jefferson Smith of Montana, who conducts a 24-hour filibuster on...
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Peggy Earle
Jun 20, 20205 min read
UPDATED: 4K review Oscar winner “Parasite”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1) "Parasite" follows the lives of two diverse South Korean families. The Parks live in a luxurious...
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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)....
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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...
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Bill Kelley III
Jun 18, 20207 min read
“Lawrence of Arabia” sweeps onto new 4K Ultra HD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Peter O’Toole was nominated for an Academy Award as British officer T.E. Lawrence, who lead an Arab...
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Bill Kelley III
Jun 13, 20204 min read
“Gladiator” revisited – 20th Anniversary Steelbook Edition
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS “My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the armies of the north, general of the Felix...
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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...
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