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Kay Reynolds
Jun 7, 20247 min read
30 Seconds; 30 Bullets in classic “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Left, Kirk Douglas plays John H. ‘Doc’ Holliday, a dentist, gambler, and a gunfighter, suffering...
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Bill Kelley III
Jun 6, 20243 min read
Remembering D-Day – June 6, 1944 – in Spielberg’s “Saving Private Ryan”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / UPDATED HDR SCREENSHOTS Right, Tom Hanks stars as Captain John H. Miller, the U.S. Army commanding officer of C...
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Bill Kelley III
May 31, 20246 min read
What it takes to wear “The Tin Star”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / 1080p SCREENSHOTS Twenty-four-year-old Anthony Perkins plays the inexperienced and fill-in sheriff Ben Owens, and Henry...
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Craig Shapiro
May 22, 20244 min read
Put on the popcorn! Sam Raimi’s ‘Darkman’ is unleashed in 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Liam Neeson stars as Dr. Peyton Westlake, who is nearly scarred beyond recognition when no-goods...
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Bill Kelley III
May 20, 20245 min read
The original hits a milestone – “Steel Magnolias: 35th Anniversary Edition”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS M’Lynn Eatenton (Sally Field) pins a honeymoon corsage onto her excited daughter Shelby (Julia...
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Craig Shapiro
May 10, 20245 min read
Scorsese’s ‘The Departed’ gets a decent 4K Ultra HD upgrade; it deserves better
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS In his last great role, Jack Nicholson plays South Boston crime boss Frank Costello and Leonardio...
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Bill Kelley III
May 7, 20247 min read
Do not forsake “High Noon” 4K remaster!
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS (1) Gary Cooper won the Academy Award for Best Actor as Marshal Will Kane. (2) Outlaws James Pierce,...
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Bill Kelley III
Apr 30, 20246 min read
Arrow Video gives the Duke a solid Blu-ray sendoff in ‘The Shootist’
BLU-RAY REVIEW / SCREENSHOTS Actor John Wayne in his last on-screen performance as Shootist J.B. Books, who’s suffering from prostate...
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Peggy Earle
Apr 25, 20245 min read
Bizarre award-winner “Poor Things” gets an exclusive 4K digital release
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Emma Stone received the Best Actress Oscar for her performance as Bella Baxter. Willem Dafoe plays...
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Bill Kelley III
Apr 19, 20245 min read
Chilling and believable – “The Manchurian Candidate”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Denzel Washington stars as Army Major Ben Marco, who tries to get the attention of Vice President...
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Bill Kelley III
Apr 10, 20245 min read
True disaster revealed in Bigelow’s “K-19: The Widowmaker”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Harrison Ford plays Soviet Navy Captain Alexei Vostrikov, of the top-secret ballistic missile...
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Craig Shapiro
Apr 5, 20245 min read
Criterion hits the bull’s eye with Raoul Walsh’s ‘The Roaring Twenties’
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS In one of his finest performances, James Cagney, left, plays Eddie Bartlett, a Prohibition...
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Peggy Earle
Apr 3, 20246 min read
Before “Dragnet” and “CSI,” there was “He Walked By Night”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / SCREENSHOTS Ruthless killer Roy Morgan (Richard Basehart) shows up at the home of electronic store owner Paul Reeves...
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Bill Kelley III
Mar 30, 202410 min read
The essential films for Easter & Passover
HERE’S A guide to some of the most powerful stories about the Jewish people and a man called Jesus – now available on disc or streaming....
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Bill Kelley III
Mar 27, 20244 min read
Finally in 4K – “The Abyss: Ultimate Collector’s Edition”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Ed Harris play an estranged couple, Dr. Lindsey Brigman and Virgil...
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Bill Kelley III
Mar 20, 20246 min read
It’s viewer’s choice: “Aliens: Ultimate Collector’s Edition” or earlier editions
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Sigourney Weaver returns as Ellen Ripley the sole survivor from The Nostromo. During the mission to...
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Craig Shapiro
Mar 13, 20245 min read
Clouzot’s masterful ‘The Wages of Fear’ grips you even tighter in 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS In one of the film’s most iconic sequences, Mario (Yves Montand) pulls Jo (Charles Vanel) from an...
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Bill Kelley III
Mar 8, 20246 min read
Who rules “The Last Castle”?
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Robert Redford plays General Eugene Irwin who is serving a 10-year sentence for disobeying a direct...
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Kay Reynolds
Mar 4, 20247 min read
John Woo’s “Face/Off” is Gun-Fu gold on 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Nicolas Cage plays terrorist Castor Troy and John Travolta as FBI Special Agent Sean Archer. Troy...
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Bill Kelley III
Feb 29, 20245 min read
Prophetic “Contagion” now on 4K Ultra HD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS (1) Jude Law plays Alan Krumwiede a conspiracy theorist and blogger in San Francisco, who says...
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Kay Reynolds
Feb 24, 20246 min read
Evolution of evil: “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS English actor Tom Blyth plays Academy student and Hunger Games mentor Coriolanus Snow. Rachel Zegler...
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Peggy Earle
Feb 21, 20246 min read
Take a dark walk on “Scarlet Street”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Right, Edward G. Robinson was paid $100,000 to play hapless New York bank cashier Chris Cross, and...
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Bill Kelley III
Feb 16, 20245 min read
Need a laugh? - “Kindergarten Cop”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as L.A.P.D. Detective John Kimble, who substituted as a kindergarten...
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Bill Kelley III
Feb 9, 20245 min read
True horror – “Killers of the Flower Moon” 4K Ultra HD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Leonardo DiCaprio stars as World War I veteran Ernest Burkhart and Lily Gladstone stars as his wife...
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