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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...

Bill Kelley III

Mar 8, 20246 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...

Kay Reynolds

Mar 4, 20247 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...

Bill Kelley III

Feb 29, 20245 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...

Kay Reynolds

Feb 24, 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...

Peggy Earle

Feb 21, 20246 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...

Bill Kelley III

Feb 16, 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...

Bill Kelley III

Feb 9, 20245 min read

Dive into suspense: “Run Silent, Run Deep”

BLU-RAY REVIEW / SCREENSHOTS Right, Clark Gable - “The King of Hollywood” - plays Commander P.J. “Rich” Richardson, and co-star Burt...

Kay Reynolds

Feb 5, 20245 min read

History lives on Stone’s “JFK: Directors Cut” 4K UHD

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Kevin Costner plays Orleans Parish District Attorney Jim Garrison, who arrested and charged New...

Bill Kelley III

Jan 26, 20248 min read

Good direction and acting give “The Holdovers” good vibes

BLU-RAY REVIEW / SCREENSHOTS Right, Paul Giamatti plays Paul Dunham, a teacher at Barton, a posh New England all-boys boarding school,...

Peggy Earle

Jan 16, 20245 min read

Top 10 and a couple more: 4K UHDs of 2023

TRUE 4K MASTERING / HDR SCREENSHOTS THE LIST of movies is the very best in 4K viewing from a physical disc or streaming. The criteria...

High-Def Watch Staff

Jan 11, 202416 min read

Groundbreaking “The Color Purple” shines on 4K

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Whoopi Goldberg earned an Academy Award nomination for her performance as Celie, a Southern woman...

Bill Kelley III

Jan 1, 20246 min read

Who will save us now? “The Monster Squad” 4K UHD

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS (1) Canadian actor Duncan Regehr plays Count Dracula. (2) Monster Squad leader Sean Crenshaw (André...

Kay Reynolds

Dec 29, 20235 min read

“True Lies” on 4K is true fun!

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis play Harry Tasker, who leads a double life to his legal...

Bill Kelley III

Dec 22, 20234 min read

Visually stunning “Days of Heaven” on 4K from Criterion

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Richard Gere and Brooke Adams play soulmates and brother (Bill) and sister (Abby) in Terrence...

Bill Kelley III

Dec 8, 20234 min read

“These Nazis ain’t kosher!” – Wilder’s “Stalag 17” now on 4K

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS William Holden won the Academy Award for Best Actor as Sgt. J.J. Sefton. The next morning after an...

Bill Kelley III

Dec 5, 20235 min read

Hitchcock’s murder by “Rope” now on 4K

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Center, James Stewart plays prep school housemaster, Rupert Cadell and his former students Phillip...

Peggy Earle

Dec 1, 20236 min read

Five Oscars = “Security” “Terms of Endearment” now on Paramount Presents 4K

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger play mother and daughter Aurora and Emma in the Academy Award...

Peggy Earle

Nov 30, 20234 min read

Can “Titanic” get any better? Yes, it can!

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio were both in their early 20s when they played star-crossed lovers...

Bill Kelley III

Nov 23, 20235 min read

Here she comes again – “The Nun II”

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Fallen angel Valak (Bonnie Aarons) returns on a mission of its own. Once again, Sister Irene (Taissa...

Kay Reynolds

Nov 21, 20235 min read

Does the new 4K UHD master of ‘Fargo’ belong on your shelf? You bet’cha.

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1) Frances McDormand won her first Best Actress Oscar as Marge Gunderson, the resourceful, very...

Craig Shapiro

Nov 19, 20234 min read

Denzel saves the day again – “The Equalizer 3”

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Denzel Washington’s third round as Robert McCall, a former CIA assassin turned vigilante, who tries...

Bill Kelley III

Nov 17, 20235 min read

“The Fugitive” – 30th Anniversary shines on 4K

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Harrison Ford plays respected vascular surgeon Dr. Richard Kimble, wrongly accused of murdering his...

Bill Kelley III

Nov 15, 20235 min read

A road rage horror show – Spielberg’s “Duel” on 4K

4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Actor Dennis Weaver took a short break from his role as Marshal Sam McCloud to play salesman David...

Bill Kelley III

Nov 13, 20235 min read

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