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Behind the veil with “The Others” – The Criterion Collection
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / SDR FRAME SHOTS Nicole Kidman stars as Grace Stewart, a devout Roman Catholic mother, who lives with her two young...
Peggy Earle
Nov 6, 20236 min read
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Hold onto your seat! “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” is here
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS For the seventh time Tom Cruise stars as IMF agent Ethan Hunt, who tries to hang on with...
Bill Kelley III
Nov 3, 20236 min read
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REVISITED: “The Revenant” wins again in 4K Ultra HD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Leonardo DiCaprio won an Academy Award for Best Actor as mountain man Hugh Glass. The story is...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 25, 20235 min read
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Polanski’s lauded ‘The Pianist’ is even more compelling in 4K Ultra HD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Oscar-winner Adrien Brody plays Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish musician, who was relocated into the...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 20, 20235 min read
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Beware below: “U-571” on 4K UHD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Matthew McConaughey plays U.S. Navy Lieutenant Andrew Tyler who overtakes the German U-571 submarine...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 16, 20236 min read
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UPDATE: “Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny” gets 4K supersize 100GB disc – Dec. 5
HOT 4K NEWS LUCASFILM’S will release director James Mangold’s (“Logan,” 3:10 to Yuma”) final chapter in the Indiana Jones saga “Indiana...
High-Def Watch Staff
Oct 11, 20232 min read
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‘Batman: Mask of the Phantasm’ in flawless 4K? Yes, please!
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1-2) The late Kevin Conroy, a Juilliard-trained actor grounded in Shakespeare, defined Batman – in...
Craig Shapiro
Oct 10, 20234 min read
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Orson Welles makes it personal in Kafka’s classic “The Trial”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / SDR FRAME SHOTS Anthony Perkins stars as Josef K. a young bureaucrat, arrested for an unnamed crime. He appears in...
Peggy Earle
Oct 4, 20235 min read
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There’s nothing like it: “Natural Born Killers: Collector’s Edition”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis as star-crossed serial killers Mickey and Mallory Knox. (Click on...
Josh Boone, producer/writer/director
Sep 29, 20239 min read
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Remastered by Kino Lorber in TRUE 4K, ‘The Train’ was worth the wait
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Burt Lancaster stars as French resistance leader Paul Labiche and British actor Paul Scofield as...
Bill Kelley III
Sep 22, 20235 min read
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DC Universal’s superhero “Blue Beetle” arrives on 4K Ultra HD (digital) 9/26 & (disc) 10/31
HOT 4K NEWS WARNER BROS. Home Entertainment and DC Universe tell the action-packed, modern origin story of recent college grad Jaime...
High-Def Watch Staff
Sep 20, 20232 min read
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Baddies don’t have a chance with “Matilda”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Precocious Matilda is played by Mara Wilson and her cruel parents (Harry & Zinnia), played by Danny...
Bill Kelley III
Sep 14, 20236 min read
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OFFICIAL: Academy Award winner “Terms of Endearment” gets a 40th Anniversary 4K remaster – 11/14
HOT 4K NEWS TO CELEBRATE the 40th Anniversary of James L. Brooks’ five Academy Award winner “Terms of Endearment,” Paramount Home...
High-Def Watch Staff
Sep 13, 20231 min read
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OFFICIAL: The highly praised “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” arrives on 4K – 10/31
HOT 4K NEWS SURPRISINGLY Tom Cruise’s seventh installment in the “Mission: Impossible” franchise didn’t set the summer box office on fire...
High-Def Watch Staff
Sep 12, 20232 min read
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Politics and paranoia highlight “Three Days of the Condor”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Robert Redford stars as Joe Turner, a “reader” at Manhattan’s Upper East Side, American Literary...
Bill Kelley III
Sep 8, 20237 min read
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Sports favorite “Rudy: 30th Anniversary Edition” jumps to the 4K big leagues – Nov. 14
HOT 4K NEWS THE 30th Anniversary of the football classic “RUDY” will feature two cuts of the crowd-pleaser. Sony Pictures and director...
High-Def Watch Staff
Sep 1, 20232 min read
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Disney catches the 4K fire releasing the classic “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” – Oct. 10
HOT 4K NEWS AFTER THE recent 4K restoration of animation classics “Cinderella” (1950) and Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas”...
High-Def Watch Staff
Aug 30, 20231 min read
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Done up in 4K Ultra HD, ‘Swamp Thing’ is f-u-n with a capital ‘F’
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Move over, Jean Cocteau: Adrienne Barbeau is government agent Alice Cable and stuntman Dick Durock...
Craig Shapiro
Aug 28, 20234 min read
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Filling your dreams with delight: “The Nightmare Before Christmas: 30th Anniversary Edition”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Skeleton Jack Skellington (Chris Sarandon) has Santa (Edward Ivory) abducted from Christmas Town and...
Bill Kelley III
Aug 25, 20236 min read
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Disney+ series “Loki,” “WandaVision” and “The Mandalorian,” will arrive on 4K disc – this fall
HOT 4K NEWS STARTING SEPTEMBER 26, Disney Company will release the Disney+ series “Loki: The Complete First Season.” on physical discs 4K...
High-Def Watch Staff
Aug 21, 20232 min read
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Ida Lupino pushes Hays Code envelope with “Outrage”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS 18-year-old Mala Powers, a newcomer to Hollywood plays Ann Walton, who’s raped after a late night at work....
Peggy Earle
Aug 18, 20235 min read
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Home on the range with Heston’s favorite: “Will Penny”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Charlton Heston plays Will Penny, an aging cowhand, searching for work after a long cattle drive in Montana...
Mike Reynolds
Aug 16, 20236 min read
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William Friedkin’s ‘To Live and Die in LA’ punches even harder in 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS William Petersen, in his big-screen debut, plays hotshot Secret Service agent Richard Chance, who...
Craig Shapiro
Aug 14, 20236 min read
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Paramount’s classic “Roman Holiday” gets a 4K update for its 70th Anniversary
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS 4K Ultra HD vs. Blu-ray: (top) The new HDR grading is darker than the 2020 Blu-ray (bottom), and...
Peggy Earle & Bill Kelley III
Aug 11, 20236 min read
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