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High-Def Watch Staff
Jun 27, 20232 min read
UPDATE: ‘50s classics “East of Eden” & “Rio Bravo” have a new 4K release date - Aug. 1
HOT 4K NEWS Amazon preorder Amazon preorder CONTINUING the celebration of Warner...
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Craig Shapiro
Jun 7, 20235 min read
Kino Lorber notches another winner with Charles Laughton’s masterful ‘The Night of the Hunter’
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1) In arguably the best performances of his career, Robert Mitchum stepped away from his tough-guy...
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Peggy Earle
May 13, 20236 min read
Groundbreaker “Rebel Without a Cause” wins on 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS James Dean plays high school student Jim Stark, who’s alienated from his parents Frank (Jim Backus)...
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Bill Kelley III
Apr 21, 20235 min read
Seeking Justice – “12 Angry Men” – 4K Ultra HD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Inside the New York City Jury Room, Juror No. 8 (Henry Fonda) and Juror No. 3 (Lee J. Cobb) recreate...
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Bill Kelley III
Apr 1, 20235 min read
A dream comes true: “Cinderella: Ultimate Collector’s Edition” 4K UHD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Cinderella (voiced by Ilene Woods) arrives at the ball in a carriage transformed from a pumpkin....
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Peggy Earle
Dec 23, 20224 min read
1950s taboos drive William Wyler’s “Detective Story”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Kirk Douglas plays James McLeod, a hard-edged New York City police detective, who rough-ups Karl Schneider...
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Craig Shapiro
Nov 13, 20225 min read
You want monsters? Universal serves a second 4K helping in ‘Icons of Horror Collection’
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS The great Boris Karloff takes the guise of Egyptian historian Ardeth Bey 10 years after the mummy of...
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Peggy Earle
Oct 19, 20224 min read
Burt Lancaster brings the magic to Kino Lorber’s “The Rainmaker”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Burt Lancaster stars as Bill Starbuck, an itinerant con-man traveling in a painted wagon who sells...
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Bill Kelley III
Jul 2, 20216 min read
In bed with the reds – “Pickup on South Street” – The Criterion Collection”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Pickpocket artist Skip McCoy (Richard Widmark) eyes his next mark, Candy (Jean Peters), and steals her...
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Bill Kelley III
Apr 1, 20218 min read
For all of its epic pageantry, “The Ten Commandments” still has its shortcomings in 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Charlton Heston was 30 when he began the portrayal of Moses - Prince of Egypt for producer/director...
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Peggy Earle
Feb 25, 20215 min read
Kazan’s controversial “Baby Doll” remains a shocker
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Carroll Baker plays 19-year-old Baby Doll Meighan and Eli Wallach in his first major role as the seductive...
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Kay Reynolds
Oct 11, 20204 min read
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...
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Kay Reynolds
Jul 8, 20186 min read
Bachelors and Bachelorettes light up the screen in two versions of “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS CinemaScope 2.55:1 ratio - Director Stanley Donen and cinematographer George J. Folsey filmed the musical in...
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