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Craig Shapiro
Jan 35 min read
Criterion delivers again with 4K UHD remaster of Howard Hawks’ influential ‘Scarface’
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / SDR SCREENSHOTS (1) The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. Most of the violence in “Scarface” in the shadows or...
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Bill Kelley III
Dec 30, 20244 min read
Twisted mystery “SE7EN” finally arrives on 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Detective David Mills (Brad Pitt) and soon-to-be-retiring Detective William Somerset (Morgan...
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Craig Shapiro
Dec 27, 20245 min read
Arrow Video gives Sam Raimi’s superb ‘A Simple Plan’ the kid-glove treatment
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS
In one of his few starring roles, the late Bill Paxton is rock-solid as Hank Mitchell, who has a...
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Craig Shapiro
Oct 16, 20244 min read
Settle in for a hoot and a half with Kino Lorber’s ‘The Ladykillers’
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Alec Guinness is fantastic as Professor Marcus, a self-styled criminal mastermind masquerading as a...
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Bill Kelley III
Oct 8, 20245 min read
UPDATED: Branagh’s “Murder on the Orient Express” revamps 1974 classic
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / NEW HDR SCREENSHOTS Actor/producer/director Kenneth Branagh plays the celebrated Belgian detective Hercule Poirot....
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Bill Kelley III
Oct 4, 20245 min read
Alain Delon hits “Le Samouraï” with killer style
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS French actor Alain Delon plays cool contract killer Jef Costello, who’s been rounded up as a suspect...
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Bill Kelley III
Aug 12, 20244 min read
Where the frantic meets the fun: “Run Lola Run” 25th Anniversary on 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS German actress Franka Potente plays Lola, Manni’s girlfriend, and he needs $100,000 Deutsche marks...
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Bill Kelley III
Jul 23, 20245 min read
Find true high-seas drama in “Captain Phillips” – now in 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Tom Hanks plays Capt. Richard Phillips of the Maersk Alabama, a massive cargo ship, that was...
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Craig Shapiro
Jul 21, 20245 min read
UK gangster classic ‘The Long Good Friday’ gets a significant 4K UHD upgrade
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS The late Bob Hoskins gives the performance of his career as Harold Shand, the powerful East End...
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Peggy Earle
Jun 11, 20245 min read
Acclaimed courtroom drama “Anatomy of a Fall” gets the Criterion treatment
BLU-RAY REVIEW / 1080p SCREENSHOTS Sandra Voyter (Sandra Hüller) and her attorney friend Maître Vincent Renzi (Swann Artaud) determine...
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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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Peggy Earle
Jan 30, 20236 min read
She’s nothin’ but trouble – “The Lady from Shanghai”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Writer/director/actor Orson Welles and his wife actress Rita Hayworth, play a forbidden couple Michael...
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High-Def Watch Staff
Jan 3, 202319 min read
Top 10: 4K UHDs of 2022
TRUE 4K MASTERING / HDR FRAME SHOTS THE LIST of movies is the very best in 4K viewing from disc or streaming. The criteria required the...
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Craig Shapiro
Nov 6, 20226 min read
Kino Lorber scores again with 4K makeover of Bryan Singer’s ‘The Usual Suspects’
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS In the movie’s most iconic scene, the usual suspects -- Hockney (Kevin Pollack), left, McManus...
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Craig Shapiro
Oct 13, 20225 min read
Character-driven “In Bruges” is a reminder of what makes movies so good
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1) Acclaimed Irish actors Brendan Gleeson, left, and Colin Farrell play hitmen sent to Belgium by...
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Craig Shapiro
Jun 23, 20225 min read
Remastered in 4K UHD, Criterion’s “Double Indemnity” is one of the year’s top titles
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Barbara Stanwyck stars as the cunning Mrs. Phyllis Dietrichson and Fred MacMurray as Walter Neff,...
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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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