Classic screwball or rom-com? Whichever “It Happened One Night” shines on 4K UHD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Clark Gable plays newspaper reporter Peter Warne, and Claudette Colbert plays runaway heiress Ellie...
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Craig Shapiro
Oct 24, 20225 min read
Buckle up: Sam Raimi’s ‘Army of Darkness’ roars out of the gate in 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Square-jawed Bruce Campbell is back for his third round as Ash, a housewares clerk who’s transported...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 24, 20227 min read
Soaring onto 4K UHD - “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: 40th Anniversary Edition”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1) 10-year-old Elliott (Henry Thomas) says goodbye to E.T. (2) Elliott, his six-year-old sister...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 15, 20227 min read
‘Real courage’ lives in “To Kill A Mockingbird: 60th Anniversary Edition”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Legendary actor Gregory Peck in his Oscar-winning role as country attorney Atticus Finch. He...
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...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 11, 20225 min read
UPDATED: Together against the enemy – “War of the Worlds” on 4K Ultra HD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / NEW HDR FRAME SHOTS (1) Tom Cruise stars as divorced father Ray Ferrier and his 10-year-old daughter Rachel played...
Bill Kelley III
Sep 29, 20226 min read
Oscar-winning sound drives transition story: “Sound of Metal” – Criterion Collection
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Oscar-nominated Riz Ahmed plays Ruben Stone, a punk-metal drummer, and his girlfriend Lou played by...
Peggy Earle
Sep 28, 20224 min read
Fashion fades; kindness is eternal – “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS The extraordinarily versatile Lesley Manville plays Mrs. Ada Harris, a meek cleaning lady who goes...
Bill Kelley III
Sep 23, 20226 min read
Get out the holy water – They’re back! “The Lost Boys: 35th Anniversary Edition”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS (1) Kiefer Sutherland plays David, the eternal leader of the “blood-sucking Brady Bunch.” (2) Sam...
Mike Reynolds
Sep 20, 20225 min read
Best version yet – “Event Horizon” 25th Anniversary Edition Steelbook
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Captain Miller (Laurence Fishburne) of the Lewis & Clark discovers the Event Horizon’s gravity drive...
Bill Kelley III
Sep 18, 20227 min read
The King returns in Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Austin Butler, practically an unknown got the role of Elvis Presley from his emotional audition tape...
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,...
Craig Shapiro
Jun 12, 20224 min read
Arrow Video hits the mark with 4K restoration of Terry Gilliam’s “12 Monkeys”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Bruce Willis is James Cole, a prisoner in 2035 who is “volunteered” to be sent back in time to find...
Bill Kelley III
Sep 4, 20195 min read
For a heart-pounding vacation, visit “Kong: Skull Island”
UPDATED 4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS The tale takes place during the turbulent 1970s, as a team of U.S. Army helicopters...
Bill Kelley III
Apr 26, 20196 min read
New Ultra 4K gives “Alien: 40th Anniversary Edition” extra punch!
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS The Terror. The Violence. The Alien. (Click an image to scroll the larger versions) “ALIEN: 40th...
Craig Shapiro
Mar 22, 20196 min read
Thrilling and revolutionary, “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” is the gift that keeps giving
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Hold on, what the heck is happening here? Brooklyn middle-schooler Miles Morales has just jumped over a...
Bill Kelley III
Mar 13, 20195 min read
“Creed II” – Another hit for Stallone and Jordan
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Adonis "Donnie" Johnson-Creed (Michael B. Jordan) and Bianca (Tessa Thompson) discover they are...
Kay Reynolds
Oct 2, 20185 min read
“Halloween” 4K makes the cut
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Sheriff's daughter Annie Brackett, (Nancy Loomis/Keyes) one of Laurie Storde's friends, is one of...
Bill Kelley III
Aug 6, 20184 min read
Washington hits the hit men in “The Equalizer” 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Denzel Washington plays former U.S. intelligence agent Robert McCall, who battles the Russian mafia...
Bill Kelley III
Jul 23, 20185 min read
Score another hit for Spielberg with “Ready Player One”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) hopes to win the OASIS three Easter egg challenge set up by the late...
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