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Bill Kelley III
Jan 316 min read
Revenge Western “Winchester ’73” finally gets 4K upgrade
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / SDR SCREENSHOTS James Stewart stars as marksman Lin McAdam, and Millard Mitchell plays his riding partner, Frankie...
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Craig Shapiro
Jan 224 min read
Lee Marvin’s poignant ‘Monte Walsh’ is a must for your Western collection
BLU-RAY REVIEW / SDR SCREENSHOTS Lee Marvin, left, and Jack Palance star as Monte Walsh and Chet Rollins, aging cowboys who are facing a...
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Craig Shapiro & Bill Kelley III
Nov 22, 20245 min read
Eastwood and MacLaine chemistry spark in Kino Lorber’s “Two Mules for Sister Sara” 4K Ultra HD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Shirley MacLaine is Sister Sara, a nun – maybe – who is helping the Mexicans in their fight against...
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Bill Kelley III
Sep 16, 20247 min read
See it for yourself: “Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS (1) Kevin Costner spent nearly 35 years trying to get the story of “Horizon: An American Saga –...
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Peggy Earle
Aug 6, 20245 min read
Beautiful and heartbreaking – “Brokeback Mountain” on 4K UHD
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Left, Australian actor Heath Ledger plays Wyoming cowboy Ennis Del Mar and Jake Gyllenhaal plays...
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Kay Reynolds
Jun 7, 20247 min read
30 Seconds; 30 Bullets in classic “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS Left, Kirk Douglas plays John H. ‘Doc’ Holliday, a dentist, gambler, and a gunfighter, suffering...
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Bill Kelley III
May 31, 20246 min read
What it takes to wear “The Tin Star”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / 1080p SCREENSHOTS Twenty-four-year-old Anthony Perkins plays the inexperienced and fill-in sheriff Ben Owens, and Henry...
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Bill Kelley III
May 7, 20247 min read
Do not forsake “High Noon” 4K remaster!
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR SCREENSHOTS (1) Gary Cooper won the Academy Award for Best Actor as Marshal Will Kane. (2) Outlaws James Pierce,...
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Bill Kelley III
Apr 30, 20246 min read
Arrow Video gives the Duke a solid Blu-ray sendoff in ‘The Shootist’
BLU-RAY REVIEW / SCREENSHOTS Actor John Wayne in his last on-screen performance as Shootist J.B. Books, who’s suffering from prostate...
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Mike Reynolds
Aug 16, 20236 min read
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...
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Bill Kelley III
Aug 4, 20237 min read
Warner celebrates one of its best – “Rio Bravo” – on 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS John Wayne plays Presidio County Sheriff John T. Chance in West Texas. He and his two deputies and...
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Bill Kelley III
Jul 24, 20239 min read
Yippie-yi-oh – Saddle up for Criterion’s “The Ranown Westerns: Five Films by Budd Boetticher”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS The leathered Randolph Scott was in his late 50s when he starred in Budd Boetticher’s “The Tall T.”...
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Bill Kelley III
Mar 16, 20237 min read
UPDATED: Banderas, Hopkins and Zeta-Jones shine in “The Mask of Zorro: 25th Anniversary Edition”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / NEW HDR FRAME SHOTS (1&2) Zorro (Antonio Banderas) is not just a great swordsman but has amazing acrobatic skills,...
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Kay Reynolds
Feb 21, 20236 min read
UPDATED: Heroes ride in Antoine Fuqua’s “The Magnificent Seven”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Denzel Washington stars as Sam Chisolm, a duly sworn warrant officer from Wichita, Kansas. He...
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Bill Kelley III
Feb 21, 20238 min read
They ride in 4K – “The Magnificent Seven: Collector’s Edition”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Yul Brynner plays Chris Adams, Horst Buchholz plays Chico, and Steve McQueen as Vin Tanner. The...
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