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If one hasn't seen enough of Tom Hanks, along with others, running through the streets, caverns, and cisterns of beautiful European locations in The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, you'll be thrilled that the story continues in Inferno -- now alongside Felicity Jones, whose career continues...

With all of the new (and a few catalog) titles appearing on 4k UHD with HDR, I've found most are either interesting, or really don't gain that much with the addition of HDR. When they do, it's obvious, but since it's added to everything at the moment, some just don't cut it. The re-issue of...

The fact that Howard Hawks' His Girl Friday has made to Blu-ray is a small miracle, and that miracle has arrived via a wonderful Christmas gift from Criterion. The general feeling among serious film buffs is that 1939 was a "golden" year, that produced some of the greatest films ever made...

The Chase, is a Horizon Picture, which should be a signal that it's bound to be something special. And it is. Based upon the play (and novel) by Horton Foote, and with a screenplay by Lillian Hellman, it's the simple story of an escaped convict, played by Robert Redford. Marlon Brando is the...

I've noted in the past, that reviewing Columbia releases gets boring. Quality-wise, there's hardly anything negative to discuss. Ever! Same thing here with the two Dan Brown-based productions from director Ron Howard, and starring Tom Hanks. The only decision I had to make was whether to run...

The new Ghostbusters, with it's all-female lead cast has some wonderful things going for it. Dolby Atmos. A beautiful 4k (up-rezzed from 2) UHD Blu-ray with HDR. And the interesting concept of creating an anamorphic production, with 3D effects moving into the entire 1.78 frame. Lastly, and...

There are two important things that one need know about Twilight Time's new Blu-ray of Paul Schrader's Hardcore. The mastering was performed by Columbia, which means that the resultant product will be glorious. Director Schrader was at the top of his game. George C. Scott, Peter Boyle and...

For decades the works of Frank Capra, who was a major force at Columbia during his tenure there, were treated as catalog titles. Need a print? Make one from whatever's at the lab. Slowly things turned, with a new respect for his works. Robert Gitt's reconstruction of Lost Horizon at UCLA...

Jim Henson's, now three decade old, Labyrinth, has been given the 4k UHD / HDR treatment by Columbia. I'm not a fan of running catalog titles through HDR, as most, at best, weren't designed for it, and others can be damaged by it. With Labyrinth, it seems to work nicely, especially in the rich...

While early 3D was fun for a short period c. 1952-53, for the sheer bravura entertainment factor of having things popped, pushed, dropped and poked into your face, it's something, that at least for me, wore off rapidly. What I wholeheartedly respect are those filmmakers who made 3D a part of...

Twilight Time has released one of the beautiful early '50s films. Fred Zinnemann's The Member of the Wedding, with Ethel Waters, Julie Harris, and Brandan De Wilde. Based upon the play (and novel) by Carson McCullers, who also wrote Reflections in a Golden Eye, and The Heart is a Lonely...

I can't believe that anyone on the original creative side of Ghostbusters would have thought that three decades later, their film would be taking on a very different look, with ghostly audio being heard from more speakers than ever before. I've spend several hours considering Ghostbusters in...