4K UHD Review: Airport
For information on the film, click here for an earlier review. Kino Lorber’s all-new HDR/Dolby Vision Master – From a 4K Scan of 35mm Inter-positive is a wonderful representation of the 70mm Todd-AO production shot by Ernest Laszlo. The clarity is outstanding. The colors are vivid and deep, while blacks are deep and inky. The […]
Blu-ray Review: The First Time (1969)
16-year-old Kenny (Wes Stern) has one thing on his mind: girls. Summer break means he and his friends Mike (Rick Kelman) and Tommy (Wink Roberts) have nothing but time to engage in their fantasies about the opposite sex. The trio ride their bikes, go swimming and daydream about having sex. They strike out with the […]
Blu-ray Review: The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
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Blu-ray Review: Backstabbing for Beginners
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The Detective (1968) (Blu-ray)
Following the success of Tony Rome, Frank Sinatra returned to the role of hard boiled investigator with The Detective. Based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Roderick Thorp, The Detective is far more serious and adult in tone than Tony Rome, but touched on some surprising themes for the era and saw […]
Wild Orchid (Blu-ray)
Long before the soft core sensuality of Fifty Shades of Grey was heating up theaters, writer/director Zalman King was pushing boundaries with his own brand of eroticism. After co-writing and producing the erotic drama 9 ½ Weeks—which became an international box office sensation and a big success on home video—King moved into directing, releasing his […]
Blu-ray Review: Airport
In this tag team review, Rory will give you his thoughts on the film, while Rebecca handles the audio and video aspects of the Blu-ray, as well as the special features. In 1995, I was an 11-year-old aviation enthusiast, stemming from my parents taking me to watch planes take off and land at Orlando International […]
Blu-ray Review: The Deep
Sony Pictures | 1977 | 125 mins | Rated PG It seems safe to say that author and screenwriter Peter Benchley will always be best known for Jaws, his 1974 bestselling novel that he subsequently turned into a screenplay with Carl Gottlieb. Of course, Jaws was directed by Steven Spielberg and became one of the […]