Category: Down from the Shelf
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Uncommon Valor 4K Review: Old Soldiers, New Resolution
Shelf WorthyPhysical Media Review Uncommon Valor (1983) 4K UHD + Blu-ray · Kino Lorber Stream First In Brief Ted Kotcheff’s MIA rescue drama comes to 4K UHD from Kino Lorber with a new camera-negative scan and a welcome batch of fresh extras. The movie is unabashedly formula, but Gene Hackman and one terrific bench of…
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K2 4K Review: Second Highest, First Rate
Shelf WorthyPhysical Media Review K2 (1991) 4K UHD + Blu-ray · Kino Lorber Shelf Worthy In Brief Franc Roddam’s survival drama makes its Blu-ray and 4K UHD debut from Kino Lorber with a new scan, Dolby Vision and a pair of worthwhile new extras. The drama can drag down at base camp, but once K2…
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Walk a Tightrope Blu-ray Review: Duryea’s Last Noir Balancing Act
Shelf WorthyPhysical Media Review Walk a Tightrope (1963) Blu-ray · Kino Lorber Completionists Only In Brief Dan Duryea’s final film noir makes its U.S. home-video debut on Kino Lorber Blu-ray from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative. The catch is that Kino has Paramount’s trimmed 69-minute American version rather than the longer…
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The Frighteners 4K Review: Who You Gonna Con?
Shelf WorthyPhysical Media Review The Frighteners (1996) 4K UHD + Blu-ray · Arrow Video Shelf Worthy In Brief Peter Jackson’s gleefully strange ghost comedy makes its North American 4K UHD debut in Arrow Video’s packed three-disc set. Both cuts get Dolby Vision, both return in open-matte versions on Blu-ray, and the archival extras could keep…
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The Hi-Lo Country Blu-ray Review: Range of Emotion
Shelf WorthyPhysical Media Review The Hi-Lo Country (1998) Blu-ray · Kino Lorber Shelf Worthy In Brief Stephen Frears saddles up for the Western Sam Peckinpah spent years trying to make, with Billy Crudup, Woody Harrelson, Patricia Arquette and Penélope Cruz caught between friendship, cattle and bad decisions. Kino brings the film to U.S. Blu-ray with…
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Money From Home Blu-ray Review: Off to the Races in Depth
Shelf WorthyPhysical Media Review Money From Home (1953) Blu-ray 3D + 2D Blu-ray · Kino Lorber Stream First In Brief Martin and Lewis’s only 3-D feature finally reaches home video the way it was shot, restored from the original Technicolor camera negatives. Kino Lorber includes native 3-D, 2D and anaglyph presentations, making the restoration the…
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A Kiss Before Dying (1991) Blu-ray Review: Twin Peaks, Mostly Valleys
Shelf WorthyPhysical Media Review A Kiss Before Dying (1991) Blu-ray · Kino Lorber Stream First In Brief Kino Lorber brings James Dearden’s glossy Ira Levin thriller to Blu-ray with an older HD master, lossless audio and two new commentaries. Matt Dillon makes a terrific cold-blooded social climber, but the movie never quite tops its nasty…
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Rider on the Rain 4K Review: Partly Cloudy With Bronson
Shelf WorthyPhysical Media Review Rider on the Rain (1970) 4K UHD (2 discs) · Kino Lorber Stream First In Brief René Clément’s moody 1970 thriller arrives on two Kino Lorber 4K UHD discs, with a separate cut and master on each. The movie is the real draw here: dreamy, uneasy and a terrific showcase for…
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A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon Blu-ray Review: Rebel Without a Clue
Shelf WorthyPhysical Media Review A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988) Blu-ray · Kino Lorber Completionists Only In Brief Kino Lorber brings River Phoenix’s first starring vehicle to Blu-ray with an older HD master, lossless audio and a new commentary that adds valuable context. Phoenix is always watchable, but Jimmy’s swagger wears thin…
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Daylight 4K Review: Light at the Tunnel’s End
Shelf WorthyPhysical Media Review Daylight (1996) 4K UHD + Blu-ray · Kino Lorber Stream First In Brief Sylvester Stallone’s tunnel-disaster throwback returns to Kino Lorber 4K UHD after its original 2025 pressing vanished almost as quickly as it arrived. The new 4K master is the big attraction, while the extras all carry over from 2011.…
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