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Witness 4K Blu-ray Review

5 days ago | avforums.com | Mark Costello

Harrison Ford, in arguably one of his finest roles, trades blasters and fedoras for a badge and undersized farm clothes, playing big city detective John Book. Investigating a brutal murder witnessed by a young Amish boy (a brilliant Lukas Haas), Book finds himself drawn into the insular world of the boy’s community - and, inevitably, to the boy’s mother, played with beautiful restraint by Kelly McGillis.
Discussion of our review of Witness 4K Blu-ray

5 days ago | avforums.com | Mark Costello

#1 Read the Witness 4K Blu-ray Review. One of Harrison Ford’s most underseen and best roles, his big city cop investigating a murder whilst hiding out in the Amish Community of rural Pennsylvania is a superb reminder of when genre can be subverted into something fresh. And brilliant. And Arrow finally release the film on 4K in the UK 18 months after releasing it over in the US… Write your own review for Witness JVC DLA-N5, Sapphire SFCS203, Panasonic DMP-UB820/DMP-BDT500, Apple TV 4K, Denon...
Palindromes 4K Blu-ray Review

5 days ago | avforums.com | Mark Costello

Any filmography that includes the likes of Happinessand Storytelling can’t help but be the very definition of ‘challenging cinema’. And 2004’s Palindromes might be one of his most divisive works.
Discussion of our review of Palindromes 4K Blu-ray

5 days ago | avforums.com | Mark Costello

#1 Read the Palindromes 4K Blu-ray Review. Todd Solondz’s deep, dark, descent into the world of a young girl in modern America is practically the posterchild for ‘challenging cinema’. And as the first 4K UHD blu-ray from boutique masters radiances, it’s an equally challenging release… Write your own review for Palindromes JVC DLA-N5, Sapphire SFCS203, Panasonic DMP-UB820/DMP-BDT500, Apple TV 4K, Denon AVR-X4300H, Cambridge Audio 651W, Kef Q300 x2, Kef Q200c, Kef Ci160cl x 4, Kef Ci130cr x 4,...
28 Years Later Movie Review

6 days ago | avforums.com | Mark Costello

‘Boots…boots…boots…boots…movin’ up and down again!’ Review Specs Discussion (16) Cinema Dolby Atmos And with those intervening years offering up such real world tribulations as an actual global pandemic as well as Brexit, the sweeping rise of populism and the current brink of a new nuclear conflict, it seems that it took those years for both creative powerhouses to find something that met their stringent quality control checks…something that is as far removed from 28 Days Later as that film...
Discussion of our review of 28 Years Later Movie

6 days ago | avforums.com | Mark Costello

#1 Read the 28 Years Later Movie Review. Boyle and Garland return to the franchise and indeed the genre they helped reinvent and do it again with this bravura first part of a new Rage Virus trilogy that will likely disappoint as many as it delights… Write your own review for 28 Years Later JVC DLA-N5, Sapphire SFCS203, Panasonic DMP-UB820/DMP-BDT500, Apple TV 4K, Denon AVR-X4300H, Cambridge Audio 651W, Kef Q300 x2, Kef Q200c, Kef Ci160cl x 4, Kef Ci130cr x 4, Kef Q400b x2 My BD collection:...
Irish officials leading conference on jockey health

1 week ago | theirishfield.ie | Mark Costello

DR Jennifer Pugh of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board and Dr Sarah Jane Cullen from Dublin City University have played a key role in organising the International Conference for the Health, Safety and Welfare of Jockeys (ICHSWJ) in Hong Kong on December 11th-12th.
Kevin Prendergast passes away, aged 92

1 week ago | theirishfield.ie | Mark Costello

Kevin Prendergast passed away on Friday, just two weeks short of his 93rd birthday. From a famous Irish racing family, he trained for over 60 years and never retired, having had a runner as recently as last weekend. He won eight Irish classics and one British classic.
'He was a force of nature - you thought he might never die'

1 week ago | theirishfield.ie | Mark Costello

JIM BOLGER: Kevin was a great family manI have been friends with Kevin for almost 50 years. A thorough gentleman with a great sense of humour, we never had a cross word between us. In my early days, I asked him for advice and he never held anything back. He didn’t have it easy himself starting out. He built up his own place, nothing was handed to him. The thing that made him stand out was his work ethic.
Shock and sadness over Hugh Mulryan death

1 week ago | theirishfield.ie | Mark Costello

A SENSE of disbelief reigned this week when news circulated that Hugh Mulryan had died unexpectedly in England. He was just 25. From Oranmore in Co Galway and son of well-known owner-breeder Liam Mulryan, Hugh was well-known and very well-liked in racing and bloodstock circles. He was working for trainer Adrian Keatley and just last week he bought one of the top lots at the Goffs Arkle Sale Part 2 and had spoken to the media about his plans for the future.