Note: all framegrabs were sourced from the 4K UHD discs SUPERMAN (1978) ****/**** Image B+ Sound A- Extras A- starring Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty screenplay by Mario Puzo, David Newman, Leslie Newman and Robert Benton directed by Richard Donner SUPERMAN II (1981) ***/**** Image A+ Sound B+ Extras A- starring Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper screenplay by Mario Puzo, David Newman and Leslie Newman directed by Richard Lester SUPERMAN II ...| FILM FREAK CENTRAL
2019 will be defined for me by two things–one is interesting, the other is not. The “not” is that my friend Sam killed himself. He used a gun. Sam and I disagreed about guns. He had been in various levels of law enforcement, retired to be a 9-1-1 operator, found himself traumatized after his service, and moved across the country to be closer to his young daughter and ex-wife. To be a dad, you know. Sam owned a lot of guns, but in the last couple of years, he began to ask me about statis...| FILM FREAK CENTRAL