Archive for September 2012
Produced by George Martin Blu-ray Review: An Inside Look At The Producing Legend
A look at the life of one of music’s most beloved producers.
Read MoreLola Versus Blu-ray Review: Films About Breaking up Are Hard to Do
It tries to be an edgy breakup comedy but doesn’t quite succeed.
Read MoreThe Best Exotic Marigold Hotel DVD Review: Well Worth a Visit
There are many wonderful aspects that make the film so successful.
Read MoreThe Babymakers Blu-ray Review: Finally, A Lifetime Movie Made for Men
Broken Lizard antics mixed with what would otherwise be another typical chick flick? I’m in.
Read MoreSurviving Progress DVD Review: How to Temper a Double-Edged Sword
Human progress has given us some fantastic tools and technology, but that same development threatens our continued existence on this planet.
Read MoreFringe: The Complete Fourth Season Blu-ray Review: A New Timeline Brings Both Enjoyment and Disappointment
Just think, there’s an alternative universe where the writers did a better job.
Read MoreThe Halloween Tree DVD Review: This Tree Bears Spirited, Nostalgic Fruit
The Halloween Tree really seems to capture the spirit of the holiday in an almost magical way.
Read MoreThe Living Daylights Movie Review: It’s Not Easy Being the New Guy, Especially When You’re the New Guy’s Substitute
Just like Frankie, Elvis, and Sid, Timothy Dalton did it his way.
Read MoreFreddie Mercury: The Great Pretender Blu-ray Review: Queen’s Frontman Gets the Royal Treatment
A respectable look at a man and his talent.
Read MoreSnow White and the Huntsman Blu-ray Review: A Visual Spectacle, But Not Quite a Classic Reborn
Convincing effects can’t cover up a thin story with some judicious liberties taken, but it’s still a fun ride.
Read MoreThe Delta Force Blu-ray Review: Chuck Norris Negotiates Peace in the Middle East
Fun and unintentionally funny.
Read MoreDoctor Who: Planet of Giants DVD Review: Reconstructing the Doctor
Another brilliant entry in the ongoing mission to release the early episodes.
Read MoreModern Family: The Complete Third Season Blu-ray Review: More of the Same and That’s a Good Thing
A pleasant family sitcom that combines laughs and heart in its stories.
Read MoreTwo and a Half Men: The Complete Ninth Season DVD Review: How to Carry On After Your Star Gets Fired
Ashton Kutcher is given the unenviable task of stepping in to fill Charlie Sheen’s cocaine-stained shoes; and he immediately starts winning.
Read MoreSky Commanders: The Complete Animated Series DVD Review: Easy to See Why It Didn’t Work
Which came first: The toyline or the cartoon?
Read MoreBond 50: The Complete 22 Film Collection Is the Pick of the Week
The super spy gets a super box.
Read MoreTotal Recall (2012) Movie Review: Get Your Ass To, Well, Britain, I Guess
Despite some inconsistencies with the previous movie and original short story, this holds up admirably as a fun action romp.
Read MoreDiplomatic Courier DVD Review: A Sturdy, if Unremarkable Cold War Thriller
Henry Hathaway’s post-WWII suspense film isn’t particularly memorable, but it generally gets the job done.
Read MorePac-Man: The Complete Second Season DVD Review: Worse Than You Imagine
There are not enough power pellets in the world to make this show watchable.
Read MoreAbsolutely Fabulous 20th Anniversary Specials: Still Not Acting Their Age, Thankfully
Edina, Patsy, and the gang return for three specials.
Read MoreWeekend (2011) Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Moving, Deceptively Complex Film
I didn’t think much of Andrew Haigh’s film when I first saw it, but I’m glad I gave it a second look.
Read MoreA View to a Kill Movie Review: I Want My MTV
A review of Roger Moore’s last outing.
Read MoreHoly Flying Circus DVD Review: A Pythonesque Look at the Controversy Surrounding Life of Brian
For Monty Python fans, it is a must.
Read MoreWallander Series 3 DVD Review: No Loki, Still Heavenly
Kenneth Branagh returns for his third tour of duty as Sweden’s most famous inspector.
Read MoreChildren of Paradise Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Cinematic Paradise
Exceptional new restoration of classic French film enhances an already monumental work.
Read MoreSampling The Carol Burnett Show: The Ultimate Collection: Curious Selections
What is rare is not funny and what is funny is not rare.
Read MoreNever Say Never Again Collector’s Edition DVD Review: Sean Connery Plays His Most Famous Role One Last Time
The original is back in action as 007.
Read MoreLonesome (1928) Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Sometimes, Happiness is Just a Neighbor Away
Criterion brings us the lost fairy-tale romance from Paul Fejos, along with two other Fejos curiosities.
Read MoreZombie A-Hole DVD Review: A Worthwhile Throwback to Less-Than-Serious Horror Movies of Yore
Boobs and blood, exploitation and gratuity…what more could you want?
Read MoreOslo, August 31st DVD Review: A Brilliant, Thoughtful Piece of Art
The talons of old lives dig deep.
Read MoreThe Heathcliff and Dingbat Show DVD Review: A Fun Romp from My Childhood
Warner Archive unleashes these mischievous animals from 1980.
Read MoreBorn to Be Bad (1950) DVD Review: A Cinematic Mystery Solved
Six decades later, Warner Archive restores the original ending to what could have been a great film.
Read MoreFrankenstein (2004) DVD Review: A Little Too Anemic to be Gothic
“I shall ascend my funeral pile triumphantly and exult in the agony of the torturing flames” or not, as the case might be.
Read MoreCriterion Collection Eclipse Series 35: Maidstone and Other Films by Norman Mailer DVD Review
Be grateful that his career as a filmmaker was short-lived.
Read MoreIndiana Jones: The Complete Adventures Is the Pick of the Week
All four films are in one big Blu-ray package, loaded with extras.
Read MoreUnderstanding Art: Impressionism DVD Review: An Enjoyable Look at an Important Movement
An entertaining, accessible, and occasionally annoying observation of art.
Read MoreThe Game (1997) Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Fast-paced Thrill Ride
Emotionally and intellectually engaging while also being visually interesting.
Read MoreOctopussy Movie Review: Can’t Live Up To Its Name
Don’t tell my mom but Octopussy doesn’t live up to my pubescent imagination.
Read MoreTIFF 2012 Review: Storm Surfers 3D: A Marvelous Adventure
Surfing for these guys isn’t just a board and some wax.
Read MoreRevenge: The Complete First Season DVD Review: Very Little Here You Can’t Find in a Daytime Soap Opera
Once again, ABC has taken a routine movie formula and turned it into an overlong TV series.
Read MoreTerra Nova: The Complete Series DVD Review: A Missed Opportunity
It is unfortunate that circumstances went the way they did, but you never know.
Read MoreAbout Cherry Movie Review: Could Have Been About So Much More
A film I am glad I didn’t save my virginity for.
Read MoreVexed: Series 1 DVD Review: A Brief Burst of Genre-Bending Hilarity
Buddy cop show seeks laughs instead of clues.
Read MoreThe Complete Hammer House of Horror DVD Review: A Mixture of the Macabre and Mediocre
An odd mix of satisfying and disappointing.
Read MoreFor Your Eyes Only Movie Review: At Least the Title Track is Good
It hasn’t held up well over 30 years.
Read MoreSacrifice (2010) DVD Review: Not Worth Your Time Sacrifice
Veteran director Chen Kaige hampered by bad editing and lackluster acting.
Read MoreThe Big Bang Theory: The Complete Fifth Season DVD Review: Their Funniest Season Yet
After five seasons, series shows no sign of slowing down.
Read MoreBattle Circus DVD Review: Bogart Plays M*A*S*H Doctor
A gritty, realistic portrait of the Korean War that is ultimately weakened by the inclusion of an ineffective romantic subplot.
Read MoreBook Review: An Askew View 2 by John Kenneth Muir
Recommended for Kevin Smith fans.
Read More30 Rock: Season 6 Is the Pick of the Week
It took me awhile to get on board, but I now love 30 Rock.
Read MoreJay and Silent Bob Get Old: Tea Bagging in the UK DVD Review: Adding Sights to the Clerks’ Podcast’s Sounds
If you enjoy watching a radio show being taped, this is the Smith/Mewes project you’ve been waiting for.
Read MoreMartha Reeves: Live in Concert DVD Review: Martha’s Voice Has Nowhere to Hide
Martha Reeves and her new Vandellas perform their hits at a South Carolina concert, now available on DVD and CD.
Read MoreGlee: The Complete Third Season Blu-ray Review: Lower Your Expectations and Enjoy
While Glee will never be quality television, I found myself enjoying season three more than I had any right to.
Read MoreThe Lieutenant: The Complete Series Part One DVD Review: Gene Roddenberry’s First TV Series
Before Star Trek, Roddenberry wrote and produced this military drama starring Gary Lockwood.
Read MoreMoonraker Movie Review: Even an Established Film Franchise Can Bow to a New Trend
007 goes toe-to-toe with Star Wars, and the result is nothing short of amusing.
Read MoreThe Lieutenant: The Complete Series Part Two DVD Review: Gene Roddenberry Sows the Seeds of Star Trek
A very good series on its own terms.
Read MoreThe O’Jays: Live in Concert DVD Review: An Enjoyable Romp Through Their Greatest Hits
This trip down Philadelphia Soul memory lane proves that some artists get even better with time.
Read MoreInjustice (2011) DVD Review: The Vigilante Barrister
James Purefoy shines as the morally ambiguous lead character in this British crime procedural miniseries.
Read MoreThe Spy Who Loved Me Movie Review: One of the Franchise’s Best
Nobody does James Bond better than the cast and crew of The Spy Who Loved Me.
Read MoreThe Foxes of Harrow DVD Review: Drags to the Point of Tedium
A potentially compelling story is lost to the whims of the Production Code and the weight of its failed attempts at grandeur.
Read MoreH.P. Lovecraft’s The Whisperer in Darkness Blu-ray Review: We’re Lucky to Have It
Eldritch rituals, gibbous moons, and Great Old Ones finally available in your home theater.
Read MoreThe Harry Potter Wizard’s Collection Is the Pick of the Week
I can’t wait to watch these films with my daughter.
Read MoreThe Man with the Golden Gun Movie Review: All That’s Gold Does Not Glitter
The filmmakers missed a golden opportunity.
Read MoreGreen Lantern: The Animated Series: Season One Part One DVD Review: Great Writing Makes the Visuals Tolerable
It’s not easy being green.
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