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Read More DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Review: Brings the Fun Back to Comic Book-related Shows
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Read More Remembering David Bowie and “Under Pressure”
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Read More Arrow: The Complete Third Season Blu-ray Review: An Exciting Ride for Starling City’s Most Famous Archer
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Read More Music from Love & Mercy Album Review: An Auditory Journey into the Mind of a Troubled Genius
The word "genius" gets thrown around a lot when referring to various musicians, but in the case of the Beach ...
Read More Monkey Warriors DVD Review: A Fascinating Look at How Monkeys Have Adapted to City Life
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Read More Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Lost Missions Blu-ray Review: An Excellent Ending to a Strong Series
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Read More The Who: Quadrophenia – Live in London Blu-ray Review: A Stunning Audio and Visual Presentation
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Read More Earth Flight: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: A Bird’s-eye View of Life on the Wing
Continuing their excellent series of nature documentaries, BBC Earth has taken a look at the lives of birds in Earth ...
Read More Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (40th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) Review: A Classic Album Worthy of the Treatment
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Read More Elvis Presley: Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis Legacy Edition Review: The King’s Homecoming Concert in Its Entirety
When Elvis Presley played a concert in Memphis, TN, in 1961, few, if any in the audience probably suspected it ...
Read More 100 Years Of Wrigley Field DVD Review: A Century of Baseball on Chicago’s North Side
The Friendly Confines, three words that conjure up images of sold-out games, fans watching from rooftops, the ivy on the ...
Read More Pride and Perseverance: The Story of the Negro Leagues DVD Review: Best Told by the Players Who Lived It
When Jackie Robinson took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, he broke an unwritten color rule in Major ...
Read More Snow Babies DVD Review: A Look at the Challenges Baby Animals Face in Life’s First Year
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Read More Penguins: Spy In The Huddle DVD Review: A Look at a Penguin’s Life from the Inside
Penguins are remarkable creatures. Able to endure some of the most extreme climates on earth, they are also some of ...
Read More The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Masterfully Acted and Presented
The 1960s Cold War era proved a fertile time for the spy movie genre. James Bond offered a glamorous, high-tech ...
Read More Last Shop Standing DVD Review: The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of the Independent Record Store
As music sales have declined over the last decade, the retailers hit hardest have been the independent record stores. In ...
Read More Concert Review: Michael Nesmith, The Magic Bag, Ferndale, MI, 4/7/13
For years, Michael Nesmith famously avoided the concert stage, both as a solo artist and as a member of the ...
Read More The Blue Planet: Seas of Life Blu-ray Review: A Spectacular View of Life at Sea
In 2001, the BBC took on the daunting task of doing a comprehensive documentary on one of the least-explored regions ...
Read More FCA! 35 Tour: An Evening with Peter Frampton DVD Review: Paying Tribute to the Album That Made Him a Household Name
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Read More Produced by George Martin Blu-ray Review: An Inside Look At The Producing Legend
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Read More Never Say Never Again Collector’s Edition DVD Review: Sean Connery Plays His Most Famous Role One Last Time
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Read More Quadrophenia Criterion Collection DVD Review: Dressed Right For a Beach Fight
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Read More The Beatles: Their Golden Age DVD Review: A Short, but Information-packed Documentary on the Fab Four
It’s not possible to thoroughly cover the Beatles’ unparalleled career in an hour, but The Beatles: Their Golden Age attempts ...
Read More Thunderball DVD Review: James Bond in High-Stakes Action at Sea
Beautiful women, exotic locations, and criminal masterminds threatening nuclear holocaust? These are business as usual for M16 agent 007, James ...
Read More Muddy Waters & The Rolling Stones: Live at the Checkerboard Lounge Chicago 1981 Review: The Students Join the Teacher On Stage
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Read More Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here Blu-ray Review: Their Musical Talents Shine On
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Read More Simply Red: Live at Montreux 2003 Blu-ray Review: The Beginning of Their Rebirth and the End of the Line
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Read More Phil Collins: Live at Montreux 2004 Blu-ray Review: Nice Overview of His Long Solo Career
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Elvis Presley was riding a major wave of success in 1970. Free of his movie obligations of the 1960s, Presley ...
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