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Dan Curtis’ Dead of Night (1977) Blu-ray Review: Trilogy of Terror Redux

Throughout the '70s, Dan Curtis was the go-to man for network TV horror. From Dark Shadows to The Night Stalker ...
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Touché Turtle and Dum Dum: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: A Fun Cartoon Filled with Heroic Slapstick

Touché Turtle and Dum Dum is one of three cartoons, along with Wally Gator and Lippy the Lion and Hardy ...
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Dan Curtis’ Classic Monsters Blu-ray Review: Made-for-TV Mayhem

Dan Curtis was a television producer and director of the '60s and '70s. While his actual output was varied, he ...
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Knight Rider (1982): The Complete Series 4K UHD Review: Boy Meets Car

Glen A. Larson had a prolific career in television as a writer and producer in a variety of genres, and ...
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Spenser: For Hire: The Complete Series DVD Review: Robert Urich Is on the Case

Based on Robert B. Parker's Spenser novels, Spenser: For Hire is a Boston-based detective series starring Robert Urich as the ...
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La Femme Nikita: The Complete Series DVD Box Set Review: Viva Peta

I’ve watched every iteration of the Nikita spy character except the ‘97-’01 TV series, making this new box set a ...
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Emergency!: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: The Paramedic Adventures of Gage and DeSoto

Robert A. Cinader assisted Jack Webb in producing the 1967–70 revival of Dragnet. Together, they created Adam-12 (1968–1975), another Los ...
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The Lake Trilogy DVD Review: Nordic Noir Moves South

I know nothing about Slovenia, but this new DVD set billed as “the first Slovenian crime noir series” caught my ...
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The Huckleberry Hound Show: The Complete Original Series Blu-ray Review: A Cartoon Classic from the Vaults

The Huckleberry Hound Show: The Complete Original Series presents all four seasons, 68 episodes across eleven Blu-ray discs, of the ...
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Interview: Darcy Staniforth in Conversation with Barbara Butcher About The Death Investigator with Barbara Butcher

Barbara Butcher spent more than twenty years as a death investigator with the NYPD. Over the span of her accomplished ...
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The Last of Us: The Complete Second Season 4K UHD Steelbook Review: Terrific Television

Sequels are hard. Television series past season number one are hard. The moment right before you start to tell a ...
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The White Lotus: The Complete Third Season DVD Review: Thai Spice

HBO’s buzzy limited series continues with its third iteration, this time traveling to an idyllic resort in Thailand. As in ...
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PAW Patrol: Fire Rescue DVD Review: Adventure Bay Has a Fire Problem

Welcome to Adventure Bay, the town where PAW Patrol: Fire Rescue takes place. Ryder is the boy who runs the ...
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Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman – The Complete Series Blu-ray Box Set Review

Not to be confused with the recently concluded Superman & Lois series, this new Blu-ray box set compiles the full ...
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See: Complete Series Blu-ray Review: Blind Game of Thrones

You know how it’s generally annoying whenever a sighted actor plays a blind character? Now imagine an entire cast fumbling ...
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The 100: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Review: Post-Apocalyptic Lord of the Flies

After drifting out of print over the last decade, the first season of this sci-fi series is once again available ...
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Mr. Peabody & Sherman: The Complete Collection DVD Review: A Dog and His Boy

Produced by Jay Ward Productions, the animated adventures of Rocket J. (“Rocky”) Squirrel and Bullwinkle J. Moose originally aired from ...
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Salem’s Lot (1979) DVD Review: Good Movie, Weird Release

Stephen King has said that the idea for his novel 'Salem's Lot came to him during his teaching days. He'd ...
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Murder, She Wrote: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: There’s No Mystery That Angela Lansbury Is the Key to the Series’ Success

Murder, She Wrote is an hour-long mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as widowed author Jessica Fletcher, a resident of Cabot ...
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Cheyenne: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: The Man with a Known Name

Starring Clint Walker, Cheyenne was the first hour-long Western. Now available on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection, The Complete ...
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Happy Valley: Series One DVD Review: Happy Viewers, Miserable Characters

Catherine Cawood is a determined police sergeant in her grim small UK town of Yorkshire. She’s haunted by the suicide ...
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Captain Planet and the Planeteers: The Complete Franchise Blu-ray Review: “Saving Our Planet Is the Thing to Do”

Captain Planet and the Planeteers: The Complete Franchise collects the three seasons of Captain Planet and the Planeteers, which was ...
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Mr. Show: The Complete Collection DVD Review: Sketch Comedy That Is Both Topical and Timeless

Previously released in 2006 and 2014, Mr. Show: The Complete Collection returns to DVD on a six-disc set, which is ...
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Wacky Races: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: A Dastardly Good Time

Inspired by Blake Edwards's The Great Race, Wacky Races debuted in 1968. The Complete Series Blu-ray presents all 17 episodes, ...
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The Magilla Gorilla Show: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: This Monkey’s Gone to Heaven

This classic Hanna-Barbera series finally gets a Blu-ray release, and the results should finally satisfy fans disappointed by previous DVD ...
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Dune: Prophecy: The Complete First Season 4K UHD Review: Spice World

The resurgence of Dune in the cultural lexicon has been awesome to see in recent years, thanks to Denis Villeneuve’s ...
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Landman: Season One Blu-ray Review: Billy Bob Thornton Hits a Gusher

Following the successes of his Yellowstone universe, as well as Mayor of Kingstown, Tulsa King, and Lioness, Taylor Sheridan’s latest ...
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Earth II Blu-ray Review: A Science Fiction Pilot That Fails to Engage

Earth II (1971) is a television pilot that didn't make it to series. Within the TV movie, Earth II is ...
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The Last of Us: The Complete First Season 4K UHD Steelbook Review: The Best of TV

Who would have thought that Craig Mazin, writer of lowbrow comedies such as Scary Movie 3 & 4 and The ...
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I Love Lucy: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: Arguably the Greatest Sitcom of All Time

After only the first two seasons were previously released on Blu-ray, I Love Lucy: The Complete Series now presents all ...
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Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: A Fun Show Geared Towards a Young Audience

As Hanna-Barbera was transitioning from cartoon shows about funny animals to adventure stories, Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles initially ran ...
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Wait Till Your Father Gets Home: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: Father Tries His Best

Initially appearing as a segment on the anthology show Love, American Style entitled “Love and the Old Fashioned Father,” Hanna-Barbera's ...
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Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie Blu-ray Review: A Solid Mix of Humor and Seriousness

Normally, I don't care for most reboots, but I really loved Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie (2023), a ...
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Dario Argento’s Deep Cuts Blu-ray Review: B-Sides from the Great Italian Director

A little less than ten years ago my wife and I bought our first house. Before then we'd lived in ...
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Top Cat: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: Amusing in That ’60s-Sitcom Way

Following the success of The Flinstones, Hanna Barbera tried to replicate the formula by unofficially adapting another successful sitcom. For ...
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Evil: The Complete Series DVD Review: Well Worth Your Time

If I told you the basic synopsis of Evil - a priest in training, a lapsed Catholic psychologist, and a ...
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Super Friends: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: Justice League Cartoons Assemble

Super Friends was Hanna-Barbera's animated adaptation of Justice League of America, a superhero team that frequently featured DC Comics' Big ...
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Hanna-Barbera’s Superstars 10 Blu-ray Review: A Good Collection for Young Cartoon-Watchers

Hanna-Barbera's Superstars 10 collects 10 made-for-TV animated films that aired on The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera, a syndicated program that ...
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The Alaskans: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: The Man with the Golden Dream

It’s common knowledge that Roger Moore rose to fame as the star of the British TV series The Saint before ...
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Arctic Circle: Season 1-3 DVD Review: Panic in Lapland

This Finnish crime series has two big draws: an eerily prescient focus in 2018 on an emerging global pandemic, and ...
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Knuckles Blu-ray Review: Strong TV Show Bolsters Sonic Universe

Knuckles is a limited TV series consisting of six total episodes following the story of Knuckles the Echidna (voiced by ...
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Call My Agent!: The Complete Series DVD Review: Wonderfully Fun

As far back as I can remember, I always loved the movies. Some of my fondest memories are of going ...
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Warehouse 13: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: All of the Artifacts in One Place

Version 1.0.0 A decade after the conclusion of its five-season broadcast run, Warehouse 13 has finally been compiled into one ...
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True Detective: Night Country Blu-ray Review: Frozen Over

When True Detective first premiered in 2014, it was unlike anything that had been on television at the time. Two ...
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The Flash: The Original Series Blu-ray Review: A Flashback to a Simpler Time for Superheroes

Coming out a year after Tim Burton's Batman (1989) helped elevate the comic book genre to be taken more seriously ...
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Monk: Season Eight Blu-ray Review: Monk’s Journey Comes to an End

With Season Eight, our favorite agoraphobic detective's journey (emotional, physical, and mental) comes to an end, with tears and all. ...
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Dexter’s Laboratory: The Complete Series DVD Review: As Inventive As Its Main Character

With its origins in an animated short film he made while attending CalArts, Genndy Tartakovsky created Dexter's Laboratory, a sci-fi ...
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Welcome Back, Kotter: The Complete Series DVD Review: A Funny Show Even When Dealing with Serious Topics

Welcome Back, Kotter is a reference to Gabe Kotter (co-creator Gabe Kaplan, whose life and stand-up material inspired the show), ...
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Monk: Season Six Blu-ray Review: A Particularly Winning Season

As I have mentioned in reviews of past seasons of Monk (2002-2009), there is a formula and familiarity there, but ...
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Monk: Season Five Blu-ray Review: This Season Showcases Monk’s Self-absorption and Selfishness

Despite the fact there isn't any real character growth and the show's formula is still there, Season Five of Monk ...
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