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Marie’s Mind for Murder: Set One DVD Review: The German Mr. Monk

If you took Mr. Monk with all his eccentricities, but dialed back the OCD then mixed him with Dr. House ...
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Regular Show: Mordecai Pack DVD Review: As Good as the Series Gets

Cartoon Network's Regular Show is currently in its sixth season. The series presents the outlandish adventures of twenty-something friends Mordecai, ...
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The Wonder Years: Season Two DVD Review: Still a Wonder

ABC launched The Wonder Years on January 31, 1988 following Super Bowl XXII. The placement of the show would indicate ...
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Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Series 13 DVD Review: The Very End of Poirot

All good things must eventually end. And so it it with Poirot. After 22 years, 13 series, and 65 films ...
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ANZAC Girls DVD Review: Ladies at War and in Love

The Australian & New Zealand Army Corps (or ANZAC for short) nurses played an extremely important and nearly untold part ...
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Cracked (2013) DVD Review: “What Lies Beneath” an Incomplete Season Set?

Between having lived in a small redneck/prison/crackhead town year-round, walked on Hollywood Boulevard during the summertime when tourist season is ...
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Above Suspicion: Complete Collection DVD Review: It’s No Prime Suspect, but It Ain’t Half Bad

It is nearly impossible for the reviewer not to compare Above Suspicion with Prime Suspect. Both shows were created and ...
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Archer (Vice): The Complete Season Five Blu-ray Review: Smugglers’ Blues

As the season-five premiere, "White Elephant," opens, show creator Adam Reed creates a perfect visual metaphor. Life for the ISIS ...
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Batman: The Brave and the Bold: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray Review: Great Teamwork on and off Screen

Warner Archive continues its release of Cartoon Network's Batman: The Brave and the Bold on Blu-ray with The Complete Second Season.  The ...
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Intruders (2014) DVD Review: Moody Paranormal Thriller Looks Good but Lacks Depth

To review something is, at least in some ways, to spoil it. You simply cannot talk about the quality of ...
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Doctor Who: The Complete Eighth Series Blu-ray Review: Perhaps Even the Best

With the Blu-ray release of Doctor Who: The Complete Eighth Series, it is clear that the beloved Doctor is on ...
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The Best of The Danny Kaye Show DVD Review: If This Is the Best, I’d Hate to See the Worst

I've been a fan of Danny Kaye for a long time. While some know him for his films The Inspector ...
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History Presents: The Definitive WWI & WWII Collection DVD Review: Nirvana in a Box for War Buffs

At the close of the Second World War, Winston Churchill was quoted as saying, “One must regard these thirty years ...
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Adventure Time: The Complete Fourth Season Blu-ray Review: Make Time for It

The fourth season of Cartoon Network's Adventure Time ran from April 2, 2012 to October 22, 2012. Some of the ...
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Unit One: Set 1-3 DVD Review: Hannibal Plays a Cop

Long before international star Mads Mikkelsen terrorized TV viewers with his take on the role of Hannibal Lecter, he acted ...
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Borgen: The Complete Series DVD Review: Danish Politics Fit for Americans

Borgen is a Danish political drama that ran for three seasons from 2010 to 2014. It tells the story of ...
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Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars DVD Review: A Parallel Adventure in the Galactic Empire

Phineas and Ferb works almost entirely on the basis of their engaging formula. While there have been occasional efforts to ...
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Daniel Boone: The Complete Series (50th Anniversary) DVD Review: A Dream Come-a-Truer

Since the building of the Manufactured on Demand bandwagon, nearly every major studio in the home video industry has begun ...
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Miss Marple: Volume 1 DVD Review: Old Dames Rule

Agatha Christie's famous fictional heroine has moved from page to screen many times, but this series bears the distinction of ...
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My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks Blu-ray Review: Entertainment for the Entire Family

Written by Chad Derdowski In fall of 2013, the world was introduced to My Little Pony Equestria Girls, an alternate ...
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Lovejoy: Series 2 DVD Review: Ian McShane Is Back for More Antiques, Crime and Fun

Acorn Media has recently released Lovejoy: Series 2, and it is just as much fun as the first series. Based ...
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Thoughtful & Abstract: The Walking Dead: “No Sanctuary”

In which Shawn (@genx13) and Kim (@kimfreakinb) have instant reactions to the best walker show ever. Shawn: Let's get down ...
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Silent Witness: The Complete Season One and Seventeen DVDs Review: Ch-ch-ch-changes

In 1996, the BBC debuted a new contender into an arena of crime dramas that was already heavily populated by ...
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Young Justice Blu-ray Review: A Super(hero) Show from Warner Archive

Created by Brandon Vietti and Greg Weisman, Young Justice is a DC Comics animated series that aired for two seasons ...
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Steven Spielberg Director’s Collection Blu-ray Review: Finally, Duel in HD!

With the fourth quarter upon us and the holiday season that comes with it closing in at an ever-alarming speed, ...
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The Honorable Woman DVD Review: A Slow, Dense and Immensely Entertaining Thriller

Awhile back I made a pact with myself to not get involved in internet discussions of politics. There were many ...
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Father Brown: Season One DVD Review: Uninspired Priest Detective Series

It is difficult to determine where Father Brown fails more completely: as an adaptation, or as a mystery show in ...
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Inspector Manara: Season Two DVD Review: Crime and Amore

MHz has recently released the second season of the Italian crime/comedy series Inspector Manara. Fans of the first season will ...
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In the Flesh: The Complete Season Two DVD Review: The Undead Return. Again.

As the curtain rang on the initial season of the BBC's In the Flesh last year, its fate was entirely ...
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Spenser: For Hire: The Complete First Season (1985-86) DVD Review: Great ’80s Neo-Noir 

Anyone who has so much as flipped on a television set once for even only five minutes is probably quite ...
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Thoughtful & Abstract: Sons of Anarchy: Season 3

In which Shawn (@genx13) and Kim (@kimfreakinb) reminisce about Season Three of Sons of Anarchy. Shawn just started watching the ...
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TV Review: The Flash (2014): ‘City of Heroes’

After two appearances in the second season of Arrow, Barry Allen/The Flash (Grant Gustin) has been spun off into his ...
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The Wonder Years: Season One DVD Review: A Great Combination of Comedic Moments and Poignant Drama

It was 1988. Those Happy Days had been over for a while when ABC decided to take another walk down ...
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Thoughtful & Abstract: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: “Heavy Is The Head”

In which Shawn (@genx13) and Kim (@kimfreakinb) have instant reactions to the intense Marvel show and the episode "Heavy Is ...
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From Dusk Till Dawn: Season One (2014) Blu-ray Review: Why, God, Why?

At some point in time, it seems rather inevitable that a filmmaker may return to a completed project from their ...
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The Midnight Special Six-DVD Set Review: Offers a Glimpse at 1970s America

Written by S. Edward Sousa Ask me about the 1970s and two images come to mind: Joey Ramone's jean clad ...
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The Musketeers (2014) Blu-ray Review: Finally, A Reimagining Worth Viewing

As I had iterated in a somewhat recent article, there are really only a venerable handful of classic literary characters ...
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Thoughtful & Abstract: Sons of Anarchy: Season Two

In which Shawn (@genx13) and Kim (@kimfreakinb) reminisce about Season Two of Sons of Anarchy. Shawn just started watching the ...
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Thoughtful & Abstract: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: “Shadows”

In which Shawn (@genx13) and Kim (@kimfreakinb) have instant reactions to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the most fun show on network ...
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Inspector Manara: Season One DVD Review: Crime-solving, Italian style

MHz has released another international series on DVD, Inspector Manara (Il Comisario Manara). Part police procedural, part romantic comedy, it ...
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Death in Paradise: Season Two DVD Review: Conventional Murder Mysteries, Unconventional Setting

A stuffy English investigator gets transplanted to a laidback Caribbean island to solve their murders and his own misanthropy. Even ...
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Donna Detective: Season 1 DVD Review: Ahhh, Roma

Donna Detective is one of the latest offerings from MHz Networks, which releases international television shows on DVD. Originally aired ...
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Line of Duty: Series 2 DVD Review: A Tired Genre Made Good

When we talk about this new golden age of television, we seem to always be talking about American TV. Certainly ...
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Doctor Who: Deep Breath DVD Review: You Don’t Need to Hold Your Breath to Bring the 12th Doctor Home

Written by Derek Stucker The new Doctor has arrived...on DVD and Blu-ray! Doctor Who: Deep Breath sees actor Peter Capaldi ...
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Revolution: The Complete Second and Final Season DVD Review : A Lack of Direction Leads the Show into Cancellation 

At the end of Season One, which was reviewed by Greg Barbrick, Rachel (Elizabeth Mitchell) and Aaron (Zak Orth) succeeded ...
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LEGO Ninjago Rebooted: Battle for New Ninjago City, Season Three Part One DVD Review

LEGO has brought back Ninjago for a third season to the Cartoon Network. It begins with the Ninjas as teachers ...
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Adventure Time: Princess Day and Regular Show: Rigby Pack DVDs Review

In addition to Complete Season sets, Warner Brothers continues to release themed DVD collections from both Cartoon Network's hit series ...
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Adventure Time: The Complete Second Season DVD Review: One of the Best Shows on TV

Created by Pendleton Ward, Adventure Time is an animated fantasy filled with great imagination and humor that airs on the Cartoon ...
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Regular Show: The Complete Third Season DVD Review: Another Eggscellent Season

Using variations of characters that first appeared in The Naive Man from Lolliland and 2 in the AM PM, shorts ...
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A Young Doctor’s Notebook DVD Review: And You Thought Don Draper Was a Dark Character

It must be a difficult experience for an actor to try and move beyond starring in a successful series.  You ...
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