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The Midnight Special Three-DVD Set Review: Relive Friday Night at Any Time

By Gordon S. Miller | May 15, 2015

StarVista and Time Life have released another collection of clips of The Midnight Special, a late-night variety show that aired ...

Broadchurch: The Complete Second Season DVD Review: Weak Story, Emotionally Wrecking

By Mat Brewster | May 14, 2015

When I heard they were making a second season of Broadchurch, I was both excited and a bit trepidatious. The ...

Teen Titans Go!: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Review: Polarizing Superhero Hijinks

By Steve Geise | May 5, 2015

Like much of DC's animated fare, this series has its share of fans and detractors, but not for the typical ...

The Mentalist: The Seventh and Final Season DVD Review: Wrapping Up Loose Ends

By Lorna Miller | May 2, 2015

The foundation of The Mentalist had been the mystery of the serial killer Red John, who was responsible for the ...

Scooby-Doo! and Scrappy-Doo! The Complete Season 1 DVD Review: Puppy Power Does Work

By Shawn Bourdo | Apr 30, 2015

I had known Scooby-Doo cartoons my whole life. They had always just been that Saturday morning staple and I never ...

Nazi Hunters: The Heroes Who Defeated Hitler DVD Review: The Story of the Filthy Fifth

By Greg Barbrick | Apr 29, 2015

It has been over 75 years since World War II began, and it would seem that by now every possible ...

Monkey Warriors DVD Review: A Fascinating Look at How Monkeys Have Adapted to City Life

By generaljabbo | Apr 20, 2015

In Jodhpur, India, there's a gang war going on. These aren't gangs in the traditional sense, however. Hanuman Langur monkeys, ...

Teen Titans Go!: Appetite for Disruption DVD Review: Young Superheroes’ Bratty Beginnings

By Elizabeth Periale | Apr 19, 2015

There seems to be a never-ending desire for superheroes and their stories these days. Origin stories are all the rage. ...

Midsomer Murders: Set 25 Blu-ray Review: Deadly Doings in Midsomer

By Greg Barbrick | Apr 15, 2015

Before I begin, let me just say how nice it is to have Midsomer Murders available on the Blu-ray format. ...

TV Review: The Comedians (2015) – “Pilot” / Louie – “Potluck”

By Gordon S. Miller | Apr 10, 2015

FX's 10 o'clock block on Thursdays nights could be labelled Must-Squirm TV due to the shared humor of the two ...

Lovejoy: Series 4 DVD Review: Up to His Old Tricks

By Elizabeth Periale | Mar 5, 2015

Lovejoy (Ian McShane) has always walked a fine line between legitimate and slightly shady deals - such seems to be ...

Doctor Who: Last Christmas Blu-ray Review: When the Doctor Met Santa Claus

By Sombrero Grande | Mar 5, 2015

When one can travel through all of time and space, sometimes Christmas comes about at the strangest of times. For ...

CHiPs: The Complete Third Season DVD Review: Lay Down the Roller Boogie

By Luigi Bastardo | Mar 4, 2015

Were one to order nachos at a restaurant in the plainest, most simplistic form possible, they would most likely receive ...

The Carol Burnett Show: Together Again…Well, Sort of…

By Rons Reviews | Mar 3, 2015

On February 24th 2015, StarVista Entertainment/Time Life released a DVD featuring three uncut episodes from the landmark television variety series. ...

Longmire: The Complete Third Season DVD Review: A Much Darker Season Unfolds

By Lorna Miller | Mar 2, 2015

The third season of Longmire continued what had been previously established in the first two seasons as a strong crime ...

The Story of Women and Art DVD Review: Sisters Are Doing It for Themselves

By Elizabeth Periale | Feb 27, 2015

Art historian and host Amanda Vickery (professor of early modern history at Queen Mary University of London) poses a question ...

Lillies DVD Review: A Bittersweet Post-war Drama

By Mat Brewster | Feb 26, 2015

Lillies is a costume drama that ran on the BBC for one season in 2007. It was set in Liverpool ...

Serangoon Road DVD Review: It Might Be HBO but It Plays Like Broadcast TV

By Mat Brewster | Feb 20, 2015

HBO has been making must-see TV for a couple of decades now. Its original programming is consistently not only the ...

Crime Scene Cleaner DVD Review: A Job Ripe with Comedy

By Mat Brewster | Feb 18, 2015

If you listed out jobs that seem terribly unpleasant to perform, you'd likely hit upon things like garbage man, porta-potty ...

Nicolas Le Floch Volume Two DVD Review: Sword Fights and Laughter

By Mat Brewster | Feb 16, 2015

Nicolas Le Floch is a French crime series that began in France in October of 2008. Each series contains two ...

Batman: The Television Series: The Second Season Part One DVD Review: Holy Classic TV Comedy!

By Gordon S. Miller | Feb 15, 2015

After years of legal rights issues needing to be sorted out (and likely a fascinating story in its own right), ...

Lovejoy: Series 3 DVD Review: Is Lovejoy Looking for Love?

By Elizabeth Periale | Feb 13, 2015

In the second season of Lovejoy, the last time we saw the irascible but ever-charming antiques dealer played by Ian ...

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

By Mat Brewster | Feb 12, 2015

If you took Mr. Monk with all his eccentricities, but dialed back the OCD then mixed him with Dr. House ...

Regular Show: Mordecai Pack DVD Review: As Good as the Series Gets

By Gordon S. Miller | Feb 8, 2015

Cartoon Network's Regular Show is currently in its sixth season. The series presents the outlandish adventures of twenty-something friends Mordecai, ...

The Wonder Years: Season Two DVD Review: Still a Wonder

By Rons Reviews | Feb 5, 2015

ABC launched The Wonder Years on January 31, 1988 following Super Bowl XXII. The placement of the show would indicate ...

Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Series 13 DVD Review: The Very End of Poirot

By Mat Brewster | Feb 3, 2015

All good things must eventually end. And so it it with Poirot. After 22 years, 13 series, and 65 films ...

ANZAC Girls DVD Review: Ladies at War and in Love

By Mat Brewster | Jan 31, 2015

The Australian & New Zealand Army Corps (or ANZAC for short) nurses played an extremely important and nearly untold part ...

Cracked (2013) DVD Review: “What Lies Beneath” an Incomplete Season Set?

By Luigi Bastardo | Jan 30, 2015

Between having lived in a small redneck/prison/crackhead town year-round, walked on Hollywood Boulevard during the summertime when tourist season is ...

Above Suspicion: Complete Collection DVD Review: It’s No Prime Suspect, but It Ain’t Half Bad

By Mat Brewster | Jan 25, 2015

It is nearly impossible for the reviewer not to compare Above Suspicion with Prime Suspect. Both shows were created and ...

Archer (Vice): The Complete Season Five Blu-ray Review: Smugglers’ Blues

By Gordon S. Miller | Jan 7, 2015

As the season-five premiere, "White Elephant," opens, show creator Adam Reed creates a perfect visual metaphor. Life for the ISIS ...

Batman: The Brave and the Bold: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray Review: Great Teamwork on and off Screen

By Gordon S. Miller | Dec 31, 2014

Warner Archive continues its release of Cartoon Network's Batman: The Brave and the Bold on Blu-ray with The Complete Second Season. The ...

Intruders (2014) DVD Review: Moody Paranormal Thriller Looks Good but Lacks Depth

By Mat Brewster | Dec 15, 2014

To review something is, at least in some ways, to spoil it. You simply cannot talk about the quality of ...

Doctor Who: The Complete Eighth Series Blu-ray Review: Perhaps Even the Best

By Greg Barbrick | Dec 13, 2014

With the Blu-ray release of Doctor Who: The Complete Eighth Series, it is clear that the beloved Doctor is on ...

The Best of The Danny Kaye Show DVD Review: If This Is the Best, I’d Hate to See the Worst

By Todd Karella | Dec 1, 2014

I've been a fan of Danny Kaye for a long time. While some know him for his films The Inspector ...

History Presents: The Definitive WWI & WWII Collection DVD Review: Nirvana in a Box for War Buffs

By Greg Barbrick | Nov 30, 2014

At the close of the Second World War, Winston Churchill was quoted as saying, “One must regard these thirty years ...

Adventure Time: The Complete Fourth Season Blu-ray Review: Make Time for It

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 27, 2014

The fourth season of Cartoon Network's Adventure Time ran from April 2, 2012 to October 22, 2012. Some of the ...

Unit One: Set 1-3 DVD Review: Hannibal Plays a Cop

By Steve Geise | Nov 18, 2014

Long before international star Mads Mikkelsen terrorized TV viewers with his take on the role of Hannibal Lecter, he acted ...

Borgen: The Complete Series DVD Review: Danish Politics Fit for Americans

By Mat Brewster | Nov 12, 2014

Borgen is a Danish political drama that ran for three seasons from 2010 to 2014. It tells the story of ...

Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars DVD Review: A Parallel Adventure in the Galactic Empire

By Kent Conrad | Nov 11, 2014

Phineas and Ferb works almost entirely on the basis of their engaging formula. While there have been occasional efforts to ...

Daniel Boone: The Complete Series (50th Anniversary) DVD Review: A Dream Come-a-Truer

By Luigi Bastardo | Nov 11, 2014

Since the building of the Manufactured on Demand bandwagon, nearly every major studio in the home video industry has begun ...

Miss Marple: Volume 1 DVD Review: Old Dames Rule

By Steve Geise | Nov 5, 2014

Agatha Christie's famous fictional heroine has moved from page to screen many times, but this series bears the distinction of ...

My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks Blu-ray Review: Entertainment for the Entire Family

By Chad Derdowski | Oct 28, 2014

In fall of 2013, the world was introduced to My Little Pony Equestria Girls, an alternate reality in which the ...

Lovejoy: Series 2 DVD Review: Ian McShane Is Back for More Antiques, Crime and Fun

By Elizabeth Periale | Oct 21, 2014

Acorn Media has recently released Lovejoy: Series 2, and it is just as much fun as the first series. Based ...

Thoughtful & Abstract: The Walking Dead: “No Sanctuary”

By Shawn Bourdo | Oct 20, 2014

In which Shawn (@genx13) and Kim (@kimfreakinb) have instant reactions to the best walker show ever. Shawn: Let's get down ...

Silent Witness: The Complete Season One and Seventeen DVDs Review: Ch-ch-ch-changes

By Luigi Bastardo | Oct 20, 2014

In 1996, the BBC debuted a new contender into an arena of crime dramas that was already heavily populated by ...

Young Justice Blu-ray Review: A Super(hero) Show from Warner Archive

By Gordon S. Miller | Oct 19, 2014

Created by Brandon Vietti and Greg Weisman, Young Justice is a DC Comics animated series that aired for two seasons ...

Steven Spielberg Director’s Collection Blu-ray Review: Finally, Duel in HD!

By Luigi Bastardo | Oct 16, 2014

With the fourth quarter upon us and the holiday season that comes with it closing in at an ever-alarming speed, ...

The Honorable Woman DVD Review: A Slow, Dense and Immensely Entertaining Thriller

By Mat Brewster | Oct 16, 2014

Awhile back I made a pact with myself to not get involved in internet discussions of politics. There were many ...

Father Brown: Season One DVD Review: Uninspired Priest Detective Series

By Kent Conrad | Oct 13, 2014

It is difficult to determine where Father Brown fails more completely: as an adaptation, or as a mystery show in ...

Inspector Manara: Season Two DVD Review: Crime and Amore

By Elizabeth Periale | Oct 12, 2014

MHz has recently released the second season of the Italian crime/comedy series Inspector Manara. Fans of the first season will ...