Dragons: Defenders of Berk Part 1 DVD Review: Another Half Season of Dragon Training
By Kent Conrad |
They've changed the title. Dragons, the TV series continuation of the hit CGI movie How to Train Your Dragon was, ...
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Mapp & Lucia: The Complete Collection DVD Review: Slow and Delightful British Comedy
By Mat Brewster |
Every couple of years or so, our representatives engage in egregious debates over public media. One Republican or another shouts ...
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Monsters: The Complete Series DVD Review: Another Great Horror Anthology
By Mark Buckingham |
I've always been a fan of horror, suspense, thrills, and clever plot twists, but have always found it more satisfying ...
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Doc McStuffins Mobile Clinic: Doc’s on the Go! DVD Review: A Doc Worth Visiting
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Derek Stucker Do you suffer from headaches, nausea, or depression brought on by watching atrocious children's programming with ...
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The Venture Bros.: The Fifth Season Blu-ray Review: Being and Ventureness
By Gordon S. Miller |
Together, Jackson Publick & Doc Hammer have created an amazing fictional universe in The Venture Bros. Over 63 episodes, a ...
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Joanna Lumley’s Nile and Joanna Lumley’s Greek Odyssey DVDs Review: Take a Tour with Patsy
By Elizabeth Periale |
Isn't that Patsy from Absolutely Fabulous? Yes, it is. Joannna Lumley has calmed down her signature beehive and put aside ...
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DC Comics Superheroes: The Filmation Adventures, Vol. 1 DVD Review: A Peppy Blast from the Past
By Jade Blackmore |
DC Comics Superheroes: The Filmation Adventures, Vol. 1 contains nine animated adventures from The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure, which ran ...
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Les Petits Meurtres D’Agatha Christie: Set 1 DVD Review: Who Needs Poirot?
By Elizabeth Periale |
Just when Agatha Christie fans might be feeling a bit bereft since David Suchet hung up his Poirot mustaches, Acorn ...
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Mama’s Family: The Complete Third Season DVD Review: A Blast from the Past
By Greg Barbrick |
Spin-offs have been a part of the television world for many years now. As a matter of fact, there is ...
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Adventure Time: The Complete Third Season Blu-ray Review: The Animated Saga Continues
By Gordon S. Miller |
Although some of these episodes have been made available on previous releases, The Complete Third Season of Cartoon Network's Adventure ...
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Last Stand of the 300 and Other Famous Greek Battles DVD Review: Grand Theft Auto at Thermopylae
By Greg Barbrick |
Remember when The History Channel actually showed programs of historical interest? For a lot of people (generally men), those history ...
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Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor Blu-ray Review: An Overstuffed, but Still Yummy Christmas Turkey
By Mat Brewster |
The Time of the Doctor has all the tell tale signs of a Doctor Who episode under the tutelage of ...
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Doctor Who: The Moonbase DVD Review: An Important Release
By Shawn Bourdo |
The Cybermen have always rivaled the Daleks as the premier villains in the Doctor Who Universe. The Daleks always seemed ...
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Legit: The Complete First Season DVD Review: Tasteless, Rude, Offensive, and Very Funny
By Adam Blair |
If you think the first season of Legit is funny, you should feel ashamed of yourself. I know I do. ...
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TV Review: Ali G Rezurection: “Cannes”
By Gordon S. Miller |
FXX is bringing Sacha Baron Cohen back to television with Ali G Rezurection, which features material from the Da Ali ...
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The Americans (2013): The Complete First Season DVD Review: Spies Like Us
By Gordon S. Miller |
No doubt helped along by the success of Homeland, which scored big with viewers who apparently don't mind problematic writing, ...
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Elmo’s World: All About Animals DVD Review: Great For Toddlers, Obnoxious For Everybody Else
By Mat Brewster |
It may surprise some, but Elmo the Muppet has existed since the early 1970s. In those days he was nothing ...
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Beware the Batman: Shadows of Gotham, Season 1 Part 1 DVD Review: A New Take On An Old Character
By Mat Brewster |
By my count there have been no fewer than 12 movies, 16 television series, several radio shows, and countless comic ...
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Midsomer Murders: Set 23 DVD Review: Britain’s Finest Mystery Series
By Greg Barbrick |
For murder mystery fans, I believe there is no better show on the air right now than Midsomer Murders. The ...
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Sherlock: Season Three (2014) Blu-ray Review: Back from the Dead?
By Luigi Bastardo |
Two years ago, Sherlock creators Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat left their titular modernization of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's timeless ...
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Killing Kennedy Blu-ray Review: The Assassination Fox News Style
By Greg Barbrick |
If Killing Kennedy did not present itself so seriously, I would swear that it was a parody of the whole ...
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Dallas (2012): The Complete Second Season DVD Review: Who Killed J.R.?
By Greg Barbrick |
Through an extraordinary set of circumstances, the legendary J.R. Ewing actually got a proper send-off from Dallas. In 1980, the ...
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Borgen: Season 3 DVD Review: Once More Unto the Breach
By Steve Geise |
When we last saw feisty Danish Prime Minister Birgitte Nyborg (the stellar Sidse Babett Knudsen), she was calling for a ...
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The Agatha Christie Hour: Complete Collection DVD Review: Agatha Christie’s Also-Rans
By Kent Conrad |
When I was a young television viewer, I had romantic notions about TV in Britain. The only British TV I ...
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The Lady Vanishes (2013) DVD Review: A Moody and Sensual Take on White’s Novel
By Critical curmudgeon |
Diarmuid Lawrence directs The Lady Vanishes, a BBC and Masterpiece Films production that originally aired in March of 2013. Now ...
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LEGO Legends of Chima: The Lion, the Crocodile, and the Power of CHI! Season 1 Part 1 DVD Review
By Greg Barbrick |
With the theatrical release of The LEGO Movie (2014), the famous building-block company have gone wide with their latest animated ...
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Space Voyages DVD Review: The Real Continuing Missions
By Greg Barbrick |
The Smithsonian Channel's Space Voyages miniseries was one of the best programs I saw last year, and for anyone who ...
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Being Human: The Complete Third Season Blu-ray Review: A Melting Pot of the Supernatural
By Greg Barbrick |
Giving good-looking vampires their own shows has become standard practice in television these days, so with Being Human, the Syfy ...
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Vera: Set 3 DVD Review: Great Scenery, Plenty of Murders
By Mat Brewster |
Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope reminds me of Miss Marple (though that might just be her age and her sex) ...
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Agatha Christie’s The Queen of Crime Collection DVD Review: No Poirot, but Plenty of Madcap Amateur Sleuths in this Fun Set
By Elizabeth Periale |
Acorn Media has released Agatha Christie's The Queen of Crime Collection, three feature-length adaptations of Agatha Christie novels. The three ...
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Top of the Lake DVD Review: Top of My Best of 2014 List
By Mat Brewster |
A young girl, all of 12 years old and pregnant, wades into a lake at the top of a mountain ...
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Archer: The Complete Fourth Season Four Blu-ray Review: Laugh Another Day
By Gordon S. Miller |
During the 13 episodes of its fourth season, Adam Reed's espionage comedy Archer continued the escapades of international intrigue and ...
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Sesame Street: Be a Good Sport DVD Review: Fun and Education for Babies (and Adults Too)
By Mat Brewster |
I do not have cable or satellite, but I do have a two-and-a-half-year-old daughter. This combination means there is a ...
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Family Guy: Volume Twelve DVD Review: More of the Crass, Vulgar, and Childish Humor We’ve All Come to Enjoy
By Todd Karella |
Once again, the irreverent animated comedy about a so-called average guy and his dysfunctional family has released yet another volume ...
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TV Review: Archer: “White Elephant”
By Gordon S. Miller |
Depending on how successful Season Five of Archer is, and it looks to be very successful from what I assume ...
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TV Review: The Good Wife: ‘The Decision Tree’ & ‘Goliath and David’
By Adam Blair |
I think The Good Wife is consistently one of the best shows on TV. But now that we're midway through ...
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The Following: The Complete First Season Review: Dark and Truly Horrifying
By Lorna Miller |
For 15 weeks on Monday nights at 9:00 pm, I was glued to the television to watch The Following. Since ...
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Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor Blu-ray Review: Celebrating 50 Years
By Gordon S. Miller |
Previously reviewed by Todd Karella, The Day of the Doctor is the 50th Anniversary Special of Doctor Who, the British ...
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The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts Collector’s Edition DVD Review: You’re Nobody ’til Somebody Insults You
By Gordon S. Miller |
During the ninth and final season of The Dean Martin Show, which ran from 1965 to 1974, a segment was ...
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Burn Notice: Season Seven DVD Review: Burning Bridges
By Steve Geise |
USA Network's veteran spy show took a turn for the deadly serious in Season 6 with the murder of a ...
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East West 101: Seasons Two & Three DVD Review: An Exciting Australian Crime Drama with a Social Message
By Mat Brewster |
Detective Zane Malik (Don Hany) is a tough, smart, and sometimes difficult detective working in the elite Major Crime Squad ...
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Futurama: Volume 8 DVD Review: Farewell from the World of Tomorrow!
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chris Morgan Futurama had one of the more unusual runs in television history. It began as a network ...
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The Simpsons: The Sixteenth Season Blu-ray Review: It Delivers What It Promises
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chris Morgan You've heard the prevailing wisdom on The Simpsons. The show was great up to a certain ...
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By Mat Brewster |
You could say that I've been a fan of crime dramas, police procedurals, mystery shows, or whatever you want to ...
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Fathom Events Presents Doctor Who: “The Day of the Doctor”
By Todd Karella |
I've been to a few of these Fathom Events before and so I've come to know what to expect. The ...
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TV Review: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: “Repairs”
By Cinema Sentries |
Todd Karella writes... In this week's episode, we find the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents conducting an Index, Asset Evaluation, and Intake Process ...
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The Mod Squad: The Complete Collection Review (Sampler): One Black, One White, and One Blonde
By Greg Barbrick |
If you are looking for something for the classic-TV enthusiast this holiday season, the people at Visual Entertainment have you ...
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The Paradise: Series One DVD Review: Love, Silk, and the Big Sell
By Critical curmudgeon |
An adaption of Émile Zola's novel Au Bonheur des Dames, this BBC television series is a sumptuous and sensual look ...
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The Twilight Zone: The Complete First Season DVD Review: Rod Serling Creates a TV Landmark
By Gordon S. Miller |
After releasing seasons two through five on DVD, Image Entertainment has just released an episode-only edition of The Twilight Zone: ...
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Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited: Fifth to Eighth DVD Review: Spotlight on Classic Villains
By Gordon S. Miller |
As part of the 50th anniversary celebration of Doctor Who, BBC America has been airing a series of monthly specials ...
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