Sinbad: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Review: Harmless Fun on the Well-dressed Seas
By Critical curmudgeon |
Many of television's heavy-hitters are filled with wrenching moments, whether "red weddings" or situations so presumably staggering that they set ...
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Revolution: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Review: The Revolution Is Televised
By Greg Barbrick |
How does one describe a show as wild as Revolution? It is one of the most action-packed, science fiction programs ...
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Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka DVD Review: A Cartoon Doctor For the 40th Anniversary
By Mat Brewster |
In 1989 after 26 seasons, Doctor Who was cancelled. There continued to be various radio programs and novels, but the ...
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The Twilight Zone: The Complete Fifth Season DVD Review: The End of the Line
By Greg Barbrick |
The fifth and final season of The Twilight Zone aired during the 1963-1964 season, almost exactly 50 years ago. I ...
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The Walking Dead: The Complete Third Season DVD Review: For Those Who Enjoy Good Storytelling
By Rons Reviews |
After an amazing first season in which the landscape of horror, gore, and to an extent, drama, on television changed, ...
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The Walking Dead: The Complete Third Season Blu-ray Review: High Expectations Result in Unsatisfying Season
By Todd Karella |
The end of Season Two left high expectations for what was to come in the third season of the highly ...
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The Big Bang Theory: The Complete Sixth Season DVD Review: Best Sitcom Since Seinfeld
By Greg Barbrick |
Is The Big Bang Theory the funniest show on network TV? It is to me, and apparently to a whole ...
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Haven: The Complete Third Season DVD Review: Supernatural TV Series Dives into Some Pitfalls
By Kent Conrad |
There are two major pitfalls that supernaturally themed TV shows can easily fall into. First, since these shows have to ...
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Blandings: Series 1 DVD Review: The Great Wodehouse (Somewhat) Well Adapted
By Kent Conrad |
P. G. Wodehouse, an incredibly prolific British humorist (writing nearly 100 books, and many plays, movies and short stories) was ...
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The Twilight Zone: The Complete Fourth Season DVD Review: Charles Beaumont Is the Star of This Season
By Greg Barbrick |
The original Twilight Zone aired for five seasons (1959-64), on CBS. Like most of the people I know, the first-run ...
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Prime Suspect: The Complete Collection Blu-ray Review: An Excellent Series
By Mat Brewster |
At the time Prime Suspect first aired In 1991, there were only four female DCIs (Detective Chief Inspector) working in ...
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Bill Moyers: Faith & Reason Collection DVD Review: The Intersection of Belief and Logic
By Critical curmudgeon |
An extensive and intelligent collection that should be part of the library of any Bill Moyers fan, the Faith & ...
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Doctor Who: The Green Death: Special Edition DVD Review: Hello, Giant Maggots; Goodbye, Jo Grant
By Greg Barbrick |
“So the fledgling flies the coop,” states the Doctor in one of the opening scenes of The Green Death. It ...
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Doctor Who: Spearhead From Space Blu-ray Review: New Doctor, New Everything Really
By Mat Brewster |
There is a lot of trivia connected to Spearhead from Space but it is not at all a trivial episode. ...
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The Thick of It: Seasons 1-4 DVD Review: More Than Just Creative Swearing
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chris Morgan If you are familiar with the works of Armando Ianucci, and you are American, it is ...
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Smiley’s People Blu-ray Review: The Man with the Olden Gun
By Steve Geise |
George Smiley is the polar opposite of James Bond. They're both spies for the British Secret Intelligence Service, but Smiley ...
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Strike Back: Cinemax Season Two Blu-ray Review: 21st Century Production Values, ’80s Action Sensibility
By Kent Conrad |
Throughout Strike Back's second season, a single episode did not go by where someone was not shot in the head ...
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Dragons: Riders of Berk Part 1 and 2 DVDs Review: More Vikings, More Dragons
By Kent Conrad |
How To Train Your Dragon was a surprise, a CGI-animated action adventure story with humor and real heart coming from ...
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Detective Inspector Irene Huss, Episodes 7-9 and 10-12 DVD Review: Cliched Plots, Excellent Execution
By Mat Brewster |
In my recent review of Annika Bengtzon, I noted that there are many crime dramas able to push through the ...
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Annika Bengtzon, Crime Reporter: Episodes 1-3 and 4-6 Review: By-the-Book Swedish Crime Drama Needs a New Author
By Mat Brewster |
If you are a TV producer looking to make a new, popular, and successful new show, the logical choice is ...
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Fringe: The Complete Fifth and Final Season DVD Review: Observing the End
By Gordon S. Miller |
Thanks to the powers that be at FOX Television and to the delight of the series' creators and their fans, ...
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Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness: Good Croc, Bad Croc DVD Review: Over Two Hours of Animated Fun
By Gordon S. Miller |
Nickelodeon's animated television series Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness presents the adventures of Po the Panda, who became protector ...
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Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited: First to Fourth DVD Review: The Fantastic Four
By Greg Barbrick |
The 50th anniversary of Doctor Who is coming up, and the BBC is pulling out all the stops. There have ...
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Orphan Black: Season 1 DVD Review: Send in the Clones
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Brandie Ashe I wish I had seen this show without knowing the premise--a premise that, with the title ...
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Orphan Black: Season 1 Blu-ray Review: Black is the New Black
By Steve Geise |
There's a point in this sci fi series that one clone is asked to temporarily impersonate another clone and you ...
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Sesame Street: Elmo the Musical DVD Review: Not Recommended for Adult Consumption
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Brandie Ashe The perennially popular little red monster from Sesame Street is at it again. Warner Bros. has ...
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The Twilight Zone: The Complete Third Season DVD Review: An Epiphany
By Greg Barbrick |
I had what you might call an epiphany the other night. It happened while I was watching “The Hunt,“ an ...
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Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special Blu-ray Review: Aquaman’s Identity Crisis
By Gordon S. Miller |
Originally premiering on Sept 9, the Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special pokes fun at heroes and villains from DC Comics ...
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Borgen: Season 2 DVD Review: Nothing’s Rotten in Denmark
By Steve Geise |
Who knew Danish politics could be so much fun? Picking up a year after the first season, this collection finds ...
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Todd & the Book of Pure Evil: The Complete Second Season DVD Review: Once More with Feeling
By Steve Geise |
A group of high school outcasts battles supernatural beasties and their dastardly principal. Oh, and there's a musical episode. Nope, ...
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Wilfred: The Complete Season 2 Blu-ray Review: Disgustingly Funny
By Mat Brewster |
Based upon an Australian show of the same name (which itself was based on an award-winning short film) Wilfred is ...
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Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth with Bill Moyers: 25th Anniversary Edition DVD Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
Celebrating the 25th anniversary of one of the most fascinating programs to ever air on television, Athena presents a new ...
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Beck: Volume 7 and 8 DVDs Review: He’s Not a Loser, Baby, And He’ll Catch Your Killer
By Mat Brewster |
Based on a series of 10 novels by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, Beck is a Swedish crime drama that ...
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Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil DVD Review: A Curiosity Piece
By Shawn Bourdo |
Over the past few years, I've reviewed quite a few of the BBC releases of Doctor Who. One of the ...
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Slugterra: Slugs Unleashed DVD Review: Arrested Development
By Steve Geise |
For those new to this vibrant and expertly animated series, Slugterra is an underground land populated with many different types ...
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Burn Notice: Season Six DVD Review: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
By Steve Geise |
If you've never watched USA Network's long-running crime/action show, here's a quick recap: faithful U.S. spy gets blacklisted by his ...
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Vexed: Series 2 DVD Review: A Vexing Decline
By Steve Geise |
After only one season, co-star Lucy Punch is gone. While that wouldn't be a big deal for a show with ...
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Doctor Who: Inferno: Special Edition DVD Review: Murdering Radioactive Mutants Unite!
By Greg Barbrick |
We are just a few months away from the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, and the BBC continues to roll ...
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The Beach Boys: Good Vibrations Tour DVD Review: A TV Special That’s Barely OK
By Rons Reviews |
It seems like it would have been hard to go wrong if in 1976 Saturday Night Live creator and producer ...
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Killing Lincoln Blu-ray Review: Before and After
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Michael Nazarewycz I remember when Howard Stern left terrestrial radio. The first thing I thought was, “You don't ...
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Doctor Who: Series Seven, Part Two Blu-ray Review: The Doctor Returns with a New Companion and a New Attitude
By Todd Karella |
Now that the Doctor is back with a new companion and he's pulled himself out of his emotional cage, he's ...
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Doctor Who: The Snowmen Blu-ray Review: This Year The Doctor’s Christmas Gift Is a New Companion
By Todd Karella |
Series Seven continues the tradition in the Doctor Who universe of a stand-alone Christmas special coming between the two halves. ...
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George Gently: Series 5 DVD Review: The Most Intriguing and Intense So Far
By Greg Barbrick |
As the BBC series George Gently embarks on its sixth series, Acorn Media have been helping us catch up with ...
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George Gently Collection: Series 1-4 DVD Review: A Hidden Treasure
By Greg Barbrick |
In 1955 author Alan Hunter published a novel entitled Gently Does It, which marked the first appearance of the British ...
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Teen Wolf: Season 2 DVD Review: Trust the Instinct
By Shawn Bourdo |
The interesting idea I had for reviewing the new DVD release of Teen Wolf: Season 2 was that the last ...
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Longmire: The Complete First Season DVD Review: Complex Characters, Simple Police Work
By Lorna Miller |
Based on best-selling author Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire western mystery novel series, Longmire is a fresh take on the crime ...
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Shakespeare: The King’s Man DVD Review: The Political Education of Willy Shakes
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Brandie Ashe Arguably the single most influential figure in the history of English literature, William Shakespeare produced over ...
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True Blood: The Complete Fifth Season Blu-ray Review: Very Real and Drastic Changes Occur
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Mary K. Williams Out this week, the True Blood: The Complete Fifth Season Blu-ray set includes DVD and ...
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George Gently: Series 5 Blu-ray Review: Murder Most Groovy
By Steve Geise |
With a seemingly unending stream of British mystery series in play, it's becoming increasingly difficult for relatively recent arrivals to ...
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Detective De Luca DVD Review: He’s Not a Fascist, He’s Just a Cop
By Mat Brewster |
Set amidst the back-drop of Mussolini's Fascist Italy, Detective De Luca comes with a much more interesting setting than your ...
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