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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The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports Entertainment Blu-ray Review: Absolutely Worth Watching
By Chad Derdowski |
This year, World Wrestling Entertainment reaches the half-century mark and celebrates in pretty much exactly the same fashion my family ...
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TV Review: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: “The Well”
By Cinema Sentries |
Gordon Miller writes... “The Well” finds the team in London cleaning up after some battle that took place during Thor: ...
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The Snow Queen (2005) DVD Review: Make Believe Gets an Enchanting Makeover
By Michelle Prather |
The Snow Queen, BBC's brief but visually and sonically hypnotic TV-movie adaptation of the classic Hans Christian Andersen tale of ...
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The Day Kennedy Died DVD Review: One of the Darkest Days in History
By Greg Barbrick |
There are a few days in American history when the world just seemed to stop. November 22, 1963 is one ...
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Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons DVD Review: The Doctor and the Loch Ness Monster
By Mat Brewster |
Like a lot of Americans of a certain age - that is to say old enough to remember Doctor Who ...
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Here’s Edie: The Edie Adams Television Collection DVD Review
By Jade Blackmore |
After Ernie Kovacs' untimely death in a car crash in 1962, his widow, actress/singer Edie Adams, devoted herself to preserving ...
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Poirot: Series 9 Blu-ray Review: Well-made Mysteries
By Mat Brewster |
Agatha Christie was as prolific a writer as she was popular. According to Guinness, she is the best-selling novelist of ...
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The Secret of Crickley Hall DVD Review: Two Interesting Stories Marred by Their Own Connections
By Mat Brewster |
There is something about ghosts, and ghost stories that I just can't buy into. I have no problem with other ...
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Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet DVD Review: It’s Far from Being Over
By Greg Barbrick |
There have been many milestones in the 50-year history of Doctor Who, but there may be none more significant than ...
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Tales of the City: 20th Anniversary Edition DVD Review: Wild Times in San Francisco
By Greg Barbrick |
The six-part mini-series Tales of the City (1993) boasts an all-star cast, including the city of San Francisco itself. The ...
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The Doctor Prepares for War in “The Night of the Doctor”
By Cinema Sentries |
Debuting online on November 14, 2013, the mini-episode "The Night of the Doctor" revealed the origins of the Doctor played by John Hurt, ...
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Silk: Series One DVD Review: A Capable British Courtroom Drama
By Critical curmudgeon |
British screenwriter Peter Moffat is no stranger to the legal system in his home and native land. A former barrister, ...
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TV Review: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: “The Hub”
By Cinema Sentries |
Todd Karella writes... After tracking down Agent Shaw who was embedded in a Siberian prison and extricating a data nodule ...
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The Carol Burnett Show: Christmas with Carol DVD Review: Two Shows Underwhelming
By Rons Reviews |
Just in time for the holidays, Time Life Entertainment brings us this single disc release featuring two episodes from the ...
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Line of Duty: Series 1 DVD Review: The Thin Gray Line
By Mat Brewster |
In television and in the movies, Internal Affairs officers are often seen as out of touch with real police work, ...
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TV Review: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: “FZZT”
By Cinema Sentries |
Gordon S. Miller writes... During an overnight scouting trip, a man suffers what I believe is termed an electrostatic event, ...
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Spiral: Season 2 DVD Review: A Superb, Layered French Crime Drama
By Mat Brewster |
The original title for this French crime drama is Engrenages which literally translates to "gears." That's fitting as the show ...
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