The Simpsons: The Fifteenth Season DVD Review: Don’t Have a Cow, Man, or Any Hope That This Season Will Be Better Than the Last Five
By Sombrero Grande |
Any Simpsons fan worth his or her--okay, let's be honest here--his salt knows that once The Simpsons went into double ...
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Fathom Events Presents Star Trek: The Next Generation: A Season Two Celebration
By Todd Karella |
It's hard to believe that it's been 25 years since Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the crew of the Enterprise-D ...
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Call the Midwife: Season One Blu-ray Review: Call a Doctor, My Retinas Are Burned
By Steve Geise |
Author Ayelet Waldman calls the memoirs that served as the basis for this series “tremendously moving”. I agree, but in ...
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Kaijudo: Rise Of The Duel Masters: Creatures Unleashed DVD Review: Rise of the Enjoyable Merchandising Tie-In
By Steve Geise |
What do you get when you cross giant monsters and sweet martial arts fighting? Kaijudo! I didn't initially figure out ...
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Doctor Who Series Seven, Part One Blu-ray Review: A Confusing Mess
By Todd Karella |
The Doctor (Matt Smith) is back on DVD and Blu-ray for more adventures through time and space with his companions, ...
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Eight is Enough: The Complete Second Season DVD Review: And Abby Makes Nine
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on the book by syndicated newspaper columnist Thomas Braden, a real-life parent of eight children, Eight is Enough is ...
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Hawkins: The Complete TV-Movie Collection DVD Review: Jimmy Stewart, TV Star
By Steve Geise |
Did you know Jimmy Stewart starred in a TV show? Actually, he headlined two series during his illustrious career, with ...
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Transformers: Prime: Season Two Blu-ray Review: A More Mature Series
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski What feels like the 5,000th animated iteration of one of Hasbro's most successful toy lines will ...
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Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos Special Edition DVD Review: Earthbound Doctor Saves the Day Again
By Greg Barbrick |
The budgetary constraints placed upon the BBC during the early '70s resulted in an interesting chapter in the long saga ...
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Prep & Landing: Totally Tinsel Collection DVD Review: A Totally Tinsel Way to Spend Christmas
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez In 2009 ABC put out a Christmas special that blended the wit and animation of Pixar ...
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Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Complete Series DVD Review: Everything but the Zord
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski It seems almost impossible to believe that it's been nearly two decades since the Mighty Morphin ...
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Alice: The Complete Second Season DVD Review: Alice Still Lives Here but the Writers Should Be Evicted
By Rons Reviews |
Just in time for Christmas and less than four months after the release of Season One, Warner Archive delivers the ...
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Family Guy: Volume Ten DVD Review: Seth MacFarlane and Company Deliver Holiday Classics
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Mike Bruno I am not here to debate the differences between The Simpsons and Family Guy; save it ...
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DreamWorks Dragons: Riders of Berk DVD Review: New Series Soars Above the Competition
By Steve Geise |
DreamWorks Animation finally has a truly great animated series. While they have previously produced the Penguins of Madagascar and Kung ...
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I, Claudius: 35th Anniversary DVD Review: An Outstanding Television Series
By Gordon S. Miller |
Sex and murder are integral components in the story of mankind, so it's no surprise the two are just as ...
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Shazam!: The Complete Live Action Series DVD Review: Well Intentioned but Poorly Produced
By Gordon S. Miller |
Now available from the Warner Archive Collection, Shazam!: The Complete Live Action Series collects all 28 episodes of the Filmation program, which ...
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Vera: Set 2 DVD Review: Murder, She Grumbled
By Steve Geise |
There's something irresistible about old-timers solving crimes, although the quality of those crime shows isn't always timeless. Thankfully, this vehicle ...
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Bones: The Complete Seventh Season Blu-ray Review: Enter the Pregnant Lady
By Luigi Bastardo |
It's always been said that, should your television series be showing some serious signs of redundancy or you just can't ...
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Magical Mystery Tour Blu-ray Review: There’s a Fog Upon My Brain
By Michelle Prather |
While viewing the remastered version of Magical Mystery Tour, I unintentionally began scrawling the odd observation from the end of a notebook, ...
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Nazi Collaborators DVD Review: A Worthy Addition to any WWII Buff’s Library
By Greg Barbrick |
The 13-episode, four-DVD set Nazi Collaborators offers yet another fascinating perspective on the events of World War II. It has ...
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Touch: The Complete First Season DVD Review: A Complex, Entertaining Supernatural Thriller
By Critical curmudgeon |
Created by Tim Kring and starring Kiefer Sutherland, Touch is one of those rare television shows that isn't afraid of ...
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Sesame Street: Old School Volume 3 DVD Review: Reliving the Sunny Days of Childhood
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Brandie Ashe Since 1969, the inarguable standard-bearer for educational entertainment for children has been Sesame Street. Winner of ...
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Copper: Season One Blu-ray Review: Dodge This Bullet
By Steve Geise |
Not content to just rebroadcast programming from the UK, BBC America has entered the arena of original scripted programming with ...
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Alcatraz: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: More Mysterious Mystical Crap from J.J. Abrams
By Luigi Bastardo |
Every year, J.J. Abrams brings us yet another television series. Around that same time every year, I grow a little ...
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Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death DVD Review: A Hugely Convoluted Story
By Shawn Bourdo |
In January of 1970, the Seventh Season of Doctor Who started with Jon Pertwee taking the reins as the Third ...
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Narrow Escapes of World War II DVD Review: A Great Series
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Mike Bruno What would you do? Surrounded by your enemy; back against the wall with no way out; ...
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Kingdom: Season One DVD Review: No Treasure Here
By Steve Geise |
A long time ago in a country far, far away, two young comedians were introduced by Emma Thompson while all ...
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The League: The Complete Season Three DVD Review: The Best Season Thus Far
By Todd Karella |
The recently released Season Three of the raunchy FX comedy about a group of fantasy football owners pushes the envelope ...
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Happiness is…Peanuts: Go Snoopy Go! DVD Review: It’s Mildly Entertaining, Charlie Brown
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Brandie Ashe Charlie Brown, tirelessly optimistic manager of a baseball team that has never won a single game, ...
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Alcatraz: The Complete Series DVD Review: Lost on the Rock
By Greg Barbrick |
Is Alcatraz "Lost on the Rock?" Well, sort of. J.J. Abrams is the mastermind of both shows, and he brought ...
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G.I. JOE: Renegades: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Review: It Seems You Can, In Fact, Go Home Again
By Mark Buckingham |
Reviving 1980s cartoon franchises continues to be all the rage. Transformers managed to garner interest and ticket sales at the ...
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Brave New World with Stephen Hawking DVD Review: The Hunt for Humanity’s Next Great Leap Forward
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Brandie Ashe Making science both fun and educational can be a difficult task. If the “techie talk” falls ...
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How I Met Your Mother: The Complete Season 7 The Ducky Tie Edition DVD Review: A Not-Too-Ugly Duckling
By Sombrero Grande |
While How I Met Your Mother may have jumped the shark last season, Season Seven, now available in "The Ducky ...
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Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos Special Edition DVD Review: The Doctor Prescribes Death
By Gordon S. Miller |
Doctor Who is a long-running British science-fiction television series featuring The Doctor, a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey whose ...
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American Horror Story: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Review: Incredibly Watchable and Well Crafted
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski The mash-up is all the rage these days, isn't it? With books like Pride and Prejudice and ...
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New Girl: The Complete First Season DVD Review: Nothing New to See Here
By Critical curmudgeon |
How much one enjoys New Girl is entirely contingent on how much one enjoys the geek chic of star Zooey ...
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Waterloo Road: Series 1 DVD Review: The Headmaster Ritual
By Steve Geise |
This long-running UK drama series has been airing in its native land since 2006 and has appeared on BBC America, ...
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Desperate Housewives: The Complete Eighth and Final Season DVD Review: End of Days on Wisteria Lane
By Greg Barbrick |
“There's nothing more peaceful than a night on Wisteria Lane, until someone comes along, and disturbs the peace,” says Mary ...
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Produced by George Martin Blu-ray Review: A Stroll Down Melody Lane with Britain’s Most Lauded Music Maker
By Michelle Prather |
This January, Sir George Martin CBE turns 87. The reserved, seemingly guarded young man with movie-star looks and ears that ...
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Holy Flying Circus Blu-ray Review: A Docudrama in the Style of Monty Python
By Dusty Somers |
The Film A wildly inconsistent but generally enjoyable docudrama about the controversy surrounding Monty Python's Life of Brian, Holy Flying ...
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Joseph Campbell: Mythos: The Complete Series DVD Review: ‘The One Great Story of Mankind’
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Brandie Ashe If you've ever taken a literature course, it stands to reason that the name "Joseph Campbell" ...
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Homeland: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Review: Intriguing Premise and Great Acting Defeated by Terrible Writing
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on the Israeli TV series Hatufim (aka Prisoners of War) created by Gideon Raff, Homeland is a political thriller ...
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Produced by George Martin Blu-ray Review: An Inside Look At The Producing Legend
By generaljabbo |
"Produced by George Martin." Those four words rightly conjure up images of The Beatles, as Martin was considered by many ...
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Fringe: The Complete Fourth Season Blu-ray Review: A New Timeline Brings Both Enjoyment and Disappointment
By Gordon S. Miller |
I watched the first four seasons of Fringe on Blu-ray over the course of a few months, so I powered ...
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The Halloween Tree DVD Review: This Tree Bears Spirited, Nostalgic Fruit
By Sombrero Grande |
If, like me, you grew up in the ’80s and ’90s, you no doubt recall the myriad of Halloween TV ...
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Doctor Who: Planet of Giants DVD Review: Reconstructing the Doctor
By Greg Barbrick |
The legendary BBC program Doctor Who holds the world’s record for the most episodes of any series. The count is ...
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Modern Family: The Complete Third Season Blu-ray Review: More of the Same and That’s a Good Thing
By Gordon S. Miller |
The third season of Modern Family presents the continuing adventures of the extended Pritchett family. It also continued the series’ ...
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Two and a Half Men: The Complete Ninth Season DVD Review: How to Carry On After Your Star Gets Fired
By Luigi Bastardo |
The loss of a lead performer in a film or television franchise can be a truly devastating ordeal — whether ...
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Sky Commanders: The Complete Animated Series DVD Review: Easy to See Why It Didn’t Work
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski The KISS principle states that most systems work best when they are kept simple and straightforward ...
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Pac-Man: The Complete Second Season DVD Review: Worse Than You Imagine
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski Remember all those years ago, when it seemed like the whole world was in love with ...
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