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Fathom Events Presents Star Trek: The Next Generation: A Season Two Celebration

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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

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

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’

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

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

"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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Written by Chad Derdowski Remember all those years ago, when it seemed like the whole world was in love with ...
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Absolutely Fabulous 20th Anniversary Specials: Still Not Acting Their Age, Thankfully

Absolutely Fabulous debuted in Britain in 1992 and went onto become an international television sensation. Creator Jennifer Saunders pushed the ...
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