Without a Trace: The Complete Third Season DVD Review: Primetime Filler
By Luigi Bastardo |
My first viewing experience of Jerry Bruckheimer’s Without a Trace really wasn’t much of a voluntary one. I was reviewing ...
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Sherlock: Season Two Blu-ray Review: Contemporary Genius
By Luigi Bastardo |
It doesn’t matter we’re talking about a gifted mathematician or an extremely skilled plumber: every genius is that of a ...
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Lancelot Link: Secret Chimp DVD Review: Very Funny Stuff Indeed
By Greg Barbrick |
For those of us of a certain age, Lancelot Link: Secret Chimp is fondly remembered. The Saturday morning live-action show ...
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Sealab 2020 DVD Review: Underwater Environmentalism for the Kids
By Greg Barbrick |
I have to admit that as a kid, I was never much into the “action adventure” genre of Saturday morning ...
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Teen Wolf: Season 1 DVD Review: Color Me Surprised and Count Me as a Fan
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski It was virtually impossible to not be skeptical when MTV decided to launch a new television ...
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American Pickers: Volume Three DVD Review: They’re a-Pickin’ and You’ll Be a-Grinnin’
By Greg Barbrick |
The History Channel (now just called History) has come a long way since their debut on basic cable back in ...
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The Dean Martin Variety Show (Uncut) DVD Review: Cool Is Still Cool
By Shawn Bourdo |
Watching episodes of The Dean Martin Variety Show made one thing very clear – there is no equivalent of the ...
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Inch High, Private Eye: The Complete Series DVD Review: Kick-Ass Hanna-Barbera Fun
By Luigi Bastardo |
Once again, it’s time for us to dive into another vintage Hanna-Barbera classic from the folks at Warner Brothers. While ...
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Pawn Stars: Volume Four DVD Review: To Pawn or Not to Pawn in Las Vegas
By Greg Barbrick |
Remember when pawnshops used to be scary? Maybe it was the area I grew up in, but there was always ...
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Doctor Who: Dragonfire DVD Review: Trapped in the 1980s
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski My continuing journey into the world of Doctor Who continues with the fourth and final serial ...
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Sherlock: Season Two Blu-ray Review: It’s Elementary That You Must Watch This
By Steve Geise |
My keen powers of observation have allowed me to deduce that you’re thinking “Another Sherlock Holmes project? Enough already!” Sure, ...
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The River: The Complete First Season DVD Review: Oren Peli’s Paranormal Holocaust
By Luigi Bastardo |
While police procedurals are and always have been a dime a dozen when it comes to television shows, the horror ...
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Doctor Who: Nightmare of Eden DVD Review: Drugs Are Bad, M’Kay
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski When an interstellar cruise ship emerges from hyperspace at the exact same coordinates as a trade ...
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Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol DVD Review: Don’t Worry, Be Happy or Else
By Greg Barbrick |
Has anyone ever stopped to consider what the politics of The Doctor might be? I must admit that before watching ...
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Hell on Wheels: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Review: The Boiling Melting Pot
By Steve Geise |
This AMC series didn’t seem to get much attention during its first season, especially in comparison to the network’s critical ...
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G.I. Joe: Renegades: Season 1, Volume 1 DVD Review: All Set Up with No Payoff
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski In 2011, a team of military specialists were branded as traitors to their country for a ...
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Tom and Jerry: Around the World DVD Review: A Bad Trip
By Luigi Bastardo |
In all the world of home media, there is perhaps nothing as dreaded as the proverbial “best of” compilation — ...
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) Blu-ray Review: The Spy Who Went Out in the Cold
By Steve Geise |
Decades before last year’s theatrical adaptation, John le Carre’s classic espionage novel was the basis for this BBC TV miniseries. ...
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Sesame Street: Singing with the Stars DVD Review: Sure to Capture the Hearts of Both Parents and Children
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski If there’s two things I love, it’s a good parody song and a celebrity guest appearance. ...
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Doctor Who: Carnival Of Monsters Special Edition DVD Review: Oh, The Places They’ll Go
By Shawn Bourdo |
In my past few reviews of the Doctor Who DVD releases, I’ve lamented the randomness of dropping into a story ...
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Dark Shadows: Fan Favorites DVD Review: Vampires, Witches, and Werewolves, Oh My!
By Will McKinley |
The DVD for Dark Shadows: The Greatest Episodes Collection - Fan Favorites opens with original series star Kathryn Leigh Scott ...
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The Best of Barnabas DVD Review: A Perfect Primer for Dark Shadows Vampire Virgins
By Will McKinley |
Dark Shadows is the show that will not die. Like its lead character, vampire Barnabas Collins, the so called “supernatural ...
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Logan’s Run: The Complete Series DVD Review: Its Life Was Also Cut Short
By Todd Karella |
In 1967 the novel Logan’s Run was written by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson. In 1976 it was ...
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In Their Own Words DVD Review: Entertaining and Informative
By Greg Barbrick |
The Athena Company’s series of DVDs provide some of the most entertaining and educational programs I have seen. Their recent ...
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Bob’s Burgers The Complete 1st Season DVD Review: An Acquired Taste
By Sombrero Grande |
Imagine you’ve just entered a new restaurant, sat down and ordered your food, and then you start to notice the ...
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Shazzan: The Complete Series DVD Review: Rather Repetitive
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski I never really got into Shazzan as a kid. This is probably due in large part ...
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Frozen Planet Blu-ray Review: BBC Hits the Poles
By Steve Geise |
Following the huge worldwide success of their previous epic nature projects Planet Earth and Life, the BBC cameramen don their ...
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Torchwood: Miracle Day Blu-ray Review: A Welcome Return with an Unsatisfying Ending
By Todd Karella |
The last time we saw Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman) was at the end of the Torchwood: Children of Earth ...
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Smiley’s People DVD Review: The Spy Who Came in from Retirement
By Gordon S. Miller |
Alec Guinness returned to the role of George Smiley in 1982’s BBC miniseries Smiley’s People. Based on the book of ...
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Doctor Who: The Daemons DVD Review: Something’s Going Down in Devil’s End
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski Having recently dipped my toe into the world of Doctor Who with The Face of Evil ...
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Doctor Who: The Three Doctors Special Edition DVD Review: Are Three Doctors Better Than One?
By Shawn Bourdo |
My last Who review left us with the Second Doctor, Patrick Troughton, just after the The Tomb Of The Cybermen ...
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Public Image Limited: Live at Rockpalast DVD Review: A Must for PiL Fans
By Greg Barbrick |
When John Lydon formed Public Image Ltd. in 1978, nobody knew what to make of it at first. With the ...
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Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen Special Edition DVD Review: A Great Time Piece with a Fun Story
By Shawn Bourdo |
The Doctor of my youth was Tom Baker. When the reruns aired on PBS just before the Primetime shows would ...
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Doctor Who: The Robots of Death Special Edition DVD Review: Highly Recommended
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski Imagine, if you will, a world in which face-painted men with “Flock of Seagulls”-style haircuts commingle ...
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Archer: The Complete Season Two Blu-ray Review: License to Laugh
By Gordon S. Miller |
In Season Two of FX’s Archer, creator/executive producer Adam Reed and his team deliver another frequently hysterical season of outrageous ...
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Todd & the Book of Pure Evil: The Complete First Season DVD Review: Join the Cult
By Steve Geise |
Just in time for tonight’s Second Season premiere on FEARnet, the complete First Season DVD box set is now available. ...
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Doctor Who: The Face of Evil DVD Review: Immensely Satisfying
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski Tom Baker is the Doctor. At least, or my money he is. And while it might ...
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It Takes a Thief (1968) The Complete Series Review: Fans Will Find This Set Terrific
By Gordon S. Miller |
Created by Ronald Kibbee, It Takes a Thief, which ran for three seasons on ABC from 1968-70, is an action-adventure ...
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Elmo’s World: Elmo’s Favorite Things DVD Review: Fun, Colorful and Educational
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Amanda Salazar Though he has dabbled in films, starring in The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland and having ...
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World on a Wire Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: The Nature of Unnatural Reality
By Steve Geise |
Two business colleagues at a supercomputer research facility are enjoying a pleasant conversation before one of them declares that he ...
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World on a Wire Criterion Collection DVD Review: A Superb Piece of Science Fiction
By Greg Barbrick |
What if everything you thought you knew was nothing but a fabrication? This is but one of the many themes ...
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Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Season One, Part 2 DVD Review: Crystal Cove Curse
By Shawn Bourdo |
Following the Scooby-Doo gang is a patient, often frustrating process of starts and stops and reboots. There are currently two ...
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Jerry Lewis as The Jazz Singer (1959) DVD Review: Jerry Sings? Oy Vey!
By Luigi Bastardo |
Yes, you read that right: Jerry Lewis as The Jazz Singer. As if the 1980 musical version of Samson Raphaelson’s ...
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Iron Monster and Sesame Heroes DVD Review: A Crossover Recommended for Kids and Their Parents
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski Sesame Street has a longstanding tradition of poking fun at popular culture, including television programs, game ...
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10 Things I Hate About You: Season One, Volume Two DVD Review: Canceled Too Soon?
By Luigi Bastardo |
Wait, they made a series out of that movie? Indeed they did! For those of us who don’t bother paying ...
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Glee: The Concert Blu-ray Review: Fun Performances, Lame Interludes
By Steve Geise |
The Glee concert film captures a moment in time of a pop-culture phenomenon that had already started its slow march ...
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‘Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974) Blu-ray Review: An Average Rankin Bass TV Special
By Lorna Miller |
Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass created many successful animated holiday specials, the best known being Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer ...
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The Looney Tunes Show Season One Volume 2 DVD Review: Bugs and Daffy as The Odd Couple
By Greg Barbrick |
Although it came out a little over a year ago, I have taken my time in watching all 24 films ...
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) DVD Review: An Enthralling Search for a Mole in the Circus
By Gordon S. Miller |
During the latter half of the 20th Century, David John Moore Cornwell became world renowned as espionage-fiction writer John le ...
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The Adventures of Tintin Season One DVD Review: Animated Adventure Abounds!
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Adventures of Tintin by Belgian artist Hegre first appeared as a comic strip in a children’s newspaper supplement in ...
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