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TV Review: The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness

By Darcy Staniforth | May 5, 2021

What happens when a man begins to investigate a case as a journalist, but then becomes so engrossed in the ...

Legion of Super Heroes: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: Back to the Future

By Gordon S. Miller | Apr 12, 2021

Based on the comic of the same name, Legion of Super Heroes ran for two seasons (26 episodes) from 2006 ...

Austin City Limits: Country (10-Disc Set) Review: A Vital Historical Document of Country Music

By Gordon S. Miller | Apr 6, 2021

Austin City Limits: Country is a music fan's dream. This two-volume set comprised of 10 discs contains 164 live uncut ...

Six by Sondheim Blu-ray Review: Behind the Music of a True Broadway Baby

By Elizabeth Periale | Mar 8, 2021

The HBO television documentary Six by Sondheim is now available on Blu-ray. A fascinating look at the career of Stephen Sondheim, it tells ...

Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who! (1970) Deluxe Edition DVD Review

By Gordon S. Miller | Mar 4, 2021

Horton Hears a Who! was the second television special that combined the talents of author Dr. Seuss and animator Chuck ...

Harley Quinn: The Complete First And Second Seasons Blu-ray Review: Very Adult, Very Funny

By Todd Karella | Feb 25, 2021

Remember back in the day when you were a child and you could turn on the television and watch Saturday ...

Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In: The Complete Series DVD Review

By Gordon S. Miller | Feb 21, 2021

Previously an exclusive from Time Life, the landmark variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In: The Complete Series is now available ...

Lovecraft Country: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Review: We Are Not Monsters

By Jack Cormack | Feb 16, 2021

The first five minutes of HBO’s adventure horror series, Lovecraft Country (Season One), tells you everything you need to know ...

By Darcy Staniforth | Jan 12, 2021

The summer of 1985 was filled with terror for Southern California residents. A serial killer, who would come to be ...

Peanuts Deluxe Holiday Collection DVD Review: A Trio of Animated Classics

By Gordon S. Miller | Dec 25, 2020

This collection features three classic Peanuts television specials, It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown; A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving; and A ...

The 2020 World Series Blu-ray Review: It’s Time for Dodgers Baseball

By Gordon S. Miller | Dec 18, 2020

Major League Baseball presents The 2020 World Series, the official 85-minute documentary of the six-game series played between the Los ...

Chernobyl (2019) 4K Ultra HD Review: Harrowing, Horrifying Disaster Story

By Kent Conrad | Nov 30, 2020

Chernobyl is a horror story with two monsters. One is technological, the other is human. The human horror caused the ...

Saturday Night Live: The Early Years: The Best of Seasons 1-5 DVD Box Set Review

By Steve Geise | Nov 29, 2020

This new box set cherry picks 33 complete episodes from the first five years of Saturday Night Live, acting as ...

Dolly: The Ultimate Collection 19-Disc DVD Review: The Queen of Country Conquers TV

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 28, 2020

The first four volumes of Dolly: The Ultimate Collection from Time Life contains a massive amount of TV appearances across 19 discs ...

Jonny Quest: The Complete Original Series Blu-ray Review: 26 Thrilling, Boys’ Adventures

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 11, 2020

Originally running from September 18, 1964 - March 11, 1965, Jonny Quest is an animated, science fiction/adventure series from Hanna-Barbera Productions. It ...

Stargirl: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Review: A Stellar Season

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 8, 2020

Disclaimer: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided Cinema Sentries with a free copy of the Blu-ray reviewed in this post. The ...

You’re Not Elected, Charlie Brown Deluxe Edition DVD Review: Only One Special Gets My Vote

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 7, 2020

You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown is the eighth Peanuts television special. It first aired in October 1972 before the U.S. Presidential election and ...

DVD Cover of the movie The Plot Against America

The Plot Against America DVD Review: A Bland ‘What If’ Drama

By David Wangberg | Oct 30, 2020

Based on Phillip Roth's novel of the same name, David Simon's adaptation of The Plot Against America takes a look at an ...

Burt Sugarman’s The Soul of The Midnight Special: Volume 1 (1973-1976) DVD Review: A Soulful Nostalgia Trip

By Kit O'Toole | Oct 28, 2020

Long before MTV, if you wanted to see your favorite artist perform their latest hits, you had limited choices: see ...

Happy Halloween Scooby-Doo! DVD Review: Good on Many Levels

By Shawn Bourdo | Oct 1, 2020

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided the writer with a free copy of the DVD reviewed in this Blog Post. The ...

Killing Eve: Season 3 Blu-ray Review: Girl Power to the Max

By Elizabeth Periale | Sep 30, 2020

Killing Eve is a weird and wonderful show. The cat and mouse attraction/repulsion between British intelligence agent Eve Polastri (Sandra Oh) ...

Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America Blu-ray Review: The Presentation Is First Class

By Shawn Bourdo | Sep 27, 2020

In October of 2019, AMC aired a six-episode series called Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America. That series is being ...

The Best of Cher Volume 1 & 2 DVD Review: Take It Home

By Gordon S. Miller | Sep 21, 2020

When The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour ended after the couple's divorce, CBS stuck with Cher. She starred in an eponymous variety ...

Supergirl: The Complete Fifth Season Blu-ray Review: Full of Feel-good Moments

By Cinema Sentries | Sep 18, 2020

Written by Damone Rodgers Supergirl: The Complete Fifth Season is definitely an enjoyable way to pass the time during self isolation. ...

His Dark Materials: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Review: Lyra and Daemons and Bears, Oh My!

By Gordon S. Miller | Sep 17, 2020

Based on Philip Pullman’s fantasy book trilogy of the same name, His Dark Materials opens with graphics that explain the ...

The Flash (2014): The Complete Sixth Season Blu-ray Review: The Stakes Have Gotten Higher but the Fun Has Gotten Smaller

By Mat Brewster | Aug 24, 2020

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided Mat Brewster with a free copy of the Blu-ray reviewed in this post. The opinions ...

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: The Complete Fifth Season Review: So Much Fun

By Mat Brewster | Aug 17, 2020

Disclaimer: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided Cinema Sentries with a free copy of the Blu-ray reviewed in this post. The ...

Batwoman: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Review: The Arrowverse Finally Goes to Gotham

By Mat Brewster | Aug 17, 2020

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided the writer with a free copy of the Blu-ray reviewed in this article. The opinions ...

Wonder Woman: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: Warner Bros. Brings Us Exactly What We Need

By Rons Reviews | Aug 3, 2020

In 1975, America found itself in strange times. The president had resigned, we had experienced an energy crisis, and Archie ...

Castle Rock: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray Review: A Stronger Stephen King Feel to It

By Lorna Miller | Jul 26, 2020

Having read numerous Stephen King books and loving so many movies based on them, I was really excited for the ...

Worst Cartoons Ever! DVD Review: They Stink!

By Gordon S. Miller | Jul 24, 2020

[It was a tradition Friday nights at San Diego Comic Con to visit Jerry Beck's long-running panel, Worst Cartoons Ever!, ...

Wild Palms Blu-ray Review: It’s No Twin Peaks

By Steve Geise | Jul 1, 2020

In the wake of the spectacular rise and fall of the original Twin Peaks, its network ABC was keen to produce ...

The Pink Panther Cartoon Collection: Volume 6 (1978-1980) Blu-ray Review

By Gordon S. Miller | May 17, 2020

From January 2018 to December 2019, Kino Lorber Animation released the entire run of 124 Pink Panther cartoons produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises ...

The Jetsons The Complete Original Series Blu-ray Review: Meet George Jetson

By Gordon S. Miller | May 13, 2020

After the success of The Flintstones, Hanna Barbera returned to the family sitcom two years later with The Jetsons, doing ...

Looking for Alaska DVD Review: Well Written and Well Acted

By Darcy Staniforth | Apr 20, 2020

Looking for Alaska brings the critically acclaimed work of author John Green to the screen in this eight-episode Hulu Original limited ...

TV Review: The West Memphis Three: An ID Murder Mystery: A Documentary Miniseries by the Book

By Cinema Sentries | Apr 7, 2020

Written by Ram Venkat Srikar The West Memphis Three: An ID Murder Mystery is a fly-on-the-wall documentary primarily chronicling the court ...

TV Review: How to Fix a Drug Scandal: Ripples of a Sweeping Tragedy

By Cinema Sentries | Mar 29, 2020

Written by Ram Venkat Srikar How to Fix a Drug Scandal is the dictionary definition of infotainment. It's thrilling, suspenseful, entertaining, ...

Good Omens Blu-ray Review: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Armageddon

By Gordon S. Miller | Mar 28, 2020

Based on the 1990 novel by the late Terry Prachett and Neil Gaiman, the latter of whom oversaw the television ...

Swamp Thing (2019): The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: What Is and What (Unfortunately) Will Never Be

By David Wangberg | Feb 14, 2020

It was doomed from the beginning. Before making its debut on the DC Universe streaming service, Swamp Thing had its initial 13-episode ...

I Got You Babe: The Best of Sonny & Cher, Volume 1 DVD Review

By Gordon S. Miller | Feb 12, 2020

Sonny & Cher started as a singing duo and had their first big #1 hit in 1965 with “I Got ...

FLCL Progressive/Alternative Blu-ray Review: A Classic Badly Revived

By Kent Conrad | Feb 4, 2020

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided the writer with a free copy of the Blu-ray reviewed in this article. The opinions ...

TV Review: Twin – A Limited Series

By Elizabeth Periale | Jan 28, 2020

Norwegian actor Kristofer Hivju is probably best-known to most avid television viewers as the ginger-haired, love-lorn Tormund Giantsbane from HBO's Game ...