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Justice League Action: SuperPowers Unite Season 1 Part 1 DVD Review: More Action, Less Filler

It's been ten years since the last animated series of our favorite DC superheroes was regularly on the air. Justice ...
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Ernie Kovacs: Take A Good Look: The Definitive Collection DVD Review

Take A Good Look, Ernie Kovacs' comedic twist on the "Guess Who?" game-show genre, most notably What's My Line?, aired ...
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Johnny and Friends 10-DVD Box Set Review

Over the summer, Time Life released a three-disc Johnny and Friends set featuring Steve Martin, Robin Williams, and Eddie Murphy. ...
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Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland DVD Review: Singer’s Final Years Explored

Filming a biopic is fraught with difficulty. How can a writer and director accurately portray an international icon onscreen? Few ...
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Detective Montalbano: Episodes 29 & 30 DVD Review: More Murders, Less Fun in the Sicilian Sun

Detective Montalbano (Il commissario Montalbano) is an Italian crime drama set in the fictional town of Vigàta, Sicily. It is ...
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Arrow: The Complete Fifth Season Blu-ray Review: A Period of Uncertainty Awaits Team Arrow

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided us with a free copy of the Blu-ray reviewed in this Blog Post. The opinions ...
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Longmire: The Complete Fifth Season DVD Review: The Best Season to Date

Season Five of Longmire, which aired on Netflix, continued the successful formula of a twisting and turning season-long story arc ...
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Caïn: Season 1 & Season 2 DVD Review: Like House Meets Sherlock, but French

By my count there are at least 825,732.5 crime series currently running on television. In order to distinguish themselves, these ...
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TV Review: Star Trek: Discovery: “The Vulcan Hello”

Set 10 years before The Original Series, which makes no sense in terms of continuity with the technology, aliens, and ...
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Supernatural: The Complete Twelfth Season Blu-ray Review: An Enjoyable Comprehensive Season

Disclaimer: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided Cinema Sentries with a free copy of the DVD reviewed in this post. The ...
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Black Sails: The Complete Fourth Season Blu-ray Review: An Exciting Final Season Filled with Action and Surprising Twists

At the end of Season Three, most of the pirates had been run out of Nassau by the new governor ...
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The Flash (2014): The Complete Third Season Blu-ray Review: The Fastest (and Best) Superhero Show On TV

Disclaimer: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided Cinema Sentries with a free copy of the Blu-ray reviewed in this post. The ...
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Peanuts by Schulz: School Days DVD Review: I Still Highly Recommend This Series

Disclaimer: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided Cinema Sentries with a free copy of the DVD reviewed in this post. The ...
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Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In: The Complete First Season DVD Review: Highly Recommended for the Comedy Fan

After previously releasing the Complete Series in June, Time Life will be releasing Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In as Complete Season ...
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Just Shoot Me!: The Complete Series DVD Review: A Classic Sitcom That Should Be Known As One of the Greats

Releasing today by Shout! Factory, Just Shoot Me! is a television series that ran for seven seasons on NBC from ...
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DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray Review: Much Stronger and More Coherent Than Season One

Disclaimer: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided Cinema Sentries with a free copy of the Blu-ray reviewed in this post. The ...
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Riverdale: The Complete First Season DVD Review: An Entertaining Guilty Pleasure

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided us with a free copy of the DVD reviewed in this Blog Post. The opinions ...
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The Bureau: Season Three Review: Prestige TV From France

The Bureau is a French geopolitical thriller from Canal+ brought to the U.S. by the SundanceTV. It concerns the inner ...
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The Carol Burnett Show: The Best of Harvey Korman DVD Review: Mother Marcus is Missing!

Eight years before we had Saturday Night Live, Carol Burnett and her wonderfully talented and crazy crew (Harvey Korman, Vicki ...
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Pretty Little Liars: The Complete Seventh and Final Season DVD Review

Written by Mary K. Williams Disclaimer: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided Cinema Sentries with a free copy of the DVD ...
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The 100: The Complete Fourth Season DVD Review: It’s the End of the World As We Know It

Disclaimer: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided Cinema Sentries with a free copy of the DVD reviewed in this post. The ...
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Star Wars: Rebels: The Complete Season Three Blu-ray Review: An Excellent New Chapter in a Galaxy Far, Far Away

The Star Wars animated series have done a good job of bridging the gap between movies and telling stories the ...
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Crashing: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Review: A Worthwhile and Hilarious Series

When it comes to being a comedian, there are good things (great material, popularity, success), and there are definitely bad ...
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Gotham (2014): The Complete Third Season Blu-ray Review: A Look at the Dark Underbelly of One of the Comic World’s Most Famous Cities

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided us with a free copy of the DVD reviewed in this Blog Post. The opinions ...
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Johnny and Friends Featuring Steve Martin, Robin Williams & Eddie Murphy DVD Review

The latest Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson release from Time Life collects Volumes 2, 7, and 10 of the "Featured ...
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Bob Hope Salutes the Troops DVD Review: Thanks for the Military Memories

Bob Hope was a great supporter of the troops and performed many USO shows for them. This 3-DVD set from ...
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Twin Peaks: The Definitive Gold Box Edition (The Complete Series) DVD Review: One of the Most Original TV Series to Ever Hit the Airwaves

From the minds of David Lynch and Mark Frost sprang forth one of the most original TV series to ever ...
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The Red Skelton Hour in Color 3-DVD Set Review: An Entertaining, Old-fashioned Variety Show

Red Skelton, who became a personality in vaudeville, radio, and movies, had a very impressive run with his TV program, ...
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Peanuts by Schulz: Go Team Go! DVD Review: An Excellent Addition to the Peanuts Family

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided me with a free copy of the DVD I reviewed in this Post. The opinions ...
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Thoughtful & Abstract: The Walking Dead: “The First Day of the Rest of Your Life”

In which Shawn and Kim react to the Season 7 finale. Shawn: A season full of ups and downs finally ...
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Thoughtful & Abstract: The Walking Dead: “Something They Need”

In which Kim and Shawn find reasons to root for people again. Kim: So, here we are with one episode ...
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Thoughtful & Abstract: The Walking Dead: “The Other Side”

In which Shawn and Kim wonder if anything but a bloodbath save this season now? Shawn: I'm not going to ...
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Romanzo Criminale: Season 1 & 2 DVDs Review: Excellent Italian Crime Series

Contrary to what you might think having watched dozens of films and television series about the mafia, Rome was not ...
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Thoughtful & Abstract: The Walking Dead: “Bury Me Here”

In which a bad cantaloupe does some irreparable damage. Shawn: As low as the show has gotten the past couple ...
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Thoughtful & Abstract: The Walking Dead: “Say Yes”

In which Kim and Shawn say no to "Say Yes". Kim: Another week, another character-focused episode that does next to ...
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Thoughtful & Abstract: The Walking Dead: “Hostiles and Calamities”

In which Shawn and Kim have the same thoughts about the episode where nothing happened. And they aren't positive. Shawn: ...
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Thoughtful & Abstract: The Walking Dead: “New Best Friends”

In which Shawn and Kim have some pretty separate takes on the latest twist in the story. Shawn: If I ...
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Thoughtful & Abstract: The Walking Dead: “Rock In The Road”

In which Rick is Rick again and zombies are dying by the handful. Kim: The Walking Dead has returned and ...
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Peanuts by Schulz: Snoopy Tales DVD Review: Captures the Spirit of the Source Material

Over the years, I've tasked myself with watching and writing about new updates of shows that I loved as a ...
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Mannix: The Second Season DVD Review: Smart, Believable Mysteries

Joe Mannix (Mike Connors) is a private eye who works in Los Angeles. He comes from a long line of ...
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I Love Lucy: Superstar Special #2 DVD Review: Lucy and the Duke

Following its airing on May 20, 2016, the I Love Lucy Superstar Special #2, which aired colorized versions of the ...
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The Mary Tyler Moore Show: The Complete Fifth Season DVD Review: Life After Rhoda

The fifth season of The Mary Tyler Moore Show continues the funny exploits of Mary Richards (Mary Tyler Moore) and ...
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Johnny and Friends Featuring Jerry Seinfeld DVD Review

It's great that Time Life is finding new ways to market The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson by releasing the ...
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: The Vault Series 6-DVD Review: Heeere’s the ’70s

Time Life has released The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: The Vault Series, available as a single-disc release (2 shows), ...
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The Best TV Shows of 2016

In which Shawn and Kim take a look back at the brilliant storytelling shows from 2016. Shawn: If T&A is ...
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The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story Blu-ray Review: A Highlight of the 2015/2016 Television Season

FX's true-crime anthology television series American Crime Story has set a high standard for its duration because its first season, ...
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American Masters: By Sidney Lumet Review: See the Master in a New Light

The great Sidney Lumet (1924-2011) was an American original, a genius storyteller, and a quintessential New York filmmaker whose versatile ...
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Bob Hope: Hope for the Holidays DVD Review: Pop-culture Relics from a Bygone Era

As the DVD menu reveals, Hope for the Holidays is actually the fourth disc from the 11-DVD set titled Thanks ...
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Strange and Unusual Christmas Films DVD Review: I Am in Hell, Help Me

A longstanding idiom states "'Tis better to give than to receive" ‒ and that theory definitely holds true with Alpha ...
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TV Review: Legends of Tomorrow: ‘Invasion!’

The Cinema Sentries are having their own crossover event to cover the DC Superheroes four-part crossover event entitled "Invasion!" running ...
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