Over the course of its five-year run, Taxi was one of the best-loved sitcoms in North America because its comedy was derived from the creation and development of characters who were fleshed out and felt real – even [or maybe especially] the burnt out, but warm-hearted “Reverend Jim” Ignatowski [Christopher Lloyd] and the Gravases, Latka […]
Category: DVD Reviews
TVonDVD: United States of Tara: the FIRST season; Great Show; Lacklustre Features!
Tara Gregson [Toni Collette] is a struggling artist/designer with a charming husband, Max [John Corbett] and two kids – studious Marshall [Kier Gilchrist] and uber-brat Kate [Brie Larson]. She also has four more personalities [slutty teen, T; macho redneck Buck; super Betty Crocker, Alice, and a more primal figure, Gimme] – and a sister, Charmaine […]
DVD: Paranormal Activity Is Just As Creepy On The Small Scream; I Mean, Screen!
By now, pretty much the entire North American population is aware that Paranormal Activity – the little movie that could – was shot on a budget of $15,000. College and midnight screenings were packed and the response was almost universally good, so Paramount Pictures – after kudos by people like Steven Spielberg – decided to […]
TV On DVD: Legend of the Seeker Season 1
Legend of the Seeker (LOS) is one of those boats that I missed the first time around. I mean it’s on Syndicated television and these days it’s not so easy to find syndicated programming. Whenever I turn on DC20, DC’s local indie station, the only thing on are bad tv movies on the weekend. I […]
DVD Review: American Gladiators: The Original Series – The Battle Begins
Nitro. Blaze. Gemini. Gold. Lace. Laser. Titan. Zap. They were the AMERICAN GLADIATORS! From 1989-1996, we got to see the phenomenon that swept the nation and around the world. Ordinary men and women descended upon “Gladiator Arena” each week to put their strength, speed, and athletic ability on the line against a group of highly trained […]
DVD Review: He’s Just Not That Into You
The Warner Brothers comedy He’s Just Not That Into You was released on DVD and Blu_Ray on June 2, 2009 This smartly done comedy about five women and four men trying to sort out the signals that the sexes exchange has an all star cast line up. Gigi (Ginnifer Goodwin) who imagines every man she […]
DVD REVIEW: Driven to Kill – Steven Segal Just Keeps On Kicking!
The eighties had a lot of action heroes – enough for two tiers of them… enough to churn out B-movie action flicks in plain, twisted, ironic and even extra-toasty. Tier one included names like Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, and Arnold. Tier two included the likes of Jean-Claude Van Damme and the star of Driven to […]
DVD REVIEW: X-Men – Marvel Comic Book Collection Volumes 1 & 2 – The ‘90’s Animated Series Is Back!
Back in 1992, fans of Marvel Comics – and superheroes in general – were delighted to find Marvel’s merry band of mutants on Saturday morning television. The series, which ran for seventy-six episodes, brought Marvel’s unique brand of wit and topicality to kids’ TV and ran for five seasons over six years. X-Men Vol. 1 […]
DVD REVIEW: JCVD Earns JCVD Some Genuine Respect!
For some reason, I can’t get this little bit of meta filmmaking out of my mind. Maybe it’s because Jean-Claude Van Damme comes across as a real person in this tale of a just-past-his-prime C-list martial arts star getting caught up in a hostage situation while tying to get the money to pay his lawyer […]
DVD REVIEW: Death Note – Editing an Epic Series into Two Movies Isn’t Easy!
Death Note, the twisted, unique manga series by Tsugumi Ohba [writer] and Takeshi Obata [artist] has been turned into an anime´ series as well as a movie franchise and has done very well in each format. The films Death Note and Death Note: The Last Name, adapt the battle of wits between Light Yagami [Tatsuya […]
DVD REVIEW: Craig Ferguson – A Wee Bit o’ Revolution Rocks Boston!
If you only know Craig Ferguson as Drew’s boss on The Drew Carey show, or as the affable talk show host [the one who actually engages in conversation with his guests], then you may be in for a wee bit o’ shock when you play Comedy Central’s Craig Ferguson: A Wee Bit o’ Revolution [which […]