I’ve had my review copy of Freaks and Geeks: Yearbook Edition for awhile – but only now have I managed to get through all of its many features. This is the kind of DVD package that you have to actually see, full-size, to really appreciate. Freaks and Geeks, of course, is the classic one-season wonder […]
Category: DVD Reviews
BLU-RAY REVIEW: The Dark Knight Sparkles, Michelle’s Review
I’m currently working on my 2008 Blu-ray Holiday Guide and my top 20 list for 2008 and it goes without saying The Dark Knight Blu-ray disc is one of the best Blu-rays of the year. It’s a true showcase title that combines an Amazing 1080P Picture, TrueHD Sound, and truly unique special features into something […]
BLU-RAY REVIEW: Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
If you have read my reviews for any length of time you will know that one of my many film bias is an extreme dislike of talking animals in my movies. Generally, they creep me out and take me right out of the experience. The one exception to that rule was The Chronicles of Narnia. […]
DVD Review: PIXAR Outfits The WALL*E 3-DVD Set With A Cornucopia of Goodies!
When WALL*E premiered, I described it as follows: “WALL*E is the best film of the year – let alone the summer – so far. Easily.” While that was before The Dark Knight and a number of amazing smaller films came out, this eco-fable/romance between the decidedly blue collar trash compacter on tank treads and the […]
DVD REVIEW: Studio One Anthology: Amazing Programming From the Dawn of the Television Age
Beginning in 1948 and boasting a nine year run – and over four hundred and fifty episodes – Studio One was the premiere anthology series in a time when live television drama was brand new. Every week, brought a new story – and the multitude of other anthology series that followed were equally productive. To […]
TELEVISION: Wagon Train: The Complete Color Season – Experience One of the Most Influential Treks in Television History!
When Gene Roddenberry pitched Star Trek to NBC, he described it as “Wagon Train in space.” Without Wagon Train, there might well have been no Star Trek – or any of its sequel [and prequel] series. But Wagon Train influenced Star Trek in more ways than simply trekking through space. The series, which had a nine-year run […]
DVD REVIEW: Kung Fu Panda/Secrets of the Furious Five
The story of how Po [Jack Black] becomes the Dragon Warrior – despite the skepticism of the Furious Five Masters, Crane [David Cross], Mantis [Seth Rogen], Monkey [Jackie Chan], Tigress [Angelina Jolie] and Viper [Lucy Liu] – is one of the year’s surprise hits, critically as well as at the box office. The film’s DVD […]
DVD REVIEW: M Squad – The Complete Series: Hard Boiled Cop Drama on Chicago’s Mean Streets!
What Dragnet was to Los Angeles, and Naked City was to New York, that’s what M Squad was to Chicago. The hard-boiled cop show starred Lee Marvin, in his first major leading role, as Lt. Frank Ballinger of the so-called M Squad. In Ballinger’s words, M Squad “is a special detail of the Chicago Police; […]
DVD REVIEW: What We Do Is Secret: Biographical Film Tackles Legendary Punk Band!
The Germs, created and fronted by Darby Crash [formerly Bobby Pyn, born Jan Paul Beahm] was simultaneously one of the Los Angeles area’s most loved and hated bands. Their raw energy and apparent self-destructiveness drew crowds, but the bands antics frequently led to club damage and brawls. Their fans loved them – and their one […]
BLU-ray REVIEW: The Godfather Trilogy
I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve never been much of a fan of the Godfather Trilogy. I don’t know why, it is an amazing film on almost every level, but it never connected with me. Probably because by the time I finally saw it, I had heard all the signature lines over and […]
DVD REVIEW: They’re Finally Here – The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour: The Best of Season 3!
I remember, with great fondness, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. Tom and Dick Smothers started out as a comedy/folk duo, playing clubs like the legendary Purple Onion. When CBS offered them their own TV show, they had no idea what they were letting themselves in for. The Brothers Smothers started fairly innocuously, but as the […]