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Jet Li's last wushu movie, Fearless, is about the philosophy behind the martial arts – and yet it features some of his most interesting fight sequences; The Wicker Man has survived the indignity of a hideous remake, courtesy of a splendid two-disc collector's set, and American Pie Presents The Naked Mile takes baby steps back […]

The folks at Fox Home Video are sneaky: you can't get a complete set of any one Bond without buying all four volumes of James Bond Ultimate Edition. Fortunately, these four box sets are well worth buying, just for the wealth of bonus material… Volume 3 of the James Bond Ultimate Edition sets include For […]

One of the main influences for Alias creator J.J. Abrams was the original Mission: Impossible TV series. It seems somehow fitting, then, that the DVD release of the final season his series should come at virtually the same time as the release of the first season of that classic espionage series. Alias: The Complete Fifth […]

Despite a slow start, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" delivers a rousing – if imminently forgetful [which makes it just as much fun on re-viewings] – ride once it picks up steam… The second entry in the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy finds Captain Jack Sparrow [Johnny Depp] being pressured to live up […]

If 24 hadn't had such an electric debut season, season five would easily be the best season of the series, what with its triple whammy of disasters/betrayals! Joan of Arcadia got more intense in season two – suicide, betrayal, even another of God's conversationalists – with the result that show shed viewers in spite of […]

Superman is the most mythic of comic book superheroes. He has godlike powers and he uses them for the right reason – to help others. "Superman Returns" is a lovely, meandering film that attempts [and succeeds for the most part] to give us an overview of the character and add emotional depth at the same […]

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Star Trek: The Animated Series won the franchise's only Emmy; The Tick vs. Season One introduced comics' funniest superhero satire to television; HarveyToons: The complete Collection is a spirited mix of film and TV animated shorts, and The Dick Tracy Show: The Complete Animated Crime Series fails to do justice to Chester Gould's sharp-jawed sleuth… […]

If you have any Browncoats among your friends and family, you will know about it. Browncoats are fans of the Joss Whedon TV series, Firefly, and the film for which their support was largely responsible. Done The Impossible is another unlikely chapter in the Firefly/Serenity saga… When Joss Whedon's TV series, Firefly, was prematurely cancelled, […]

The chemistry between Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz gives FOX procedural, Bones – Season One a different kind of edge; Clive Barker's Haeckel's Tale makes for a truly different episode of Masters of Horror; humor helps set NCIS – The Second Complete Season apart, and Edward R. Murrow: The Best of Person to Person is […]

Tom Cruise and director J.J. Abrams both loved the Mission: Impossible TV series. It shows in their collaboration on Mission: Impossible 3 – the film features the kind of action we expect in a big-budget movie blockbuster, but it also features some deft characterization [long an Abrams trademark]. Paramount's two-DVD Collector's Edition lives up to […]