The third volume of Primeval contains the thirteen episodes of the show’s fourth and fifth series/season, and the first for the new incarnation of ARC – but not to worry, if you haven’t watched the show’s first three seasons, there’s a quick saga sell/previously on that brings you completely up to date. And it’s definitely worth jumping on board here because this is one smart, exciting show.
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DVD Reviews
Although I’m not a huge fan of live action TV shows in which the characters are all reprehensible beyond redemption [*cough* It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia *cough*], the morally repugnant characters of the FX cult hit Archer are funny beyond all reason. The Season Two DVD set is a real killer in that regard.
Grade: B+
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Sarah Jane Smith may well be the most beloved companion in the long history of Doctor Who. As evidence, I submit the fourth season DVD set of The Sarah Jane Adventures – the second and lighter of two spinoffs, and a collection of ripping yarns that will entertain Whovians of any age. Clearly, Sarah Jane is popular enough to sustain a series that only ended when she did.
Grade: A-
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Today’s release of The Help on DVD is cause for celebration because the film plays just as well on the small screen as on the big one. It’s also cause for great disappointment because of this lovely, lovely film getting terribly wronged by whoever put the bonus features together – they consist of two deleted scenes and a music video – total time: nine minutes, fifty-two seconds!
Grade: B-
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Detective Inspector Joseph Chandler is on the fast track, checking off the requirements to make it to the top. When he’s sent to Whitechapel to take charge of a murder investigation – a simple domestic, everyone says – things turn out to be so very not simple. Despite the doubts of his men – and especially tough, streetwise Detective Sergeant Ray Miles – he comes to believe that the murder is part of a series that will duplicate the infamous Jack the Ripper kills from Victorian times! This is the premise of the first series/season of Whitechapel – Now on DVD as Whitechapel: The Ripper Returns.
Grade: A-
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Super 8 is J.J. Abrams’ first film to not be a sequel or reimagining. It’s a tale of innocence lost and found; the magic of making movies and an alien creature that may or may not be a monster. Although the DVD release is more than a bit short on extras [a commentary and two short featurettes], it still delivers great entertainment – and what features there are, are choice.
Grade: A
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: if Thor was Marvel’s Superman: The Movie, then Captain America: The First Avenger is its Raiders of the Lost Ark! And if the movie was splendid in 3D, it doesn’t lose much – if anything – in translation to 2D.
Grade: A
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