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As we honor the life and memory of Pope John Paul II, it seems to me that Warners should consider more strongly to giving this 1968 film a DVD release at last. Though plodding in many areas, it is a fascinating look at the inner workings of the Vatican and also tells an eerily prophetic tale of...

For a lot of us, our TV watching habits were probably at one time defined by a specific prime-time lineup on a particular network (it probably still is for many too). So I got to wondering how possible is it to recreate a particular network's primetime schedule for a particular year based on...

Costco is the place to go for Season 1 sets of Flintstones and Jetsons, with a pricetag of $28.99 for each, some 50% less overall! Picked up Flintstones today which I had been avoiding on the grounds that it was too steep at other outlets. Hope to get Jetsons soon.

We're all familiar with the frustration over no release of Season 2 of MTM by Fox, but I wonder if there's anyone out there like me who's wondering if Columbia will come out with Season 2 of this classic sitcom. The 13 episode Season 1 release was hardly adequate to convey how good the show...

A month ago, I purchased season 1 of "The Lost World" at Best Buy but only just discovered that Disc 2 in the set would not play on my Sony DVD/VCR but would play on my DVD-ROM. It just would never load at all. I managed to exchange it today a month later but found that the same disc in the...

I just noticed on Amazon that the specs for the One Million Years BC DVD to be released on March 9 lists a running time of 92 minutes. If so, that means this is going to be the shorter VHS cut and not the expanded 100 minute European cut used for the Laser Disc. I sincerely hope this is a...

Since the review thread on the latest release of "JFK" got out of hand again (in part because I jumped as my custom whenever I see editorial spin in a review of this film praising it), I am taking up Jack's suggestion that a new thread be started here in After Hours related to the assassination...

Back in the 1980s, CBS News used to offer through mail order only two lengthy documentary series, "World War II With Walter Cronkite" and "The Vietnam War With Walter Cronkite". The former was re-edited episodes of the 50s CBS series "The 20th Century" dealing with WWII with new intros by...

For the first time ever I bought a National Geographic DVD, a two pack featuring a recent special on the Great Pyramids but of more interest to me was a vintage 1982 documentary on Egypt narrated by Richard Basehart, that I had frequently rented the VHS release of for use in a class I teach. I...

It has emerged that the new DVD release of "The Great Race" has an audio problem that totally ruins the opening credits. Boos are supposed to accompany Jack Lemmon's credits and cheers for Tony Curtis. This has been incredibly reversed so it's boos for Curtis and cheers for Lemmon. Also on...