tv review

<strong class='bbc'>The New Normal: The Complete First Season DVD Review</strong><p>One of the most anticipated comedy series for the 2012-2013 television season was NBC’s <em class='bbc'>The New Normal</em>. Created and produced by Ryan Murphy who had steered such oddball creations as <em...

<strong class='bbc'>Ray Donovan: Season One Blu-ray Review</strong><p>A fixer working for one of Hollywood’s biggest talent agencies forms the backdrop of Showtime’s first season hit series <em class='bbc'>Ray Donovan</em>. Though the Hollywood/sports types who come into the orbit of the title...

<strong class='bbc'>Jim Gaffigan: Obsessed Blu-ray Review</strong><p>Food and our poor eating habits once again dominate Jim Gaffigan’s latest comedy special, but the laughs flow freely even though some of the comedian’s targets of derision can be a little obvious.</p> <img...

<strong class='bbc'>Little House on the Prairie: Season Two Blu-ray Review</strong><p>For those who loved the first season of the family dramedy <em class='bbc'>Little House on the Prairie</em>, the second season offers up more of the same elements that made the first season so popular. Filled...

<p><strong>Hill Street Blues: The Complete Series DVD Review - Recommended</strong></p> <p><em>Hill Street Blues: The Complete Series</em> carefully arrives on DVD in this comprehensive set from Shout Factory. The 34-disc release, which will hit store shelves publicly in a month, presents all...

<strong class='bbc'>Continuum Season Two Blu-ray Review</strong><p><em class='bbc'>Continuum Season Two </em>presents the second season of the low-budget Canadian science fiction series on Blu-ray in the best manner possible. The picture and sound quality are both quite good, and the basic...

<strong class='bbc'>Mystery Science Theater 3000, Volume XXIX DVD Review</strong><p>This 29th collection of episodes from <em class='bbc'><strong class='bbc'>Mystery Science Theater 3000</strong></em> on DVD from Shout! Factory contains some forgotten gems from the series, particularly <em...

<strong class='bbc'>Little House on the Prairie: Season One Blu-ray Review</strong><p>Hear the term “auteur” and one generally thinks of a filmmaker like Alfred Hitchcock or Jean-Luc Godard who imprints his unmistakably personal stamp on all his films so that they couldn’t be confused with...

<strong class='bbc'>Atlantis (BBC) Blu-Ray Revew</strong><p>BBC Television is known for period dramas <em class='bbc'>Downton Abbey </em>and <em class='bbc'>Call the Midwife</em>,<em class='bbc'> </em>standout shows that have garnered huge followings in multiple countries, the United States...

<strong class='bbc'>Agatha Christie&#39;s Poirot: Series 11 Blu-ray Review</strong><p>Four tantalizing mysteries from the casebook of Hercule Poirot form the eleventh season of <em class='bbc'>Agatha Christie’s Poirot. </em>All four stories feature devilishly clever murders, and while the...

<strong class='bbc'>Game of Thrones: The Complete Third Season Blu-ray Review</strong><p>The third year of HBO’s ridiculously popular fantasy series was its best yet, addressing the main problem area of the first two seasons and properly setting the stage for a phenomenal fourth.</p><img...

<strong class='bbc'>The Americans: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Review</strong><p>A provocative dramatic series set in the 1980s when the Cold War was at its height, <em class='bbc'>The Americans</em> certainly makes for some riveting television. Compelling lead characters, American in...

<strong class='bbc'>Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman: The Complete Series DVD Review</strong><p>First things first - the Shout! Factory box set of <em class='bbc'>Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman: The Complete Series</em> appears to have rectified all of the problems which plagued the 2007 set of the show's...

<strong class='bbc'>LA Law Season One DVD Review</strong><p>The 80s are fond memories for me. Middle school and High school and everything that captured youth. My parents and I would watch a lot of programming; but NBC was a staple in our household, and it didn't take me long to fall for a hip...

<strong class='bbc'>Sherlock: Season Three Blu-ray Review</strong><p>After another two-year gap between seasons, BBC’s <em class='bbc'>Sherlock</em> returned with its two leading players now international film stars but fitting once again comfortably into the guises of the updated sociopathic...

<strong class='bbc'>Dallas: The Complete Second Season - Recommended</strong><p>The modern day iteration of the classic primetime soap opera keeps on pumpin’ as <em class='bbc'>Dallas: The Complete Second Season</em> arrives on DVD. The release, which hit store shelves in mid February, is...

<strong class='bbc'>Killing Kennedy Blu-ray Review</strong><p>It’s often said that the assassination of President John F. Kennedy marked the moment when America lost its innocence. Such a monumental event in American history is given a rather cursory going over in <em class='bbc'>Killing...

<strong class='bbc'>Archer: The Complete Season Four Blu-ray Review</strong><p>There's more sipping, swearing, and even some occasional spying in the fourth season of FX's hilarious animated secret agent spoof <em class='bbc'>Archer</em>. The show offers an ample supply of belly laughs courtesy...

<strong class='bbc'>Pride and Prejudice (1995): Keepsake Edition Blu-ray Review</strong><p>Jane Austen’s masterpiece comedy of manners and morals <em class='bbc'>Pride and Prejudice</em> has been a mainstay of stage, screen, and television for decades. Though there have been many wonderful...

<strong class='bbc'>Perry Mason Movie Collection: Volume 1 DVD Review</strong><p>After appearing for nine years as America’s most famous defense attorney Perry Mason, Raymond Burr went on to other TV series both successful and unsuccessful, made sporadic appearances in TV-movies and feature...

<strong class='bbc'>The Simpsons: The Sixteenth Season Blu-ray Review</strong><p>Though the sixteenth season of Matt Groening’s <em class='bbc'>The Simpsons </em>had more than its fair share of hilarious and memorable moments, the fact remains that the buzzworthy nature of the show during its...

<strong class='bbc'>Mystery Science Theater 3000 25th Anniversary Edition DVD Review</strong><p>It’s hard to believe it’s been 25 years since <em class='bbc'>Mystery Science Theater 3000</em> first hit the airwaves. Shout! Factory is celebrating with a big 25th anniversary set, which includes...

The complete series set of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman from Shout! Factory will be released tomorrow and I received a review copy this morning. Obviously I will not be able to give it a proper review right away, but due to the controversy over the botched Volume 1 set which was released in 2007 I...

<strong class='bbc'>Agatha Christie&#39;s Poirot: Series 10 Blu-ray Review</strong><p>By the tenth series of Hercule Poirot television films, the producers were feeling freer to experiment with Dame Agatha Christie’s creations. They hadn’t yet resorted to changing the denouements (that would...

<strong class='bbc'>Farscape: The Complete Series 15th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray Review</strong><p><em class='bbc'>Farscape</em> debuted in 1999 on the SciFi Channel and would achieve cult status worldwide during its four-season run, spawning a climactic mini-series, <em class='bbc'>Farscape...

<strong class='bbc'>Maverick: The Complete Season Three DVD Review</strong><p>With the release of <em class='bbc'>Maverick: The Complete Third Season</em> Warner Brothers has shifted the distribution of the program to the Warner Archive. The good news is that Warner has announced that it intends...

<strong class='bbc'>Agatha Christie&#39;s Poirot: Series 7 &amp; 8 Blu-ray Review</strong><p>Two movie-length adaptations of golden age Agatha Christie novels each distinguished seasons seven and eight of <em class='bbc'>Agatha Christie’s Poirot</em>. Though one of the four tales doesn’t really...

<strong class='bbc'>Agatha Christie&#39;s Poirot: Series 9 Blu-ray Review</strong><p>For their ninth series of Hercule Poirot adventures, the producers of <em class='bbc'>Poirot</em> selected three of Agatha Christie’s most baffling mysteries from her golden years of creativity and finished out...

Fear Itself: The Complete First Season Studio: Lionsgate Broadcast Year: 2008 US DVD Release Date: September 15, 2009 Rated: TV-14 Running Time: 593 minutes Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 (English) Subtitles: None Movie: 3 out of 5 Desperate for...