Some may argue that it's a little early for Christmas DVDs to be hitting store shelves. To them I say “Bah, humbug,” particularly if the DVD in question is last year's Muppets Christmas special, A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa. … Read More ›
Month: September 2009
The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth (1986) Go Blu
[Editor's Note: Reviews of the most recent DVD releases of these two films, which include more of a review on the movies themselves, can be found here.] It was just over two years ago that both The Dark Crystal and… Read More ›
And Away We Go!
Directed by Sam Mendes (American Beauty), Away We Go (2009), is the hysterical and heartfelt story of a couple about to have their first child. Mendes is able to deftly mix serious storylines with lighter ones, and manages to create… Read More ›
Wallace & Gromit – The Wonder of Blu-ray
Sometimes when you watch something you know from the very first moment that what you're witnessing is brilliant and complex and simple and funny and marvelous and completely unbelievable and totally relatable at the same time. What your watching is,… Read More ›
Clue: The Office Edition, Now Available (that’s what she said)
Toby Flenderson, Dunder Mifflin's Scranton-based HR guru is dead. Or, at the very least Michael Scott would have that be the case. No one quite vexes Michael as much as Toby (something about Toby being a party-pooper). In a typically… Read More ›
Who Goo? Roogoo
The Nintendo Wii's unique control scheme and desire to inspire everyone from two to 200 to play on it has inspired its share of wacky, weird, and wonderful puzzlers and party games. One of the latest, Roogoo: Twisted Towers, is… Read More ›
Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving Means More Pooh for You!
Less a single full-length feature and more a composite of several shorter Winnie the Pooh tales, Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving is coming to DVD in a brand new, 10th Anniversary Edition – complete with a mini-stocking. The tales… Read More ›
One Could Observe and Report, but to Simply Ignore may be Wiser
Perhaps best known as “the other 2009 mall cop movie,” the Seth Rogen-starring Observe and Report not only trails Paul Blart: Mall Cop in terms of release dates, but laughs as well – and this reviewer didn't find the Kevin… Read More ›
Whoa, was That a FlashForward or Just a Head Rush?
Based oh-so-loosely on the Robert J. Sawyer book of the same name, and perhaps the most ambitious television show to launch this fall, ABC's FlashForward is a drama with a science fiction edge. In the novel, the main story follows… Read More ›
Mr. Men & Little Miss on DVD
Originally created by Roger Hargreaves in 1971, the Mr. Men series of books have existed in the public consciousness – even if at a subdued level – for almost four decades (the Little Miss series for 10 fewer years). Named… Read More ›
ABC Goes All-New Wednesdays this Fall – Should You Block off Three Hours of Time?
As I said when ABC first announced his lineup, I was hugely intrigued by their brand-new Wednesday lineup. ABC is going very aggressive on Wednesdays this year, launching four new comedies and a drama. Having now watched the shows, I'm… Read More ›
Ugly Betty’s Third Season on DVD
[Editor's note: reviews of season one and season two of Ugly Betty are available here and here, respectively.] The big news in season three of Ugly Betty is the big move to New York City. No, not Betty's move (although… Read More ›
How I Met Your Mother Launches Season Five
How I Met Your Mother, CBS's comedy focusing on one man, Ted Mosby (Josh Radnor), recounting to his children the search he went on to find the love of his life and mother of his children, is now entering its… Read More ›
Kicking the Tires on Dirt 2
Dirt 2, a new off-road racing game from Codemasters, features not just great racing, but loads of courses, cars, events, race modes, and actual pro rally racers including Dave Mirra, Travis Pastrana, and Ken Block. All these things however are… Read More ›
Something of an Easy Virtue
Based on Noël Coward's play of the same name, the 2008 film Easy Virtue uneasily pits an American woman against her new British mother-in-law in a battle of the wills. Directed by Stephan Elliott (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of… Read More ›
Drunken Boxing Anyone?
An indirect sequel to 1978's Drunken Master, 1994's The Legend of Drunken Master stars Jackie Chan as Wong Fei Hung, a relatively young man who has learned from his father the “drunken boxing” style of kung fu. Directed by Chia-Liang… Read More ›
Wielding Muramasa: The Demon Blade
Muramasa: The Demon Blade, available exclusively for the Nintendo Wii, is the perfect example of style over substance. It's not that the game is completely devoid of content and depth, it's just that the visuals are over-the-top wonderful and the… Read More ›
Meet the New Jay Leno Show, Same as the Old Jay Leno Show
On Monday night, NBC unveiled the biggest risk of the 2009 television season – Jay Leno. Leno may have been hugely successful for well over a decade on The Tonight Show, but giving him an hour a night, every night… Read More ›
Why, it’s a Bonanza!
The first regular hour-long primetime series to air entirely in color, Bonanza, is also one of the longest-running series in television history. The show ran for 14 years, the first of which was 1959, and that, if one is counting,… Read More ›
NCIS: Los Angeles – The Review
One of the things that makes the original NCIS a great show is its ability to deftly blend comedy with its dramatic storylines. The characters on the series aren't just investigators, they're… well… characters. That alone truly sets NCIS apart… Read More ›
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