DVD Review: Deception
Deception has been used as a film title several times, so perhaps the name of this 2008 offering should have tipped me off to its unoriginal story. However with the star power of Hugh Jackman and Ewan McGregor, I figured any film that described itself as an “erotic thriller” couldn’t be all bad. I envisioned […]
DVD Review: Sleeping Beauty – 2 Disc Platinum Edition
Production began on Sleeping Beauty in 1951, voices were recorded in 1952, animation production took from 1953 until 1958, and the stereophonic musical score, partially based on Tchaikovsky’s ballet of the same name, was recorded in 1957. The film holds a notable position in Disney animation as the last Disney feature to use hand-inked cels. […]
Blu-ray Review: Madagascar
I don’t know what’s wrong with me. First it was Bee Movie and now Madagascar–lately; I’ve had a huge soft spot for computer animated, talking animal pictures. If you are currently suffering from that affliction, Dreamworks’ Madagascar is just the film for you. We are introduced to four zoo animals – the giant hippopotamus Gloria […]
DVD Review: My Three Sons -The First Season, Volume One
Created in 1960, by Don Fedderson and Leave it to Beaver alumnus George Tibbles, My Three Sons was one of television’s longest running comedies. The series was conceived as a starring vehicle for Fred MacMurray, who had been one of Hollywood’s biggest stars. MacMurray starred in a string of classic films including: Alice Adams with […]
DVD Review: Ugly Betty – The Complete Second Season
Ugly Betty is an adaptation of the Colombian telenovela Yo soy Betty, la fea (I am Betty, the ugly), written by Fernando Gaitán. It was adapted into a New York City setting by creator/developer Silvio Horta and co-producers Salma Hayek and Ben Silverman, whose production companies Silent H, Ventanarosa and Reveille respectively, partnered with ABC […]
Blu-ray Review: Grey’s Anatomy – Season Four (Expanded)
Season four of Grey’s Anatomy saw a few changes both on and off the screen as season four of the series got underway in the follow of 2007. Due to her producing responsibilities on both Grey’s and its spinoff Private Practice, series creator Shonda Rhimes assigned the day-to-day showrunning duties to writer and executive producer […]
Online Mini-Series: Meet the Beckers
Are you meeting friend’s/someone’s family for the first time this Thanksgiving? Do you really know what you are in for? To get a preview of what this whole experience may be like, I invite you to join us and watch an original online series titled: Meet the Beckers, the story of a dysfunctional family and […]
DVD Review: Dirty Sexy Money – The Complete First Season
It’s shallow I know, but just the title of this series made me believe that this show had the potential to become one of my guilty pleasures. Created by Craig Wright–a writer for such shows as HBO’s Six Feet Under, ABC’s Lost and Brothers & Sisters—Dirty Sexy Money tells the story of the Darling family […]
DVD Review: Sports Night – The Complete Series 10th Anniversary Edition
Sports Night aired on ABC for two seasons, from 1998 to 2000. Created by Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip) Sports Night is a series about a fictional sports news program, much like ESPN’s Sports Center, the show broadcasts from the fictional Continental Sports Channel (CSC) a subsidiary of Continental […]
Ragged Road’s Online Premiere
More than 750 people auditioned for the premiere season of the Ragged Road web series, but only five were chosen to take the ride of a lifetime. The group will travel over 5,000 miles around the country meeting music industry innovators as they make their own path towards achieving their goals.