When we last left The Doctor (Matt Smith), Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) and Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill) at the end of the fifth series, a few lingering questions remained, but the universe had been saved and wedding bells were in…
The second season of Hot in Cleveland, the TV Land sitcom about three rather shallow Los Angeles transplants living in Cleveland is now available on DVD. Yes, the show is formulaic, but overcomes that, thanks to the cast’s ability to…
I’ve long pondered exactly what “the Lubitsch touch” was. I’ve enjoyed many of his most political satires (Ninotchka, To Be or Not to Be), and been amused by others (Heaven Can Wait, That Uncertain Feeling) In The Cinema of Ernst…
Frosty’s Winter Wonderland picks up where 1969’s Frosty the Snowman left off. Things begin with Frosty keeping his promise to return from the North Pole. Naturally, the children of Winterwonderland are thrilled to see him. Unfortunately, all is not well…
Given the release of a Smurfs live action/CGI film earlier this year, it should come as no surprise that the renewed interest in the group of small blue fictional creatures has lead to the release of various compilation DVD’s of…
Created by Belgian illustrator Georges Prosper Remi, under the pen name Hergé, The Adventures of Tintin first appeared in a children’s supplement to a Belgian newspaper in 1929. The series is one of the most popular European comics of the…
On the face of it, a movie which takes place almost entirely in one room, consists of 12 men who do nothing but talk—and don’t even have names—should be anything but a searing experience. 1957’s 12 Angry Men an undisputed…
Warner Bros. recently released two Peanuts specials for the first time on DVD. Happiness Is… Peanuts: Snow Days doesn’t represent the best of the Peanuts catalog, but any fan of Charlie Brown and the gang should consider adding this to…
Created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1940, Tom & Jerry centers on the never ending rivalry between a domestic cat named Tom, and a little brown mouse named Jerry. The original series won the Academy Award…
Part satire, part comedy, part corrupted fairy tale, and part-farce, Errol Morris came across an article about dog-cloning that formed the nature of Tabloid. The director/co-executive producer labels his works “anti-documentaries,” not about obvious visual surfaces but about what lies…