A rare live-action drama film from the Hanna-Barbera studios (the producers of Tom and Jerry, Huckleberry Hound and others), 1977’s The Gathering won an Emmy for Outstanding Special – Drama or Comedy, and became a Christmas time tradition for many…
With Meryl Streep getting ready to hit the big screen as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady later this year, it seems appropriate that the BBC release The Rise and Fall of Margaret Thatcher, a two DVD set containing three…
The eleventh adaptation of Hanna-Barbera’s Scooby-Doo, the Cartoon Network’s Scooby Doo! Mystery Incorporated should also be considered a reboot of the series. As I wrote in my review of Volume One, this latest incarnation maintains the essence of the cartoon…
The brainchild of author and former policeman Joseph Wambaugh, the 1973 debut of Police Story represented a major step forward in the more realistic depiction of police work and violence on network TV. Though still a Detective Sergeant when the…
Released to theaters in July of 2004, A Cinderella Story starring Hilary Duff and Chad Michael Murray was a commercial success despite negative reviews by critics. Made for a relative modest $19 million, and having grossed over $70 million, the…
Promoted as Marvel’s answer to Batman, and originally slated for release in 1990 in order to coincide with Captain America’s 50th anniversary, this sloppy and forgettable film was shelved, eventually receiving a direct-to-video release two years later. With Captain America:…
I had seen ads for Storage Wars but hadn’t watched a single episode before receiving the first season for review. I didn’t expect to, but once I watched the first episode, I was hooked, and watched the entire season in…
Christopher Nolan’s depiction of Batman is a dark avenger of the night lurking in shadows wherever evil is afoot in Gotham. When not protecting the city’s citizens, he sulks in his Batcave hiding Bruce Wayne’s tortured soul behind a black…
For those not familiar with the series, Everwood tells the story of widower Dr Andy Brown (Treat Williams), who leaves his successful job as a top Manhattan neurosurgeon to live in the small Colorado town of Everwood with his moody…
As the fourth season ended, Dexter had opened the bathroom door to find Rita’s lifeless body soaking in a bathtub filled with her own watered down blood, while their infant son looks on, howling in a pool of blood. The…