Category: DVD’s

DVD Review: Monarchy – The Complete Series

Acorn Media | 2004 | 776 mins. | NR Hosted by Dr. David Starkey, noted historian, author and British TV host Monarchy: The Complete Series examines the lineage of the British kings and queens through the 1,500 year-long tradition of…

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DVD Review: Black Orpheus

Criterion | 1959 | 107 mins. | Not Rated One of my music appreciation teachers in college, a man in his sixties, would often regal us with tales of his adventures as a youth going to the local art house…

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DVD Review: Max Headroom – The Complete Series

Shout Factory | 1987 | 660 mins. | Not Rated Created by George Stone, Annabel Jankel, and Rocky Morton and portrayed by Matt Frewer, Max Headroom was a product of British artificial intelligence, known for his wit and stuttering, distorted,…

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DVD Review: L’enfance Nue

Criterion | 1968 | 83 mins. | Not Rated Though he didn’t make his directorial debut until age 43, and his resume consists of only ten features in thirty five years, Maurice Pialat nonetheless staked out a place for himself…

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DVD Review: Plain Truth

A&E | 2004 | 86 mins. | Not Rated Plain Truth is a 2004 film originally made for and aired on the Lifetime television network. In the interest of fair disclosure, I should say I rarely watch anything on Lifetime,…

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