Two and a Half Men: The Complete Twelfth and Final Season (DVD)
Neither particularly original, nor sidesplittingly funny, nonetheless, Two and a Half Men managed a largely successful twelve season run, providing fun, often bordering on the ridiculous situations. With Two and a Half Men, you always knew what you were getting into. From the start, this wasn’t highbrow comedy. It was rude, crude, and occasionally offensive. […]
DVD Review: That ‘70s Show – Season Four (Mill Creek Entertainment release)
27 episodes (a rarity today; even rarer is that every single one succeeds at being delicately balanced between comedy and bits of pathos), 10 cast members, an impressive selection of guest stars (Wayne Knight, Howard Hesseman, Richard Karn, French Stewart, Roger Daltrey, and others), and consistently noteworthy scripts from a stable of writers that are […]
DVD Review: That ‘70s Show – Season Three (Mill Creek Entertainment release)
Last early Saturday morning (June 9, to be specific. I consider 2:30 to be the morning), I had a dream fueled by watching the series finale of That ‘70s Show with my sister off our living room Tivo the evening before. I’d seen it many times before, but Meridith hadn’t, and I didn’t mind watching […]
Blu-ray Review: No Strings Attached
Paramount Pictures | 2011 | 108 mins. | R No Strings Attached was originally titled Friends With Benefits, which was changed due to a forthcoming Justin Timberlake-Mila Kunis comedy bearing the same name and a near-identical premise: longtime friends decide to have a purely physical relationship; hence, “No Strings Attached.” If you saw last year’s […]
Blu-ray Review: Valentine’s Day
New Line Cinema | 2010 | 125 min | Rated PG-13 Boy, those folks at New Line are really crafty! They released a movie titled Valentine’s Day, just two days before the actual holiday. Since Hollywood is such a dream factory, director Gary Marshall (Pretty Woman) than goes on to make the holiday a bigger […]
Television Preview: Oppurtunity Knocks
Check out the fun new show on ABC from executive producer Ashton Kutcher, Opportunity Knocks. Imagine a game show in your own yard. ABC is going across the country and setting up shop on different family’s yards. The family is quizzed on how well they know each other as the audience (friends and neighbors) cheer […]