Blu-ray Review: Watchmen – Tales of the Black Freighter & Under the Hood

Since Watchmen was released in U.S. theaters in early March, Warner Bros. has released several companion DVDs and Blu-rays for fans of the series. They’ve released the a full-length, five-and-a-half-hour, animated “motion comic” of the irreverent superheroes created by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, and John Higgins; a video game; and now a disc that includes […]

Black Friday Deals on Hundreds of Blu-ray and DVDs

First, 223 low priced Blu-ray titles including Sleeping Beauty, 300 and Band of Brothers will be on sale from now until December 2nd. Shop Blu-ray sale » Amazon.com will also have “Early Bird Deals” on Friday. They write: We’ll be offering great Black Friday deals all week long, but for those of you who can’t […]

DVD Review: Rob & Big – The Complete Seasons 1 & 2 (Uncensored)

I have to admit that having watched the first few minutes of Rob & Big when it debuted on MTV in 2006, I thought, what the heck is this? Watching a 30-something professional skater named Rob Dyrdek and his 400 pound bodyguard, Christopher “Big Black” Boykin didn’t seem like it would hold much interest for […]

DVD Review: Black Snake Moan

There’s no doubt about it, some movies just make me flat out uncomfortable. When I saw the poster for Craig Brewer’s (Hustle & Flow) drama Black Snake Moan, with a scantily clad Christina Ricci being held in chains by Samuel L. Jackson, I had little desire to see the picture. The tagline, “Everything is hotter […]

Music Review: Fergie – The Dutchess

I first saw Stacy “Fergie” Ferguson on the 1980’s television show Kids Incorporated. While the show didn’t indicate that Fergie had great vocal chops, she definitely had a knack for the stage and performing. After minor success in the late 1990’s with a group called Wild Orchid, Fergie joined with the members of the Black […]