DVD Review: The Story Of The Costume Drama

The Story of the Costume Drama moves at the speed of Netflix. In the brief few seconds it takes to put an interesting costume drama in your queue, the five-episode series has moved on to another clip, with another piece of British costume drama history to put in your queue. The clips are plentiful, the […]

Blu-ray Review: Death at a Funeral (2007)

Frank Oz, better known as the voice of Yoda, Fozzie Bear and Miss Piggy, has taken over the director’s chair regularly in his career. Understandably, his first experience as a director was with Jim Henson on The Dark Crystal. Usually helming comedies, Oz went on to direct Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1986), and What About Bob? […]

DVD Review: Upstairs Downstairs (2010)

BBC/Warner | 2010 | 180 mins. | NR BBC Home Entertainment and Warner Home Video have released the recent remake of the classic serial Upstairs Downstairs. The three-hour miniseries comes packaged as a two-disc set. Things start fresh, at 165 Eaton Place. It’s been six years since the Bellamy family  left, and new owners Sir […]