Best of Enemies (Blu-ray)
In the summer of 1968, ABC was dead last in the ratings, behind CBS and NBC (“They’d be fourth, but there were only three,” jokes one talking head). Looking to offset its inability to provide gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Republican and Democratic conventions, the network hired two well-known intellectuals—William F. Buckley, Jr. and Gore Vidal—to […]
Blu-ray Review: Boss – Season One
Boss, starring Kelsey Grammer as Chicago mayor Tom Kane, is an obvious departure for the actor after two decades of playing the kooky, snobbish Frasier Crane that earned the actor five Emmys over the course of the character’s life on both Cheers and Frasier. Kane is a kingmaker, manipulator and master communicator. Unfaithful to his […]
DVD Review: Fan Favorites – The Best of Cheers
The phenomenon of “fan favorites” always seems a bit contrived to me; just another marketing strategy to get people to repurchase already released material. This time, CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount recently conducted a Facebook poll about seven of its most popular programs (Cheers, Happy Days, Frasier, The Odd Couple, Hogan’s Heroes, The Honeymooners, and […]
I Don’t Know How She Does It on DVD & Blu-ray January 3rd
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – Anchor Bay Entertainment and The Weinstein Company announced today the Blu-ray™ and DVD release of the highly relatable romantic comedy, I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT, from director Douglas McGrath (Emma, Infamous) and producer Donna Gigliotti (The Reader, Let Me In). Sarah Jessica Parker (Sex and the City) leads a top-notch ensemble cast that includes Pierce Brosnan (Die […]
Blu-ray Review: Middle Men
Paramount | 2009 | 112 mins. | R It’s hard to believe now, but there was actually a time during the early days of the internet (the early to mid ‘90’s), when people wondered if the technology would ever really take off. One big issue was how to make real money off of it. I […]
DVD Review: Girlfriends: The Third Season
Frasier star Kelsey Grammer serves as an executive producer on Girlfriends, a show about the lives of four African-American women and their male friend. Joan Clayton (Tracee Ellis Ross) is a successful lawyer; her secretary Maya Denise Wilkes (Golden Brooks) is also her best friend. Lynn Ann Searcy (Persia White) a friend of Joan’s since […]
DVD Review: Frasier – The Complete Ninth Season
Frasier was like the Energizer bunny of television shows. The darn thing wouldn’t go away; it just kept running and running. Entering the show’s ninth season, the Frasier staff was rocked by personal tragedy when David Angell, the series’ executive producer and co-creator was killed on American Airlines flight 11, which struck the World Trade […]
DVD Review: Frasier: The Complete Eighth Season
The character of Frasier Crane was a fixture on television for 20 years. Actor Kelsey Grammer first played the role on Cheers in 1984. When Cheers ended its run in 1993, Grammer continued the role on Frasier, which premiered later that same year. Frasier was nominated for a total of 37 Emmys during the series’ […]