Blu-ray Review: Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
First appearing in 1930, generations of girls have followed the adventures of teenaged sleuth, Nancy Drew. Evolving with the times, and changes in American culture and taste, a line of books featuring the heroine has been in constant publication for nearly ninety years. Smart, and tenacious, the young detective regularly solves cases the police have […]
DVD Review: Alice – The Complete Third Season
Less than six months after the release of Season Two, Warner Archive has released the third season of Alice. By the time the 1977-78 season began, the adventures of Alice (Linda Lavin), Flo (Polly Holliday), Vera (Beth Howland), Mel, (Vic Tayback) and Tommy (Philip McKeon) were an established hit for CBS. While the series could […]
DVD Review: Alice – The Complete Second Season
By its second season, Alice became a real hit, finishing the year at #8 in the Nielsen ratings. Mel Sharples (Vic Tayback), the proprietor of Mel’s Diner, a greasy spoon eatery in Phoenix and his waitresses, Alice (Linda Lavin), Flo (Polly Holliday) and Vera (Beth Howland) have become a griping but ultimately loving family. Alice, […]
DVD Review: Alice – The Complete First Season
When considering Martin Scorsese‘s 70’s filmography, turning one of his cinematic masterpieces into a television series seems highly unlikely. 1974’s Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, had a few comedic moments, but was hardly tailor made for a sitcom. Nonetheless, screenwriter Robert Getchell (Bound for Glory, Mommie Dearest) saw small screen potential in the core of […]
Blu-ray Review: The Backup Plan
Sony Pictures | 2010 | 104 mins. | Rated PG-13 Jennifer Lopez returns to the screen in The Back-up Plan, a typical romantic comedy with a twist. The normal order of things is reversed; she is artificially inseminated before the couple meets—otherwise it’s still boy-meets-girl, and the only issue between them — because it’s more […]