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Adventure Time: The Complete Fourth Season (Blu-ray)

Since its premiere on the Cartoon Network in 2007, Adventure Time has been a hit with viewers and critics alike, attracting roughly 2 to 3 million viewers per week and winning numerous awards, including two Annie Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards. Currently in its sixth season and already renewed for its seventh, the series seems to only get better with age. The fourth season

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Blu-ray Review: Tangled

For their 50th feature-length cartoon, Disney has returned to the genre that defined the studio: fairy-tale princesses. With Tangled, Disney takes on the retelling of Rapunzel in a style we’ve come to expect—softening the edges and assuring a happy ending. That’s not a criticism—Disney knows their audience and is adept at crafting fables for maximum appeal. Here, we’re introduced to Rapunzel (voice of Mandy Moore),

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DVD Review: Lewis Black’s Root of All Evil

Lewis Black has a rather frenetic style when delivering comedy. Much like the late George Carlin, he always seems on the verge of a nervous breakdown. While in a full on rant, Black ridicules history, politics, religion, trends and cultural phenomena. He uses sarcasm and hyperbole laced with profanity to emphasis his disgust disdain or disbelief for a specific topic. Black once described his humor

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